〈 Chapter 136 〉 Chapter 135 – VS Madness Team (?) (2)
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Team Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo.
They originally had normal names, but they changed them to show their true madness to everyone.
Sporting wild yellow hair and thick white face paint, with black makeup around their eyes and mouths, they intended to show the world how crazy they were.
Even in an Academy as eccentric as theirs, such characters could surely demonstrate the terror of madness to everyone.
And their plan worked to some extent during the preliminary round.
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“Kyaaak!!!”
“Keekehahahaha!!!”
“Help, help!!!”
“I concede!!”
Just by showing their madness-filled expressions, the timid students all panicked and either forfeited or failed to perform.
Of course, it was true that they had favorable matchups, but regardless, they felt that their madness was effective against many students.
Thus, they weren’t particularly worried about the main tournament day.
They believed that if their madness was a tactical nuke, there was no need to worry.
To them, madness was just that powerful.
“Sweetheart! Let’s show our madness today too! Khaahaaha!”
“Sure, Oppa! In the face of madness, everyone is bound to be overwhelmed!! Heehee!”
As they entered the sparring ground, they scanned the opponents and spotted a male-female pair.
Jeong Ahyeon, dressed in a very plain black dobok, was exceptionally beautiful.
Though Jin Gwangki had a girlfriend who didn’t fit the name Kim Gwangnyeo, he couldn’t deny the beauty of Jeong Ahyeon objectively.
Kim Gwangnyeo showed a disgruntled expression but accepted this reality with a slight sigh.
On the other hand, Kim Shinwoo had a handsome face, but the scar over his left eye and his eye color gave off an ominous vibe.
He looked like he could scream any moment.
However, when they noticed Kim Shinwoo’s relaxed eyes, Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo felt an overwhelming urge to unleash their madness onto that stupid guy.
They wanted to fill those dull eyes with terror of madness.
And without anyone saying a word, they reached the same conclusion simultaneously.
They were weak.
Not even aware of the emotions like fear, they were nothing more than greenhouse flowers.
Like wild grass, they would trample those two with their raw madness.
They would use them as sacrifices to spread the terror of madness widely.
Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo were already certain of their victory.
The moment they climbed onto the stage, devoid of the fear of madness, there was no way they could lose.
Moreover, numerous students acknowledged and cheered for their madness.
In response to that cheer, they made insane faces and spoke to each other.
“Sweetheart! Our madness is invincible!!”
“Oppa!!! Just as you said, everyone is learning the beauty of madness!!”
They stuck out their tongues and let out screeches.
With their hands forming a piece, they displayed even more grotesque poses.
The cheers from the students grew louder.
The cheers were sufficient.
It was finally time to shower those two with madness.
Confidently, they thought they could even beat Hyeji, known as the asymmetrical weapon.
“Oppa! It’s time for madness!!!!”
“Kyahhahaha!! Let’s bury ourselves in madness!!!”
Before the match began, they heard Kim Shinwoo’s question.
“If there’s someone who has transformed, and the transformed me has sex with me, is that incest or masturbation?”
“……”
Jeong Ahyeon’s pretty face rapidly decayed.
Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo were momentarily flabbergasted by the incomprehensible question.
“What?… Does that mean?”
“Korean?… Maybe?”
Meanwhile, Jeong Ahyeon began shouting at Kim Shinwoo.
“No! What on earth makes you ask such a question out of nowhere!”
“Looking at them, they seemed like transformed versions of themselves.”
“Ugh…”
Jeong Ahyeon held her head for a moment, but perhaps her nature wasn’t so bad; she faithfully replied.
“From a genetic standpoint, I think it’s incest.”
“Well, the only difference is gender. In the end, it’s still me, so isn’t it masturbation?”
【Kim Shinwoo!! Stop with the nonsense!!!!】
“What do you think, Professor?”
Suddenly, Kim Shinwoo’s arrow of questioning pointed at the professor covering the commentary.
【Uh… Well… Isn’t it just a relationship between a man and a woman?】
“But the original gender of the transformed is me, right? Then isn’t it same-sex?”
【……Professors, would you please gather around for a moment? We need to discuss this.】
The professors suddenly huddled in the commentary booth, engaging in a heated debate.
