Chapter 299
The Youngest Son of the Silver Sea Trading Company Chapter 299
Chapter 299. The Academy Specializing in Rehabilitation (4)
What I felt when I met the instructors and teaching assistants at this academy was that they were tense all day long.
They never knew when or where the students would attack them.
This made me feel unfair.
Why should only the instructors and teaching assistants be tense? It would be fair if the students were tense too.
So I decided to use the fact that I was in charge of the beginner's math class to make the students feel tense.
The questions I asked the students were so simple that even a ten-year-old child could answer them.
However, if they let their guard down, they would stumble over my sudden questions, and the price they would pay would be a kick in the shins.
Am I being too harsh?
According to Jin-yu, all the first-year cadets conspired together.
Isn't this what they deserve?
The class began.
“A merchant here sold a piece of silk for...”
“Cool... Cool...”
“...?”
I stopped talking and turned my head.
One of the students was openly sleeping.
The other students saw this and giggled.
They still hadn't come to their senses.
I smiled and approached him.
“Class is in session. Wake up.”
“Hey! What is it?”
“What is one minus five?”
“Shut up... Guh!”
He couldn't continue because my foot was on his shin.
I smiled as I watched him groan.
“What is two plus two?”
“What the... Guh!”
“Three plus one?”
“Yes! Four!”
“That's correct. I won't tolerate sleeping in class from now on.”
“....”
“Answer?”
“Yes....”
That cadet finally surrendered after being kicked in the shin twice.
I didn't use much force, but I kicked him where I kicked him earlier, so it must have hurt quite a bit.
In addition, I added the technique I learned from Master Jin, so it was quite powerful.
“If you ever have to kick someone's shin, try this. It's an application of the martial arts of the Imperial Palace...”
He said it was a technique mainly used by the Royal Guards to subdue criminals.
You might think it was too harsh to kick the shin bones of the cadets with such a technique.
But I think it depends on how you use it.
If it is used to discipline the cadets, then it is just a method of discipline.
***
Class was over.
The first-year students collapsed onto their desks. They were so exhausted from concentrating on the lesson.
And...
their shins hurt as if they were on fire.
But when they rolled up their pants, there were no wounds, which made them even more frustrated.
“What the hell, assistant instructor...”
“Damn it!”
While the cadets were complaining in frustration, there was one who felt differently.
It was Yeon-sik, a cadet whose father was a Royal Guard.
He continued to rub his shins, still feeling the pain.
At the same time, he recalled a memory from the past.
“This is definitely... when my father scolded me...”
His father was a weak man, but he had gotten very angry at him for causing some trouble.
His father had kicked him in the shin, and the pain was similar to what he felt now.
No, it hurt much more now.
As far as he knew, this was a tactic used by the Royal Guards.
“But that assistant doesn't seem to be a member of the Royal Guards...”
It was time for dinner.
Yeon-sik headed to the cafeteria with his friends.
Even though the food was terrible, he had no choice but to eat there because his money and freedom were restricted.
“Ugh, it's disgusting again today.”
“Yeah, right.”
“Eating this beggar's food here is making my taste buds go downhill. Before I entered this academy, I was known as a gourmet...”
“I want to eat Cheonhwa-ru's stir-fried meat.”
They headed back to their dormitory, complaining.
The teaching assistants' dormitory was located on that street, and they were passing by it.
“Pal-gap, throw it higher.”
“Yes, sir.”
Turning his head toward the voice, he saw a bear-like man throwing what looked like more than ten wooden boards into the air.
Then, a familiar handsome man stomped his feet and instantly leaped into the air.
It was the new teaching assistant, Eun Seo-ho.
He turned around and kicked the wooden boards with his feet.
Bang! Bang!
With a crisp sound, all the wooden boards thrown into the air shattered and fell to the ground.
Eun Seo-ho landed lightly.
“Young master, why are you suddenly focusing on martial arts?”
“Ah, I think I'll have a lot of opportunities to use martial arts these days.”
"....
Seeing this, Yeon-sik's gang flinched, feeling as if the pain from their shins was returning.
Meanwhile, Yeon-sik's body trembled again.
He had been unsure, but now he was certain.
The martial arts Eun Seo-ho had just used were definitely the same as his father's.
The martial arts of the Imperial Palace.
That meant...
“That assistant is also a member of the Royal Guards, just like my father!”
His father was only lenient with him because he was weak, but he knew very well how scary his father was.
The Royal Guards were the same.
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The day came to an end.
After character education class, it was time for personal grooming.
The students were making plans to sneak out tonight.
“Hey, how about this?”
“Yeah! Good idea!”
The cadets were excited at the idea of sneaking out at night to drink alcohol.
The mention of alcohol made their mouths water.
“What do you think, Yeon-sik?”
“I don't think that's a good idea.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don't have a good feeling about it. Today doesn't seem like the right day. You guys should take it easy today.”
“Why? Because of that girl-looking assistant?”
“We don't even know what's in every corner of the academy yet, and you're worrying too much.”
“This guy is a coward, isn't he?”
“Ha...”
Yeon-sik began to get angry at those who were mocking him for being a coward.
“I call these guys my friends...”
He sighed and said.
“Think of me a coward or whatever you want, but I warned you. Don't come crying to me later.”
After checking everyone before bedtime, the lights were turned off, and as planned, the first-year students quietly slipped out of the dormitory.
***
The lights in the dormitory went out.
It was time for the teaching assistant's work to begin.
