On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 171
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 171
Performance Purification Movement (1)
Festa Day 2.
Arcane School was in a state of emergency.
It wasn’t because of few spectators, low expected Festa profits, or being overshadowed by Sword School.
Even before spectators began entering.
“We’re from the Imperial Knights. Please cooperate with us. Here is an Imperial Decree bearing His Imperial Majesty’s seal.”
“…!”
“Furthermore, His Imperial Highness Prince Dietrich Valdrain will oversee all matters related to this. I am Chief Knight Relio of the Imperial Knights.”
The Department Head of Arcane School received the Imperial Decree with trembling hands and asked.
“Why would the Imperial Palace… target our Mages?”
“Don’t worry. It’s not ‘Mages.’ We’re investigating ‘Mages connected to the Siren Family.'”
The Department Head felt both relieved and startled by those words.
‘Mages connected to the Siren Family…’
There were several.
Most notably Professor Titus.
And the Teaching Assistants under Professor Titus.
“Wh-what about the Students?”
“No. Not the Students.”
Among the Students, there were quite a few from Siren’s Junior School.
At least that was fortunate…
“However, if any Students are suspected of involvement, we plan to arrest them all. Just not right now.”
Relio left that cold remark and then instructed the Knights.
“Arrest the targets immediately and search all related offices. Confiscate all items.”
“Yes!”
Early morning.
Before Students even arrived at the Festa Venue.
The Imperial Knights began turning Arcane School upside down.
The Department Head of Arcane School thought to himself.
‘No matter what, this is the first time I’ve seen the Imperial Palace act so directly like this…’
The Imperial Palace doesn’t bother to touch the Mage Faction.
Rather, they would encourage or condone conflicts with the Knight Faction, but they tended to avoid direct intervention.
But for them to act like this now means they have a solid justification!
‘So Professor Titus is done for, is that it.’
Having no particular connection to the Siren Family, and rather having viewed Titus unfavorably, the Department Head could observe this situation from a step back.
And the conclusion he reached was-
“D-Department Head! What is all this commotion from this morning?”
“Why would the Imperial Knights suddenly…”
That he was no longer just a figurehead Department Head!
“Professors, let’s have a meeting.”
“Pardon?”
“They won’t arrest the Professors anyway. Is there anyone here from Siren?”
“…”
The Department Head suddenly became extremely solemn.
The Professors were flustered when this person who had only been weak suddenly acted like this.
“W-with the situation like this, suddenly having a meeting…”
Titus had always led the meetings.
The Department Head would just occupy a seat.
Whenever he tried to say something, Titus would rebuke him and ultimately decided everything.
But not anymore.
“Let’s go, we’ll finish before Festa.”
“Uh… Ah, understood.”
The Department Head strode confidently through the bewildered Professors.
The confidence in each step seemed to shake the ground.
“Why is he suddenly acting like that? A meeting?”
“How would I know. No, what is all this sudden commotion… Go try talking to them!”
“Go say what? It’s the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Palace!”
While the professors were bickering, Emeric, who had been relatively quiet, followed behind the Department Head for now.
Perhaps because he no longer had any lingering attachments.
“Aren’t you coming, Professors?”
“We, we should go. Ugh, really, what kind of situation is this from the morning.”
And so the professors took their seats in the conference room.
The Department Head who had entered first, instead of his usual seat…
“Please sit down once everyone has entered.”
Was sitting in the head seat that Titus had occupied.
“…”
The professors who saw this were somewhat flustered and couldn’t say anything.
Even when Titus was absent, that seat was always left empty.
At this point, certain thoughts began to cross the minds of the professors who had been restlessly fidgeting.
‘Could it be?’
As soon as the professors sat down, the Department Head opened his mouth.
“As of this moment, Professor Titus is suspended from duty.”
“…!”
“And all the teaching assistants from Siren Junior School under Professor Titus are also suspended from duty.”
The Department Head relayed exactly what he had heard from Relio.
“There was an incident last night. Remal Siren of Siren was involved in some unsavory incident, and because of that, all people related to Remal Siren are being investigated. Therefore, I heard that Professor Titus is also currently detained at the Siren Mansion and being investigated by the Imperial Knights.”
“Then… he won’t be released?”
“That possibility is high.”
The Department Head was more solemn than ever.
No, he tried to be solemn.
An opportunity that wouldn’t come again if not now!
It was the perfect opportunity to truly act as Department Head.
“So please don’t be confused and lead the students well from your current positions.”
“Yes…”
In truth, it was a gamble.
What if Titus gets released and comes back?
Then the one who’d be screwed over would be himself instead.
But whether he comes back or not, this opportunity only comes once!
Should he just continue living quietly like this?
