On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 178

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 178

 

Ziel’s Scheme

 

That night.

 

“Your goal is simple! Crush Rihart, smash them, and destroy them completely!”

 

A solemn speech echoed through the air.

 

The Knights sighed, thinking here we go again.

 

“The Family Head is at it again.”

 

“What’s he picking a fight about this time.”

 

“How would I know. It’s not like this is new.”

 

Whenever he met with Rihart’s Family Head, suddenly making the Knight Order work overtime had become routine.

 

Kundel’s Knights staying at an inn near the capital just sighed again when their returned Family Head started up like this.

 

“Starting tomorrow, you will stay at Edelwein Academy and teach the Sword School 1st Year Students. Absolutely! You must absolutely achieve the growth targets and train the students!”

 

Such a solemn declaration that would fit going to war, and it was just about teaching students.

 

But for Amos, it was an utterly serious and important matter.

 

Meanwhile.

 

At another luxury inn not far away.

 

“Crush those Kundel bastards. Our goal is exceeding growth targets. Everyone check the curriculum!”

 

“Family Head, so this… is this really okay? There’s even a goal here to make a student who isn’t Worker-class into Worker-class.”

 

“Is there a problem? If Worker-class is the goal, make them Expert-class! If Expert-class is the goal, make them Master-class!”

 

“…”

 

Here we go again.

 

Obviously he’d gotten into some kind of confrontation with Kundel’s Family Head again.

 

“What was it last time? Did he tell us to find a famous sword?”

 

“He told us to absolutely find a sword that could beat the Kundel Family. Yeah.”

 

Darren Rihart, so dignified in official settings and unbeatable once he drew his sword!

 

The moment he particularly fell apart was exactly times like this.

 

Precisely when he got involved with Amos.

 

“Did those two fight over some woman when they were young?”

 

“I don’t know who it is, but I’d like to bring someone to stop this madness…”

 

While the Family Heads growled at each other, the relationship between the two Knight Orders wasn’t actually that bad.

 

Comrades in misfortune!

 

That was exactly the emotion.

 

A relationship where they understood each other and looked at one another with pity.

 

But what could they do?

 

Whether Kundel or Rihart.

 

When the Family Head says to do it, you have to do it – that’s what being a Knight Order means!

 

And so the next day.

 

Finally, the evening when the first class began.

 

“P-please spare me…”

 

“The festa is over and it’s the end of the semester, so why are we being worked this hard…”

 

Though they had expected it, the First Years were crying out in pain at training that was even more intense than anticipated.

 

Even Delev and Celia, scions of their respective families, were too exhausted to speak.

 

Actually, both of them roughly understood.

 

Why both Knight Orders were being so strict.

 

“Everyone get up. Is that all you’ve got!”

 

“Your defense is slow! A little faster!”

 

“Argh!”

 

“W-wait. You hit my bone!”

 

“I aimed that attack to hit your bone!”

 

The long-standing rivalry between the two families!

 

The relationship between the two Family Heads, bound by childhood grudges, had worsened this rivalry and led to the current situation.

 

Should they be grateful there was no physical conflict?

 

In reality, this was nothing short of a proxy war.

 

“This is no joke, Boss. Inviting both Knight Orders seems like it will create tremendous results.”

 

But didn’t they say that viewed from afar, it becomes comedy?

 

At this rate, it seemed like they could achieve even the ridiculous goals the Boss had set.

 

“Right. And you can do it too, Gilbert.”

 

“Me? You mean me?”

 

“Yes. This is a good opportunity for you too.”

 

Just then, someone approached from behind.

 

“Teacher Ziel, nice to see you! Hahahaha! It’s been way too long! Have you been well? Oh, what did you do with that wanted criminal we caught back then? That guy had quite the bounty reward on him! Keu, honestly, I was trying to act cool back then so I just handed everything over to you, but I did regret it just a tiny bit like an ant’s fingernail! Oh, wait, ants don’t have fingernails, do they? Let me correct that to a tear, no, ant droppings! Oh, was that too vulgar? Then just…”

 

Ziel’s complexion quickly drained of color.

 

Maybe it was because it had been so long since they met.

 

He already felt his energy being sapped by all that chatter.

 

“Say hello. This is Sir Gunter. He’s a knight order member of Kundel.”

 

So he devised a strategy.

 

To make Gilbert deal with him.

 

“…!”

 

Gilbert suddenly recalled a question Ziel had asked before.

 

‘How do you make someone who talks too much shut their mouth?’

 

‘Excuse me?’

 

‘There’s someone who talks excessively.’

 

That talkative person he mentioned…

 

‘It was this gentleman!’

