Unexpectedly Becoming the Student Council President

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Recalling the details of the game was no easy task.

Especially since the attack on Ahsung High School by the Six Sinners wasn't linked to any storyline or event.

I could only barely remember what the in-game news anchor had said.

So, I considered it remarkable that I remembered the incident would happen at all.

'I feel uneasy…'

The growing tension was inevitable.

It wasn't that I knew nothing; rather, it was because I had such incomplete knowledge of future events.

I just hoped everything would go smoothly…

'Did that guy know the practical evaluation would take place here?'

I was talking about the necromancer.

Even I didn't know where Ahsung High School's practical evaluation would take place this semester in advance.

The evaluation proposal I approved only described the structure and features of the location.

As the Disciplinary Committee Leader, I too had to participate in the practical evaluation, so only minimal information was provided to ensure fairness.

It was only today that the students were informed of the location and method of the practical evaluation. It was even a newly developed area this year.

Being a supervisor as part of the Disciplinary Committee didn't grant me any significant advantage in the test site.

The evaluation mainly focused on assessing magical control abilities. After each evaluation, the targets would automatically move for the next evaluation, and it could be practiced at the academy as well.

'The necromancer plans to attack at a site even I couldn't know….'

Why?

There were two main possibilities.

Either the necromancer didn't care about the location for attacking Ahsung High School.

Or she had some sort of connection with a staff member who could leak the information.

Assuming the latter, it was hard to trust anyone. So, I only shared the information that the Six Sinners might appear during the practical evaluation with the committee members. Although it sounded like my baseless speculation, everyone thought there was no harm in being cautious.

'Please… let them get caught without any incident.'

The responsibility of capturing the Six Sinners while ensuring the safety of the students weighed heavily on my heart. It must be the sense of responsibility.

Even knowing this practical evaluation was a chance to capture the necromancer, I couldn't easily dismiss these emotions.

Knowing game knowledge had its problems.

"Leader."

At that moment, Vice Leader Oh Baek-seo approached me.

"Are you nervous?"

"!"

No way.

Had she read my mind again?

"No, no way. A Disciplinary Committee Leader being nervous about catching a villain would be absurd."

"Yes, it would be."

Feigning indifference, Baek-seo nodded with a gentle smile.

"After all, Kim Dalbi might have been lying. Even if she was telling the truth, the practical evaluation could go smoothly."

"I hope she's lying. I hope nothing happens."

The night sky, studded with stars like salt sprinkled over a high navy blue sky, was serene.

We gazed at the test site together.

It was a practical evaluation location quite far from Ahsung High School.

A massive test site constructed by modifying a forest, filled with artificial structures.

It was developed by the entire Ahsung Academy, known as the 'Ahsung Comprehensive Academy,' and boasted a maze-like complex structure.

'Building something like that for educational purposes…'

Major academies sure knew how to go big.

Anyway, today was the practical evaluation day for first-year students.

The second-year Disciplinary Committee members were assigned as supervisors.

Meanwhile, the highly skilled committee members (except Park Minhyuk) were decided to supervise on different days regardless of their grade. I volunteered to take on multiple days as a supervisor.

However, Oh Baek-seo insisted on following me. She said she would work with me on all the days I participated as a test supervisor.

She claimed she couldn't let the leader bear the burden alone as the vice leader.

Given the possibility of a villain among the students, she argued that safety was paramount, leaving me with no grounds to refuse.

'Having Baek-seo help is a relief.'

Having someone like Baek-seo with me was reassuring.

She was quite dependable.

"It looks like it's about to start."

First-year students, lined up in groups at the plaza, began moving towards the test site under the supervisors' guidance.

They would enter the test site from different locations to take the practical evaluation.

"It's time to part ways. Leader, be careful."

"You too. Take care."

"Yes."

We separated.

We had agreed to tail our primary suspects among the first-year students, believed to be the necromancer, each taking a different target. Naturally, as supervisors.

The primary suspect I focused on was the expressionless junior, Han Seo-jin.

But I couldn't just watch her alone.

With multiple suspects, I had to keep track of everyone's positions.

The practical evaluation participants wore bracelets.

These bracelets could be tracked via a smartphone app.

So, I planned to monitor the suspects from a distance.

'Expressionless… I hope it's not you.'

