8. Midterm – 03

It’s been a week since Jin, Altina, and Claire gathered in Altina’s room to study for the midterm exam.

Looking at Altina’s room, which has now somehow become familiar to him as his own, Jin stretched slightly to relieve his stiff shoulders.

‘Now I’m a little used to studying.’

As Jin looked at the textbook, which he had memorized to some extent after reading it for the past week, he thought of it like a model student without realizing it.

Oh my God, the day when you get used to living and studying is really coming.

If there had been a bastard who talked like that when he was in Korea, he would have blown a cheap prank on his cheek saying he was unlucky, but he had never imagined that he would become such an unlucky bastard in another world.

In fact, strictly speaking, I wasn’t used to studying. To be precise, it can be said that I have become accustomed to ‘recalling’ the contents I studied in the past.

Yes. It’s a bit absurd to even think about why I noticed this now, but it’s really ridiculous that the curriculum of Nineveh’s high school is very similar to that of high schools in Korea!

‘Although I feel like an idiot for only realizing this fact.’

Of course, I didn’t mean that the educational process of the Empire and Korea were completely the same as if they were stereotyped.

In the first place, so-called liberal arts subjects such as literature, society, and history were so different that they could not find anything in common with what was taught in Korea.

However, on the other hand, the parts where cultural differences were not prominent, that is, science subjects such as mathematics and basic science, showed a lot of similarity to what Jin learned in high school in Korea.

Is this just a mere coincidence? To be honest, all places where people live are just there, so could the educational process of Korea and the empire also resemble coincidence?

‘It can’t be.’

No matter how much I thought about it, it was hard to believe it was a mere coincidence.

In terms of common sense, it would be a more plausible explanation that one side ‘copied’ the other’s curriculum, rather than that the educational curriculums of Korea and the empire became very similar due to a great coincidence.

Of course, I am not saying that the imperial side has gone beyond the level and imitated the Korean educational process. Perhaps there is another culprit who made the educational process between the two countries so similar.

‘Creators of the game.’

Jin guessed that the game [Ragnarok] he was dragged into is a game that claims to be a school drama in which teenage school lunch kids laugh hahahaha and enjoy each other’s youth.

In addition, hagwon materials inevitably include the contents that students teach inevitably. because? If you don’t take classes and don’t study, the background of the game doesn’t have to be an academy!

Of course, the creators of the game and the users who play the game will not want to study even within the game.

With very few exceptions, games are meant to be played with an empty head and enjoyment, not to memorize something hard while covering one’s head.

That’s probably why the producers of [Ragnarok] took a rough copy of Korea’s or Earth’s educational process and put it into this damn game.

After all, it would be safe to say that there was no one who would take an interest in the contents of the class and take a look at it with interest.

‘I never thought I’d find one more proof that this world is actually a game in a place like this.’

It’s a new thing, but it really couldn’t help but grind my teeth.

The very fact that if you had been interested in Nineveh even once in the past hundred years, you might have reached the ending by now!

Well, aside from that, the content Jin was studying now was very similar to what he had learned in high school in the past, so he was making progress without having to study hard.

Where is that? In the first place, literature at the level of a first-year high school student was insignificant to him, and subjects such as history, geography, and society were automatically memorized in his head even if he did not bother to memorize them.

Well, it’s not simply because he’s smart or brilliant.

Because it’s the history of the fantasy world, it feels like watching a setting book, so I feel like it’s stuck in my head even if I don’t have to memorize it.

Hasn’t everyone had such an experience? Non-literary passages and classic poems are difficult to memorize even if you try to memorize them for a hundred days, but things like the setting and development of a fantasy novel that you have read just once are memorized in your head.

Same with that. To be honest, I didn’t feel like studying history or society, but only felt like reading a novel.

History books are full of stories about dragons and demons, so how could it not be fun?

“…..”

“…..”

And Altina and Claire were just staring at Jin with such absurd eyes.

“… What, why are you looking at people that way?”

“No, just… .”

“It’s just a little surprising.”

Altina was looking at him like someone who had heard that Tom and Jerry were in love, and Claire was smiling wryly as if he was really surprised, although not as much as Altina.

“I already knew that you were smart, but even so, I never thought you would focus so hard on your studies. What is that, no matter how you think about it, you… .”

“… Isn’t that the image of a model student who sits still and studies hard?”

“yes… Well, I guess that’s what it means. Ahahahaha.”

“…..”

I don’t know anything else, but I seemed to know very well that my usual image was very shitty.

Even if you look at it like this, I was a high-ranking elite who graduated from a humanities high school and a prestigious Inseoul University!

just… It’s just that after running around like a dog for about a hundred years in this fucking world, his personality has changed just a little!

In the end, when Jin sighs and jumps up from his seat, Altina and Claire, who are sitting next to him, flinch and at the same time begin to have anticipation in their eyes.

no way? Have you finally run out of patience?

