An Angel Lives in the Academy
Chapter 31: The Angel Who Makes it Rain (1)

The truth is, Leffrey likes comfort.

He likes to eat delicious food without any cost, and he likes receiving gifts without any effort even more. And what he likes the most is…

'Doing nothing like this while lying down!'

The boy grinned as he enjoyed a smartphone game. Leffrey, once again showing off his superhuman agility as he slaughtered noobs (Regular people).

It’s almost time for the hospital food soon.

'The hospital food here is really delicious...'

Hospital food? Where on earth was Leffrey right now?

Naturally, the only place where you get hospital food is a hospital.

That's right. Leffrey was currently enjoying a hospital life that was no different from a staycation(Vacation) in a single-person VIP room on the 12th floor of the Seoul Superhuman Hospital.

It was a truly luxurious hospital room, with a living room, a reception room, and even a dressing room.

Naturally, the VIP room at the Seoul Superhuman Hospital wasn't a place you could be admitted to just because you had money. Only heroes who had saved humanity, figures with authority recognized throughout the human world, and those who pulled strings behind the scenes were allowed to be hospitalized here.

But of course, Leffrey wasn't one of those terrifying people.

"How did I even get admitted here...?"

Looking at the night view of Seoul spread out below, Leffrey recalled the events of the past few days.

Leffrey arriving at the Seoul Superhuman Hospital in Park Jin-ho's arms. Park Jin-ho, with tears still staining his face, ordered the senior hero-exclusive on-call doctor to treat him.

"Doctor, start emergency treatment on this child immediately."

"Wait, who are you? This is the senior hero-exclusive..."

"Hurry up and start."

The on-call doctor was a bit displeased to be ordered around. But he didn't realize how fortunate he was that it ended with just displeasure. If it weren't for Leffrey in his arms, Park Jin-ho would have immediately released his killing intent and made the doctor submit.

And the doctor would have had the very unpleasant experience of wetting his pants.

"I'm a first-rate doctor in charge of senior heroes only..."

Park Jin-ho was frustrated that he couldn't do that.

What kind of disgraceful behavior was this, with a patient in critical condition right in front of them?

"Park Jin-ho, let's meet with the higher-ups at this hospital first. That's faster."

"...Alright."

In the end, he had no choice but to listen to Lusa.

And so, Leffrey was left with the on-call doctor.

"I don't know who you are... but you're clearly newbies who don't know how things work in this world."

Unfortunately, the on-call doctor didn't recognize Park Jin-ho. He couldn't even imagine that Park Jin-ho, the man known as Iron Blood, would come carrying a child with such a desperate expression.

"Is it the child of some high-ranking official?"

The doctor immediately looked into Leffrey's information.

What a pretty boy, no guardian, awakened as a superhuman for less than a year, admitted to the Central Academy...? That was quite important information. He must be talented. But…

"Just by looking, it's clear he's suffering from the side effects of a divine item... he's been struck by divine punishment. To treat divine punishment of this level, we would need at least 3 bottles of Spirit Elixir."

Three bottles of Spirit Elixir.

Each bottle cost at least 20 billion won. And if he wanted to pocket some money, he would have to charge a bit more…

"I can't prescribe such expensive medicine to a child with no guardian."

He couldn't collect payment from an orphan like this.

Then it would all be recorded as his own loss.

Of course, it wasn't like he had to pay for it himself... but his reputation within the hospital would suffer.

"Ah, it hurts..."

"Yeah, but there's nothing I can do."

He couldn't even give painkillers to a low-ranking superhuman like this.

He chuckled.

He was truly a doctor who had eaten the Hippocratic Oath for breakfast. (An oath of ethics doctors and physician take that focuses on patients' best interests)

"There's really nothing I can do. You have no money. And no one to pay for you."

The doctor sneered at Leffrey as he said those words.

"What do you think you're doing!"

With those words, the on-call doctor was punched and collapsed with a crash.

"W-What."

"How dare you do this to the successor? What are you doing not administering the Elixir immediately!"

The person who punched the doctor was none other than the director of the Seoul Superhuman Hospital, Kim Tae-jin. And behind him, the heads of each department were watching him with shocked expressions.

"Guild Leader, I'm sorry. Please kill me."

