Became a Human Rights Advocate

2 – Episode 1. Academy Island, Academia.

＜3＞

“Students, tighter!”

“Yes!”‘

Fortunately, there was no such thing as calling the lead team.

After I finished my training, the owner of Cheonryonggak tried to let me go, saying that I would pay back next time. However, I immediately clung to the pants dance, saying that I might need a hand.

I have to go back to my wallet without 5,500 won, because tomorrow I will just eat somewhere else.

The friendly host seemed to think about it for a while and then said to give it a try.

As a result, I’ve been washing dishes in a corner of Cheonryonggak’s kitchen for two hours. I am moving my hands the hardest since I went to help cook when I was a private in the army.

I don’t think it’s a Chinese restaurant, so every plate is full of grease, but I can’t avoid my touch!

When oil! When you’re tired! Die!

Like that, after the lunch business, it was a short free time. The host handed over a glass of cool cold water and started a simple survey of the house. In short, it’s interview time.

“Hey, student. What did you say your name was?”

“This is Lee Si-hyeok.”

“Yes, Sihyuk-kun. Just wash the dishes well. Have you ever had a part-time job at a restaurant?”

I shook my head after pondering for a while. First of all, ‘Lee Si-hyeok’ would have no experience working at a restaurant.

“When the semester starts, I will be busy on weekdays… Could you help me with the weekend business?”

“Yes!”

Even if I go to the specialty department, I have some free time on the weekends. There are some favorability events, but they have nothing to do with the main scenario.

In addition, it is unknown at the moment whether or not I will be able to enter the special department. We still don’t know who the ‘teacher’ will be and what the selection criteria for that guy will be.

So, getting a part-time job at Cheonryonggak was definitely good news. It will solve the immediate needy wallet situation to some extent.

“I can only give you the minimum wage, but you can come and eat anytime, day or night.”

Oh my God.

“Thank you!”

“What is gratitude? I became a member of the Celestial Dragon Pavilion, even temporarily. I can’t make you go hungry.”

A saint, a saint.

A bright halo seemed to shine from behind the owner’s head. Oh, it’s dazzling.

The owner said, ‘It’s already been like this,’ and took off his luck, and then started to tell us what to do or precautions. Weekends are definitely busier than weekdays, so it seems that you need to know how to do various things other than washing dishes.

I was diligently writing down what the owner said on my cell phone, – and my daughter and the chime rang.

“Come here!”

“Welcome… What is it, Soso?”

The one who entered was a girl dressed like a sports team. The top is a black jersey and the bottom is gray spats.

“Mister, a guest has arrived, what is his attitude!”

“Should I bow down and say hello?”

“That’s not true. Anyway, order, order! Hungry!”

The girl took one of her seats and patted her stomach as she sat down. Her silver hair, tied back like a dumpling, swayed from side to side in sync with the movement.

“The one you always ate?”

“Yes!”

Bap rice rice~ Fried rice~ Delicious fried rice~. A girl humming her tune and waving her legs back and forth excitedly.

She looked like a criminal herself because she was staring at me like this, but there was a reason I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was definitely a face I knew.

A 5-star lightning attribute melee dealer.

“Baeksoso.”

Baek So-so turned her head, as if she had heard the muttering involuntarily.

She met her eyes with mine, but of course, a face that was a first meeting for her. Baek So-so panicked and swung her head left and right to look around her inside the store.

At the end of the lunch hour, there are only me, the owner, and three cows in the store. The possibility of calling someone with the same name has disappeared.

“Hey… who? Do you know me? Why?”

Baeksoso looks at me with an expression of both displeasure and a little fear.

… Who am I? I was originally a player. That’s what a player is. This is actually a game world, uh. His name is Lee Si-hyuk, but I’m possessed by Lee Si-hyuk’s body now? Since I’ve done the same thing, I can be called Lee Si-hyeok. And you are actually a character in the game. A 5-star lightning attribute close-range dealer. PVE is a little poor, but PVP is top-notch. I know you well because I raised you to the highest level.

I can’t answer

. Should I just call him a stalker? Until a moment of worry.

“Ah. That is Lee Si-hyuk. I decided to help with the work every weekend.”

The owner, who was swishing the wok in the kitchen, gave me an assist.

“And Sihyuk-kun. This is a white cow. What should I introduce…. Um, yes He’s like Shihyuk’s senior.”

“”Senior?””

Baeksoso and I tilted our heads at the same time.

Lee Si-hyeok looks younger than his age, while Baek So-so has a face that suits his age. Unless there is a problem with the facial recognition function of the owner, there would be no reason to be mistaken.

