The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 75

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Chapter 75

“Lee Yu-wol, put on a Disguise Item too.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon spoke while adjusting the brim of his hat.
Every media outlet had plastered Lee Yu-wol’s face everywhere, and her bright hair color drew attention wherever she went.
To complete the job smoothly, it was better not to attract unnecessary notice.
“Yes, Master.”
Lee Yu-wol nodded promptly and reached into her Inventory.
From among countless items, she withdrew a small Barbell Piercing.
The moment she fastened it to her ear.
Her bright hair and eyes began to shift color.
Eyes deepened to a darker shade, golden hair stained black.
“Oh, what’s that! I want one too!”
Tae Eun-o cried out with unmistakable desire, and Lee Yu-wol tilted her head at an angle.
“You have such a low presence that you don’t need a Disguise Item.”
“What? I’m telling you, people will recognize me from the sparring!”
“That’s unlikely.”
“Want to bet?”
“If even one person recognizes you, I’ll buy you any item you want.”
“! I need to record this. Hey, you’re not backing out, right?!”
“Master, I’ll show you the way.”
As if uninterested in the wager, Lee Yu-wol scurried after Yeom Sa-hyeon, who was already heading forward.
“Just you wait…. I’m picking something really expensive!”
Tae Eun-o ground his teeth, stoking his resolve.
And the moment the two of them entered the building, Tae Eun-o’s grumbling ceased abruptly.
“Wow…….”
A lobby sprawled open like an enormous exhibition hall.
Between towering marble columns, items preserved in glass cases were displayed like relics.
“Whoa, insane! These are all items?”
Tae Eun-o’s eyes pressed against the glass case, gleaming with curiosity.
His gaze, which had been admiring the items glowing brilliantly under ornate lighting, suddenly shifted to the price tags.
“Huh, why are there so many zeros?”
Tae Eun-o’s mouth fell open as he counted the digits one by one.
“Th-thirty million won?!”
“That’s actually on the cheaper end.”
Lee Yu-wol stated flatly.
Tae Eun-o exhaled sharply, his lips smacking together.
“Hey…. What if two people recognize me? Will you buy me two items?”
“Isn’t that a bit too shameless?”
Lee Yu-wol cast a cold glance and passed him by, hurrying toward Yeom Sa-hyeon and beginning an explanation in a gentle tone.
“-This is the Exhibition Hall. It’s where items are sold regularly, and that entrance you see on the opposite side leads to the Auction House. That’s mainly where the primary auctions are held. There’s also an Auction House on the top floor, but that one is restricted to VIP access only.”
“Needlessly grand.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon made a brief comment, rolling his neck.
“But why are there so few people here?”
Tae Eun-o sighed with frustration, surveying the hall broadly.
If he was going to squeeze items out of Lee Yu-wol, people had to recognize him—but there wasn’t a single soul in the corridor!
“The main auctions are held Friday and Saturday evenings, so Sundays are usually quite quiet.”
Lee Yu-wol lifted her eyebrows knowingly.
“That little….”
Tae Eun-o gripped the back of his neck, releasing a resentful breath.
“…So you made the bet knowing there’d be no one here today.”
Letting the back-and-forth banter between the two fade into the background, Yeom Sa-hyeon recalled the memories he had glimpsed in the Chancellor’s mind.
The mysterious distribution route of Mana Stones.
He opened his lips slowly.
“Where’s the reception desk?”

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[VIP Reception]

“Items can be appraised here.”
Lee Yu-wol moved deeper into the lobby and lightly scanned her Black Card against the reader beside the entrance.
Beep. Whirring—
The door slid open smoothly at once.
Stepping inside, she found herself in a clean, modern interior.
An employee sat at the information desk ahead, his expressionless face focused on his work.
Lee Yu-wol’s eyes narrowed as she studied him carefully.
“They’ve changed staff already….”
“What? Did you know that employee? Was he a Hunter?”
“That couldn’t be. I don’t care for Hunters.”
Lee Yu-wol drew the line firmly.
“? Aren’t you studying at the Academy to become a Hunter yourself?”
Tae Eun-o spoke with a baffled expression, gesturing toward Yeom Sa-hyeon.
“Your instructor is a Hunter, too.”
“My instructor is different from those crude, greedy Hunters.”
Lee Yu-wol spoke without hesitation, then turned respectfully to Yeom Sa-hyeon. “Instructor, shall we proceed with the appraisal right away?”

“No point dawdling.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon walked forward, his long legs striding smoothly.
He stopped before the desk.
“I’m looking for a particular Mana Stone.”
As Yeom Sa-hyeon’s low voice settled, the employee’s head lifted belatedly.
A capitalist smile bloomed across his face in an instant.
“Yes, sir~ What sort of item might that be?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon set a small case down on the desk with a soft thunk.
It was the case containing the problematic Mana Stone he’d confiscated from Tae-jun.
“Something exactly like this one.”
The employee glanced briefly at the case and continued his pitch.
“Yes, sir~ And how many units would you be interested in acquiring?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon looked down at that distinctive smile with indifference and spoke flatly.
“As many as you can get.”

