Gyeongseong’s Hunter Academy

ease take the role of the temporary class representative.』
『Y-Yes sir!』

The Japanese student with the beige hair, Aikawa, answered, very nervous.
Wow, being the class rep just because of the roll call order, it was the same in the past as the future.

After the morning roll call and assembly, I approached Lee Yu-ha.
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『Why were you late? And you don’t look good, either.
Are you sick?』
『Ah, that, it’s…… It is not? I am not sick but,』

Lee Yu-ha was doing her best, but it was still hard to listen to her poor Japanese.

‘I guess Joseon language will be better.’
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I grabbed Lee Yu-ha and dragged her outside of the classroom.
After all, only the roll call was done in our classroom.
For the other classes we had to go to other classrooms and we still had some time before the first period.

I walked the quiet campus with Lee Yu-ha and said.
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“Just speak in Joseon language.
It should be fine if there’s no one listening.”
“Wouldst that be fine…….”
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After looking around for a bit, Lee Yu-ha carefully said.

“Actually, I am not sure.
I doth not think ‘tis a cold, but as I woke up in the morning, I hath felt weak and my mind was hazy-”
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Well, weren’t those exactly the early symptoms of a cold? I put my hand on Lee Yu-ha’s forehead.
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“Oh……!”
“Hmm…… You don’t have a fever.”
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It was quite warm, but it didn’t feel like she had something like a fever.
If it wasn’t because she had caught a cold, was it because she had a hard time sleeping due to nerves?
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“I-I…… toldst thee ‘tis not a cold.”
“Well sure, but you’re still saying it would be hard for you to take classes, right?”
“…….”
“If you’re unwell, I think it would be better for you to just get some rest today.
It’s the first day of classes today, so there won’t be too much to catch up, anyway.”
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As I told her this, I heard a young man’s voice coming from behind.
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『Hey, cadet Shirabayashi!』

When I turned around, a young professor was standing there, neatly dressed.
It was professor Saigane.
I bowed and greeted him.
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『Ah, professor Saigane! Good morning.』
『Are you going to class? Who is this person next to you?』

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『She’s cadet Lee, same grade as me.』
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As I introduced Lee Yu-ha, she also bowed.
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『Good morning.』
『Ah, nice to meet you…….』

Professor Saigane, having come close to us to shake our hands, put up a serious expression in his face and said.
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『Anyhow, you two, you were speaking in Joseon language, am I right?』

Ah……!
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Did he hear us?

However, he kept his stern face only for a moment.
He soon smiled kindly and said.
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『Haha! Of course, using the national language is a rule in school, but it is fine in front of me.
I will not go tell the Head of Cadets about something like that……』

Professor Saigane continued.
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『Yes, actually, I majored in Joseon Classical Literature at the Keijo Imperial University.
So my knowledge of the Joseon language is actually pretty good.』

At his words, Lee Yu-ha’s nervous eyes suddenly came to life and looked up at the professor.
Having heard that he majored in Joseon Classical Literature although he was Japanese, I became interested as well and asked him.
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『Is that so?』
『Yes.…… Ah! How about this? There is a famous poem from the early Lee-Jo Period called ‘Kajoka(何如歌)’.』(note: Kajoka is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters for the Korean poem Hayeoga)
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Professor Saigane cleared his throat and started reciting the poem.

“Irondoru ottohari jyorondoru ottohari-” (note: Japanese poor pronunciation of Korean.
Proper Romanized version of the line would be: Eereondeul Eojjeohari Jeoreondeul Eojjeohari)
“Pfft……”
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At professor Saigane’s poor Joseon pronunciation, Lee Yu-ha covered her mouth and burst out laughing.
So these were the kind of things she found funny…… But wait, your Japanese is really poor, should you really be laughing at this?

And on top of that, it was in front of a professor.
I poked Lee Yu-ha on the arm and scolded her.
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『Hey, hey…….
That’s rude.』
『Ah…… Ah, I am sorry.』
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Only then, Lee Yu-ha bowed and apologized, but professor Saigane laughed kindly and waved his hand.

『Haha! It will probably not be good enough in the ears of a Joseon cadet! No matter how hard I practice, pronunciation of the Joseon language pronunciation is so difficult…….』
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‘He doesn’t mind this either.’
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What kind of person was this professor? However, there was something that had been bothering me, so now that I had bumped into professor Saigane, I asked.

『By the way, what happened yesterday?』
『Ah…… You mean the Joseon robbers.』
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Professor Saigane quietly answered.

