On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 287
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 287
Subordinates Craving Love
Exactly 25 minutes later.
Malacas had no choice but to admit it.
“How on earth did you…?”
Ziel’s words were not wrong.
At exactly the 27-minute mark, Ziel completely decomposed all the magical power of the phase overlap with his sword.
The decomposed and fragmented magical power flowed down beneath the lake.
With this, the magical concentrate that had been affecting all of Osu Island through the Root Tree was annihilated.
“Hah…”
“It didn’t even take 30 minutes. It’s the 27-minute mark.”
“…”
“Then hand over the rights to that research.”
Malacas couldn’t find anything to say and could only nod.
‘My, my research…’
He had absolutely no intention of going back on his word in front of someone with such abilities.
You have to stay alive to continue research!
Malacas took out his research materials from the backpack he had prepared in advance and handed them to Ziel with a heart-wrenching feeling.
“H-here it is.”
“Hmm. 【Research on the Variability of Physical Output According to Bodily Magical Imprinting and Biomechanical Correlations】. Is this the title?”
“That’s right. Isn’t it amazing?”
“Malacas Junior.”
“Yes, Boss.”
“Can you understand the entire contents of a book just by looking at the title?”
“That… wouldn’t be possible, would it?”
“This research material is the same. I’ll read it and make my judgment.”
It was a story that would have astounded other mages if they had heard it.
Just because the researcher was Malacas, there were countless mages who would pay ten million gold to see it!
And the title sounded impressive too.
Research on semi-permanently enhancing physical abilities through magical imprinting!
It had even shown some results in experiments.
He thought there was no one in the world who could say “I’ll read it and make my judgment” about such research.
Until he met Ziel.
‘What a waste…!’
Actually, he had no intention of selling it anywhere.
Malacas was a researcher through and through.
He wanted his research to be used in the right direction, not to be sold for billions of gold.
If that were the case, he would have stayed in the Imperial Palace, which would have paid him trillions beyond billions.
Anyway, Ziel, who had collected the research materials, was thinking of something else just by looking at the title.
‘If it’s useful and safe research, I could apply it to the students.’
Always thinking about students, sleeping or waking.
Ziel was gradually becoming a true teacher.
“This concludes our business here.”
“Yes. Now the magical distribution within Osu Island will change, and it will take several months for it to be completely reduced by half.”
“I see.”
He wasn’t particularly interested anymore.
The Imperial Palace would be delighted, and they’d be confused about Malacas’s disappearance, but both had achieved their intended purpose.
“Now I’ll enter the temporary dimension then. Ah, but first I’ll take care of the stake. This way I can stay for more than ten days. Actually, it’s fine now because I don’t need to use magic, but if I had to use magic, I would have been bedridden for three days.”
Side effects that occur just from entering and exiting the temporary dimension.
Ten days seemed like the side effects would be quite severe.
“Are there any physical problems?”
“Movement and such are fine. It’s just that I can’t use magic.”
“Then there’s no problem when you return.”
Malacas thought it meant he should rest since he had to prepare to go into hiding anyway when he returned.
But that wasn’t it.
‘You don’t need magical power right away to work as a kitchen assistant.’
That’s right.
Malacas’s role was now decided.
‘I should prepare a suitable name, appearance, and identity.’
Thus, Ziel also finished his schedule on Osu Island.
Of course, there was still night remaining.
When they returned to the safe zone, countless people welcomed Ziel.
“Oh, Teacher Ziel! Please sit over here! We have many things to ask you!”
“Teacher Ziel, thank you. Thanks to you, our child’s skills have improved so much.”
“How can we repay this kindness…”
Countless gratitude and attention from the Family Heads!
“Teacher! Teacherrr! Over here!”
“Please come to our group too!”
“Teacher Kelvin doesn’t talk enough!”
And even the chattering of the students.
Ziel looked at the large logs burning brightly in the center and muttered.
“Good.”
Many things had happened, and the first semester of the Second Years, which would continue to have more, was passing the midpoint.
There had been various incidents, but the schedule on Osu Island had been successfully completed.
Most students didn’t know, but the faculty, Intelligence Department, and Imperial Knights had to breathe a sigh of relief.
That didn’t mean everything was over.
“I’m going crazy.”
Agent 20 stopped writing his report and muttered blankly.
Sir Malacas, who they thought had gone missing, was actually here on Osu Island under the Root Tree, carrying out something secretive.
The Imperial Palace might already know.
Even by Agent 20’s standards, there was still a lot of unknown information.
This was even more inevitable when it came to information related to Sir Malacas, a 6th Circle Mage.
The key point was Sir Malacas’s ‘death’.
‘How will the Imperial Palace interpret this.’
Because of this, he couldn’t leave Osu Island with the Imperial Knights.
Including Horn, who had been caught by spatial movement magic at the time and dragged under the Root Tree without knowing why.
“Horn, so you really didn’t see anything?”
“I told you I didn’t.”
Horn was just as frustrated.
No matter how much Eton asked from the side, nothing came to mind.
When he stabbed his sword into the tree, he was suddenly enveloped in light and lost consciousness, and when he opened his eyes, Teacher Ziel and Teaching Assistant Gilbert had rescued him.
Actually, there was something else that was questionable.
“Teacher Ziel really cut down that tree?”
“You saw it too. It was really cut down.”
“Didn’t you just see it cut down?”
“No, I was trapped, you know? What was I supposed to see?”