I looked up at the moon shining brightly in the sky.
Ah, today is a good day to discipline the delinquent students.
“Assistant Instructor Eun.”
“Yes.”
“Good luck.”
“Yes, sir.”
I sent the assistant instructor away and looked toward the dormitory.
I immediately started laughing.
I could hear the sound of someone sneaking out of the dormitory.
“Wow, there was a hole there.”
Seo Woo-musa also chuckled at my words.
“You're right.”
By the way, there's no way Principal Guan would not know about that hole, so why did he leave it there?
I decided to ask Principal Guan about it later.
“Then, shall we go catch them?”
With Seo Woo-musa and Yeo Eung-am by my side, I began to move in earnest.
“There they are.”
In less than half an hour, we managed to catch up with the runaway students.
But if we go this way, they will notice us... We have to approach them through the roof.
We moved along the roof and walls and found them drinking alcohol next to the lecture hall.
“What are you doing?”
“Huh!”
“What's going on?”
“Mom!”
Why are they so surprised?
Come to think of it, it's understandable.
Some of them were drinking secretly while keeping watch, but we appeared from a completely different place.
That's that, but rules are rules.
“Drinking alcohol is against school rules.”
“Damn it! So what?”
“Can't you be a little more considerate when you're disciplining us?”
“Stop crying and get out of here.”
Ah...
That's why the assistant professor swung his wooden sword without warning. He didn't want to hear such nonsense.
I sighed as I held the wooden sword I had been given.
“Actually, I don't really like violence.”
“Kui?”
I heard Kim-ryung's voice from my sleeve. Hmm, be quiet.
“Let me clarify. I don't use violence against people. I deal with people with words. But... I've realized something.”
I smiled faintly.
“Sometimes, there are people who look like humans, but they should not be treated as such. So please don't blame me for being too harsh. If you act like a human, I will treat you as such.”
At the same time, my new body was thrown at them.
Pah!
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My unexpected life as an assistant was going smoothly.
My work was mainly concentrated in the afternoon, so I had relatively free time in the morning.
I had just finished breakfast and was about to return to my dormitory to drink some tea.
“The principal's assistant says he wants you to come to his office after breakfast.”
“Oh, really? Thank you for letting me know.”
I immediately headed for Principal Kwan's office. There was no one in front of the door, so I had to knock myself.
“Um...”
“Come in.”
The Elder's voice sounded as if he knew I had arrived.
I scratched my head and entered the room.
“You called me?”
“Sit down.”
When I sat down on the chair in front of the table, the Elder quietly looked at me.
It felt strange to be sitting in the Principal's seat, but it didn't seem awkward.
“Would you like some tea?”
“Yes.”
The Elder poured the tea himself.
When I brought the cup to my lips, it tasted like the tea I had drunk before.
Then.
“These days, the students call you ‘black and white,’ don't they?”
“Ahem!”
I choked on my drink at his sudden remark.
“Be careful when you drink.”
“No, it's just that you said that so suddenly...”
“Why? I meant it as a compliment.”
“Is that a compliment?”
“Doesn't that mean that the students at this academy fear you that much?”
Black and White are two messengers who take the dead to the afterlife.
“Even among the instructors and teaching assistants, you are highly praised.”
“Ah, yes...”
“Anyway, I called you here because I have a favor to ask.”
The Elder handed me a letter, and I took it and opened it.
“Is it about marriage?”
“Yes, that's right. One of the academy students' Noona is getting married. According to the academy's policy, in the case of marriage, you must stop by your home first.”
“I see.”
“So, I want you to take that student with you.”
I looked at the letter for a moment and said,
“Are you worried that she might not come back if she goes home for a wedding?”
“People are all the same.”
“I see. But why are you sending me? I have classes...”
“What kind of fool would mess with three samurai at the peak of their powers? Oh, and I'll take your classes for you.”
So he was trying to get four people to work for him for free through me.
But Elder, this isn't free.
***
Seok-chu's heart was pounding.
“Finally! I'm finally going out!”
The letter announcing his Noona's marriage was a ray of light for him, who had been spending every day in misery.
“Hey, when you go outside, you have to get that for me.”
“I got it, just wait!”
First, when he went outside, he could get alcohol and tobacco.
And...
“I'm going to tell my parents all about this shitty academy!”
His family was quite influential in Hubei Province.
Moreover, his parents loved him dearly as their youngest child, so they would surely tell him to leave this shitty academy immediately.
When the time came, he packed his belongings and left.
However, he was startled when he saw someone.
It was the assistant instructor, nicknamed Black and White, standing in front of him.
“Seok-chu-gil, student?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Let's go.”
“Yes, sir.”
He left the academy under the envious gaze of the other students.
“Ha! It's good! The air outside this academy!”
The air felt fresh.
It took three days to get to his house from the academy by carriage, and he spent three days traveling.
During that time, there were many restrictions, but what upset him the most was that he was not allowed to drink alcohol at the inn.
He harbored hatred toward Eun Seo-ho.
“Hmph! Just wait and see! I'll tell my father about his cruelty!”
Thinking of Eun Seo-ho groveling in front of his father, he felt relieved.
***
Seeing Seok-chu-gil smile slyly, I sighed.
I could see what was going through his mind.
“We're here.”
Soon, the carriage stopped, and we got out.
In front of us stood a stylish tile-roofed house.
And on the door hung a signboard.
Huh?
The face and name of Seok Chugil, the scholar, seemed familiar.
I was now facing a connection from my previous life.