On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 42

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 042

 

 

Advanced Political Judgment

 

 

Exchange Tournament.

Sword School’s biggest event.

Practically a festival.

 

“Come and see! Aren’t you curious about today’s fortune!”

“Ice Cream Set for 10 Cel! Limited festival discount!”

“Come on, Money Betting Game! Try Dagger Throwing before you go!”

 

Festival food stalls set up throughout the Sword School Campus.

Compared to the beginning of the semester, nearly three times as many stalls were systematically arranged to tempt students.

Thanks to this, students crowded around each stall, and some popular stalls had long lines.

And it wasn’t just students being tempted.

 

“Father! I wish next year would come quickly!”

“Haha. Do you want to enter that badly?”

“Yes! I’ll definitely pass the entrance exam!”

 

The students’ families.

And even citizens from the Capital.

One week during the Exchange Tournament.

During this time, the Academy opens to the outside.

Parents or siblings of students selected for the Exchange Tournament come to visit like this.

Meanwhile, there were outsiders who drew as much attention as the festival stalls.

 

“Look over there. That’s definitely the Kundel Family Knights. Their armor is black!”

“Rihart is there too! Look at that sword! It’s so thin!”

 

The heads of the Great Families.

Strangely, many Family Heads attended this Exchange Tournament in large numbers.

Especially great lords like Kundel and Rihart aren’t easy to leave their posts…

 

“Is there something special about this Exchange Tournament? Why did all the Family Heads come?”

“I heard that since Kundel and Rihart were coming, other Family Heads had no choice but to come too…”

“So why are those Two Great Families coming? Even though the youngest from Kundel and Rihart are First Years…”

 

People didn’t know.

That the Two Great Families’ attendance stemmed from layers of accumulated competitive spirit over many years.

 

‘How pretentious, bringing 10 knights?’

‘Ha, that bastard brought 15 just to show off…’

 

Aimerus Kundel.

Darren Rihart.

The two Family Heads of the Two Great Families exchanged competitive glances from a distance.

Like children.

Anyway, thanks to this, the Exchange Tournament’s scale became unprecedentedly large in recent years.

But this was an opportunity in a way!

A very big opportunity.

Since Family Heads came directly to watch the Exchange Tournament, it was an excellent opportunity to be scouted!

 

“Hey, hey. Did you hear? All the Family Heads from the Noble Families came!”

“I know, right. Wow. Is there really something special this time? Just getting noticed would be amazing!”

 

Students participating in the Exchange Tournament were equally excited.

Though some students weren’t.

 

“Why did your father come?”

“What about your father?”

“Ah, I don’t know. It’s unnecessarily nerve-wracking. He tells me not to worry about it…”

 

Celia grumbled, and Delev sighed under the pressure.

 

‘He didn’t go when my Elder Brothers participated.’

 

Fifth-year Agres Kundel.

Third-year Aken Kundel.

Exchange Tournaments had been held continuously for at least five years, and naturally both Elder Brothers participated each time, but this was the first time Father directly attended an Exchange Tournament.

 

“Is this your father’s first time coming too?”

“Yeah. Ha, really… He acted like he wouldn’t come. Didn’t he attend because your father was coming?”

“How would I know? Ah, whatever.”

 

There was someone else who had a tremendous influence on making the two Family Heads attend and expanding this Exchange Tournament’s scale.

 

“That’s enough, Training is over.”

 

It was Ziel.

He prevented a major incident that almost happened during the selection tournament.

Thanks to that, he saved Delev.

Afterward, Delev praised him in a letter, drawing Family Head Aimerus’s interest!

Though political decisions followed, he was the very liberal arts instructor who influenced Darren Rihart’s attendance and other Noble Family heads who heard this news!

 

“Today’s Training ends here. Everyone return to the Dormitory, get sufficient rest, and consume water and nutrition.”

 

Ziel declared the end of Recovery Training.

While other grades rested saying the Exchange Tournament was one day away, the First Years maintained tension until today.

