Why Did I Have to Enroll - Chapter 16

Lesson 4. Rebellion - 4

The four-person group from the lower dimension special admission program typically attended lectures combined with other classes, and that afternoon's lecture was with Class 7.

Perhaps because it was a class with an unusually high number of male students, the overall atmosphere was rowdy, and for these individuals, the lower dimension special admission students were perfect prey.

The first one they targeted was Luciel.

"Phew."

"Just look at that."

The lecturer was the most senior among the associate professors, an elderly professor who had served at Union Academy for over 80 years. Perhaps that's why the subject he was in charge of was none other than 'The History of Union'.

It was one of the rare 100% note-taking subjects at Union Academy, and surprisingly, the elderly professor, who committed the terrifying act of starting the curriculum from the very first day of the semester, focused solely on emitting sleep waves to the students by reading the textbook line by line from the beginning in a voice that induced drowsiness just by listening.

Because of that.

"Won't they burst if they grow that big?"

"Why did a lowlife like that even enroll to climb the tower? There must be jobs much more suited to their aptitude. For example, my..."

"If it's that kind of thing, I'll hire them."

"You crazy bastard, I called dibs first."

The students who were blatantly looking in Luciel's direction and spewing out vulgar obscenities didn't even notice.

They weren't even trying to hide their voices, speaking loudly enough to be heard throughout the lecture hall, yet the professor didn't seem inclined to reprimand them even once, making one wonder if he had gone deaf.

"Ugh, uhh..."

Ban Yu-won worried that Luciel might burst into tears.

But Luciel... perhaps due to her innate physical condition or delicate appearance, had she heard such words many times before? She showed a rather familiar composure and managed to hold back her tears, suppressing them firmly.

Ban Yu-won was so impressed that he found himself gritting his teeth on her behalf.

Instead of just sitting here, I should go and beat the crap out of those bastards!

—Bang!

Just as Ban Yu-won was mentally swinging his fists, a loud noise came from nearby.

Light, who was sitting next to him, had slammed his desk and stood up with an enraged expression.

"Professor!"

"Uh, uhm? What's the matter? Well..."

"I'm Ace Light from Class 11!"

The four-person group from the lower dimension special admission program was officially referred to as Class 11.

However, it was said that some of their seniors, the special admission students, weren't assigned to specific classes... Perhaps if it weren't for Yumina, who volunteered to be in charge of them, they might have been in the same situation.

"Class 11? Ah, I see. Do you have a question?"

The elderly professor must have understood what Class 11 meant, seeing the four-person group sitting separately from the others.

Nevertheless, the fact that he spoke without changing his expression and with a kind demeanor suggested that, fortunately, he had no prejudice against students from lower dimensions.

"The students are talking loudly, making it difficult to concentrate on the lecture. I request that you reprimand them!"

"Hmm, what a commendable student. Everyone heard that, right? During the lecture, please focus quietly on my voice only. And I'll give Light student a plus 3 points."

The professor, nodding repeatedly as if moved by Light's words, declared so that all the students in the lecture hall could hear, and even gave Light bonus points.

For reference, according to Ban Yu-won's investigation during lunchtime, those bonus points were one of the criteria for selecting ten outstanding students per grade once a semester.

Moreover, if one accumulates too many minus points, surprisingly, they won't be granted permission to leave campus!

To Ban Yu-won, who had already received permission to leave from the principal, these points were as meaningless as dog's balls.

"Wow, look at that goody-two-shoes bastard."

"With just a pretty face, did he pass the practical evaluation based on looks alone?"

"You idiot, how can you pass a practical evaluation with just a face?"

"Who knows, maybe the test was with a succubus..."

"That... makes sense!"

And predictably, the elderly professor's declaration held no meaning for the students.

Instead, it only succeeded in temporarily shifting the students' target from Luciel to Light, but even that didn't last long.

"......"

Ban Yu-won observed Luciel, who was bowing her head with reddened ears, and Light, who was fuming with anger at the sight of Luciel, and thought to himself.

