'Not a student but livestock, so they can't be tried?!'
Lena's eyes shook violently.
Even for someone as expressionless as her, this was no ordinary situation.
"No way this is possible…"
"Huh? You saying I forged official documents?!! I don't do that kind of delinquent shit!!!!"
He doesn't forge documents, but he has no qualms about stripping female classmates of their humanity…!
That's Kim Taeyang…!
Lena couldn't help but admire his cunning.
'If this document is real, it's an incredibly sly tactic… This guy's no ordinary man.'
He was slithering through legal loopholes like a snake.
She'd never dreamed someone could dodge a trial this way.
But the possibility of forgery lingered.
"What professor approved this absurd organization?"
Common sense says a human ranch at the academy is nonsense.
Student organizations can't just be created on a whim.
They need a professor's approval.
"Obviously, it's 'Elder Sow,' right? Kek kek kek."
"Elder Sow?"
That's when it happened.
Click-clack-
The commanding sound of high heels echoed through the courtroom.
The heads of the student council and male students turned.
"V-Vice-Dean…?!"
It was Professor Shin Hyewon, Ark's Vice-Dean.
"Hey, Elder Sow! Hurry it up!!"
"Ugh… Didn't we agree not to call me that outside…?"
"Kek kek kek. Why so serious? Making me feel awkward. Just a joke, big sis."
Kim Taeyang flicked the nameplate on Shin Hyewon's chest.
[Taeyang Ranch]
[Elder Sow, Shin Hyewon]
Jangle-jangle-
The sow nameplate swung, asserting its presence.
"Eek…!"
Shin Hyewon tensed, clutching her composure.
Lena looked down at her and asked,
"Vice-Dean, is this document real?"
"Yes… It's embarrassing to explain, so just release Chloe."
"…No choice, then."
Even the student council couldn't force a trial with the Vice-Dean involved.
Chloe was handed over to Kim Taeyang.
"You touch my property again, I'll beat you to death!! Got it?!! Huh?!!"
"…"
After a brief stare-down, they left the courtroom.
"Ranch… A ranch…"
"A human ranch? That's insane!"
"How did Ark end up like this…?"
"Not just students, but even a professor?!"
"He's a villain beyond imagination…!"
The student council fell into chaos at the shocking organization's debut.
***
The chaotic founding story of Taeyang Ranch is as follows:
To counter the student council's dirty legal tactics, I came up with the idea of creating a student organization.
Kim Taeyang's ego arbitrarily named it a "ranch."
I asked (threatened) Shin Hyewon to approve it.
Thanks to the humiliating "triple shame set" I had on her, her lowered intelligence made her stammer and stamp the approval.
"Woo~ Spacious and kinda hot clubroom, huh?!"
Thus, it was officially recognized by the school, complete with a clubroom…!
This was originally the disciplinary committee's room.
Since the committee was disbanded, we got the empty space.
Taeyang Ranch has a few rules.
Members immediately lose their human status and become "livestock."
As my private property, they're immune to trials.
Livestock also have ranks.
Trash Pig, Low-Grade Pig, Mid-Grade Pig, High-Grade Pig… and the named executive pigs.
Seol Harin became Secretary Sow, and Chloe…
"Trash Pig Chloe, reporting…! Oink oink~"
"…"
She chose to be the lowest of the low.
What a masochistic pervert.
"Hey, Sow."
"Secretary Sow Seol Harin! What's the matter?"
"…You don't have to do the rank-and-name thing."
"Just wanted to try it out. Felt kinda thrilling… It's got a tense vibe. Maybe we should add it to the rules."
For the record, I only came up with the ranch idea.
Everything else came from Seol Harin's head.
Having studied management in her chaebol family,
She had a knack for running organizations.
Not sure if it's the right approach, though…
"Clear hierarchies make it easier to control an organization. It might harm individuality, performance, and flexibility, but our ranch doesn't need those anyway, right? Performance isn't an issue since livestock don't work autonomously."
"Huh? They're livestock, but they're still living beings. Isn't this too harsh?"
"I know you have a soft heart. But running an organization isn't about feelings—it's about numbers."
"What if this causes a riot or something…?"
"That won't happen. I'm not allowing unions."
"…"
Seol Harin was resolute.
She even seemed a bit excited.
Is she secretly a bit of a psycho…?
It's getting kinda scary…
"Anyway, think about ways to grow the livestock count. If we have too few, the student council can easily target us."
She's right.
We dodged a crisis for now, but Taeyang Ranch only has about twenty members.
Me, Seol Harin, Chloe, Rebel Guy's crew, and the former disciplinary committee.
We need to scale up.
"Alright, don't worry. Mini Sow! How's the task I gave you?!"
"Oink oink?"
"Hey! Enough with the pig noises!! It's hard to communicate, damn it!!!"
"Sorry… But I'm not sure what you mean…?"
"Huh?! The posters, you goldfish-brained girl!!!"
Is she pretending not to understand just to get scolded…?
Well, she does do her tasks well, so whatever.
"Hehe. If it's that, I already spread them…♡ I've also been spreading the word… My friends are probably broadcasting Taeyang Ranch's existence far and wide…♡"
If Seol Hajeong is a lone tiger ruling the mountains,
Chloe's the alpha of a wolf pack, the ultimate insider, a social butterfly.
With her spreading the word, all of Ark will be buzzing.
Now we just wait…!
As I thought this, a knock knock came at the door.
"Um… Is this Taeyang Ranch?"
"Huh?! Can't you see?!!"
"Eek! S-Sorry…!"
"Hey!! Leave what you're holding, Pre-Sow!!!!"
As expected, it was a membership application.
Soon, students poured in like a string of sausages.
"I want to join!"
