Thump-!

"I have descended."

Although Jun-Hyuk was absent yesterday under the pretext of being sick, he came to school today in a completely fine state.

Actually, he wasn’t in a completely fine state.

His face was covered with bandages and gauze. In the spots that were not completely covered by bandages, wounds, and bruises could be seen.

"Are you going around getting hit?”

"What nonsense are you spouting all of a sudden? Oh, is it because of this?”

Jun-Hyuk stroked the wound on his cheek as if it wasn’t a big deal. It looked like the wounds didn’t hurt.

“I got hit a bit while sparring. I go to the training center quite often, you see.”

“Training center?”

"Because I want to join the Department of Crusaders.”

Students aspiring to join the Department of Crusaders had to go to the training center and learn martial arts. Their routine consisted of boxing, judo, jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts, and others. It was because one of the entry requirements for joining the Department of Crusaders was to have mastery in at least one martial art.

“Should I just give up and become a priest?”

“Do you think anyone can just become a priest?”

"True, but I don’t really want to become a paladin either,” Jun-Hyuk said bitterly. He was checking his face with a mirror hanging in the corner of the classroom. There was not a single spot on his face that was completely fine. His entire face was a mess.

Jun-Hyuk lowered his head and sighed. “Ah, now that I reflect back on it… My handsome face is ruined.”

"Handsome? Who? You?”

Bang-!

While Jun-Hyuk was talking nonsense, In-Ah stormed in through the classroom door.

"Oh, you're here."

Jun-Hyuk greeted her indifferently as if he were not interested at all. In-Ah stared at Jun-Hyuk's face for a long time, then opened her eyes...