episode_0023

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『Subquest has been sent.』

[Insa begins with conversation]

Ellis is a very difficult character.

Have a conversation that suits her tastes for at least 30 minutes!

– Reward: Slight increase in Alice’s favorability. Random ability score 1

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I spoke to Ellis, who had her eyes fixed on the smartwatch.

“It’s very surprising.”

“…what?”

“You don’t seem like the kind of person to do something like this. The public relations department is annoying.”

Ellis’s daily life is [going to school. study. training. It is a repetition of [going home]. I know that he is an international student and needs to become stronger for his home country’s guild, but… he doesn’t have many close friends because he rejects all the students who approach him.

But what about the public relations department? The number of disruptive factors in her daily life increases.

“Whoa. Listen carefully. It’s not that I don’t like annoying things, it’s that I don’t like doing useless things.”

“Hmm. I think I’m getting a feeling.”

“I don’t want to waste my time going out with classmates who obviously won’t help me at all, wandering around cafes for hours looking for sweet desserts, or searching the mall for pretty clothes.”

“Aha. Then what about the public relations department?”

To put it simply, I think it means that I don’t like losing time for self-development. Then why did the public relations department come?

“Why are you doing this, you know? Of course, I came here because of my connection with President Moon Soo-rin. He’s the best prospect in Korea. Aren’t you like that too? From what I heard earlier, it seemed like you were close with the student council president.”

Ellis came into the public relations department to make a connection with Su-rin Moon, and I think I naturally came in that way too.

“I’m friendly, but I’m not into networking.”

To put it bluntly, I joined the student council to seduce the student council president.

“That’s a common excuse.”

After hearing my answer, Ellis turned her head as if she had lost interest.

No, that cheesy… bear with me. You have to endure it.

But the pretty girl looks attractive because she acts cheesy.

She goes out like that because she knows she has a pretty face.

I’m not swearing. In a way, your face is also your ability.

I learned something good from Ellis.

Looking at that situation, I feel like I can move on even further.

Anyway, the flow of conversation is not good right now.

To complete the quest, you must have a conversation with Alice that suits her tastes. Because she seems uninterested in me.

But it’s okay.

Even if you fly and crawl, Ellis, you are still my heroine.

“Well, do you know a little about cocktails? I’m quite interested in cocktails.”

Upright.

Ellis’ ears twitch. I’m pretending not to be interested in this, but I’m hearing everything with my ears.

“There is a new cocktail bar in the Academy shopping center, and the gin and tonic there is really delicious. Premium gin and top-quality tonic water are of course, and it is said to be the first in the world to use magic ice, which is probably why it is so refreshing.”

“… Where is it?”

Ellis began to take interest in what I was saying.

In fact, since I had memorized all of her preferences, it was a quest I couldn’t fail from the beginning.

Ellis Root is definitely in my memory.

From cocktails to books, movies, and classics, Ellis knows all of her hobbies.

“… I think gin-based cocktails are the coolest. Although there is a perception among old people that it is a cheap drink, you can’t match its unique scent and coolness.”

“Surprisingly, you have similar tastes to mine.”

“I often drank Pink Lady or Singapore Sling.”

“…I liked that too.”

I chatted with Ellis for over 30 minutes.

Unfortunately, Ellis pretended not to be interested until the end, but the system window that appeared in front of her did not lie.

『Quest completed!』

Ellis must have enjoyed my conversation.

*

I came out of the PR department to go back to the dormitory.

As soon as Ellis finished talking with me, she said it was time to train and headed to the training building first.

“Are you leaving now?”

“Yes. I have some work to do, so I’m going to leave soon.”

Moon Su-rin spoke to me as I was leaving the student council room.

“But now that I’m in the public relations department, I’ll be seeing my juniors often.”

A wide smile blooms on Moon Su-rin’s face. No matter how you look at it, it is a smile that conveys affection beyond simple liking.

… It became really clear.

Surin Moon. This cheeky older sister.

They created a public relations department to get me into the student council. It would be strange to include just me, so I added a pretty new girl among the girls.

That was Ellis.

The butterfly effect is so scary.

I met Su-rin Moon at a cafe earlier than in the original.

As a result, Moon Su-rin came to like me faster.

Because Moon Su-rin’s trauma had not occurred yet, she approached me more actively.

Then, they created a public relations department and had me join the student council, and since it was a good excuse, even Ellis joined the student council.

Oh, my head hurts.

‘… Nothing bad will happen, right?’

It’s definitely something that didn’t happen in the original, but Alice doesn’t play a big part in the club anyway…

It will be fine. hmm. It should be okay.

It’s something that can’t be undone anyway. If you think positively, it is a benefit to have connections with heroines.

“Sure. See you next time, sister.”

“Yes, Hoyeon. Goodbye.”

Moon Su-rin always calls my name quietly only when we are together. I also call him Chairman when I’m around people, so it’s the same.

I left the student council, leaving behind Moon Su-rin, who was smiling brightly.

First of all, I have to finish everything I have to do today.

If you submit an application for admission to Lucy’s social club, your work for today is done.

But where is Lucy? Since I’ll be with Rumi anyway, I should try contacting her.

Rumi’s number was saved in the smartwatch, so I turned on the hologram and sent a text.

Me: Rumi, are you with Lucy by any chance?

Rumi: Yes, why are you doing that?

Me: Well, I’m thinking of applying to join a social club. Have you finished applying for club documents?

Rumi: Uh… Well, a little situation came up…

Me: What’s going on?

Rumi: Well, would you like to come to our club room first? It’s room 205.

I have an ominous feeling that something will happen.

I took the elevator to the second floor, turned the corner, and knocked on the door of room 205.

“Come on….”

There, I saw Lucy, whose tension had dropped drastically.

