I got into school for nothing-65
I got into school for nothing (65)
Lesson 14. Rebel Force - 3
On the morning of the third day, Ban Yuwon stepped outside to greet the morning breeze, and Anneri Dedota was waiting for him, looking much as she had yesterday.
In fact, her attire was subtly more revealing than it had been the day before.
“There’s no need for this anymore, you know.”
“Huh? Oh, no, I just came to ambush you when I got the chance.”
Ban Yuwon chuckled at Anneri’s brazen reply, then knocked on the door of the adjacent room, and when Rucell opened it, he tossed Anneri to her.
“So you want me to establish the pecking order! Understood, Master!”
“Master? Did you just say Mas— Guaaaah!”
There, Yumina was waiting.
“Oh, Professor... Sis.”
“Did you sleep well?”
The conscienceless 500-year-old girl, who only wished to be called ‘Sis’ by Ban Yuwon when they were alone, beamed at him and greeted him good morning.
“You were truly magnificent yesterday.”
“You too, Sis. I heard you took on an entire fleet by yourself.”
“A fleet, my foot.”
Yumina shook her head with a wry smile.
“Exodus’s true power isn’t just that. Their actions yesterday were merely a simple show of force. While fulfilling the Ortima family’s demands, they also wanted to incidentally demonstrate that Exodus feared neither the academy.”
“That was just a show of force, you say?”
Recalling the sheer scale of the fleet that had torn through dimensions to appear, it was indeed an absurd statement.
But Yumina’s expression was quite serious.
“They were prepared to lose everything except their flagship; it was clear they deliberately deployed trivial forces. It was a typical stalling tactic. ...So I destroyed them all anyway.”
This ‘Sis’ is terrifying, after all.
Recalling the dozens of kilometers long and hundreds of meters thick thorny vines she had conjured in the air, Ban Yuwon shivered.
Perhaps she was one of the most powerful professors in the academy...
“Even if they were prepared for losses, it’s a fact that they suffered significant damage. Whatever Exodus intended, any faction friendly to the academy would now relentlessly pursue Exodus like a rat.”
Seeing the ominous glint in Yumina’s gem-like eyes, it seemed she was determined to feed Exodus all the ‘bitter medicine’ she couldn’t give to the Ortima family.
Exodus. Ban Yuwon found himself thinking about them anew.
Even if the Ortima family had made them an offer, Exodus must have accepted it due to their own hostility towards Ban Yuwon.
Sure enough, the video Ban Yuwon had uploaded to the Rebellion channel, which showed him eliminating an Exodus intruder, must have been the problem.
‘Looking at it another way, it meant Exodus had suffered a great humiliation because of that video.’
If it had only spread a little within Union, a top-tier dimension, they might not have thought much of it.
But thanks to Anneri, he had learned that people from all dimensions would see it.
So, Exodus had truly suffered a universal humiliation, hadn’t they?
“And what’s more, the deal between Exodus and the Ortima family completely fell apart.”
Yumina explained that it was highly likely that this deal, from the start, was forced through by Lusein Ortima, who had somewhat insisted on it with the family elders and aggressively pushed for its completion.
A deal that would only increase their enemies if successful, and further narrow their standing if it failed.
The risks were already high, but to fail in the worst possible way, especially when they already had weaknesses exposed to the academy, even their relationship with Exodus turned for the worse.
“Indeed, with Lusein Ortima returning in that state, they can hardly maintain a close relationship with Exodus, can they?”
“That’s why I said it was excellent in that sense. Student Dokgo Yeon as well... Mmm, her method was a bit extreme, but I can’t blame her. It was perfectly suitable as a warning to Ortima.”
Dokgo Yeon cutting off Ortima’s right arm effectively severed the relationship between the Ortima family and Exodus as well.
Of course, it was Dokgo Yeon who actually did the cutting, but since the Ortima family could no longer cause trouble within the academy, Exodus was the only remaining target for their hatred.
“What on earth were those bastards thinking to pull off such a reckless stunt?”
