On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 244
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 244
That’s Right
Finally, victory!
The moment Edelwein broke Telvir Academy’s dominance, Berhal shouted from the spectator seats.
The summit he absolutely had to reach to achieve his goal of changing the Sword School!
He had finally reached it.
‘Just the youth division alone is enough!’
Of course it would be great to win the young adult division too, but just winning the youth division was already an tremendous achievement.
This alone announced the revival of Edelwein Academy.
“Winner Yurio Harmatan, step forward!”
Watching Yurio ascend the award platform made him feel like he could fly.
Incidentally, after discussion, the runner-up was decided to be an unprecedented joint runner-up.
The expressions of Delev and Celia, who stood side by side earlier to receive their runner-up trophies, couldn’t have been good.
‘Damn, I shouldn’t have attacked at the end.’
‘Still, I eliminated Celia. No regrets.’
Strictly speaking, it was Delev’s victory by decision.
He had turned what would have been a confirmed sole runner-up position into a joint runner-up.
Thanks to that, Celia felt so wronged she could go crazy, but she still couldn’t openly display her emotions at such an occasion.
Actually, envy was a stronger emotion than that.
‘Yurio, just what are you…’
Yurio.
The last-place admission student that no one paid attention to at the beginning of last semester.
Honestly, she had ignored him.
She hadn’t even bothered to care.
That same guy had somehow climbed up to claim victory.
‘…This absolutely cannot continue.’
Both Celia and Delev gritted their teeth in determination.
Runner-up wasn’t necessarily bad, but for the two who had naturally envisioned victory, this truly became a catalyst for renewed effort!
“Yes, that’s enough. They can win next time.”
Amos and Daren also nodded while watching their children.
What had already happened couldn’t be helped.
It wasn’t shameful either.
What would truly be shameful was not giving their best effort.
Both had given their best.
It’s just that the winner Yurio fought a little more magnificently and deployed more efficient strategies.
‘This is how they learn.’
Then Amos suddenly looked toward Ziel.
Celia and Delev were one thing.
Yes, he could understand even Maris and Ann.
But what about the other students?
All of them at Walker rank.
No matter how he thought about it, it was an impossible growth rate.
‘I heard the curriculum received such high praise even at the knight order camp… Just how did he educate those children?’
It was truly a revolutionary growth rate.
Perhaps Teacher Ziel’s education might be presenting a new standard.
If that teaching method could be expanded empire-wide, the Empire’s future would become much brighter!
But thinking about it briefly, it didn’t seem like such a simple matter.
Just bringing the curriculum wouldn’t mean anyone could teach that way.
‘Anyway… he’s truly an incredible person.’
He had given up on scouting, but the fact remained that he still coveted him.
At this very moment, the real winner wasn’t Yurio.
It was Teacher Ziel, who taught all 20 students who made it to the main tournament, who was the hidden winner of this youth division.
“So you are Yurio Harmatan.”
“I-I greet Your Highness!”
Meanwhile, Yurio faced Dietrich and received his trophy.
“You need not worry about your family’s troubles.”
“How do you know that…”
“I have already sent an envoy to the Northern Region, so rest assured that no unfortunate situation will occur.”
“Your Highness’s grace…”
“Do not cry. This is a joyous occasion.”
Dietrich displayed the dignity befitting a prince while also taking appropriate credit.
‘Well done, Your Highness.’
Relio smiled contentedly.
As Dietrich said, the prince’s envoy would soon depart for the Harmatan family.
If any place attacked the Harmatan family, it would be considered a challenge to the Imperial Palace.
‘Father…’
Yurio looked toward the spectator seats with inner relief.
His father seemed to have already left his seat.
He was surprised at first, but now he thought he understood what feelings had made him reveal himself.
After the award ceremony ended.
Yurio faced the person he most wanted to receive congratulations from.
“Well done, Student Yurio Harmatan.”
“Teacher!”
“Your final judgment was excellent.”
“It’s all thanks to what you taught me, Teacher!”
Ziel was flustered.
“Right. I taught you well.”
“You taught me incredibly well!”