Well, then you are. To be honest, it’s nice to be stuck at my desk without saying anything for a week, Yonghae.

Now, hurry up and tell me! In fact, I didn’t like studying, and I didn’t even want to do it!

“…..”

What is it? Why on earth do Altina and Claire have such perverted expectations for me?

Does this mean that this is all my karma?

ah… Yes, I’ve wasted my life. it was very stupid I mean, I can’t believe I’m looking at that little girl who doesn’t even believe in me, even those who think of me as a friend.

“Oh, where are you going? Seo, it’s probably not because I don’t want to study anymore-”

“I’m going to the bathroom! restroom!”

In the end, Jin, who couldn’t stand it, screamed at Altina and Claire.

Oh really.

You guys make me look like a dog. Make it a dog.

Look at this. I did nothing wrong. Like this, the world drives me to a dog. I really have lived a life without a single bit of shame, looking up to heaven!

Even so, if I don’t win the spirit, I think I’ll really go crazy, so let’s believe that.

just… Yes. That’s all.

Whew.

****

In a way, it’s a very obvious statement, but Altina’s room, where Jin is currently studying, is located in the female dormitory.

And in Nineveh, there are separate dormitories for men and women.

Why? It’s a young youth with blood boiling, but if you stay right next to the room or something, the two men and women might get into an accident.

Of course, those who cause accidents do not simply separate the dormitories, but even if they are separated like cowherds and weavers, they will still cause accidents, but the school has taken such measures because it serves as a minimum deterrent.

And the fact that the male and female dormitories are separated and separated is-

It was in line with the saying that there is no male-only toilet in the female dormitory.

“…..”

Of course, there is no school rule that requires only women to use the bathroom in the women’s dormitory. If it’s urgent, there’s nothing wrong with using the bathroom in the girls’ dormitory.

but… However, isn’t it a bit like a man suddenly breaking into a bathroom that is only used by women?

No matter how much Jin was a human being who didn’t care about social reputation and stares, he never had the confidence to say hello with a casual expression when he ran into another female student in the women’s bathroom.

Even if he thought to himself, Jin was an asshole, but he wasn’t such an asshole that he would get angry at other women after he entered the women’s bathroom first.

So can you In the end, I had no choice but to go back to the men’s dorm and use the bathroom.

In fact, Jin wasn’t in such a hurry to go to the bathroom either. I just came out of Altina’s room with the excuse of going to the bathroom to get some fresh air.

Jin, who was about to leave Altina’s room and return to the boys’ dormitory, met Erekaya’s eyes just in time to sit on the sofa in the lobby.

“…..”

“…..”

Why is Erekaya sitting here?

Oh, come to think of it, this is a girls’ dormitory, and it’s only natural that he’s here. Rather, it is strange that I am here.

“hi.”

“uh… yes. hi.”

Let’s be honest. Jin felt that Erekaya was still a little burdensome.

Altina was his girlfriend before returning. Since the time we spent together was so long, it wasn’t particularly burdensome to be next to her.

Clare… Claire, to be honest, I don’t know. I didn’t become close to him because I wanted to be close to him, it was because he came all the way from the absurd relationship between a victim and an assailant.

Even so, there was no reason to feel pressured since he was always smiling, friendly, and even brought food to me as a good kid.

However, Erekaya still feels a bit burdened.

It could be because he couldn’t guess what kind of face he was wearing because his usual expression was so cold, or it could be because of the pressure that it was his mission to make her happy.

But one thing is for sure, the only thing that’s certain is that even Jin, who’s going to be the toughest to other people, can’t go as hard as Erekaya.

“… why are you here This is a women’s dormitory, not a men’s dormitory.”

Erekaya looked at Jin’s face and at the landing of the dormitory he had just come down from, looking at her with a puzzled expression.

Look at this. A man came to the girls’ dormitory? Was there a business to visit the women’s room at such a late night?

No matter how much I think about it, it seems that there is only one reason for a man to visit a woman’s room in the middle of the night like this?

Perhaps… Did it make a big contribution to the Empire’s sluggish birth rate?

Jin let out a sigh as he saw Erekaya with a roughly expression like this.

“I know roughly what you’re thinking, but it’s not like that. I just came here for a while because I have business with Altina.”

“… Altina.”

At that moment, Erekaya muttered Altina’s name in a small voice as if she had understood something.

Come to think of it, Erekaya also knew that Jin and Altina had a kind of priestly relationship, so there was no need for any other excuse.

The master said that the student has an business, so he could visit the room for a while.

But that’s why I didn’t notice. The moment she heard the name Altina, Erekaya’s pupils slowly but surely came to light.

“… Jin, I personally want to ask you one thing. Is it okay if I ask?”

“Personal question? what is that?”

When Jin tilted his head and asked, Erekaya looked at him with a gloomy gaze for some reason and quietly opened her mouth.

“You and Altina… Perhaps… Are you dating each other or something?”

“… What?”