On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 32

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 032

 

 

Teamwork?(1)

 

 

The Edelwein Academy Exchange Tournament!

This event is none other than an important gathering where all the Empire’s prestigious families come together.

Whether from Sword School or Arcane School, if you’re a child of a noble house, studying at the Academy is the current trend!

Therefore, invitations are sent to the families for the annual Exchange Tournament.

 

“Family Head, the Exchange Tournament invitation has finally arrived.”

“Mm. Bring it here.”

 

The Exchange Tournament is the flower of Academy events!

Depending on who wins there, certain families either cry or laugh.

 

“What will you do this time?”

 

Therefore-

 

“Hmm.”

 

Who from the family attends is also an important matter.

Family Heads are busier than one might think.

Just solving the problems that arise in their own autonomous territories takes up the entire day.

If it’s a Great Family that controls multiple small and medium autonomous territories, it goes without saying.

No one knows what might happen while they’re away from their post.

Right now.

Like the Kundel Family Head who is agonizing over this decision.

 

“What should I do?”

“Unfortunately, wouldn’t it be better to send a representative this time as well?”

 

The Kundel Family Head, Aimerus Kundel, pressed his temples firmly.

Then he suddenly asked.

 

“What about Rihart?”

“We haven’t heard anything particular yet.”

“Is that so?”

 

Rihart.

Their eternal rival.

South and West!

Kundel of the South and Rihart of the West are rivals acknowledged by everyone in the Empire!

Of course, both families thought they were a step above the other.

 

“How about we make the first move this time?”

 

The butler showed a troubled expression at that question.

 

“But Family Head, there are many matters that need to be handled right now. There’s the mine business matter as well…”

“Don’t we have justification, Head Butler?”

 

The corners of Aimerus Kundel’s mouth lifted slightly.

 

“Our youngest went through such a terrible ordeal, isn’t that enough?”

 

No group is as sensitive to justification as the Empire’s nobles.

If a Family Head stepped forward directly without justification, they’d get criticized behind their backs, but this time is different.

 

‘Hehe.’

 

Thinking of the Rihart Family Head’s shocked face upon hearing that the Family Head would go personally made him laugh involuntarily.

 

‘There he goes again. They’re not even children anymore…’

 

The Head Butler sighed inwardly.

It’s a long-standing feud.

From a very young age.

Even before the two Family Heads were declared successors, they were at each other’s throats.

He didn’t expect them to still be like this at their age.

 

“Head Butler.”

“Yes, Family Head.”

“Reply that the Family Head will attend ‘personally.’ And discreetly leak this information to Rihart as well.”

“Understood.”

 

Aimerus grinning mischievously.

His expression looked just like a kid plotting some scheme.

 

‘Usually such a dignified person, but whenever the Rihart Family Head comes up… He even received an offer to become an Imperial Knight.’

 

“Ah. And also.”

 

Aimerus added one more thing.

 

“I’m also curious about that Ziel fellow our youngest mentioned as his etiquette teacher.”

“Ah, you mean Teacher Ziel Steelheart?”

“Yes. I’m curious. Our youngest isn’t the type to praise someone like that.”

“If he’s a decent teacher, bringing him into the family might be a good idea.”

“That sounds good. Anyway, let’s send the reply first.”

“Understood.”

 

And this decision made by Aimerus caused an uproar among the Empire’s noble houses.

 

“What the hell, what did you say? Really? Kundel’s Family Head is going personally?”

“This is driving me crazy! Why, why is he going!”

“Well, if that’s his justification…”

 

When the family head of a great family like Kundel steps forward personally, you can’t not go even if you don’t want to!

Whether for appearances or to make an impression, not going would be worse than going.

Just one place.

Only Rihart reacted differently.

 

“That damn Eimerus… So that’s how you want to play it?”

 

Darren Rihart.

Celia Rihart’s father!

His burly muscles twitched with anger.

 

“M-Master, please calm down for a moment…”

“Enough, Head Butler. Send a reply that our Rihart family head will also attend ‘personally’!”

“M-Master.”

“What!”

“How can you keep falling for provocations like this!”

“When someone challenges me to a fight, should a man just sit still?”

“Does being manly put food on the table!”

 

In the end, the Rihart family head’s attendance was also confirmed.

