On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 219
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 219
The Dawning New Semester (1)
By the time the security guards arrived, the situation had already ended.
The inn owner, looking dejected, hastily gave his testimony.
“I don’t know what kind of quarrel started, but these mercenary bastards came looking for someone staying in one of the rooms…”
“So you’re saying this mercenary group came together to gang up on one person?”
“I-I think so.”
This is why one’s usual conduct is so important.
It was only natural for Garet’s mercenary group, who often caused trouble, to be dragged away.
“Hey you bastards, get up! You’re in big trouble now.”
“Why is this guy’s waist bent in half?”
“Isn’t this Garet? All his teeth are gone.”
Garet’s mercenary group got thoroughly beaten!
Though Ziel’s decisive intervention came at the end, Big Sword Kelvin’s reputation soared even higher.
“Excuse me, are you Teacher Ziel Steelheart…?”
“That’s correct.”
“I used to work at the Academy Main Gate and was recently transferred to the Capital Security Guards!”
“I see.”
Thanks to the security guard who recognized Ziel, things went smoothly.
“Do you know each other?”
Ziel glanced at Kelvin and nodded.
“He’s my disciple.”
“…Big Sword Kelvin’s master!”
“I’m his master.”
“M-Master!”
Ziel also introduced Gilbert, who was right beside him.
“He’s my subordinate.”
“Weren’t you a Teaching Assistant?”
“He insisted on being called Boss.”
“Ah.”
Gilbert somehow felt like he’d lost.
‘I’m technically a disciple too!’
“Hmm, anyway, looking at the current situation… it seems Garet’s mercenary group started the trouble first, and this mess happened when they responded.”
“Yes, please handle it that way.”
“Pardon?”
Gilbert subtly stepped forward.
“Ha, haha. That’s what he means.”
There wasn’t a single wrong word in that.
Actually, Kelvin’s side had thrown the first punch, but there was nothing good about revealing that.
Gilbert didn’t know this either, but he quickly stepped in to smooth over the situation.
“We’ve actually been keeping an eye on these guys lately. Is your disciple injured anywhere?”
“He’s fine. Though he almost got poisoned.”
“Poison…! Those cowardly mercenary bastards. Thanks to this, we found an excuse to lock them up, thank you.”
Though Garet’s mercenary group had provided the excuse, when it came to the actual confrontation, far from gaining any advantage, the entire mercenary group had fallen with various injuries!
On top of that, Captain Garet had been severely beaten.
As of today, Garet’s mercenary group was as good as disbanded.
“As expected of Big Sword… came and took down the Capital’s 3rd ranked mercenary group…”
“Didn’t those guys still have quite a few members left? I heard there were about 50 of them.”
“Hey, man. With the captain beaten like that, who would follow? They’re all going to find their own way to survive.”
Big Sword’s rising reputation!
“But who’s that person he serves as master? He’s incredibly handsome.”
“I heard he’s famous lately. His name even appears in newspapers and such.”
And Ziel’s status, whom such a Big Sword served as master, naturally rose as well.
Gilbert felt jealous about this.
‘I could have beaten them all down too!’
Anyway, this brought the situation to a close.
“Boss, I’ll immediately look for another inn.”
“Mm. Do that. Inefficiency, you follow too.”
“M-Master. Y-Yes, understood.”
The three of them left the scene.
“Those bastards…”
Leaving behind Garet, who had lost all his teeth and was being dragged away by the security guards.
* * *
They secured a new inn.
It was a slightly better inn than Rocktil Inn.
“B-Big Sword… right?”
“…”
“S-Sorry! I shouldn’t have asked something unnecessary, hehe. I’ll serve you comfortably.”
Thanks to Kelvin being too shy to answer, they even got a good room!
“One room per person. We plan to stay for a week, so keep that in mind.”
Ziel looked out the window.
“There’s also a good training spot in the back. Do you have money prepared?”
“M-Master. I-I haven’t taken any c-contracts yet…”
“Then we’ll need time to earn money.”
“…”
But there was a slight problem.
‘If I work at the Academy… don’t I have to give up being a mercenary?’
He didn’t know how much he’d earn working at the Academy, but it was certain he’d earn less than during his mercenary life.
2,000 cel per hour.
‘How many times a month could I take lessons?’
“Um, th-that…”
As Kelvin spent a long time searching for words, Gilbert was about to explode with frustration.
“M-Money shortage… but… at the Academy…”
Ziel somehow understood the barely completed sentence and nodded.
“Right. It’s insufficient. With just a salary.”
That was correct.
Kelvin’s background was practically nonexistent by Academy standards.
Whatever position he might take, it would be difficult to exceed the salary Ziel received.
To take high-class lessons at 2,000 cel per hour with that money, it would be over in just one payday!
‘But I really want to learn.’
There was also the option of being satisfied with this and continuing mercenary life.
But Kelvin wanted to learn more.
Furthermore, he wanted to put an end to mercenary life and pursue the future he had dreamed of.
For that, the teachings of the master before his eyes were absolutely necessary.
“Th-Then, how…”
No matter how much he thought, no method came to mind!
He wanted to ask for a discount, but the words wouldn’t come out.
This time it wasn’t because he was shy.
He was afraid that if he did that, his master might refuse to teach him altogether.
“Hmm.”
Ziel brought up the story he had been thinking about.
“Then become my subordinate.”
Gilbert expected this.
‘If I become a subordinate, he’ll give me a discount?’
That wasn’t it.
