Why Did I Have to Enroll

The club activities had ended. Ban Yu-won mercilessly dispersed the seniors who clung to him, begging him to make weapons, led by the persistent Stone Senior, and those special admission seniors who tried desperately to appear on the screen Tike was filming. Since they had to enter the tower again tomorrow, he made sure they had enough rest time.

And that consideration extended to Ban Yu-won’s group as well.

“Hey, come to think of it, where’s Light?”

“He went out with the Ice Princess… Ayre.”

Mira replied, realizing Light’s absence, as Ban Yu-won tilted his head in confusion.

Ayre and Light? He knew Ayre liked Light for a while, but Light responding to her at a time like this? What was he thinking?

“Jealous?”

“Me? Of whom?”

Ban Yu-won tilted his head at the unexpected question. Mira’s violet eyes quickly scanned his face from top to bottom.

“What? Oh, so you’re asking if I’m jealous of him… pfft.”

Understanding her intent, Ban Yu-won couldn’t help but laugh. Mira, blinking awkwardly and pretending not to care while secretly watching him, was adorable.

Who was really jealous here?

“Yu-won, stop laughing and answer.”

“But you’re just too cute, ow.”

Mira discreetly poked Ban Yu-won’s side where others couldn’t see.

“Why am I getting hit? Just because you’re cute, ow!”

“Sh-shut up. Just answer.”

“Ahem.”

As the two whispered, a cough came from right in front of them. Dokgo Yeon stood there with a cold expression as if she might draw her sword at any moment.

“Oh, Dokgo Yeon. Good work.”

“I merely checked the swords once.”

In some ways, Dokgo Yeon underestimated the special admission students from the lower dimensions even more than the students from the higher dimensions. She was someone who always valued mindset, and the attitude of the special admission students was the worst, to say the least.

Thanks to Ban Yu-won, who provided them with talismans and set up training rooms, creating a good environment, and giving students with unique abilities like Kasyana opportunities to develop, their atmosphere gradually brightened and became more proactive.

‘And today.’

Rumors spread that Ban Yu-won, who had been learning swordsmanship from Dokgo Yeon, had managed to awaken his aura, and the special admission students flocked to her. Normally, Dokgo Yeon would have ruthlessly dismissed them, but perhaps seeing their changing attitudes, she surprisingly sparred with each of them once.

Even Woo Hyul-rin, who had overpowered Ban Yu-won with force, was no match for Dokgo Yeon. In fact, he was the one who got beaten the most, and he couldn’t understand why Dokgo Yeon was so harsh on him.

“Th-thanks for your hard work, everyone…”

Woo Hyul-rin, who usually came to thank Ban Yu-won for his help, was now so beaten and exhausted by Dokgo Yeon that he left with just a weak nod toward Ban Yu-won. It was a bit pitiful.

Why was he like that…?

“More importantly. Are we starting now? The promotional video shoot, I mean.”

“Yeah. It’s just me and Yu-won, so you guys can rest.”

“Tomorrow is the day we enter the tower. Don’t overwork him.”

“Okay.”

Despite Dokgo Yeon’s chilly voice, Mira nodded without shrinking back.

“I know what you’re worried about, but don’t worry. We haven’t gone that far yet.”

“Where would we go? We’re just shooting a promotional video.”

“Hmm…”

Mira’s deliberately provocative words made Dokgo Yeon’s eyebrows twitch. To Dokgo Yeon, who despised romantic relationships, Mira’s open display of desire might not sit well…

At that moment.

“Yu-won.”

Luciel, who had approached unnoticed, spoke to him. She must have heard Mira’s words, yet she maintained a calm expression.

“I hope it will be a good change of pace. But next time, please play with me?”

“We’re not playing… but okay.”

“Hehe, thank you. See you tomorrow.”

Luciel reached out and gently shook Ban Yu-won’s hands with affection before leaving, giving Mira a nod as she went. Mira blinked, feeling like their solid bond was being flaunted in front of her, and frowned.

“Not easy at all.”

“Anyway, let’s not be late.”

Dokgo Yeon, perhaps feeling similarly, spoke in a somewhat deflated voice and left. Mira pouted and pulled him along.

“Let’s go. I’ll show you to the student council room.”

“What about Ketra senior?”

“He’s not here. I got rid of him.”

“Let’s not use scary words like that.”

The student council room was a place they had visited recently to negotiate with the student council president. Located in the main building of the academy, it appeared small from the outside, but inside, it was magically expanded to provide ample space for the president and other executives to work.

“Ha-ha, you’re here? I thought you’d start filming next week.”

“What’s this? A camera?”

“Ohhh! The famous camera artifact! …President, what was I supposed to say next?”

“It’s nice to see you, Ban Yu-won.”

As soon as they entered the student council room, the student council president, who had been waiting, stood up from the sofa, along with Graham, whom they had seen several times, and other student council executives, warmly welcoming them.

Ban Yu-won snorted and said.

“It’s obvious you all knew and were waiting, so you can stop the act.”