『In the best case, it seems they will be released soon.』
『Released?』
『The police checked their record and they had no other criminal records, and their failed crime left no significant victims either.
Well, it was hard to convince the cops, but…… Haha!』
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They were people that were about to get executed, but they were getting released just because a Japanese professor defended them.
Was there no mid-point? Was it that the police was spineless, or this professor too influential, or all of that combined?

‘Anyway, I’m glad it’s not death penalty, but……’
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But they were going to release people that had just committed a crime.
That in itself didn’t sit right with me either.

『Well, I shall get going.
You should go to your classes as well.』
『Ah, yes.
We shall see you later.』
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After professor Saigane had walked away, Lee Yu-ha asked.

“What is this about Joseon robbers?”

I roughly gave her an account of what had happened yesterday.
Of course, I left out the part where I accidentally entered that café.
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“Thou ist great, but that professor is amazing as well…….
A Japanese person using his power for Joseon people.”

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“Well, he’s a good person.”

I said, and as I watched my clock I realized there was not much time left until the first period began.
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“I should go to class.
What about you? I still think it’d be better for you to go back to your dormitory and get some rest.”
“I shall be better if I just taketh a small break…… The dormitory is too much, so I thinkst I shall go to the infirmary.”

The infirmary, so the nurse’s office.
Did they call them health centers in the 21st century?
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I wanted to take her there if I could, but there wasn’t enough time so I asked.

“Can you go by yourself?”
“…… Dost thou think I am but a child?”

……Well, at 17, she was a grown-up girl, but for some reason it felt like she needed someone to protect her.
And on top of that, compared to the age of the real me in the 21st century, she was still a little child.

Lee Yu-ha went back on her way to the main building, and I hurried across the campus planted with poplar trees towards the annex building.

‘Alright, let’s go to our first class…….’

***

As Baek Cheol-yeon and Lee Yu-na were conversing, there was a person watching them from behind a street tree.

It was Shimazu Renka.

She, too, had been informed by her subordinates that Baek Cheol-yeon had fought off some robbers in a tea house yesterday.
And that he even calmly responded to a robber armed with a gun, and saved professor of general studies, Saigane.

The other day against the Takoashi, and the day before yesterday against the Onikumo, and even the events from yesterday, they weren’t things that a regular cadet that hadn’t even received a class could do.

‘I know there is something……! There must be……!’

That boy, Baek Cheol-yeon, definitely had some kind of secret.

This is why she had planned to go to Baek Cheol-yeon as soon as she came to school today, and talk to him about yesterday’s incidents, but he had gone straight to talk to Lee Yu-ha, so there was no way she could intervene.

‘Shirabayashi-san, what are you…….’

On top of that, seeing Baek Cheol-yeon and Lee Yu-ha talking only between themselves, so affectionately, it seemed Osue’s report had been true.
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‘Confessing his love on the first day of school……!’

And what was more, he had confessed to Lee Yu-ha, someone Renka had thought he would have friction with due to his family background and her misunderstanding.
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Renka grit her teeth.

But for Renka, this wasn’t jealousy due to the opposite sex.
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It was only because there was now an obstacle in her plans to directly approach Baek Cheol-yeon to find out his secrets.

‘However……’
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Renka thought about it again with a bright smile, as if nothing had ever happened.
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‘If there’s a will, there’s a way.’

If it was not possible to find out his secrets by approaching him directly, she could just find out through the people around him.

‘So, Shirabayashi-san is living in a very shabby boarding house.’
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As a matter of fact, this was questionable.
It was clear to Renka that there was some other reason for him, the son of a wealthy pro-Japan baron, to not even enter the dormitories and live by himself in such a shabby boarding house.

‘For example…… If the owner of that boarding house happened to be your teacher, Shirabayashi-san.’
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In addition, according to a background check conducted by her subordinate, Takahiro, the owner of that boarding house was a person who had been to prison in the past for violating the use of his Awakened abilities.

Yes, why would an Awakened be working as just a rickshaw puller?
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‘The owner of that boarding house was currently a rickshaw puller…… However, that man who is hiding under the guise of a rickshaw puller is probably actually a Master.’
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There was a need for her to find out more about this.
Renka quietly said.

『Osue.』
『Yes, my Lady.』
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As Renka said this, suddenly there was a schoolgirl kneeling behind her.
Renka, without even looking back, folded her arms and told Osue.
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『Tell Takahiro.
Test that boarding house owner.』