On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 88
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 088
Final Evaluation (3)
‘You’re really going to do home visits, Teacher Ziel?’
‘Yes. If it’s written in the school rules, then I’ll do it.’
‘That’s… true, but.’
‘Is there a problem?’
‘Oh, no. There isn’t. Yes, please proceed.’
Berhal recalled the conversation he had with Ziel.
Home visits!
It was clearly written in the school rules.
The supervising professors of each grade must obligatorily visit students’ homes during vacation.
There’s no set number or conditions, but it’s written in the school rules like that.
However, it’s also a dead letter rule.
Because of the problems it caused.
More than ten years ago.
Several professors were caught using home visits as an excuse to go around families and receive bribes.
‘If it’s Teacher Ziel, well. The family heads would be the ones getting flustered.’
But since it’s specified in the school rules, there’s nothing preventing it from proceeding.
If it’s Teacher Ziel, that is.
The reason Berhal didn’t oppose it and rather encouraged it was precisely because it was Ziel.
‘I never imagined he’d bring up home visits though.’
How would the family heads react indeed.
During the exchange tournament.
Despite all those nobles’ courtship, Ziel rejected them all outright.
Even the prince’s proposal!
“Due to time constraints, I’ll visit 10 families first. After that, I’ll visit regions with many applicants each vacation. That’s all.”
“Wh-where will you start visiting, Teacher!”
“Why are you doing home visits?”
Students whose hearts started racing at the mention of home visits!
They hadn’t done anything particularly wrong, but their hearts strangely fluttered at the thought of their teacher coming to their homes.
“I’ll proceed in order of proximity to the capital. And I’m doing what’s written in the school rules. I’ll conduct parent consultations about your current learning situation and career paths.”
Learning situation and career consultation.
The students were flustered.
To emphasize, they hadn’t done anything wrong.
But someone like Teacher Ziel visiting their families?
‘There’s going to be chaos…?’
‘Is this… okay?’
Home visits stopped being implemented more than ten years ago.
A clause that exists in the school rules but few people actually know about it, and even fewer would do it – a dead letter provision.
It’s bothersome, and neither professors nor parents prefer home visits that just involve repeating the same things.
“The direction is south. I’ll start with student Maris Sopen who’s on the way, then student Jon Riversong at the southern entrance, student Quantus Hopel…”
The called students flinched.
Except for Quantus.
“Haha! I’ll be able to show you the greatness of our family!”
“I’m in the middle of calling names. Be quiet, student Quantus Hopel. Next, student Kus Hillbilly…”
The last was Delev.
“Finally, student Delev Kundel.”
The called students trembled with anxiety, while those not called felt relieved.
Home visits aren’t bad, but the burden of Teacher Ziel of all people directly visiting their families!
“For reference, I’ve sent letters to all the families scheduled for home visits.”
Berhal was the one surprised by those words.
‘We talked yesterday and already?’
“I sent them this morning, so they should be delivered in three days at the earliest, five days at the latest.”
“Th-then when will you start…”
“I’ll proceed starting three days from now.”
Meaning he’d start as soon as vacation begins.
‘Is this okay?’
‘No, if I’m first, I have to tell father as soon as I get home, right?’
Especially Maris, the first visit target, flinched and trembled.
This wasn’t the time for this.
She had to hurry to her family and inform her father of this fact.
‘Father already doesn’t like the teacher…’
She didn’t know the reason well, but her father seemed to dislike Teacher Ziel.
How much he cursed after coming back from the parent consultation during the exchange tournament.
‘Will it be okay?’
Amid Maris’s worries, Ziel finally declared dismissal.
“That’s all. Make sure to maintain your health and physical strength well during vacation so you can return.”
With that, the last class of the first semester came to an end.
Ziel left the auditorium with Berhal, and the remaining students couldn’t leave the auditorium for a while.
“What is this all about….”
“Have you ever heard of home visits?”
“Of course I haven’t!”
A vacation lasting about two months.
The students who had been worrying about what to do during that time felt like they’d been struck by lightning when they suddenly heard about home visits.