I sincerely hoped that the promising student I had somewhat grown fond of wasn't the villain.

  *

The sun kissed the horizon, casting its final light.

The sea, reddened by the sunset, rippled gently. In the movie, the male and female leads leaned on each other's shoulders, deepening their love as they watched the setting sun.

It was truly beautiful.

That's why, in her childhood, the sea was deeply imprinted in Han Seo-jin's memory.

Before billions of old humanity lost their lives, the sea was a symbol of romance. Many modern media still strive to recreate the beautiful seas of the past.

However, everyone knew what the sea was like now.

Photos of the sea, taken at great risk by an explorer in the past, were circulating on the internet.

What was once a symbol of romance had become a hellish sight.

Even so, Seo-jin longed to see the sea.

She wanted to capture even a fragment of that beautiful scenery with her own eyes.

Even if it was just a minor whim, Seo-jin desperately wanted it.

"..."

At the practical evaluation site.

Fireflies and lanterns hanging from trees illuminated the surroundings.

Unlike the other students diligently taking their practical evaluations, Seo-jin sat motionless on an artificial structure, bathed in moonlight.

She had no interest in the various structures designed to test magic manipulation, the targets meant to measure magic responsiveness and detection abilities.

She had a different task at hand than taking the practical evaluation.

Raising her head, she could see a skyscraper stretching towards the sky in the distance, like a Babel tower. Bright light emanated from its peak.

It was the center of Academy City.

A beacon indicating the 'central point.'

The Head Principal of Academy City was in that building.

─ 'Child.'

The Head Principal's voice echoed in Seo-jin's mind, a lingering memory from the past.

In her childhood.

When many children in their infancy were being disposed of under the Head Principal's supervision, Seo-jin alone barely survived.

The Head Principal had said to Seo-jin,

─ 'I will show you the beautiful sea you long for.'

Those words had momentarily brought a sparkle to Seo-jin's eyes.

─ 'So, for the future of all, will you lend me your strength?'

The Head Principal claimed to know a safe route to the sea outside the city.

So Seo-jin might actually see the sea she had seen in the movies, bathed in the light of a setting sun.

That was enough.

The mere hope and expectation of seeing the sea allowed Seo-jin to keep going.

Without it, she would have followed the same fate as the disposed children.

"…Let's begin."

Seo-jin mimicked grabbing something.

Ssss.

A purple aura materialized in her hand, transforming into a black skull mask. She placed the mask on her face.

As she stood up, her body was enveloped in the aura, which soon took the shape of a robe.

The iconic skull mask and robe of the Six Sinners' 'Necromancer.'

The magical attire, which could be stored in magical form and materialized or dematerialized at any time.

Suddenly, a purple magic circle appeared on the ground, and a staff rose from it. This was also part of the materialization process.

Seo-jin grasped the staff.

It was a magical staff embedded with a magic stone.

It made magic manipulation and output much easier.

Holding the staff, Seo-jin channeled her magic.

Rumble!

At that moment, accompanied by a mild earthquake, a large circle of purple magic began to form in the center of the test site.

Whoooosh!

Following the circle, an alien purple water current rose, forming a circular space.

Soon, a massive barrier formed around Seo-jin.

The barrier, with its gently undulating waves, enclosed a part of the large test site, isolating the space.

Her unique power, 'Necromancy.'

Magic formula Type 4, 'Soul Domain.'

Seo-jin had previously obtained information about this test site.

To efficiently and powerfully use her unique ability.

"What the…!?"

"What is that…?"

"Isn't that a barrier…?"

"Ahhh!"

Amid the students' confusion, the inner wall of the Soul Domain revealed a new sky. The test site seemed to brighten as if it had been transported to another world.

It was due to the mysterious illusion of a moon bleeding and emitting a soft light.

Whoosh. Seo-jin lightly swung her staff.

In response, the summoning magic circles engraved throughout the test site began to glow and simultaneously started spewing out the undead.

"What is that!?"

"Run!"

"Crazy!"

Students screamed and either fled or took combat stances.

The summoned beings were undead.

Or more precisely,

[Groooar…!]

they were the dead beasts.

The skeletal beasts, wrapped in magic like a second skin, raised their massive bodies. Their sharp claws reflected the magic as they gleamed.

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