I Escaped the Exile Story Only To Find It Was a Regret Trope

9 – 2# The Complete Chaos with My Childhood Friend at the School Opening Ceremony! (2)

Hyunwoo couldn’t hide his bewilderment at Yushin’s sudden change.

Originally, Baek Yushin couldn’t even speak properly under Hyunwoo’s pressure.

Even without considering his kindness, Hyunwoo’s aura was so overwhelming.

No one could maintain their composure in front of Hyunwoo with an ordinary mentality.

However.

Still a rookie.

Yushin, who had experienced all sorts of trials in fantasy, didn’t even blink an eye.

But Hyunwoo could never know that.

He was greatly flustered by Baek Yushin’s sudden change.

Why? Because Baek Yushin, who had always backed down, suddenly wasn’t backing down.

Naturally, Yushin had no intention of backing down from this spot.

‘Why is this guy acting up from the first meeting?’

Yushin strictly adhered to the present. What does that mean?

Even if the redhead in front of him was Baek Yushin’s close friend.

It just meant that now, they were merely strangers. Why? Because Yushin didn’t know Hyunwoo!

This was the cleanest way.

If they kept getting entangled from the past, it would only be tiring and annoying.

As Yushin showed no sign of backing down, Hyunwoo eventually backed down first.

For now, Baek Yuri, Baek Yushin’s younger sister, was behind him.

If he got on Baek Yuri’s bad side here, he wouldn’t be able to win her over.

“Sorry, if it sounded that way, I apologize. But you too…”

“That’s enough.”

“What?”

But Hyunwoo couldn’t say anything more. Yushin had cut him off.

From Yushin’s perspective, it was natural. The other party had apologized cleanly first.

Since he had no intention of dragging it out further, he cut him off immediately.

But in reality, that only fueled Hyunwoo’s fiery temper even more.

“That guy, really…!!”

“Hyunwoo, calm down.”

“Endure that? They’re completely ignoring me?!”

“Eek?!”

Thanks to that, the innocent sparks flew to the girl who was trying to calm Hyunwoo down right next to him.

As the girl shrank back with a frightened expression, Hyunwoo finally cooled his temper.

“Really, this temper of mine is the problem,” Hyunwoo said, scratching his head.

“Sorry, I got so angry without realizing it.”

“It’s, it’s okay. It can happen…”

‘Now, how do I conquer Baek Yuri?’

However, while Hyunwoo was comforting the frightened girl on the outside, his mind was already filled with thoughts of Baek Yuri.

That’s right.

Because that’s how he could take the protagonist’s place.

But he never expected that pushover Baek Yushin would suddenly change like this.

‘Was this the variable that guy mentioned?’

After deep contemplation, Hyunwoo couldn’t find a suitable answer.

But he knew one thing for sure: if he stayed still like this, everything would be taken away.

No way. There’s no way I can lose the position I worked so hard to get.

Heroine, opportunities, growth, power.

They’re all mine!

Hyunwoo’s eyes, which had been gleaming with greed, soon turned cold again.

He couldn’t just stay still like this.

If a variable appeared, he would just have to deal with it directly.

‘Should I have a word with that guy?’

There was just the right guy to use.

* * *

‘It’s been a really long time since I’ve been to school.’

With Yuri’s help, Yushin was barely able to find his original class.

Yushin’s class was 1st year Class C, just an ordinary class.

Cheongwol Academy is a place that operates strictly on merit and performance.

Simply put, if your grades are good or you’re strong, you move up to a higher class.

If not, you fall. In other words, it’s survival of the fittest.

Of course, such questions may arise.

There are certainly students whose talents bloom late.

So, do those students have to fade away without even seeing their moment of bloom?

That’s correct. However, the principal dismissed such questions with a single sentence.

[It’s a waste of time and resources to consider every single rare case.]

It’s much more efficient to invest in promising students instead.

Do you want to be treated well? Do you want support?

Then prove it.

The strong rule from above, and the weak learn to cope in front of the strong.

That was the lesson set by the principal who established Cheongwol Hero Academy.

Naturally, the class changes according to the students’ skills or grades.

From that perspective, Class C, where Yushin belonged, was an ordinary class.

They weren’t completely without talent, but they weren’t exceptionally outstanding either.

Of course, they were all awakened, so they could be considered special talents.

Just as jewels are valued not simply for their brilliance but for their rarity.

