Became a Human Rights Advocate

64 – Episode 13. Bazaar, first day.

＜1＞

Where is the point that distinguishes humans from beasts?

Some people distinguish between the two based on whether they conform to their instincts.

Beasts faithfully follow their instincts, but humans reject those instincts and move according to their own will.

Personally, I think this is an extremely arrogant story.

After all, humans are a kind of beast.

No matter how sublime your will is, it is designed so that you can never resist your instincts in some parts.

So it’s not my fault that my eyes keep going to Baeksoso’s shoulder and nape.

I was ultimately defeated by the instinct of the species within me.

So, please be kind. Judge

“Sihyuk senior.”

“Huh?”

“What are you muttering like that? Feel bad.”

Baeksoso looked at me with strange eyes.

The hesitant attitude when we first met is nowhere to be found.

I was just a little embarrassed about the style of clothes I wear at the beginning, but I wonder if it means anything more than that?

Anyway, it seemed like I was the only one who was worried like before.

“I was thinking about which one would be stronger, human instinct or will.”

“… It’s such a useless worry, old man. How about deciding where to eat lunch at that time?”

“This is not a useless story!”

In order to prove that humans are not part of monkeys, this is a story that the giants of human history have built up!

“Why are you screaming all of a sudden!”

“Baeksoso, what do you think will win? Will? Instinct?”

“Um… Could it be the will?”

“I am against it. In the end, I think instinct wins.”

While I was answering like that, my eyes went down.

Baek So-so’s pure white shoulders with no blemishes were attracting my attention.

“That is a senior-like answer. You live in a pigsty, faithfully following your instincts.”

“Did you see?!”

“It’s obvious without looking at it. Are you cleaning it properly?”

“… Not that.”

It was 5 minutes before the opening as they did not clean up even a bit during the midterm exam.

Apart from the tidy bed, it must have been completely destroyed.

“Isn’t it? It would be a complete mess without me.”

Baek Suso said that and raised the corner of her mouth.

Seeing that grinning figure, an inexplicable anger wells up in his heart.

“Then you live faithfully to your instincts.”

“Why me?”

“Cheonryonggak. Non-eating. Aren’t you defeated by the instinct of appetite?”

When I said that, Baek So-so sighed and frowned.

“… You’re poking me where it hurts.”

“Baek So-so, defeated by instinct. Do you admit defeat?”

When I said it with a grin, Baek So-so crossed his arms and um… He moaned and began to worry.

His arms were lifted up, revealing a slight fold of flesh beneath them.

“Oops.”

I hurriedly shook my head from side to side.

If you do this, you will really get caught! Wake up, me!

As if he was aware of my inner conflict, after a while Baek So-so turned his head and opened his mouth again.

“Isn’t the reason why I ate without a radio, maybe it was my will?”

“… Is that a will?”

“It is the will to live!”

Baeksoso said that while clenching both fists.

It only seems like a criminal’s self-justification.

I was accidentally drunk, but you obviously did it intentionally.

“Isn’t your survival instinct right?”

“You could say that, but… I think it’s better to say it’s the will to live. Isn’t it more hopeful to think that you moved on your own volition rather than saying you were defeated by instinct?”

Is that so?

I can only hear it as sophistry.

Well, it was a small talk to kill time in the first place, so it is pointless to continue the discussion any longer.

“How much is left?”

“Ah, that’s what I’m talking about.”

I kept my mouth shut because it was right to turn around.

“… Anyway. We’re almost there. The market in the southern district is at least close.”

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“It sure seems like there are a lot of people.”

Except for a few spots, dew points that were barely visible began to come into view.

On the first day, we will visit the southern and eastern districts, and tomorrow we will look at the northern and western districts.

On the last day, you must participate in the auction held in the central district. Because I’ve been saving money until now to get something there.

“Ah, senior. I will eat there!”

Baeksoso, smelling the food, ran forward with her eyes twinkling.

Anything I do, even with a grown-up look, is still a mess.

“… What makes the will win?”

Following the white cow, who moved faithfully to her instincts, I moved slowly.

＜2＞

Because it was lunch time, there was a long line in front of the food stalls.

However, there is a staff uniform for such occasions.

I proudly went to the front of the line and ordered my food.

However, even though he cut in line, the eyes of the people around him were favorable.

Because everyone in Academia knows that the festival committee’s staff are under tremendous pressure at events like this.

Everyone’s tacit consideration to eat comfortably, even if it’s rice. Of course, there are people who abuse it like me.

Nicola’s sarcastic face passed through my mind.

Why did you make such a fuss about changing clothes? There are only good points.

“Hey, thanks to senpai, I eat comfortably.”

“The food is delicious.”

“I will. I’m quite picky about food, but the quality is satisfactory. Especially this stir-fried noodle is amazing.”

Saying that, Baek So-so slurped the fried noodles in a small box with chopsticks.

Baeksoso closes his eyes and savors the taste.

Befitting a guy who likes to eat, his happy expression didn’t leave the whole lunch.

“As expected, this restaurant passed the stringent standards of the festival committee.”

“Is there such a thing?”

“… Senior. You didn’t read the manual given by teacher Joo Ji-young.”

I nodded obediently.

When do you finish reading a thick manual of over 100 pages? I read about five pages and fell asleep right away.

