Why Did I Have to Enroll
Chapter 209:

Why Did I Have to Enroll - Chapter 209

Lesson 41. Paper Please - 4

In the end, the activities of Oculus Ruber hadn’t changed much from before the Meteor Shower (which was just a fancy name for the Orc Wave). To enhance the members’ abilities, they needed to enter high-difficulty dungeons scattered worldwide…

Since they had to hunt anyway, it became a win-win situation where they got paid for it. Initially, in England, they made a fuss by taking a slow plane and holding a welcome ceremony, but to save time, Ban Yu-won utilized his space travel ability to visit several countries in a single day.

That wasn’t all. Between training sessions, Ban Yu-won met with the guild’s regular members and gifted them weapons tailored to their individual abilities and characteristics. It was a perfect way to appease the guild members who were protesting that the guild master’s brother only mingled with the executives and never showed his face to them.

However, Ban Yu-mi, who didn’t like seeing the guild members fawning over Ban Yu-won, decided to put them through the wringer while she was on Earth.

“Now that you’ve received such good weapons, you should improve your skills too, right? It’s a waste of time to just flirt with a guy.”

“How did Yu-mi manage to get along with Luciel despite being so jealous?”

“Luciel is stronger, sis.”

While Ban Yu-won was organizing the Oculus Ruber members into appropriate groups and distributing Rain Swords, Lee Hyun-ji and Yu Ji-na were being disciplined by Ban Yu-mi.

“Yu-won, what is this?”

The sight of swords floating upright in the air would have seemed quite mysterious before dimensional evolution. As the guild members examined the powerful aura emanating from each sword, Ban Yu-won responded with a bright smile.

“They’re your bodyguards.”

“Huh?”

One guild member, who was so happy just to be talking to Ban Yu-won, didn’t immediately grasp his words and made a foolish sound.

Ban Yu-won, speaking on behalf of his busy sister, declared to the guild members, “As my sister said, you all will start training now. I’ve assessed your levels. Usually, you enter C-rank dungeons.”

“Ah, yes!”

“Sometimes D-rank dungeons… but an executive must accompany you.”

The average level of Oculus Ruber’s guild members, excluding the executives, was exactly 30. Considering that Earth hadn’t even achieved dimensional evolution for half a year, it was quite impressive…

Since the maximum level of monsters appearing in C-rank dungeons was 30, it was only prudent to prepare thoroughly before entering. However, the fact that they occasionally entered D-rank dungeons, even with an executive, indicated that Oculus Ruber’s members were clearly more capable than their levels suggested.

“You’ll be going to E-rank dungeons.”

“Wait, hold on!”

The guild members were shocked by the suddenly raised conditions and jumped up in surprise, but Ban Yu-won had no intention of retracting them.

“Even if you just properly utilize the weapons I gave you, you can easily hunt monsters at least 10 levels higher than you are now. Plus, with bodyguards, there’s no reason you can’t clear an E-rank dungeon.”

“Bodyguards… but they’re just swords!”

“They’re level 80 swords.”

“…”

Of course, the Rain Swords weren’t this high level from the start. When first created, their Breath of Life was about 80, equivalent to level 8. However, as Ban Yu-won’s level increased and his enemies grew stronger, the Breath of Life was evenly distributed among all his subordinates, eventually reaching 800 for each of the 25 swords.

“Since the absorption efficiency of Breath of Life drops sharply after a certain point, it’s most efficient to distribute it evenly among all my subordinates, including myself.”

For reference, Eve had 920, Livi had 930, Tike 850, and the armored giant series, including the Frost Fortress, averaged 850… Lilith, who consumed the most unique concepts, even surpassing her sister Eve, recorded 1,250 alone.

Now, she was even digesting the unique concept of Meteor, so who knows how much more her level would rise once she finished.

But she was an irregular case; the other subordinates were already at a sufficiently high level.

“Level 80… but they’re still just swords.”

“They’ll move according to my will, no matter how far away I am, so there’s no need to worry.”

Though he had been able to control all 25 swords for a while, scattering them and moving them all at once was still quite taxing for Ban Yu-won. However, to make the best use of the Rain Swords, he needed to control each one as if it were alive, which was a suitable training for him as well.

“How about a group sparring session? Each group I formed will face one of the swords. You can choose the sparring location if you want…”

“No, it’s fine! We’ll trust you! We’ll go to the E-rank dungeon!”

The guild members, who were contemplating how to lure Ban Yu-won himself by claiming the Rain Swords alone were unreliable, saw the cute smile of the (former) guild master behind Ban Yu-won and gave up on everything.

The group training of Oculus Ruber with the swords yielded astonishingly excellent results. In the first week, they grew an average of 1 level per day, which says it all. However, when they heard rumors that they could earn a one-day date with Ban Yu-won after completing the training, they ended up with an extra set of hellish training with Ban Yu-mi. Lee Hyun-ji was also dragged into this hellish training, for reasons that need not be explained.

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“Whew.”

One night, about twenty days before the start of the new semester, Ban Yu-won stepped out onto the balcony after a shower and noticed a man’s face outside the mansion, setting up a tent. It was Selden, the ‘newcomer’ Aneri had whimsically brought to Earth.

