Why Did I Have to Enroll

"Everyone, we have a new student joining our class from Class 11, Ban Yu-won! Let's give him a warm welcome!"

As Professor Yumina started the class with these words, Ban Yu-won squeezed his eyes shut.

What was truly maddening was that the students were enthusiastically applauding.

"I want to kill him."

"Did you see him coming in earlier, laughing and chatting with Professor Yumina?"

"I really want to kill him."

"I haven't even had a single personal conversation with the professor..."

"Should we kill him, Misty?"

"Hold back."

The students attending her Magic Combat class were, without exception, fervent devotees of Yumina, and they certainly didn't look kindly upon Ban Yu-won, who was not only in Class 11 directly under Yumina's supervision but also now attending the magic class.

However, Yumina, seemingly oblivious to this atmosphere, was simply smiling and clapping away.

'I expected as much, but this is enemy territory too.'

Still, since they were all Yumina's devotees, there shouldn't be any outright attacks on Ban Yu-won.

But that was a naive thought.

"Professor!"

"Do you have a question, Misty?"

Misty? She was the one who had stopped her friend from trying to kill Ban Yu-won earlier.

As Ban Yu-won turned his head, he saw a pretty girl with short golden hair standing up from her seat.

Wait, that face looked familiar—she was a student from Class 1!

Moreover, the friend who had wanted to kill Ban Yu-won was also from Class 1.

Right now, there were exactly 9 students in this classroom including Ban Yu-won, and among them, three belonged to Class 1.

'But... she's not sitting near that Ayre. As expected.'

You'd think they'd at least sit close to each other if they were in the same class.

On the contrary, Ayre was sitting alone, as if there was an invisible wall between him and the other students.

Seeing this, Ban Yu-won suddenly recalled a conversation he had with Dokgo Yeon.

When Ban Yu-won had mentioned that Ortima was considered the top prospect among the first-years, Dokgo Yeon had clearly said:

'There's at least one more person in the same class who's more useful than that guy.'

He had forgotten about it until now because he hadn't had the opportunity to pay attention to other classes, but looking at the situation now, it seemed that person might be this girl. ṙãℕỒ฿ЕS

"If this student can use magic, why hasn't he been attending this class until now?"

"Well, that's because Ban Yu-won obtained an artifact during this tower exploration and became its owner, newly awakening his talent as a mage!"

While Ban Yu-won was thinking about Ayre, Misty boldly questioned Ban Yu-won's qualifications, and Yumina dropped the bomb without hesitation.

"An artifact?!"

"Oh my, haven't you subscribed to the Rebellion channel? The exploration video from last week is up, so check it out. There's even a video featuring me!"

"I'm subscribed, Professor!"

"Yesterday's video was really great, Professor!"

"You're beautiful!"

Misty was astonished by Yumina's words.

...And the students who didn't miss the chance to flatter Yumina!

Thanks to that, it took a while for the shock to spread throughout the classroom.

"Wait, he became the owner of an artifact? You mean it was an artifact that chooses its owner?"

"There are artifacts that can awaken magic talent?"

Of course, artifacts were extremely rare items, but even among the outstanding talents from higher dimensions who were selected for Union, it was common for their families to have one or two artifacts.

But even they had never heard of an artifact that could awaken magic talent.

It was a natural reaction, given that humans born with magic talent were extremely rare, and cases of acquiring talent later in life were almost non-existent.

"Hehe, of course, it's impossible to turn just anyone into a mage. The artifact chose Ban Yu-won as its owner because he had hidden magic talent in the first place."

Yumina calmly told this lie to pacify the students.

Then the students' gazes changed once again, and it would be accurate to say they shifted from jealousy to hatred.

It seemed too much that someone who was already talented enough to be selected from a lower dimension had now gained magic talent on top of that.

Misty narrowed her eyes, glaring at Ban Yu-won, and spoke again.

"Then, Professor, can we ask Ban Yu-won to demonstrate his magic? Without the artifact, of course..."

"Well, about that..."

"Sure, why not."

Ban Yu-won had only obtained the artifact last week.

Yumina, judging that he might not be able to handle magic properly yet, was about to intervene, but Ban Yu-won nodded abruptly and stepped forward himself.

