Why Did I Have to Enroll

Early morning, Luciel woke up and raised her body in a half-dazed state.

As she watched the soft blanket slide smoothly over her voluptuous naked form, Luciel was newly reminded that she was at Union Academy.

'A luxurious blanket I couldn't even dream of in our world. Thank goodness, I'm still here.'

At first, she wondered if this was the difference between lower and upper dimensions, but hearing from Ban Yu-won that despite being from a lower dimension like herself, he had enjoyed a civilization not much different from this place - it was simply astonishing.

Of course, there were many surprising things about Ban Yu-won, but listening to his stories made her wonder if his world wasn't particularly special among the lower dimensions.

Though she had declared she would follow him to his homeland, when would that actually be possible? Summer vacation?

Until then, somehow with him...

'Master... hehe.'

While absent-mindedly stroking the soft blanket thinking about Ban Yu-won, she suddenly came to her senses, shook her head to clear away her fantasies, and got out of bed.

Glancing to the side, she saw Dokgo Yeon, who had woken up earlier than her, sitting cross-legged on the bed in meditation wearing the nightgown Ban Yu-won had gifted her.

Her posture was so elegant as she focused on meditation without any disturbance that she hardly looked like a girl of the same age.

'Though yesterday she did seem quite like her age.'

Though Ban Yu-won himself didn't seem to notice, all of Dokgo Yeon's mistakes yesterday happened because she was too conscious of him.

Dokgo Yeon, who seemed like she wouldn't bat an eye even if someone died in front of her, why did she do such cute things-

'I wonder if I'm misunderstanding things in many ways...'

Without a doubt, Ban Yu-won is exceptional.

Not only his outstanding performance in the Tower, but seeing how Dokgo Yeon actively teaches him martial arts she won't teach others, his talent for martial arts must be unparalleled.

His ability to earn money is so outstanding that it's more than enough to lead a group, no, to support a family... and he's a man.

Moreover - though this includes Luciel's personal taste - even his face is perfect.

At this point, wouldn't it be stranger not to be conscious of him?

Not just Luciel, but Light too, and surely Dokgo Yeon as well.

'But there's no need to declare it love - she heard unnecessary words from that Aneri woman and started thinking in strange directions. She should have just accepted it naturally, such an awkward person...'

Dokgo Yeon is proud and somewhat overbearing, and as seen with Ortima, she tends to deny male-female relationships.

So when Aneri suddenly provoked her with something like 'Don't you actually like him too?', she tried to deny it by overthinking things in various ways, which led to this spectacular misstep.

Luciel thinks that depending on his abilities as a party member and being emotionally attracted to him are separate issues... but Dokgo Yeon seemed to think she couldn't allow herself to be inferior to him in any way.

So when she tried to handle Room 23's conquest her own way, she ended up revealing to everyone how greatly she was influenced by Ban Yu-won...

"How cute."

"Do you want to die?"

"Kyah!"

Suddenly Dokgo Yeon's eyes flew open, and Luciel took a direct hit from a pillow that came flying at superhuman speed, collapsing onto the bed.

"Ow ow... huh?"

As Luciel raised herself with tears in her eyes, she realized Dokgo Yeon was glaring at her, or more precisely, at a certain part of her body.

It was a look she had received countless times from other women throughout her life.

Though it's embarrassing to say herself, she had never lost to other women when it came to physical attributes.

Though she personally found them heavy and inconvenient, only serving to unnecessarily attract attention from the opposite sex...

Well, that was until she met her lifelong partner.

"Beast, why do you sleep without even underwear? How shameless."

"Because I run hot... even if I wear them to bed, they all come off anyway."

Though that probably wasn't what Dokgo Yeon really wanted to say.

Luciel decided to play along with her.

"What a beastly reason indeed. But..."

Dokgo Yeon fell into deep thought while muttering something, leaving Luciel alone.

Meanwhile, Luciel got out of bed, took a clean shower, and put on her uniform.

