PAID

A thousand Velvet Hunter Academy freshmen had gathered in the auditorium. On the stage, a female instructor held a microphone and addressed them.

“Please arrange yourselves according to the area indicated by the floating paper that was handed to you at the entrance.”

Murmurs spread through the crowd as the white papers floating above the hands of the new students guided each of them to their designated areas.

“You’ll be grouped into teams of 10, and for the next month, you will train with the members of your assigned group. We’ve carefully balanced the groups, so please do your best to prevent any unnecessary conflicts.”

“...Huh? I thought we were supposed to be grouped by position when we first entered?”

“There are too many students this year, so they’ve decided to assign teams right from the start.”

“Ah, I see. Makes sense with how many people there are this time... It’s three times the usual number, right?”

Among the groups, there was one particularly unusual team. While most teams had seven women and three men, this one was the opposite: three women and seven men.

It was a group composed of three special admission students and seven male quota students.@@novelbin@@

Min Tae-hoon, an Apostle of Deception and a Demonfolk, had entered Velvet Hunter Academy under the guise of a male quota student.

“...Isn’t that special admission student Hwarang? The one who uses dual axes? And next to her is the famous Iron Wall with the greatshield! Wow, I can’t believe I’m grouped with these famous people! But who’s that last person? The one with white hair who looks so cold...”

Min Tae-hoon ignored the excited chatter of the male quota students next to him, calming his gaze.

‘The special admission students... Hwarang and Iron Wall, I know them, but... there's no information on that last one, Alice, other than her name.’

Having the special admission students in the same group meant this had been a stroke of genius. Entering through the male quota system was indeed the right move.

With his power of ‘Deception,’ it had been easy for him to slip into the academy unnoticed.