On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 354

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First Day of Infiltration, The Organization Was Destroyed, Episode 354
A consultation about worries?
A notice for practical training had been posted.
“I’m reading this right, aren’t I……?”
“We’re not going to a swordsmanship tournament, are we……?”
The students doubted their eyes.
“So what you’re saying is…… just by participating in the practical training, they’re giving us one sword each?”
“The Rihart Family is holding a Knight Order Camp during the break for the top ten students in the practical training…….”
“The Kundel Family is assigning one knight per student without exception…….”
The rewards were at an absurd level.
Practical training rewards had always existed before, of course.
For example, scholarships.
Or grade reflection.
Just that much.
Occasionally famous families would hire knights for such occasions, but it cost too much to do so frequently.
But this was as if now…….
“Why are the families spending money like this?”
“My father would never do something like this…….”
Even the young nobles of the participating families were astonished.
Delev reviewed the contents once more and was startled.
-One dedicated knight is planned to be assigned per participating student.
“Our family’s knight order…… doesn’t move like this…….”
“What, they eat gold every time they move?”
Celia cut in from beside him, but Delev turned it back on her.
“Then what about your family? What do you have to do during the break? What’s this Knight Order Camp you’ve never held before……?”
Both of them had a point.
It was not something that happened easily.
Knights from the top two families in the Empire were mobilizing like this, and they were even opening a camp.
Though watching Amos and Daren bicker made it seem like they weren’t really fighting for first and second place.
“Which one should I choose?”
“They’re giving out swords, offering scholarships under the family name…….”
“I didn’t know practical training was like this. There are so many prizes.”
Naturally, the students were thrilled.
Especially Karen and Yurio’s eyes sparkled.
They tried to act indifferent, but the generous prizes and gifts, not to mention the benefits that came with placing in the top ranks!
“Yurio, which one will you pick? You shouldn’t choose the Northern Region just because you’re from the north, right?”
“I, I guess? It makes sense to go with the Dark Family side since they’re giving out a sword……?”
Kids were still kids.
So Ziel, watching this, spoke up at just the right moment.
“The basis for your choice is not the reward. It’s your current swordsmanship.”
“But Teacher, how can we pass up the Rihart Knight Order Camp!”
At Lydia’s cry, Celia nodded contentedly.
She didn’t know why, but benefits were benefits, after all!
“The choice is yours to make.”
“Yes!”
“But your choice must have a clear standard. And the most efficient standard is the opportunity for your swordsmanship to develop by the greatest margin.”
The students gradually calmed their excitement at Ziel’s firmness.
Prizes.
How could they not be tempted?
Delev in particular nearly had his eyes rolling.
‘If I get that, and get this, and sell them…….’
It was about money.
He had to repay his debt to Teacher!
But more important than that was still swordsmanship.
“So Teacher…… which one would you recommend more?”
“Zephyros, distribute them.”
“Yes, Boss!”
Moments later.
Each student held documents with different contents.
“Is this…… an analysis of our swordsmanship?”
It was.
Just recently.
Ziel had Zephyros temporarily recover the device attached to the swords and began the analysis.
“I made it yesterday.”
And overnight, individual swordsmanship evaluation reports for each student had been completed and delivered.
“Your basis for choice is that evaluation report. Consider the weaknesses and strengths of your swordsmanship contained in that report, as well as the direction for improvement, and choose your practical training class.”
“Yes!”
The students seemed to regain their senses.
The allure of immediate rewards still glimmered, but when Teacher Ziel spoke like that, they couldn’t ignore him.
“Teacher, is there no Praise Card in this practical training?”
“There is.”
“Yes!”
“Based on that evaluation report, at the next analysis I will award Praise Cards to the ten students who have improved the most.”
The light in their eyes changed.
It began to burn fiercely.
Not coins—cards!
Ziel poured fuel on the fire.
“And I will add one more use for the Praise Cards.”
“Ooh!”
“From now on, by collecting Praise Cards or coins, you can purchase equipment. Swords, armor, and other gear. If you need anything, request it. I’ll source it separately and set a fair price.”
The students cheered.
Not all of them were children of wealthy families like the Kundel and Rihart families, or Sopen.
The Sword School provides swords at that level. The problem is that they’re not provided to suit each student’s swordsmanship, but are standard-issue with set specifications.
Acquiring various equipment and armor on top of that was a significant burden!
“But Teacher, is that alright? Swords are expensive.”
“That’s exactly why.”
The students were kind-hearted.
But Ziel dispelled even that concern.
“I have plenty of money.”
“Ah.”
It was the truth.
Ziel had plenty of money.
A great deal, in fact.
He already had a lot, but it kept increasing as he used the Berte Trading Company under the Dark Ghost’s name.
“However, I will set the quantity of Praise Cards according to the price. That’s all.”
“Hooray!”
“Wow!”
Perhaps this motivation was more solid than the prizes the Family Heads had offered.
Currently, there was nothing more precious to the students than a Praise Card.
Honestly, many students were excited at the thought of using Praise Cards to visit the Unlimited Table and enjoy different gastronomy every day, more so than about equipment!
“Hey, what should I pick? What suits me?”
“Well, that hairstyle doesn’t suit you. I know a good salon—want to go?”
“Hey, come on.”
“Quantus! You can only pick one!”
“There’s no rule saying I can’t pick two! I can go back and forth and listen!”
