The incident started with a skill used by an awakened spirit.
The spirit summoned by the boy messed up Yeona’s hair.
“Ouch.”
He even made a small cut near her neck. Red blood oozed out of the cut. It was the first time she had seen blood.
“Hehehe. It must hurt.”
Until now, Yeona hadn’t reacted to whatever the kids did. She just kept repeating herself to the teacher.
The kids didn’t like seeing her like that. So, they crossed the line.
Then Yeona stood up and shouted sharply. She had reached her breaking point.
“I told you to stop!”
The kids laughed loudly.
“Oh, scary. Almost peed myself.”
“Look, she only reacts when she sees blood, huh?”
“Hahaha, exactly the same. Hilarious.”
As if determined, Yeona approached them. As always, the core members were at the back of the classroom.
“Do you guys find this fun?”
“Yeah. Can’t hear you. What did she say?”
“Fun and scary.”
With each step she took, her voice grew firmer.
“Is it fun to torment people like this?”
“She’s fixated on the topic of non-awakened people. Is she coming to pick a fight with us now?”
“Maybe she realized it’s useless to tell the teacher. Heh heh.”
Still, the kids were undeterred. They mocked and teased Yeona. Meanwhile, Dok Yeona could stand in front of the ringleaders.
“Right. Telling the teacher won’t change anything. When all of you are collectively labeling me as mentally ill, what can the teacher do?”
“Yeah, that’s true.”
“So, should I try a different approach? I was planning to wait a bit longer, but it seems I can’t anymore.”
Yeona took out a pen from her pocket. It looked like a regular pen, but it wasn’t. She pressed firmly on the center of the pen.
The most recent recorded voice file started playing.
– Ah, disgusting. Seriously. I don’t even want to be in the same space as them. Did you hear the rumor about them? They’re spon…
The kids, who were previously confident, widened their eyes. They didn’t expect her to be recording.
Moreover, the reaction of the child upon hearing my voice was beyond words.
“You crazy bitch! You were recording? You’re really…!”
But he couldn’t finish his sentence. Yeona cut him off firmly.
“Shut up!”
“….!”
His momentum was so strong that he was momentarily speechless. Even then, the recording continued to play.
“Can you hear me? Everything you’ve done to me so far is saved here. This should be enough to bring it to public attention.”
After the upheaval.
The school put great effort into students’ character education.
Because the unfortunate school years and the education style that always accommodated led to the creation of villains.
For this reason, the school used to deal very seriously with problems like school violence.
However, convening a committee on school violence was quite a challenging route. With the greatly strengthened punishment for school violence, it wasn’t easy to convene such a committee.
It’s truly ironic.
“Hey, hey. Dok Yeona!”
“I haven’t finished yet.”
“What do you want? Do you know who my dad is? He’s on the Parents’ Committee. But you want to make that public? Do you think you can?”
“Who said anything about making it public? If you guys stop bothering me anymore, I’ll leave it here. So don’t do it anymore. Especially not today! That’s what I want to say. And that’s the best I can do.”
“Do you think someone will be scared if you say that?”
Then he stuttered.
Yeona responded with a wry smile.
“Whether you’re scared or not doesn’t matter. What I want to say is that all the harm done to me from now on will be held accountable. Just remember that.”
“….”
“I’d like to publicize it right now if I could! But I’m holding back because of our family who would be upset. But this is the last time. I can’t take it anymore.”
There was a moment of silence.
The silence was broken by none other than the class vice president.
“Calling for a committee on school violence over a little prank, talking about making it public. Isn’t that too much? And how can we believe your words? How do you know if someone secretly recorded goes to the teacher and informs them?”
She, too, had a history of deploying skills against Yeona. So she was suddenly scared. Moreover, isn’t she about to face something important?
“I don’t want to believe it, so don’t believe it. I don’t lie. And what? Just a prank? Is that really what you think?”
“T-then it’s just a prank! Do you think you could stand here like this if we had intentionally harassed you?”
“You’re really shameless, aren’t you? Oh, by the way, Vice President, didn’t you say you have a guild interview next week? Then can I send this file to the interviewers? Will they still think it’s just a joke?”
“Hey!!”
“Why!!!!”
Yeona shouted back at him with an even louder voice. She poured out her words like a torrent. She scanned the core members.
“Do you guys think I just recorded it? Absolutely not! I also have videos of all your faces. So stop bothering me. Don’t make jokes about it, don’t say I’m sensitive, none of that.”
Yeona was relentless.
With her rough words, she seemed like a crazy bitch.
Indeed, such a person should not be messed with.
The kids who were full of momentum began to avoid Yeona’s gaze. Yeona finally gained the upper hand.
“If that’s what you want, I’ll treat you like you’re invisible. Whatever.”
“Just don’t look at me or talk to me in the future, and you better delete that file right away too.”
“Got it!”
The kids surrendered. None of them apologized, but at least they agreed to stop such childish antics.
That was satisfying enough.
A wave of relief washed over Yeona.
‘Whew, thank goodness. You did it, Dok Yeona! It’s all okay now.’
Yeona comforted herself.
“How can I trust you to delete it if you’re not going to leave me alone? Don’t worry, as long as you don’t bother me, it won’t be made public. I’m different from you guys.”
Then she turned to leave.
“You’re really a scary kid.”
A resentful voice came from behind.
Turning her head, she saw Baek Yeong-eun with pink hair.
“Geez, why are they reacting so timidly?”
Baek Yeong-eun didn’t like this situation.
So she stepped forward for the first time.
“Yeong-eun? Are you talking to me now?”
