I Became the Only Buffer in the Academy

1 – Introduction to the buffer starting with exile – 1

[Student Council expulsion notice]

[As of February 25th, Hero Academy 1st year (scheduled) Kim Yo-han will be released from the student council executive candidate.

Scholarships to be paid will be cancelled, and special training rights and related…]

To organize the contents densely written on a piece of paper, I was able to organize it into three letters called ‘Your Ban’.

The content itself is neat, but to me it’s like a death sentence.

Even so, I had no time to worry about that.

“Kim Yohan!”

As I continued to think while fiddling with the paper, I heard a high-pitched voice. I looked up and saw a sharp-looking woman staring at me with her long red hair and the slightly raised corners of her eyes.

“It turned out like this in the end. But what can I do? Your healing isn’t increasing because you’re not enough.”

She shook her head slowly and glared at me wordlessly.

“……”

“As you know, I and Sehee unnie also want to go higher. That’s why, no matter how long we’ve known each other, we can’t protect you anymore.”

“Um…”

“Because people are different. No matter how much you train, you can’t help it? In the end, the difference in status is unavoidable. Even if you use all the privileges given to the student council candidates, your healing won’t increase?”

She let out a small sigh and stared at me.

Of course, his gaze was not warm.

“Rather than staying here for nothing and seeing everything you couldn’t see… I’ll say it again. Even if it’s just because of the old feelings. Don’t pretend to know me and Se-hee unnie for no reason and try to cheat on me. Isn’t it?”

“That…”

She held her breath for a moment, looked straight at me, and finished her words coldly.

“So. Get out of the academy. That will help you too.”

I looked up at her.

She is a classmate of the orphanage she has been with since childhood, and her gaze, like her longtime friend, like her brother and sister, is cold, ferocious and sharp.

But right now I can’t afford to pay attention even to that gaze.

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There is a game called ‘Hero Academia’.

As a typical academy game set in modern times, you grow the character you choose to save the world from danger with your friends.

It was a typical game with a typical story.

At the beginning of the release, it was criticized for its balance problems, but with subsequent patches and free DLC, such talk quickly faded.

In addition, the story is interesting, the battles are exciting, and the characters are attractive, making it a fairly famous game in its own way.

And, apparently, I played that game in my previous life.

Thousands of hours of chewing, biting, tasting, and enjoying it, as well as free as well as paid DLC.

In that game.

I, Kim Yo-han, am not the main character, let alone a leading role, not even a supporting actor, and at least not even a villain.

A cadet whose name doesn’t even appear in the game.

He was one of those people who couldn’t even become a periphery, let alone the center of the world.

And in front of my eyes.

He was from Hanse Orphanage like me, and was one of the people who strongly recommended me as a hero when I developed an aptitude for being a healer who dreamed of becoming a theologian.

Sung Hwa-rin, who was almost forced to take the academy test, was also one of the extras that did not appear in the game.

.. I remembered when I received this notice.

So I can’t be bothered with these little things right now.

I didn’t have any special feelings about the cold reality of being exiled because of a more complicated brain than a complicated genus, or a sharp gaze.

“…What? That gaze. Ah. Let’s pretend we don’t know now?”

You’re being picky with just what you saw.

She grinned as she clenched her fists and glared at me fearfully.

“Yes. That’s great. After you leave the academy, I won’t see you any more. It’s better to just cut the ties neatly here. Kim Yo-han. Bye then. I hope I never see you again.”

She left her coldly shot, but I couldn’t afford to care about her.

The gaze that went to Seonghwarin, who was getting farther away, was only for a moment.

I took the words out of my mouth that I instinctively uttered when memories of my previous life came to mind.

I honestly wondered if I had lost my mind because of the memories from my previous life that suddenly came to my mind…

“Status window…”

[Currently unavailable.]

Looking at this, it doesn’t seem like that.

I don’t think any of the cadets who glanced at me or passed in front of me saw this. If that was the case, I would have already run over and asked what this is.

Hmm… I guess there’s no law telling you to die.

I can’t check it now, but it seems like there is a status window like a game.

“Is that him?”

“Looks like you got kicked out of the Student Council after all.”

“You’re still a healer, right?”

“Even a healer depends on the healer. How do you fight with that amount of healing? No matter how noble a healer is, if you tell him to believe in his healer and fight, he will never fight.”

It’s embarrassing, but it’s true.

But it’s frustrating.

If you’re going to gossip about it, make sure you don’t hear it. You can hear everything.

“There…”

“Heuk heuk! Today’s lunch was delicious!”

“Shall we go for a cup of coffee? I heard there is a new menu at the coffee shop this time. They say it has an energy recovery effect.”

