On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 184
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 184
Perfect Compensation (2)
100 people.
Ziel Usage Tickets granted to all students.
From the night they received their tickets, the students’ discussions continued all night long.
“What would be good? How should we use them?”
“A training partner would be nice, wouldn’t it?”
“The teacher would tell us if we just went and asked, right? That’s just about our swordsmanship anyway.”
“Quantus was really smart about it. I never imagined he’d ask for help with ruins exploration. But him doing ruins exploration?”
“Isn’t he just going to smash everything with brute force?”
It wasn’t like they were competing anyway.
There might be some competition for dates, but the usage period was very long.
One year ahead, including vacation.
There would be days when they couldn’t use them due to the teacher’s schedule, but everyone would have a chance to use them anyway.
“How did you come up with that idea?”
“It was the Teaching Assistant’s idea.”
“As expected of Teacher Gilbert. He really knows his stuff, doesn’t he?”
There was also a student who fell into very serious contemplation.
‘Only 2 chances. I absolutely, absolutely must use them as efficiently as possible.’
Delev was especially like this.
Delev didn’t just respect Ziel—he wanted to become like him.
Very early in the first semester.
This feeling had emerged after being utterly defeated by Ziel.
He was, so to speak, a role model.
That coldness!
That swordsmanship!
That sharpness!
Everything was perfect and cool.
‘Should I ask him to tell me how I can become like the teacher…?’
It was too abstract.
‘Or maybe secret sword techniques?!’
That would be nice too, but the problem was he’d been learning heavy sword technique too deeply and for too long.
And he felt like he could probably get some of that information by asking during class anyway.
‘So what should I request?’
While Delev was lost in the dilemma of a lifetime, Celia was swallowing her disappointment.
“Damn. I was going to ask him to go to the ball with me.”
“Why? That seems like it could work?”
“Teacher Ziel would refuse, saying it would be abandoning the ethics between teacher and student.”
“You think so?”
“Well, a ball partner is a bit much. You’d have to dance together too.”
Celia had been having bold fantasies.
But unlike Delev, she seemed to have many ideas coming to mind.
“How about this? Since I have 2 tickets anyway, I’ll ask him to go shopping with me all day.”
“Oh my, that’s good!”
“Ask him to carry bags and look at clothes too!”
“That’s great! Did you tell him that?”
“No. Not yet. I decided on one first, and I’m thinking about how to use the other one.”
“What is it? What did you choose?”
“Secret.”
“Ah, why? Tell me.”
“You’ll be shocked when you find out later, right?”
The other female students got excited at Celia’s words.
“Then should I do this? There’s this senior who’s been really annoyingly following me around.”
“Ah, Senior Eton? The third year?”
“Right. Ugh, seriously. Yesterday he suddenly showed up asking me to eat with him…”
Stalker elimination.
“Should I ask him to go to my hometown with me?”
“That’s the Northern Region!”
“Right. But if it doesn’t work with the teacher’s schedule, there’s nothing I can do…”
“It’s a one-day pass but it would probably take almost a month?”
A sudden hometown visit.
“Should I ask him to go monster hunting with me?”
“That sounds good. Like with the Ruinbark back then?”
“Ruinbark is too strong… there’s this really hard-to-find monster.”
Monster searching and hunting.
‘What should I request from Teacher? Developing my own secret technique… should I ask for something like that?’
Maris was also deep in serious contemplation.
She had been worrying about swordsmanship lately anyway.
The Sopen Family unfortunately had a short history and tradition.
To be precise, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that their history related to swordsmanship began with Maris’s generation.
Until then, they were just one of those ordinary families, but the family prospered after starting a business, and with that money, Maris finally began to develop her talent.
That was the problem.
Starting with Maris, Maris was building everything from scratch.
The Sopen Family brought in various teachers to instruct Maris, but Maris herself was confused about which direction she should take.
It wasn’t swordsmanship with a clear identity like Delev’s or Celia’s.
She had talent but felt like she was wearing the wrong clothing!
‘I need to think about this more.’
And while discussions went back and forth with all sorts of requests, Quantus, who had grabbed the first ‘Daily Ziel,’ was the most excited.
“Ruins exploration with Teacher! It’s definitely going to be amazing!”
“Quantus, are you really okay with that? You only had 9 Praise Cards, so you could only exchange for one.”
“It’s what I wanted to do most, so that’s what I requested?”
Quantus nodded as if it were obvious in response to Ann’s words.
“Ann, what are you going to request?”
“Well… I’m not really sure.”
“Just say whatever you want!”
At times like this, she really envied that simplicity and decisiveness.
A Teacher Ziel voucher that would seem precious no matter how you used it!
‘Daily Mission Voucher? Something like that anyway.’
Ann was in serious contemplation no less than the other students.
How should she use this precious voucher!
‘Should I ask him to enter an eating contest with me? No, that’s a bit… what would be good!’
The students’ worries were deepening.
* * *
Ziel handled Quantus’s request first.
Ruins exploration.
Since it was near the capital, the journey didn’t take long.
“Here it is, Teacher Ziel!”
The ruins were located in the mountain foothills.
Climbing up the mountain, they found a cave, and following the cave inward, ruins appeared that connected underground below the cave.
“Isn’t it amazing! These are traces of people who lived underground below the cave!”
“Hmm. I see.”
“I’m so excited!”
“Student Quantus Hofel, is this your hobby?”
“Yes. I made it my hobby after visiting ruins with my father during vacation!”
“How did you discover this place?”
“I got lost on my way back to the capital after vacation ended and discovered it!”
“…”
Fortunately, there was nothing particularly dangerous in the ruins.
There were just traces of people who had lived there, and Quantus explored the ruins very carefully, unlike his usual self.