Or should he finally spread his wings and pursue his dreams, even if timidly!
He had already made his decision.
‘I’ll create my own era!’
While the Department Head harbored grand dreams, Emeric asked.
“Then Department Head, what should we do about the Third Year Students? Just like yesterday on day 1, today they also don’t have a supervising professor…”
As part of that plan, a good idea came to mind just in time.
“Professor Emeric, please take charge of them.”
“Pardon?”
Emeric Kent.
The Department Head wasn’t deaf either.
‘I heard he recently clashed with Titus.’
From what he heard, Titus was intentionally ostracizing him.
He felt a strange sense of kinship.
“Professor Emeric, please take charge and handle them for a while. I know you’ll be very busy though.”
“Uh, me doing that…”
“It’s fine. You can do it.”
At times like this, you need someone to push you forward.
And you need to push firmly.
“How about temporarily taking charge until the end of this semester, then officially handling the Third Years starting next semester?”
“…!”
The Professors were shocked.
“D-Department Head. Isn’t this too hasty a decision…”
“Professor Emeric is only in his first year. Of course he’s doing well, but still…”
The reason they trailed off was this.
Why Emeric and not me?
Unlike Sword School, at Arcane School, being in charge of Third Years symbolizes power.
Because Titus had been feasting on that position for so long.
Simply put.
‘Why Emeric and not me!’
‘That guy’s only been here a year and always gets cursed at by us….’
Wait.
Is that why?
Because he’s been opposing us?
“That’s exactly why we should give him a better opportunity. Professor Emeric, please take good care of this.”
Emeric fell into thought for a moment.
Resignation letter.
He was planning to submit it soon.
But now, an opportunity had come.
The biggest reason for wanting to leave had disappeared.
Perhaps, it might come back again….
‘Ah, whatever.’
Emeric had always yearned for opportunity.
It was the lack of that damn opportunity that brought him here.
Therefore, he couldn’t let go of an opportunity that had presented itself.
“Yes, I understand.”
“P-Professor Emeric!”
“How can you just accept it like that….”
“At least consult with us!”
The other professors were flustered, but Emeric didn’t hesitate.
“I’ll do my best.”
“Yes, excellent.”
The Department Head smiled with satisfaction!
‘The guys who were already here were Titus’s lackeys anyway, so Professor Emeric is the perfect choice.’
There had been a calculated plan behind it all.
“We plan to hire a separate professor to handle the First Years during vacation. Or… would any of the other professors like to take charge?”
Flinch!
Everyone averted their gazes.
They’d rather die than do that.
Being in charge of First Years meant having the lowest rank among the professors.
“Well, that’s a bit awkward, so let’s go with the hiring route. Good. Let’s wrap up the meeting with this.”
The storm-like meeting came to an end.
Left alone, Emerick received glares but greeted them nonchalantly.
“Please take care of me, Professors.”
Was this what social advancement felt like?
‘Are we… going to be kicked out then?’
‘No, that can’t happen. It just can’t…’
Emerick left the conference room, leaving those professors behind.
“Haa.”
A feeling of sudden deflation.
Who would have thought the situation would flow this way.
In any case, it was an opportunity.
A chance to stay a bit longer at this Academy and refine the things he had been dreaming of.
And-
‘I’ll be able to repay Teacher Ziel even more.’
It seemed he would be able to repay Ziel, who had given him such great kindness, for an even longer time.
But there was still one thing Emerick didn’t know.
Siren’s downfall.
And even Titus’s downfall that occurred as a chain reaction from that.
The fact that Ziel had ultimately caused all of those events.
* * *
The news reached Sword School as well.
The Imperial Knights wouldn’t have climbed over some wall or crawled through a mouse hole to get in, so it was only natural.
“I heard Arcane School is in complete chaos, so I’m not sure if Festa will be okay over there.”
“Our Sword School side should be fine, right?”
“From what I roughly heard, it seems like something went wrong with the Siren family…”
This place was the Academy.
When you think about it, a somewhat isolated place.
So whatever happened outside, as long as it didn’t affect this side, it was like a story from another world.
“By the way, if Professor Titus got arrested, that’s a bit troublesome. Don’t you think so, Professor Idel?”
“Thinking about how that guy kept picking fights over every little thing last year too… Ugh.”
“Still, this year I was feeling pretty satisfied thinking our Teacher Ziel gave him a good blow, but now he’s gone like this.”
Elcanto mentioned the special support system incident.
Back then too, all the other professors were actually very pleased inside.
Arcane School.
Among them, it was like landing a first strike on the most disliked professor.
“By the way, what happened to Siren?”
“Well, I haven’t heard the exact details… but it definitely seems like something huge happened. It’s ominous, very ominous.”