“They simply didn’t account for your abilities. Did they really think freshmen who had just entered the academy would safely emerge from a dungeon personally created and controlled by a Constellation?”
Indeed, the labyrinth of the dungeon would have been difficult to breach without Ban Yuwon (though he heard the other two groups had brute-forced their way through), and the giant monster would have been a tough foe to face without Rucell’s Wildness.
What’s more, the very Constellation controlling that dungeon was hostile towards them, so it was a miracle that they managed to escape the dungeon unscathed.
“In the end, I was just a supporting character, though.”
“Next time, you’ll be the main character. Your notoriety is steadily increasing.”
With those words, Yumina pointed to something: her mirror.
Specifically, it was the banner of the Rebellion channel, whose subscribers had reached 30 million as of this morning.
The undisputed number one in views was, of course, the video of them first entering the Tower.
“You must have realized it after meeting Anneri, but in other dimensions, you are practically representing Union Academy. You might not fully grasp it yet, but... students of the academy visit a great many dimensions before graduating.”
“You mean special activities?”
“Yes. This special activity is more like preliminary training. You haven’t really done anything, have you?”
Since they genuinely hadn’t done anything significant, Ban Yuwon could only nod.
It really was like a school trip, after all.
“But once you embark on proper special activities, you’ll realize it too. That there are truly many dimensions that require the help of the strong. It’s also a curriculum designed to make you realize that.”
“Is it to foster an altruistic mindset in the students?”
“Not at all. The stronger humans become, the less they look at what’s beneath their feet. But the countless beings beneath your feet will look up to you.”
That’s what’s important, Yumina emphasized.
“That’s how you engrave your presence across countless dimensions. It’s the process of becoming a god. And that will also help you climb the Tower.”
By the time they’re graduating fifth-years, individual students already possess considerable renown, and those especially revered by many dimensions are treated as ‘named’ individuals, so to speak.
“I never even thought of that. ...Huh?”
It was a fascinating story, but midway through, something had begun to bother him.
Ban Yuwon narrowed his eyes and asked.
“Just a moment ago, didn’t you say we were becoming famous in other dimensions?”
“Do you finally understand what I mean?”
Yumina giggled, poking Ban Yuwon’s cheek.
“The recognition other students painstakingly, arduously build through numerous special activities... you— you all acquired it in an instant. So how could others not be intensely jealous?”
Ban Yuwon thought, as Yumina’s finger poked his cheek.
Why students had paid him so much attention, Ban Yuwon finally understood the true reason.
It wasn’t merely an internal school matter; it was intimately tied to the academy’s objectives.
A task he’d started without a second thought had grown so large, he felt more bewildered than joyful.
“It’s hard to believe all of this started with just one camera.”
“Are you still, only thinking that?”
‘How cute,’ he heard Yumina murmur.
...What? Surely there’s more to it than that, isn’t there?
Ban Yuwon furrowed his brow, giving her a questioning look.
But Yumina didn’t elaborate further, moving away from him.
Morning was slowly approaching.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can join your group activity today. Some issues have arisen that I need to handle because of yesterday’s events.”
“It’s just free time anyway. We can roam around by ourselves. Even if she’s a bit unreliable, we have Anneri.”
“Sis is quite disappointed she can’t play with you, but Yuwon isn’t, is he?”
A trap question, right here, when he least expected it!
To appease his 480-year-older ‘Sis,’ Ban Yuwon had to act cute for about five minutes.
...Memories of playing with his sister when he was young came to mind, and he missed home just a little.
* * *
After finishing breakfast, the group finally had complete free time.
It was a group activity where they roamed the capital of the Tolmon Empire with the members of their respective groups (which usually consisted of those who entered the Tower together).
“This capital is insanely huge.”
“Yuwon, I want to eat that.”
“Rucell, you’re not calling him Master right now— Never mind! There’s a street vendor selling fried snacks just one block over, so let’s head that way!”