"Me too!!"
"I have to become livestock!!!"
"It's not too late, right?! Please make me livestock!!"
"Oink oink oink! I'm a ready pig!!"
As expected…!
The power of propaganda and posters is unreal, huh?!!
"So many applicants…? What method did you use?"
"Kek kek kek. Obviously…"
***
When Kim Taeyang first founded the ranch,
Rumors started swirling on ArkGal (Ark's online forum).
- Scared to go to school because of the student council?
Heard some ex-disciplinary committee kids got thrown in jail over unfair trials…
The student council's like a dictatorship…
↳ For real, didn't expect them to take down the disciplinary committee like that…
↳ But the disciplinary committee was just as bad.
↳ Doesn't justify the student council, though.
↳ Trolls stirring shit again. What'd the student council do wrong? They're just trying to kick out that delinquent.
↳ Deal with it. Freshmen always freak out over nothing, like "Oh, that leaf looks controversial?"
↳ Lmao true LOLOL
- When the student council came for them
When the student council crushed the disciplinary committee, I stayed silent. I wasn't part of it.
When they oppressed the vigilantes, I stayed silent. I wasn't a vigilante.
When they tried to expel Kim Taeyang, I stayed silent. I wasn't a sow.
When they came for me, no one was left to protect me…
↳ Damn…
↳ Student council = Nazis
↳ Alright, here's the truth. You know the tension between freshmen and upperclassmen? The upperclassmen are pissed and planning to "tame" the freshmen. They're calling it "character education" or whatever, got professors' signatures, and it's starting now. From tomorrow, freshmen will be dragged off for torture and brainwashing. I'm prepared, but you guys watch your backs lol.
↳ What prep?
↳ T-Y-M-J. Can't say more.
↳ Damn it, let's survive together!
↳ This initial-letter bullshit is annoying.
↳ Taeyang Mazo???
↳ Taeyang Miza…
↳ Taeyang Massage~
Amid all sorts of speculation,
ArkGal's rumors spilled into reality.
"Heard the upperclassmen are cracking down on freshmen… You prepared?"
"I joined the band club as a manager to build connections with seniors, but ugh, I don't know."
"You got into the band club? Nice. I got rejected as a musical club staff, so I might have to join some VTuber fan club…"
"Gross."
No one knew where the rumors started.
But everyone knew about them.
The freshmen's anxiety blazed like a wildfire.
Amid the chaos,
Buzz buzz-
A controversial poster went up.
[☆★ New Livestock Recruitment ☆★]
Afraid of being targeted by seniors?
Afraid of going to jail for an ignorant mistake?
Afraid of being framed in an unfair trial?
Then come to Taeyang Ranch!!!
☞ Benefit 1! Free rank assignment and ID (nameplate) provided!!!
☞ Benefit 2! Free, fiery PT sessions with the ranch owner and senior livestock!!!
☞ Benefit 3! Livestock are exempt from trials for life!!!
Give up your human rights, and all these benefits are free~?!!!!
No restrictions on race, age, gender, or appearance!
Taeyang Ranch welcomes all new livestock ^^
※ Senior livestock's free PT sessions may end early if there are too many applicants.
Recruitment: 30 slots
Among the various phrases, one shone brightest:
'Exempt from trials?!!'
It was undeniably a bold perk.
But the truth was, people hesitated to grab an application.
'I'd have to become livestock?!'
Everyone knew what that meant.
Girls would become sows and get violated,
And guys would end up as lackeys like Rebel Guy's crew…
Even so—
'It's a hundred, no, a thousand times better than being tortured in an underground prison!!!!!'
The applications were wildly popular!
The fear of the student council, spread by Chloe, was just that intense!
"I-I'm applying!"
"Me too!"
"There's only 30 slots! If we don't hurry, they'll be gone!!"
"Hey! Don't grab two forms! I'll kill you!!"
"Give it back! It's mine!!"
"Bullshit! Did you lick it or something?!"
"It's my application!! I'm becoming livestock!!!"
"Shut up! I'm the one becoming a sow!!"
Truly, the era of the great freshman crisis…!
Taeyang Ranch became their one ray of salvation,
Their one beam of light!!
***
A situation straight out of a deranged light novel unfolded before my eyes.
Over 100 applicants for the human ranch…
Chloe, you…
How the hell did you make this go this viral?
"Taeyang, shall we start?"
"Kek kek kek. Alright! Let's do this!!"
Chloe nodded and stepped onto the stage.
This was the small auditorium,
Rented for ranch activities.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Chloe Maiden, the Trash♡ Sow of Taeyang Ranch. Due to the overwhelming number of applicants… we're starting the 'Livestock Selection Audition' now!"
Clap clap clap-
We decided to hold an audition.
We could've accepted everyone, but bloating the roster would just cause more headaches.
Sure, it looks a bit weird.
An audition to pick livestock? No way that's normal.
'But starting a ranch in the first place isn't sane!!!'
I'm the lunatic who wears Hawaiian shirts to school.
A little crazy or a lot crazy—it's all the same crazy!
"Hey! Livestock applicants who gave up being human!! Go for it like you're aiming for gold!!!"
I must've possessed the latest version of
There might be new characters I don't know about.
In other words, this was a hunt for raw gems.
"Alright!!! Show off your strengths as livestock!!!!"
An audition to find 1++ grade livestock!
Who'll claim the title of top sow…?!
.
.
.
When the audition ended,
"Hey, hey!!!! Park Woo-yoo!!!!!! Are you actually insane?!!!!! Where've you been hiding to pop up now?!!! Huh?!!!! You perfect ranch-optimized livestock girl!!!!!!!!"
Overwhelmed with emotion, I could only give a standing ovation.