"Just keep in mind that I've only recently started learning magic, so I might not be able to perform proper magic."

"Ah! Then I'll put up a barrier first. Ban Yu-won, are you ready to show us?"

Yumina's face lit up at Ban Yu-won's confident attitude, and she quickly created a defensive barrier made of mana.

Ban Yu-won had two types of magic to choose from.

One was the elemental magic absorbed from the staff.

The other was casting magic by combining magic language that he could understand and develop in his own way.

'I'd prefer to use language magic that can utilize my abilities, but...'

Not only had he not yet properly established the concept and practiced it, but it wasn't something to show in a place like this.

Therefore, Ban Yu-won decided to demonstrate elemental magic.

Elemental magic was magic that combined the power of countless attributes based on the four great elements commonly known as water, fire, air, and earth, and unfolded them in various forms.

It was the first thing that came to Ban Yu-won's mind when thinking of magic, and it was said to be the most common form of magic in reality.

Although there were various systems of elemental magic, he could only perform elemental magic that purely created and transformed the power of attributes.

'Vortex.'

The element to be handled was air (空氣), and the form was a vortex (旋渦).

The place of occurrence was above his palm.

In an instant, he determined these three intentions and injected current energy into the concept of elemental magic within his body, and a small vortex appeared above his palm.

"Ah!"

"It's so fast!"

"There was no incantation... Isn't this closer to psychic power than magic?"

"But it's definitely magic. It's will (意思) magic that doesn't require an incantation!"

As Ban Yu-won concentrated his current energy, thinking he wanted to make it bigger, the vortex suddenly swelled up.

When he shot it towards the barrier Yumina had put up, the vortex dissipated with a loud noise.

Yumina removed the barrier and smiled with satisfaction.

"Not only is the lack of incantation surprising, but the power is also remarkable. I can hardly believe you've just started learning magic. Don't you all agree?"

"Y-yes, Professor."

"Did he use the artifact? No, he couldn't have, not with the professor watching..."

"Hah, special admission. Is this the talent of a special admission student? Damn, he seems to handle magic better than me..."

Ban Yu-won was a bit surprised by the students' reactions.

He hadn't consumed much current energy, and the result was exactly as expected.

No, actually, it seemed a bit stronger than he had expected.

Anyway, he didn't think it was anything special, but the students seemed to be overreacting.

However, Ayre was watching as if this was trivial, and Misty and her friend from Class 1 also had relaxed expressions as if thinking, 'So he's only at this level,' so it was possible to guess that the special class was indeed on a different level.

'Hmm, I guess I don't need to worry about the regular students except for the special class.'

Union Academy is a place that selects and nurtures only the best talents from all dimensions.

Therefore, he had thought that even regular students couldn't be ignored.

But Ban Yu-won was a special admission from a lower dimension.

Despite being from a lower dimension, he is a genius specially selected because he has superior talent compared to other talented individuals from higher dimensions.

The same goes for his other colleagues, and his level is on a different dimension from regular students.

There was a need to objectively recognize and accept this.

"Professor, I'm curious about what would happen if he received support from the artifact."

"That's right, Professor. If it's an artifact that can awaken magic talent, its performance must be incredible. We'd like to see it too!"

The strange silence and uncomfortable atmosphere that followed Ban Yu-won's magic demonstration.

It was broken again by the voices of Misty and her friend.

"An artifact is personal property, and no one has the right to request its use during class."

Yumina cut off their request immediately with a gentle smile.

However, she didn't forget to add with a kind smile, "But..."

"You know about the three-day special activity starting tomorrow, right? Since Class 1 will be accompanying Class 11 students, you might have a chance to observe the artifact's abilities then."

"Ah..."

"Oh."

This was the first he'd heard of it.

Just as Ban Yu-won was opening his eyes wide and about to ask about it, Yumina clapped her hands and announced:

"Now then, shall we begin the main lesson? Today is a special lecture on various magic languages! I'll be giving out lots of bonus points to students who answer my questions well!"

Oh?

Ban Yu-won couldn't help but smile as he watched Yumina wink at him.