Poor Anneri’s place in the pecking order seemed to have been firmly established beneath Rucell.
But even she, it seemed, had thoroughly prepared for this mercenary assignment, and adeptly guided the group through the capital.
At the very least, Dokgo Yeon seemed satisfied with her guidance.
“Oh, the sweets in this dimension are quite good.”
“You’re not even from here, how do you know so much?”
“For dimension mercenaries like us, who travel many worlds, the most important thing is to grasp information about the deployment area. It’s natural if we want to avoid being discovered by locals.”
At first, he had wondered if she was a woman sent by the Ortima family, aiming for a honey trap, but the discrepancy between her image and her actual competence was too great.
Anneri, noticing Ban Yuwon’s gaze, which hinted at his thoughts, once again sent him a subtle signal, only to have her finger bent back by Rucell.
“G-gasp, we’re in the same boat anyway... Guaaaah!”
“She’s an interesting person.”
The voice came from the far left of the group, beside Light.
He turned his head to see that Aire had somehow naturally joined them.
Wondering if she liked Light that much, and feeling a pang in his heart at the thought, Ban Yuwon tried not to show it as he asked.
“Why are you here?”
“Because I’m a solo party. I’m free to go anywhere alone.”
And then, an answer no one expected popped out.
As expected, Light reacted strongly to this.
“A solo party, you mean, you’re really climbing the Tower alone?!”
“Among this year’s freshmen, I heard I’m the only one.”
Everyone was dumbfounded by Aire’s calm statement, which wasn’t boastful at all.
Ban Yuwon couldn’t help but recall the Chancellor’s words that he would allow him solo exploration based on his achievements.
Light’s reaction, of course, went without saying.
“They said it was only granted in truly special cases...”
“It’s... not special. Until now, it was simply the most efficient.”
Efficiency, huh... Ban Yuwon smiled wryly.
Even in the Special Class, a group composed of the most outstanding students, Aire chose to isolate herself.
There was no particular reason for her to become close to them; she simply had none.
The Chancellor, perhaps deeming it more efficient to climb the Tower alone than to form a group, must have granted her solo exploration privileges.
“I thought as much.”
“Hmm?”
He had thought Dokgo Yeon might be jealous of Aire’s solo exploration privileges, but she unexpectedly accepted it calmly.
No, she even looked like she was smiling.
As if noticing his puzzled thoughts, Dokgo Yeon sent him a telepathic message.
—Think about the proposal this woman made yesterday.
—The one about wanting to join Class 11? Could it be that she wanted to climb the Tower together?
—Probably. So, isn’t that amusing?
“Look even now,” Dokgo Yeon said, nodding towards Aire.
Her, looking straight at him with translucent silver eyes, pleading!
“So, I want to go with you.”
“Keugh...”
It was as if tears were blurring Ban Yuwon’s vision.
Light felt humiliated by Aire, who had possessed the solo exploration privilege since her admission, a privilege he himself hadn’t obtained.
But Aire, oblivious to his feelings, only wished to enjoy her free time with him.
Isn’t the clash of their two hearts truly poignant!
“Such mercilessness exists. Oh Buddha, are you perhaps asleep...!”
“Ban Yuwon, stop spouting nonsense and open your wallet. They’re selling some pretty decent-looking sweets over there again.”
“Ah, Yuwon. Next, I want something a little salty.”
“...”
The two women seemed intent on continuing their eating broadcast, regardless of whether Aire joined or Light agonized.
Ban Yuwon checked on the camera—Tikke—which was diligently following them and filming, then sighed and nodded.
“The mukbang reactions have always been good, so no problem there... Aire? You don’t mind being in the video, do you?”
“I don’t mind. ...In fact, please do.”
Aire declared, her silver eyes sparkling, just as she had yesterday.
“Because someday, I want to join Class 11... to join Rebellion.”
It was the moment Dokgo Yeon’s thoughts brilliantly aligned.
But then, Light finally made a blunder.
“If you have solo exploration privileges, you can just do well on your own, like you always have.”