By the time she returned after getting ready, Dokgo Yeon was already wearing her uniform too.

"Beast, since you still seem to be misunderstanding, let me make it clear - I don't particularly-"

"You don't like Yu-won? You're only conscious of him because of his outstanding abilities?"

"...Yes, that's right. You understand well. Being conscious of him at all... is true."

Dokgo Yeon nodded with a slightly sour expression.

Luciel smiled slightly, guessing her feelings.

"I see. I must have misunderstood."

"What you said yesterday wasn't wrong either. ...It was definitely a wild kick."

Why did she have to demonstrate kicking the air while saying that, so frighteningly?

"From now on, I won't show such foolish behavior. In the Tower, I'll simply rely on Ban Yu-won's abilities. Developing crisis management skills, as if the Tower is a place for self-improvement..."

"...Still cute."

"!"

"Kyaang!"

This time it wasn't a wild kick but a direct hit.

After landing a blow on Luciel, Dokgo Yeon, who seemed to have calmed down a bit, spoke to Luciel who was rolling on the floor in pain.

"Anyway, it's true that I caused trouble for the party members because of me. As an apology, I'll teach you one martial art technique. I'm already teaching Ban Yu-won and Light, so it would be strange to leave just you out."

"B-beast folk don't need such things..."

"It'll be fine."

Dokgo Yeon looked down at Luciel with an arrogant smile.

Luciel no longer found her cute at all.

"After all, what I'm going to teach you is a martial art that beasts used anyway."

*

Until last week, the entire academy was still buzzing with excitement from the special activities, but now that Monday had arrived and exam season was in full swing, smiles began to fade from the students' faces one by one.

Though each student was a genius representing their dimension, Union Academy was a place where even geniuses couldn't be certain of graduating.

The special admission students, who were accepted for their unique talents despite having below-average abilities (which usually included intelligence) compared to these geniuses, felt even more anxious.

"I don't understand why regular students have to bully special admission students."

Ban Yu-won shrugged while checking the grade rankings of special admission students from the past few years that he received from Yumina.

The names of special admission students were marked in red, and in every ranking list he checked, it looked like lava boiling up from the depths of hell.

It meant that without exception, every single one had the lowest possible grades.

"These special admission students are so kindly paving the bottom for us, yet no one's grateful."

"Ban, you're the worst."

Light, who had his head buried in his desk, said with a half-crying expression.

It was Monday after school, and they had gathered in a classroom without doors to work on their writing assignments together.

Of course, Ban Yu-won had already finished all his assignments in an instant as soon as he received them and was now looking through various materials he got from Yumina.

"I see, the hatred toward special admission students isn't just because of their backgrounds."

Dokgo Yeon, who was working on her assignments at a pace that, while not as fast as Ban Yu-won's, was certainly not below Union Academy's average, peeked at the materials in Ban Yu-won's hand and gave a bitter smile.

"While their performance in the Tower shouldn't be particularly poor just because they're special admission students, with regular exam results this terrible, they're practically asking to be bullied."

"I don't want to be looked down on by those damn upper dimension bastards!"

"Then stop talking and focus on your assignment."

"Ugh!"

Dokgo Yeon's logic stopped Light's heart for a moment.

Meanwhile, Luciel was staring blankly at Ban Yu-won with an expression of complete resignation.

Ban Yu-won also met her gaze and let out a quiet sigh.

He had thought she could at least handle assignments on her own, but that was a mistake.

Luciel was truly— the stupidest of the stupid.

No, it wasn't that she was really stupid, but rather that the academy's standards were just too high.

"Beast, stop bothering poor Ban Yu-won."

Seeing the two engaged in a meaningless staring contest, Dokgo Yeon narrowed her eyes disapprovingly and said.

"If you consistently train in martial arts, your mind will become clearer and your learning ability will improve. So don't forget to practice every day."

"I'll train in martial arts, but I believe in Yu-won."