 

“Haha, nice to meet you! I’m Gunter Redil, just call me Sir Gunter! I have a connection with Teacher Ziel spanning over 100 hours! Why, you ask? Well, we traveled to the capital together for more than five days! It was such an enjoyable time. I had many conversations with the teacher, talked about various topics, and we also chatted a lot! Hahahaha! It was truly a delightful time, don’t you think so too, Teacher Ziel?”

 

Ziel told his first lie.

 

“…Yes.”

 

The fear that saying no would make the conversation continue even longer!

 

However, Ziel was mistaken.

 

“See, I told you so! Teacher Ziel, if you ever have occasion to visit the Kundel family again, please contact me first! I’ll speak to the Family Head and escort you myself. Teacher Ziel is, you see, quite a humorous person. He’s good at making jokes too. Everything he says in response is so entertaining!”

 

There are people in this world who think whatever they want.

 

In Ziel’s view, Gunter was exactly that type of person.

 

So he quickly interjected.

 

“You can spar with the Teaching Assistant here. Well then, I’ll be going.”

 

“Ah! You’re leaving already! How disappointing…”

 

“I need to watch over the students’ training. I also have to provide first aid if any student gets injured.”

 

Ziel’s strangely urgent response!

 

“B-Boss. I can do that too…”

 

“You go train, Gilbert.”

 

Gilbert realized.

 

‘Have I… been betrayed…?’

 

This sense of betrayal he was feeling toward Boss for the first time in his life!

 

Though his hands trembled, Gilbert had an intuition.

 

“Now, now, you said your name was Teacher Gilbert, right? Please take good care of me for a month! Hahaha! I was just feeling restless and wondering what would happen to my skills while dealing with students! As expected, Teacher Ziel is being considerate of me through our connection! Since you’re someone who works with Teacher Ziel, you must surely be a good person!”

 

“No! I’m not a good person!”

 

“Usually people who are that modest turn out to be even better people! Hahaha! That’s one of the experiences I’ve gained from living my life so far!”

 

Wrong.

 

This person’s case is different.

 

Gilbert fell into the depths of deep despair.

 

“I’m saved.”

 

And Ziel walked away, breathing a sigh of relief.

 

Life is a tragedy when seen up close.

 

A comedy when seen from afar.

 

The passage he’d read in a book seemed to be meant for exactly this kind of situation.

 

Because it couldn’t have been more enjoyable!

 

“Gunter’s caught another person.”

 

“He’ll need to see a doctor within a few days. He’ll have to get his eardrums replaced or something.”

 

“Who’s going to get some earplugs for that poor guy?”

 

The fellow knights who knew Gunter well giggled as they watched the scene.

 

“Oh, Teacher Ziel. You’ve paired the Teaching Assistant with Sir Gunter as his opponent?”

 

Amos, who had personally led the Knight Order since it was the first day, approached Ziel.

 

“Yes. I assigned him because the Teaching Assistant seemed to need skill improvement as well.”

 

So this is what guilt feels like.

 

Ziel deliberately avoided looking toward Gilbert.

 

“Hmm. Good choice. Sir Gunter may talk a bit… too much, but his skills are solid. He’s a mid-to-upper level expert, after all.”

 

“Very much so.”

 

“Hahaha. Did you have a hard time while returning to the capital?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Could it be that Amos knew about this?

 

‘So this is what betrayal feels like.’

 

It was a new emotion.

 

This feeling of heat rising at the back of his head!

 

Ziel made sure to remember this feeling clearly.

 

“By the way, the students’ level is quite impressive. No… it’s beyond what I imagined.”

 

“Is that so.”

 

“Yes. I think I understand why Teacher Ziel set such goals in the curriculum.”

 

Amos’s eyes had become serious at some point.

 

“Physical Strength, Reflexes, Quick Thinking. And the average level of Swordsmanship… all of these things are hard to imagine for swordsmen of that age. How did you teach them?”

 

“I taught them all of that.”

 

Ziel felt proud.

 

The past year.

 

The students’ training was clearly showing results.

 

What Amos was particularly paying attention to was their Physical Strength.

 

“Especially the students’ Physical Strength is very good. Honestly… I was a bit worried at first. I wondered if it was okay to do this from the first day, but the students are enduring it.”

 

That was exactly right.

 

The intensity was almost too much for the First Years, but they were all enduring it.

 

Even if they were exhausted and panting, not a single student gave up.

 

“It’s amazing, truly. How exactly did you train them?”

 

“I made them do Long Distance Running.”

 

“Long Distance Running… We do that every day in our Knight Order too, but I should try increasing the intensity.”

 

Behind Amos, who was nodding seriously, someone approached at that moment.