“How on earth did he cut down a tree of that thickness…”
“Ah, Eton. Couldn’t you hear because you were recovering from injuries?”
“What couldn’t I hear?”
“There have been rumors like that from before. That Teacher Ziel is actually hidden Imperial blood.”
“…What nonsense are you talking about?”
“The circumstances point to it, the circumstances. How else could you explain it?”
Sir Malacas’s death wasn’t actually an ‘important’ issue for them.
The importance of that existence had already exceeded the level these two needed to worry about.
This was a problem for the Imperial Palace to consider, and they just needed to report it.
But anything related to Teacher Ziel was a different story.
Because he was someone important to Prince Dietrich, whom both of them served.
“So right now, His Highness tried to make him his own person without knowing he’s part of the imperial family?”
“He didn’t know. And think about it. Normally, when two princes show interest, you’d choose one of them. But he didn’t choose anyone. What could be the reason for that?”
He’s just an Academy teacher at best.
No matter how skilled he is or how much respect he receives from countless students, in the end a teacher is just a teacher.
He’s neither at the center of power nor in a position of great honor.
Though Sword School had recently gained attention, the perception that the Academy was a place for those pushed out of power still remained.
“Right… To deliberately stick to such a place and refuse those kinds of offers….”
“There must be a reason for it.”
“Hmm.”
The conviction created by cutting down a giant tree!
It was a misunderstanding as massive as the Root Tree itself, but the situation was strangely turning in their favor.
“We need to be even more careful.”
“He’s a bigger shot than we thought.”
“Right. But if this is the case, His Highness might also… be able to devise a different strategy. If he’s an insider, recruitment might actually become easier.”
Someone already inside the Imperial Palace!
Then they just need to win his favor.
No need to struggle to bring him into the fold—His Highness could just enter his fold instead!
“I have a good idea, Eton.”
“What is it?”
“I’ll tell you once it’s organized. I should discuss this with Sir Relio too.”
If you can’t draw them in, you go to their side.
A plan based on that idea was forming in Horn’s mind.
And Ziel, the center of this plan, had just returned to the capital and had a place to visit first.
“You want me to make coins?”
“Yes.”
“What will you use these for?”
“I plan to use them for student education.”
It was the Academy Forge.
“Education?”
The puzzled blacksmith suddenly recognized Ziel.
“Aren’t… aren’t you the Sword School teacher? The famous one.”
“That’s right.”
“But why coins….”
Ziel took out a pouch containing other coins and placed it on the table.
The blacksmith’s eyes sparkled.
“You’ll need coins. Of course.”
“How long will it take?”
The blacksmith examined the design and pouch once each, then nodded.
“A week will do. I can have the kids make the molds, and the rest… don’t worry. Haha. I’ll make them for you right away!”
A smile bloomed on the blacksmith’s face.
A slight smile also appeared on Ziel’s face as he left the forge.
Though not as much as before, it was still a much richer smile compared to last year.
“With this, I can create lower-tier rewards for Praise Cards.”
He had been continuously pondering the distribution of Praise Cards anyway.
Something good had been created at just the right time.
According to Gilbert’s opinion, it would be appropriate to award them at a lower standard than Praise Cards, but allow 5 coins to be exchanged for 1 Praise Card.
“5 coins for 1 card.”
Gilbert had also warned about one thing.
‘Boss, the kids might try to trade among themselves.’
That wasn’t a problem.
Ziel remembered all the award records.
If a student who had only received 4 coins suddenly came asking to exchange for a Praise Card, that wouldn’t be allowed.
Having perfectly prepared countermeasures, Ziel now returned to the Faculty Dormitory.
It was a dormitory he was returning to after a long time.
He was excited about eating from the 【Unlimited Dining Table】, but he had work to do now.
“Oh, Boss! You’re here! Gilbert just showed me to my room. It’s nice, isn’t it?”
Namely, helping Malacas hide.
Malacas had chosen the exact middle spot between the rooms used by Theo and Kelvin.
“Hmm. It’s a bit cramped, but there’s no problem for research. It’s comfortable.”
“He seems to like it.”
“Of course! Honestly, if I can just live a new life, I’d be fine living crammed in any small room!”
At those words from Malacas, Ziel paused for a moment, then nodded.
He could relate.
Ziel had thought the same way.
If he could obtain a new life, he could do anything.
Of course, at the time Ziel had little desire for material things, so it didn’t matter where he lived.
“Stay here for the time being and don’t come out. Gilbert, if any outsiders approach, inform Malacas Junior.”
“Yes, Boss.”
“And Kelvin.”
“M-Master!”
“Come out with me.”
“…!”
Kelvin jumped up in surprise.
“With, with me, to-together…!”
Actually, he had been disappointed.
His master had left him behind twice on Osu Island!
But he had no choice but to accept the explanation that it was because he was slow.
“I need you for this task, Kelvin.”
“M-Master…!”
But now his master was saying he was needed.
Instead, the jealousy was coming from Gilbert’s side.
“Boss, I’ll come with you too!”
“You stay here with Malacas Junior.”
“…Yes.”
This time it was Gilbert who became dejected, while Kelvin was elated.
“I, I was chosen! You, you were rejected!”
“Shut up, Small Sword.”
Malacas nodded contentedly at the scene.
“Subordinates craving the Boss’s love… Good atmosphere. I really made the right choice following you.”
It didn’t seem like a misunderstanding.
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