On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 211

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 211

The Number of Disciples Keeps Growing (1)

Remil saw Ziel off more grandly than when he had arrived.

“Teacher, thank you once again.”

“I did it because 10 million sel was at stake.”

“You shouldn’t be so modest. You might be looked down upon.”

“Then just make sure I’m not looked down upon.”

Kail, who was standing next to Remil, also greeted him.

“Teacher, have a safe trip back! I’ll definitely write you a letter!”

“Please do. Practice your swordsmanship well until Academy admission.”

“Yes!”

Ziel had marked one future student!

‘He’ll grow into considerable talent later.’

The most important thing in swordsmanship isn’t the way of the sword or swordsmanship itself.

It’s the body.

Kail was born with that good body, so he would be able to display good talent in the future.

“Well then, take care, Teacher. I’ll greet you again.”

With this, the long schedule in the Western Region was concluded.

He had gained many things.

‘Quite a harvest.’

Numerous Dikelen silver coins obtained from selling gold bars.

A bounty of 10 million sel.

Various rare ingredients.

There were also things like gaining trust from various families and rising reputation, but these were merely additional benefits to Ziel.

What Ziel was most pleased about was securing educational tools!

‘I should plan lessons as soon as I return.’

With new educational tools, the teaching methods would also change little by little.

Bells and mana suppression bracelets, and even magical tools that let one enter the Dream World.

Adding a few super recovery potions that could be used in emergency situations to this…

‘Making praise cards with super recovery potions would also be a method.’

Ziel left the Western Region with Gilbert while lost in very pleasant imagination.

After some time passed, the two returned to the capital and headed to the Academy.

“Ah, finally home, Boss. It was long. I miss my bed.”

“A bed you’ll be changing soon.”

“Of course! But I need to renovate first. How should I tear down the wall…”

“It would be better to call specialists. I’ll look into it.”

“Ah, that would be better indeed. Understood.”

After returning to the dormitory, they unpacked and carefully stored the ingredients they had obtained.

A few required maintaining refrigeration magic, but most were dried or pickled, so there was no problem storing them as they were.

‘Since I thought of it, I should go down and take a look.’

Ziel headed to the basement of the Faculty Dormitory.

The cooking facilities he had seen before were left abandoned as they were.

Still, it was a place where numerous faculty members had once stayed and lived.

But now it was worn out and abandoned.

“Did they provide meals here?”

Ziel pondered for a moment and then decided.

“I’ll need a head chef.”

It seemed like he needed someone to cook just for the two of them.

Of course, after repairing the cooking facilities first.

Ziel returned and instructed Gilbert.

“When looking for specialists, also find someone who can create new cooking facilities.”

“Ah, yes. Understood. Will you be cooking yourself, Boss?”

“No. That would be inefficient. I’m thinking of bringing in a head chef.”

“Oh! Do you know any head chef?”

“There’s an Imperial Main Kitchen head chef named Rayman.”

“…Wouldn’t His Imperial Majesty be extremely furious if we brought him?”

“I only answered because you asked if I knew anyone. That person would be good too, but since it’s difficult to bring someone from the Imperial Palace, it would be better to find someone else. First, we’ll repair the facilities and renovate your room. While we’re at it, doing mine too would be efficient.”

“Yes, Boss! I’ll look into it immediately.”

“Rest today. You need to get sufficient rest.”

Gilbert, who was about to be moved, hesitated.

‘Someone like that made me work 20 hours…’

He had let him rest even then.

Though anything beyond the limit was resolved with Ziel’s mana.

“Boss, you should rest a bit too, you did a lot of work.”

“My stamina is fine. Yours isn’t.”

“…”

“Then rest.”

Ziel left the dormitory.

He didn’t particularly have a destination.

‘I’m supposed to go to Mortis Boutique in five days, so I have free time until then. Is it thanks to Potato?’

Today was the first time spending time alone without any work.

“What should I do?”

Since Ziel didn’t have any particularly difficult tasks, he didn’t really need the commonly thought of ‘rest for myself’ either.

