I Want to Be an Extra

“Ugh.”

The man who heaved a small sigh looked up at the sky.

His routine was waking up at dawn and getting to work a bit earlier than others while watching the sunrise.

“Unbelievable.”

He loved the moment the sun rose.

That fleeting time when the light gradually filled a world full of darkness.

The clouds turning red beyond the horizon.

Since nature is so mysterious, the position of the sunrise was slightly different each day, and the sky always presented a different look.

He loved it so much.

The sun rises, and morning comes.

The sun sets, and night arrives.

The fact that although this process repeats endlessly, it’s never the same, always fascinated him.

How incredible is nature?

As a wizard whose job is to uncover the truth of the world, he could start his day with more passion each time he observed, felt, and realized this greatness.

However…

“Why me…”

Despite starting his day with his usual routine, the man felt down.

“Why must it be me…”

With such murmuring and weary steps, he arrived at a place not included in his routine.

“Even at this time, the 1st canteen is open.”

He hadn’t known.

If this was a new discovery, then it was one indeed.

Despite more than 10 years of academy life, he didn’t know that the canteen opened at this hour.

“So the rumor that it operates 24 hours is true?”

Given its size, the Beresha Academy has three canteens.

Among them, this place, often called the 1st canteen, was full of various rumors.

The 1st canteen operates 24 hours.

The canteen owner has oddly good abilities.

The top leader of Red Bull, one of the topmost on the continent, sometimes comes.

It is designated as one of the four major shelters along with the magic hall, the grand library, and the student council room during emergencies.

Some were just rumors, but some turned out to be true with a little investigation.

However, there was one more fact known only to those in the know.

“The student council president, huh.”

Apparently, that rumor must be true.

With that thought, the man looked at the box in his hands.

<Quick Effect Stomach Medicine (Large)>

“Haha.”

The place was told by the student council president, who could be called an expert in this field.

It seemed like the rumor that the stomach medicine, stress relievers, and sleep-disturbance potions sold at the 1st canteen are the most effective, was true.

“I didn’t want to know this kind of rumor.”

Darn.

With such a murmur, the man’s hand naturally reached into his pocket.

“I quit smoking.”

He had successfully quit over the winter break, but it seemed like another failure.

“It’s truly unfair this time.”

He had truly succeeded.

With that mutter, the man added cigarettes to his shopping list and opened the canteen door.

“Hmm.”

Then, he had no choice but to be surprised.

‘Are there usually customers at this hour?’

Because there was one more student, who seemed to be a customer, in the canteen that was cleaner than he thought.

“Hello.”

“Uh, um.”

Moreover, it was a student he remembered.

‘Daisy, the attendant of the Dryerf family.’

One of the three attendants who entered the academy for Lewin Dee Dryerf.

There was some talk about why he needed three attendants.

The excellent grades of the three attendants ended up causing some chatter.

Why was she here at this hour?

“Here you go.”

At that moment, a young man who seemed to be the canteen owner appeared with a familiar box in his hands.

<Quick Effect Stomach Medicine (Large)>

It was the same product the student council president had just recommended.

“Thank you.”

“Oh dear, I should be the one thanking you. With the help of the Dryerf estate, we’ve been able to receive better goods from Red Bull more easily.”

“It’s something we really need.”

She held the box in her arms with a bitter expression. Why did she seem so familiar?

Maybe because he has seen himself wearing that same expression in the mirror.

While he was lost in thought, Daisy, having finished her transaction, passed by him.

“I’ll see you a bit later.”

“Alright…”

“Yes…”

She knew all along.

With that thought, the man nodded his head.

“Are you acquainted with the new student?”

“Ah, well…”

Over the past nearly ten years, he had only frequented the 3rd store, which was the closest to his residence.

He hesitated for a moment, looking at the man who spoke to him as if they were familiar.

“We’re not exactly acquaintances.”

It was just a small matter.

The effective stomach medicine had made a big splash, and he would likely frequent this place more in the future.

“We’re bound to get to know each other.”

He received the three bottles of stomach medicine and a pack of cigarettes from the owner before him.

“I’m their homeroom teacher.”

The man who had been handed the worst class this year spoke the truth in a lonely tone.

***

“Excited?”

Early in the morning, on their way to school.

Lewin, looking at the students heading from the dormitory to school, spoke with an excited expression.

“Yes, I’m excited.”

“I’ve been excited since the moment I woke up.”

“It’s hard not to be.”

His attendants agreed with Lewin’s words.

“Maybe the young master will refuse to leave his bed, like back at the family estate.”

“Maybe he’s going to refuse to go to school from the very first day.”

“Maybe he’ll suddenly disappear right now.”

They couldn’t control their anxious, pounding hearts as they thought these thoughts.

Lewin made a face as if it was unfair, looking at his attendants making these suggestions.

“Do you know how long I’ve waited for today?”

“That’s what scares us more.”

At Daisy’s words, Eyriel and Hains nodded their heads.

It wasn’t for no reason that they calmly accepted the stomach medicine Daisy handed out first thing in the morning.

“If it’s the young master, it’s possible.”

“He’s exceeded possibility.”

Faced with the confident response, Lewin could only give a hollow laugh.

“Okay, I’ll try to live up to your expectations from now on.”

That’s not it.

Their gazes converged on one spot and then quickly vanished.

“Did we accidentally touch some strange pride?”

It’s scarier because he might actually do it.

Because he’s the type of person who can’t distinguish between jokes and sincerity.

That’s why the three of them could only choose silence.

