Senior, I’m Your Fan (2)
“Arin, hurry up. Let’s go quickly.”
A woman with her short hair tied back like a ponytail grabbed the arm of a woman with a ponytail, urging her.
Although the two won were similar in having tied hairstyles, their atmospheres were completely opposite.
The urging woman had a bright aura on her smiling face, but the face of the woman whose arm was grabbed showed signs of annoyance.
“Just because we go quickly doesn’t an we’ll get good scores. Why the rush?”
The woman’s na is Choi Arin.
A second-year student in the blacksmithing departnt, she is the younger sister of Choi Yoo-min… A first-year student Holder in the rare Alchemist departnt who enrolled this year.
And the woman grabbing her arm was Park Yoon-seo.
She was the younger sister of Park Jin-woo, one of the main protagonists of the Golden Generation second-years.
And likewise, she was a newly enrolled first-year Holder in the Assassin departnt this sester.
In response to Choi Arin’s blunt reply, Park Yoon-seo tried to persuade her again.
“If we finish the temporary grade asurent quickly, we can go to the training ground quickly too. Where the Duel exam is held.”
“The order for the Duel exam is random anyway.”
“Aish, really. The order isn’t the problem.”
Park Yoon-seo tapped her feet in frustration.
Then Choi Arin sighed deeply and asked, “Then what’s the problem?”
“-The problem is that Senior Do Jae-hyun cos right before the Duel exam. His greeting speech. That’s the most important event today.”
It wasn’t Park Yoon-seo who answered the question.
A smooth and seductive voice suddenly ca from behind.
Naturally, the two turned their heads.
And upon identifying the owner of the voice, Choi Arin’s face instantly scrunched up.
“Another fanatic joined the cult.”
“Speaking so rudely again.”
“Rudeness doesn’t put food on the table.”
The owner of the voice was Song Hyun-a.
The Holder with the most recognition among the three.
She was the daughter of the Song family and the younger sister of the S-grade Holder Song Do-hyuk.
And she was also the very person who recently disclosed the thod for acquiring the [Sword] Rune, causing the hottest stir in the current Holder community.
She had only awakened about three months ago, so she beca a Holder later than the other new students.
However, with the outstanding swordsmanship of the Song family, the martial arts skills she had built up even before awakening, and most crucially, the trendous ‘effort’ that allowed her to acquire the [Sword] Rune…
She had almost caught up with the other new students who were ahead of her.
Her level was so overwhelming that there were already talks of her being the confird top student.
– Seoul Holder Academy, new students enrollnt begins. Can they surpass their senior Golden Generation?
– Park Yoon-seo, younger sister of the 4th ranked dostic promising Holder Park Jin-woo, enrolls as a new student this sester…
– Hope arises in the Alchemist departnt! What are the grades of the promising Choi Arin?
After the major changes in the academy and the start of the new sester, the dia was keenly interested.
At the center of attention were these three people.
Although they bickered with each other, in fact, they were the most prominent new students in this sester’s intake at the academy.
Song Hyun-a, who was being discussed for the top student position, was a given. Park Yoon-seo drew attention as the younger sister of Park Jin-woo. And Choi Arin, despite being in the rare Alchemist departnt, was showing top-tier talents.
If you were to list the TOP 6 new students in each departnt, these three would naturally take up so of those spots.
The amusing reason these three beca friends?
It was because of their common interest in ‘Do Jae-hyun’.
“But Arin, you follow Senior Do around too.”
“That’s because he’s my custor.”
In response to Song Hyun-a’s sharp question, Choi Arin answered without flustering.
Choi Arin and Park Yoon-seo had deep connections to Do Jae-hyun.
Park Yoon-seo’s older brother was Do Jae-hyun’s closest friend, and Choi Arin had sold potions to Do Jae-hyun through a subsidiary contract with her older sister Choi Yoo-min.
However, the transactions were conducted indirectly, and Do Jae-hyun was such a busy Holder…
Neither of them had actually t him in person.
Knowing this well, Song Hyun-a let out a snort.
“So… You’re a custor, but you’ve never seen him, so you really want to see him sohow. Like a big fan.”
“…How many tis do I have to say it’s not like that?”
“Speaking so rudely again.”
“…That darn rudeness, rudeness.”
Choi Arin spoke as if exasperated.
They had beco friends after getting to know each other during the academy’s application period, but there was no winning against Song Hyun-a’s speech pattern.
Whenever the verbal bout ended, she would sohow end up being labeled as the rude one.
‘…Though it’s not entirely wrong.’
Of course, there were tis when Choi Arin was curious about Do Jae-hyun too.
It was when he first made a contract with the sisters Choi Yoo-min and Choi Arin.
She wondered what made him invest such a large sum in them, and she also wanted to express her gratitude since it led to her ability achievent.
But that was only montary.
Later, as Do Jae-hyun beca too busy and their contract seed unnecessary, neglecting Choi Arin… Their relationship naturally grew distant.
And Choi Arin lost any particular thoughts about him as well.
He was just an ordinary, no, a sowhat appreciated business partner.
That was the sum of her feelings towards Do Jae-hyun.
But no matter how much Choi Arin tried to explain this, her peers didn’t seem to believe her.