 

“Make sure to repeatedly review the theories you heard yesterday.”

 

Now all Training was finished.

The hellish Exchange Tournament preparation Training.

But the real beginning starts now.

 

“If you just do as you trained, you’ll win.”

 

Hearing Ziel’s words, the students’ hearts began to race with excitement.

Even during the selection tournament, Ziel had made an unbelievable prophecy.

That 10 of the students he taught would be selected.

This time was the same.

 

“You will shatter everyone’s expectations.”

 

Hearts burning with passion at Ziel’s prophecy!

Others might doubt, but for the first years participating in the Exchange Tournament, there was no longer any doubt.

Ziel’s words were always right and became reality.

Ziel wouldn’t have made such a prophecy if it were individual versus individual battles.

However, what mattered in the Exchange Tournament was cooperation.

 

“From now on, it’s up to you.”

 

Precisely the students’ cooperation.

This was as far as the supervising teacher or professor could directly intervene.

 

“And lastly.”

 

Ziel brought up a topic the students had momentarily forgotten.

 

“I heard that in the Exchange Tournament, a leader must be chosen for each grade level.”

 

The first years fell silent in an instant.

 

Gulp.

 

The sound of dry saliva being swallowed.

Karen thought.

 

‘It won’t be me.’

 

Yurio also thought.

 

‘There’s no way it’s me.’

 

Delev and Celia also thought.

 

‘It’s me, right?’

 

Quantus strangely thought.

 

‘It’s me!’

 

Ziel dropped a bombshell.

 

“The leader is student Quantus Hopel.”

“I knew it was me!”

 

Quantus shot up from his seat.

Everyone stared in shock with expressions of disbelief.

 

“T-Teacher! Quantus?!”

“What’s wrong with me!”

“Your brain is all muscle!”

 

Chaos erupted.

They could accept everything else without doubt, but this was unacceptable.

 

“Teacher, you misspoke the name, right? Right?”

“I’ve already written down and submitted Quantus Hopel as the name.”

“This is fraud!”

 

Celia flew into a rage and Delev looked at Ziel with an incredulous expression.

But there was no taking it back.

 

“That’s all. Rest and review the theory.”

 

Ziel left just like that.

Before anyone could stop him.

 

“You all heard it, right? I’m the leader!”

 

The first years sighed as they looked at Quantus.

Ann clutched her head entirely.

 

“We’re doomed. This won’t work.”

“Why not when I’m here?”

“Right now you can’t understand why we’re doomed? Is your brain really all muscle?”

“Hmm. With my strength, I can definitely break through.”

“Ah.”

 

Throbbing headaches!

Everyone couldn’t understand Ziel’s decision.

Except for one person.

Only Yurio.

 

‘Something’s strange.’

 

Ziel had made decisions that seemed unreasonable at first glance but were ultimately rational in result.

Then why did he choose Quantus as leader?

 

“Ah!”

 

When Yurio clapped his hands, Celia beside him asked.

 

“What’s wrong?”

“I understand why Teacher chose Quantus as leader.”

“The reason?”

 

You understand the reason?

 

“Quantus is, how should I put it….”

“He’s an idiot.”

“Right. But, if you praise him first, he follows well.”

“So?”

“That’s exactly the point.”

“What do you mean….”

 

Celia stopped mid-sentence and hesitated.

 

‘Is that it?’

 

Whether in terms of skill or influence, the leader should rightfully be Delev or Celia.

Or at the very least, Ann Peshwa could do it.

Yet choosing Quantus means….

 

‘Advanced psychological warfare!’

 

Celia froze in place.

It gave her chills.

As expected of Teacher Ziel.

 

‘So this was his intention.’

 

Quantus is, simply put, easy to handle.

Add some praise and he listens well.

As long as you don’t mention that he’s stupid.

Rather, he dislikes being controlled and sometimes stubbornly tries to push through with force alone.

 

“That makes sense, Yurio.”

“Right?”

“Yeah. I understand what the intention is.”