Even if it’s a fantasy that’s bound to shatter, they didn’t want to destroy the students’ fantasies about the nobility from the very beginning of their academy life.

“Is something wrong?”

The one who broke the brief silence was Laila.

“Are you here?”

“Yeah, I’m here.”

It would be awkward for the young heir of a noble house to travel alone, but there was no sign of it, perhaps due to the usual training.

Lewin thought this as he looked around.

‘Everyone seems to know now.’

He could feel more attention focused on them with Laila joining.

Two children of the nobility.

Even in the Royal Academy, this combination was noticeable.

The fact that it only went this far was probably because Lutess had enrolled last year.

‘It’s thanks to Senior.’

Ordinarily, there would have been more attention drawn to him.

But perhaps it’s because of his troublesome senior, who showed for a year what happens when he bothers people?

People looked at Lewin’s group, but no one approached them.

“When I have time, I’ll have to go thank Senior.”

On the second day of the school year, Lewin’s knowledge of the academy was extremely limited, as the first day was simply an entrance ceremony.

And among those, there was only one person whom Lewin affectionately called “Senior”.

“His Highness Lutess doesn’t seem to want to see you.”

Thinking of the startled royal family member every time he saw Lewin, Daisy let out a small sigh and said.

“Senior is just very shy.”

“There’s no way that’s true.”

It’s unthinkable that the notorious prankster of the academy is shy.

“Who wouldn’t want to meet a cute junior?”

A cute junior, indeed.

The four of them protested in silence at the audacity of Lewin, who had the nerve to make such a comment.

“Why are you all like this?”

“Daisy, we know Lewin has always been brazen, but wasn’t it never to this extent?”

“His condition seems to have worsened since he joined the academy.”

“That’s troublesome.”

In this way, their journey to school, which was not short, ended with these pointless conversations.

“Wow.”

Beresha Academy, Basic Education Building.

Looking at the building where she would spend the next four years, Laila uttered an exclamation of wonder with a throbbing heart.

“Do you remember your class?”

“Of course. You told me yesterday, didn’t you?”

It wasn’t in vain that they wasted a day just for the entrance ceremony.

Although Beriel didn’t inform Lewin as much about the academy, they taught all the things that could be imparted to students at the academy’s tea ceremony yesterday.

“We’re all in Class 3, aren’t we?”

The same goes for the allocation of classes to the freshmen.

Since they had received guidance about everything from the class assigned to the location of the building and classes yesterday, the students were able to move without getting lost even on their first day of school.

“Class 3, huh.”

However, it seems not everyone could remember.

“Huh?”

At Lewin’s words, Eyriel widened her eyes in surprise.

“Did you forget about that?”

“No way.”

It seems their lord’s memory is as bad as a goldfish’s.

“I just didn’t listen to everything they said during the guidance yesterday.”

“Isn’t that even worse?”

The returning answer was even worse.

On the first day of school, he didn’t even listen to his assigned class!

“Sis, Young Master, will he be able to attend the classes properly?”

When Eyriel, alarmed by this ominous sign, turned her gaze towards Daisy, Daisy gave her a gentle smile.

‘Sis has a way with everything!’

At Daisy’s smile, Eyriel thought so.

However, it didn’t take long for her to realize that her assumptions were mistaken.

“Eyriel, there’s no way our lord will attend his classes properly.”

“Oh.”

That wasn’t a gentle smile, it was the laughter of a resigned clergyman.

The servant Hains by their side shared the same sentiment.

“Expecting from our Young Master…”

You haven’t suffered enough yet.

The expression on Hains’ face was no different from Daisy’s.

“Your reactions are seriously too much.”

“So, are you going to attend your classes properly?”

“No way.”

“Who’s the real culprit here?”

Despite Laila’s icy glare, Lewin remained undeterred. And then…

“My name is Babadelic and I will be the homeroom teacher for Class 3 from today. Pleased to meet you all.”

Watching the homeroom teacher introduce himself, he was sure.

‘This is fate!’

The homeroom teacher looked very familiar.

It wasn’t because he already knew about his homeroom teacher like Daisy.

‘I used to be like that.’

It was the expression he had when he was chosen as the hero for the seventh time in his life.

Can’t this stop now?

Why am I always tasked with these annoying things?

I just want to quit it all.

It was the expression he had when he used to think so.

‘It makes sense.’

Lewin could understand his feelings.

The number of students in one class is around twenty.

However, Lewin and his group were all in the same class.

‘A quarter of the class is from the ducal family.’

That alone was enough to make a hole in the stomach, but the rest of the students weren’t easy either.

They were just overshadowed by the names Dryerf and Reinhardt.

If they were in another class, the children who would compete for the position of the class leader filled the class.

In other words…

‘It’s a bomb.’

If it’s a bomb whether you disperse it or gather it.

Perhaps it would be better for one person to embrace it all and die alone.

That’s what the assigned class clearly showed.

While it would be unusual for Royal academy filled with high-ranking nobles, it was a possible choice for Beresha Academy, where nobles above the rank of count rarely enroll.

Anyway…

‘It’s none of my business.’

Babadelic sighed repeatedly as he looked at the students, but Lewin was confident.

He had entered the academy through legal means, and he did not particularly pressure them to make Laila and Daisy in the same class.

If the name Dryerf is pressure, it might be pressure, but if it was an academy with principles and austerity, they would not have cared about such a thing.

‘So I should enjoy myself comfortably.’

Let’s just do what is asked.

Looking at the homeroom teacher who frequently made the face that public servants often do, Lewin was looking forward to his life in the academy even more.