I Got into School for Nothing - Chapter 185
I Got into School for Nothing (185)
Lesson 36. How Do You Feel Now? - 5
There was no need to wait until evening.
Ban Yuwon, having finished bathing with Rucell, was sprawled languidly on the living room sofa, enjoying a rare moment of zoning out. The sounds from the kitchen—the rhythmic chopping of ingredients with a knife, the bubbling of stew, and Rucell and his mother's chatter interwoven between them—served as a pleasant background.
Suddenly, the front door burst open, and his older sister returned home.
“Ban Yuwon! Hey, Ban Yuwon!”
Ban Yuwon sighed at the sight of his sister, who screamed as if she intended to turn the entire house upside down, ensuring no one could possibly miss her arrival.
“Why don't you just demolish the house instead of tiring yourself out opening the door?”
“Aargh!”
Seeing Ban Yuwon reply without even lifting his head from his prone position, Ban Yumi, seemingly infuriated, launched herself at him and pinned him down.
His sister was still beautiful, but just as loud and violent. What's more, perhaps because she was still wearing her combat gear, she felt dirty and heavy.
“Hey, cut it out!” Reluctant to bathe again, Ban Yuwon extracted and nullified all concepts related to the dirt that had transferred to both of them, then pushed his sister away. Surprisingly, she held her ground, refusing to budge.
Considering that Ban Yuwon had mastered martial arts and had been greatly strengthened in various ways, this was truly absurd.
“Ban Yuwon, is that how you greet your sister after not seeing her for months? Huh?”
“It was common not to see you for months even when you were competing in the Olympics, so why now... ugh, stop pulling me.”
Ban Yumi pinched and pulled various parts of Ban Yuwon's body, as if checking if he was real. Though her methods were violent, he supposed she was happy to see him; he turned to look at her, thinking he couldn't stand it otherwise. The next moment, Ban Yuwon froze.
“What, did you fall for me because I'm too pretty?”
“Save that kind of provocation for monsters... It's not that, it's you, Sister.”
Ban Yuwon rubbed his eyes, but the information read by his unique sight remained unchanged.
Hesitating, unsure what to say, he soon clicked his tongue and recited the most innocuous information he had gathered.
“How many monsters have you massacred to already be at Level 50?”
According to the concepts he had observed with his unique sight and confirmed by comparing them with his friends' status windows, 10 Life points equated to 1 Level.
Since Ban Yumi's Life points had reached 500, her Level was 50.
Ban Yumi was greatly flustered by Ban Yuwon's words.
“Uh, how did you know that...? I haven't even made it public.”
Ban Yuwon tapped his temple, showing off.
“This older brother here has an Authority superior to any status window. So, what's 'Unquenchable Flame'?”
“Whoa, he's seriously crazy. There are only a few people who even know the name of my Authority...”
“Ah, it's a secret for now, got it.”
Just then, Kang Eunyoung rushed out of the kitchen.
“Yumi, you're here? No matter how happy you are to see your brother, you should tell your mother when you arrive home.”
“What's so happy about this? Ah...” At that moment, Ban Yumi's face instantly hardened as she spotted Rucell peeking out from behind Kang Eunyoung.
Ban Yuwon observed this, calmly assessing the situation.
Q: What is the reaction of an older sister seeing her younger brother's girlfriend for the first time?
A: Witnessing an unbelievable reality, she is gripped by terror, screams, and loses consciousness.
“Skipping the SAN check and going straight to panic, huh...”
“Hello. My name is Rucell.”
Ignoring Ban Yuwon's nonsensical mumbling, Rucell politely bowed to Ban Yumi.
Ban Yumi, surprisingly, returned her greeting with equal courtesy, bowing in kind.
“Hello. I'm Ban Yumi, Yuwon's older sister. You're Yuwon's girlfriend, right? I saw you on the Rebellion channel.”
Ban Yuwon, witnessing this unbelievable reality, was seized by terror and hastily performed a SAN check.
Fortunately, he succeeded in resisting and maintained his sanity, but...
No, why is my sister like this?!
This sister who used to wrinkle her nose at the mere sight of him with a girl, spouting venomous words that he'd regret dating such a slacker!
“Please speak comfortably to me. And I'm not the master's girlfriend, but his slave...”
“Stop!”
Ban Yuwon, who had been stiff and surprised by his sister's unexpected behavior, immediately cut Rucell off the moment he detected problematic words about to escape her lips.
“Rucell, please, let's refrain from using that term on Earth.”
“But I am the master's slave, aren't I?”