And Park Jin-ho standing behind them.

His eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty, red killing intent.

Park Jin-ho looked at the hospital executives and said,

"...There will be disciplinary action for this later."

"Please kill me!"

As if they had rehearsed, they all said the same thing at the same time.

"It hurts..."

Park Jin-ho, who had been emitting a terrifying killing intent until just a moment ago, immediately released it and his expression returned to one of desperation.

"What are you doing standing around! Do you really want to see blood today?!"

The on-call doctor witnessed an unbelievable sight. Those haughty doctors who were far more skilled than him and even ignored government officials…

Rushing towards a single boy…

"What are you looking at, trash?"

And the prosecutors who restrained him and dragged him away somewhere.

Who were these prosecutors?

The prosecutors muttered with contempt,

"How dare you do this to the future successor of Cheongu..."

No one saw that on-call doctor again after that.

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"Ah, this is nice..."

Leffrey enjoyed the night view of Seoul while drinking yogurt. In movies, people usually enjoyed such views while sipping wine.

'Well, yogurt is delicious like this too.'

Leffrey smiled as he thought.

Ah, it was so nice.

He wanted to spend every day peacefully like this.

But today had been a bit busy.

The hospital director and the department heads kept coming to him all day, saying things like "It's an honor to meet you, sir," and "Is there anything you're feeling uncomfortable about..." which made him a bit uncomfortable.

'But why are you all speaking so formally to me when you're so much older...?'

That was the reason for his discomfort.

Slurp-

Leffrey finished his yogurt and opened his status window.

Leffrey Lv.3

Race: Angel

HP: 60/60 MP: 40/40

Strength: 13

Agility: 12

Magic: 12

Esper Ability: 9

Angelic Power: 190

Cooking Lv.10 (Master), Repair Lv.1, Cleaning Lv.1, Crafting Lv.1, Fairy Martial Arts Lv.2, True Cheongu Swordsmanship Lv.2, Klein-style Magic Lv.2

Martial Arts of the Archangel who Tramples Dragons Lv.3

Healing of the Seraphim that Heals All Creation Lv.3

Blessing of the Power Angel who Graced the King Lv.2

Sacrificing himself to draw the holy sword was an angelic act.

Saving an entire tribe was a truly angelic act. And preventing a hero from accumulating sins was also a truly angelic act. Therefore, saving the lives of countless people living in the Old Citadel was a truly angelic act.

Making someone realize their mistakes was an angelic act. And guiding a girl to continue walking the path of light was also an angelic act.

Angelic Power was obtained by performing angelic acts. Leffrey had been able to gain countless Angelic Power through this operation.

'Only 190 Angelic Power left…? I've already used it all. Well, I did get a bit excited and used it up too quickly.'

This time, Leffrey came to possess a really enormous amount of Angelic Power. Therefore, he developed a new strategy that could be used with Angelic Power.

The first was leveling up. He could increase his basic HP and mana capacity by leveling up.

'Solo Leveling as an angel...!' (TL Note: Reference to a popular korean manga/novel called solo leveling)

That's right, Leffrey invested his Angelic Power into leveling up.

The second was leveling up his skills through Angelic Power. It was literally the ability to upgrade the level of a skill by consuming Angelic Power.

'Honestly, I'm slow. No matter how hard I try, I wouldn't be able to quickly master top-tier techniques like Fairy Martial Arts, True Cheongu Swordsmanship, or Klein-style Magic.'

That's why he was fortunate. That he had another way to raise his skill levels, despite being so slow.

'The only downside is that it consumes too much Angelic Power...'

The aforementioned leveling up and skill leveling up can only be used when he had accumulated a lot of Angelic Power, and naturally, It consumed much more Angelic Power than the other ways of using angelic power.

The cost-effectiveness wasn't very good. So Leffrey raised his stats to Strength 13, Agility 12, and Esper Ability 9.

It was practically the same as raising his stats to almost 10 each.

Probably no one else would believe this.

'If this truth gets out, I'll be captured and taken to some research facility... I have to hide it...'

Martial Arts of the Archangel who Tramples Dragons Lv.3,

Healing of the Seraphim that Heals All Creation Lv.3,

Blessing of the Power Angel who Graced the King Lv.2.