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‘Typical nouveau riche swagger.’
The employee muttered to himself and led the three into a private room.
His eyes remained narrowed as he quickly scanned the man before him.
‘Only someone with a VIP card can enter here, so he’s likely a person of some standing.’
Beneath the brim of a deeply pulled cap, a clean-cut face emerged faintly.
‘Looks like some hothouse flower of a gentleman….’
Seeing the boy standing behind, he seemed to be quite wealthy.
His piercing looked like an expensive item too.
‘But there’s something familiar about his face… must be my imagination.’
In any case, he decided to play along and wrap this up quickly.
“So you’re saying you want as many as possible, sir?”
The employee smiled ingratiantly and reached for the case.
Another investor who’d been duped by talk of rare Mana Stones, no doubt.
The moment he opened the case with an indifferent air—
“…!!”
His movements halted abruptly.
‘……This aura!’
A familiar yet grotesque flow of mana emanated from inside the case.
‘…No, calm down. It couldn’t be discovered this easily.’
He steadied his racing heart and reached one hand beneath the desk.
Then he discreetly activated the Mana Measurement Item hidden there.
Whoooom, whoooom—
The item trembled and vibrated.
‘…This is genuine.’
The employee spoke with confidence, though his eyes darted cautiously to the sides.
“…….”
But in that moment, he caught sight of two pairs of eyes studying him intently, and his breath caught short.
‘…They’re suspicious of me.’
He quickly composed his expression, forcing the corners of his mouth upward.
“At a glance, you can see this is a top-tier Mana Stone~”
“Oh, is it really that impressive?”
The red-haired boy, young and fresh-faced, interjected with curious interest.
As if waiting for his cue, the hatted man tilted his head with a natural smile.
“Is it that hard to come by?”
“Yes, sir~ I’m afraid the supply might be a bit tight~”
The employee’s smile deepened.
Inwardly, he exulted.
‘…They don’t seem to know the true value of this Mana Stone.’
They must have acquired it by sheer luck.
If so, this would be remarkably easy.
The standard manual for individual purchases at the VIP Reception was straightforward.
Upon receipt, the item was to be appraised on the spot, then returned to the customer without delay.
But circumstances had changed.
This had to be recovered, no matter what.
‘To catch them red-handed twice in a row—infiltrating this place was definitely the right call.’
The employee smiled wider, crinkling the corners of his eyes, and reached for the case.
“Let me conduct a detailed appraisal first, and I’ll contact you afterward—”
Just as he was about to take the item.
Snap.
The case was seized mid-air.
“Actually, I’d prefer the appraisal to happen right here.”
Another hand gripping the case.
‘…Gloves?’
He flinched for a moment, then nearly laughed to himself.
‘A B-Rank Combat Personnel trying to overpower me by force?’
“I’m sorry, sir,”
He applied more pressure to his pull on the case.
But then.
‘……What?’
Why wouldn’t it budge?
No matter how hard he pulled, the case wouldn’t move an inch.
Confusion scattered his gaze until it met a pair of eyes.
“…….”
Those ash-gray eyes gazed down at him with perfect ease, and in that instant, the employee felt a chill run through him.
While he strained with all his might to wrench the case free, the face beneath the hat remained serene.
The employee swallowed hard.
‘Something’s wrong.’
He trusted his instinct and loosened his grip.
“…Without an item appraisal, we can’t proceed with the process, sir~”
He was about to attempt persuasion with a forced smile when—
“Excuse me.”
The black-haired boy with the piercing drew attention.
When the employee’s gaze shifted to him, the boy suddenly extended his index and middle fingers, flashing a brief hand signal.
“…!”
His expression brightened at once.
He responded in kind, raising his hand to his chest and returning the hand signal.
‘Yes, it’s true!’
So that’s why his face seemed familiar.
Anyone who knew this first-class secret code had to be one of them.
‘I never thought I’d meet an ally in a place like this.’
Just as he was breathing a sigh of relief, the boy spoke up.
“Master, it’s all right.”
‘He’s trying to help me!’
With the gleam of victory in his eyes, he looked up boldly at the man he was contending with.
The boy opened his mouth with resolve.
“This employee is a member of the Georhaeng-ja.”
“?!”
The employee’s grip went slack.
The case slipped from his grasp without resistance.
“??”
What did I just hear?
While he blinked rapidly, his face frozen in bewilderment,
the man in the hat narrowed his eyes, which had moments before seemed so docile.
“The Georhaeng-ja? That crude hand signal was their cipher?”
“What is the Georhaeng-ja?”
The boy answered, completely disregarding the red-haired man’s question.
“Yes. It means ‘The mirror is what we must worship.'”
“Utterly repugnant.”
The man hurled his criticism with cutting disdain.
Even as the employee bristled at such open contempt for what the man treated as a sacred cipher, he found himself unable to grasp the situation at all.
‘What the hell are these bastards?!’

An S-Rank Instructor Devours the Academy – Chapter 75

Author
Baek Roo-ga
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