“Light, you—”
Ban Yuwon was startled and was about to say something, but Aire shook her head and spoke first.
“Through this special activity, I’ve deeply felt my inadequacies. ...Perhaps what I need is all of you.”
She couldn’t bring herself to explicitly say ‘Light’, using such an ambiguous expression... But why was she looking at Ban Yuwon as she said it?
Could she have discerned that Ban Yuwon was the leader of this group, and was expecting him to make the decision!
In truth, Ban Yuwon’s mind had been made up since she first appeared.
“As Professor Yumina said, accepting you into Class 11 might be difficult, but if it’s just filming videos together sometimes, then...”
Aire’s abilities and personality were, needless to say, exceptional, and her beauty, contrasting with Dokgo Yeon’s, was almost mystical.
Naturally, she would attract even more attention... Having heard Yumina’s explanation about ‘named’ individuals that morning, and knowing that this would also benefit Aire herself, there was no reason to refuse.
Crucially, now that Dokgo Yeon had cut off Ortima’s arm, wouldn’t it be better to have at least one more ally within the academy?
If that ally was a powerful talent like Aire, there was nothing more to consider.
“That’s enough for today. As for exploration, we’ll talk later.”
Aire nodded.
Who on earth could have made her act so proactively!
“Ban, why are you looking at me with such wistful eyes? ...What is it? What’s wrong? If you have something to say, just say it.”
“No, it’s nothing.”
With Special Guest Aire added to Rebellion, the group roamed through the capital, which had survived and been restored from the monster wave’s damage, enjoying their sightseeing.
Even after facing the monster wave, and successfully enduring it with the help of Union Academy, the capital of the Tolmon Empire, which was even undergoing rapid reconstruction, was bustling with a strange vitality.
This video, capturing the capital’s appearance and the Rebellion members enjoying their sightseeing, saw an explosive increase in views immediately after upload, raising the Rebellion channel’s subscriber count to 50 million.
Ban Yuwon felt as if he was finally starting to understand what viewers of the Rebellion channel truly wanted.
In fact, her attire was subtly more revealing than it had been the day before.
“There’s no need for this anymore, you know.”
“Huh? Oh, no, I just came to ambush you when I got the chance.”
Ban Yuwon chuckled at Anneri’s brazen reply, then knocked on the door of the adjacent room, and when Rucell opened it, he tossed Anneri to her.
“So you want me to establish the pecking order! Understood, Master!”
“Master? Did you just say Mas— Guaaaah!”
Having dealt with the ‘baggage,’ he felt leisurely heading to the balcony.
There, Yumina was waiting.
“Oh, Professor... Sis.”
“Did you sleep well?”
The conscienceless 500-year-old girl, who only wished to be called ‘Sis’ by Ban Yuwon when they were alone, beamed at him and greeted him good morning.
“You were truly magnificent yesterday.”
“You too, Sis. I heard you took on an entire fleet by yourself.”
“A fleet, my foot.”
Yumina shook her head with a wry smile.
“Exodus’s true power isn’t just that. Their actions yesterday were merely a simple show of force. While fulfilling the Ortima family’s demands, they also wanted to incidentally demonstrate that Exodus feared neither the academy.”
“That was just a show of force, you say?”
Recalling the sheer scale of the fleet that had torn through dimensions to appear, it was indeed an absurd statement.
But Yumina’s expression was quite serious.
“They were prepared to lose everything except their flagship; it was clear they deliberately deployed trivial forces. It was a typical stalling tactic. ...So I destroyed them all anyway.”
This ‘Sis’ is terrifying, after all.
Recalling the dozens of kilometers long and hundreds of meters thick thorny vines she had conjured in the air, Ban Yuwon shivered.
Perhaps she was one of the most powerful professors in the academy...
“Even if they were prepared for losses, it’s a fact that they suffered significant damage. Whatever Exodus intended, any faction friendly to the academy would now relentlessly pursue Exodus like a rat.”
