Became a Human Rights Advocate

11 – Episode 3. Rank test.

＜7＞

“You did it brilliantly.”

“I will.”

In a running sports car, I sat in the passenger seat with my head down.

Befitting the road of Accademia with few cars, it stretches straight without being clogged.

“I didn’t expect it to be that great.”

I thought that the output would be controlled since only one colorless element was used, but I was too complacent.

A catastrophe in which one test room was destroyed in half.

Thanks to that, it seems that tomorrow’s 3rd year high school ability test will be conducted with only four test rooms.

Alex laughed and patted me on the back, saying it was a wonderful ability, but I was in a state of confusion in my head at the horror that had just happened.

The same goes for the supervisor who witnessed the horrors belatedly. With a white face, I enumerated the prices of the equipment that had become obsolete, and my face turned white as well.

Since it happened during the test, I thought that the students would not be held accountable, but that was just my opinion. I didn’t have the ‘common sense’ of this world. If any part is liable for compensation……

“No no, I’m not trying to say anything. Rather, it means good. If you’re going to do it, it’s better to do it clearly. No matter what anyone says, he is a talented person who will enter the special department.”

The one who saved me from such a panic was Ju Ji-young again this time.

“Is going in a fait accompli….”

“Don’t come in? Hmm… Really?”

It’s the same way you talk, but it kind of chills your spine. Maybe it’s because I owed so much in one day.

“It’s not like that. I was just asking.”

“hahahaha, right? Well thought out After all, Sihyuk is smart.”

While talking about this and that, the car drove into the central district in an instant, and arrived at its destination shortly after.

“Come on, let’s get off.”

The central special ability test center.

This place is used by those with abilities of A rank or higher, or those like me who cannot be measured in a general test site.

Joo Joo-young seemed to take care of all the complicated procedures for taking the test on the same day while I was taking the test.

Was the ‘teacher’ this competent every time I saw Joo Joo-young’s moves? I think.

I already knew from the setting that I was a master of administration and negotiation, but most of the scenes in the game were flirting with the characters.

When you come face to face like this, the setting that is only one or two lines feels terrifying.

“Welcome, sir.”

As I entered the lobby of the exam hall, I heard a familiar voice.

The owner of the voice is a small girl who bows her head with an expressionless expression.

She was wearing a normal school uniform that you would see anywhere in her academia, but the pattern on the badge on her chest showed that she was far from normal.

A phoenix holding a star. It is the symbol of Le Roget Academy, one of the four prestigious schools.

“I was waiting.”

Her name is Eurysmachina.

Basic distribution character and mascot of Legend of Academia.

This is the girl with the greatsword we met at Edea during the last entrance ceremony incident.

It is natural that the voice is familiar to my ears.

3 Years. Every time she logs into Legends of Academia every single day, Makina always greets her like that.

However, the target of that greeting today is not me.

“Machina, were you calm today?”

“Machina is always calm. He didn’t say anything at the academy today.”

“That… That’s right. You were quiet.”

She is not an ordinary human being.

The homunculus, an artificial life form created by Plato himself, who was concerned about the nature of human beings.

That was Makina’s identity.

“And sir. Makina learned about ‘dinosaurs’ at school today.”

“Really? Let’s listen to the teacher somewhere.”

Machina explains about dinosaurs to Joo Ji-young with an expressionless face.

Artificially created, she was born with the defect of being emotionless. The reason why Plato entrusted Makina to the ‘teacher’ is to make her fill the part she was disqualified from as a human being.

But I felt a little bit of joy mixed in on Makina’s face, which was supposed to be emotionless. It’s possible because we’ve been together for the past 3 years.

No, it may just be my misunderstanding. Even if you say 3 years, it’s just a relationship beyond the cell phone screen. Because I wasn’t actually with her.

“Teacher. Why is that man brought by the teacher staring at Makina?”

“Ah, Sihyuk. Don’t you remember Makina?”

“I remember. She was with a woman with a Japanese sword in Edea.”

I, Ju Ji-young, whom I have only known for about two weeks, are actually more than me-

“Sihyuk?”

“Oh, yes.”

“Your expression doesn’t look good. Is there any problem?”

I shook my head.

“Sir, maybe you are an agent helping with the test today.”

“Yes. Makina is young but capable, so she has many qualifications.”

“Machina is competent. It helps teachers.”

Makina spreads her breasts proudly. But that movement was not driven by her emotions.

All she did was imitate appropriate movements through various knowledge etched into her head by the learning device.

“A unique child? For some reason, I’m taking on the role of guardian for a while.”

“You must have suffered a lot.”

“Now then, shall we proceed slowly? The equipment here is much stronger than the burnt-down testing grounds, so you don’t have to worry about it this time.”

