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I Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy 40

Became a swordsmanship instructor at the academy

Chapter 40

Usually, there would be some missed messages piled up when I came out of the portal, but never to this extent.

Wondering what happened, I opened the messenger to find messages from Teacher Kim and Lee Seol, Choi Seo-ra, Eunsu and Eunseo, Minhee and Jinsu, and even school teachers including the Vice Principal, Teacher Park, and Teacher Min.

Everyone I knew had contacted me.

They were all asking if I had seen the article and whether it was true or not, but I had no idea what article they were talking about….

Could it be that Antas revealed that I was once a member of Antas?

But from what Choi Seo-ra told me, they were trying to win me over….

Moreover, they must know that if I’m caught, Choi Seo-ra would be in danger too.

If they weren’t planning to throw us both away, it wouldn’t make sense, so what could it be?

As I tried to search on a portal site… Good heavens, my name was trending in real-time searches.

Clicking on it, a series of articles appeared. What is this?

[Why Did Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok Refuse the Brave Citizen Award?]

[What Was Kang Shin-hyeok Trying to Hide? A Forbidden Love?]

[Shameless Teacher Kang Shin-hyeok’s Perfect Double Life, Even Fellow Teachers Had No Idea…]

Shameless teacher?

While I might not be perfect, I didn’t think I was doing such a poor job as a teacher to deserve such words. Dumbfounded, I clicked on the article at the top.

[Deathpatch=Hwang Je-yoon·Nam Ji-min reporters. (Exclusive) <Why Did Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok Refuse the Brave Citizen Award?>

There’s a person who has recently become a hot topic on the internet. It’s Seong Eunseo, a first-year student in the swordsmanship department at 1st Hunter School.

Seong Eunseo recently saved the lives of two civilians by risking her life to lure away a Shadow Reaper that had escaped in Jeju Island.

Despite being a first-year student at the Hunter School with no experience and potentially risking her own life, Seong Eunseo’s story of trying to save civilians moved many people, and the Jeju Provincial Office awarded her the Brave Citizen Award.

While I thought this was remarkable, a question suddenly came to mind.

The Shadow Reaper is notorious for being one of the trickiest monsters among B-grade monsters.

Even if Seong Eunseo lured the Shadow Reaper, she couldn’t have captured it, meaning someone else must have caught it.

The person who handled the Shadow Reaper should also deserve the Brave Citizen Award, so why did Seong Eunseo receive it alone?

I thought perhaps the guild that had let the monster escape had handled it, so merits and demerits canceled each other out, but that wasn’t the case.

Surprisingly, the Shadow Reaper was defeated by a single hunter acting alone.

That hunter’s name is Kang Shin-hyeok, a swordsmanship teacher at 1st Hunter School.

Most articles only covered Seong Eunseo’s story, but one newspaper provided somewhat more detailed information.

According to that newspaper, Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok had entered the controlled area thinking Seong Eunseo might not have heard the evacuation announcement because she had taken cold medicine and fallen asleep. Luckily, he met Seong Eunseo and defeated the monster.

As mentioned earlier, Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok is a swordsmanship teacher at 1st Hunter School and has no connection to the Hwarang Guild that had lost the monster.

So why did only Seong Eunseo receive the Brave Citizen Award?

When we inquired with the Jeju Provincial Office that presented the award, we heard a surprising story.

The person who dealt with the monster and reported it was Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok, and the Jeju Provincial Office had planned to present him with the award.

However, Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok said he was just doing his duty as a hunter and would feel embarrassed to receive an award, recommending his student who had shown courage to save civilians.

I thought it was a heartwarming story that a teacher would give his own credit to his student.

That was until I heard that they had tried to present awards to both of them, but he had consistently declined.

As attentive readers may have noticed, these two are in a teacher-student relationship.

But why were they together in Jeju Island in August during the school break?

Since no media had covered this aspect, our ‘Deathpatch’ sent reporters directly to Jeju Island to investigate.

The more we investigated, the more shocking information we uncovered, and finally, our ‘Deathpatch’ arrived at the truth: Kang Shin-hyeok and Seong Eunseo are in a romantic relationship.