Seeing the ominous glint in Yumina’s gem-like eyes, it seemed she was determined to feed Exodus all the ‘bitter medicine’ she couldn’t give to the Ortima family.
Exodus. Ban Yuwon found himself thinking about them anew.
Even if the Ortima family had made them an offer, Exodus must have accepted it due to their own hostility towards Ban Yuwon.
Sure enough, the video Ban Yuwon had uploaded to the Rebellion channel, which showed him eliminating an Exodus intruder, must have been the problem.
‘Looking at it another way, it meant Exodus had suffered a great humiliation because of that video.’
If it had only spread a little within Union, a top-tier dimension, they might not have thought much of it.
But thanks to Anneri, he had learned that people from all dimensions would see it.
So, Exodus had truly suffered a universal humiliation, hadn’t they?
“And what’s more, the deal between Exodus and the Ortima family completely fell apart.”
Yumina explained that it was highly likely that this deal, from the start, was forced through by Lusein Ortima, who had somewhat insisted on it with the family elders and aggressively pushed for its completion.
A deal that would only increase their enemies if successful, and further narrow their standing if it failed.
The risks were already high, but to fail in the worst possible way, especially when they already had weaknesses exposed to the academy, even their relationship with Exodus turned for the worse.
“Indeed, with Lusein Ortima returning in that state, they can hardly maintain a close relationship with Exodus, can they?”
“That’s why I said it was excellent in that sense. Student Dokgo Yeon as well... Mmm, her method was a bit extreme, but I can’t blame her. It was perfectly suitable as a warning to Ortima.”
Dokgo Yeon cutting off Ortima’s right arm effectively severed the relationship between the Ortima family and Exodus as well.
Of course, it was Dokgo Yeon who actually did the cutting, but since the Ortima family could no longer cause trouble within the academy, Exodus was the only remaining target for their hatred.
“What on earth were those bastards thinking to pull off such a reckless stunt?”
“They simply didn’t account for your abilities. Did they really think freshmen who had just entered the academy would safely emerge from a dungeon personally created and controlled by a Constellation?”
Indeed, the labyrinth of the dungeon would have been difficult to breach without Ban Yuwon (though he heard the other two groups had brute-forced their way through), and the giant monster would have been a tough foe to face without Rucell’s Wildness.
What’s more, the very Constellation controlling that dungeon was hostile towards them, so it was a miracle that they managed to escape the dungeon unscathed.
“In the end, I was just a supporting character, though.”
“Next time, you’ll be the main character. Your notoriety is steadily increasing.”
With those words, Yumina pointed to something: her mirror.
Specifically, it was the banner of the Rebellion channel, whose subscribers had reached 30 million as of this morning.
The undisputed number one in views was, of course, the video of them first entering the Tower.
“You must have realized it after meeting Anneri, but in other dimensions, you are practically representing Union Academy. You might not fully grasp it yet, but... students of the academy visit a great many dimensions before graduating.”
“You mean special activities?”
“Yes. This special activity is more like preliminary training. You haven’t really done anything, have you?”
Since they genuinely hadn’t done anything significant, Ban Yuwon could only nod.
It really was like a school trip, after all.
“But once you embark on proper special activities, you’ll realize it too. That there are truly many dimensions that require the help of the strong. It’s also a curriculum designed to make you realize that.”
“Is it to foster an altruistic mindset in the students?”
“Not at all. The stronger humans become, the less they look at what’s beneath their feet. But the countless beings beneath your feet will look up to you.”
That’s what’s important, Yumina emphasized.
“That’s how you engrave your presence across countless dimensions. It’s the process of becoming a god. And that will also help you climb the Tower.”
By the time they’re graduating fifth-years, individual students already possess considerable renown, and those especially revered by many dimensions are treated as ‘named’ individuals, so to speak.
“I never even thought of that. ...Huh?”
It was a fascinating story, but midway through, something had begun to bother him.
Ban Yuwon narrowed his eyes and asked.