“I'm bursting with desire to object to that very statement, but... anyway, that's a no-go. Just like at Union Academy, 'master' is forbidden unless we're alone.”
“Ugh... I suppose there's no helping it.”
Honestly, he wondered if it was already too late, considering that Earthlings already knew about the Rebellion channel, but he decided to ignore that for now.
And the two of them, Ban Yumi and Kang Eunyoung, watched the pair exchanging such a conversation with fixed gazes.
Ban Yumi signaled Kang Eunyoung with a look, urging her to do something, but Kang Eunyoung simply shook her head, indicating that she had already tried to correct them to no avail.
Ban Yumi clicked her tongue, then reluctantly spoke to Rucell.
“Can I call you Rucell?”
“Of course, Elder Sister.”
“El-Elder Sister.”
Ban Yumi, who almost crumbled at that title, mustered all her strength to endure and continued speaking.
“It seems your relationship with Yuwon is rather... unique. Don't you think you shouldn't indulge Yuwon's greed and stubbornness too much? Treating your girlfriend like a slave is preposterous. And allowing other women, too... What if Yuwon is holding some weakness against you?”
“Hehe.”
Rucell laughed.
“Why, why are you laughing?”
“Oh, it's just, I thought, 'Like siblings, indeed'...”
“What?”
Rucell, unable to suppress her laughter, explained.
“The master... no, Yuwon himself detests the master-slave dynamic. Elder Sister, you're reacting exactly the same way, which I find amusing...”
Hearing that, Ban Yumi's expression transformed into something ineffable.
“...What kind of master-slave relationship is it where the master detests it?”
“Now you get it? This is the life I live.” Ban Yuwon said with a sigh.
As Ban Yumi fell silent, unable to say more, Kang Eunyoung spoke with a rather serious face.
“Is that girl Mira like this too, perhaps?”
“She's even worse.”
“Son, what exactly have you been doing at school?” Ban Yuwon desperately wanted to retort, but recalling everything that had happened during the past semester, he decided to obediently keep his mouth shut.
* * *
The atmosphere in the house was filled with vitality upon Ban Yuwon's return, accompanied by a potential daughter-in-law.
Perhaps because the Ban family itself was a mixed bloodline, having wandered the world and blended with various nations' genes, they didn't seem to mind whether Rucell was an alien or had dog ears.
They were simply delighted by the fact that a beautiful, kind, and moreover strong girl had formed such a deep connection with Ban Yuwon that she would follow him all the way to Earth.
...Though perhaps they were simply avoiding delving too deeply because they didn't know how to fully accept Rucell's existence.
In any case, that evening, the whole family gathered for a party.
“So, Grandfather, are you completely well now?”
“Of course, absolutely. It's all thanks to our Won.”
“No, it's all thanks to the genes Grandfather passed down...!” Ban Yuwon, who respected and admired his grandfather, teared up with joy upon hearing that Grandfather Ban had fully overcome his dementia and even awakened his unique Authority.
However, that aside, his unique Authority greatly intrigued him.
“Codeword, you say?”
“It's about imbuing power into words you utter yourself. It has strong magical connotations, but you could also see it as a psychic ability. Like this, 'Float.'”
At Grandfather Ban's words, the chopsticks before him rose into the air.
Ban Yuwon could perform the same feat by imbuing the concept of 'Float', but if not for his Giwon Sword and Yugi, he wouldn't have been able to exert such power so quickly.
In other words, Grandfather Ban's Codeword could be considered an Authority that specialized a part of Ban Yuwon's own Authority, similar to a psychokinetic ability.
“Grandfather, that's amazing! Yuwon also wields a similar Authority, so it truly was a power passed down through bloodline, wasn't it...?” Rucell clapped her hands in admiration upon seeing his Authority.
Grandfather Ban smiled warmly at his grandson's girlfriend's charm and responded, “It is similar, but Won wields a greater power than I. There's a big difference between an Authority that only controls what I know, and one that accepts and manipulates all creation, all things in the universe as its own. What truly makes Won amazing is that he eliminates the distinction between the unknown and the known.”
“Ahem.”
Ban Juseok, who also wanted to hear an exclamation of admiration from his cute and pretty daughter-in-law, cleared his throat, making his presence known.
Fortunately, Ban Yuwon noticed and spoke to his father.
“Ah, right. You said Dad also had a unique Authority, didn't you?”
“Listen and be amazed, my son. Now, your dad can interpret all languages that exist in the world!”
“Oh, I see.”
He actually already knew.