“Gilbert is also my subordinate. That’s why he’s learning for free.”
“Ah….”
Gilbert cried out inwardly.
‘I’m the one being trained!’
Of course, he couldn’t deny that he was getting stronger because of it.
He was grateful, but it was damn hard, which was the problem.
“So it would be unfair to only charge you money.”
“Th, then….”
“Help me work at Sword School. That will solve it.”
Kelvin nodded without hesitation.
“Understood, Master!”
“Good. I’ve already looked into a position.”
Gilbert had heard earlier.
Though he didn’t like it, Berhal had apparently given permission for an assistant instructor role.
‘That’s a Teaching Assistant, what else.’
But Ziel’s thinking was different.
‘A Teaching Assistant can replace me, but an assistant instructor can only do something when I’m present.’
Ziel could at least entrust Gilbert with giving simple teachings to students and having conversations with them.
But not Kelvin.
Though he was strong and skilled, he lacked what was needed to teach students independently.
That’s why he created the assistant instructor position.
However-
‘This… isn’t this unprecedented?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘Ah.’
He had heard from Berhal that this was unprecedented.
Ziel didn’t care at all though.
What Ziel cared about was efficiency.
‘I can give up 2,000 Cel per hour and help the students grow.’
Making money himself versus the students growing.
He already had enough money.
So naturally, he chose the latter.
‘He’ll be a good sparring partner for the students.’
There was Gilbert too, but he was a level above that.
Ziel thought it was important to show students a wall they could ‘aspire to overcome.’
A wall of appropriate height that was difficult to overcome immediately, but still made them hold hope!
In that sense, Gilbert was a bit high, and Ziel was a very high wall, but Kelvin wasn’t.
Thus, the conclusion he reached.
‘He’ll make an excellent teaching material.’
Kelvin would be excellent training material for Ziel.
“…Th, thanks.”
“That’s informal speech.”
“My, my speech is slow….”
Kelvin’s heart was pounding.
‘I’m finally going under Master….’
An absolute powerhouse he had never encountered throughout his mercenary life!
It was shocking that he had been defeated by a single punch, but he had achieved tremendous growth in a short time by training under that opponent.
“Lo, loyalty!”
So he shouted loyalty, but Gilbert bristled inwardly.
‘That’s my thing!’
But he couldn’t do that in front of the Boss.
It bothered him, but there was nothing he could do.
It was the Boss’s decision.
Having sworn loyalty, he just needed to follow without doubt.
“I will also devote my loyalty, Boss.”
He didn’t forget to add a word, not to be outdone….
“You, you keep ge, getting jealous….”
“No!”
Thus, one of the Western Region’s top mercenaries, ‘Big Sword,’ came to liquidate his mercenary life and enter under Ziel.
Skilled individuals flocking under Ziel.
People would probably be surprised to see them gathering not under the Imperial Knights but under Academy affiliation….
“I’m looking forward to this semester’s growth.”
There was one reason Ziel accepted both Gilbert and Kelvin.
Because he judged they would help the students’ growth.
“Now that Academy employment is confirmed, memorize this from now on.”
Ziel handed over documents containing the students’ training records.
More precisely, it was a very thick bundle of documents.
No matter how efficiently Ziel recorded, it was a year’s worth of training content for 100 students.
“….”
Kelvin thought it was fortunate that he had learned to read, thinking it would be necessary someday.
“I’ll give you two days.”
“Tw, two days.”
“Is it difficult? I was thinking of giving you one day.”
‘Memorize it in two days?’
That’s right.
‘Is this a test…!’
The first stage of testing him as a subordinate.
Of course, Ziel was thinking purely from his own standards.
“Bo, Boss. Please give me four days.”
“Then I’ll make it three days.”
Fortunately, he gained one day.
‘I have to do it within three days.’
Gilbert looked at Kelvin with pitying eyes.
It felt like seeing himself when he first met the Boss and was often tested!
‘How can he read and memorize all that in three days.’
But just as he had done it, Kelvin would have to do it too.
That’s how he would pass the Boss’s test.
‘To think I’ll have to compete with that guy within the organization from now on….’
But he was confident.
He had the Boss’s trust, and his skills were continuously improving.
But then, this wasn’t the time for that….
“Boss!”
“Why are you calling.”
“Please train me!”
A request made out of a sense of crisis!
“Understood. There’s a training ground in the back, so you can use that.”
“Yes!”
“This time, 24 hours should do it.”
“….”
While Gilbert rolled his eyes wondering if he had spoken carelessly, Kelvin’s eyes wavered with anxiety.
‘I need to memorize it quickly and join in too.’
An invisible competition between the two had begun.
Ziel finally felt like he had finished everything he needed to do during this vacation.
‘Now I can start preparing for classes.’
The new semester that would begin in earnest.
Due to the academic system reorganization, he could continue teaching the First Years he had been teaching even after they moved up to Second Years.
Therefore, it was now time to properly transfer the curriculum he had been planning onto paper.
“Classes will proceed from nighttime, Gilbert. You should also prepare for next semester’s classes.”
“Understood, Boss.”
The Knight Order Camp would soon end and the students would also return to the Academy one by one.
Ziel recalled the major events that would take place next semester.
‘The Exchange Tournament, and practical training.’
One more event would be added to the annual events.
It wasn’t an Academy event.
It was an Empire-wide event.
The Imperial Swordsmanship Tournament.
Ziel’s goal was simple.
‘Victory.’
The summit itself.
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