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42.2

Ch. 42.2
They turned their heads discreetly and saw Mayuseong standing there with a gentle smile.

He spoke calmly in a low voice.

"Yu-Seol, are you done with the class?"

"Uh. Why?"

"I saw you in the Simulation Battle. You were amazing. And you're already leading a necro hunt at your age?"

"I'm pretty awesome, aren’t I?"

"It seems like you have a different way of 'thinking' than others."

Baek Yu-Seol flinched. The sharp question caught him off guard.

"Do you often have deep thoughts like that?"

"Well, I have nothing to do on weekends. And as you know, I'm a commoner, so I'm always thinking of ways to improve myself."

"I see. You spend your time very rewardingly." Saying that, Mayuseong chuckled bitterly. "I do try to make the most of my weekends."

Baek Yu-Seol seized the opportunity to ask a question that had been bothering him for a while.

"What do you usually do on weekends?"

He smiled coolly and replied, "Study."

"I see. Thank you for answering formally to my formal question."

Mayuseong was taken aback and waved his hand in the air in surprise. It was the first time Baek Yu-Seol had seen him like this.

"No, I'm serious. I actually did it. I studied... and I even started practicing."

"What? Practicing what?"

Upon hearing this, Baek Yu-Seol stared intently into his eyes, his expression growing tense.

"But... you're not really into that kind of thing, are you?"

"No, I'm not, but I've been doing it lately," he replied with a hint of hesitation.

Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Mayuseong wandering around after school as much as he used to.

"I didn't know about this myself, but I hate losing.”

As expected, there was something going on.

Mayuseong probably didn't start practicing until much later, but a variable had already been introduced.

"What could that variable be?" He wondered aloud.

Eisel quickly provided an answer. "Dungeon training. Since then, he's been particularly interested in it. His competitive spirit is quite strong, isn't it?"

"That's right. If the lady hadn't intervened at the time, I wouldn't have been able to hold my head high in front of Haewonryang again. I used to tease him all the time," Mayuseong added.

‘Ah, now it makes sense.’

If things had gone as they normally would have, Mayuseong wouldn't have ended up fighting Haewonryang alone during the dungeon training.

Mayuseong sometimes teamed up with Edna, so even if he had to fight against Haewonryang, he could easily win 2 to 1, or he might not fight at all.

However, due to Baek Yu-Seol interfering in the dungeon training, Edna was tied up, and Mayuseong was left alone to face Haewonryang.

‘Haewonryang’s state seemed a bit strange, was it because of this?’

If it were 2 to 1, it might have been different, but since Haewonryang, who had thoroughly prepared for a 1-on-1 battle, was defeated, he must have been mentally broken.