Baek So-so continued with a pitiful look.

“Business outside of the market is something that even the festival committee turns a blind eye to, but food business is strictly prohibited as an exception. It’s one of our things to crack down on.”

“Did you read all of that?”

“Roughly.”

As expected, you are sincere.

By the way, only food stalls are prohibited.

This is an understandable restriction, as there is definitely a risk of food poisoning if you sell junk food.

Anyway, I was about to get up after a decent meal, when I heard a commotion nearby.

“What is it?”

As I turned my gaze to the direction of the sound’s epicenter, I saw objects flying wildly through the crowd.

“I’ll take a look.”

While saying that, Baek So-so climbed into the chair she had been sitting on.

“What do you see?”

“… It seems very windy, but I don’t think it’s a natural wind. Could it be a fight?”

When money goes back and forth in such a crowded place, it’s bound to cause a fight.

Well, I don’t know.

Let’s avoid the battle area and look around the market a little more.

“There you are!”

As I was thinking about that, someone pulled my arm and shouted.

A staff wearing horn-rimmed glasses with a strangely naive face.

“Me?”

“What are you just staring at blankly? You too, come quickly and dry it!”

“Why did I… “

“You are a staff member too!”

Ah.

It was.

Once again, Nicola’s face passed through my mind.

… I will listen

“Baeksoso, wait here for a second.”

I left those words and followed the arm-dragging staff to the center of the commotion.

The closer you get, the windblown goods are scattered everywhere.

“Is the application still available?”

“I made a request. It will take a little while.”

“Profit! Any further delay would ruin the market! Somebody stop those crazy bastards!”

With the desperate cries of the staff in the background, I stepped forward step by step through the wind and crowds.

Two men can be seen among the onlookers surrounding the circle.

“Stop running away and give me my stuff!”

“If you twist it, try grabbing it!”

One guy throws things at a distance while blowing the wind, and one guy chases after them by knocking them out with exploding fists.

“… You want me to stop this?”

“Let’s dry it together!”

“… I think we will soon become like them.”

As I said that, I pointed to the staff scattered on the floor.

Looks like he collapsed after trying to stop the fight between the two.

“Still, I have to do something!”

“Say something that makes sense!”

If I use my powers, it is certain that the situation will only get worse.

“Eight then me too- aaa!”

The staff rushed with a spirit, but they bounced off and collapsed.

So I can’t.

… Anyway, maybe this situation is good.

“Senior, move aside for a moment.”

At that time, Baek So-so’s voice came from right behind him.

Baek So-so, who approached me before I knew it, was wearing a black staff uniform.

“What are you doing-.”

“Look at me.”

Baek Soso said that, then put both of his hands on the danjeon and calmed down for a moment.

This is a familiar sight that I often saw in Legends of Academia.

A calm mindset.

Baeksoso’s own buff skill.

“I’ll finish it soon.”

After saying that, Baek So-so took a step forward.

A white cow caught between the two fighting in an instant while dodging wind and explosions with strange movements.

A small spark flickered for a moment near Baek So-so’s body, and then her body disappeared leaving behind only an afterimage.

“Keuk!”

“Cheer!”

Then the next moment, the two of them collapsed on the floor groaning as they continued their fight.

The wind that raged in all directions had subsided.

Then, the surroundings become quiet, as if the uproar just now had been a lie.

Baek So-so, the man who created that silence, looked at me with a wide smile.

＜3＞

“Can you fight now?”

“You just saw it. If I knew how long I would tremble behind my back, Osan-Ouch! Take it easy, senior!”

“Stay still. It hurts more when I move.”

The Mayor of the Southern District, the festival committee’s tent.

I am sitting on my knees in front of the white cow and touching her white feet.

“Didn’t you borrow a pair of shoes while you were renting clothes?”

“You couldn’t afford that.”

“… Even so.”

Looking at the red, swollen instep makes me nag for no reason.

It seems that his feet are overworked because he is wearing heeled shoes and moving vigorously.

“It hurts. Because it hurts!”

“Of course it hurts. Be patient.”

After holding onto Baeksoso’s foot, which was wriggling around in pain, I wrapped a bandage around it to fix his ankle.

“Can you walk?”

Baek So-so, who took a few steps, said with a curious expression.

“… It’s worth walking.”

“Yes, first aid. If the pain persists, you will need to go to the hospital.”

“Where did you learn this?”

“I saw it in a book.”

Actually, I learned it in the army.

I was also a medic for a while because my position was twisted.

“Anyway, wait here for a while. It looks like I have to write a report or something.”

“Yes.”

I moved to the other side of the tent, leaving Baeksoso nodding meekly.

The staff who came to their senses gathered together and exchanged various words with serious expressions.

I borrowed a pen from one of them and started writing the report moderately.

As I was writing it in moderation, someone tapped me on the back.

When I turned my head, the horn-rimmed glasses staff who had grabbed my arm earlier was standing there with a strange expression.

“You said you belonged to the special section, not the festival committee.”

I nodded. Then, the staff member took out a transparent plastic zipper bag containing something and showed it to me.

“It looks like the two of you were fighting over this thing earlier. Do you know what it is?”

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… I know.

By the way, this is something that shouldn’t be circulated at bazaars, right?