He had known since the moment he confirmed his returned father with his unique sight.
Ban Yuwon subtly nudged Rucell, who then smiled brightly and clapped her hands again.
“Father, you're truly amazing too!”
“Haha, as Yuwon's father, this much is...”
“But Ban Yuwon could do that since he was born.”
“Ugh.”
Just as Ban Juseok was basking in the proud expression he desired, Ban Yumi quickly threw cold water on his enthusiasm from the side.
As his spirits instantly deflated, Kang Eunyoung offered a wry smile and defended her husband.
“Still, it's undeniably a great ability. Even your guild always asks your dad for help whenever you find something in a dungeon, so you shouldn't talk like that.”
“Who said it wasn't great? I just meant Ban Yuwon... no, never mind.” Ban Yumi chuckled, continuing to speak, then abruptly fell silent.
Ban Yuwon gazed at his sister for a moment, then looked away and said, “But do unique Authorities normally just pop up like this, like a bargain sale, on Earth? Sister also has an Authority, so that means our entire family... everyone except Mom, has awakened one.”
“While specific statistics aren't available, it's said to be less than one in a million people.”
“No, then that means there are only about 50 people in all of Korea! And four of them are our family? Isn't that utterly insane?!”
“This is the power of bloodline, wouldn't you say!” Grandfather Ban snorted proudly in response to Ban Yuwon's dumbfounded query.
Ban Yuwon spontaneously conceded that point.
After all, whether it was a game or a manga, when the ending approached, it was always a competition of bloodlines!
“The power of bloodline, huh...”
There was something bothering him.
Ban Yuwon hesitated, wondering whether to voice it, but ultimately swallowed his words.
“Won, tell us about the Tower of Babel. Isn't it the Tower you're destined to inherit?”
“Most things can be checked on the Rebellion channel... Ah, but the influence of Earth's myths and religions subtly appears within the Tower. It's structured so that the more you know about Earth's myths, the more advantages you can gain from the Tower... Oh, right!” Ban Yuwon, who had been speaking, suddenly remembered something he had originally planned to do during his break and jumped to his feet.
“So, when I came back to Earth, I was determined to thoroughly analyze all sorts of myths and put them to use...!”
“Ah—is that so?”
“Indeed, that's how it happened.” The family members nodded, making subtle expressions at Ban Yuwon's words.
However, he wasn't in a situation to pay attention to that.
“Didn't someone contract with a Constellation appear on Earth? We're screwed. If those Constellation bastards figure out Earth's myths first and start messing with the Tower—”
“That won't happen, Won.”
“Huh?” Grandfather Ban exchanged glances with the other family members, then stood up and brought an old Bible.
It was a Latin Bible, crafted over a thousand years ago, an item that could itself be treated as a holy relic.
Grandfather Ban personally disliked the Bible for depicting the Tower of Babel as a symbol of human desire, yet he always carried it, reasoning that it couldn't be omitted when explaining the Tower of Babel.
“That's your cherished possession, Grandfather... Are you giving it to me?”
“Open it.”
Ban Yuwon, who always listened to his grandfather, obediently opened the Bible.
What caught his eye, by chance, was Psalm 137:8.
For Ban Yuwon, who was to become the new owner of the Tower of Babel, it was indeed a remarkably coincidental passage.
“O Daughter of Babylon, you destroyer, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us...”
“Hoho, as expected, Yuwon can read it.”
“...What is this?”
Of course he could read it.
Ban Yuwon could read every language in the world, even languages he had never encountered a single time, without any trouble.
“It's not Latin...?”
“It became that way the moment the dimensional evolution occurred,” Grandfather Ban said with a wry smile.
“The Bible, of course, and the Quran, Buddhist scriptures, the Vedas... all scriptures on Earth, and all other documents related to mythology—including digital documents—have transformed into a language that no one can read. So, there's no need to worry about suspicious characters like the Constellations getting their hands on the myths.”
“That's completely...”
It was exactly like the changes that occurred when the Tower of Babel collapsed.
“Oh, then what about Dad? You said you could interpret all languages.”
“He can't read it.”
“He was bragging that even Ban Yuwon wouldn't be able to read this, too.”
“Ugh.”
Ban Yumi was once again whispering insults to her father, but that wasn't what was important right now.
‘I just wanted to relax without a care in the world...’
It seemed that rest would not be permitted.
Ban Yuwon sighed and slumped back into his seat.
Since he was going to be busy anyway, it was probably best to enjoy himself thoroughly while he could eat and drink.
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