The first piece of evidence comes from Public Official A from the Disaster Response Department, who claimed to have directly spoken with Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok.

(Below is the transcript of the interview between Official A and our newspaper)

“On Sunday, I called him on the governor’s direct orders, but he said he didn’t want the award and recommended his student instead. The incident report I received didn’t mention anything about Eunseo.”

“Then how did Seong Eunseo end up receiving the award?”

“We investigated Eunseo’s story and found that what Kang Shin-hyeok said was true, so we presented her with the award.”

“Then why was that story omitted from the report?”

“Ah, that was our mistake. I was curious too, so I asked a junior who was at the joint response headquarters at the time, and they said Kang Shin-hyeok had asked to keep it quiet because he didn’t want his name in the media.”

“Why?”

“Well, we don’t really know either. Some people are uncomfortable with attention, you know? So in the process of streamlining, it was omitted… There was a mistake, but the deserving person received the award, so isn’t that what matters?”

Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok has been averse to media exposure from the beginning.

There’s a saying that the right hand shouldn’t know what the left hand is doing.

But since this incident occurred during an intimate trip with his student, we strongly suspected he might not have a clear conscience. Soon after, we found a second piece of evidence that solidified our suspicions.

The second piece of evidence is this photo.

Although the quality is uneven due to it being captured from CCTV footage, the man linking arms with her like an affectionate couple is Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok, and the woman beside him is Seong Eunseo.

The woman whose face is mosaic-blurred in front of them is the informant who provided this tip to our ‘Deathpatch.’

The informant says that last Sunday at Iho Teushaesuokchang Beach, she was attracted to Kang Shin-hyeok’s tall and handsome appearance and asked for his number, but that’s when Seong Eunseo appeared.

As seen in the photo, they were linking arms to show affection. The informant thought they were a young married couple and apologized before leaving, but was shocked to learn through news articles later that they were teacher and student, which prompted her to inform us.

Based on this photo alone, ‘Deathpatch’ was convinced of their romantic relationship, but given the serious nature of the matter, we continued investigating and discovered decisive evidence.

The hotel where Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok stayed during his time in Jeju Island is C Hotel, located in downtown Jeju.

Hotels typically do not disclose guest information, but our ‘Deathpatch’ unofficially contacted a hotel staff member and heard a surprising story.

Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok stayed at C Hotel for about two weeks. Initially, he stayed alone, but shortly after the Shadow Reaper incident, he booked another room.

The room that Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok had been using was a single room with one single bed, but the newly booked room was a double room with a double bed.

Although Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok made the reservation and payment, the person who actually used the room was a young woman. When we showed a photo of Seong Eunseo to the hotel staff member, they immediately recognized her and confirmed she was the guest.

They say love knows no borders or age, and many people probably have memories of having crushes on handsome teachers during their school days.

There are actual couples who got together that way, and the age difference between Seong Eunseo and Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok is only 8 years, which isn’t that big.

But Seong Eunseo is a minor.

If it had been an innocent love, we would have supported them, but we cannot do so after confirming that they were staying at the hotel together.

‘Deathpatch’ tried to contact Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok multiple times for final confirmation, but we couldn’t reach him.

However, the relationship between the two that ‘Deathpatch’ witnessed is clearly that of lovers.

Hunter Kang Shin-hyeok appeared on the now-deleted YouTube channel of 1st Hunter School, garnering public attention with his outstanding appearance and exceptional skills.

According to a 1st Hunter School staff member contacted by ‘Deathpatch,’ he was selected as an outstanding teacher for the first semester and usually maintained a confident and dignified attitude.

Instead of giving clichĂ©d responses like ‘just a close teacher-student relationship,’ we hope he will show a responsible attitude by coolly acknowledging the truth, as he usually does.]

I almost threw my phone in disbelief.

Is this really what it feels like when someone hits your head with a hammer… Not once, but dozens of times?

What kind of ridiculous, dog-like article is this…

No, to call this an article would be an overstatement; it’s more like fiction.