Gourmet food?

Or visiting the black market?

“These are all things I’ve already done.”

It was then that Ziel fell into contemplation.

“Oh, Teacher Ziel?”

Ziel turned his head at the familiar voice.

Actually, he had known.

He had been feeling the gaze looking this way for a while now.

It wasn’t particularly threatening, so he had just left it alone.

“Professor Elcanto Paredes.”

It was Elcanto.

Elcanto approached as if he had discovered Ziel by chance!

‘You’ve been checking every single day, and you’re only coming now?’

“Your home visits are finished, I see?”

“Yes. I finished and returned today.”

“Oh my, I see. Ahem.”

The past week.

Elcanto had been coming to the Faculty Dormitory every single day, wondering if Ziel had returned.

“By the way, you’ve lost weight.”

“Oh!”

“The distance between your face and the edge of your face has decreased by exactly about 2.3cm.”

Tremendous weight loss!

During this vacation too, Elcanto had been secretly hunting magical beasts to earn pocket money.

And he had returned exactly a week ago.

‘This is satisfying.’

Dieting is most satisfying when others notice it.

Elcanto had actually lost a tremendous amount of weight.

The flabby belly fat had decreased quite a bit.

“The jelly on your arms has also fallen off a lot.”

“Jelly on my arms….”

“It’s a soft snack. I thought of it every time I looked at Professor Elcanto Paredes’ arms.”

“….”

It had fallen off quite a bit.

He could feel his body getting lighter every morning when he woke up.

But to describe it as jelly….

“Ahem. Hmm.”

No, this isn’t the time for this.

‘Should I get to the main point?’

This was exactly why Elcanto had been eagerly waiting for Ziel for the past week.

“Um, Teacher Ziel.”

“Yes.”

“I have some concerns about my classes next semester.”

It was a concern that would have surprised others if they had heard it.

Professor Elcanto worrying about class ‘preparation’?

In fact, except for Ziel, there weren’t really any professors who were enthusiastic about teaching.

If there was one, it would be Professor Isabella at most?

Elcanto.

Idel.

Merhen.

And even Takeus, who was now locked up in prison, all just repeated the same curriculum they had created once.

Because it was convenient.

‘Now things have to change!’

But now that couldn’t continue.

It wasn’t simply that the evaluation criteria were changing due to academic system reform.

Last year’s exchange tournament.

After throwing himself into danger for his students there, Elcanto realized one fact.

He began to seriously think about his profession and reflected on what his feelings were when dealing with students!

“What kind of concerns?”

“Well… honestly, it’s a bit embarrassing, but the average level of the kids moving up to third year is somewhat lacking. Yes, it’s because I didn’t teach them well.”

“Yes, I know.”

“….”

The thought that this was too harsh was brief.

“But you can change it. It’s something that can be improved.”

“R-right!”

“However, Professor Elcanto’s skills also need to improve together. Curriculum is a method. The skill of the person implementing the method is also important.”

“That’s… right.”

Merciless words that couldn’t be refuted!

However, what Ziel’s words contained wasn’t malice but a cold analysis of the current situation.

“You seem to be at mid-level Expert currently. Is that correct?”

“H-how do you know that?”

“I can tell by looking.”

Ziel thought for a moment and then suggested.

“You need to lose more weight and advance to upper-level Expert.”

“But that’s not easy….”

“Of course it’s difficult. But it must be done. The curriculum for third years that I’m about to propose will proceed smoothly only if that’s achieved.”

Elcanto nodded blankly.

He came to solve his concerns but ended up with even more concerns.

‘Should I enter something like a knight order camp?’

“And there’s a condition for the curriculum.”

“Wh-what is it?”

“I can’t give it to you for free.”

That was natural.

Elcanto nodded too.

“Of course! What do you want? If development costs are involved, I’ll pay whatever!”

“Money won’t do. I read in a book that you shouldn’t do money transactions with workplace colleagues.”

“Ah.”

That was reasonable.

‘Then what should I give instead of money?’