“Yes.”

Let’s go then! Joo Ji-young moves while holding Makina’s arm.

“Machina, make sure the other directors don’t talk nonsense later on.”

“Okay. If it’s the teacher’s request, Makina will do anything.”

My dear Makina. Joo Ji-young patted Makina’s head.

Swallowing the fishy emotions rising up in her heart, I followed her.

＜8＞

The test was not very long.

As Ju-Young Ju said, the central test room received the flame amplified by the colorless element without difficulty.

Maybe it’s the difference between Makina and Alex.

Machina is a wide range damage dealer of the ‘fire’ attribute, while Alex is a single target dealer of the ‘lightning’ attribute. It may have been such destructive power because it was an attack focused on one point.

Anyway, the test ended smoothly, and Jo Ju-young and Makina went deep into the exam hall for the necessary procedures.

I am left alone in the lobby, staring at the ceiling blankly.

I don’t feel so good.

Seeing Joo Si-young playing pranks with Makina, I feel like she has taken away my role from her.

“… Too much immersion.”

Not even a child.

It was not ‘I’ who had a close relationship with Makina, but ‘Sensei’. A relationship that could only be confirmed through text in the game.

I was just empathizing with the teacher as a game player, but the dimension in which I lived was different.

I have now become Lee Si-hyeok, and Ju Ji-young, not me, is the ‘teacher’ of this world.

I don’t know if I’ve been thinking of myself as a user playing the game, not Lee Si-hyeok.

The other guys were just treating me as a ‘character’ in the game.

That shouldn’t be the case.

I don’t know with what harmony I entered the world of Leoa.

But one thing was certain.

When you become a resident of this world, you should treat the other guys as people, not as characters.

Around the time such miscellaneous thoughts bite their tail and fill their heads.

“How are you, senior?”

The familiar silvery hair covered my vision. Baek So-so’s playful cat mouth somehow arouses irritation.

“… Why are you here?”

“hehehehe, senior. Please congratulate me.”

“Why?”

I turned my head back to its original position and looked up at the white cow standing in front of the chair. Today, instead of the usual black jersey and gray spats, he is wearing a black school uniform.

“Soso Lee has become an A-Rank!”

It seems that even the students who have been promoted to A rank are going through one more test at the center.

“Oh, yes. Congratulations.”

“hehehehe thank you- this is not it. Don’t celebrate so soullessly!”

… No, you have to get angry like that, because the Baeksoso in my memory was an S rank.

“The S rank is the goal, and the A rank is just a passing point.”

“… hehehehe, he says something unusual, not like a senior.”

Baek So-so is messing with her bangs as if embarrassed.

Then, as if he remembered something, he smiled sinisterly.

“Even if you flatter me like that, the punishment won’t go unnoticed. A bet is a bet.”

“That’s right, a bet is a bet. I was going to listen to anything.”

“For a senior, it’s neat and nice to look at.”

Baek So-so roared with excitement as if he had already won the bet. It felt like the thready veins on my forehead had thickened a bit, but I responded to her words with a silent nod.

What punishment should I give you? What punishment should I give you? Joo Ji-young and Makina finally walked out into the lobby.

“Huh, Sosone? What are you doing here?”

“Oh, Mr. Joo Ji-young!”

Baek So-so looked at Joo Si-young and waved her hand from side to side.

“Soso and Sihyuk, did you two know each other?”

“I just happened to see it.”

“Teacher, did you know the senior?”

Baek So-so looks at me and Ju Ju-young alternately.

“It’s great, Sihyuk. Wouldn’t it be lonely even if you entered the special department?”

“… Could it be that he has already entered?”

You are very resourceful. It seemed that they had already gathered useful guys from all over the place.

“Special course? Senior? But the other day, the teacher said that the conditions for joining the special department were-“

“He was a B-class or higher.”

Joo Joo-young smiled briskly and placed her hand on my head.

“Congratulations on reaching the B grade, Sihyuk. Raising two levels at once is unprecedented in Academia, so it might be annoying for a while.”

“Are you bothered?”

“Because reporters will follow you. Are student reporters pretty scary? I’m afraid they’re not children, they don’t know how much and rush at them.”

… Oh right. There was something like that

Academy Student Daily. The largest student media organization in Academia, with reporters for each school’s newspaper department.

All of the characters belonging to the Newspaper Club were guys who would do anything to get a scoop.

If those guys are chasing after you… I think it would be pretty annoying.

Um.

Let’s think about that later.

Because there are things I have to do first.

“Soso.”

“Four?!”

Soso, who was trying to sneak outside, looked at me in shock.

“What do you want to be punished for?”

“Stand… senior.”

I smiled as evil as I could and opened my mouth.

“Penalties are penalties, right?”