“Ruins must be explored very meticulously. You mustn’t accidentally damage the ruins or destroy the traces.”
‘He has an unexpected side that’s different from his usual behavior.’
He observed the items in the ruins with careful hands, and before long, he was even sketching.
Of course, his drawing skills were quite lacking.
“When sketching, first establish the position and size of the object. Humans have two eyes. They perceive subjects in two dimensions.”
“That’s too difficult, Teacher.”
Ah.
It was Quantus Hofel.
Ziel pondered for a moment and brought out a customized lesson.
“At first, sketch using only simple straight lines. Don’t force yourself to draw curves, just sketch with straight lines to establish the shape.”
“I see.”
“Establishing position and size comes after that. Lots of practice is the answer.”
“Yes!”
Swish, swoosh.
Though it was his first time and he was quite clumsy, seeing Quantus take up a hobby on his own was somehow endearing.
My assassin days.
I remembered the time when I received sketching training.
As quickly and clearly as possible.
Sketching that I learned to assess situations and gather evidence.
I never dreamed that I would pass on sketching, which I learned purely as a foundation for assassination, to a student like this.
‘This work is interesting.’
This current situation where I was using many techniques I learned to kill someone more quickly and efficiently for the sake of students was surprisingly fascinating.
“By the way, Quantus Hofel.”
“Yes, Teacher!”
“I thought the ruins would be dangerous, but they weren’t. Is it okay to use the daily voucher?”
“Ah! I didn’t ask you to come because it was dangerous! Hehe.”
Quantus scratched the back of his head.
“I just wanted to show off my hobby and brag about it!”
“I see.”
It was a very Quantus-like reason.
‘Ruins, huh.’
Ziel looked around while Quantus was absorbed in sketching.
They were just ruins that held traces of people who had lived there before.
There were no objects or scenery that caught the eye.
There were old items, but they held no particular value for Ziel.
However, it was a little different for Quantus.
“Wow, this is something I saw in a book.”
“Is it a valuable item?”
“Of course! You can learn how the people of Artas lived!”
“Hmm. I see.”
I still don’t quite understand what’s so interesting about it…
‘Since he’s enjoying it, I feel similarly.’
Seeing the student say he was happy made Ziel feel good too.
My student’s joy is the teacher’s joy.
Ziel realized this.
“Actually, these ruins have already been fully explored before, Teacher. Other people have already finished exploring them. But someday I want to be the first discoverer!”
“I see. I hope that happens.”
“When that happens, I’ll show you first, Teacher! Since you didn’t laugh at my dream.”
“Laugh?”
“Ando laughed, Karen laughed, Delev laughed too… They said it doesn’t suit me.”
Ziel nodded.
“That’s true.”
“Even you, Teacher!”
“But if you make it suit you, that’s all that matters. Work hard.”
“Teacher…”
“And practice your sketching more. You’re still lacking a lot.”
“Yes! I’ll work hard!”
And so the ruins exploration ended.
“Please be careful going back, Teacher! Today was enjoyable and happy!”
“Yes, go inside. Student Quantus Hofel.”
“Thank you once again! I’ll work hard!”
“There’s something more important than that.”
“Yes? What is it!”
“Doing well.”
“Ah.”
He returned to the capital with Quantus and finished that day.
As soon as he returned to the faculty dormitory, Gilbert asked.
“How was it, Boss? What was Quantus’s reaction? Did magic beasts appear from the ruins and such?”
“No magic beasts appeared and student Quantus Hofel was happy.”
“Oh! But then what kind of ruins were they?”
“Ruins with traces of people having lived there.”
“Quantus is interested in history…”
“He just seems to like observing and recording things.”
“I see.”
Ziel also wrote a journal.
He brought an empty book and pondered over the title first.
“Hmm.”
This would be good.
Scratch, scratch.
The title that was born was this.
<Ziel’s Usage Journal>.
It was a very Ziel-like title.
With a satisfied smile, Ziel meticulously recorded the details of what happened with Quantus today.
It seemed like it would be fun to read again once the content accumulated.
“Next is Student Celia Rihart.”
Closing the book, Ziel became curious about what kind of request Celia would make.
And the next day.
Celia came to the Faculty Dormitory.
“Teacher Ziel… you live here?”
“Yes.”
“How can you live here…?”
“There’s space to lie down.”
“Uh…”
“There’s also a desk.”
“…”
“There are some bugs.”
“Kyaah!”
“There’s no problem with living here.”
“I, I thought this place was so old that no one would live here…”
“I live here. With Teaching Assistant Gilbert.”
“…”
Should I ask Father to get Teacher a house?
‘Or maybe just tear this place down and build a new one…’
“I like it here. I have my own space where safety and privacy are guaranteed.”
Is he being frugal?
Or maybe his satisfaction threshold was just low.
Celia couldn’t understand it, but that wasn’t what mattered right now.
“So, what kind of mission is it? Student Celia Rihart.”
Today was a very important day.
“Please be my bodyguard for just one day, Teacher.”
“Bodyguard?”
Guard Knight.
It was Celia’s dream that had come to mind from the moment she saw Ziel.
But it was also a dream she had now given up on.
So she intended to fulfill that dream, even if just for a moment.
However, this ‘mission’ wasn’t solely for that dream.
“I have somewhere to go. But it’s a somewhat dangerous place.”
“A dangerous place. Where?”
“The Black Market.”
Ziel tilted his head at those words.
“That’s not really a dangerous place.”
“…?”
The Black Market wasn’t dangerous?
“Why are you going to the Black Market?”
“Well.”
Finally, Celia revealed her real purpose.
“I want to buy someone a birthday gift.”
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