Students began gathering one by one in the Introduction to Monster Studies lecture hall.
As they entered, many stopped in their tracks, their eyes fixed on an object placed on the podium.

A petite skeleton model.

It was a cute, deformed figurine Si-Hyun had prepared, inspired by Areum’s suggestion.
The kind of thing you’d expect to see in an animated show, charming and endearing in design.
However, the students’ reactions were far from warm.

“No way… are we going to practice with that again today?”
“It looks adorable, but I’ve been hit by those things before. …