 

It was Daren, as expected.

 

“Teacher Ziel. How exactly did you train the students?”

 

Daren also threw a similar question as soon as he arrived.

 

Amos frowned.

 

“That’s the question I just asked. Don’t bother the teacher.”

 

Of course, Daren cleanly ignored him and continued with his questions.

 

“Teacher, the students’ swordsmanship level is extraordinary. They try to block or dodge linear attacks somehow, but is it possible for students of this age to do that?”

 

“We developed their reflexes and linear attack response abilities using magic dolls.”

 

“With magic dolls…! Wait, is that possible at Sword School?”

 

“We borrowed them from Arcane School.”

 

“Oh! That was possible! Magnificent!”

 

Though he had come here after seeing Ziel with Amos, his praise was sincere.

 

The fundamentals were excellent.

 

“These days there are many kids obsessed with flashy swordsmanship and foot swordsmanship, but every child here has solid fundamentals. While there are certainly individual skill differences, they all seem to know what’s important. Teacher, you truly understand the essence of swordsmanship!”

 

“What’s important in swordsmanship is cutting and thrusting the enemy.”

 

Daren nodded frantically at Ziel’s plain definition.

 

“I agree. We draw swords to cut and thrust, not to discipline and train our minds! Indeed, Teacher. You understand clearly. Hahaha!”

 

“And to kill decisively at the most certain moment.”

 

“…”

 

Daren’s eyes, which had only been laughing, turned cold.

 

‘Cut and thrust the enemy, kill the enemy decisively at the certain moment.’

 

Amos’s eyes also changed.

 

Ziel’s statement was somewhat distant from that of a teacher.

 

Rather than a teacher, it was more like…

 

‘The attitude of a soldier or mercenary who has wandered the battlefield for a long time.’

 

The reason swords began to be used was to kill people.

 

Now people talk about chivalry and proclaim the principles and elegance of the sword, but the essence is a tool for killing people.

 

But no knight talks about it even though they all know it.

 

Because they care about dignity.

 

When discussing swords, there are even people who use inappropriately difficult words and discuss them philosophically.

 

Not all of them are wrong, but at least Teacher Ziel was talking about the essence.

 

‘Is it the influence of the Steelheart family’s destruction?’

 

Amos thinking one step ahead.

 

Perhaps Teacher Ziel’s upbringing environment might have had an influence.

 

Of course, that couldn’t be the case.

 

Ziel had simply said something extremely natural from an assassin’s perspective.

 

Sword.

 

Dagger.

 

Dagger.

 

All tools that exist to stab and slash enemies to death at the most appropriate moment.

 

There was no meaning beyond that.

 

Unless it was a tool that only responded to Ziel’s breathing technique like the Polar Night Dagger.

 

However.

 

Watching the scene of students performing the sword dance performance he had planned gave him slightly different thoughts.

 

That swords could show something other than stabbing and slashing people.

 

Meanwhile.

 

Amos became curious.

 

‘What kind of life has Teacher Ziel lived since the Steelheart Family became like that?’

 

What kind of life had he lived that after all that long time passed, he suddenly appeared at the Academy and caused such a stir.

 

Just as he was about to ask out of curiosity.

 

“Oh!”

 

“Amazing! Delev counterattacked!”

 

“Really? Really?”

 

Exclamations and cheers erupted from one side.

 

The expressions of the two family heads looking in that direction changed differently.

 

It happened that Delev and Celia weren’t training against their respective family knight order members.

 

Delev was against a Rihart knight.

 

Celia was against a Kundel’s knight.

 

And Delev had succeeded in counterattacking against the Rihart knight from the very first day!

 

“….”

 

Daren’s expression instantly soured, while conversely Amos grinned and patted Daren’s shoulder.

 

“Our son is amazing, isn’t he?”

 

Amos had switched back from family head to father as if nothing had happened!

 

Just as Daren was trembling and about to say something.

 

“Oh!”

 

“I couldn’t even see the sword just now!”

 

“Amazing!”

 

Celia had also succeeded in her counterattack.

 

The two greatest talents among the First Years had accomplished something incredible!

 

Now the expressions of the two family heads had reversed.

 

“Our daughter seems more amazing though?”

 

“….”

 

The competitive spirit between the two was gradually heading toward extremes!

 

Of course, Ziel stepped in appropriately.

 

“Everyone focus on your own training.”

 

Anyway, with this level of growth rate.

 

Amos and Daren thought of the Knight Order camp the children would attend during vacation.

 

‘They said they did practical training this semester, right? They’ll be shocked senseless by their growth.’

 

‘Before the Imperial Knights snatch them away… should I mark some promising ones in advance?’

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