31 – Course registration (2)

Baek Ha-na, who looked down in vain at the smartphone that had fallen on the floor, creaked like a broken machine and picked it up again.

[Professor: Baek Woo-jin │ Lecture on basic crack theory │ Annex A-1 ] (50/50)

I pressed refresh several times, but the screen didn’t change at all from the first time.

“It’s a dream… … .”

Can’t you hear his lecture?

If this is not a dream then what is it?

Unfortunately, denying reality did not change anything.

Knowing that, Hana Baek also reacted differently.

“It’s a new class. No one knows how it will go. Even optional liberal arts. By the way… But why is the garden already full… !!”

It’s not even the weekend yet, it’s even the first day of the entrance ceremony.

Of course, no one had experienced how the lecture was conducted. However, Baek Woo-jin’s lecture was full.

“no. I can’t do this… . If you miss this, you can really only see it on the weekend… … .”

Hana Baek nervously began biting her nails.

Then, as if something good came to mind, his eyes flashed.

“yes. If you tell Woo-jin, he will put it in.”

Baek Ha-na, who quickly entered the mailbox, tried to press the name of Baek Woo-jin at the top, but turned off the screen.

“… … If you ask me like this, you will be disappointed… .”

I really wanted to be with that person even a little bit, but I didn’t want to ask for this for my own greed.

“yes. You can see it on the weekend.”

After thinking about it, Hana Baek decided to accept the reality.

The moment Baek Ha-na, who expressed a lot of emotions in a short period of less than 5 minutes, finally calmed down and regained her reason.

“… … ?”

“… … !!”

Our eyes met Lee Na-young, who was lying on the bed across from her, and Lee Na-young lowered her eyes, startling at her small body.

At Lee Na-young’s reaction, Hana Baek blinked her eyes and then opened her mouth.

“sorry. It was noisy because I was suddenly screaming.”

“uh? Oh no. ok, ok… … yes.”

It was a reaction that did not look good to anyone, and Baek Ha-na knew that too.

You have given the roommate you will be living with for the next year a bad first impression.

And Baek Hana attributed the cause to Baek Woo-jin.

… … Fool.

There was nothing wrong with Baek Woo-jin, but Baek Ha-na internally grumbled at Baek Woo-jin and said to her roommate, who was stiff.

“I say one hundred. I am 20 years old.”

“Uh, that, me, I’m Lee Na-young… I’m 20 too… … .”

Lee Na-young slowly gets out of bed and introduces herself with a stutter.

Baek Ha-na was able to figure out what kind of personality her roommate was with just a few words of conversation.

snap-

“uh… … ?”

Lee Na-young suddenly saw the fluffy ears of a beast with pure white hair growing on top of Baek Ha-na’s head, and widened her drooping eyes.

In response, Hana Baek pointed to her ear and said.

“As you can see, I’m sleeping in the awakening world, but you?”

“Nana? Uh, I’m a supernatural being… Yeah, but it’s a non-combat job… .”

“I see. If it’s a non-combat job… … alchemy?”

“uh? Uh, how did you know… ?”

Seeing Lee Na-young ask with a genuinely surprised expression, Baek Ha-na scratched her cheek slightly.

“I just took a picture of it.”

“ah. That, that’s right.”

In fact, it was inferred based on his small size and timid personality, but it was not something to talk about to the person himself, so Baek Hana was overlooked.

After that, under Baek Ha-na’s leadership, we talked about this and that, and the two exchanged contact information.

– Tiring.

Baek Ha-na’s smart watch, which had just saved Lee Na-young’s contact information, turned on.

[Edney: Evening A]

[Maria: I’ll be waiting in front of the front door of the restaurant]

[Nam Seo-hee: Yes]

When Idney posted a message, the other two people in the group chat quickly replied.

[Me: Is it okay if I bring a roommate? ]

[Nam Seo-hee: It’s okay. ]

[Maria: Of course not]

[Edney: ㄱㄱ But Nam Seo-hee, why are you only answering my words? ]

Lowering her arms, Baek Ha-na asked Lee Na-young.

“Do you have anyone to eat dinner with?”

“uh? Oh no. I don’t know anyone here… … .”

Lee Na-young, who had barely recovered, began to shrink again.

“Then would you like to have dinner with my friends? Or with me?”

“Uh, that, that… … .”

“I am not forcing you. Don’t be burdened.”

Contrary to her cold appearance, Hana Baek is very kind.

Lee Na-young did not want to reject Baek Ha-na’s proposal that approached her first. I still had some remnants of the sedative I took in the morning.