If someone who didn't know the situation saw this, they'd think it was a boy trying to protect the girl he had a crush on.

What's more, since both Luciel and Light were exceptionally beautiful, a girl and a boy respectively, they looked even more fitting together.

'But Light is probably just purely angry at the verbal abuse. He really is a peculiar kid.'

Ban Yu-won tapped Light, who looked like he was about to stand up from his seat again at any moment.

"Ban, are you trying to stop me?"

"I just don't like meaningless actions."

"You...!"

Light glared at him with a disappointed expression, as if he couldn't believe Ban would do this, but from Ban Yu-won's perspective, it was awkward to have someone he had just met expecting something special from him.

Moreover, Ban Yu-won doesn't particularly prefer confronting things head-on from the start.

True to his innate abilities, if he can deal with something verbally, he prefers to do so, and even if that's not possible, he tries to use the least violent method possible.

Like this.

"Look at this and calm down."

"?"

What Ban Yu-won handed to Light was a crystal smaller than his palm... the 'Mirror' they had seen in the morning.

On the Mirror's screen was the Academy's intranet, showing a live broadcast.

Light, who instinctively checked the screen, was taken aback.

What was being broadcast was the scene of this very lecture hall.

Moreover... it was focusing closely on the male students who had been insulting Luciel and Light earlier.

It could be described as a truly ingenious real-time editing.

"What's this, how did this happen...?"

"The best way to deal with cowards who talk behind your back is to respond in kind."

Ban Yu-won showed Light the comments that were streaming in real-time during the live broadcast.

Naturally, most of them were seniors, and since they didn't know that the targets of those male students' insults were the lower dimension special admission students, they only paid attention to the fact that they were spewing vulgar obscenities.

"They're getting absolutely hammered."

Dokgo Yeon, who peeked from behind, said with a smile on his face as he looked at the screen.

Ban Yu-won spoke to Light, who was speechless and just staring at the screen.

"I noticed this morning that Academy students seem to check the intranet very frequently. So I thought it might be worth a try."

"Of course, if these people knew that they were insulting lower dimension special admission students, they wouldn't be criticizing these male students so freely. But the broadcast is focused solely on the male students and their voices."

"From the perspective of those watching the broadcast, it's easy to focus only on the perpetrators."

"Plus, they're hurling insults one-sidedly. Even if they knew that the targets were lower dimension students, there would be very few people who could proudly take the side of those guys on a site like this."

Very few, but not none at all.

But there's another point in our favor here, which is that those male students are mainly using sexual insults.

Regardless of lower or higher dimensions, female students can't help but be angry about this.

Even some professors might be watching this video, and if it's not deleted, it will spread throughout the school.

"Then from that point on, what do you think will happen to those guys' standing? I guarantee you won't need to bother dealing with them yourself."

"But you, how did you really..."

"Shh."

At that point, the live broadcast that had served its purpose came to an end.

Light's jaw dropped at the sight of Eve, who was now coiled up on Ban Yu-won's shoulder.

It was because he saw a small camera in its mouth.

"As expected, your training is lacking. Didn't you notice it moving right next to you?"

Despite Dokgo Yeon's mocking words, having clearly seen Eve's movements, Light couldn't bring himself to retort.

However, his mood didn't seem to be that bad.

"I guess I wasn't wrong after all. Ban... I'm really glad you took on the role of class president."

"What's this, suddenly praising me won't get you anything."

"Ah, um. Th-thank you..."

Luciel, who was the last to grasp the situation, lowered her head while blinking her big puppy-like eyes.

Ban Yu-won just grinned in response.

"I don't have any power yet. So I just had various ideas prepared."

"But won't we get in trouble for this? Doing a live broadcast during a lecture..."

"Take a look at the title."

Ban Yu-won pointed to the post title on the screen that had been live-streaming until just moments ago.

It read 'Lecture Recording_Union History_01'.

