On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 134

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 134

 

 

There Are Some Familiar Faces

 

 

A few hours ago.

While Ziel and the professors were guided to the Central Spire and settled in, the students were led to the Knights’ Quarters.

To be precise, it was the dormitory used by the Apprentice Knights.

 

“….”

“…They want us to stay here?”

 

The state of the dormitory was a sight to behold.

 

“This… isn’t a single room?”

 

Delev muttered in a daze, looking shocked.

It was a dormitory.

In other words….

The kind of dormitory where 20 people could stay in one room.

 

“These are bunk beds….”

 

Not a single room, but a 20-person room.

 

“What are you all doing? Quickly unpack your things and change into training uniforms.”

“Uh, um, Unit Member… no, what should we call you?”

“Call me Instructor, Trainee.”

“Pardon?”

“Is there a problem?”

 

Maris hesitated for a moment before pointing at the bunk beds.

 

“Are we sleeping here?”

“Yes. Is that a problem?”

“But this is the Knights’ Quarters….”

“That’s right. It’s the Knights’ Quarters. The dormitory used by ‘Apprentice’ Knights. This is where they stay until they become official knights.”

 

The Iron Keep.

A fortress within the Imperial Palace.

The students who had naturally expected good accommodations since it was the Imperial Palace were shocked.

 

“So, is there a problem?”

 

Maris was overwhelmed by the pressure and shook her head.

 

“N-no.”

“Good. Make sure you can change and come out within 10 minutes. Everyone, quickly find your spots!”

 

An environment where camping might have been better!

They couldn’t believe they had to undress and change clothes in front of others.

However, there was one student who claimed a spot faster than anyone else.

It was Delev.

 

“Move quickly, everyone. They said to change and come out within 10 minutes.”

 

Delev took off his school uniform without hesitation and opened the locker above the bunk bed.

 

Clang.

 

Training uniforms hanging inside with a musty smell.

He frowned but soon put on the clothes and came down from the bunk bed.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

Only then did everyone start moving, frantically finding their spots.

Since Delev, who came from the wealthiest family and most prestigious noble house, was acting this way, they had no choice.

Fortunately, they adapted quickly.

 

“At least we’re not sleeping on uneven ground. This is much better.”

“There’s no wind and it’s warm. Let’s look at it positively.”

“Isn’t that closer to denial of reality?”

“I-is it?”

 

Yurio.

Though he was from a noble family, several students who had grown up experiencing all kinds of hardships didn’t look too displeased.

It was much worse than expected, but they had experienced worse than this.

Rather, students like Maris who had grown up without lacking anything seemed more shocked.

Even so, they couldn’t complain since Delev had taken the initiative first.

In the midst of this, Delev chuckled and made a comment.

 

“If it were Teacher Ziel, wouldn’t he have said something like this?”

“Huh? Like what?”

“There’s a place to lie down and bedding too. Sleep comes when you lie down. Something like that.”

 

The students burst into laughter.

 

“He would have been even more merciless than that, wouldn’t he?”

“Probably, right?”

 

Meanwhile, among the female students, Celia was taking even more initiative.

 

“It’s dirty and disgusting, but let’s just do it. It’s only 5 days anyway, right?”

“B-but, Celia. This place seems too dirty….”

“It can’t be helped. It’s practical training. If we hesitate over something like this, Teacher Ziel would hate it, wouldn’t he?”

“…I suppose so?”

 

Delev.

Celia.

Both were students who moved based on infinite respect for Ziel.

Honestly, they were equally dissatisfied with the state of the dormitory, but what could they do.

 

‘Complaining won’t change anything.’

 

Whenever they complained in front of Ziel, the response was always the same.

 

“If it were Teacher Ziel, he would have just told us to do it. No matter what.”

“I suppose so….”

“Let’s hurry out. It’s been 10 minutes.”

 

The first years gathered again like that.

Their expressions actually brightened at the continuing physical fitness test.

Long distance running!

Nothing was more familiar than this.

Of course, students who hadn’t taken Ziel’s classes in the first semester quickly dropped out or got tired fast, but the rest were different.

 

“…Almost all the second and third years have been eliminated?”

“Yes. Only about half of the fourth and fifth years remain, so I came to report… I didn’t expect the first years to be like this either.”