“Mm. I suppose so.”
Ziel was slightly taken aback by the somewhat different reaction than usual.
He immediately pulled out a praise card to smooth things over.
“This is my gift to the winner.”
“Wow! Five whole cards!”
“Well done. And take this too.”
Ziel placed the Harmatan family sword that Rangl Harmatan had entrusted to him into Yurio’s hands.
“This is…”
“It’s the sword that Family Head Rangl Harmatan entrusted to me. He seems to think you’ve now earned the right to it. I agree as well.”
The family sword he was touching for the first time!
Father had shown it to him occasionally, but had never once given him the chance to draw it, and now it was finally in his hands.
Growth.
Recognition.
Yurio’s hands trembled as he achieved both.
“Thank you, Teacher…”
“You’re the one who achieved this. No need to thank me.”
“But it’s thanks to your teaching, Teacher.”
“That’s true.”
Nod.
While Ziel acknowledged this without hesitation, he didn’t forget to give advice as well.
“The other students will also do their best to beat you from now on. The way for you not to lose is to do even better going forward.”
“I’ll keep that in mind, Teacher.”
“And just attend my classes well.”
“Of course!”
“Mm. Go rest now. The youth division starts the day after tomorrow.”
“Yes!”
Yurio looked at the praise cards that the departing Ziel had given him and broke into a beaming smile.
‘I should go to the unlimited dining table and eat with these.’
There was also prize money.
A whopping 50,000 cel.
Though it was a youth division match, it was quite a substantial amount.
‘I’ll send some to the family and use the rest for my living expenses…’
And he also thought of his closest friend’s face.
‘Should I buy Karen an A Set Meal at the student cafeteria?’
Thus ended the youth division match that defied everyone’s expectations.
Now it was time for the young adult division.
The young adult division matches proceeded in a different manner than expected.
Though more people competed in the preliminaries than in the youth division, the number advancing to the main tournament was the same.
In other words, much fiercer competition unfolded.
“Even the preliminaries are sooo brutal. Wow.”
“I’m dying. How on earth did I pass?”
Due to the clear difference in skill level, the Sword School second years naturally struggled.
Nevertheless, they achieved the remarkable feat of having 3 out of the final 5 advance to the main tournament.
Yurio.
Delev.
Celia.
Those were the protagonists.
“My goodness, Sword School second years made it to the young adult division main tournament?”
“Does that even make sense?”
“Odds, check the odds again! I’m betting on that Yurio kid this time!”
Though they struggled, just advancing was an enormous topic of discussion!
Since they had advanced in a situation with no minimum age restriction.
At least top 10.
The goal that Ziel had mentioned in the faculty meeting was gradually becoming reality.
“If it weren’t for Teacher Ziel, we never could have dreamed of the main tournament.”
“Right. Wow. My last opponent was really close.”
The three acknowledged this without disagreement.
Though Ziel’s classes helped, the reason these three could advance to the main tournament was precisely thanks to Ziel’s ‘instructions.’
Right before the preliminaries.
Ziel had informed the students about opponents they needed to be wary of in each block.
And along with those opponents’ habits, he even provided rough speculation about their swordsmanship!
“He probably only saw those people once, so how did Teacher Ziel know all that?”
“That’s why he’s Teacher Ziel.”
“No, but still, to figure out opponents’ habits and swordsmanship just from a quick glance…”
The students couldn’t possibly understand Ziel’s ability!
It was Ziel’s unique observational skill of judging by habits and appearance.
The position of calluses.
Walking gait.
The form of the sword they carried.
And combining and analyzing specific behaviors to reach conclusions.
That information was almost entirely accurate, and it provided tremendous help for the three to advance to the main tournament.
“You didn’t even see them fight…”
“That’s why he’s our teacher.”
Now they had temporarily forgotten about the youth division.
The young adult division main tournament!
Who could have imagined it.
That three second years—not 6th years, not 5th years, not 4th years, not 3rd years—would occupy spots among the 20!
“Remarkable. Those three… they will truly lead the Empire’s future.”