Should he give him a sword?

Or maybe have a decent set of armor tailored for him?

‘But how much value should I assign?’

His curiosity was soon satisfied.

“Food would be good after all.”

“Food….”

Elcanto shuddered and trembled at the memories of the past.

The memory of that day when he had to buy loads of jelly!

“How about Lancaster’s Star?”

“L-Lancaster’s Star….”

“I think it has more than that much value.”

Elcanto nodded tearfully.

“Let’s go eat….”

* * *

After a meal whose cost he didn’t even want to recall.

Elcanto calmed his pounding heart with the feelings of a student waiting for exam results.

This was Elcanto’s research lab.

Elcanto was sitting, and Ziel was standing.

But the one trembling was Elcanto.

Rustle, rustle.

Ziel examined the third year curriculum at an incredible speed, whether he was reading or skimming was unclear.

And after reading the last page.

“It needs to be fixed.”

“Wh-where?”

“From beginning to end.”

“….”

“The approach needs to change. The level of current second years moving up to third year is not high. Above all, they lack fundamentals. There are many students who are more lacking than the first years I’m in charge of.”

Ziel evaluated mercilessly and coldly.

“Did you give the students separate training instructions during vacation?”

“No….”

“Then naturally we must develop from the fundamentals. A plan to strengthen physical fitness first is the priority. Swordsmanship can be divided into Major Classes 1 and 2, proceeding to the extent that they don’t forget their senses.”

Ziel revised without hesitation, and Elcanto frantically took notes.

“Assign physical fitness strengthening training… and limit swordsmanship training….”

Swish, swoosh.

Elcanto’s hand moving quickly across the paper.

“We’ll go in order of cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, and then mental training.”

“Mental training?”

“Yes. First we train the body, then proceed with mental training. The mental aspect is also absolutely necessary for the students.”

“I-I see. Mental training….”

First, I wrote everything down.

The curriculum Ziel created was thoroughly centered on physical training, with a format that emphasized rest periods in between.

However, there was a problem.

“Will the… kids actually do this?”

It was incredibly intense.

Running with sandbags attached without using mana.

Muscle exercises for full-body strength enhancement, and so on.

Each movement wasn’t impossible to do, but the problem was that the duration was very long, and it sparked competitiveness among the students.

“Yes, the prospective Second Years all did it.”

“…”

“And they have to do it. Otherwise, our Second Years will completely surpass the Third Years this semester.”

“…!”

Generally, this wasn’t something to say in front of a senior professor, but his opponent was Ziel.

That was the truth, he had the ability to do it, and he was someone who could do even more.

‘Getting overtaken by lower grades at the underclassman level?’

In fact, they had already been overtaken.

The current Second Years who entered the Knight Order Camp—that is, the top-tier First Year students who would soon become Second Years—already far surpassed the prospective Third Years in skill.

Elcanto wanted to somehow narrow that gap.

Furthermore, he wanted to beat the prospective Fourth Years led by Idel.

“And to do all of this, you need to take control of the students.”

“Take control…!”

“That’s exactly why I told you that Professor Elcanto Paredes’s swordsmanship needs to develop further.”

He was right.

If a professor lacks skill, students won’t follow them.

Mid-level Expert.

It was sufficient to earn the Grand Knight title, but if he went higher than that, the students would surely look up to him.

“You need to prepare the students’ training while conducting personal training in parallel.”

“Ah, I understand. Then could you show me how to do it?”

“Yes. I understand. Let’s go to the auditorium. Professor Elcanto Paredes can try it directly.”

“…Me?”

Ziel tilted his head.

“Didn’t you ask me to show you?”

This wasn’t what he meant.

“Don’t use mana, and attach sandbags at twice the level of the students. I’ll teach you the strength training routine directly at the field site. Since it’s afternoon now… it would be appropriate to continue until night.”

Elcanto’s face began to turn pale.

“Ah, I understand. I would be… grateful if you taught me well.”

“Yes.”

Ziel thought.

Somehow, it seemed like his disciples were increasing.

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