I Escaped the Exile Story Only To Find It Was a Regret Trope

30 – 6# Disciplinary Committee Chairman Kang Seol-yeon (1)

Naturally, Athena came to live with Yushin.

At the academy, it was known that Yushin had summoned her as a servant. Moreover, Principal Ban Serin personally examined her and concluded that she was harmless.

Of course, most of the instructors, including the vice-principal, strongly opposed it.

However, Ban Serin, who had decided to trust Yushin, ignored the opposition and acknowledged Athena’s presence. However, for the sake of the opposition, a few conditions were attached.

First, Athena must stay with Yushin at all times.

And if Athena causes any trouble, Yushin would bear the responsibility. These were conditions that Yushin could easily accept.

‘There was no way I could leave Athena alone in the first place.’

This was actually a pretty good negotiation. In exile stories, in such cases, both would usually end up being exiled.

However, the real problem arose elsewhere.

Ha-young and Yuri, upon seeing Athena, were furious. Yushin suddenly had to explain himself to Ha-young and Yuri.

“So, she’s really the servant you summoned, right?”

“She is Athena Yugribes, the daughter of the moon goddess and a demigod.”

“Hmm, why would such a great person make a contract with you?”

“There is someone she must find.”

For a brief moment, Yuri noticed the subtle sorrow in Athena’s voice. Ha-young, her childhood friend, noticed it too.

“Did you perhaps…”

Love that person?

Before Ha-young could finish her sentence, Athena smiled and shook her head. Ha-young took it as a silent affirmation and nodded.

With just a short conversation, Ha-young and Yuri were able to dispel the lingering dark emotions they had towards Athena. Because it wasn’t like that.

She loves someone other than their brother. And she is sincere to the point of sorrow. So, there was no need to be wary of her.

“Oppa, how did you end up learning summoning magic?”

“I was lucky. I was fighting a monster, and it suddenly descended from above.”

“Modest, aren’t you? Wasn’t it a fight you had almost won anyway?”

“Of course! Oppa is strong!”

Perhaps it was because she thought even the gods acknowledged her brother’s strength. Yoori nodded with a proud smile. Athena opened her mouth with a smile.

“You seem to care deeply for your kin. It’s a commendable attitude.”

“Thank you, can I call you unnie?”

“Me too, please!”

“I don’t see why not.”

‘Is this what they call girl talk?’

Unlike the girls who naturally started chatting away, Yooshin was just quietly observing from the side. He didn’t have much to say anyway.

In fact, Yooshin didn’t think this situation was bad.

They might be able to glean unexpected information while chatting. And as Yooshin expected, Athena started spilling information sooner than he thought.

“He was a true hero. At first, he was insignificant and weak. But he never gave up, and in the end, he defeated countless strong enemies and brought peace.”

“Who was the opponent?”

“At first, he only thought about the enemies in front of him. But who would have known? The trusted comrade was actually the mastermind controlling everything.”

“…….”

Athena began to calmly recount her experiences. Yooshin closed his eyes and just listened. Athena’s words were undoubtedly true.

It was a common story you could hear anywhere.

A demon king descended from the demon realm to conquer the continent. A hero fought against the demon king, only to be betrayed by a trusted comrade and exiled in the end.

However, the actual experiences were never common.

In that hell, we had to rely on each other for our lives. Otherwise, we would die. We constantly protected each other, crossing countless lines of death.

Before we knew it, we trusted each other more than our blood relatives. But back then, we had no idea. We believed and believed until the end.

Who would have thought that the friend I considered closest would not only exile me but also use the demon king to swallow the world.

[What do you want from me!!]

I knew it. I knew it was all part of the exile scenario. But even though I knew it in my head, my heart, which had spent time together, didn’t accept it.

[What I want is salvation.]

In the end, he fell so far that he couldn’t be redeemed. He preached that he was a god named Savior and would bring salvation.

Thanks to that, the number of believers who truly thought of him as a god named Savior increased, and the continent fell into chaos once again. Yooshin let out a deep sigh.