“Just a moment ago, didn’t you say we were becoming famous in other dimensions?”
“Do you finally understand what I mean?”
Yumina giggled, poking Ban Yuwon’s cheek.
“The recognition other students painstakingly, arduously build through numerous special activities... you— you all acquired it in an instant. So how could others not be intensely jealous?”
Ban Yuwon thought, as Yumina’s finger poked his cheek.
Why students had paid him so much attention, Ban Yuwon finally understood the true reason.
It wasn’t merely an internal school matter; it was intimately tied to the academy’s objectives.
A task he’d started without a second thought had grown so large, he felt more bewildered than joyful.
“It’s hard to believe all of this started with just one camera.”
“Are you still, only thinking that?”
‘How cute,’ he heard Yumina murmur.
...What? Surely there’s more to it than that, isn’t there?
Ban Yuwon furrowed his brow, giving her a questioning look.
But Yumina didn’t elaborate further, moving away from him.
Morning was slowly approaching.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can join your group activity today. Some issues have arisen that I need to handle because of yesterday’s events.”
“It’s just free time anyway. We can roam around by ourselves. Even if she’s a bit unreliable, we have Anneri.”
“Sis is quite disappointed she can’t play with you, but Yuwon isn’t, is he?”
A trap question, right here, when he least expected it!
To appease his 480-year-older ‘Sis,’ Ban Yuwon had to act cute for about five minutes.
...Memories of playing with his sister when he was young came to mind, and he missed home just a little.
* * *
After finishing breakfast, the group finally had complete free time.
It was a group activity where they roamed the capital of the Tolmon Empire with the members of their respective groups (which usually consisted of those who entered the Tower together).
“This capital is insanely huge.”
“Yuwon, I want to eat that.”
“Rucell, you’re not calling him Master right now— Never mind! There’s a street vendor selling fried snacks just one block over, so let’s head that way!”
Poor Anneri’s place in the pecking order seemed to have been firmly established beneath Rucell.
But even she, it seemed, had thoroughly prepared for this mercenary assignment, and adeptly guided the group through the capital.
At the very least, Dokgo Yeon seemed satisfied with her guidance.
“Oh, the sweets in this dimension are quite good.”
“You’re not even from here, how do you know so much?”
“For dimension mercenaries like us, who travel many worlds, the most important thing is to grasp information about the deployment area. It’s natural if we want to avoid being discovered by locals.”
At first, he had wondered if she was a woman sent by the Ortima family, aiming for a honey trap, but the discrepancy between her image and her actual competence was too great.
Anneri, noticing Ban Yuwon’s gaze, which hinted at his thoughts, once again sent him a subtle signal, only to have her finger bent back by Rucell.
“G-gasp, we’re in the same boat anyway... Guaaaah!”
“She’s an interesting person.”
The voice came from the far left of the group, beside Light.
He turned his head to see that Aire had somehow naturally joined them.
Wondering if she liked Light that much, and feeling a pang in his heart at the thought, Ban Yuwon tried not to show it as he asked.
“Why are you here?”
“Because I’m a solo party. I’m free to go anywhere alone.”
And then, an answer no one expected popped out.
As expected, Light reacted strongly to this.
“A solo party, you mean, you’re really climbing the Tower alone?!”
“Among this year’s freshmen, I heard I’m the only one.”
Everyone was dumbfounded by Aire’s calm statement, which wasn’t boastful at all.
Ban Yuwon couldn’t help but recall the Chancellor’s words that he would allow him solo exploration based on his achievements.
Light’s reaction, of course, went without saying.
“They said it was only granted in truly special cases...”
“It’s... not special. Until now, it was simply the most efficient.”
Efficiency, huh... Ban Yuwon smiled wryly.
Even in the Special Class, a group composed of the most outstanding students, Aire chose to isolate herself.
There was no particular reason for her to become close to them; she simply had none.
The Chancellor, perhaps deeming it more efficient to climb the Tower alone than to form a group, must have granted her solo exploration privileges.
