I Became the Novel’s EX-Class Genius - Chapter 3

As I watched Selina’s face turn red, I thought to myself, “This will work.”

This time, I have to aim for “Let’s Do Cha-Cha-Cha,” but that would be after I became strong.

Right now, I thought this kind of attention would get me hit. 

Getting close to the main character of “TWAA” could be done slowly later.

I could easily predict what the students were thinking now.

But if it’s lacking, then this is it.

They won’t be able to scrutinize my talent.

“What’s pink?”

“Selina’s hair color is red, right?”

“Don’t tell me…”

Everyone looked at Selina. Then, I turned my eyes to Hwang Dabin.

Hwang Dabin quickly put her hands on her shoulders to see if she knew what I was talking about.

I couldn’t avert my eyes.

“Black.”

Hwang Dabin’s eyes became bitter, as if she felt ashamed. 

She’d been calm even when she introduced herself and showed her talent, but now she was getting worked up.

“If you say anything more, I’ll kill you.”

I tilted my head. Then I looked at her like I didn’t know why she was upset.

I was confident in my brazen performance. I am a student on the outside, but old enough to crawl inside. This level of brazenness was tantamount to culture.

Professor Kang Joohyuk called for me stop what I was doing to the class atmosphere.

“Okay, I understand, you can stop now…”

I looked at him and, with a calm expression, said, “Professor is red.” 

After that, all the students’ eyes turned to Kang Joohyuk.

Kang Joohyuk tilted his head. 

“That’s strange. I’m not wearing red underwear today.”

‘Oh shit.’

It was worth losing, so I threw it once, and the teacher caught it.

“Teacher, what are you saying….”

“Oh, what the? You can see the color of my underwear?”

“Lee Siwoo, do you mean he uses perspective?”

“Inferior.”

When the students in class 5 started to babble, I slammed the table. I hit it.

All eyes were on me.

“What are you all thinking right now? What the hell?! I see the color he likes! I’ve never said it was the color of their underwear!”

“…”

All the students’ eyes turned back to Kang Joohyuk. 

“I’m sorry, I think there was a misunderstanding. I certainly do like red, hahaha,” he said, embarrassed.

I tried to smooth things over with laughter but thought it would be difficult to recover now.

Kang continued hurriedly.

“Let’s stop here for today. Let’s continue introducing ourselves, starting with the next student tomorrow. Dismissed!”

Just like that, the teacher had no choice but to rush out of the classroom.

I glanced at the figure and beamed a smile.

‘What the hell happened to him?’

At first, I wondered how he got into our high school, since he had an F-level talent.

Kang Joohyuk that Lee Siwoo’s talent was seeing through things, as his talent was described as an “eye that can see things brightly.”

What other strange thoughts do children have at this time of the year?

Maybe that’s why Kang Joohyuk naturally thought that Lee Siwoo saw the girls’ underwear. 

“Even if I thought it, I shouldn’t have said it out loud.”

It looks like I’ve been branded as a pervert on day one.

“Lee Siwoo … Lee Siwoo, I think I took him during the entrance examination….’

Kang Joohyuk returned to the first-year teacher’s office in a cold sweat, not knowing all the students thanks to Lee Siwoo.

“Oh, my sir! Did something happen? Why are you sweating….”

Kang Joohyuk was sweating through his shirt as the other teacher spoke to him. 

It was class 3’s homeroom teacher, Lee Rowoon.

He remembered that she was also in charge of grading during the entrance exam.

“Teacher, do you remember a student named Lee Siwoo?”

“Ah, that kid Lee Siwoo? Yeah. Ah! Do you mean the student who had amplified vision? Why? Did the student get into trouble?”

Lee Rowoon had excellent memory and remembered Lee Siwoo.

“No, that’s not it. I don’t remember how the student was during the entrance examination….”

“Oh, he had a very useless ability, like F-level, but his ability has a peculiarity. I heard he got into the school because of that. Is something wrong?”

Perhaps Lee Rowoon’s spoke too loudly, as other teachers flocked to them.

“Why? Did he cause any trouble?”

“So why did you pass the F-level, which was a downgrade at best.…”

This is how people viewed F-levels. Kang Joohyuk needed confirmation. 

“Wait, what exactly did the student show during the entrance exam?”

“Oh, we got exactly what we were looking for. It’s like reading thoughts. His talent is about vision, but it was rather fascinating. But, because it’s F-level, he didn’t stand out that much.”

“Reading thoughts…”

“Why?”

He thought it would be best to let the other teachers know. .

He would be in trouble if rumors spread and there was a misunderstanding.

“About that….”

When Kang Joohyuk told them what happened earlier, Lee Rowoon summarized it and spoke.

“So, Lee Siwoo thought he had a talent for perspective, so he inadvertently said the color of your underwear caused trouble. Is that what you mean?

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Oh, my God. What do we do?”

The teachers began to worry about Kang Joohyuk.

He  thought it was definitely a misunderstanding.

“I just came out because I was embarrassed, but I’ll talk about it tomorrow.”

