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Ho Tian-an remained silent in response to Du Yu-cheon’s criticism.

Because there was no need to even say anything.

The air in the hall changes completely in an instant.

Du Weichen felt that something was wrong as he saw the bloody gaze pouring in from all directions.

Ho Cheon-an and the Twelfth Division trainee had a bad relationship, and Du Yu-cheon expected that even at the risk of such a bad relationship, he would try to plot something by inviting Ho Cheon-an, who was free from the outside gaze.

That’s why he attacked Ho Cheon-an and listened to his reactions to get clues or if a fight broke out, he used that as an excuse to get into a fight with his classmates.

In the process, I naturally expected that the trainees of the Twelfth Division would defend Ho Cheon-an, but I never expected such a fierce reaction as now.

In the end, wasn’t Ho Cheon-an just a piece of chess in the Comrades’ Association?

“Did you see a bastard like this?”

However, in response to this light attack, six-headed characters came out of Jo Gap-deok’s mouth. How can we not know the nature of the Admiral of the Geumuiui, which is also an institution directly under the imperial family? No, even for those who did not know Jo Gap-deok’s temperament, anyone who saw him with a red-faced face and an expression like a murderous murderer could see that he was extremely angry.

I was so angry that I wondered if I could get this angry even if my lifelong gift of learning mathematics was insulted!

“Hehe, no matter how much you belong to an alumni group, how can you run wild like a thunderbolt!”

“Anyway, kids these days have long hair…!”

Jo Gap-deok, who was constantly wheezing, and Du Wi-cheon, who was pressed by the angry trainees who were just as angry as Jo Gap-deok, swallowed dry saliva.

No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand it. It’s an intense reaction.

Wasn’t it really a temporary relationship between an instructor and a trainee, rather than a teacher? Moreover, even that professional relationship ended in a huge bad relationship. It is said that everything becomes a memory as time goes by, but will this unprecedented incident in the history of the Geumui Committee be covered up by mere glorification of memories?

Du Yutian looked at Hu Tianan with confused eyes.

I soon realized that Ho Cheon-an had widened the distance and was hiding among the trainees of the Twelfth Division. The sight of Hao Tianan showing a blatant look of relief once again instilled doubt in Du Yutian’s mind.

Although Du Yu-Chen, who intentionally started a fight, did not want to say this, the most amicable way to resolve the current situation is for Hu Chen-an to step forward and sort out the situation. No matter how famous they are in various fields, being directly hostile to their classmates is not a good thing, and if they receive an apology from Ho Cheon-an, it will be difficult for Du Yu-cheon to risk it any more.

But in this situation, you’re hiding among the trainees? No matter how much you think about it, isn’t this a very petty behavior?

Is the author really a person worthy of the respect of pillars of the empire and celebrities from all walks of life?

‘That can’t be possible.’

When Du Yu-Chen came to that conclusion in his head.

Du Yuqian saw clearly.

A very faint smile appeared on Ho Cheon-an’s lips and then disappeared.

A thought came into Du Yuchen’s mind when he witnessed that smile. Could it be that this comrades’ association, which is full of high-ranking officials, really did not expect a visit from an alumnus?

‘That can’t be possible!’

If so, this current situation was clearly part of a planned script. It must be part of a ploy to eliminate the involvement of classmates.

“Elders, let go of your anger.”

After receiving such assurance, Du Yu-Chen decided to take a step back.

“I got a drink as promised, so I’ll take my leave.”

Rather than directly confronting the leading figures of each department, including the prime minister, in the Luoyangjae family, it would have been enough to call Ho Cheon-an as a classmate at any time.

Du Wi-cheon slowly disappeared, and Jo Gap-deok, who was glaring at her back, sighed.

“You’re in trouble.”

The trainees, well aware of their classmate’s persistence, nodded and sighed.

“Seeing him retreat so easily makes me think he has some kind of plan in mind.”

“Things go wrong from the beginning.”

In response to the trainees’ concerns, Ho Cheon-an smiled and opened his mouth.

“Your classmate is diligent. I didn’t know that they would attack me as soon as I entered Luoyang.”

“The world is in turmoil, so naturally your classmates’ reactions will be harsh.”

“I see. Thanks to that, work will go faster.”

The trainees’ expressions changed at Ho Cheon-an’s meaningful remarks.

Jaesanghae’s head turned quickly. For some reason, I thought that the instructor’s response to Du Weicheon was very inadequate, but I guess he was plotting something.

“The author is probably trying to make up a suitable excuse to invite me as a classmate. And they will try to find out through me what was discussed within the Comrades Association.”

“Are you saying that you will be caught as part of it?”

After hearing Ho Cheon-an’s words, Jo Ga-ju asked back.

“I know that the instructor had his intentions, but is there really a need to go through hardships in class?”

Corn also helped.

“Jo Ga-ju is correct. This is something that the instructor may experience hardships. If you need anything, just let me know. Aren’t there also prime ministers, generals, and governors of the Geumui Committee here?”