“There’s definitely nothing wrong with it… but why am I so nervous?”
Delev felt the same way.
But inside, he was rejoicing.
‘The teacher is going to visit our family.’
A golden opportunity to show off the history, tradition, and magnificence of the Kundel Family!
Father had said so too.
Teacher Ziel was a talent who must be recruited no matter the cost.
‘What if the teacher comes to our family?’
Then my own personal teacher?
“Delev, what are you doing?”
“Ah shit, you scared me.”
When he turned his head, Celia was staring with wide eyes.
“What’s with that perverted expression? Did the final evaluation drive you so crazy that you lost your mind?”
“Are you going to pick fights even on the last day of vacation? What is it?”
“Ah. It’s nothing else. Well… hmm.”
Celia seemed like she was trying to say something.
Delev frowned.
‘What kind of fight is she trying to pick now.’
Choosing words like that meant she was picking the right words to start a fight.
Before it’s too late, a preemptive counterattack….
“Delev, th, thanks to you….”
“Your Swift Swordsmanship was pretty mediocre?”
“…What? Swift Swordsmanship was mediocre?”
“…What did you say? Thanks?”
Words got tangled up.
Celia eventually tried to draw her sword.
“You’re getting beaten up today. I just perfected a secret technique, you know?”
“No, before that. Thanks? You? To me?”
“Shut up! Draw your sword! I’ll make sure you’re bedridden for the entire vacation!”
“Hey, hey, what are you doing. Stop her!”
A fight that was barely stopped only after other students rushed in.
“Hey, don’t act like you know me from now on! I thought about it and was going to thank you….”
“Are you really thankful? That can’t be!”
The two turned away, huffing and puffing.
“When will those two stop fighting?”
“At graduation?”
“In romance novels, people like that usually end up dating.”
“Then they’d fight all the time and break up quickly, right?”
Their fight had now become an interesting spectacle.
Some were actually disappointed that it ended like this.
“Tsk, I wonder if those two will spar next semester? That would be worth watching.”
“Karen, you secretly enjoy this kind of thing, don’t you?”
“Isn’t it fun for you? Yurio?”
“Not fun at all. Thinking about going home makes me feel hopeless.”
Karen became dejected at those words.
“But at least you’re going home.”
“Huh? You’re not going?”
“I can’t go.”
“Why?”
“…There are reasons.”
“Come on, what is it.”
Karen looked around and then whispered carefully.
“Only you know this. I’m… going to get a part-time job.”
“Because of tuition and dormitory fees? You got the special support program.”
“That’s that, but I need money to spend.”
The poverty of the Aswan Family was on a different level.
Yurio’s Harmatan Family was originally a well-off family, but their fortunes declined due to medical expenses, though they hadn’t completely fallen yet.
However, the Aswan Family had absolutely nothing.
Karen had struggled so hard and sent all the prize money from the Exchange Tournament to her family.
“…That’s just my fate. Anyway, I’m going to get a part-time job.”
“Inside the Academy?”
“Are you crazy? What would the other kids think. Do you know about ‘Mortis Collection’?”
“Uh… I think I’ve heard of it? Did Celia mention it?”
“That’s right. It’s designer Mortis’s boutique. It’s an incredibly expensive place.”
“You’re working part-time there?”
“Yeah. Not customer service, but in storage.”
“Ah.”
“They say you need to train for about 5 years to do customer service. Not that it matters to me. I’m just earning living expenses anyway. Keep it secret, okay?”
“Got it. I’ll keep it secret. I don’t have anyone to tell at my family house anyway.”
Yurio sent a pitying glance inwardly.
Karen was the type who absolutely hated receiving sympathy.
‘Is it fortunate that Teacher Ziel isn’t going to Karen’s family?’
Home visits!
A system practically forgotten at the Academy.
An event that had become obsolete even at Arcane School, famous for its professors’ sky-high status.
But they say Sword School is implementing it.
Moreover, not by some other professor, but by a liberal arts instructor named Ziel Steelheart who had just finished his first semester at the Academy.
“Head Butler, this… they’re not joking, are they?”
The head of the Kundel family.