"You really are a hopeless beast."

Ban Yu-won gauged the difficulty level while looking at last year's exam paper that Yumina had specially prepared.

Naturally, the level required of students was even higher than the assignments— after quickly coming to a conclusion, Ban Yu-won asked Yumina, who was sitting nearby drinking flower tea.

"Professor, is cheating allowed during exams?"

"How could it be allowed?"

Yumina responded with a refreshing smile.

Of course it wouldn't be, Ban Yu-won thought to himself that it was an incredibly stupid thing to ask.

But with exams this difficult, there was no other way to save Light and Luciel besides cheating.

At the very least, they should apply rules like the Naruto Chunin Exam...!

"But Professor Yumina, isn't it not a crime if you don't get caught?"

"Student Ban Yu-won, check the back of the materials I gave you."

When he obediently flipped through the materials as Yumina instructed, there was a truly brutal text written there.

It was the 'List of Students Expelled from the Academy for Cheating in the Past 5 Years'.

There were quite a few.

Just last year, more than 20 students from years 1-5 combined were expelled.

What was even more shocking was that nearly 30% of them were special admission students.

"Most of them were students with special abilities who were confident they wouldn't get caught, which is why they cheated. But in the end, they were all caught and had to leave the academy. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

"That the academy students are much more incompetent than I thought."

"No―pe―."

"Ah, whoa."

Yumina's slender fingers pressing against Ban Yu-won's cheeks—an ambiguous act between punishment and reward—created an effect that was fragrant with flower scent and made one's heart flutter.

Watching this sophisticated skinship skill that only mature women were allowed to display right before her eyes, Luciel gritted her teeth, feeling somewhat defeated.

"No matter how excellent Student Ban Yu-won's powers are, it would be difficult to escape the eyes of the system that the headmaster personally oversees."

"The president supervises directly... There must be a lot of students who cheat."

"The proportion especially increases as students move up to graduation years. They must all be anxious. But what you need to remember is that cheating is the behavior furthest from the 'dignity' that Union Academy wants. Keep this in mind and study diligently, everyone."

"Um."

It was at this timing that Luciel stood up, tapping the table.

Though it was partly to prevent Yumina from getting any closer to Ban Yu-won.

"I... I'll give up on graduating."

"Luciel?!"

Luciel grabbed Ban Yu-won's arm with a determined expression.

"My goal isn't some diploma, it's to be with Yu-won forever."

"That wasn't your goal when you first enrolled."

"When I think about it, I just need to be by Yu-won's side, so there's no need to work hard for a piece of paper like a diploma. In the future, I'll go to 'Earth' with Yu-won...!"

"You're coming to Earth? ...You're immigrating?!"

Ban Yu-won's face turned pale as he realized Luciel had already decided her future path within herself.

It wasn't that he disliked her, but he still didn't clearly understand her feelings, and hearing such weighty words like 'forever' and 'future' made him feel uneasy...!

"Ah, Yu-won doesn't need to feel burdened. I just want to dedicate my life to Yu-won on my own...!"

"I'm very grateful for your feelings, but that makes it even more burdensome."

"While it's good to have solid life plans, Student Luciel."

Yumina said with her ever-present bright smile.

"If your exam grades are too poor, you'll have to attend summer session without being able to go anywhere during the break."

"Summer session...?"

While Luciel tilted her head cutely at the unfamiliar term, Ban Yu-won, who had heard the term plenty through his college student sister, shuddered.

"It means you have to attend lectures at the academy even during break. Only students who performed poorly on exams gather together. Of course, Student Ban Yu-won will do well on the exams, so there's no way he'll need to attend summer session—"

"I'll study hard."

Luciel quickly sat back down.

Then she desperately clung to Ban Yu-won's arm.

"Yu-won, please save our break...!"

"Ah— okay. I'll try. ...Our break?"

Ban Yu-won thought he should consult with Celon about magic language that improves learning effectiveness, even if it had to be this evening.

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