It would have been better to fight the demon king.

I never want to fight with the lunatics of the Salvation Church again.

The ones who boiled their own children and served them as food, under the guise of hospitality, were none other than the lunatics of the Salvation Church. Just thinking about it still makes me nauseous.

But Yushin soon shook off the disgust.

One cannot keep dwelling on the past forever.

Focus only on the present. The goal is singular: to return.

* * *

The first day of S Class was spectacularly ruined by an ogre attack.

Moreover, the fact that the academy’s security was breached led to parents protesting against the academy, and this fact was reported in the media. The atmosphere was chaotic in many ways.

The academy’s opening ceremony was reported in the news, showing how much favorable public opinion there was. But in an instant, tremendous criticism poured in, which was quite ironic.

Of course, the breach of security was clearly a mistake. But no matter how you look at it, the public opinion shouldn’t have plummeted to this extent. However, Yushin soon lost interest.

‘That’s not something I need to worry about.’

As long as the academy doesn’t collapse and the scenario isn’t disrupted, the academy’s public opinion isn’t something Yushin needs to concern himself with. They’ll handle it.

Today, Yushin properly attended S Class. Technically, it wasn’t the first time, but last time, most of S Class was out on external activities.

And with the ogre attack, it wasn’t an atmosphere conducive to proper classes. So, today could be considered the first proper day of attending S Class.

The cold autumn sky made his chest ache. Enjoying the slightly emotional scenery painted with autumn leaves, Yushin headed to S Class. And then he saw it.

“Let’s settle this today.”

“Come at me, you rude ones.”

“What is this now?”

It was the sight of S Class seniors fighting amongst themselves. What is this? Although it was a sudden situation that could have caused confusion, Yushin quickly grasped the situation.

‘A faction fight.’

Although they wore the same uniform, the badges on their chests were different. One side had a badge with a yellow flag fluttering against a white background.

The other side had a badge with a black, shining sword. In other words, S Class was divided into two factions fighting each other.

“Stop right there!!”

However, there was a girl who quickly subdued the violent faction fight. A girl with black hair and sharp eyes. She was Kang Seol-yeon, the head of the disciplinary committee.

“Even though a new recruit has joined S Class, are you all going to disgrace yourselves as seniors?!”

At Seol-yeon’s powerful voice, not only the disciplinary committee members with the sword badges but also the opposing faction couldn’t openly defy her.

“Wow, as expected of the head of the disciplinary committee. Just hearing her voice makes my legs tremble.”

“We shouldn’t underestimate her.”

“She’s achieved quite a lot at a young age. She’s an impressive kid.”

The impactful presence of Kang Seol-yeon made the girls who followed Yoo-shin to Class S chime in one by one. Seol-yeon, who quickly sorted out the situation, soon looked at Yoo-shin.

“Sorry, I showed an unnecessary disgrace.”

“I don’t think there’s anything to apologize for.”

“Thank you for saying that.”

With Seol-yeon’s appearance, Class S returned to a state of calm. The students with white badges, that is, the student council members, went back upstairs, saying they would keep an eye on things.

So, did they come down just to pick a fight?

Thinking they really had nothing better to do, Yoo-shin meticulously stored their information in his mind. It seemed that being part of the student council was not just an empty title.

Each one of them is quite strong.

Against the ogre Yoo-shin had faced before, although he couldn’t win, he was at least at a level where he wouldn’t be taken down in one blow. Of course, it would be hard to last more than 10 minutes.

Considering their age.

Just not dying in one blow is impressive enough.

However, since the faction fights were over, Yoo-shin thought there would be no more business. But for some reason, Seol-yeon was still lingering around Yoo-shin.

“Do you have any business?”

“Do you need guidance, perhaps?”

“Guidance?”

“Yes, I can show you around.”

The boldness Seol-yeon showed in front of everyone earlier was nowhere to be seen. She was now timidly fidgeting with her fingers, cautiously offering guidance to Yoo-shin.