Even minimal fact-checking would reveal that it’s not true, so how on earth did they conduct their investigation…

They just saw what they wanted to see, heard what they wanted to hear, and published their delusions as an article.

Initially, I didn’t want media exposure because I was afraid of attracting Antas’s attention.

As for the second piece of evidence, the article describes us as affectionate, but can’t a close teacher and student link arms?

As for the decisive evidence about the hotel, it’s true that I made the reservation and payment, but there were circumstances.

Originally, the kids were scheduled to leave Jeju Island on Wednesday, and there would be other guests at the pension from Thursday. But since the Brave Citizen Award ceremony was set for Friday, they couldn’t stay at the pension.

Since minors can’t stay alone, I made a reservation at the same hotel under my name and booked a room as their guardian.

Moreover, it wasn’t just Eunseo; Eunsu also said she would stay, so I booked it for two people. When booking the hotel, I even called Eunseo’s parents directly to explain that they would be staying two more days for the award ceremony.

With the intention of taking down this absurd article and demanding a correction, I searched for Deathpatch’s number on the portal.

I called immediately, but all I heard was the dial tone; the call wouldn’t connect.

It’s not even 6 o’clock yet, what kind of company… Damn, I just remembered it’s Sunday.

But even if it’s Sunday, how can they publish an article but not answer the phone?

Meanwhile, my phone keeps ringing… I’m really going to go crazy.

I should at least tell the people around me that it’s not true.

Looking at the pile of messages, texts, and missed calls, I was wondering who to explain to first when I noticed Eunseo’s mother’s number and called her.

—Teacher Kang? I’ve called you so many times, why only now…

“I’m sorry. I was in the portal until just now and only came out a moment ago. As Eunseo probably told you, the article that’s out now is not true at all.”

—Of course I believe in our Eunseo and you, Teacher Kang. But right now on the internet, they’re completely portraying Eunseo and you as having an inappropriate relationship, so what should we do? Since it’s not true, I tried calling the place that first published the article to ask them to take it down, but they don’t answer at all…

So Eunseo’s mother called them too.

Understandably, while I’m affected, Eunseo’s image, which had been praised as the hero of Jeju Island, has been thrown into the gutter in an instant. If I were Eunseo’s parent, I wouldn’t have stood by idly either.

I promised her I would use every possible method to resolve this as quickly as possible, so she shouldn’t worry too much.

I also asked her to comfort Eunseo, who must be very shocked, and then ended the call.

As soon as I hung up, my phone rang again.

[Vice Principal Kim Man-dong]

Seeing the name on the screen, I reflexively tensed up a bit, but then pressed the call button.

I have nothing to hide.

“Yes, Vice Principal. You’re calling because of the article, right?”

—That’s right. What on earth happened?

I had spoken with the Vice Principal last Friday when the article about Eunseo receiving the Brave Citizen Award was published.

His voice now was completely different from then; I could even sense killing intent.

—Did you really touch a student?

This old man, how can he see people like that!

Anyone else might not know, but the Vice Principal knows that I didn’t go on an intimate trip with Eunseo but went hunting in Jeju Island with his daughter.

Was my image usually that bad?

“None of it is true. As a teacher at the Hunter School, I would never do something shameful.”

—T-that’s right? I thought you weren’t that kind of person, but I couldn’t reach you, so I was worried… So what are you going to do?

“What am I going to do? I’m going to set the record straight and make those trash reporters and media outlets pay for publishing ridiculous delusions as if they were facts.”

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I Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy

I Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy

Score 9.1
Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2021 Native Language: Korean
The unexpected fortune that came to me after death was quite ironic, given the misfortune that plagued my life. When I asked the King of the Underworld to let me live in the world of a novel, I never expected it to actually happen! The protagonist of the novel is a third-generation chaebol heir and a troublemaker at a hunter academy. But something about my reincarnation feels… off. [(Sent via Web) Hello, Kang Shin-hyuk. You have been successfully selected for the position of swordsmanship instructor at the No. 1 Hunter Academy.] “Why… am I not the protagonist?!” Instead, I’ve been reborn as a swordsmanship instructor at the academy, a mere side character in the novel.

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