Chapter 8 - The Angel in the Test (5)

Deep in the water.

The boy reached out to the girl.

The gray-haired girl was helpless in the boy’s arms, and the boy shook off the Undine with all his might and headed to the surface.

But the Undines held his ankles.

If Leffrey had a rough look, the Undines might have sneered and pulled away from him. But the Undines would never let a beautiful boy like Leffrey go.

“Play with us-“

“Let’s play-“

The watery girls grinned.

But the grin didn’t last long.

Leffrey had heard a joke like this a long time ago. In fact, Moses was an awakened person with tremendous muscles, and dividing the Red Sea was achieved by continuously blowing away the regime.

People naturally took this expression as a joke.

‘It wasn’t a joke…!’

Yumari shouted to rule the surface.

In one single shot, the water that filled the hall split, and the Undines who were looking out for Leffrey screamed and disappeared.

As soon as the hall was drained.

Leffrey first checked Soya’s breathing.

‘She’s breathing.’

CPR was not necessary. Leffrey activated the power of healing and began to heal Soya’s remaining wounds.

<Saving a future hero is truly angelic!>

<You have acquired a large amount of angelic power.>

A status message accompanied him.

Leffrey looked at Yumari standing behind him, feeling the rising angelic power.

Yumari was looking at Soya with a cold stare and muttering.

“As expected, it’s a test like this.”

If you are not good at plotting, you will be taken advantage of and you will die. Yumari looked at the boy who helped even those he hated and sacrificed himself to save people.

A little bit of anger swelled up at that stupidity.

Yumari, who always hid her emotions while wearing a mask, revealed her feelings a little bit.

“You.”

“What…?”

“If you’re going to act like that, you’d better give up on this test.”

But there was someone who laughed at the advice. It was Hongwol, the girl with pink hair.

“Who are you? Who are you to threaten Leffrey like that?”

“Hongwol.”

Leffrey was a little surprised.

Had he ever given his name to Hongwol? He didn’t think he’d ever done that before…

Of course, Leffrey never told her. Information on Leffrey was obtained by Hongwol herself. The Moon Cat clan was one of the dominant forces in the dark world, and of course, they were also good at collecting information traded in the underground.

Hongwol, the next chief of the clan, took Leffrey to his home and found out all the information about the child. The absence of a family, the history of mental illness, and the fact that he’d been living a hard life…

And his search history.

Judging by the search history for the Central Superhuman Academy, it was also obvious that he was aiming to enter the Academy.

Hongwol thought it was good.

Because she also wanted to enter the Central Superhuman Academy. Not for school life, of course, but to steal the precious ‘treasure’ that existed in Central Superhuman Academy.

Besides, if she could steal another treasure she accidentally found…

Leffrey murmured cautiously.

“Friendly…? There’s no such thing.”

Upon hearing it, Hongwol exclaimed excitedly.

“Look, you’re the one who’s out of place. A dragon who fell from the sky and became a snake…”

“I want to have a good relationship with you, Miss Hongwol. Let’s talk about it later.”

Yumari smiled again and shook hands with Hongwol.

Hongwol murmured nervously.

“You’re fun. Even when you’re smiling, you feel alive.”

Hongwol said with a straight face.

“…I made a mistake. Forgive my rudeness.”

“Mistake? Are you saying that living like that is a mistake? Are you having fun?”

Hongwol’s thighs, which were already strong, were covered with white magic and began to harden little by little. Because Hongwol just looked a little younger than an adult, she looked like a skilled warrior.

Yumari looked at Hongwol without expression.

“I’m having fun, too.”

An old man mumbled while chewing squid. It was Lusa, a professor at the Academy who overlooked the entrance examination. He was a beautiful elf, but he was disguised as this warm-hearted figure for some reason during the test.

“It’s funny to see people with no blood on their heads already trying to attack each other. The human race works very well.”

When the two girls saw him, they were surprised. Even in the Seocheon, there were only a handful of masters who could catch Yumari, and among the Moon Cat clan, only her mother and the elder could catch Hongwol.

But this unknown middle-aged man caught them?

Both of them expected that the old man was an academy professor, but never expected that he would be so talented.

“Don’t fight. Today is not the only day.”

Lusa laughed.

It was literally an evil laugh.

After that, Park Jinho scolded Lusa with a pathetic look.

“Get in. I’ll wrap it up.”

“Yes, yes. Handsome Park Jinho, can you wrap it well?”

“Then I’ll start my review.”

Lusa disappeared with this sound.

Park Jinho said, looking at the three in turn.

“If you become active heroes, of course, you have to enter unknown places. In this case, what you need is a quick grasp of what threats there are in the place, and a perfect judgment of where they are. If a place is connected to each other because of its probability, of course, the traces should remain here. If traces don’t remain, it means that the opponent has hidden it, which means that there is a high possibility that the opponent has done some ‘work’.”

Park Jinho praised each and every one of them with careful criticism.

“Yumari of Seocheon was a good judge as she was also operating like an active hero. It was good to quickly judge that there were no traces on this space and that it was a structure to be used for other tests. And Miss Hongwol. You have an excellent sense like a Moon Cat. With a sense of this level, any trap can’t even touch a single strand of your hair. And…”

Park Jinho looked at Leffrey.

“Leffrey.”

“Yes.”

Gulp-I didn’t know you were observing the examinees this closely. Leffrey had no choice but to swallow his saliva in this situation. Hs poor specs didn’t get caught, right? The fact that he knew what kind of test was going to happen didn’t get caught, right? So, if he was dropped off right away…

Park Jinho said.

