Chapter 78

I was heading toward Legalmight’s office when I noticed two streams of aura floating through the sky ahead.

One was purple, and the other was blue, which must mean they belong to Legalmight and Professor Han.

They seem to be returning from a scene.

Legalmight always adheres to set rules; unlike Half Wonder, who might dodge responsibilities, Legalmight personally accompanies Professor Han.

“Student Hye Won, look, it’s Legalmight and….”

When I turned around, Yu Hye-won was sound asleep, drooling.

After parking the car and shaking her shoulder hard, Yu Hye-won slowly opened her eyes, looking around drowsily.

“Are we here?”

“We’ve arrived. And if this is still a dream, you’d better wake up.”

“Ah, I fell asleep. Ugh. Let’s go quickly.”

As we entered the office, Legalmight and Professor Han were descending from the roof.

“Hey, Tank!”

“Wha? Hye Won? Professor?”

Professor Han smiled broadly and bounded down the stairs.

“Why are you here so early? I thought you were coming in the afternoon?”

While holding my hand, Professor Han asked excitedly.

“Things turned out this way.”

“Hmm? Then why are you here, Hye Won? Aren’t you supposed to be on a training session?”

“Ah, I don’t know! That irritating hero made me so mad.”

“Hiik?!”

Startled by the sudden curse, Professor Han glanced nervously as Legalmight descended from the roof.

“Eh? Is that Legalmight? He’s much bigger in person.”

“Hye, Hye Won, what kind of language is that…!”

Despite Yu Hye-won’s arrogant tone, Legalmight only smiled kindly and greeted her.

“Hello. Are you a friend of Student Min-ha?”

“A friend?”

In response to Yu Hye-won’s retort, Legalmight turned to Professor Han.

“Han Min-ha mentioned that Yu Hye-won is the closest friend at the Academy, didn’t she?”

“Apparently, she considers herself as such.”

Legalmight chuckled and then turned to look at me openly.

“Welcome, Professor Hyun.”

“You’ve worked hard mentoring Student Min-ha.”

“Not at all. His fundamentals are so excellent, it’s actually enjoyable. We’ve just returned from taking down a villain.”

“Already?”

“At the Academy, theory is learned. On the field, we need to gain practical experience, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Come on in, everyone.”

We followed Legalmight into the office.

Professor Han earnestly explained to Yu Hye-won about the villain they had just captured.

“So, the guy was riding some strange machine. God knows where he got the money for it. When we ran a background check, it turned out he was unemployed and received welfare support from the state. But actually, there was a secret involved, right?”

“Obvious. Maybe he borrowed someone else’s identity, or something like that, right?”

“Hiiing… You already knew…?”

Legalmight then suggested to the office staff that since it was lunchtime and there were visitors, they should order something delicious. The staff, who seemed used to such moments, skillfully dialed a number.

I overheard something about eel rice.

“There’s an eel rice shop in the block right next to the office. It’s both delicious and filling, and most importantly, fast.”

“Is that so?”

“By the way, why did you bring her? Isn’t she supposed to be on her training session?”

Upon hearing this, Yu Hye-won, who had been listening intently to Han’s exaggerated story, squinted and responded.

“The training guidance hero was irritating me, so I just came.”

“Is that so? Whose guidance was it?”

“Half Wonder’s.”

At that, Legalmight burst out laughing.

“If it’s Half Wonder, that makes sense. Probably parading you around, showing off.”

“How did you know?”

“Obviously. We top-tier heroes know each other well.”

“Anyway, I couldn’t stand his antics, so I left and followed the professor.”

Legalmight laughed again, while Professor Han anxiously grabbed Yu Hye-won’s hand.

“Hye Won, that way you’ll get a zero on your training score. What are you going to do?”

“What’s the worry? I can still make it up with perfect semester-end evaluations.”

“That’s true, but wouldn’t it be better to go back and restart your training? Or perhaps consider another training site….”

“Ah, I don’t know. I’m not doing anything. I’ll stay with the professor during the remaining training period.”

“Eek…?”

Yu Hye-won’s entirely baseless declaration made Professor Han freeze like a broken robot and look at me.

“Eek… Professor, was what Hye Won just said true?”

“Absolutely not. During the remainder of the training period, Student Hye-won has the choice to either complete her time here or return to the Academy and stay in the dormitory alone.”

“What? Professor! You never said that to me!”