 

Thanks to this, Horn, who was in charge of first year training, couldn’t hide his surprise.

 

“Why do the first years have such good physical strength?”

 

Most Imperial Knights members were people who had gone through Sword School.

Both in his memories and among all the first years he had seen until now, they were all greenhorns without exception.

Except for the first years he was seeing now.

 

‘Right, they mentioned Teacher Ziel.’

 

Horn was also one of the knights who followed 2nd Prince Dietrich, like Relio and Eton.

The current first years who had received teachings from the talent that His Highness the Prince was keeping an eye on!

 

‘Just how did he conduct their physical training?’

 

There were students who were pushing themselves to run, but there were also students like Celia and Delev who didn’t seem very tired yet.

The surprises didn’t end there.

30 minutes later.

After declaring the end of long distance running, the next training began after a 10-minute break.

 

“Stand up. We will now conduct mirroring training.”

 

It was movement copying training.

 

“From now on, you will mirror and precisely copy the poses I take. Anyone who is slow or confused will be immediately excluded and receive punishment exercises.”

 

At first, he takes slow, simple poses.

But as the speed gradually increases, a large number of dropouts occur in an instant.

Training where you get eliminated if you hesitate even a little.

 

‘This time will be different.’

 

However, Horn’s expectations were wrong again this time.

 

“Next!”

 

Students copying poses in perfect unison to Horn’s commands.

 

“…?”

 

Horn was flustered.

Let’s say everyone follows well in the beginning.

But even from the 35th, 40th movements when he gradually increased speed and made the movements more complex, no students were eliminated.

 

‘Wait.’

 

Students who moved almost simultaneously as he took poses.

Until now, first years he had seen, even some of the apprentice members, had followed belatedly only after Horn moved.

But these current first years were following along well without slowing down at all to Horn’s movements.

 

‘This must be the effect of reflex training.’

 

This was the moment when the reflexes that the first years had honed throughout last semester in and this semester’s were being demonstrated.

 

‘Compared to Teacher Ziel’s attacks, this is nothing.’

 

Days of being extremely tense and instantly executing movements to dodge and block Ziel’s attacks!

And what about this semester.

They had rolled around desperately and executed movements to counter the sickeningly fast and persistent magic dolls.

Compared to that, copying movements was really nothing.

No swords were flying at them, no surprise attacks were coming from behind, and there were no moments where they’d get hit immediately if they didn’t stay tense.

In the end, the first years successfully completed the mirroring training with almost all students except for a few dropouts.

Among the mid-course dropouts was Quantus.

 

“Hmm! Is it because I built too much muscle! I feel like my movements have become sluggish?”

“You’ve basically become a pig, you know?”

“Ann, a pig! Do pigs have muscles like this!”

 

A side effect from building muscle while eating tremendously throughout the vacation.

Of course, even such Quantus dropped out quite late in the process.

 

“…What is going on here.”

 

Horn was shocked.

The report from the apprentice member who came to report the training results was even more shocking.

 

“More than half of the second and third years were eliminated… and the fourth and fifth years had 20% and 10% elimination rates respectively?”

“Yes. The first years had 15%, so… exactly half.”

“Huh.”

 

Even though they’re not using mana to make it somewhat more equal conditions, their level is absurd for 1st Year Students.

 

‘This isn’t going to go according to Senior Relio’s plan.’

 

On the first day, drain their physical strength to the maximum.

The 1st Year Students naturally weren’t even a consideration.

Because it would definitely turn out that way.

But now that I look at it, the 2nd Years and 3rd Years are going to run out of stamina first.

 

‘Still, this won’t work.’

 

The final gateway of the Physical Fitness Test!

A hellish test conducted in a chaotic situation after draining their strength with the previous two training sessions.

 

“From now on, put on the blindfolds that the unit members are handing out.”

 

It was a Blind Test performed with eyes covered.

 

“From now on, the instructors will attack, and you will evade.”

 

Horn snickered as he watched the 1st Year Students blankly receiving their blindfolds.

 

“Don’t worry. We won’t hit you with our real strength.”

 

This was truly different.

Training that had to be done with eyes covered, relying only on flow and intuition.

Naturally, they expected nothing from the 1st Year Students.

If there was anything to expect…

Dropouts appearing in droves from the start?