I was ignored.

Yes. What.

In Hero Academia, like other academies, the authority of the student council was quite large, and it was also like that in my memory.

You wouldn’t want to be hated by the student council if you got involved with me, who was kicked out of being a prospective member of the student council and also caused a loss to the student council by consuming even the special training ticket.

All cadets of the academy aiming for heroes are equal, but the cadets of the student council are a little more equal than other cadets, so that reaction is not unreasonable…

No matter how hard it is, these are the hero candidate cadets.

The future of this world is indeed bright.

I wish I could meet a main or supporting character who doesn’t give in to power or who is hostile to the student council but has a good personality, but do they know when they’ll come and sit around here?

“Haa…”

I let out a sigh.

Wanting to think while drinking something, I got up, headed to the vending machine, and took out my wallet. I have thirty thousand won. It was all my possessions.

The moment I was about to take out the 1,000 won, I saw a photo that was being treasured inside my wallet.

Me and Sung Hwa-rin in cadet uniforms. And a black bobbed-haired woman with a blunt-looking impression.

[At Hanse Orphanage.]

[With Sehee noona and Hwarin.]

[Let’s stay together at the Hero Academy.]

It was a picture taken against the background of the orphanage where I stayed.

I stared at the picture and just stuffed it into my wallet. Then he pulled out a drink and sat on a nearby bench to sip.

Come on. How should I move from now on?

I checked the wallet in my hand again and smiled wryly at the dormitory card in the wallet.

[Seonggwan Dormitory Card]

The entry pass for the Seonggwan dormitory, the high-class dormitory of Hero Academy, and the student council expulsion notice.

I looked at them alternately and then shook my head.

Perhaps they will be kicked out here too.

It is said that uneasy premonitions always come true.

A piece of paper stuck to the entrance of the dormitory room proved that my hunch was correct.

[Notice of move out]

[As of February 26th, Yohan Kim, a resident of Seonggwan Dormitory, is moving to Hogwan Dormitory.

Reason: student council request]

If the reason I was able to move into the castle dormitory was because I was a prospective student council officer, then it wouldn’t be strange to move to the lower-level dormitory, which is provided free of charge to academy cadets after being released from the student council officers… I don’t have…

Today is really eventful.

Are you fortunate that you let me go into another dormitory?

-Kikik…

I went into what could still be called my room and sat down on the bed. When I went to the desk inside the 1.5-Room dormitory, which was likely to be 15 pyeong, a notebook was placed on the desk and several books were inserted into the bookshelf of the desk. The book is about the autobiography of healers whose names I know or their know-how.

And the notebook was a diary I had written until yesterday, with the phrase ‘Hansae Orphanage’ written on it.

My hand naturally goes to the diary.

Until yesterday, the diary was painful just to look at, but can the memory of a previous life alleviate the pain? Or is it because there is something more urgent right now?

I opened the diary without much pressure.

[January 2nd. Sunny]

[It’s the first day I entered the academy. The official entrance ceremony is in March, but in order to become a member of the Student Council, you have to enter sooner.

To be honest, living as a hero is scary, but I still have the aptitude for healing.

Since Sehee noona and Hwarin insisted on it like that… I have to do my best.

I don’t want to disappoint them both.]

[January 4th. Blur]

[Passed the student council exam. 4Th in writing. At this level, as a member of the student council, he should be able to play an active role in the academy. I sent a thank you note to the head nun, and she was happy as if it were my job. Let’s work hard in the future.]

[February 3rd. Sunny.]

[I’ve been training for a month, but the amount of healing doesn’t increase.

Unlike the other kids, I don’t seem to be able to grow up.

Stand still, as if blocked by a wall, telling you that you can’t go any further.

I’m going to raid the student council’s dungeon tomorrow, will I be able to do it well?]

[February 5th. Rain]

[The dungeon raid is over, and my rank has been determined. F. If you are a healer, the default is E. Is it because my heal amount is too small? The student council’s gaze towards me is getting colder and colder. I tried to meet Sehee noona and Hwarin, but I couldn’t. Everyone must be busy Unlike me, Hwarin is said to be growing as a wizard, and Sehee noona is strong enough to be famous…

I have to work a little harder to get along with them. A little more… a little more.]

[February 17th. Rain]

[The student council joint training was continuing. After training, I said hello to Se-hee, but she did not accept my greeting. It was embarrassing, but Sehee noona must be busy too.

I heard people talking about me in the break room after training.

…Is there no salvation?]

Other dates were similar.

Get hit here, get hit there.

Looking at it like this, it seems like you’ve been through all sorts of hardships and trials since you came to the academy.

