On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 177
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 177
You Two Seem Close
Karen was slightly bewildered.
Something to give her?
‘Is he going to give me work?’
A gaze filled with suspicion!
She had already been running around helping Lord Mortis throughout the festa without any time to rest.
On top of that, attending classes and preparing for performances meant she wanted to rest for at least a day now.
‘Why should I work part-time there.’
It was then that she approached Ziel while grumbling inwardly.
“Take this.”
Fortunately, it wasn’t work.
“What is this?”
However, the package Ziel handed her was unusual.
It was quite luxuriously wrapped…
“Lord Mortis gave it to you.”
“Huh? Lord Mortis?”
“Yes. He asked me to deliver it for him. He left in the middle of the festa, saying he was planning his next collection.”
“Uh… why would he give this to me…”
“He said it’s payment for your role as his assistant.”
“Ah!”
Excited, Karen quickly unwrapped the package.
And then she froze completely.
“Th-th-this couldn’t be…”
When she opened the outer wrapping, a box appeared.
The box was just as luxurious as the outer packaging.
Karen froze from exactly this point.
This box.
It was something she recognized.
Since she had worked at the boutique warehouse.
This box was….
“This… this is the box that holds items from this collection….”
Karen opened the box with a feeling of ‘surely not’.
And for a moment, everything went dark before her eyes.
“Crazy….”
A murmur that escaped without her realizing.
She thought it couldn’t be, but it really was.
What was inside was the most popular necklace from this collection!
Its quantity was so limited that just owning it became an incredible source of pride—that very necklace.
Its name was ‘Tears of Astaroth’.
They said it drew its motif from the famous Astaroth mythology of the Empire….
‘I don’t really know about that, but this is incredibly expensive….’
The value instantly calculated in her head!
If she sold this one necklace, she could pay off her family’s debts and live her Academy life without any worries….
“Do you like it, Student Karen Aswan?”
“Oh, tremendously… I don’t think it would be possible not to like it….”
“Is that so. Lord Mortis asked me to inquire whether you liked it.”
“….”
Just when she was thinking, of course I like it.
“Ah.”
Karen had to abandon her thoughts of selling off this necklace at those words.
‘If he put that much thought into giving this to me… how could I sell it.’
From Lord Mortis’s perspective, this must have been a gift he put tremendous thought into.
It might be different if she had bought it with money.
But selling a received gift would be a grave discourtesy.
“…I should go find him personally and tell him thank you. But I’m wondering if I should accept this.”
More than anything, forget about selling it—she wondered if it was even okay to accept it.
It was such an enormous gift.
Honestly, just having it felt burdensome.
“Take it. It’s a gift.”
“But this is… a bit much.”
“The design is certainly not great though.”
“….”
That’s not what I meant….
“But it’s a gift. Student Karen Aswan, you performed your assistant role well enough during the festa to satisfy Lord Mortis. You’re qualified.”
“….”
Even so, accepting a collection necklace was….
“The design isn’t particularly to my liking, but if you like it, take it. If you accept it with a joyful heart, Lord Mortis will be happy too.”
After much deliberation, Karen nodded.
“I will, Teacher.”
Though her hands trembled a bit.
‘How am I supposed to wear this around….’
Wouldn’t people suspect it was fake if they saw it?
What if someone attacked her targeting this necklace?
“I’m a bit anxious. This is so expensive… what if someone attacks me?”
“Just defend yourself.”
“….”
At Ziel’s typical solution, she thought ‘of course’ for a moment.
“If that makes you anxious, then grow and train until you’re no longer anxious. That’s the only way.”
Karen had no choice but to nod.
“I’ll do that, Teacher.”
It was an unexpected reward, a reward beyond imagination, so she felt good yet complicated about these emotions!
In the midst of all this, there was a curiosity that suddenly arose.
“But Teacher, are you really going to be a model during vacation?”
“That’s right. That was the condition.”
“I’m so excited about it. Just thinking about Teacher standing on the runway… At this rate, won’t you become the Empire’s top model or something!”
“Is that so.”
“Oh, but that can’t happen. Then you’d have to leave the Academy!”
“That won’t happen.”
When Ziel spoke decisively, Karen felt relieved.
“I’m happy that I can be with Teacher until graduation.”
“Is that so. I’m also happy to be with you all.”
“…It feels really strange hearing Teacher say you’re happy.”
“Why is it strange?”
“Um… just because?”
“I see. I heard that if you say it often, you get used to it. I’ll do that from now on.”
It feels like Teacher has been changing lately somehow?
“Oh, right!”
Speaking of modeling, there was something that came to mind.
“Teacher, you said one of us would participate in Lord Mortis’s collection reveal, right? Who’s it going to be?”
“I don’t know either. He didn’t mention that.”