“Shall we go… .”

“Are you okay?”

“yes. It’s fine.”

Because the effect is still there.

Lee Na-young left the room with Baek Ha-na.

**

Except for the main building, this is the largest student cafeteria.

The scale was inevitably large because it had to take care of meals for students up to 4th grade and meals for professors and staff who were left over for research and overtime.

In addition, for smooth meals by grade, there are entrances to the east, west, south, and north where the dormitories are located, and the areas are perfectly divided.

Thanks to this, Hana Baek and Lee Na-young were able to reach the student cafeteria 10 minutes away without encountering upperclassmen.

“They are my friends over there.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Following Baek Ha-na’s fingers, Lee Na-young saw three classmates standing by the door of the restaurant, who looked unique.

Pink hair and beige hair. Even with very black hair.

The two were even wearing the white robes handed out at the temple.

When Hana Baek approached with Lee Na-young, the pink-haired Idni reacted first.

“roommate?”

“Yes? oh yes yes My name is Lee Na-young… .”

Damn-!!

“Ah!!”

“You feel embarrassed.”

When Maria saw Lee Na-yeong trying to hide behind Baek Ha-na’s back, she slapped Idni on the back.

“hello. It’s called Maria, who is the same age as Hana. This is Idney. That’s Nam Seo-hee.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Are you 20 years old?”

Maria, who kept her distance as if she were dealing with a child, bent her waist to eye level, smiled softly, and Lee Na-young came out again and nodded her head slightly.

Nam Seo-hee and Edney, who were watching from the side, said as if muttering.

“As expected, the apprentice priest… .”

“It’s different with you.”

“How am I, bitch.”

Tigyeok left the two of them alone and Maria calmly closed the distance with Lee Na-young.

“Then would you like to be friends with us? Be comfortable talking.”

“Yes, oh, no… yes… … .”

Lee Na-young carefully grabbed Maria’s outstretched hand and shook her hand.

“Hey. When you’re done, let’s eat first. Let’s talk while eating. There’s nothing to do after going back anyway.”

Edney went into the restaurant first.

“That pig… … . Ah, even if you look like that, I’m not a bad kid, so don’t misunderstand.”

“uh? uh, yes.”

“Then, shall we go too?”

The four followed Idney, who entered first, into the restaurant.

“wow… … .”

Lee Na-young was genuinely impressed when she saw the list of rare dishes she had never seen before.

While researching the academy, I knew what it would be like through pictures and texts, but seeing it with my own eyes made my mouth drop open.

The five who joined, including Edney, each wanted to eat. Or, I put the things I wanted to try little by little on a plate and sat down to find an empty seat.

Considering the students who might not feel comfortable eating together, 100 more seats were prepared than the total number of first-year students, so there were quite a few students sitting in the cafeteria, but the atmosphere felt very secluded.

“alchemist?”

“Yes.”

“Ho~ But don’t special students get together with special students?”

As Idni put the spoon in her mouth and expressed such a question, Maria, who was sitting next to her, nodded.

“Yeah. I know it’s usually paired according to the series.”

“Nam Seo-hee. Who is your roommate?”

“do not know.”

“uh. yes. It seemed so.”

Idney glared at Nam Seo-hee, who was sitting next to Baek Ha-na and messing with the salad, then asked Baek Ha-na.

“But only one. Did you succeed in taking the professor’s lecture?”

“… … .”

Hana Baek, who was about to eat a marshmallow covered in chocolate, was startled.

“I couldn’t… ?”

“… … yes.”

As Baek Ha-na sulked, Nam Seo-hee, who was next to her, clicked the fork that was moving in tandem.

“What about you?”

“What do we… … I didn’t.”

“Because it is enough to listen to all the necessary education.”

It wasn’t a lie.

Unlike the other students, apprentice priests had different cultures that they had to take according to the temple they belonged to.

However, the reason why the two did not attend Baek Woo-jin’s lecture was because Baek Woo-jin’s assistant assistant professor was Claire.

To both of them, Claire was still an object of fear.

However, if there was one thing Maria and Idni misunderstood, it was that Baekhana would know this too, but unfortunately, Baekhana did not know that fact yet.

“Sigh… … .”

When Baek Ha-na, who had barely calmed down, started to shed gloomy energy again, Idni added a word in embarrassment.

“Hey. Do not worry about it. Now, everyone must have taken the class because they were fascinated by the professor, but if the experience starts tomorrow, they’ll run out of it right away, right?”

