On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 254
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 254
Transfer Commotion (2)
Ziel’s intention was firm.
‘Even if the Dean pushes, it won’t work.’
Teacher Ziel doesn’t change what he’s decided once.
His justification was also clear.
Harmony with existing students and curriculum issues!
“We will not accept students who haven’t passed the standards in our grade.”
Then Elcanto stepped forward with quick wit.
“Department Head, if students who fail like that wish to transfer to other grades, we’ll adjust flexibly and accept them.”
Second Years with sufficient talent.
In contrast, Third Years who are always pushed back by Second Years.
This side was actually the opposite.
The justification was sufficient, and it seemed like it could save face for both Berhal and the Dean.
“We First Years are fine too. Of course there are minimum standards, but if they want it, transfer consideration is possible. Actually, students who are currently First Years would fit better coming this way.”
Berhal felt relieved inside.
Teacher Ziel was important, but the Department Head ultimately had to walk a tightrope between the Dean and the department.
Fortunately, they found a way to save face while accepting Ziel’s request.
‘That’s fortunate. By the way, it seems Teacher Ziel’s reputation has spread quite solidly to Telvir Academy.’
The fact that as many as 34 students made this choice was no ordinary matter.
When you think about it, it’s full of risks.
Abandoning their current foundation.
The stares they’d receive when their transfer attempt became known.
And even the aftermath if they failed.
With this many students, some internal consensus must have formed, but to make them attempt transfer considering all of that.
‘Well, his skills are certainly solid.’
Teacher Ziel Steelheart.
The very person who presented a new paradigm in swordsmanship education!
No more words were needed.
“Understood. Then I’ll guide all transfer applicants through the procedures. The transfer exam will be held during vacation.”
“Yes, understood.”
The suddenly convened meeting concluded like that.
In many ways, it was very good news for Edelwein Academy.
However, it wasn’t for the other side.
Around the same time.
“…Did you just say transfer applications?”
“Y-yes…”
An angry voice erupted in Telvir Academy’s Dean’s office.
“These bastards really…”
Sigmund’s trembling hands!
The past few days had been absolutely the worst.
He thought they’d return with at least 2 championship cups.
No, at the very least, he thought they’d naturally return with the general division championship cup.
Because he was competing.
But not only did they fail to bring back a single one, even Sigmund was defeated futilely.
They gained nothing from this swordsmanship tournament and only lost everything!
Moreover, he was the Dean.
The Dean was in a position to take responsibility for Academy affairs.
‘This is driving me crazy.’
Sigmund, who was holding his forehead, suddenly asked.
“What about the Dark Ghost’s whereabouts? Are we still tracking?”
Dark Ghost.
That bastard who hurt Sigmund’s pride the most.
He was curious about that bastard’s whereabouts.
It was an extremely personal reason.
Because he wanted to meet him and ask exactly how he trained.
However, they say he disappeared like smoke right after the tournament.
“We’re tracking through all channels, but at this point, still…”
“…”
He’d have to set this aside for now.
This was personal business.
What was important now was that signs of student defection were showing at Telvir Academy.
“What about the students rumored to be applying for transfer?”
“Here they are.”
Seeing the list, Sigmund felt relieved for now.
Derk, whom he was most carefully nurturing, wasn’t on the list.
“It’s not confirmed yet, but these are the students identified so far. Should I call them together?”
“No. That’ll only worsen their rebellious feelings. Let those who want to leave go, and we should only hold onto those who shouldn’t leave.”
There were various methods.
Give scholarships.
Provide special teachings.
Or if not that, entice their families.
Originally, there was no need to even think about it.
Because Telvir’s prestige was higher.
“For reference, all these students… say they want to go under Teacher Ziel Steelheart, who’s in charge of Edelwein’s Sword School Second Years.”
“…”
Maybe he should infiltrate someone to steal at least the curriculum.
The man was amazing enough to make him think such thoughts.
“…I’ll reference the list for now. Anything else?”
“Currents of dissatisfaction have been detected, centered on the families of students applying for transfer.”
“Currents of dissatisfaction…”
In other words.
Why didn’t they produce results.
Unlike Edelwein, which receives operational support from the Imperial Palace, Telvir operates solely on voluntary donations from Southern families and some Western Region families.
Simply put, the influence of sponsoring families had to be strong.