Berhal, who was watching today’s matches from the spectator seats as usual, couldn’t hide his amazement.
Meanwhile, the professors beside him were absolutely miserable.
Especially Merhen and Idel.
Elcanto didn’t mind.
Two had advanced to the main tournament after all.
The problem was that the 4th and 5th years had only managed 1 and 2 respectively, completely losing face.
4th and 5th year main tournament qualifiers: 3 students.
2nd year main tournament qualifiers: also 3 students.
Their dignity had been thoroughly crushed.
‘Does that even make sense?’
‘That Ziel, what on earth is he…’
Thus, Edelwein Academy had a total of 10 students advance to the main tournament.
This included 3 sixth years.
Telvir Academy also had 10.
It was exactly half and half.
In the last tournament, Edelwein Academy had only managed to get about 4 students to the main tournament.
Considering that the rest were all from Telvir, this was a very encouraging result!
‘Will we win this time too?’
The flow would probably be different from the youth division.
But having already achieved sufficient results in the youth division, there was nothing to be burdened by or fear.
As the main tournament was about to begin, Ziel was giving Delev analytical information.
“Aim for his left from your perspective. Whether he’s injured or not, his right leg’s reaction is slightly delayed.”
“Yes, understood.”
“Pay attention to his swordsmanship too. It’s a style that watches for openings and defeats opponents with a single decisive attack. He defeated 5 people that way in the preliminaries. You have two choices. Either don’t give him any openings, or give him an opening to lure him in. The latter is better. The key is his vertical downward slash. At that moment, his upper body becomes exposed. If you target that opening, you’ll win.”
Delev nodded frantically while clearly memorizing Ziel’s words.
His opponent was a 5th year from Telvir Academy.
By conventional wisdom, Delev wasn’t someone who could beat such an opponent, but Ziel spoke with certainty.
“Student Delev Kundel. If you do as I say, you’ll win.”
“If I just do as Teacher says…”
“Conversely, if you don’t do as I say, you’ll lose.”
“Ah.”
“But you won’t do that. Go win.”
Delev nodded with serious eyes.
“Yes, Teacher.”
Thus began the match between Delev and Oren, a 5th year from Telvir Academy.
‘Youth division runner-up, right. I don’t know how he got this far, but… I’m on the verge of becoming an Expert.’
The main tournament qualifiers from Telvir Academy had received the following special orders from Dean Sigmund.
You must win.
And claim victory.
Delev Kundel?
The Kundel Family might be famous, but he’s just a 2nd year lacking experience…
“Ugh!”
Oren collapsed after taking a single hit.
The spectator seats fell silent.
For a moment, no one realized what had happened.
It was instantaneous.
The moment he raised his sword to attack, Delev’s sword struck Oren’s upper body faster than ever before.
And Oren fell.
His back hit the ground, and he dropped his sword.
“V-Victor! Delev Kundel!”
Even the victory declaration was filled with bewilderment, but soon cheers erupted from the spectator seats.
“This is insane!”
“Wooooooh!”
“A 2nd year beat a 5th year!”
An incredible upset!
Talent is important, but experience is even more crucial!
Yet Delev had beautifully shattered common sense, achieving perfect victory with a single strike.
“What is this…”
The faces of Telvir Academy officials, including Sigmund, contorted.
It was an unbelievable situation.
“Trickery! Didn’t he use some kind of trickery!”
At one professor’s outcry, Sigmund quietly responded.
“Please be quiet. It would be embarrassing if someone heard you.”
“But Dean, this doesn’t make sense…”
“It was a completely fair match.”
Sigmund is a Master-level expert.
So he knows very well what just happened.
‘To find the only way to win.’
The very small opening that occurs the moment one raises their sword.
He saw that and attacked.
Other than that, there’s no way for a second year to beat a fifth year.
But how did he see it?
Then Sigmund’s gaze turned toward Ziel, who was now advising Celia.
The scene of him explaining something while the student nodded earnestly!
‘Is he a teacher?’
Instead of getting angry at his sense of defeat, Sigmund thought of something else.
‘There’s more and more to learn about Edelwein Academy.’
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