“yes. How are you, Professor?”

“… … Is that so?”

Baekhana raised her head, and Maria and Idni quickly nodded.

At that time, Lee Na-yeong, who had been quietly chewing on the marshmallow brought by Baek Ha-na, opened her mouth.

“That… I don’t know what kind of lecture it is, but if it’s a non-major, wouldn’t it be fine to take it with a skirmish… … ?”

“Right. There was a way.”

“yes. it’s one If it doesn’t work out, there’s a way to grab someone and take it away.”

scramble.

The reason why the name of the academy is called Arena.

Just as professors scramble for rings every year, students also scramble for various reasons.

Among them, as Lee Na-young just said, a seat in an elective course was also included.

Also, it is because of this system that there are no top and bottom seats in the first year.

There was a student who was selected for second place because he had good grades in the entrance exam, but was defeated by another student after a few weeks.

“lol.”

“Ugh. I really like the professor.”

When the sullen Baek Hana laughs, Idney smiles with an expression that she can’t stop.

After Baek Ha-na’s mood was relieved again, the five of them continued their conversation while forgetting dessert in moderation. In the process, it was revealed that Lee Na-young was an expert at ‘The Guild’, and Maria even sat next to Lee Na-young.

“effort.”

“sleep well.”

“See you tomorrow. It is one.”

The other three people left the room, and Baek Ha-na returned to the space where she would live with Lee Na-young for the next year.

“That, go, thank you.”

“yes? Nope. It’s not too heavy.”

On the way back, Baek Ha-na carried Lee Na-yeong’s burden instead.

No matter how you look at it, it didn’t look like Lee Na-young could lift three suitcases.

“Is it a book?”

“uh? yes. These are notes that organize the reagents and things I experimented with.”

“I see.”

There is a shower room in the room, so the two of them washed up and packed their belongings. From there, Hana Baek took out her diary and showed it to Lee Na-young.

“It’s nothing special, but I keep a journal every day.”

“diary… … .”

“Do you want to read it?”

“uh? He, are you okay?”

“uh. It’s fine.”

“then… It’s too late today, so I’ll come back tomorrow and read it.”

“yes.”

Baek Ha-na saw Lee Na-young lying on the bed and turned off the light. Then, he turned on a small mood light on his bed and wrote a diary for the day.

When Hana Baek turned off the mood light after writing today’s diary.

“Good night. It’s one… … .”

It’s a small but powerful voice that lets you know that you’ve been very courageous.

“You sleep well too.”

“… yes.”

Lee Na-young could not hide the corner of her mouth that was about to rise, so she hid under the blanket and fell asleep.

**

“See you at lunch.”

“Yes.”

Lee Na-yeong greeted Baek Ha-na and left, and soon after, Nam Seo-hee approached.

“Shall we go?”

“yes. A real fight… … .”

Baek Ha-na and Nam Seo-hee have a few lectures in common in the same close combat job category, so they decided to go together today.

Just like that, the morning schedule was over and it was exactly time for lunch.

“Who took the basic rift science lecture?! Please come out!!”

“Administration, administration and… … ”

“Fuck, why is the list private!!”

“Don’t hide, come out confidently, you bastards!!”

A large number of students run around exhaling a very ferocious aura to find their classmates who have taken the basic rift science lecture.

Feeling suspicious about this sudden situation, Baek Ha-na blinked blankly and asked while looking at Idney, who had been avoiding her eyes from earlier.

“what’s the matter?”

“that is… … .”

Basic crack theory lecture in the morning.

Clerbin Asen appeared there.

Yoo Hee-shin’s executive officer, who had completely stopped working outside four years ago, appeared as an associate professor.

The news spread quickly.

The eyes of the students who heard the news turned upside down.

They were on the verge of beating 50 classmates who had taken the lecture right away and taking their place, and the number was growing exponentially as time passed.

“One, hey… ?”

Idney gulped down saliva at the one hundred light blue eyes that had sunk to the point of creepiness.

As the blue and clear eyes added a sense of depth, they instantly turned into those of a beast.

“sorry. I also want to attend lectures, so I think I should go find some kids.”

“uh? Yes. He, too, will help… peel?”

“Nope. are you okay. Everyone, enjoy your lunch.”

Baek Ha-na smiled and left, and Idni, who was watching Baek Ha-na’s back, murmured softly.

“… … I can’t be fooled by one.”

Mouth smiling as usual. But unlike usual, his cold eyes weren’t smiling at all.

The three remaining agreed with Idni’s words with a silent nod.