On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 183
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 183
Perfect Reward (1)
“Finally!”
“At last!”
The reward for 5 Praise Cards!
This was the story the students had been waiting for most.
Last semester, the Praise Cards had been consistently awarded ever since Ziel took his position.
Sometimes they released sleep gas, sometimes they burst with intense light and flash – those very same multi-purpose Praise Cards.
Everyone was curious.
What on earth could the reward be?
Opinions were divided.
“You all didn’t forget the bet, right? Whoever gets closest to the right answer takes all the 10 Cel!”
“I’m definitely right! Since he made us armor from Ruinbark shell, this time it’s definitely a weapon!”
“No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like a weapon? I vote for prize money!”
“Rick, are you really an idiot? Why would a teacher give students money?”
“Why not! He could!”
Weapons.
Armor.
Money.
Or even speculation that it might be accessories since he knew Lord Mortis!
Teacher Ziel always exceeded expectations, but they thought this might be a bit different.
There weren’t just one or two students who had collected 5 Praise Cards, and quite a number had even collected more than that.
“Hmm. My opinion is definitely right. The teacher will give us his heart.”
“What nonsense, Quantus. What do you mean, heart?”
“He’ll say those beautiful words that the reward lies within our hearts.”
“Ugh.”
Ann, who was sighing, actually thought that if it was Teacher Ziel, he would give them something completely unexpected.
The problem was that those expectations always surpassed the students’ imagination.
‘If it’s weapons or armor, he must have prepared something incredible, right?’
She suddenly had a terrible thought.
Armor coated with juice from Peckworm Scent Glands!
The defense would definitely be solid.
Because no one would dare approach him.
“Boss, everyone’s really excited about this.”
“Mm.”
“I’m so jealous. The kids who collected 5 cards get to receive ‘that thing’ too….”
Gilbert, who was standing nearby, was genuinely envious.
Because he already knew what the prize was.
‘I’m really jealous….’
In the end, Gilbert didn’t receive a single Praise Card this semester.
Because he wasn’t a student.
He tried arguing that since he was learning from Ziel, wasn’t he a student?
But he was blocked by the logic that his official status was Teaching Assistant, not student.
It was disappointing.
‘He just keeps giving me these damn daggers!’
It was already 20 daggers.
They were piled up in his room and he couldn’t see any use for them.
Later, when he goes on missions with the Boss, he’ll just throw them all to deal with enemies.
“Then, I’ll begin the presentation now. Students whose names are called should come forward one by one to exchange their 5 Praise Cards.”
“Um, Teacher. Then if we collect 10 cards, do we get 2 prizes?”
“That’s right.”
“Yahoo!”
Celia cheered.
Students like Yurio, Ann, and Delev who usually received Praise Cards frequently were equally delighted.
Two prizes!
“I’m jealous. I only have one.”
“Thanks to what we got while preparing for the performance, at least we each get one!”
“One is still something! Originally we couldn’t even collect 3 cards, let alone 5!”
What kind of prize could it be?
“Student Yurio Harmatan.”
Yurio was first.
“I collected 13 cards!”
“Keep 3 cards as they are, and exchange only 10. Gilbert.”
“Yes, Boss. Here, you’ve worked hard for a year.”
“Thank you, Teaching Assistant!”
Yurio smiled brightly as he finally received his Praise Card reward!
“…Huh?”
But something seemed strange.
What was this reward….
“Cards…right?”
“That’s right. Cards.”
“….”
An ominous thought crossed his mind.
‘Don’t tell me I need to collect 5 more of these to get the real reward….’
“Yurio, you don’t need to worry too much. You’ll be surprised when you find out.”
“Huh? What is it, Teaching Assistant?”
“You’ll find out soon.”
Ziel nodded as well.
“That’s right, you’ll find out soon. Go back and wait.”
Yurio examined the cards closely as he went inside.
“There’s nothing on the front….”
When he flipped it over, there was writing on it.
“Ziel… Steelheart… Is this Teacher’s signature?”
Ziel’s handwritten signature!
It was valuable, but….
“What on earth is this?”
“Yurio, what did you get?”
“Cards.”
“Cards?”
“Yeah, cards.”
“Why?”
“He just gave them to us so I took them….”
“Don’t tell me if we collect 5 of these again, he’ll actually give us a real reward?”
Was it because it was Karen?
Or was it because she’d been deceived so often that she was thinking the same thing?