“I guess it’ll be Delev or Celia?”
“I don’t know. Lord Mortis would know.”
Ziel was curious too.
Though he couldn’t predict who it would be.
“Go inside and rest. The special training starts tomorrow.”
“Yes. You rest too, Teacher.”
After Karen left.
Gilbert asked cautiously.
“Um, Boss. I ask this every time and it’s getting strange now, but… is it possible for the kids to go beyond just imbuing sword with mana to using it freely within a year?”
“It’s possible. If my predictions are correct, top students like Delev Kundel, Celia Rihart, and Yurio Harmatan will achieve it even during the first semester.”
“How can you be so certain?”
“I’ll make it happen.”
What Ziel pursues is not the elevation of his realm.
Realm is something that naturally follows.
What’s important is in what direction to develop the swordsmanship and mana training he’s learning now.
‘It’s fine to say we’re doing guest education for the end of term… but will we continue doing guest education next year too?’
Continuing to receive education from the Knight Order is also unrealistic.
What kind of curriculum could Boss have prepared?
“Gilbert.”
“Yes, Boss.”
“What should we do to increase experience the fastest?”
Gilbert didn’t understand the intent of the question.
Then suddenly, his spine went cold.
This doesn’t feel good.
“Uh… what do you mean by that?”
“Real combat.”
“When you say real combat…”
“Engaging in real combat increases experience. More real combat would create more experience.”
Words that would have horrified the students flowed from Ziel’s mouth.
“From next year, we’ll focus classes on real combat.”
Are you planning to start a war or something!
Gilbert trembled with the overwhelming fear washing over him.
“By any chance, when you say real combat…”
“We plan to face magic beasts.”
“Ah, magic beasts…”
At least it’s not war, thank goodness…
“Huh? Not as practicum but in regular classes?”
“There are limits to the skills that can be improved by sparring with magic dolls in the auditorium.”
“That may be true, but how would we handle magic beasts…”
“There’s a way. You’ll find out during vacation.”
The absurd story of conducting real combat in classes, with magic beasts as the opponents!
But he was beginning to think that if it’s Boss, it might actually be possible.
Around that time, new worries began to emerge.
‘Just what kind of magic is he planning to use in real combat…’
It was certain.
It would be magic beyond all expectations.
‘Co-could it be Ruinbark?!’
It seemed the true terror would begin next year.
* * *
Ziel met with the two family heads.
Amos Kundel.
Daren Rihart.
The two were sitting apart as if it were natural.
Because Amos was in a very foul mood.
‘Damn bastard suddenly butting in.’
On the other hand, Daren was grinning constantly.
‘Trying to do it all by yourself? How petty.’
Actually, Amos felt somewhat wronged.
The invitation of the Kundel Knights was a kind of transaction.
But he hadn’t expected that cunning Daren to cleverly propose his own knight order’s invitation in return without asking for any compensation.
“Both Family Heads, you arrived first.”
“Ah, yes. Teacher Ziel.”
“Oh my, who do we have here. Haha, isn’t this our daughter’s teacher, Teacher Ziel Steelheart!”
Such starkly contrasting reactions!
Of course, it wasn’t that Amos didn’t welcome Ziel.
Daren was just being extremely exaggerated.
“Today, before the invitation training begins, this meeting is arranged to share the students’ skill levels and training goals with both of you, and to predict future results.”
“Ah, yes. By all means! With just our knight order, our First Years will improve tremendously in just one month!”
“I wonder if you might ruin the kids by teaching them strange Swift Swordsmanship or something.”
The two started fighting from the very beginning.
“What?! Huh, so how does heavy sword technique help with the kids’ development…?”
Amos grinned wickedly as if he had been waiting for Daren’s counterattack.
“So who won the swordsmanship tournament at this festa?”
“…It was just a paper-thin difference!”
“I think the paper you know and the paper I know have somewhat different definitions. Is the paper you’re thinking of as thick as The Iron Keep’s castle wall?”
“It’s just a momentary thing! Our daughter will turn it around soon!”
“In about 50 years?”
Ziel, who had been quietly watching the childish fight between the two family heads—no, fathers—asked a question.
“You two seem to be close friends.”
“What did you say!”
“Absolutely not!”
Fierce denial!
But Ziel tilted his head in confusion.
“I read in a book that usually when people fight every time they meet, they’re actually close friends.”
“What kind of book would say such…”
“It was a novel book. It had a rather long title. A novel that starts with the name of a prestigious family.”
“…”
Whatever it was, it must have been a strange novel.
“We’re absolutely not close. With that guy?”
“Guy? How dare you say ‘guy’ in front of the teacher… Are you even worthy of being called a major family?”
Just when it looked like they were about to start bickering again, Ziel intervened.
“May I begin the explanation?”