 

Delev, who had been eavesdropping nearby, also trembled.

 

‘As expected of Teacher Ziel. He’s a frightening person.’

 

According to the political science his father taught him, this is exactly a ‘deception’.

An advanced strategy of making the opponent let their guard down by putting forward an idiot like Quantus!

 

‘His thinking itself is different. Just how many moves ahead is he seeing?’

 

Delev and Celia.

The real leaders are these two.

Their influence among the First Years is significant, and their skills go without saying.

It means to lead the First Years in the direction these two want, while putting forward the decoy leader Quantus to move more strategically!

Delev quickly changed his stance.

 

“Quantus, congratulations.”

“Thanks, Delev. If you follow my command, we can win.”

“Of course. Naturally. Who could handle your strength?”

“Haha, exactly!”

 

At this point, other students began catching on one by one.

 

‘He deliberately put that idiot forward as leader.’

‘If left alone, there’s no telling where he’d go.’

‘As expected of Teacher Ziel.’

 

Even Ann, who was relatively close to Quantus, roughly caught on and quietly approached him.

 

“Quantus, you’re the leader now, so you have to do well. You know what I mean, right?”

“Of course! Trust me!”

 

Excessively overflowing confidence.

Somewhat lacking intelligence.

These are clear disadvantages when functioning as a team member.

But what if there’s someone to assist from the side?

 

‘It could become a sufficient advantage.’

 

Ann thought this was much better than having either Delev or Celia as leader.

If it had been one of those two, the other side would definitely have rebelled.

Rather than that, this way was better.

 

‘This is probably the biggest reason.’

 

Since they couldn’t make both of them co-leaders.

 

‘The teacher might have thought of this.’

 

Once again realizing the greatness of Teacher Ziel.

Ann was moved.

At the same time, she thought she was the only one who could control Quantus.

He’s good at causing trouble, but somehow they’d started hanging out together since the beginning of enrollment, making her the person who knows Quantus best.

 

‘I’ll help Delev and Celia.’

 

It felt like more possibilities had been added!

 

“Hehehe! I’m the leader!”

 

If she could just pamper and control this idiot well….

 

‘His durability is excellent.’

 

He would achieve great results not only in Breakthrough, but also in Chaotic Battle.

Just one thing.

It’s a bit annoying that this guy is getting attention and becoming arrogant.

 

“Even scouting for the Imperial Knights isn’t just a dream!”

 

Though he’d probably be better suited as an imperial porter, but whatever.

When he’s this happy, he’s easier to control.

 

“Quantus, we’re counting on you!”

“Quantus is our leader!”

 

Everyone was united in praising Quantus.

And Tiron, who had been watching this scene from the doorway, tilted his head as if finding it strange.

 

‘Why specifically Quantus…?’

 

Then Tiron nodded as if he understood.

 

‘It’s a political judgment.’

 

Kundel and Rihart.

In a situation where both family heads came here personally, choosing one as leader might provoke backlash from the other side.

He probably aimed for exactly that.

Rather than elevating one side and earning the other’s anger, he chose to walk the tightrope!

 

‘He’s a frightening person.’

 

As expected, he’s not just some liberal arts instructor.

Just how far ahead is he seeing?

Ziel seemed even more different today.

 

“Teacher Ziel, let’s go. The exchange tournament meeting is in 10 minutes.”

 

The First Year leader is Quantus Hopel!

The other professors who heard this news would immediately understand the intention.

Of course, the real reason was different.

 

‘Teacher! Could you make me the leader?’

‘I’ll make it so, student Quantus Hopel.’

‘Thank you!’

 

Simply because he was the first to ask.

Ziel didn’t place much meaning on the position of leader.

More precisely, he didn’t really think about it.

Since that was the rule, he just appointed whoever wanted it.

 

‘I wonder what kind of food they’re selling at the stalls.’

 

Rather, Ziel’s mind was filled only with thoughts of food.

Following chicken skewers and ice cream, food that would satisfy his pure palate!

That was all he was thinking about.

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