“Why such a cold thing to say? I’ve learned too. In these videos, natural acting is important so the viewers don’t notice.”

The student council president laughed, waving her devil tail behind her. She didn’t realize that the first meeting-style performance, assuming everyone already knew, was what worked!

Ban Yu-won pushed Tike, the filming manager, forward and declared in a stern voice.

“Anyway, the filming has already started, and there are no retakes. We’re going to shoot once, edit, and upload it as is, so everyone, speak well.”

“Then I’ll go first. I won’t miss this opportunity, sacrificed by the vice president!”

The student council president boldly declared that she had sacrificed the vice president, creating an astral scene. The atmosphere turned strange as she immediately grabbed Tike and dashed into the president’s office.

Only Graham, who knew what had happened between Mira, Ban Yu-won, and Ketra, could understand the situation. The other two in the student council room tilted their heads in confusion.

“I was wondering why the vice president wasn’t part of the student council promotion. Did something happen? Come to think of it, Mira seems to be keeping her distance from the vice president lately.”

“Wasn’t that a strategy to pull when pushing didn’t work?”

Ban Yu-won met two new people for the first time, and their impressions were starkly different. One was a smart-looking man wearing a monocle, and the other was a lively woman with tanned skin.

Mira introduced them.

“The guy is the head of the accounting department, a third-year. The girl is the head of external activities, a fourth-year.”

“I see they give out titles quite freely. And they match their images perfectly.”

“There are a few more, but these are the key executives.”

Mira stepped back half a step, signaling them to introduce themselves.

“Uh, um. Nice to meet you, junior Ban Yu-won. I’m Vega, Vega Delawaker. I’d appreciate it if you called me by my name. I’ve always wanted to meet you… but are you two dating?”

“Call me Rika, Rika sis! But seriously, Mira, did you switch to this handsome guy?!”

I knew this would happen. There was no way they could just exchange greetings in this situation. And don’t call me handsome.

“I’m Ban Yu-won, a first-year. Please take care of me, seniors.”

“We’ll be seeing each other often. Treat me like you would Mira.”

Mira subtly added. It was a sentence that made the two understand without needing to explain what happened with Ketra.

“It’s… hard to believe. Is this how fairy love works?”

“Wow, this is how it turns out? Wow…”

Vega and Rika still looked incredulous. But after seeing Mira with a faint smile, they awkwardly coughed and laughed.

“I thought you two matched well from the first moment I saw you, absolutely!”

“Me too! Besides, this isn’t something outsiders should interfere with!”

Ban Yu-won looked at Mira with a stern face, but by then, Mira was already feigning ignorance with a coy expression. Graham, the only one observing, had an exasperated look.

“I’m done! Next is… the accountant! You’re up!”

“Understood. It’s a chance to widely publicize how transparently the student council’s books are kept.”

Vega adjusted his monocle and stood up, carrying Tike and fleeing. It was understandable that he was scared of Mira… but the way he started filming so naturally made Ban Yu-won tilt his head.

“How did you practice?”

“Yu-won, do you think this is our first attempt at filming?”

“Oh, this friend doesn’t know. We’ve tried countless projects to change the academy somehow.”

The head of external activities, Rika, shrugged as if boasting about some achievement, but Ban Yu-won saw through it.

“Judging by the countless projects, it seems they all failed.”

“Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

The president burst into laughter at his sharp remark, then suddenly turned serious and said.

“Junior, don’t you think we should avoid a mindset that only values the end result?”

“I don’t know any place that values results more than the academy we attend.”

Since the academy’s interior is heavily influenced by the tower, ordinary cameras can’t be used. However, Professor Campanella of the Artifact Production Department repeatedly researched and developed to overcome this…

Eventually, he succeeded in creating a camera that could shoot and store videos for up to five minutes inside the academy!

“Of course, after one use, it would break, so we had to prepare a bunch of cameras and shoot the video in five-minute segments!”

“What a colossal waste of money…”

Anyway, after learning about it, the student council members created a Union Academy Student Council channel on Uniyoutube with Campanella’s help. It seemed better to gain external recognition rather than changing the already fixed internal atmosphere.

And it failed.

“What?”

“It failed, miserably.”

The president’s brief summary was supplemented by the head of external activities, Rika, who sighed and explained.

“We didn’t get any attention. We even considered stripping Mira to attract viewers.”

“If you want to strip, do it yourself, Rika.”

Mira retorted angrily. But for some reason, Rika looked very sad, and the president silently patted her shoulder. Ban Yu-won understood their feelings well enough not to comment.

As Mira tilted her head at the strange situation, Rika hurriedly returned the topic to its original course.

“Anyway! No matter how much attention Union Academy gets from all dimensions, we couldn’t properly show the tower and only uploaded videos explaining the student council’s activities. Sure, our members are all handsome and beautiful? …But honestly, if that’s all, there are plenty of good-looking people on Uniyoutube.”

“Now that you mention it, it’s too obvious.”