“It’s okay, Arin. Having a pure fan heart is not bad at all. Besides, he’s the most popular Holder in Korea. I never dread I’d beco a fan of my brother’s friend either.”
Park Yoon-seo approached and gently placed her hand on Choi Arin’s shoulder.
Then Choi Arin shouted with an aggrieved expression, “It’s not like that, it’s not! How many tis do I have to say it!”
“A typical case of denying one’s newly found admiration.”
The conversation wasn’t getting through.
It wasn’t for no reason that Choi Arin called them fanatics.
By staying around them, she could witness herself unknowingly transforming into an ardent fan of Do Jae-hyun.
Choi Arin shook her head and sighed.
“Okay. Think what you want. And please, just stay as fans. Don’t cross any other lines.”
“What do you an?”
At her aningful words, Song Hyun-a asked back, and Choi Arin shrugged her shoulders as she replied, “My sister said there are a lot of pretty seniors around that guy. Ah, not just pretty, but they’re also famous for their skills and reputations at the academy. Anyway, it’ll take ages to get over that mountain, so it’s better to just stay as a fan if you can.”
Perhaps thinking she landed a good one, Choi Arin poured out her words gleefully.
“……”
And this ti, it was Song Hyun-a whose face beca completely scrunched up.
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The training ground within the academy.
The place where the ability assessnt for the entrance exam was completed, and the Duel exam would follow.
It was also the location for a simple event held before the Duel exam.
This event was conducted in an extrely simple manner.
Since it was still the exam stage and not an official enrollnt ceremony, neither the foundation’s chairman nor the professors from each departnt participated.
Only Professor Tak Won-ho, who is in charge of operating the academy, a greeting speech from the ‘student senior representative’, and instructions from the Duel exam supervisor were delivered…
It was a very lightweight event from an external perspective.
‘…Phew. Stay calm, Song Hyun-a. Be refined.’
However, for Song Hyun-a, this was a far more important event than any other.
For a short ti, she would finally et the role model she had fervently chased after.
The person who allowed her, in her unawakened state, to dream of becoming a Holder.
A Holder who was nothing more than a stranger before, but had now beco her senior…
It was the day she would face Do Jae-hyun for the first ti.
In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Song Hyun-a ca to the entrance exam today solely for this event.
“Hyun-a, over here!”
Park Yoon-seo, who had already secured the best spot at the front, called out to her.
Next to her was Choi Arin, still wearing a listless expression.
The three, who had coincidentally crossed paths when filling out their admission applications, had sohow beco close friends who stuck together.
They were a group regarded as promising students even outside the academy.
‘Choi Arin will change her tune soon enough.’
Though Choi Arin’s dismissive attitude towards Do Jae-hyun irked her slightly, it was only a matter of ti before she changed.
Song Hyun-a has made people beco fans in that way more than once.
“When does it start?”
“In 10 minutes. Senior Do Jae-hyun will be the first speaker.”
Song Hyun-a took the seat next to Park Yoon-seo.
Their spot was right at the center of the front row.
The pri location with the best view of the speaker’s face.
She let out a small exclamation of admiration.
“Really… You secured a refined spot.”
“Hehe. Right?”
“Yeah. Aweso.”
“The effort paid off! Ah, by the way, Hyun-a-“
Park Yoon-seo glanced around briefly…
Then leaned in close and whispered quietly.
“Did you see the photos that were posted on the cafe today? They were of Senior Do Jae-hyun sweating during training.”
“…What?”
Song Hyun-a asked back in surprise.
Cafe.
That referred to Do Jae-hyun’s fan cafe.
Park Yoon-seo held a premium mbership in that cafe, and she thought her friend Song Hyun-a was also a premium mber.
“You didn’t see it? It was totally amazing… The one who posted it was Jae-hyun SS, and the quality was really good.”
“Jae-hyun SS… The one who got the top premium mbership the fastest?”
“Yeah. That person doesn’t usually post photos, but whenever they do, the quality is insane.”
There were a total of 5 top premium mberships in Do Jae-hyun’s fan cafe.
This number included the cafe president, and among them, the nickna ‘Jae-hyun SS’ belonged to the mber who achieved top premium status the fastest after joining.
But that’s not all.
The remaining three top premium mbers were also essentially founding mbers of the cafe, satisfying the rank conditions not long after the cafe was established.
‘…What kind of people are they?’
Song Hyun-a wondered absentmindedly.
Originally, getting top premium mbership was extrely difficult.
The conditions were set to be sufficiently challenging.
Even Park Yoon-seo, the younger sister of Song Hyun-a’s close friend Park Jin-woo, was only a regular premium mber. It made one wonder how much premium information and photos one would have to share to reach the top rank.
Yet the ‘Jae-hyun SS’, who achieved top premium mbership in the shortest ti, along with the remaining three unknown top premium mbers.
What kind of relationship did they have with Do Jae-hyun that allowed such rapid advancent?
But those other thoughts were soon forgotten.
“Oh! He’s coming. Senior is coming…!!”
At Park Yoon-seo’s words, Song Hyun-a quickly turned her head.
On the small stage at the center of the training ground…
A neatly dressed senior was slowly walking up the steps.
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