Even Light, who was quite ignorant about the internet, could understand the intention behind this title setting.

"So you're going to make the excuse that you were recording the lecture to review later, but accidentally set it to live broadcast due to a mistake in operation!"

"Bingo. It's an excuse only a first-year student could use. It's actually a clumsy excuse, and someone might try to give us penalty points, but it doesn't really matter."

For most things, Yumina would probably cover for them.

As Ban Yu-won finished his explanation, Light forgot his anger and looked at him with an expression of admiration.

Dokgo Yeon was still attributing meaning to his actions with sparkling cross-shaped pupils, but by now they were used to his reactions.

Luciel, who had been constantly shy and awkward in social interactions, hesitantly but directly looked at his face and conveyed her gratitude, which could be seen as the most significant outcome of this small incident.

"Hey, hey. The broadcast!"

At that moment, a step behind Ban Yu-won's group.

One of the group who had grown tired of talking behind the backs of their unresponsive companions and had started doing other things, checked the video uploaded anonymously to the intranet (while administrators could identify the uploader, regular members, i.e., students, couldn't check).

Turning pale, he alerted his friends.

"What? Huh? What the! What is this! Who filmed this!"

"Huh?"

Naturally, upon realizing they were being hammered by hundreds of comments, the students shouted and jumped up from their seats, looking around with bulging eyes.

But what good would that do?

The broadcast had already ended, and only Dokgo Yeon had noticed Eve's movements.

"Students, your class attitude is really poor. Were you the ones making noise earlier too? Tell me your names and affiliations. I need to have a word with your supervising professors!"

His bold action, instead of finding who filmed the video, ended up provoking the elderly professor.

"What? No, Professor. It's not that, it's the video..."

"Video? You mean you were watching the intranet during class time?"

"No, that's not it. Someone arbitrarily filmed us..."

"No, you idiot!"

"Ah!"

Isn't this like confessing to their own crime!

Ban Yu-won watched their behavior with an inner smirk, thinking that he had expected this from the moment they started gossiping, but being from a higher dimension doesn't necessarily mean having a more mature personality.

'Well, the criteria for selecting regular admission students is purely based on ability, so no matter how carefully they choose from across dimensions, it doesn't guarantee their character.'

As if guessing his thoughts, Light spoke.

"Higher dimensions are just worlds that evolved faster than lower dimensions and are rich in resources and mana. But just because they were born in such a world, they act all high and mighty, putting on airs..."

"They might be able to get stronger a bit faster than in worlds lacking mana. But power gained easily carries no weight. Those fools who don't realize they were just lucky will eventually fall on their own."

Unusually, Dokgo Yeon agreed with Light's words.

Rather than agreement, it was more like his usual thoughts naturally flowing out.

The two finished speaking and looked at each other, but soon snorted and turned away.

Meanwhile, having checked the video on the intranet and finally realizing the gossip that had occurred in this classroom, the professor was now angry to an impossible degree.

"You lot won't be allowed in my class from now on! I'm giving you an F grade for the year-long course in advance! I'll have a very, very serious talk with your supervising professors about this, so be prepared! What are you doing, get out of here right now!"

"But Professor, those things are just worms, no, lower dimension..."

"I said get out!"

The moment the professor raged, the windows that had been tightly shut until now flew open.

As the classroom was located high up, a sudden gust of wind rushed in, snapping the students to attention.

But the truly attention-grabbing event happened in the next moment, when the students who had been continuously insulting Ban Yu-won's group were all simultaneously thrown out the window!

"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh!"

Ban Yu-won shuddered as he listened to the fading screams of the male students.

Surely they won't die... but they might be eating only porridge for a while.

"Whoa."

"We shouldn't underestimate the associate professor..."

"Luciel, Light, this should be enough, right?"

Luciel and Light simply nodded obediently at those words.

From that day on, the class attitude of students attending the Union History lecture improved dramatically.

Well, they'd have to improve if they didn't want to fly out the window.