“I thought as much.”
“Hmm?”
He had thought Dokgo Yeon might be jealous of Aire’s solo exploration privileges, but she unexpectedly accepted it calmly.
No, she even looked like she was smiling.
As if noticing his puzzled thoughts, Dokgo Yeon sent him a telepathic message.
—Think about the proposal this woman made yesterday.
—The one about wanting to join Class 11? Could it be that she wanted to climb the Tower together?
—Probably. So, isn’t that amusing?
“Look even now,” Dokgo Yeon said, nodding towards Aire.
Her, looking straight at him with translucent silver eyes, pleading!
“So, I want to go with you.”
“Keugh...”
It was as if tears were blurring Ban Yuwon’s vision.
Light felt humiliated by Aire, who had possessed the solo exploration privilege since her admission, a privilege he himself hadn’t obtained.
But Aire, oblivious to his feelings, only wished to enjoy her free time with him.
Isn’t the clash of their two hearts truly poignant!
“Such mercilessness exists. Oh Buddha, are you perhaps asleep...!”
“Ban Yuwon, stop spouting nonsense and open your wallet. They’re selling some pretty decent-looking sweets over there again.”
“Ah, Yuwon. Next, I want something a little salty.”
“...”
The two women seemed intent on continuing their eating broadcast, regardless of whether Aire joined or Light agonized.
Ban Yuwon checked on the camera—Tikke—which was diligently following them and filming, then sighed and nodded.
“The mukbang reactions have always been good, so no problem there... Aire? You don’t mind being in the video, do you?”
“I don’t mind. ...In fact, please do.”
Aire declared, her silver eyes sparkling, just as she had yesterday.
“Because someday, I want to join Class 11... to join Rebellion.”
It was the moment Dokgo Yeon’s thoughts brilliantly aligned.
But then, Light finally made a blunder.
“If you have solo exploration privileges, you can just do well on your own, like you always have.”
“Light, you—”
Ban Yuwon was startled and was about to say something, but Aire shook her head and spoke first.
“Through this special activity, I’ve deeply felt my inadequacies. ...Perhaps what I need is all of you.”
She couldn’t bring herself to explicitly say ‘Light’, using such an ambiguous expression... But why was she looking at Ban Yuwon as she said it?
Could she have discerned that Ban Yuwon was the leader of this group, and was expecting him to make the decision!
In truth, Ban Yuwon’s mind had been made up since she first appeared.
“As Professor Yumina said, accepting you into Class 11 might be difficult, but if it’s just filming videos together sometimes, then...”
Aire’s abilities and personality were, needless to say, exceptional, and her beauty, contrasting with Dokgo Yeon’s, was almost mystical.
Naturally, she would attract even more attention... Having heard Yumina’s explanation about ‘named’ individuals that morning, and knowing that this would also benefit Aire herself, there was no reason to refuse.
Crucially, now that Dokgo Yeon had cut off Ortima’s arm, wouldn’t it be better to have at least one more ally within the academy?
If that ally was a powerful talent like Aire, there was nothing more to consider.
“That’s enough for today. As for exploration, we’ll talk later.”
Aire nodded.
Who on earth could have made her act so proactively!
“Ban, why are you looking at me with such wistful eyes? ...What is it? What’s wrong? If you have something to say, just say it.”
“No, it’s nothing.”
With Special Guest Aire added to Rebellion, the group roamed through the capital, which had survived and been restored from the monster wave’s damage, enjoying their sightseeing.
Even after facing the monster wave, and successfully enduring it with the help of Union Academy, the capital of the Tolmon Empire, which was even undergoing rapid reconstruction, was bustling with a strange vitality.
This video, capturing the capital’s appearance and the Rebellion members enjoying their sightseeing, saw an explosive increase in views immediately after upload, raising the Rebellion channel’s subscriber count to 50 million.
Ban Yuwon felt as if he was finally starting to understand what viewers of the Rebellion channel truly wanted.
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