“A man who has nothing but strength is no different from a storm. If the force has no direction, the force scatters and shatters around, then eventually, it’s exhausted and disappears. But if you have faith in power… Your power will be concentrated as one and it will be much easier to achieve your goal.”

He patted Lefrey on the head with a gracious look. Even Park Jinho, a man called ‘Iron Blood’, couldn’t help but think that Leffrey was cute when he saw him shrank slightly.

‘He jumped into the chaos to save a girl he’s never seen before, but he’s scared at times like this. It’s really weird. It’s not bad either… I can’t believe I think like that. Wait, what is my hand doing? Patting his head?’

Park Jinho immediately lifted his hand.

He quickly gave his review of Leffrey.

“I saw the example of a soldier’s belief today. I value the soldier’s belief the most.”

You’re saying you value it the most? More than Yumari and Hongwol?

A letter of recommendation ended up in Leffrey’s hand.

“There are a total of three professors in charge of the test. And if you get the letters of recommendation from those three people, according to the tradition of our academy… You can get a legendary artifact.”

Artifact. Special items that enhanced superhuman power, even the lowest artifact boasted the price of most new cars.

But if it was a legendary artifact… It wasn’t something he could get even if he worked his whole life.

‘If I get a legendary artifact and sell it right away…?’

Maybe he could afford all kinds of luxuries before the world was destroyed… Leffrey had such a snobbish thought. Of course, he only imagined it. No matter how many luxuries he got, it didn’t mean anything if the Demon King destroyed the world.

“If you’re a soldier, you’ll get it. I look forward to it.”

“Thank you…!”

Leffrey kept his head down.

When Park Jinho saw it, he had no choice but to hide the corners of his mouth that went up in satisfaction. It was a look that didn’t fit the nickname Iron Blood.

Yumari was smiling with respect when Park Jinho appeared, but as soon as he disappeared, she said to Lefrey with a straight face.

“Give up the test. Leffrey.”

“…Why are you doing this to me? Did we meet before the test?”

Yumari smiled slightly.

Only Yumari knew whether this smile was an act or sincere.

“No.”

“Then don’t mind me.”

Yumari put her thoughts together for a moment.

A student who was excellent enough to pass the first exam with her, but this student somehow held hostility against her.

Therefore, Yumari wanted to drop him.

“If you give up the test, I’ll give you enough compensation.”

“No matter how competitive we are… Isn’t that too much?”

The boy was angry.

Yumari could smell an angel from the boy. Mother’s expression kept coming up with the scent.

She died while being used.

In other words…

“Listen to my story for a moment.”

Yumari tried to hold on to Leffrey.

Hongwol showed her teeth at that moment.

“How dare you touch him.”

Hongwol murmured, pulling Leffrey toward her.

So the two girls looked at each other.

The hero industry was brutal. Yumari didn’t think a good kid like Leffrey would survive. This heavenly-scented child would die as miserable as her mother.

No, I’m not doing this for that reason

Of course, it was none of her business whether the boy she met for the first time in this test died miserably. In order for her to survive, she had to pass this test, and the boy would definitely be a risk variable for this test.

“I see now.”

Leffrey bit his lip and thought.

‘As expected, you show your true colors! Traitors of mankind……!’

Of course, Leffrey wanted to swear

The characteristics of his race hindered him back.

<Angels can’t speak vulgar language!>

‘No, this is ridiculous…’

In the end, Leffrey had no choice but to laugh and said.

“…I’ll be looking forward to it.”

There was no point in saying anything else because he couldn’t curse.

Also, he wasn’t afraid to be as bright as an angel.

Then he had to smile and show off.

Yumari was mistaken again when she saw it.

‘Idiot. You can’t even get angry. Just like my mother…’

Yumari felt like a corner of her heart was being stabbed.

In that expressionless heart.

Unknown questions kept popping up.

‘If you hate me so much, why did you help me?’

It was Yumari who was deeply misunderstood. This illusion forced her to feel guilty for the first time in a long time.

<Making future heroes realize their sins is angelic!>

<You have acquired angelic power.>

‘Why is the angelic power coming in all of a sudden?’

His hands trembled a little. Only then did Leffrey realize that he had broken his left hand. Angel’s Healing Invocation-

Leffrey’s hand was neatly healed since it was the highest healing skill in heaven, which couldn’t be compared with any other healing skill on earth.

Wag. Wag.

A tail moved pleasantly.

There was a girl who was happy to see this. The pink girl quickly approached Leffrey and knelt to his chest level as if to caress him.

“Don’t worry, boy. If you team up with me…”

“…Ahaha.”

Leffrey immediately dodged Hongwol.

Hongwol was left alone.

‘Boy… why did you get so cold? You didn’t do this that night. Wait, when did I kneel down?’

Only then did Hongwol recall that she was on her knees. Why did I kneel down? What the hell did I want…?

That unforgettable winter night.

The hand that patted Hongwol.

She missed the caress of that hand…

‘I’m not a beast. I’m not governed by that primal need..!’

Hongwol blushed with shame and embarrassment, unconsciously finding a place to rest. Over there, she saw a box perfect for resting.

As she entered the box and tried to rest, a girl flinched on the damp floor.

“Ah… It hurts.”

The girl with gray hair.

At last, she rose to her feet and muttered.

“I can’t believe it’s a black-horrent trap from the start…”