As Yu Hye-won flared up, Legalmight looked at Professor Han, Yu Hye-won, and me with great curiosity.

“Anyway, there is no option for Student Hye-won to spend time with me. I am here for field guidance, not on vacation, so I need to return to the Academy. I have a lot to do there.”

Since there was no counterargument, Yu Hye-won grumbled something but did not persist further.

I asked Legalmight, who was wearing a peculiar smile.

“Could you possibly guide Student Hye-won as well, if it’s not too much trouble?”

“That’s something we can discuss later. Our food should arrive soon.”

No sooner had Legalmight finished speaking than the eel rice was delivered. Truly astonishing speed.

“Let’s eat first. Both Student Min-ha and I just finished a mission and are starving.”

With a smile, Legalmight passed the bowls around. His bowl, matching his size, was a double portion, twice the size of others.

The eel rice was delicious.

The sauce was perfectly moist, the eels thick yet tender. The fluffy omelet and onions cooked just right. The rice was cooked to perfection.

Professor Han was truly hungry and quickly gulped down spoonfuls, and Yu Hye-won, too, seemed to enjoy it.

“It’s delicious.”

“Right? Eat more.”

After finishing the satisfying meal, I went to the roof with Legalmight, leaving the children behind.

Most hero offices, like the one we were in, had landing indicators and markings on the roof floor.

“Yu Hye-won, she’s the chairman of the advisory board’s daughter, right?”

“Yes. She inherited the chairman’s talent.”

“I’ve already seen her performance during the Human Combat Ability Evaluation. She was incredible. But why did she quit training?”

I recounted the story that happened at Half Wonder’s office, and Legalmight heartily laughed.

“Half Wonder got his comeuppance. How many people would dare confront an S-ranked hero like that?”

“Exactly. So…”

“Right, right. You’re asking me to take her on for training, right? I can do that. It would even be helpful to us. We’ve been swamped with missions lately and all our sidekicks are deployed.”

That’s fortunate. I thought he might refuse.

Legalmight dislikes the chairman of the advisory board.

The missions assigned by the chairman, when he was the head of Sikrito, sometimes conflicted with Legalmight’s sense of justice.

Of course, even during our team days, we had significant disagreements.

“By the way, is it allowable to have two trainees? Wasn’t it against the rules?”

“Normally, no. But if the training hero rejects a trainee, they can be reassigned to another site. There’s a regulation like that.”

“As long as there are no other issues, I’ll take charge of Student Hye-won from today.”

“Thank you, Jun Hyuk.”

“We worked together before, so of course, we should help each other.”

While heavily patting my shoulder, An Jun Hyuk, who is also Legalmight, curiously asked.

“Professor Han seems to really like you.”

“Because she’s received help in various aspects of Academy life.”

“No, not just that. I mean something more.”

I understand what Legalmight is saying.

I am not unaware of Professor Han’s feelings.

Even someone with the intelligence of a dolphin could notice with how openly she exhibits her affection.

“I understand what you mean. But she’s still a child. Besides, I haven’t really given it much thought in that way.”

“That’s understandable. Moreover, you’re an Academy professor, right? Anyway, what happened for you to suddenly become a professor?”

“Things just turned out this way.”

“Is that so? The Professor Hyun I know seemed far removed from being an Academy professor. People do change, though.”

“Yes. People change.”

After looking at me for a moment, Legalmight smiled and said,

“I’ll take good care of Student Hye-won. Don’t worry. I’ll provide her with rigorous field training focused on practical experience.”

“I appreciate that.”

After coming down, I called Yu Hye-won and discussed the matter with her.

“I don’t want to. I want to be with the professor.”

“Do you want to keep speaking casually to me, Student Hye-won?”

“Regardless, I don’t want to. And anyway, if you ask me to rejoin training now, I wouldn’t do it.”

“Legalmight personally promised to take you on every villain-removal mission.”

Hearing this, Yu Hye-won fell silent, seemingly conflicted.

There was no real reason for her to be conflicted. Either way, if she stayed with me, we would eventually return to the Academy and part ways.

But staying here provided her the opportunity to experience real field missions that she so desires, and under none other than Legalmight, who is considered a candidate for S-rank.

“Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do. That’s how it will be.”

In this way, I successfully placed Yu Hye-won under Legalmight at his office.

* * * * *

At that time, Song Do-yoon, who was assigned to the Gos Hawk office for training, found himself in quite a difficult situation.