Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 46 - Outsider vs. Family?

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It was Dad this time.

Yunhan mustโ€™ve told him my phone was working. ๐š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐ž๐š ๐•–๐›๐—ป๐—ผ๐ฏ๐•–๐š•.๐šŒ๐—ผ๐—บ

Smart move, passing the buck to Dad when he couldnโ€™t 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. Whatโ€™s the point?

Still, I answered. Not for anything bigโ€”just to tell him, face-to-face, that we were done. No more contact.

โ€œHey, uh, Yuehan,โ€ Dadโ€™s voice came through, rough and heavy, nothing like my heightened Visionary senses. It caught me off guard.

โ€œDonโ€™t choke on my name like itโ€™s poison,โ€ I said flatly. He didnโ€™t pick itโ€”I 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. Heโ€™s gotten old.

โ€œYou think I want to call you that?โ€ he said, voice strained. โ€œI just want you home. Thereโ€™s still a place for you here. You really think running off with that Bai Yu girl will make your life better?โ€

โ€œHow could an outsider compare to family?โ€ he added, his tone heavy, like he was pleading through exhaustion.

I almost blurted out, โ€œYeah, she does.โ€

But my past lifeโ€™s values stopped me. They did keep me alive this long. Thatโ€™s something.

Alive is alive, sure, but thereโ€™s 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. โ€œHavenโ€™t 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 lifeโ€™s morals chained me down.

The irony? They owed any softness Iโ€™ve got to the obedient kid I was in my past life, not them.

I couldnโ€™t choose clearly. I was stuck in the gray.

Did I reject them?

No idea.

I didnโ€™t pick Witch School on purposeโ€”it 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.

โ€œYeah, 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 shockedโ€”Bai Yu was that fast? This content belongs to novel{f}ire.net

She didnโ€™t answer my question about Demonspawn School, thoughโ€”just asked why I was curious.

I brushed it off with a short reply. If Bai Yu didnโ€™t want to spill or couldnโ€™t, Iโ€™d ask another senior later. One way or another, Iโ€™d get answers.

โ€œWait, that voiceโ€”youโ€™re not Yang Yuehan. Who are you?โ€ Dadโ€™s tone shifted, sharp and suspicious.

I realized my mistake. My tone had slipped, and my voice sounded off. Heโ€™d 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?

โ€œOh, you figured it out?โ€ I said, switching gears smoothly. โ€œYuehanโ€™s a freshman at our academy now. Stop chasing him.โ€ I wondered what his face looked like hearing that.

โ€œYou! Who are you? Why do you have his phone? Put him on!โ€ Dadโ€™s pleading tone vanished, replaced by a bellow that nearly startled me.

โ€œAnd what academy are you from? Iโ€™m reporting you! You took my son without my consent! Who gave you the right?โ€ he roared, his voice booming through the phone.

โ€œGo ahead, report me. The Security Bureau? The academy? You donโ€™t even know which one Iโ€™m from,โ€ I shot back, unfazed. โ€œStill hung up on Demonspawnโ€™s 50,000 reward, huh?โ€

I wasnโ€™t polite, but I kept fishing. I didnโ€™t buy that he was this worked up over just 50,000.

โ€œ50,000? You think I care about that? Heโ€™s worth way more than that! You people know nothing!โ€ he snapped.

โ€œYouโ€™re just a normie. What do you know?โ€ I said, pulling the phone away before his shouting felt like spit in my ear.

โ€œA normie? So what? Iโ€™m his father! I know his worth better than your damn scam academy! Handing him over to you is a waste! Just waitโ€”Demonspawn will come for you. Youโ€™ll regret this!โ€

I listened quietly, suddenly curious. How much was I worth to him?

Why didnโ€™t 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 didnโ€™t have a hint of transcendence. Tech was just modernโ€”nothing 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 endโ€”shuffling, like someone was grabbing for the phone.

Moments later, a new voice came through the phone, sharp and unfamiliar.

It wasnโ€™t Dad. This guyโ€™s voice gratedโ€”harsh, awkward, like he struggled to speak.

โ€œListen up, Iโ€™m from Demonspawn School,โ€ he said. โ€œYou stole our target. Hand him over, or this gets messy.โ€

โ€œDemonspawn School trash?โ€ I said, clocking who he was. I hadnโ€™t expected him to be right there with them. This was getting interesting. โ€œWhy would I be scared of you?โ€

โ€œTrash? Youโ€™ll regret calling me that,โ€ he snapped. โ€œDonโ€™t underestimate how much Demonspawn values a born Psi-visioner. You want us coming after your academy with everything weโ€™ve got?โ€

Translator's note: What do you guys think of family? I don't believe in blood and family either, just like Yuehan.

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