Ban Yu-won had thought that the rapid growth of the Rebellion channel was due to its members being attractive, but that was only because the core content was solid. In Uniyoutube, where beings from countless dimensions gather, looks are only a plus factor, not a decisive one!

“It just wasn’t fun. Unlike Rebellion’s videos.”

“Ugh. I worked hard on the script.”

Rika agreed weakly with Mira’s blunt words. The Rebellion channel also started gaining real attention after they Vega exploring the tower, Ban Yu-won nodded, and the president’s words came flying.

“But Rebellion is different. Why are their videos so entertaining even though there’s nothing special? Before you know it, you’ve watched them all.”

“Oh, actually, me too.”

“There were many very attractive videos.”

“I agree. Head of external activities, it’s your turn.”

“Okay~.”

When the head of accounting returned and handed over Tike, Rika eagerly received it and started filming with excitement. Ban Yu-won noticed at that point.

“Isn’t that why it’s not fun?”

“What?”

“You’re all just reciting the script you memorized, right? You’re really only promoting the student council as you were told.”

As I’ve said many times, Ban Yu-won is a child of modern media society. Born and raised on Earth, where media is overwhelmingly developed among countless dimensions, and having mastered the power of language, he had the ability to create and edit videos that wouldn’t lose out even on Uniyoutube, where attention-seekers from all dimensions gather.

Not just because they climbed the tower, but because he had the talent to ‘craft’ and ‘deliver’ even simple conversation videos in an entertaining way, the Rebellion channel could grow so quickly.

“You have to craft it. Make the student council look appealing, so that prospective students who might enroll in the academy later will want to trust and rely on the student council. That’s the purpose of making the video, right?”

“Ahem, that’s right…”

“Junior… you say impressive things.”

“Hehe, it’s too late to fall for him now.”

Mira hugged Ban Yu-won’s arm and laughed lightly. He knew the president didn’t have such feelings for him, but Mira’s act of pretending to be relaxed while being wary of her surroundings was cute, so he decided to let it slide.

“But what do we do, junior? We’ve already shot all the videos.”

“I said there are no retakes.”

“You did.”

“That was a lie.”

“Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

In the end, Ban Yu-won reshot the part where they entered the student council room. The first Union Academy Student Council promotional video, created by the collaboration of Director Tike, who perfectly captured the Earthly sensibility, and Producer Ban Yu-won, the owner of the Babylonian Code, emphasized the strong and mysterious images of the executives, including the president (using lighting effects not learned for this purpose with photon magic and even employing Eve’s illusions to some extent), and summarized the not-so-important student council tasks in a dialogue format with Ban Yu-won and Mira.

The president was so satisfied with the result that she readily promised to grant Ban Yu-won any wish, and since he had something he wanted to try with her, he kept the reward for later.

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“So, in the end, how was it?”

As they walked down the hallway after the shoot, Mira asked. Ban Yu-won tilted his head and asked back.

“How was what? I already explained what I wanted to do with the president.”

“Yeah, that’s amazing in its own right… but that’s not what I’m talking about.”

Mira blushed.

“Uh, the Ice Princess, I mean.”

“You’re still worried about that?!”

“You didn’t answer earlier.”

Mira replied nonchalantly, but her embarrassment was evident from her twitching ears. Do fairies usually express emotions through their ears? Ban Yu-won thought as he replied.

“Ayre and I are just friends. There’s no reason for us to like each other.”

“Oh, I see, a reason. A reason… hmm, hmm.”

For some reason, Mira’s mood improved significantly at that moment. Ban Yu-won noticed it but pretended not to.

“Besides, you know Light’s true identity, right? Even if I liked Ayre, there’s no reason to be jealous of Light.”

“Love doesn’t have a fixed form, you know.”

“You’re right. I’m sorry.”

“Anyway, as long as it’s nothing, it’s fine. It was bothering me.”

“Bothering?”

Mira nodded.

“Pink, Dokgo Yeon, and even Professor Yumina and As Light. They’re all Rebellion members, and you have a strangely stable relationship with them… it’s hard to break into that.”

So she decided to acknowledge that form as it is, Mira said. Ban Yu-won thought it was a wise decision. Her initial impression was so strong that it was easy to think she had a reckless personality, but she strangely respected such boundaries.

“But the princess… Ayre isn’t like that. Yet she’s a girl who acts intimately with you.”

“Oh, okay, you don’t have to say it all. I get it.”

Unlike with Rebellion, Ayre was someone she didn’t need to yield to.

“But there’s nothing between us.”

Perhaps relieved, she bit into a smile and clung to Ban Yu-won’s arm with both of hers.

“Then I’m the first outside of Rebellion.”

“Do you remember the contract?”

“Of course. That’s why I’m doing this. I gave you everything, so I’m empty.”

So I want to fill it anew—.

Mira added in a murmuring voice and smiled seductively. There’s no need for a cheesy question like “With what?” That was decided the moment the contract was made.

That’s why you have to be careful with contracts, Ban Yu-won thought again as he felt the soft sensation against his arm.