Even while the professors were chatting amongst themselves, Ziel remained silent.
Only thinking to himself.
‘Professor Emeric Kent will remain.’
It was exactly as Ziel had said back then.
Meanwhile.
‘Wow, something incredible is happening…’
Gilbert, who knew the inside story of this incident to some extent, had to struggle to hide his expression.
Though he didn’t do it directly, he had participated in the behind-the-scenes manipulation.
So this is what that feeling was like!
“The atmosphere over there is ominous, but that’s their business, and the atmosphere on our side is so good.”
The professors nodded at Isabella’s comment.
What would the second day be like?
“Come now, Professors. Let’s work hard on the second day too. We expect a tremendous number of spectators to come in from the start, so let’s proceed well.”
The professors dispersed like that.
Ziel also headed to the Sword Dance Performance Venue together with Gilbert.
“Boss, after the morning performance ends today, will you be touring around the Festa?”
“Yes. I understand.”
“But they’re also selling separate viewing tickets for our performance, and the popularity seems incredible. As expected of the Boss.”
“They’re selling viewing tickets?”
“Yes. There are too many people, so they had no choice… They said they’ll only let people with viewing tickets enter.”
“Hmm.”
Ideally, as many people as possible should be able to watch.
“If it’s for safety reasons, that’s understandable.”
“Right? How popular must it be! People were swarming in such numbers it was complete chaos.”
“It’s because we made it well.”
“Boss made it well!”
“You and the students performed it well. I didn’t do anything on stage.”
“Come on, without Boss it wouldn’t have been a stage worth performing on. You’re being modest. Here, these are admission tickets. The Teaching Assistant gave them to me earlier. He said he made them all night yesterday.”
Gilbert handed over several tickets.
“He said these are tickets distributed to faculty members. They seem to be for giving to people around you.”
“I see. Did you receive some too?”
“I don’t have anyone to give them to, so I’m just giving them all to Boss.”
“I see. Understood.”
Ziel suddenly touched the tickets and noticed something curious.
“I can feel mana from the admission tickets.”
“How did you know?”
“I just felt it.”
“Ah.”
It was because they were admission tickets that contained special mana.
A method of separately detecting and filtering mana at the entrance.
“It’s a way to distinguish fake tickets, right.”
“That’s right. So people without these tickets can’t watch?”
“That’s how it works.”
“Hmm.”
Ziel and Gilbert headed to the stage where the rehearsal would take place.
And there they witnessed an unexpected scene.
“What, all the tickets are sold out! Why aren’t there any!”
“We apologize, tickets for both morning and afternoon shows are completely sold out.”
“How does that make sense! Didn’t you pack people in so tightly yesterday to let them watch?”
“It’s a safety measure. We apologize. Please understand.”
In front of the ticket office.
There were more than just one or two people fuming and making a fuss.
“They’re quite angry.”
“They are indeed…”
“I’m proud.”
“Pardon?”
“They must be angry because we made the performance that well.”
“That… well, that’s true. Yes, you’re right.”
It was the right assessment.
Word had spread properly, so there were people who had camped out since morning to see today’s show.
The problem was that while many people wanted to see it, the number of tickets sold daily was very limited.
“Next time we should book a bigger event venue.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to change it even tomorrow?”
“Then the environment would be different. Rehearsing for that and restructuring everything would be inefficient.”
“Ah.”
He was absolutely right.
In the midst of this, Ziel heard a strange conversation reach his ears.
“Are these really tickets? This isn’t a scam, is it?”
“I’m telling you they are. I’ll take exactly 10 times the price.”
“What, 10 times? There’s an original price!”
“Come on! Even so, what would noble lords care about ticket prices? I could sell them for 20 times the price.”
“Just because I’m a noble doesn’t mean I shouldn’t feel wronged! I just came because I heard the performance was interesting! I wanted to show it to my father once…”
“You think you’re the only one with a story? If we’re talking like that, I have a little daughter at home, and she loves fried bread so much!”
“Who’s asking you to buy fried bread to charge 10 times the price for this!”
Ziel listened to other conversations for a moment before asking Gilbert.
“What’s this about reselling tickets at high prices?”
“Uh… that’s usually called black market tickets, right?”
“Is it a bad thing?”
“Probably? Because of that person, the people who should actually buy them can’t, and while they charge high prices, the profit goes to the wrong person… something like that? Why? Did someone ask you to get tickets? Or are you thinking of buying some?”
“No. That’s not it.”
Ziel answered while looking around his surroundings.
“Since black market tickets are a bad thing, I should stop everyone from doing it.”
At that moment.
Ziel disappeared from Gilbert’s sight.
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