This ripple effect spread throughout the entire Empire, and eventually the Academy’s Sword School was turned upside down in many ways.

 

“This list is…”

“That’s how it turned out, Department Head.”

“Haha.”

 

The Founding Families.

‘All families’ heads attending.

An unprecedented exchange tournament was about to be held.

 

 

The noisy Sword School.

However, Ziel’s face was a little brighter than usual.

 

‘It’s payday.’

 

The day he had been waiting for.

This was the first time his heart had pounded while waiting for something!

 

‘No overspending.’

 

A ‘salary’ is a precious thing.

Ziel clutched the pouch containing his salary tightly.

Payday.

He no longer even thought about extremely expensive restaurants like last time.

Instead, he wanted to buy chicken skewers.

 

“Oh, Teacher Ziel. It’s been a while since you came! What can I get you!”

“30 chicken skewers please.”

“My, 30! Excellent. I’ll give you 5 more as service!”

 

The famous chicken skewers of Edelwein Academy Plaza.

This was happiness for Ziel.

To the extent that if he had discovered this taste a little earlier, he thought he would have quit being an assassin sooner.

 

“Here you go, 35 chicken skewers to go!”

 

But today there was an interruption.

 

“Oh, Teacher Ziel?”

 

It was Celia.

 

“Student Celia Rihart.”

“Do you like these too, Teacher?”

“They’re delicious.”

“Really? I like the spicy flavor. What about you, Teacher?”

“I do too.”

“Oh my.”

“It’s my third favorite.”

“You still like it though, right?”

“That’s right.”

 

Celia clenched her fist inwardly.

 

‘Found one thing in common.’

 

The start of human relationships is finding common ground!

 

‘Is it now?’

 

The bodyguard proposal!

Maybe it’s now.

But she had to stay calm.

 

“Eat this.”

 

The chicken skewer Ziel handed over.

Even spicy flavor!

 

‘Is it really now?’

 

Could Teacher also be…?

 

“Pay 1 cel here.”

“…”

 

The chicken skewer shop owner also smoothly held out his hand.

 

“It’s 1 cel, student!”

 

So he wasn’t giving it to me, but handing it over instead.

 

Munch munch.

 

At least the chicken skewer was delicious.

 

“Teacher, but do you eat all of that by yourself?”

“That’s right.”

“You really eat a lot.”

“Do I eat a lot?”

“Yes. Normally… you probably couldn’t even eat five? These are big.”

“I see. I can eat 100 chicken skewers.”

 

Is this his way of expressing his strength?

 

‘His bluffing is kind of cute?’

 

“I just restrain myself since I can’t spend my entire salary.”

“Ah, your salary.”

 

There was no way Celia would understand the importance of a salary.

 

“Then Teacher, would you like to go get ice cream with me?”

“Ice cream?”

“It’s incredibly delicious. Have you tried it?”

“I’m hearing about it for the first time.”

“Actually, they only sell it in the Capital. Let’s go together!”

 

Today was truly the perfect opportunity!

 

‘He hasn’t even tried it.’

 

He’ll probably be incredibly moved, won’t he?

 

“It’s over here!”

“Hmm. It’s quite big.”

“It’s famous even in the Capital. It’s incredibly popular these days. I can’t tell you how fortunate it is that they opened a branch at the Academy.”

“What kind of food is it?”

“It’s something you eat really cold, and apparently a very famous mage succeeded in developing a magical tool and started a business. What was the name again?”

 

But a moment later.

 

“It tastes bad.”

 

Ziel delivered a shocking evaluation.

 

“It’s cool and sweet, but this taste… doesn’t seem right.”

“But this is my absolute favorite flavor?”

“It tastes bad.”

 

Ziel took another bite of the ice cream.

 

“It’s a terrible taste that’s hard to describe.”

“How could you… mint chocolate…”

 

The fantastic harmony of mint and chocolate.

How could he say this sweet yet refreshing taste was bad?

 

“I will never eat this again.”

 

Ziel, who had forced himself to finish it all since it was a waste, sighed with a quite distorted expression.

It was quite a new face for Celia, who had only seen his calm expression, but that wasn’t the problem.

 

“How could you dislike mint chocolate…”

“I’ll eat a different flavor. This one looks good.”