“That student is amazing, by the way. How did he get your favorite color?”

“I know. There is no way he could know my favorite color.”

Kang Joohyuk thought about Lee Siwoo.

“Maybe Lee Siwoo’s talent is more amazing than we think it is?”

Perhaps one of the teachers who recognized the talent passed Lee Siwoo. Of course, the fact that his entrance score was 100th place would have played a part.

“You did a great job. Sir, drink this to cool your head.”

Kang Joohyuk, who had been lost in thought, drank the barley tea Lee Rowoon handed him.

When Professor Kang Joohyuk left, the students left the classroom looking disinterested..

That is, except for Hwang Dabin and Selina, who stared at me for a while before leaving. My first day went off without a hitch.

“Hello.”

Someone spoke to me. I could tell who it was without looking at their name tag. 

Without looking at their name tag, I could tell who it was.

“Jung Joo Won.”

Jung Joowon plays the role of the brain in the second part of TWAA and is very good at handling information. 

I responded with a friendly smile.

“Hello.”

“Oh, don’t smile at me like that. I feel like I want to throw up. I don’t know why the girls like that kind of smile.”

“Huh? Me?”

“Yeah, you. Pretending as if you don’t know. No, more than that, you know that we’re roommates, right?”

Of courseI knew. This guy was my roommate in the previous regressions, too.

“Oh, really? Nice to meet you. I’m Lee Siwoo.”

“Oh, I’m Jung Joowon.”

“Then shall we go to the dormitory?”

“Oh, before that. I have a question to ask….”

“What is it?”

“Can you really see our favorite colors?”

He said that information analysis was his talent, but he didn’t know much about my talent, but he had a hunch.

“Of course. If I had an ability like our teacher said, I shouldn’t be regarded as F-Rank, right?”

“Oh, that’s true, but….”

When I saw Jung Joo-won tilt his head, I smirked inside.

Actually, Joowon was right.

Not that I saw it by myself. It was impossible to see through something at my level.

Instead, what I saw was his status window.

I was the only one in the world who could see status windows, whether it was for doing the ghostwriting or a writer’s trick.

”Is it character information?”

I could see the status window above Jung Joo-won’s head, who was still walking next to me.

[Jung Joo Won]

-Title: Explanation Riffle 

-Ability: Information Analysis

-Rank: B-Rank

– Characteristics: Nosy

+ Capability Value

+ Affinity

+ Equipment

During the second regression, I’d bee bored of the status window.

Talent and Rank e out, and if press ‘+,’ the sub-window es out.

For example, this window appears if you press the ‘+’ button to check Jung Joo-won’s equipment.

– Equipment worn by Jeong Joowon: school uniform top, school uniform pants, white T-shirt, black underwear, school sneakers.

The school provided everything else, but only T-shirts and underwear came in colors.

I just looked at it and said it.

“Then why did Selina and Hwang Dabin stare at you?”

When he asked, I was surprised inside, but kept my expression neutral on the outside.

That was sharp. As expected, I needed to be careful around this guy.

I’ll be in trouble if I let my guard down and get caught using my real talent.

As I headed to the dormitory, I started asking Jung Joowon questions that I already knew the answers to.

“What’s your ability?”

“Me? Class B, information analysis.”

“Oh, isn’t that the ability to handle information really well?”

“That’s not true. I just like to poke around.”

That’s the scariest thing, but it’s much scarier when he says it.

I have to be really careful.

Suddenly, I was curious about our intimacy status, so I checked Jung Joo-won’s favorability.

-Closeness: 10

└As intimacy increases, potential talents can be identified.

└Latent Ability: ???

Come to think of it, I didn’t think about checking this in the previous regressions.

Latent abilities are marked as ‘???.’ I never thought about posting this level of intimacy in the first and second regressions.

As I talked to Jung Joowon while thinking about what his latent talent would be, we arrived at the dormitory. 

As soon as I saw the bed, I threw myself into it, and Jung Joowon laid down on the bed and took out his cell phone.

“What are you doing?”

“Checking the curriculum.”

“You’re meticulous.”

“You’re supposed to be like this. You’d better take a look, too. It’s on the school website.”

I knew it without checking.

I also took out my cell phone and accessed the Special Abilities High School website to look at the curriculum.

I knew how the story would flow anyway, so it didn’t matter, but I needed to match his rhythm to get close to him.

Unlike regular schools, the curriculum at Special Abilities High School was updated weekly. It’s detailed, too.

While checking the weekly curriculum, I saw that a test was scheduled for tomorrow and thought of the test I had now taken twice.

Damn it…

I can’t believe I have to take that test again. I couldn’t do well on the ‘test’ in this physical condition.

So, there is only one choice left. 

“Joowon, please help me.”

Translator’s Talk

So, MJC has been away on vacation for the past few weeks and has no plans to continue editing the novel, so I’ve decided to do the editing myself to keep working on the novel. I hope my quality is alright pared to MJC’s work on the first few chapters.