These were quite reassuring words, but Ho Cheon-an shook his head.

Change the will of the emperor.

Considering only that purpose, it would have been worth considering the proposal of the Twelfth Division trainees.

“I am grateful in my heart, but there is a reason why it has to be that way.”

[Please take care of my brother.]

Ho Cheon-an, who still held Hyeok-ki-rin’s will in his heart, refused the offer because he did not want to give up Emperor Yu-gyeong.

The trainees, including Jae Sang-hae, realized that they could not break Ho Cheon-an’s will and lamented. What is the use of being at the pinnacle of government office and of all walks of life?

At most, you can’t stop one gifted person from going through hardships!

The trainees’ hearts became heavy.

“Then what can we do outside?”

“If I get caught by my classmate.”

And the heavy hearts of the trainees were blown away with a single word from Ho Cheon-an.

“I will call the head of the two families and make him die.”

“…Yes?”

The trainees’ expressions turned bizarre.

*** ***

“Did you catch it?”

“Chung! Currently locked up in prison.”

Du Wei-Chen, who had captured Hu Cheon-an, nodded with satisfaction at his subordinate’s report.

There could have been an uproar as it was a matter of arresting someone from the Luoyang Jae family, but it seems that the fact that the trainees, who could be considered high-ranking officials, returned to their homes and took advantage of Jae Sang-hae’s arrival to move was effective.

Du Yutian went straight to the prison where Hu Tianan was located.

“Do you know why you were captured?”

Hu Tian-an, who had an iron sword around his neck and chains tied to his legs, looked at Du Yu-tian and answered.

“It’s probably not a normal crime.”

“You have been dismissed for disciplinary reasons, and unlike bureaucrats who retired through normal procedures, you cannot receive full-time honors. Nevertheless, he was calmly receiving the honor in front of his fellow students who protected the empire’s spirit and laws.”

“Isn’t the courtesy to all officials you are talking about only applied at public events?”

“That’s right. Receiving respect in a private setting as naturally as breathing is probably an ingrained habit. Therefore, we will thoroughly investigate whether unfair authority has been exercised in public affairs.”

Du Yu-Chen, who was putting pressure on Hu Chen-an by citing crimes, twitched his eyebrows. This was because Ho Cheon-an appeared too calm.

He was clearly a person of small courage who was under pressure and couldn’t control his nervousness in the Luoyangjae family.

Du Yu-Chen felt uncomfortable with Hu Tian-an’s attitude, but composed himself again.

Anyway, since he is imprisoned in his classmate’s prison, Ho Cheon-an will have no choice but to reveal what he knows.

“Why not confess your sins even now?”

There was no answer from Ho Cheon-an.

“I see. Then I have no choice.”

Du Yuchen turned around without hesitation. This was because people who had just been caught in prison were likely to lose their will, and they knew that dealing with such people would only be a waste of their mental strength.

And since even those who had shown a stubborn attitude would lose their spirit after being locked up in prison for a few days, it was enough to start full-scale interrogation from then on.

“I’ll think about it carefully in prison.”

When Du Yu-Chen was so relaxed.

“Do you think Duga is doing really well these days?”

Du Seong-jin, the head of the Du family, had his soul stolen by Jae Sang-hae.

Doo Seong-jin’s gaze broke out in cold sweat at Jae Sang-hae’s remarks.

At Jaesanghae’s sudden call, I rushed all the way to Luoyangjae, but what kind of lightning is this?

“Isn’t this all thanks to the Prime Minister’s consideration of our family?”

“Hahahaha!”

Jaesanghae burst out laughing at those words.

“You? I didn’t intend to do that at all, but aren’t I misunderstanding something?”

“Ha, haha…I guess I made a mistake.”

Du Seong-jin was so unfair that he went crazy. Why on earth do re-injuries happen like this?

“A slip of the tongue? What can I say? Are you trying to make a joke in front of the Prime Minister?”

“My wife, these words are extremely unfair! How could I get injured like that in front of you…!”

Doo Seong-jin returns home after being robbed by Jae Sang-hae without even knowing why. However, what awaited Doo Seong-jin was not a sweet rest, but a message from the commander-in-chief, whose complexion turned pale.

“Yes, Yebusangseo Corn is urgently looking for you..!”

Doo Seong-jin visited Corn’s mansion again, waving his eyebrows.

“Hehe. Kids these days are completely ignorant about proper etiquette. No, isn’t it? As an auspicious sign from etiquette, it is truly deplorable!”

“No, of course! It’s really a big problem that kids these days don’t know how to respect adults.”

“Hehe. Did someone who knew that say that?”

“Yes??”

“This is truly a big deal! Big trouble! What will happen to this country when even those who studied in famous families like the Du family do not respect Sajeongjiyeon?”

After feasting on the corn, they were released.

Doo Seong-jin, who turned into green onion kimchi and escaped from Corn’s mansion, was able to guess that this situation was related to Doo Wi-cheon, who worked at Dongchang.