As the students examined the programs with fresh determination, Gilbert approached and whispered.
“All of this was guided by the Sun God, wasn’t it?”
“No.”
“Boss, looking at it, you have a talent for blowing things up big and extracting only the profits. You’re truly the Boss.”
“That’s not it at all.”
Except for expanding the uses of Praise Cards, he had never intended any of this situation.
“You truly are the Sun God.”
“No.”
Meanwhile, Kelvin approached and burned with jealousy.
“I, I’m the only one left out!”
“Hehe, I won’t tell you.”
“Tch, how cowardly!”
That was the thing.
Kelvin didn’t know the circumstances of how Ziel came to be called the Sun God.
In normal times, Gilbert would have told him, but Gilbert was enjoying it now.
The fact that Ziel was being revered as the Sun God!
And he’d even come to believe it to some extent.
“Kelvin, isn’t it true? The accomplishments the Boss has shown so far! It’s impossible to explain without being a god, right?”
“T, that is, well, correct.”
Adding insult to injury, Kelvin also agreed.
He didn’t truly believe Ziel was a god, but anyway that was the atmosphere, and now Zephyros had joined in.
“The Boss is a god? Why do you all say something obviously true so casually?”
“Zephyros, you also believe that?”
“You cut down the Root Tree with one stroke—if that’s not a god, what is it?”
Ziel took his first sigh.
His chest felt stuffy and heavy.
Until now, he had answered without hesitation—yes or no, right or wrong.
There was no wavering in it.
But now, what was this!
“In any case, the Boss is a god. Isn’t he, Zephyros?”
“Obviously. Then who is a god?”
“M, master, I, omnipotent!”
In any case, Ziel had become a god.
Considering how the Dark Ghost was now treated by the nobles as a divine being in an unfavorable sense, it wasn’t entirely wrong.
Above all, even to the followers of the Solaris Religion, who sincerely, wholeheartedly, and perfectly believed Ziel was a god!
“I don’t know anymore.”
Ziel gave up.
It was his first abandonment in life.
On the other hand.
One student approached quietly.
“Um, Teacher…….”
It was Delev, who had seemed particularly lacking in confidence since the start of this semester.
“What is it, Delev Kundel?”
“I, well. Um…….”
Ziel glanced toward Celia.
A consultation about worries?”
“No!”
At the outburst, eyes suddenly turned his way, and Delev lowered his voice.
“No, it’s absolutely not.”
“If it’s not, then it’s not. Why are you shouting like that?”
“I’m sorry. But it’s really, really not…….”
“Alright. I’ll take your word for it.”
“You’ll take my word for it?”
Ziel felt a peculiar amusement.
Though he didn’t yet understand that this was the thrill of teasing.
“Exactly as I said. Since you claim it, I’ll believe it.”
“I, uh…… whew.”
Delev got to the main point anyway.
“I, actually there’s something I’m worried about.”
“So it is a consultation about worries.”
“Not that kind of worry!”
“If you’re worrying, then you were right.”
Delev seemed like he would die of frustration.
Gilbert murmured softly from beside him, a bit taken aback.
‘The Boss is teasing kids too.’
Though Ziel himself didn’t seem aware of that fact.
“No, um, I’m not. What I mean is…… I’m not sure which family to choose.”
“I see. What part is troubling you?”
“…….”
Delev opened his mouth carefully.
“Normally it would be right for me to choose my own family…… but from where I’m standing…… that is to say.”
In the end, he squeezed his eyes shut.
“The Rihart Family’s program seems more helpful to me.”
“Then do that.”
“Yes?”
“You didn’t think it would help? Do that then. The choice is yours to make, Delev Kundel.”
“Uh, w, so……do I?”
“You asked.”
Delev was taken slightly aback.
Even for a teacher, he expected some hesitation.
Delev was a young noble of the Kundel Family.
And he was being told to go take the Rihart Family’s curriculum?
‘Without a second thought?’
“Is this a dilemma?”
“It is a worry. I’d be turning my back on my own family.”
“If family is what matters most to you, then do that.”
“…….”
Sometimes reputation was as important as anything else.
What would his father think if he learned that Delev had chosen the Rihart Family, no less?
“But a clear opportunity to improve your swordsmanship awaits you. Delev Kundel, haven’t you already learned so much from Student Celia Rihart’s swordsmanship?”
“……!”
Delev’s head snapped up.
It was true.
By learning from Celia and adopting Rihart’s swordsmanship, Delev’s Heavy Sword Technique had grown stronger.
Though Delev was not yet aware, Amos had evaluated it thus:
Unlike his two elder brothers, he has opened a new path in family swordsmanship.
“The choice is yours.”
Delev stopped worrying.
“I’ll do it then. Just as you said, Teacher!”
“Good.”
“Thank you, Teacher. Your consultation was a tremendous help.”
“So you acknowledge that you have an interest in Student Celia Rihart, as you mentioned before?”
“No!”
Ziel was beginning to learn how to interpret things to his liking!
In any case, Delev’s choice seemed bound to cause quite a stir.
And on the other hand.
“…….”
Celia too was trying to make the “same” choice.
‘No matter how I look at it, the Kundel Family’s curriculum seems to suit me better than our own family’s.’
The Kundel Family curriculum schedule in Celia’s hands trembled slightly.

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