It seemed this first lesson was going to turn into an unprecedented accommodating lecture.

"Even in the tower, you might encounter traps or mechanisms that use magic language, and depending on the magic system you learn, the importance of magic language is really, really high. Just knowing magic language can be an opportunity for great awakening in understanding magic, so you should pay attention in class even if your magic system is different!"

"Yes!"

During that day's lecture, Ban Yu-won read five magic languages that no one else knew and received five bonus points.

At this rate, winning the dormitory cup with the highest score at the end of the year might not be impossible!

Though that's not a thing!

*

"Wait."

As Ban Yu-won was about to leave the lecture hall after class, a voice stopped him.

He had a vague feeling, but when he turned around, 'Ayre' was indeed standing there.

As Ban Yu-won faced her, he could feel the shocked gazes of the students who had been crowding around Yumina, bombarding her with questions and flattery, now turning towards them.

Among them were Misty and her friend, who had been keeping an eye on Ban Yu-won throughout the class.

So her isolation was self-imposed after all, Ban Yu-won realized.

"You still haven't answered my question from earlier."

"I thought I answered everything?"

"You analyzed and interfered with all the code the chancellor embedded?"

"Is that such a difficult thing to do?"

"I could understand if you'd obtained editing rights for spatial transfer coordinates."

In truth, Ban Yu-won couldn't quite grasp the difference between the two.

He had a feeling that Yumina might have set the spatial transfer coordinates using the latter method.

"Student Ayre?"

"Professor Yumina."

Suddenly, Yumina was standing in front of them.

Unlike her glaring at Ban Yu-won, Ayre bowed her head respectfully to Yumina.

"Do you need something from me?"

"Not from Ayre, but from Ban Yu-won. Actually, he has a scheduled meeting."

"......"

Ah, is she a believer too?

Ban Yu-won gave an awkward smile, feeling the stares directed at him grow even more intense.

"Besides, Ban Yu-won has never obtained any editing rights. That's a privilege reserved only for full professors."

"Ugh, then he really did it with his own abilities...!"

"Does that answer your question? Then I'll see you tomorrow during the special activity period. Ban Yu-won, please follow me."

Until the moment Yumina led Ban Yu-won out of the lecture hall, Ayre's piercing gaze remained fixed on his back.

Why do all the pretty ones have to live up to their looks?

At the thought of having to attend classes mixed with those guys from now on, Ban Yu-won already felt his stomach starting to ache.

"From what I hear, you edited your student ID?"

Yumina asked as they walked down the corridor after leaving the lecture hall.

Ban Yu-won nodded and asked worriedly.

"I thought I could do it. Is it forbidden?"

"No. The student ID is just a fragment of power from the tower that the principal has refined for easier handling. As long as you don't damage the student ID, the principal won't mind."

"Phew."

"Besides, it's impossible for a student to edit the functions of a student ID anyway."

"Ugh."

Seeing the mischievous smile on Yumina's face, Ban Yu-won realized he had really done it this time.

He could understand why Ayre had been so desperate.

"Hehehe... I thought from the beginning that your abilities would suit magic well. Lo and behold, you've already done something impressive right after awakening."

Her speech had become informal.

"Professor, I mean, sis, surely I'm not being dragged away because of that, right?"

"Of course not. The principal isn't someone who would summon people for such trivial matters."

"...The chancellor? Not you, sis, but a meeting with the chancellor?"

"Yes."

Yumina stopped walking.

Ban Yu-won, who stopped alongside her, suddenly realized that his surroundings felt very familiar.

It was right in front of the corridor leading to the secret room where he had his meeting with the chancellor on the first day of school!

"Sis, wait, at least tell me why I was called..."

"Well then, off you go, Yu-won."

As expected.

Once again, Yumina pushed him away with a broad smile.

Ban Yu-won shuddered as he was sucked into the corridor.

I could have just walked in on my own!

"It seems you've cultivated quite a friendship with Professor Yumina. Make sure her followers don't find out about it."

"I think it's more important to hide the fact that I'm having these meetings with you, Chancellor... I mean, Master..."

"Good. You remember well. Continue to address me as Master."

First year, first semester, third week.

It was the second meeting with the chancellor.

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