In the Du family, the only person in a high position who could rival the two was Du Yu-cheon.

What on earth did they do to make the Prime Minister and Sang-seo so angry?

“Whoa, what kind of trouble is this?”

The thing that greeted Doo Seong-jin, who returned as green onion kimchi, was none other than a call from Geumuiwi Admiral Jo Gap-deok.

“Why are the kids from the Geumwiui Committee so cheap these days…!”

Du Seong-jin’s ordeal continued unabated.

*** ***

Du Seong-jin’s ordeal continued, and it didn’t take long for this fact to catch the attention of his classmates.

“Hehe.”

Another classmate’s second-in-command. When Sima Xiangxue heard the news, he laughed in bewilderment. Does this make sense now?

Sima Shangxue went straight to Du Yutian.

Du Yuqian also looked distraught, as if he had heard the news, and Sima Xiangxue immediately got to the point.

“I heard that the head of the family is going through hardships.”

“…I don’t know how things ended up like this.”

After hearing Du Yuqian’s words, a fundamental question arose in Sima Shangxue’s mind. It was entirely possible for Du We-Chen to inspect the comrades’ association of trainees from the Twelfth Division.

However, it was questionable whether it was necessary to arrest a person named Ho Cheon-an.

“Was it really necessary to arrest a person named Ho Cheon-an?”

“Looking back now, it was a hasty and foolish thing to do, but at the time, I thought it was the right thing to do.”

Du Yu-Chen, who had no idea that he had fallen for the psychological warfare designed by Hu Tian-an and had fallen into confirmation bias, blamed himself with a dark complexion, and Sima Shangxue, who saw this, organized the situation in his head instead of blaming Du Yu-Chen.

Du Yu-Chen captured the Twelfth Division’s instructor, Ho Tian-an, and the trainees from the Twelfth Division put pressure on the Du family’s head, Du Seong-Jin.

‘Prime Minister, Sang-seo, why did you choose this method?’

In fact, the crime for which Du Yu-Chen arrested Hu Tian-an was nothing more than a false accusation, even from Sima Sang-seol’s perspective. However, in the current situation, what should be focused on was not the person named Ho Cheon-an, but the reaction of the Comrades Association.

‘Even if there is something between the elders and the person named Ho Cheon-an, this is too out of the ordinary.’

If the goal was to get Ho Cheon-an out of Dongchang, there were plenty of other ways. Even though Dongchang was an organization with strong authority to protect the emperor’s power, the influence of those at the top of each world could not be ignored.

When they put pressure, Dongchang, who had caught Ho Cheon-an without much evidence, had no choice but to release Ho Cheon-an.

However, instead of applying pressure, the trainees belonging to the Comrades’ Association suddenly kicked their classmate’s shins.

Sima Shangxue laughed in exasperation.

Are you putting pressure on the family of someone who represents your classmates?

In some cases, touching a classmate who directly followed the Emperor’s orders could lead to being accused of being a traitor.

‘If we ignore this situation, the authority of our classmates will fall to the ground. As a member of the class, this is a situation I cannot tolerate.’

Since this was a challenge to the authority of his classmate, he should have been thoroughly punished, but instead of venting his anger, Sima Shangxue let out a groan.

“It’s a big deal.”

In order to protect the authority of his class, he had to take a hard-line response, but if he moves against the 14 members of the Twelfth Division’s Comrades’ Association, the empire will literally be shattered.

Corn from Yebusangseo traveled around the world relieving the dissatisfaction of foreigners and local officials.

Jo Ga-ju, the imperial bridgehead who is respected by many imperial troops.

Cho Gap-deok, the governor of the Geumwiui Committee, which can be considered a brother institution of alumni.

Prime Minister, Prime Minister, who is responsible for the world’s livelihood.

And the rest of the members of the Comrades Association, who can exert great influence on the people and the commercial world.

Even if the current situation is completely resolved according to the ideal picture that can only be imagined, the empire will suffer a significant blow. Each of them is a pillar of the empire, so if they falter, the empire will also suffer a blow.

Even thinking about the aftermath when things had worked out the best, the future is bleak. Will the members of the Twelfth Division, who are so angry now, meekly accept punishment?

There might be a rebellion against the imperial family, and if that happens, it wouldn’t be surprising if the imperial kingdom were torn into several pieces.

‘There is no answer, there is no answer.’

If Ho Cheon-an is released, Dong-chang’s face will be ruined. However, if you attack the Comrades Association in the current situation, the empire will be shattered.

Sima Shangxue had no choice but to admit that he and Du Weiman alone could not resolve the current situation.

“I don’t think this is a situation we can solve on our own.”

Hearing Sima Shangxue’s words, Du Yuqian raised his head.

“…Then?”

“I have to go and say I’m sorry.”

Sima Shangxue muttered, remembering his classmates and the elders in the family who had turned their backs on the emperor.

“If things continue like this, the empire will be ruined, so please make a little move.”

Sima Shangxue hurried to Sima Street with such anticipation.