Aimerus Kundel handed over the letter.
The Head Butler’s pupils shook.
“A home visit… it seems.”
“Isn’t this the first time something like this has happened?”
“I didn’t even know the Academy had such a system.”
“Hmm.”
At this point, it was rather curious.
Pushing forward a system that never existed before to conduct home visits?
It was actually absurd.
Originally, the head of a Great Lord family like Kundel wasn’t someone just anyone could meet.
At minimum, one month.
On average, you had to request an audience two months in advance, and even then, there was a high chance of rejection.
At this level of position, even taking time to meet someone affected one’s reputation!
“He seems like someone who doesn’t know proper etiquette, Family Head.”
“Etiquette, you say.”
That’s why one might think that way.
Wondering if he didn’t understand the workings of noble houses.
Or had he become arrogant because people were seeking him out?
“No, actually this works out well.”
“Pardon?”
“And doesn’t it suit him? Teacher Ziel seemed like someone who wouldn’t care about such unwritten rules.”
An upright teacher.
That was exactly the image of Ziel.
From what he heard, Ziel hadn’t accepted any proposals from nobles at the Exchange Tournament.
He had rejected even small gifts entirely, causing several nobles to burst with frustration.
Especially the Head of Sopen Family had been going around badmouthing Ziel.
That’s why it actually seemed fitting.
The kind of thought that Teacher Ziel could do such a thing.
‘This will be a good opportunity.’
There was a reason he said it worked out well.
Ziel was talent he wanted to recruit someday.
A Great Lord family like Kundel wasn’t just a place where family members lived harmoniously together.
They owned numerous businesses and were also independently establishing and nurturing a Knight Order.
The existence of an outstanding practitioner and educator was always bound to be coveted.
Especially if they were an upright person?
“Prepare to receive our guest, Head Butler.”
“Yes, understood.”
“And by any chance… Teacher Ziel isn’t stopping by Rihart first, is he?”
“…”
A subtly concerning fact.
Whatever else, stopping by Rihart first was absolutely, absolutely unacceptable.
‘I think the Rihart side would feel the same way, Family Head.’
Meanwhile.
At another family that received the same letter, the complete opposite was happening.
“A home visit?”
“That’s correct, Family Head.”
The head of the Sopen Family.
Olton Sopen’s face contorted.
“That arrogant bastard wants to make a home visit? Ha.”
Not even making an appointment in advance, but so arrogantly making it like a notification?
“Reject it immediately.”
“Understood.”
How dare he set foot where?
This is the Sopen Family…
‘No, wait.’
Olton asked urgently.
“Will he visit other families as well?”
“There was no such content in the letter. But I presume, since it’s a home visit, he probably won’t visit other families either, Family Head.”
Olton pondered for a moment at the Head Butler’s words.
‘You never know. If other families accept…’
Strange rumors might spread.
They might say, even such families allowed home visits, so why did Sopen refuse?
“Let’s accept for now.”
“Understood, Family Head.”
Olton’s mind worked quickly.
‘This might be a good opportunity.’
Though he’s an arrogant fellow, it seems he has quite a good reputation among the student parents.
This is a good chance to show the superiority of the Sopen Family and make him accept the previous proposal again.
“Should we treat him moderately and send him off, Family Head?”
“What do you mean, Head Butler?”
“Well… isn’t he someone who offended your mood?”
At the Head Butler’s words, Olton frowned.
“Do I look like someone who would mistreat my child’s teacher just because he slightly got on my nerves?”
The Head Butler nodded.
‘Yes. Of course.’
Inwardly.
“No, Family Head. My thinking was shallow.”
“Make sure to prepare the guest reception properly. As luxuriously as possible.”
“Yes, I’ll prepare immediately as you’ve ordered.”
“And make sure to properly explain how great our family is. Preferably how much money we spent, how amazing the art pieces we’ve arranged are!”
“I’ll make sure of it.”
The corners of Olton’s mouth turned up.
Ziel Steelheart.
That arrogant teacher who knows nothing of the world!
‘He’ll regret what happened that day.’
I’ll teach him just how great this Sopen Family is.
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