Of course, the strongest among them was the Dean’s Valentin Family, but even that Valentin couldn’t ignore other families.
“We’ll need to hold a sponsorship party soon.”
“Would the timing be appropriate?”
“Rather, it’s more important to hold a party precisely because it’s now. I’ll send letters to each family first, so prepare.”
“Understood.”
For now, the most important thing was to quell the dissatisfaction of major sponsoring families.
It was already somewhat unsettling that all the children of the Kundel Family, the most powerful in the South, were studying at Edelwein Academy.
For the Valentin Family, rated one step below Rihart, this was a golden opportunity to expand their position!
‘Things are getting damn complicated.’
Knock knock.
Then someone knocked on the door.
“Dean, here are today’s letters.”
“Mm, come in.”
A Teaching Assistant came in with a bundle of letters, handed them to the Dean, and left.
“Ugh.”
Most of the letters were from sponsor families.
Figuring they would contain headache-inducing stories, he set them aside for now.
But there was exactly one letter he wanted to open.
‘Yurio Harmatan!’
It was a reply from Yurio.
His heart began to race!
Having promised truly remarkable treatment, naturally…
[…Therefore, while I appreciate the offer, due to circumstances I cannot leave the Academy at this time, so please understand that I must respectfully decline.]
He was rejected.
“…”
Why?
How could this be?
He had heard the Harmatan family was poor.
He had heard they were a family from that wild Northern Region that could collapse at any time!
“Hah.”
This feeling of his already rock-bottom pride being driven straight into the ground.
Sigmund didn’t know.
That all of this stemmed from just one person – a teacher named Ziel Steelheart joining Edelwein Academy.
After the Telvir Academy transfer incident, the students’ midterm evaluations began.
Students who had ranked high in the tournament showed confidence.
“Hey, we even made it to the youth division finals, so we’ll do well on this midterm evaluation, right?”
“Absolutely. Isn’t that obvious?”
That’s what they thought.
“For the midterm evaluation, you’ll spar with me.”
Until they started sparring with Ziel.
They knew they would be sparring.
The problem was they expected a similar level to the previous evaluation.
“T-Teacher! You’re much stronger than last time!”
Celia, Delev, Yurio, and even Quantus all struggled much more than in the previous evaluation.
The reason was simple.
“Your levels have improved, so I matched accordingly.”
“Ah.”
All the students who had imagined they would finally land a hit on Ziel in the midterm evaluation became dejected.
In the end, nothing had changed.
However, that didn’t mean Ziel’s evaluations had become harsher.
It was still an evaluation suited to each individual’s ability.
Ziel didn’t discuss absolute levels.
The evaluation criteria were like this:
“Student Lydia Rojas. You’ve become 10% faster and gained 12% more strength than the last evaluation.”
“You… can convert that into numbers?”
“I can tell by looking.”
“Ah.”
Exactly how much they had improved.
“Student Maris Sopen. Your strength increased by over 20% and your speed improved by 5%.”
“Oh!”
“The variance in improvement is large. Balance it out. Stay after today’s evaluation ends.”
“Ah.”
Special supplementary lessons for students who finished their evaluations were also announced.
“Student Quantus Hopel.”
“I estimate 60% strength increase and 80% speed increase!”
“30% strength increase, but speed actually decreased.”
“What? Why!”
“Because it decreased.”
Nod.
“You focused too much on strength. You need to reduce muscle mass and lose weight.”
“Absolutely not! Muscle is my life!”
“Muscles don’t have life. You have life. If you build too much muscle, your life will be in danger later. Stay today. I’ll help you lose muscle.”
“How… will you do that?”
“You’ll see.”
Ziel easily suppressed Quantus’s stubbornness and then evaluated Karen.
“Student Karen Aswan.”
“Y-Yes.”
“You’ve improved a lot. Both strength and speed increased by over 20%.”
“R-Really?”
“Yes. Good improvement rate and balance.”
“Then can I join the Imperial Knights too!”
“I don’t know.”
“Ah.”
“But if you continue growing steadily like this, you’ll eventually qualify to join any knight order.”
Those words were immediately proven.
“Ahem, Karen. My father actually told me to ask you…”
“Huh? Sir Daren did?”
It was Celia’s family knight order.
“He became interested after seeing your performance in the finals.”