I closed the diary containing my despair, and at that moment a translucent window appeared in front of my eyes.

[You can check the status window.]

[Name: Yohan Kim]

[Rank: F]

[Ability: Healing]

[Strength: 1.11]

[HP: 1.32]

[Agility: 1]

[Dexterity: 0.93]

[Spirit: 2.71]

[Sacred power: 0.53]

[Possessed Skill: Heal]

I was hopeless until I wrote the diary, but was it because of the memories of my previous life?

I didn’t have any bad feelings about the current situation.

What can I say about sending someone who doesn’t qualify?

I just have to say that.

It doesn’t exist in reality, and after checking the status window that doesn’t show such accurately quantified abilities, I think I know why he was kicked out.

In Hero Academia, heels are affected by holy power.

So, no matter how early it is, it’s natural that the effect is weak since the holy power is at a dirty level that is less than 1 degree.

If you see that your mental strength is abnormally high compared to other stats, it means that the growth bonus is in your mental strength.

The aptitude is healing, but the growth bonus is attached to mental strength?

I can’t believe there is a mangkae like this that is hard to find in the world.

And that manggae is me!

hahahaha.

f*ck life…

However, it is fortunate that there is no method at all.

– Smart.

While I was thinking, I heard a knock on the door. When I opened the door, I saw Kwon Hye-ryu, a former A-class hero who also appears in the game.

“That. Did you see the notice? I’m sorry. It’s not like I can do anything… No, even if you want to be released in one day? Uh-huh. I really don’t like the student council. By the way… Now What are you going to do?”

She had been her dorm housekeeper for a long time, and her gaze was full of concern as if this was not the first time something like this had happened.

“That… It must be difficult to live in the academy without being close to the student council. If you want to drop out… Would you like to find out about the subsidy? It’ll be long, but…”

“I will not drop out.”

“Huh? But…”

Where is the law telling you to die?

If there is no answer just because the healing amount is low and the mental power that is not related to healing is high, that is not the case again.

There are many ways to grow in a direction other than being a healer in this gutter-like reality.

Most of the buffs in Hero Academia are based on mental strength.

In other words, if you use a stat that is abnormally high in mental strength and probably growth is based on mental strength, it can be a great buffer.

It’s difficult, but it’s not like there’s no way to change your aptitude, so don’t feel pressured.

If a proper healer in a party is an aristocrat, a proper buffer can literally be said to be a breathing space.

No matter what party you go to, if you have a buffer that boasts something like soup, and you can play behind and eat it, then there will be no problem since the survival rate is high and the contribution rate is high.

It is an established theory in the academic world, even mentioned in the Kojiki, that buffers are essential for dildoing.

In the current situation, that is the correct answer.

If there is just one very minor problem.

“I’m asking just in case, there’s a sanctuary of the soul in the academy. Isn’t it?”

“Huh? What’s that?”

First free DLC. A buffer-only area added to ‘Road to Heaven’.

The Sanctuary of the Spirit is where Azazel, the ‘supporter’ who teaches most buffs through quests and changes aptitude to ‘enhance’, always stays.

There was no such thing.

“A place that teaches buff skills.”

“Buffs? Why did you learn that? And buffs are sometimes given by weak healers, but they’re at a level that’s better than nothing? You have to learn those things…”

There is no sanctuary of the soul.

There is no professional buffer.

And the evaluation of the buffs is poor.

Yes.

In this world, there is no sanctuary of souls in the academy, the concept of a buffer has not been established, and there are no characters specializing in mental power.

It is the ‘original’ world without DLC applied.

So, since there are characters that need to grow as buffers in the original, it is only natural that they be evaluated and released.

In this world, I can be called a ‘mangae’.

That’s interesting.

Things were going really well.

But even so, nothing much has changed.

The sanctuary of the soul, and the owner of the sanctuary, Azazel, are not in the academy, but the buff itself has existed since the original,

There was a way to meet Azazel in the original as well.

“Whew… So anyway. You’re not dropping out?”

“Yes.”

Kwon Hye-ryu still looked worried.

Yes. If it’s common in the yard where rumors spread in the academy and are filmed in the student council, there won’t be anything left here.

But the situation I’m in right now isn’t normal, and I’m not a normal person either, so it’s a bit much to run away without even trying…

Of course, there is no sanctuary of the soul, but that doesn’t matter.

As Kwon Hye-ryu said, the buff itself exists, and it was moved to the Sanctuary of the Spirit in the DLC, but there are infinite ways to obtain important buffs in the original.

If it’s just a problem, it’s just that it’s a little bothersome.

That was all.