Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 46 - Outsider vs. Family?
It was Dad this time.
Yunhan mustโve told him my phone was working. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐.๐๐ผ๐บ
Smart move, passing the buck to Dad when he couldnโt handle it.
Nothing wrong with that. After talking to my brother, I pretty much got the picture.
I could keep digging, figure out the whole story, but why bother?
I was ready to cut ties with the past. Poking around would just stir up trouble. Whatโs the point?
Still, I answered. Not for anything bigโjust to tell him, face-to-face, that we were done. No more contact.
โHey, uh, Yuehan,โ Dadโs voice came through, rough and heavy, nothing like my heightened Visionary senses. It caught me off guard.
โDonโt choke on my name like itโs poison,โ I said flatly. He didnโt pick itโI did. They went along with it, like humoring a crazy kid. Then they gave Yunhan a name close to mine.
I never got their logic. Maybe they just sucked at naming?
I could hear his deep, shaky breath after my jab. Heโs gotten old.
โYou think I want to call you that?โ he said, voice strained. โI just want you home. Thereโs still a place for you here. You really think running off with that Bai Yu girl will make your life better?โ
โHow could an outsider compare to family?โ he added, his tone heavy, like he was pleading through exhaustion.
I almost blurted out, โYeah, she does.โ
But my past lifeโs values stopped me. They did keep me alive this long. Thatโs something.
Alive is alive, sure, but thereโs a difference between raising and caging. They fed me, but was it care or control?
It boiled down to one choice: break free or stay trapped.
Would a pig thank the farmer for the pen it escaped?
Me? Hell no.
I was out of the cage now. They were calling, begging me to come back, playing the family card. โHavenโt we taken care of you all these years?โ
No neglect, sure. But I was not going back.
That was my conflict. I knew what I wanted, what was at stake. But my old lifeโs morals chained me down.
The irony? They owed any softness Iโve got to the obedient kid I was in my past life, not them.
I couldnโt choose clearly. I was stuck in the gray.
Did I reject them?
No idea.
I didnโt pick Witch School on purposeโit was an accident, a default choice. Now I was here, and there was no going back.
The academy chose for me.
So why stress? Just let it ride.
โYeah, how could an outsider beat family?โ I said, my tone lighter, almost agreeing. If they saw me as a real family member, as their son, no one could compare.
Mid-sentence, I noticed Bai Yu had replied to my message on the new phone.
I was a bit shockedโBai Yu was that fast? This content belongs to novel{f}ire.net
She didnโt answer my question about Demonspawn School, thoughโjust asked why I was curious.
I brushed it off with a short reply. If Bai Yu didnโt want to spill or couldnโt, Iโd ask another senior later. One way or another, Iโd get answers.
โWait, that voiceโyouโre not Yang Yuehan. Who are you?โ Dadโs tone shifted, sharp and suspicious.
I realized my mistake. My tone had slipped, and my voice sounded off. Heโd caught it.
Well, that made things easier.
If he knew, there was nothing left to talk about.
Was he expecting me to come clean?
Why would I make trouble for myself?
โOh, you figured it out?โ I said, switching gears smoothly. โYuehanโs a freshman at our academy now. Stop chasing him.โ I wondered what his face looked like hearing that.
โYou! Who are you? Why do you have his phone? Put him on!โ Dadโs pleading tone vanished, replaced by a bellow that nearly startled me.
โAnd what academy are you from? Iโm reporting you! You took my son without my consent! Who gave you the right?โ he roared, his voice booming through the phone.
โGo ahead, report me. The Security Bureau? The academy? You donโt even know which one Iโm from,โ I shot back, unfazed. โStill hung up on Demonspawnโs 50,000 reward, huh?โ
I wasnโt polite, but I kept fishing. I didnโt buy that he was this worked up over just 50,000.
โ50,000? You think I care about that? Heโs worth way more than that! You people know nothing!โ he snapped.
โYouโre just a normie. What do you know?โ I said, pulling the phone away before his shouting felt like spit in my ear.
โA normie? So what? Iโm his father! I know his worth better than your damn scam academy! Handing him over to you is a waste! Just waitโDemonspawn will come for you. Youโll regret this!โ
I listened quietly, suddenly curious. How much was I worth to him?
Why didnโt I know I was such a big deal?
Did he figure out I was a reincarnator?
No way. Even if he did, how could he be sure?
And what would they want? My knowledge?
Please. My old world didnโt have a hint of transcendence. Tech was just modernโnothing worth stealing.
More importantly, since when was Demonspawn that powerful? Stronger than other academies, enough to snatch a student back?
What kind of logic was that?
Then I heard chaos on his endโshuffling, like someone was grabbing for the phone.
Moments later, a new voice came through the phone, sharp and unfamiliar.
It wasnโt Dad. This guyโs voice gratedโharsh, awkward, like he struggled to speak.
โListen up, Iโm from Demonspawn School,โ he said. โYou stole our target. Hand him over, or this gets messy.โ
โDemonspawn School trash?โ I said, clocking who he was. I hadnโt expected him to be right there with them. This was getting interesting. โWhy would I be scared of you?โ
โTrash? Youโll regret calling me that,โ he snapped. โDonโt underestimate how much Demonspawn values a born Psi-visioner. You want us coming after your academy with everything weโve got?โ
Translator's note: What do you guys think of family? I don't believe in blood and family either, just like Yuehan.