That’s how it had always been.

Probably this time would be the same.

 

“This won’t be difficult.”

 

But Ziel, who was watching the training from the Spire, muttered like that.

The professors beside him, especially Professor Merhen and Professor Idel, couldn’t bear to lift their heads.

 

“Ha, haha… The Sword School 1st Year Students are amazing, aren’t they?”

“The future of Sword School, no, the future of the Empire is bright. I wonder if these 1st Year Students are becoming a golden generation.”

 

Because all the knights present were only praising the 1st Year Students.

Elcanto, who was in the same situation, actually joined in.

 

“Haha, right? Our Teacher Ziel is really no joke. He teaches incredibly well. I’m learning from him and applying it too!”

 

That, that shameless bastard!

Merhen was fuming inside but had no words to refute.

Because it was all visible to the eye.

It was natural for the 4th and 5th Years to hold out well since they were upperclassmen.

But the problem was that the 2nd and 3rd Years were performing worse than the 1st Years!

 

‘How can he act like that when his assigned year is performing so poorly…’

 

“The 2nd Years need to try harder too. Maybe they’ll get some motivation if they see how the 1st Years are doing?”

“Th, that’s right. Haha. But what kind of classes did the 1st Year Students take to become so excellent?”

 

At this point, the gazes of the Imperial Knights looking at Ziel were changing.

At first, they had unknowingly treated him as an unwelcome guest.

Since he wasn’t from a knight background, he wasn’t their senior, and he wasn’t from a good family either.

But the 1st Year Students’ performance was proving Ziel’s abilities.

 

“Teacher Ziel, I don’t know if I should say this, but. Ahem. He made the students do Physical Training incredibly hard. He said physical strength had to be built first, setting everything else aside!”

“Oho, physical strength… The Apprentice Members also prioritize Physical Training, but it would be good to strengthen it more, don’t you think, Chief Relio?”

“Hmm.”

 

With Elcanto’s exaggerated praise added, all attention completely turned to Ziel.

Meanwhile, Ziel focused on the continuing training.

Though the gazes looking at him had changed somewhat, the unit members still thought this training would be different.

 

‘That’s the training the apprentices struggle with most.’

 

Blind Training that even the Apprentice Members conducted once a week!

Evading attacks while having part of your physical senses controlled was truly difficult.

 

‘Their stamina must be quite drained too, and since experience is important for this, it won’t go well.’

 

Relio predicted as much.

Until Delev evaded his fellow knight Horn’s First Strike.

 

“…!”

“He, he just dodged it, right?”

“It seemed like a gentle swing, but even so…!”

 

He evaded it.

That was impossible.

Relio showed a flustered expression for the first time.

 

“How…?”

 

He was definitely wearing the blindfold.

And yet he evaded it?

Relio urgently looked at Ziel.

Ziel’s expression was the same as before.

However.

He was slightly raising the corners of his mouth.

As if he had expected this.

 

“Good heavens.”

 

The continuing scene was also amazing.

Following Delev, Celia, Yurio, Karen, and others.

The students who listened most faithfully and earnestly to Ziel’s classes dodged Horn’s attacks.

 

‘They’re concentrating well on the approaching footsteps and the flow of air.’

 

Though they weren’t at Ziel’s level of detecting before the opponent even swung, they were still faithfully following Ziel’s teachings.

In fact, sensing and dodging the sound and sensation of cutting through air was nearly impossible.

Rather, approaching footsteps, the opponent’s breathing sounds, and subtle intuition were more important.

The evasion techniques they learned last semester and throughout this semester!

They were putting them to very good use.

Of course, other people who had no way of knowing what specific classes Ziel had taught were just repeating admiration and shock.

 

“At that level… our Knight Order should recruit them, shouldn’t we, Chief Relio?”

“…”

 

It was when Relio couldn’t say anything and was just swallowing his silence.

 

“Well, you’ve got good seats here.”

 

At the sight of one person opening the door and entering, everyone’s gazes were drawn to them.

And everyone was startled and bowed their heads in greeting.

 

“Y-Your Highness!”

“We greet Your Highness!”

 

It was the 2nd Prince.

Dietrich.

 

“There’s a familiar face here too.”

 

At the end of the grinning Dietrich’s gaze was Ziel.

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