The Novel's Extra (0-100)

Chapter 23 - Second Incident (3)

Cube's classes and exams were always carried out in Korean. Even the small number of Cube's foreign professors held their classes in Korean, though their pronunciation and linguistic ability were no different than native speakers'. With Korean becoming the shared language of many countries, learning Korean became an important part of many countries' culture.

But a foreign language was still a foreign language. Just because Korean became a shared language, it didn't mean that learning it was any easier. To foreigners, Korean was still a difficult language to master.

But even with the disadvantage of being a foreigner, Rachel could understand what the professors were saying and could write mostly correct answers on exams. It was easy to see how much effort she put into studying.

As a country's royalty, she put in the effort to maintain a certain level of elegance and dignity. She wanted to become the perfect Hero in both theory and combat, and write a textbook for the English Royal Hero Academy.

Naturally, the citizens of England were fanatical when it came to Rachel. They were proud, saying that it was finally time for a Master rank Hero to come out of England.

'Master' rank Hero referred to top 70 of the world's most brilliant Heroes. Currently, 33 of these 70 Heroes were Korean, while 18 were American and 9 were Chinese. Only 2 were from England, but even that was arguable, as they obtained Korean citizenship 15 years ago.

As such, the citizens of England kept their eyes out on any news regarding Rachel, who they hoped would become the symbol of their nation.

To respond to their expectations, Rachel did not sleep more than two hours a day. But the 'record' she maintained through all this effort was broken today.

Rachel wasn't sad, only apprehensive and apologetic. Of course, the result of a single written exam was unlikely to spread to England, but 'Phenomenon Realm Analysis' was a difficult topic even for her. The gap between her and first place would likely not change for a while.

"..."

At that moment, Rachel felt a gaze looking at her. It was from an average-looking man. She didn't know his name, but she felt the gazes of other cadets falling on the man. Immediately, Rachel realized that this man was Kim Hajin. The man turned back to face the front of the class, but Rachel remembered his face.

Rachel began to covet the notebook he had in front of him.

**

There was a slight uproar at the fact that I got first place on the 'Phenomenon Realm Analysis' written exam, a topic widely known to be one of the most difficult at Cube. Rachel didn't say much, but the professor personally praised me despite Monday's professor being different than Friday's professor.

"I also looked at Kim Hajin cadet's answer sheet. His knowledge and vision were impressive to say the least. I hope other cadets can learn his passion for studying. Once again, theory is very important."

That was what the professor said. From my perspective, it couldn't have been more uncomforting.

In any case, I quickly left the moment classes ended. I had a lot to do today. No, I had a lot of SP to spend.

I couldn't hoard SP anymore if I wanted to protect myself from upcoming events. Now that the second arc had begun, Cube was no longer a safe place. Several Djinns should have already laid traps within the academy.

To briefly explain about Djinns, a Djinn was a human who formed a contract with a devil. In exchange for a human's soul, a devil gave him power. Naturally, higher ranked devils gave stronger powers.

But if an ordinary human formed this contract, he would only become a demi-Djinn, a puppet without intelligence. The 'Dog of Lucius' from the museum was an example of this type.