“Hey.”

Selden, who suddenly looked up, met his eyes. Or perhaps he sensed him through some kind of perception. Though Aneri constantly scolded him, from Ban Yu-won’s perspective, Selden was someone whose skills might be similar to or even surpass his own.

…Before the vacation, he would have definitely been outmatched.

“What are you doing there?”

“Can’t you see? Setting up a tent.”

“I’m asking who gave you permission to set up a tent in our garden.”

“Seira… your mother.”

Ah, right. In that case, there’s no helping it. For reference, Seira was his mother’s real name. Seira Dion Prominence. Even though she was from a distant branch, his mother did have Prominence blood, so in a broad sense, Ban Yu-won could also be considered part of the Prominence family.

“Where have you been sleeping until now?”

“On the streets.”

“…Didn’t you have money?”

“This damn backwater dimension doesn’t accept Ronia! All my tangible assets were confiscated by my sister! And she told me not to move around on my own! She wouldn’t even let me inside the mansion!”

“Uh… sorry. We were a bit inconsiderate…”

Selden, suddenly shouting in anger, couldn’t help but evoke sympathy even from Ban Yu-won. Ban Yu-won jumped over the balcony and landed softly in the garden. As he approached Selden, Selden raised his hands in a peculiar pose, wary of his approach.

“What? You want to fight? Do you think I’m easy just because I killed Ketra, huh?”

“What kind of warrior tribe are you from, thinking you can kill just because someone seems easy? Anyway, you…”

Up close, Selden was indeed quite handsome, but there was something artificial about him. Ban Yu-won tilted his head and asked, “Where did you get that nose done?”

“Nose? Ah, ah. Ketra did it. Said I’d get revenge with my original face and changed it without asking.”

“Ketra did? The possibilities of Changeling are truly limitless.”

Though he was a fairy raised among humans, Ketra’s ability to utilize Changeling was truly unparalleled, Ban Yu-won realized anew. That’s probably why he could keep his identity hidden while attending Union Academy. And the Changeling crystal left behind by Ketra, with a concept conversion depth of 100, was dormant in Ban Yu-won’s code core.

He initially intended to give it to Mira, but she flatly refused, leaving him unsure of how to use it. As he pondered over this concept, which was as perplexing as Death, he suddenly felt a gaze. When he looked up, Selden was staring at him intently.

“…”

After a few seconds of silently meeting Selden’s unexplainable gaze, Selden sighed.

“Sorry. I know it’s not your fault.”

“You must have been close.”

“He… well, we joined around the same time. It would be a lie to say there was no camaraderie.”

Selden asked for Ban Yu-won’s understanding and put a cigarette in his mouth. Oddly enough, he seemed polite. Ban Yu-won, thinking such trivial thoughts, created a barrier on the spot to block only the smell. Selden, lighting the cigarette, exhaled smoke and let out a sigh of admiration.

“Anyone would think you’re a barrier master. You’re quite versatile, just like Ketra.”

“It’s nothing.”

“Now that it’s all over, I can say this.”

“Hmm?”

“Ketra… he thought too much and tried to do too much.”

Selden, exhaling smoke again, turned back to his tent work and said, “He probably knew himself. That greed beyond one’s means leads to ruin. It’s common sense among dimensional pirates.”

“Yeah.”

“But because of petty emotions like inferiority or stubbornness, he ruined everything. That idiot made a mess of everything and then died alone.”

Whether it was positive or negative, it was clear that Selden had strong feelings for Ketra. Since he had come down to the garden anyway, Ban Yu-won decided to humor his meaningless ramblings. As he pondered what to say, the conversation unexpectedly took a different turn.

“Even so, he was my friend. Ketra changed my face to live a new life… but I can’t just pretend nothing happened.”

“So you’re cooperating with Aneri?”

“I didn’t know she was so deeply involved, but yes. By the time she asked me about Prominence, I had already made up my mind.”

Selden, taking a final deep drag and exhaling the smoke, flicked the cigarette from his hand. Ban Yu-won used Photon Magic to shoot it down cleanly.

“Just before he died, Ketra finally acknowledged he was a fairy. And the Crimson Spear is trying to attack the fairies under Prominence’s orders. Those two reasons are enough.”

Selden spoke in a firm voice. “I’ll help my sister crush the Crimson Spear and Prominence and protect the fairies. That’s the last loyalty I can show Ketra.”

“You’re a real man.”

“Now I even think this. Meeting the exiled princess of Prominence like this, maybe Ketra planned it all… but of course not. He’s not a god.”

Perhaps finding his own thoughts absurd, Selden scratched his head and chuckled. It would have been better if he had stopped there.

“And to be honest, I have a thing for Aneri. I can’t refuse a request from a woman I like…”

“…So the reason you were glaring at me from the start wasn’t just because of Ketra.”

“That’s why you’re my enemy. If you find a hole in your head while sleeping, know it was me.”

Ban Yu-won concluded that he needed to establish a hierarchy between himself and Selden and, following his heart, drew the Executioner’s Longsword. For reference, the core concept of the Executioner’s Longsword, the Magic Sword, had a depth of 990.

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