“Yeah. Dok Yeona, it’s about you. When you think about it, it’s like that, isn’t it? Secretly filming and recording your friends, and even threatening them with it. Even your actions now aren’t right.”
“My actions aren’t right? No, this is self-defense!”
“Yeah? Then would other kids’ actions also be considered self-defense?”
“What?”
“The act of taking away that pen, which contains all the recorded files, and destroying it. If that’s gone, there won’t be any problems for the other kids’ futures, and there won’t be any embarrassing incidents like opening up a bullying committee. Isn’t that right?”
Baek Yeong-eun looked at the core members and signaled them. It meant to leave it alone.
‘Right. Yeong-eun is absolutely right. That thing will hold me back! I’ll definitely send it to the interviewers. That devious girl won’t get away with this!’
Some of the core members stood up from their seats. The vice president was among them.
“Listening to it, Yeong-eun’s words make sense.”
“Who knows when she’ll change her mind and use that as leverage?”
The atmosphere shifted.
Yet Yeona remained unfazed.
“Am I the fool here? The recorded files are already saved….”
But the problem was the other side’s confusion.
They didn’t want to hear Yeona’s words.
“Take it away right now!”
Just then, it happened.
“How far are you guys willing to go! Stop it!”
“That’s right. Do you forget that using skills that threaten classmates leads to expulsion according to school rules?”
“We’ve agreed to let go of everything that happened until now! If we agree to let go, all you have to do is say thank you.”
“If you continue here, we will testify. About everything that happened until now! And we’ll also face the consequences we overlooked.”
Several classmates stood up to block Yeona. They were the unnoticed F and D grade kids in the class. Among them was Yeona’s friend, Minji.
They had pretended not to see the harassment Yeona faced until now because the higher-ranked kids were intimidating.
But seeing Yeona standing up courageously, they found the courage to confront it. The fruit of that courage was unfolding before their eyes.
“These losers are really crazy.”
“Should we do it now?”
A confrontation ensued with Yeona in the middle.
As tensions were about to escalate further.
Bang-!
“What are you guys doing? It’s already the end of the class. Do you forget what day it is today? Everyone back to your seats?”
The homeroom teacher entered the classroom.
***
Jong-sik flashed a smirk at Yeona.
‘Phew, thank goodness. Seems like he doesn’t know.’
Yeona felt relieved at his smile. Knowing that her uncle was smiling meant he hadn’t noticed the recent commotion.
On the other hand, the homeroom teacher of Class A felt like he was about to die.
Jong-sik’s words still echoed vividly in his ears.
“Let’s go in now. Ah, and we haven’t heard anything. Proceed with the prepared lesson as usual, and we’ll talk separately after it’s done.”
As he uttered those words, his expression was like thunder. For that reason, no one, not even the homeroom teacher, dared to contradict Jong-sik’s words.
As per Jong-sik’s instructions, the homeroom teacher pretended to be oblivious and started the class.
“For the first period, Yeona’s guardian will lead. Now, let’s all welcome her with a big round of applause.”
…Clap, clap, clap-!
The applause came a beat late. Yeona, some students, and all the attending parents applauded.
Standing at the podium, Jong-sik raised the corners of his mouth wryly as he looked at the stupefied kids.
“Nice to meet you all. I’m Yeona’s guardian, no, her Guardian, Jong-sik. Before we begin the lesson, let me introduce myself. Currently, I’m a practicing hunter affiliated with the Healing Guild.”
…!
“Guardian.”
Yeona’s eyes widened.
‘Uncle! He heard it.’
Including Baek Yeong-eun, the classmates felt a pang of guilt.
‘She said she’s just a restaurant owner’s daughter!’
‘So, was that why she asked Dad to take care of her?’
‘It’s Jong-sik. This is totally unexpected.’
‘Guardian? Wasn’t he supposed to have connections with the academy officials? Wasn’t that it?’
The classroom was filled with heavy tension.
Ignoring the atmosphere, Jong-sik began to speak.
“So, enough with the introductions. We should start with the prepared lesson, right?”
Creeaaak-!
Soon, words began to be written on the blackboard behind Jongsik. Jongsik still looked forward.
In other words, it means that he was writing the words by controlling his mana.
Talion
And those who watched it couldn’t help but sweat. No wonder the words written on the blackboard were…
“…Talion’s Law?”
“Why, what’s that? Huh?”
“It’s a law that says the perpetrator should suffer the same degree of damage as the victim. So…”
Murmur.
‘Yes, that’s right. That’s what you should do.’
Jongsik shrugged.
“You have a smart friend. That’s right. The theme of the class I prepared today is the law of revenge. I’m going to teach you an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. That’s the way of the world.”
“!”
“Yeona’s guardian!”
“Mr. Dok, Hunter Dok Jong-sik . What do you mean!”
The homeroom teacher of Class A and the parents sitting in the back screamed in surprise.
No matter how scared you are of Dok Jong-sik, you have to protect your child.
“I said it’s the theme of the class I prepared?”
“That’s not what you meant… Ugh!”
Jongsik looked at the parent who spoke up. The parent collapsed on the spot under the pouring momentum. Everyone had surprised rabbit eyes.
Even in that situation, Jong-sik continued speaking as if it was nothing.
“Teacher. Didn’t you say just now that the participating guardians can also actively participate in the class?”
“Yes, I did. But Yeona’s guardian, let’s talk for a moment…”
“That’s good. I think I need some help teaching. Let’s see, is that Yeong-eun’s father? Can you help me? Oh, and the person next to you too. Also, let’s see…”
Jong-sik named several parents.
The children watching had terrified expressions.
There is one reason. Those named by Jong-sik were the guardians of the core members who bullied Yeona. It was a clear choice of purpose.