“Aha.”

Baek Suso pondered for a moment, then smiled and nodded his head.

It seems that he understood the meaning of the owner’s words.

“Is this guy ‘that’ too?”

What is that? Rather than that, say ‘he too’. Hmm…

As I turned my head to the kitchen with a face demanding an explanation, the host smiled and opened his mouth.

“Hey, Soso used to dine on the radio before.”

“Ya, I miss that time. I thought I could run away. I didn’t expect you to be so fast.”

“As you can see, Sihyuk-kun is a much more vicious little boy than you.”

“It’s evil! There’s nothing I can’t say to regulars!”

Baek So-so flirting with the owner.

It was a new but strange sight. A character that only existed in a mobile phone is breathing as a living person in front of my eyes.

“But thanks to you, I secured a regular customer!”

“There are many regulars besides you.”

It’s the first time I’ve heard a story like that.

Even if each character has a setting, compared to one person’s life, it’s new blood. Rather than simply relying on the settings to approach, would it be better to just refer to it and find out for yourself?

“More than that, Sihyuk? I said!”

When the conversation with the owner was over, Baek So-so smiled and moved to the table where I was sitting.

“If you have any questions, ask me anything. I will answer you as a ‘senpai’.”

“Senior…”

When I blurted out the tail of my horse, Baek So-so’s expression flinched slightly.

“How old is Sihyuk?”

“I’m eighteen.”

“… Sorry. Be at ease.”

A white cow lowers its tail first. I’m glad that I bowed like that first without having to grapple.

I almost did something that didn’t suit me.

Baeksoso is basically the type to speak his own way. If you’re swung at the beginning, you’ll get tired later.

“Um… Then may I ask you a few questions?”

“Yes! Anything!”

Other than that, Baek Su-so was a very nice guy.

— Report —

Baeksoso

Age : 16

Affiliation: Dongbu 8th Middle School

Nationality : Hong Kong

Level : D -＞ B

Attribute: Lightning

As a successor to the one-man tradition Biyeon-ryu, he has excellent anti-personnel fighting power. He did not stand out much until he was 15 years old, but recently he has been attracting attention because his ability has risen to two levels in a short period of time.

Evaluated as a talented person who can grow up to S rank in the future.

It is considered that there is a weakness in the mental part.

It is impossible to put it into practice right away, but the ‘leading team’, which has a high possibility, is paying attention.

—Academia—

＜4＞

Night.

I was lying on the bed in the dormitory, blankly staring at the ceiling.

“Should I cut my hair next?”

I searched and found that living expenses will come in a week.

It’s a meal. Even if I somehow solve it with the favor of the owner of Cheonryonggak, I can’t cut my hair because I don’t have the money to spend right away.

This guy’s messy hair, even if brushed to the side, comes right back down and stings his eyelids. Why is Lee Si-hyeok, a Korean national, growing his hair like this?

“… Rather, it is a white cow.”

I knew I would come face to face with characters I knew while living in Academia, but I didn’t know it would be this fast.

I realized that there is no language barrier, so I guess it was a fruitful meeting.

Like other collectible RPGs, Leoa didn’t even mention the annoying settings. It must have been moderately compromised to the extent that ‘the language works anyway’.

At the same time, there were occasional events closely related to the character’s nationality.

Anyway.

It is necessary to have a certain close relationship with Baeksoso.

We plan to familiarize ourselves with not only Baeksoso, but also all characters who have the potential to enter the special department.

Lee Si-hyeok’s ability, no, my ability, cannot be fully effective when used alone. After finding ‘teacher’, I plan to appeal as much as possible, but the possibility of entering the special department right away is low.

In preparation for that time, it is human relations. A delivery book that indirectly informs the ‘teacher’ of my growth and effectiveness.

I picked up my phone and checked the two newly filled names on the empty messenger.

Boss.

Baeksoso.

Start chatting with Baek So-so, whose selfie sticking out his tongue is embedded in his profile.

Um…

What should I say?

Me: Are you sleeping?

Baeksoso: No?

Me: Good night.

Baeksoso: Oh, yes. Good night.

Baeksoso: (Emoji holding a pillow and yawning)

Me: Yes

… It’s awkward.

I figured out Baek So-so’s messenger ID with a bit of contrition. He was a guy who was easily swayed by the atmosphere, so he taught me obediently even though he had a puzzled look on his face.

“Sleep.”

I turned off the light.

Obviously, it was awkward because it was the first time I lay down in bed, but my body seemed to be used to it and I quickly fell into a daze.

It was my first night at the Academy.