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Chapter 6 – Admission (4)
Note: It is an edited MTL. Reader discretion is advised. Please do not complain afterward.
This world is a setting in the video game ‘Aether World.’ But I believe one more explanation is required.
The game Aether World was based on the original romance fantasy novel, ‘Don’t Love the Unhappy Princess.’
The novel ‘Don’t Love the Unhappy Princess’ was about a young girl named ‘Eisel’ who lost her father and family when she was young and grew up against the schemes of the villain Hong Biyeon while studying at a magic academy, which eventually led to one of the male protagonists…… something like that.
In the process, revenge vanished, and Eisel, the heroine who was once more imposing and powerful than anyone else in the world, was later chided for being protected by the male protagonists and was even cursed for abandoning the new ending, and it was ‘Aether World’ that took this setting entirely.
The game’s content, however, was completely different from the original version.
A new character named ‘Full Frame’ was added to the game, and she became the ‘female protagonist.’ {T/N: The original name is ‘풀레임’ and I couldn’t find any other meaning for this one except ‘Full Frame’. If someone knows, do let me know and I will edit it}.
The game’s concept was nothing out of the ordinary. In the game setting, the character ‘Full Frame’ was a woman living an ordinary life in the modern world who enjoyed reading the romance novel ‘Don’t Love the Unhappy Princess’ but accidentally transmigrated to this world.
As a result of being pushed out of her role as the ‘main heroine,’ Eisel was dubbed “The Salty Mistress.” Because the protagonist of this setting was Full Frame, she became a playable character.
‘So, all I have to do now is be careful with Full Frame.”
murmur murmur.
A huge auditorium filled my vision as I raised my head in response to the loud noise.
An elderly man with a beard up to his waist stood on the podium, spitting saliva and speaking passionately.
– Interesting! Even right now! The ‘Black Demons’ are always causing havoc in the magical world! A wizard’s destiny is to protect the world from the forces of darkness!
The voice that sounded like an echo was both familiar and strange.
“I’m fucking bored, Vice Principal.”
“You’re talking about discipline as soon as we get to the academy?”
Looking around, I noticed over a thousand students lined up in the five columns wearing Stellar Academy high school uniforms with a black base and gold border decorations.
After rehashing the story a few times, it was a scene I often saw because this was Stella Academy’s entrance ceremony.
‘… It feels really strange.’
The scene I saw in a 3D game had turned into a perfect reality. Every student was alive and had feelings.
I shifted my gaze to find the girl known as Full Frame.
A short girl was looking around calmly.
She was so adorable that many comments like ‘lovely’ were used in the game, and everyone, regardless of age or gender, was secretly staring at her.
‘She’s also from the modern era.’
At first, I wanted to confront her and ask if she truly came from the’reality’ I knew.
It would be better to be associated with a similar modern person in order to figure out how to get out of this world or how to survive.
Wouldn’t it be true to say that we have a better sense of unity and can take good care of ourselves because we have been living in the same modern age?
But I couldn’t figure out what kind of woman she was, so I abandoned the plan. She could stab my heart to rule out the possibility of another transmigrator familiar with this world, and I’d die without anyone knowing.
‘I need more information.’
There was nothing to regret. She was a ‘person transmigrated through the original novel,’ whereas I was a ‘person transmigrated through the original game,’ which went a step further. Despite the fact that I was an extra with a role similar to that of a local shop NPC.
–  So, I hope that all freshmen will continue to devote themselves to defeating the ‘Black Demon’ today and tomorrow! That’s all!
–  Following that, four students admitted with high grades and the freshman representative will take an oath.
The freshman representative and the students ranked second through fifth went up to the podium. They were Haewon-ryang, Eisel, Full Frame, and Hong Bi-Yeon, respectively.
“Wow, how do they all have such great hair and look so good?”
“I know…….”
There were always bright people who everyone looked up to, unlike me, who was ranked last out of 1,141 people.
Five of them could be said to be exceptional students with outstanding talent, but one of them stood out.
– Freshman representative! Mayuseong!
He was ‘Mayuseong,’ a freshman representative who became the head of Stella Academy’s first year.
He was the perfect embodiment of the phrase ‘Children of Heaven.’
He possessed a rare potential to reach the divine realm of 9-star ‘Mana,’ as well as a natural aptitude for handling all of the attributes that exist in this world.
As a result, Mayuseong was my first point of concern.
Even if I cannot achieve the ‘true ending,’ I must bring Mayuseong around to the good side in order to avoid the bad ending.
I know.
It is the female heroine Full Frame’s role to lead the way, while my role is to simply support the main characters from behind the scenes.
-….The entrance ceremony concludes.
Wow! Cheers erupted after the entrance ceremony was completed. Meanwhile, I finished the opening ceremony by watching the main characters.
[Episode 2 ‘Enter Stellar Academy!’ is over.]
[Gained a small sum of experience points.]
There might be nothing but obvious stories at school.
A good time at school with your friends? A fireworks display that makes your heart pound with unrequited love?
Nothing like that exists.
Final exam, mock exam, note exam, urgent exam, assignment, homework, assignment, assignment, assignment, assignment.
‘It’s been a while since I graduated from university, but I am back to high school.’
It’s said that Stellar Academy was more difficult than most Korean university courses, so the future already looked bleak.
A test, not a relationship, a friend, or a festival, is the flower of school life.
The Stellar Academy also held a test on the first day of classes. In fact, it was far too simple to be classified as a test.
The famed “Planning Test.”
Even after passing the entrance exam, which boasts extreme difficulty, the written and practical magic tests to determine rank were taken, and the classes were organised into F-A classes based on level.
Most of the main characters were naturally assigned to Class S, but Baek Yu-Seol was almost unconditionally assigned to Class F because his grades and fighting power were also at the bottom, so he was always at a loss in ‘events.’