The affected students began to murmur among themselves.
“If one’s mind succumbs to a female’s perspective, then isn’t it a relationship between a man and a woman?”
“If we’re talking about blood, then it’s entirely the same blood, so isn’t it incest?”
“No matter what, if one side forces a relationship, isn’t it considered rape!”
“I see it as masturbation, but can forced masturbation be seen as rape?”
“Isn’t the term forced masturbation just absurd?”
The professors’ debate seemed endless, while the students’ disputes intensified.
In this chaos, Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo shared similar feelings.
‘What’s with that crazy guy…’
“Damn, damn…”
They eventually met each other’s eyes, surprised.
Even before the match began, their eyes were filled with madness, but now, an inexplicable emotion began to rise.
They had an inkling of what that emotion was, but they felt they shouldn’t speak of it.
Bringing it up might truly be their downfall here.
To dispel that feeling and hide their inner turmoil, they forced laughter.
“Oppa! They can’t defeat our madness! Heehee!”
“Right! Our madness is the real deal, unlike that fake!”
The madness duo pretended to be nonchalant and tried to reignite their madness.
The professors were still debating, and the main event had yet to start.
While the surroundings were a buzz of student chatter, the madness duo believed they had no issue regaining their original mad tension.
Suddenly, Kim Shinwoo, who had been deep in thought, turned around.
There stood a Saintess, a woman with red pigtails, and another woman with pink bobbed hair.
The Saintess was watching with her chin resting, while the other two lay on their chairs, seemingly disinterested and asleep.
Turning towards the Saintess, Kim Shinwoo spoke up.
“Caressy, I have a question.”
“Go ahead.”
Normally, it’d have been better not to listen.
There was a risk of losing even the madness they were trying to maintain.
Yet, the madness duo chose to focus on their conversation instead of covering their ears.
It was a primal curiosity, wanting to confirm something even though they knew it was bullshit.
Kim Shinwoo started his inquiry.
“Female centaur beasts have a human upper body and a horse lower body, right?”
“Correct. They boast the swift movement of a horse while being able to use tools like a human.”
“Then.”
Kim Shinwoo paused for effect before asking seriously.
“When a female centaur beast gets pregnant, which part of the belly swells?”
“……What did you say?”
Instantly, the Saintess’s posture crumbled.
But Kim Shinwoo continued without caring, pressing on with his questions.
“Does the human side swell, or does the horse side swell when she gets pregnant?”
“Master, are you out of your mind?”
Jeong Ahyeon shot a shocked expression toward Kim Shinwoo.
“What do you think?”
“……I think the horse side would swell.”
“I thought both sides would swell.”
Meanwhile, the Saintess desperately trying to maintain her composure began stamping her feet in frustration.
“Stop with the nonsense and just accept your punishment!!!!!!”
“Oh?”
Crash!
In response to the Saintess’s words, a gigantic hailstone slammed onto Kim Shinwoo’s head.
It was a hailstone that seemed to be several times larger than a human head.
And it completely burst apart.
The hailstone did.
Kim Shinwoo scratched his head, appearing unfazed.
However, for Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo watching, it was a scene beyond common sense.
“Hail… shattered?”
“Just ‘Oh?’, when that hit his head?”
They forgot about making madness-filled expressions or striking bizarre poses, simply staring at Kim Shinwoo in shock.
The tongue they had outstretched was long gone, retreating into the cave that was their mouth.
The hands that declared a piece now politely folded behind their backs.
Yet Kim Shinwoo, regardless of the madness duo’s state, continued questioning the Saintess without a glance.
“Since I took a hit, can I ask one more thing?”
“……Go ahead.”
The Saintess wore a disgusted expression.
Yet, being the Saintess she was, she showed a bit of mercy.
“A hybrid between a human and beastman randomly manifests animal traits.”
“Correct! Most look cute like me!”
Perhaps because it was a tale relevant to her, the Saintess answered, suddenly in a good mood.
Like watching a capricious cat.
With confidence, she placed her hands on her hips, proudly flaunting her modest chest.
“Then, is there a possibility that there’s one with just a human head but a whole cat body below the neck?”