“I…don’t think that’s it?”
Not only Yurio, but all the students who had exchanged for new cards had similar doubts.
“Did the teacher scam us?”
“What are you talking about? Teacher Ziel doesn’t scam people.”
“No, but think about it. We brought 5 cards and he gave us cards again….”
“He said he’d explain once everyone received theirs, so let’s wait.”
Empty cards.
On the back was Ziel’s signature.
That was all.
‘What the heck is this?’
No matter how they turned it around, there wasn’t really anything to see.
“Could this be some kind of exchange voucher? Like you take this somewhere and they exchange it for a prize?”
“If it were Teacher Ziel, wouldn’t he have just given us the thing directly instead of this? He values efficiency.”
“That’s…true, I guess?”
Amidst all the speculation, finally all the students had received their reward cards.
All eyes focused on Ziel, and finally Ziel’s mouth opened.
“Everyone hold those cards in your hands and channel mana into them.”
As soon as he finished speaking, exclamations erupted from here and there.
“It’s Teacher Ziel’s portrait!”
“Oh!”
“He’s so handsome!”
“Amazing, even if it can’t match the real thing, this is incredible!”
When they injected mana, what appeared on the front of the card was Ziel’s portrait.
“When did you prepare this?”
“But is this… a reward?”
Ziel’s portrait card!
The uniqueness that appears when mana is injected!
Certainly an item with collectible value.
But it wasn’t what the students had expected.
That’s why Ziel’s explanation was just beginning.
“That card grants special privileges.”
“Privileges?”
Could it be a free pass to the Imperial Palace?
‘Is this going too far?’
Infinite curiosity bubbling up in the students’ hearts!
Gilbert grinned.
‘They’ll probably be shocked.’
The portrait was by Mortis.
The card creation was by Emerick.
And the idea was his own!
‘It came from my head, but isn’t it brilliant?’
Finally, Ziel mentioned that special privilege.
Slightly.
With a very subtly embarrassed expression.
“That card is the ‘Ziel Steelheart Daily Free Pass’.”
“…”
“…”
The surroundings fell silent.
Everyone wondered if they had heard wrong.
Gilbert was also flustered.
Ziel approached and whispered.
“Didn’t you say it was a good idea?”
“I… did… certainly…”
But at that moment.
“Really? Really? A one-day free pass?”
“You mean we can request anything from Teacher?”
“Woooooooooh!”
Cheers and shouts erupted.
Making the auditorium ring loudly.
* * *
The idea’s origin was simple.
Originally, what Ziel intended to give the students were slightly modified versions of Black Sky’s items that he had thoroughly plundered from Siren’s mansion.
Changing their appearance and adjusting their functions bit by bit so that even if exposed to the outside, no one would know they were Black Sky’s items.
For example, Black Sky’s special magic stones.
Or powder containing stealth functions.
“That won’t work, Boss. It’s not special at all.”
“Aren’t these items the students haven’t encountered before?”
“That’s true! But their expectations are no joke. Unless it’s something like legendary armor or a legendary sword, the kids won’t be satisfied!”
“I can’t get a legendary sword.”
“That’s just what I’m saying!”
“I can get legendary armor.”
“…Really?”
“I have information about it. I can’t go right away though.”
That was tempting news in its own way, but Gilbert first persuaded Ziel.
“The kids worked hard for a whole year, not just one week, trying to get one of those praise cards. They waited a whole year, so if you give them something like that, wouldn’t it be anticlimactic?”
“Hmm.”
While he couldn’t immediately understand, Ziel tried thinking about it in a different way.
‘Suppose there’s a snack I’ve been waiting a year for…’
I waited a year to eat one snack.
But if the snack I received was unique but not particularly amazing…
Ziel nodding.
I understood.
If the snacks I’d waited a year for were just somewhat unique, it would be quite disappointing.
Of course, Black Sky was a special assassination group.
The items used within it were also special.
‘But the students aren’t assassins.’
While it might be fascinating to the students, it wouldn’t be a useful item.
“Then what would be a useful item?”
“Hmm….”
“It should actually help the students.”
“Help… help….”
Gilbert recalled the Boss’s tendencies he had observed so far.
Fairness.
Efficiency.
These two were the core.
‘Then there’s something that many students commonly want….’
Gilbert, who had been pondering for a while, suddenly made eye contact with Ziel.
“Huh?”
Come to think of it….
There is.
Something they commonly want.
“Boss.”