After also leveling up his Angelic Abilities one by one, finally, his Angelic Power was depleted.

'Now my Esper Ability is 9, one more point and it'll be 10. Then I can achieve the All-Master achievement...'

A superhuman would achieve the All-Master achievement when all their stats exceeded or are 10. The reward for the All-Master achievement was simple.

'It raises the level of all skills by one.'

Of course, since he had this kind of ability,

it was advantageous to use it as late as possible.

'After I acquire more skills... and at the very moment when I'm just one level short...'

That's why Leffrey couldn't raise his Esper Ability to 10 yet.

"Hey, kid, are you alive?"

At that moment, he heard a voice filled with laziness from behind him. As always, it was Lusa, the Fallen Elf who had decided to abandon her elven dignity, and live a carefree life.

"Professor."

"You crazy kid, why did you just draw the sword like that?"

Flick- Lusa gave him a flick on the forehead filled with affection. Leffrey couldn't help but curl back up on the bed, saying, "Ow... it hurts..."

"Hmm? This is interesting. Is this why that bastard Park Jin-ho likes to hit my head mercilessly?"

"W-What are you talking about?"

"Don't make my already bad head worse," Grumpy Leffrey muttered. Then cautiously asked Lusa.

"What happened to the Mooncats?"

"They said they would repay your favor. And since you belong to the Central Academy, we also received their assurance that they wouldn't be hostile towards the academy. Of course, a united front against the demon king is a given."

Leffrey couldn't help but smile.

This had changed history significantly.

The Mooncats, who were originally a thorn in humanity's side as the vanguard of the demon army, would now become a thorn in the side of the demon army.

"That's a relief."

"And thanks to you breaking the holy sword's seal... it seems like that crazy mage Klein's missile experiment will proceed smoothly."

Professor Klein's missile.

What was that?

Klein in his past life had proposed a crazy plan. It was to pull out the holy sword, attach it to a missile, and fire it at the demon king at a crucial moment.

In short, it was to use the holy sword like a javelin. Of course, since humans couldn't hold it, the propulsion system would be a missile.

It was an absurd suggestion, but if it had succeeded, it would have been a really good plan that could have taken off one of the demon king's arms.

'In the future, they couldn't break the seal in the end. But I broke it by accident?'

Anyway, leading humanity to victory even by accident... was an angelic act.

Therefore…

[You have gained Angelic Power.]

"That's good too!"

Leffrey smiled brightly at the free Angelic Power. Seeing that, Lusa didn't understand why the boy was so happy, even though he hadn't received any benefit from this.

That's why she liked this child.

"Well, that's how it is... let's go back to the academy now."

"What...?"

Leffrey wanted to rest a little longer.

The academy classes were too tiring…

"B-But my hand still hurts a little, and my eyes are blurry..."

Lusa smiled and took a stance.

Fairy Martial Arts, Chapter 1,

Moonless Dawn.

'W-What? I need to activate my Martial Arts of the Archangel first...!'

Fairy Martial Arts Lv.2 + Martial Arts of the Archangel who Tramples Dragons Lv.3

Lusa's Moonless Dawn was instantly broken by Leffrey.

"You're perfectly fine. Heh."

"Really..."

To think she would bully an injured student like this…

Leffrey couldn't help but pout.

"Don't be too sulky. We professors have something for you."

"...What is it?"

His face immediately brightened.

It was Leffrey, the greedy angel in his purest form.

"I'll tell you on the way... ah, didn't your Fairy Martial Arts level up?"

"Y-Yes...?"

"I'm sure of it. Seeing how cleanly you countered Chapter 1..."

Lusa smiled with joy.

And she fell into another misunderstanding.

"No, even talented members of the elven royal family would take at least three years to reach this level... you've only been learning for a little over a month, and you've already entered the next stage?"

"There were just some difficult to explain incidents that happened..."

Lusa's eyes suddenly gleamed with greed.

"You really must become my direct disciple."

"P-Professor?"

Leffrey stealthily backed away.

"Don't run away!"

And so, Leffrey, who couldn't even enjoy a few days of rest, was forced to return to the academy while being harassed by Lusa, who was half-mad with excitement.