Awakened ones were the same.

Of course, Yushin, who had no memory here, didn’t care about such things.

“Hey.”

“Huh?”

At the voice from beside him, Yushin broke his reverie and turned his eyes that way.

He saw the brown-haired girl he met this morning. What, was she sitting right next to him?

But she seemed to be in a state of anxiety, as if she was afraid of something.

“What? What’s going on?”

“Because of what happened this morning, Hyunwoo is really angry. Apologize quickly.”

“Apologize? Me?”

Was this the sound of a drum being beaten in the middle of the night? It was absurd.

But Yushin decided to listen to the story to gather information.

“What happens when he gets angry?”

“Hyunwoo is already in Class A. There’s even a rumor that he’s aiming for Class S.”

“Class S? Class A?”

Yushin had no way of knowing that students were divided by class levels.

However, judging by the tone of the voice, he could sense that each class was graded.

The higher you go, the stronger the students become.

So, that means this guy named Hyunwoo is currently in Class A…

‘He definitely wasn’t an ordinary guy.’

The swordsman Daehwa and Park Hyungjun, whom he had met before, were quite skilled.

But in Yushin’s eyes, this guy named Hyunwoo was at least a few levels above them.

Does that mean this guy Hyunwoo can also use “Blooming”?

Analyzing the enemy’s strength is important. It makes it easier to deal with them.

“One more thing, I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

“So, who are you really?”

“……”

Naturally, Yushin had no idea who the girl was.

A childhood friend… he seemed to have heard that from Yuri. But who knows?

No matter how hard he focused on her face, no memories came to mind.

However, the question Yushin asked was out of genuine curiosity.

But to the person who heard the question, it didn’t sound that way at all.

“Come on, stop joking. It’s really not funny.”

“No, I mean it. I really don’t know you.”

Having already set up the premise of amnesia, he had no choice but to stick with it.

If he pretended to know her in such an ambiguous situation, it would be troublesome later.

He had such experiences before, and he really didn’t know who she was.

However, the girl judged that Yushin was pretending not to know her.

Why?

We’re childhood friends.

We’ve been close since we were kids.

So why are you pretending not to know me? Did I do something so wrong?

What did I do wrong?

It wasn’t supposed to be like this…

Yushin’s question caused a tiny crack in the girl’s heart.

That thing, which some call a system and others call affinity.

That thing, like an absolute law, surprisingly, had cracked.

But the one who caused the crack hadn’t even noticed.

No matter how many questions he asked, there were no answers.

Yushin finally managed to figure out her name through the name tag on her chest.

Yoo Ha-young.

That was the name of his childhood friend. Having learned her name, Yushin turned his eyes away.

He roughly understood how things were going.

So, Baek Yushin was a student in Class C with his childhood friend Yoo Ha-young.

After experiencing something here, he made an extreme choice… Is that it?

But wasn’t it because Park Se-jun and the Sword Saint bullied Baek Yushin?

Yushin pressed his forehead with his index finger. There was still nothing he could understand.

Even if he asked his childhood friend Yoo Ha-young, she wouldn’t tell him anything…

‘For now, I have no choice but to watch.’

You can’t expect to be full from the first bite. He had just entered the academy.

For now, let’s quietly observe the situation.

And as Yushin had judged, soon the homeroom instructor of Class C, Lee Young-seok, entered.

The middle-aged man with wrinkles on his face smiled and opened his mouth.

“Have you all been well?”

[Yes!!!]

“Good, good. But before I call the roll… Yushin?”

“Yes?”

“Why didn’t you do the class duty today? Thanks to you, I had to bring the attendance book myself.”

What kind of nonsense is this? Class duty? On the first day of school?

No, no. In the first place.

Isn’t it the instructor’s job to bring the attendance book from the teacher’s office?

However, no one responded to Instructor Lee Young-seok’s words.

Watching the scene, Yushin realized it instantly.

These b*stards.

They say if kindness continues, they think it’s a right.

Isn’t that exactly what’s happening?

Perhaps, Baek Yushin had a very gullible personality.

Unable to refuse requests, and taking care of troublesome tasks himself. That kind of personality.

However, unfortunately.

The Yushin standing here now was not the gullible Baek Yushin they knew.

“Why don’t you bring the attendance book yourself?”

What, don’t you have hands, don’t you have feet?