Later, I went to the library or reading room and pressed the button to use the automatic study system to improve my grades, but this was not possible.
As a result, I was staring blankly at the exam papers on my desk.
Isn’t it enough just to look at the test in the first place?
Or maybe not.
“I’m already supposed to be admitted, so I’ll just leave it blank.”
Don’t tell me I’m going to be kicked out. With that in mind, I noticed a boy staring blankly out the window with a blank expression, as opposed to me, who pretended to be taking the exam.
Mayuseong is an excellent student.
Even his side profile, which messes up his black hair in the sun, was stunning. Aside from his radiant appearance, he had a rather dull face.
‘It’s already there.’
That was the crux of Mayuseong’s problem. Even though he was not yet an adult, he was bored with life.
Because life was simple for him.
Born into the world’s most powerful family, with the world’s most brilliant brain and talent, the rest of his life, where he lived without any obstacles, was no longer enjoyable.
The divergence here varies greatly depending on how the ‘female lead’ looks after Mayuseong.
Mayuseong may occasionally be on the side of evil or the side of good.
The proclamation of black demons working to destroy humans will be of interest to him, whose biggest problem was a boring life.
“He has the most serious family history issue in the first place.”
I took a look at his exam paper, and he had answered all of the questions. Wow, you’ve already solved everything? It was not like me, who didn’t know anything. In the midst of this, an idea struck me.
‘Wait, isn’t this exam covered by straight glasses?’
Still, I often went to the library to read books to build up various additional skills while playing the game, so I’m sure there’s a lot of knowledge in glasses.
With that thought in mind, I took out my glasses, and immediately someone grabbed my wrist from behind.
“Wait. What are those glasses?”
“Yes, eh?”
As I stuttered in embarrassment, a man believed to be an instructor snatched the glasses and brought them to his eyes.
“You can’t take out your glasses during the test. You should have told me to get them tested beforehand?”
Ahh. Come to think of it, I’ve heard that there are quite a few wizards cheating with suspicious magic on their glasses. It will never work in Stellar Academy, but ‘What should I do?’
As I was thinking about it, a message appeared in my mind.
[Loss of the item ‘Spirit Glasses’ has been detected.]
[Would you like to bring it back?]
‘……no, you can’t do that! What if I really get expelled because they thought it was enchanted with magic!’
As I stood still, the instructor looked around at the glasses and nodded stiffly.
“There’s no magic in it. Be careful next time.”
“Uh, yes…”
I put the glasses down in my hands and sat down. He doesn’t seem as thrilled as I think.
‘Wow, this would have been a real disaster if the original functions were still there.’
The myriad of functions contained in the straight-faced glasses had now been ‘downgraded’ and disappeared.
If there was, I might have been expelled from school because magical energy was detected in me.
But let’s wear the straight copper glasses with the feeling that we had been in for decades.
‘Oh oh…….
Indeed, all of the answers on the test paper began to appear. I tried to write down the answer sheet with excitement, but I had only solved three questions.
“The exam is over, I’ll take the answer sheet.”
“Uh, huh?”
The answer sheet in my hand flew and fell into the instructor’s hand. Like me, the other students’ answer sheets also flew into his hands. I wasn’t the only one left with regrets while everyone sighed.
‘Oh, I thought I was going to use some functions.’
With a magic pen in my mouth, I knocked on the desk.
I was (timidly) playing, and the supervisor, who was checking the answer sheets, suddenly changed into a vicious expression and came up to me.
“You, give me those glasses!”
“Yeah?”
“Quickly!”
I almost lost my mind. No, I think I was a little bit tired. The threat of a real magician had the power to make the heart sink.
As I quickly handed over the glasses, he touched them with a contemptuous expression. He seemed to be injecting mana…
What’s wrong with him? I purposely wrote down the process of solving it in detail so that it wouldn’t be misunderstood as cheating.
“…Ummm.”
Maybe it wasn’t the result he wanted. He tilted his head, saying, “This can’t be true,” and called an assistant waiting in front of him.
“Bring Dr. Greyan.”
The assistant quickly left the classroom, and soon a doctor wearing a white gown with glasses appeared.
He was Dr. Greyan, a professor of magic engineering at Stella Academy and recognised as an authority on magic engineering in the world.
“How is it? Doctor.”
“Well….”
The doctor, who was quietly observing my glasses, looked at my exam paper and widened his eyes.
Did something really go wrong?
The doctor groaned for a long time, looking at my face, glasses, and test papers alternately, and finally opened his mouth.
“I’m sure the problem is solved… I can’t help but doubt it.”
“As expected, cheating……”
“But it’s not cheating. I don’t feel any magic tools in these glasses or in this student’s belongings. I’m sure he solved it with pure skill.”
And then smiled wildly.
“Huh, this is very interesting. It’s something worth living for a long time. As expected, this year’s freshmen are amazing.”
As he handed over the paper back to the instructor, as if he had finished checking the test paper, Dr. Greyan tapped him on the shoulder.
“Anyway, Professor Lee Hanwol, please do apologise to the student and guide him well.”
“……I see.”
The doctor tapped me on the shoulder too and walked out. When I put back the glasses and looked at the instructor with a blank look, he shook his head slightly at me.
“I misunderstood. I apologize.”
Since I really cheated, I was really worried about whether I should receive this apology or not.
But I soon recalled that my glasses were a perfect ‘part of me’ to the point where the wizards couldn’t even notice. If Dr. Greyan doesn’t know, it’s safe to say that no one in the world knows.
If it’s such a perfect trick that no one in the world knows, wouldn’t it be my skill and not a trick anymore?
So I stiffened my shoulders and said.
“It happens. Be careful next time.”
Because I was a generous man.