“Really…?”
“Yeah. Really.”
It was true.
And there was one more.
“Karen, you’re not planning to go somewhere like Rihart instead of the Kundel Knight Order, are you?”
“…Somewhere like Rihart? What did you just say?”
The fight between Delev and Celia started again.
“Student Delev Kundel, it’s your turn.”
But fortunately, it was Delev’s turn right away.
“10% strength, 10% speed. Well done. You developed in a balanced way.”
“Isn’t that too low?”
“Balanced growth is more important, Student Delev Kundel. And you were already stronger than the other students to begin with, so you can’t judge by numbers alone.”
Delev’s mood, which had become dejected, improved again.
Of course, he was still disappointed that he hadn’t landed a single attack on Ziel.
‘Maybe by 5th year?’
Delev didn’t know.
That unless Ziel went easy on him, it would be impossible for his entire lifetime.
“Student Celia Rihart. Your strength has increased significantly.”
“Really?”
“You did well despite conditions unfavorable for muscle development. About 15%.”
“Yay!”
“But your speed improvement is slow.”
“Ah.”
“Still, it’s fine. You were already fast to begin with, so think of it as a process of finding balance.”
With that, the overall evaluation was completed, and Ziel was about to announce the student who had improved the most when he hesitated.
‘I considered the development in strength, speed, and other areas… but why?’
Points were deducted for unbalanced growth or areas that needed improvement.
Even so, it was this student.
“…Student Quantus Hopel had the highest development rate.”
“Woooooooh!”
Quantus cheered, while the rest despaired.
No, they resented the teacher.
“Why did you give first place to Quantus…”
“No… we’re screwed…”
“How many days will he milk this for…”
Someone voiced their doubt.
“Teacher, why is Quantus first place…”
It was Ann, who was expected to suffer the most damage.
Ziel remained silent before answering like this.
“Because he’s first place.”
Rules once established must be followed.
That was the iron rule!
In reality, Quantus had narrowly beaten Yurio for first place with his muscle mass gains and other categories.
That didn’t mean Quantus was the strongest, but his growth was the most remarkable!
Ziel determined first place according to the rules and had no choice but to announce it as such.
Did winning first place make him look different?
“Ahem, you guys should also devote yourselves to muscle training! Then you can get first place like me!”
“I’d rather die.”
“Hey, don’t you see these bulging arms?”
“I don’t see them…”
Ziel began to see Quantus’s growth philosophy.
‘Muscle training, huh. There might be effects I didn’t anticipate. Or maybe it’s only effective for Student Quantus Hopel.’
No matter how he looked at it, the latter seemed more likely, but proper muscle training was definitely effective.
Ziel rarely corrected something he had said.
“Student Quantus Hopel.”
“Yes! First place here!”
“You can lose a little less muscle. Today’s special supplementary lesson is canceled.”
“As expected! You understand too, Teacher!”
Ziel forcibly suppressed the urge to deny it.
Anyway, the midterm evaluation was also finished.
“There are two events left this semester. The exchange tournament, and practical training.”
The exchange tournament was back again!
And practical training too.
The Second Years’ eyes began to sparkle.
“Both the exchange tournament and practical training will be different from last time. This time they’ll proceed simultaneously.”
“…What?”
“It was decided at the faculty meeting.”
The background was like this.
A few days ago, at the faculty meeting.
“This academic schedule is quite tight. It looks like the exchange tournament and practical training will proceed almost back-to-back.”
It was a somewhat troublesome agenda item.
The academic schedule was running much longer than planned.
The exchange tournament and practical training.
If both were conducted, the remaining classes would be considerably insufficient.
This happened because Academy regulations required strict adherence to class hours.
“But it would be awkward to cancel either the exchange tournament or practical training.”
“That’s right. Department Head, how about we just run both the exchange tournament and practical training on a reduced scale this time?”
The professors were only talking about things that seemed completely unrealistic to Berhal.
They had to hold them anyway, but the idea of reduced operations just to keep up appearances couldn’t be appealing.
‘They’re only looking at appearances, just appearances.’
That’s when it happened.
Ziel provided an extremely efficient and very Ziel-like answer.
“We can proceed simultaneously.”
With attention focused on him, Ziel offered a good solution.
“We can conduct practical training on the island and hold the exchange tournament there as well.”
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