 

In the end, Ziel ate ice cream with apple chunks in it and nodded with satisfaction.

 

“This is much better.”

 

Celia was in despair.

If he was going to be her bodyguard, he should know how to share the same tastes.

 

“Teacher… I’m disappointed.”

“Even if you say that, what I dislike is what I dislike.”

 

It seemed like today’s bodyguard proposal was wrong.

 

‘I’ll aim for the next opportunity.’

 

Edelwein Academy was vast and had plenty of food.

So there were still plenty of opportunities.

Most importantly, wasn’t the Exchange Tournament approaching?

Surprisingly, Father said he would come personally.

 

‘If I tell him and Father makes the proposal directly…’

 

A student making a proposal was different from a great lord of the Western Region making one.

 

“Oh right, Teacher. You’re coming to the Exchange Tournament too, right?”

“I’m scheduled to go as the First Years’ supervisor.”

“Not Professor Elcanto?”

“I heard Professor Elcanto was temporarily assigned to handle the Second Years, which is currently vacant.”

 

This had happened just today.

By the Department Head’s orders, Ziel was assigned as the First Years’ supervisor for the Exchange Tournament.

 

‘Good heavens, does this make sense?’

 

Celia couldn’t hide her amazement.

No matter how much of a student she was, she knew well how Sword School operated.

She knew even better what kind of status a liberal arts instructor held!

 

‘Were the rumors about him having tremendous backing actually true?’

 

Such rumors had been circulating recently.

That a patron with tremendous power was backing Teacher Ziel.

 

‘It was really true.’

 

Otherwise, this would be hard to explain.

No matter how much one professor had been dismissed, for a liberal arts instructor to be in charge of an entire grade for an event like the Exchange Tournament…

 

“I also heard that all the family heads from every noble family will be attending this Exchange Tournament.”

 

If that were true, it would be even more important, yet the fact that they still put him in charge of an entire grade held very significant meaning.

 

“You’re amazing, Teacher.”

“Am I amazing?”

“Of course. You’re in charge of an entire grade.”

“Is that so.”

 

Ziel nodded and also shared some happy news with Celia.

 

“So I’ll be in charge of your training soon.”

“Pardon?”

“Training is included in my responsibilities. I’ll announce it in today’s class.”

 

This was an opportunity.

An opportunity to catch the teacher’s eye once more.

She hadn’t left that deep of an impression during the selection trials.

But if she participated enthusiastically in training…

 

‘I’ll definitely get him to take me as his escort knight.’

 

Ziel, whose reputation was gradually rising!

If she could get such a person to take her as his escort knight…

 

‘Though it’s a bit unfortunate that he dislikes mint chocolate…’

 

Well, tastes differ from person to person.

 

“Then let’s hurry, Teacher! There are only 30 minutes left, you know?”

“I’m going to eat one more. You can go ahead.”

“Let’s go together!”

“Alright.”

 

Ziel only got up from his seat after finishing vanilla flavored ice cream following the apple flavor.

Celia’s heart was pounding.

Finally, a golden opportunity to show something!

After the Long Distance Running class that followed ended, Ziel made an announcement along with the end of class.

 

“All 10 people participating in the Exchange Tournament should remain.”

 

Envious gazes poured down on them.

 

“I’m really jealous. I want to participate too.”

“But don’t you think this time will really be different? Teacher Ziel said we could even beat the second year seniors.”

“Come on, no matter what, it’ll be difficult. For everyone to win. Maybe Delev and Celia, but…”

 

The remaining students left, leaving behind their envy.

Ziel finally opened his mouth toward the 10 Exchange Tournament members.

 

“The Exchange Tournament is a grade-level competition.”

 

In the grade-level Exchange Tournament event, there were two matches that directly drew attention.

The first match, Situation Breakthrough.

The second match, Grade-Level Melee.

Situation Breakthrough was about how quickly one could reach the destination amidst various obstacles and threats.

Grade-Level Melee was literally grades fighting each other in a melee like on a battlefield.

 

“We’ll begin training.”

 

Therefore, cooperation was very important for both matches…

 

“We’ll conduct Individual Customized Lessons.”

 

Not cooperation?

 

“There are 10 days remaining.”

 

Ziel added in his still calm voice.

 

“Since there’s no time, everyone attack simultaneously.”

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