“Not impossible… But what are you trying to say?”
The Saintess’ expression began to twist into confusion.
Kim Shinwoo, with a serious look, boldly posed his next question to Caressy.
“If that’s the case, if that beastman performs fellatio, is it considered incest or not?”
“Don’t insult the beastfolk! You damn bastard!!!”
“Shut it!! You crazy idiot!!”
Both the Saintess and Jeong Ahyeon abandoned their usual speech and hurled harsh insults at Kim Shinwoo.
Then shifted back to their original speech for character’s sake.
“Honestly, damn, that bastard should be executed in the beastman kingdom!!!”
“Don’t go easy on him!”
Regardless of their protests, Kim Shinwoo was deeply contemplating, clutching at his eyes as if lost in thought.
Suddenly, he slammed his palm into a fist, making the madness duo flinch, thinking they were targeted.
Kim Shinwoo expressed a proud smile as he said.
“Eureka!! If the neck isn’t crossed, it’s fellatio; if it is, it’s incest!!”
“Who’s been putting ‘Eureka’ there!”
“Lord!!!!!! Just kill that bastard!!!!!”
“Ah, damn.”
The clear blue sky without a cloud suddenly saw a bolt of lightning strike down onto Kim Shinwoo’s head.
As if the God was responding to the Saintess’s call.
The intense lightning caused a dust storm in the sparring ground, obscuring Kim Shinwoo’s form.
With a mix of reluctant anticipation and fervent hope that he’d somehow be dead, Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo simultaneously muttered a magical incantation.
“Did we get him?”
In an instant, the dust settled, revealing Kim Shinwoo.
Though he was slightly singed and smoke was wafting from his body, he appeared fairly alright.
As the madness duo observed, they realized what the emotion that had risen earlier and now dominated their entire being was.
Yes.
It was the feeling of fear.
The emotion that had been entirely unrecognizable when enraptured by madness.
That feeling was sending warning signals throughout their bodies.
It was dangerous.
It was real.
And it urged them to flee.
Meanwhile, the Saintess pointed at Kim Shinwoo, seemingly in disbelief.
“How on earth are you still alive?”
“I’m exceptionally resilient!”
“Does it make sense!!!”
Just then, the professors’ heated debate reached its conclusion.
While no definitive result emerged and it was postponed for the next discussion, it would be remembered as a monumental debate in the history of the Academy.
The professor sought to restore order to the chaotic atmosphere of the sparring ground.
【Now, everyone, please pay attention.】
Kim Shinwoo was dusting off his outerwear while Jeong Ahyeon regarded him with a look of disdain.
The students who began focusing redirected their expectant gazes towards the madness duo.
They were a team with relatively low betting odds, and everyone was eager to see how they would perform.
However, Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo disregarded the students’ gazes entirely, simply locking eyes with one another.
Though it was a brief exchange of glances, the message they conveyed was crystal clear.
【Now, let’s begin the Round of 16…】
“Wait a moment.”
Interrupting the professor, Jin Gwangki raised his hand.
【Is there something wrong?】
Everyone looked puzzled as Jin Gwangki intertwined his fingers with Kim Gwangnyeo.
Feeling the warmth of their palms, their only salvation, both Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo opened their mouths simultaneously.
“We forfeit.”
【……Are you serious?】
“Yes.”
Finishing those words, the two left, fingers still intertwined.
Unlike the chaotic situation before the start, the first main event ended unexpectedly anticlimactically.
Naturally, the majority of students hurled insults and ridicule at them.
This isn’t what we came to see; give me my money back; can you even call that madness, etc.
Harsh words too vile to repeat came raining down on the two.
Yet, Jin Gwangki and Kim Gwangnyeo showed no response, quietly walking out of the sparring ground.
As they stepped outside, they halted, turning to face each other.
“Sweetheart.”
“Oppa.”
And each clearly stated what they desired.
“Let’s quit this madness. There was something real.”
“Right, what madness are we in? This was all just child’s play.”
From then on, they stopped the strange disguises.
Their renamed identities reverted back to the originals.
They vowed to live normal lives from here on out.
A beautiful tale, where the genuine saved the false, had come to an end.
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