“Ahem… Yes.”
“Embarrassingly, that fellow Daren talked a bit too much. Please go ahead, Teacher.”
“Hey, you…”
Just as Daren was getting fired up and about to say something, Ziel opened his mouth.
“The purpose of the guest education is to improve students’ swordsmanship skills and mana cultivation. This is the educational curriculum accordingly.”
Ziel handed documents to each of them.
“Hmm…!”
“Hmm…!”
The two exclaimed in admiration simultaneously as if they had made a promise.
Ziel thought.
‘As expected, those two are close.’
They really do seem close.
“This… did you make this, Teacher?”
Following Daren’s question, Amos’s question came right after.
“It’s incredibly systematic… and there are illustrations and supplementary explanations for each movement, time allocation for each session… I had no idea you’d already assigned students to match our personnel.”
“I organized it based on the information I knew.”
Amos looked back and forth between Ziel, who responded calmly, and the documents, then let out a sigh of amazement as if he was overwhelmed.
“How did you create such materials in such a short time… especially when the Rihart Knight Order interfered and you would have needed to reset everything.”
“Interfered?”
Amos ignored Daren and continued speaking.
“Just looking at it, the curriculum level is very high. Teacher, what exactly did you do before coming to the Academy?”
Before Ziel could even answer, Daren jumped in eagerly!
“This is amazing, Teacher. This could be used as Knight Order materials. This kind of systematization… would be effective for Apprentice Knight Order Members too.”
Curriculum is extremely important.
While the instructor is important, a systematic curriculum is the best way to develop those being educated!
In that sense, the level of this curriculum that Ziel presented was tremendous.
An overview visible at a glance.
Systematic yet detailed steps.
Precise illustrations that aid understanding.
And that’s not all.
‘He clearly grasped each student’s level and placed them accordingly. There are as many as 100 of them… Teacher Ziel, you’re incredible.’
Honestly, it was admirable.
Being able to learn from such a teacher was truly a great blessing.
Amos now finally understood clearly why Delev’s skills had improved so dramatically.
‘So that’s why our daughter’s movements have become more refined….’
Daren was no different.
“I’m a bit embarrassed, Teacher Ziel. We just brought the Knight Order, and honestly we were just thinking of working them hard….”
Amos’s expression grew serious at Daren’s confession.
“As expected, you have no plan.”
“Do you have one then?”
“Don’t raise your voice, Daren. We’re in front of the teacher.”
Seeing the two with their strangely amused expressions, Ziel finally spoke again.
“That’s all. Please take charge of the students’ education according to the curriculum. I expect the students’ swordsmanship senses to develop greatly through sparring with the Knight Order members and refining their swordsmanship movements.”
“Mm! Good. This makes us feel like teaching.”
However, there was something that puzzled Amos.
“Teacher, looking here, individual goals are set… This student Ellie Demicus doesn’t seem to have reached Worker level yet, but can she imbue her sword with mana within a month?”
It was a goal that greatly deviated from common sense.
However, Ziel nodded without hesitation.
“It’s possible.”
“Do you have grounds for thinking so?”
“Yes. Student Ellie Demicus has had a considerable increase in mana this semester. The most important thing in the stage of imbuing sword with mana is becoming familiar with directly feeling and handling mana. Since that process was already conducted during the semester, it’s fully possible.”
“…?”
The amount of mana increased?
“How…?”
“It was increased in class.”
“I mean how….”
“We repeated the process of filling and releasing mana.”
“…?”
Amos was stunned.
A method he had never heard or seen in his life.
Daren was the same.
‘Repeated the process of filling and releasing mana…?’
It was a method he had never even thought of.
Just how was Teacher Ziel teaching the children?
“You can refer to the papers for the other students’ individual goals. All goals have been set to be achievable, so following the curriculum will allow them to be accomplished without any problems.”
Ziel’s calm assurance.
Amos and Daren fell into confusion.
“I’ve heard that the knight orders of the two houses are among the finest in the Empire. So I hope you’ll provide good teachings to the students.”
However, the question that followed ignited fire in both their hearts.
“But I have something I’m curious about.”
It was a very innocent question.
“Your opinions seem to differ quite a lot. Even the books seem to make very different claims. Between the two knight orders, which knight order is the best?”
“…!”
Both their eyebrows twitched simultaneously!
To think there was someone who would dare ask such a question in front of the parties involved.
But at this point in time.
It was also a question that only someone like Ziel could ask.
Amos answered as if he had been waiting for this.
“You’ll clearly see which noble family’s knight order is the best through this guest lecture.”
Daren also answered, not to be outdone.
“You can just watch how the students who receive our Rihart Knight Order’s lessons grow.”
Like suddenly throwing kindling into smoldering embers, the competition between the two major families began to catch fire.
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