“What do you mean?”
“Everyone wants Boss, don’t they?”
“Me?”
“Yes! Everyone comes running over whenever they see Boss, asking questions, Celia asks you to eat together, and everyone wants to spend time with Boss, you know?”
“….”
Was that so?
“It’s natural for students to want their teacher.”
“It’s not natural at all. I haven’t attended the Academy myself, but looking at the other professors here, there’s no one as popular as Boss. Look at the other professors. Do students even go talk to them?”
It seemed like they hadn’t seen much of that.
“But Boss is different, right?”
“So you want to give me away as a prize?”
“That… wouldn’t be bad either, but Boss only has one body.”
“If I give out 100 pieces, I’ll die.”
“…What kind of horrible imagination is that.”
And so, after racking his brains, the reward that was born.
It was the ‘Daily Ziel Steelheart Usage Ticket’.
The wording was a bit strange, but that’s literally what it was.
“We’ll lend Boss to the student who wants it!”
“I’m not an object.”
“That’s just how we’re putting it, just the wording. When Boss receives a student’s request, you’ll carry out a ‘mission’.”
Mission.
Ziel understood immediately.
“The students become the clients.”
“Exactly. And Boss carries out those requests.”
“Assassination missions are not allowed.”
“…No one would request that anyway.”
“Stealing, assault, or kidnapping someone is also not allowed.”
“Right… yes. So let’s set restrictions. Nothing illegal.”
“Mm.”
“How about it? The ‘Ziel Steelheart Usage Ticket’?”
“Not bad. If I have the time, it’s also an opportunity to get closer to the students.”
And so it was born.
The Ziel Usage Ticket.
Turning back time, to the present.
“Teacher, Teacher! I want to use it!”
“Listen to the explanation first, Student Celia Rihart.”
“Yes!”
The excited students were truly in an uproar.
‘Is this really something to be so excited about?’
Gilbert’s prediction was so accurately on target.
I should look at this again.
‘What an excellent idea.’
The reaction was good.
But there was also an instinctive sense of crisis.
Because he couldn’t know what requests the students might make.
“I will perform ‘missions’ for you all. Illegal missions are excluded. Murder, assault, kidnapping….”
The students were stunned by his continuing words.
Did he really think we would request things like that?
“Also, I will refuse any mission that would compromise my ethics as a teacher. That’s all.”
“Ah….”
Celia looked disappointed.
What on earth had she been imagining?
“Everything else is possible. The deadline is one year. Timing doesn’t matter. However, if it’s a day when I have work, I’ll proceed after finishing all my duties. That’s all.”
As soon as he finished speaking, several students raised their hands!
They raised their hands almost simultaneously, but Ziel’s dynamic vision caught the student who raised their hand first.
“Speak, Student Quantus Hofel.”
Could it be a training partner request?
‘Dealing with that build all day wouldn’t be easy.’
“Before entering the Knight Order Camp, I’d like to explore the ruins near the capital. Please help me!”
It seemed like it would be an interesting mission.
“Good. We’ll depart tomorrow. Next.”
“Do I have to say it right now!”
“Come find me anytime to tell me. I’ll listen to everything as long as my schedule permits.”
As soon as Ziel finished speaking, Celia shot her hand up high.
“Then I want to use this tomorrow! The ‘Ziel Usage Ticket’!”
“Student Celia Rihart. You’re wrong.”
“What?”
“It’s a ‘Ziel Steelheart Mission Usage Ticket’.”
“Ah.”
Ziel corrected very firmly.
“So, what will it be? Student Celia Rihart.”
“I’ll tell you later!”
Ziel nodded.
‘First mission is Student Quantus Hofel, then next is Student Celia Rihart.’
Ziel immediately added.
“That’s all. From the next day onward, we need to enter performance preparations, so I won’t accept any missions until the Imperial invitation performance ends. I’ll accept missions starting from other schedules after that, so keep that in mind.”
Then all the students who had been urgently raising their hands fell into thought.
There was still time left.
Therefore, they had to use it carefully.
‘What should I ask for? Should I ask him to be my training partner? No, we do that during class too…’
‘Should I ask him to definitely put my name in when applying for the next major? Would that be against ethics?’
‘Should I ask him to join our Knight Order? That wouldn’t work, right?’
All kinds of thoughts were flashing through their minds.
Ziel nodded with slight satisfaction.
‘A perfect Praise Card reward indeed.’
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