“Lucy, what’s wrong? Is there a problem with starting a club?”

“Actually, yes, it’s a bit of a problem. I decided on a club room and a professor in charge, but suddenly the department in charge of the student affairs club refused, saying there was an error. Then, the professor in charge also said he couldn’t do it due to circumstances… What should I do? .”

This kid who was usually so energetic is like this and I just want to help him.

Well, it probably would have helped anyway.

“Was there anything that could be a problem at all?”

“Yes. I got a club room, there was a professor in charge, the name of the club was simple social club, and we had a minimum of 3 people…”

“Hmm…?”

Then there’s no problem, right?

Wait a minute, that minimum of 3 people includes me.

“Of course, the minimum number of people is you, Rumi, and me, right?”

“Yeah, you really haven’t changed your mind, have you? No… the club will fail without you…”

Lucy sits down, holding my arm and begging me not to throw it away.

It wasn’t heavy because my body was small, but when I did that, my hand touched my chest.

But despite the touch, another thought entered my mind.

Actually, I had a lot of questions about the club since morning.

The same thing happened to the fishing club, the club president walked away as soon as he made eye contact with me, and the opening of a social club with my name in it was rejected.

At this level, even the purest country has no choice but to be suspicious, right?

There are some who can guess there.

Horsepower Research Department.

He seemed dissatisfied with me, and since the magic research department is said to have the strongest influence among the clubs, he may have been trying to influence me.

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『Subquest has been sent.』

[Creating a club for Lucy and Rumi!]

There seems to be something dark behind the opening of the club!

Let’s help Lucy open a club!

– Reward: Increased Lucy’s favorability. Random ability score 3

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As soon as I realized that, the quest was sent.

After all, there is something. I was planning on helping even if the quest didn’t appear anyway, so it’s a free quest.

“Lucy. I told you to think about how great it would be if the student council joined the club.”

“Huh? You won’t abandon us?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it.”

“oh!”

“Let’s go to the club department together.”

“yea, I got it.”

The club department was on the 16th floor. The student council is on the 17th floor, so it is the floor right below.

As the club setting was quite large, there were many cadets who came to support the club or open a new one.

Coincidentally, there was a female student who had just left the newly opened department, so I spoke to her.

“Hey. Did you just start a club?”

“Yes… four? Ah, well, our club is just a hobby club created by friends for fun, but if you really want to join, I have to kick my friends out…!”

“No, just a moment. Calm down.”

“Ah yes….”

Although I learned how to use my handsome face from Ellis this time, I was still clumsy.

If it were Ellis, I think I would have ripped something more out of the cadet who reacted like that.

“Can you tell me how long the process took to open that new club?”

“Uh, I just submitted the documents to open a new club and got the OK on the spot…”

“Hmm. Thank you.”

I left the girl who was still looking at me and returned to Lucy.

There is definitely something to this. Since I was rejected for something that would not have been rejected if I had just filled out the documents properly, I have no choice but to speak out in person.

I approached and spoke to a cadet working in my department.

Fortunately, this time it was a man’s house, so there was no loud reaction. Although I don’t like the way they see me, I understand their feelings. Ugly friend.

“Hello. I’m here because of the opening of a new club.”

“Yes. Have you filled out all the relevant documents?”

“Here. It’s a social club formed by friends.”

“Yes. It will be done soon, so just wait… Ah, I’m sorry. It says there are no problems with the documents, but there’s a strange error. I don’t think we can open it right now. Could you come back tomorrow?”

“…”

That’s a stupid excuse. That document is the same document that Lucy was denied for opening a new business.

I submitted this document just in case, but I never thought I would get such a reaction.

After being rejected for making an error, I heard that the professor in charge said he couldn’t do it due to circumstances.

In other words, if you input that document as is into the computer system, it will come out as a false document in the first place.

But there is no problem with the document, but there is an error? There was a low possibility that a real error had occurred, but I felt a strong sense of awkwardness in the man’s expression and actions.

“You said there was an error last time and rejected it, but this time there was an error again?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Can I try typing it in myself? Something’s strange.”

“I told you no. If you keep doing this, I’ll call a student council officer.”

“I am a member of the student council. What do you want to do by calling the student council officers? Try calling them. See what happens.”

“Huh? No, that’s….”

There is a reason why I make ridiculous accusations and act out the truth.

I’m not 100% sure, but someone is keeping me in check.

Since I revealed my identity as a member of the student council, there is only one person from the club department who can come out to stop me.

“Junior. Why don’t you calm down now? Isn’t this new junior going too far?”

The person who was waiting came out. The club president walked away after seeing me.

I don’t know the name. I don’t even want to remember, so I’ll just call him club president.

“Senior. Hello. I heard that our club keeps receiving mysterious rejections.”

“It looks like there was an error in the computer system. As a senior on the student council, I will do my best to resolve it, so I’ll head back today.”

The club president was wearing a friendly smile on the outside, but I could see it in my eyes.

There is clearly a sneer hiding behind that smile.

Let’s go back for now. I also have things to prepare.

If I say more now, I will only be at a disadvantage.

There is still time until Friday. All you have to do is resolve it by Friday.

Ellis was right this time too.

If I didn’t have connections at a time like this, I would have suffered something ridiculous like this.

It’s time to properly utilize the connections you’ve built.

And let’s listen to everything Ellis says from now on. I have never been wrong in my actions or words.

*

After finishing training, Ellis got into a luxury foreign car waiting in front of the academy’s main entrance for dinner.

“Thank you for your hard work, lady.”

The middle-aged man waiting in the driver’s seat spoke to Ellis as if he was familiar with her.

“Yes. Thank you.”

“Have you made any progress in today’s training? Irene back home is also very worried.”

“You’re bringing up your name just to piss me off, right?”

“That can’t be right. I’ve never had such a profane thought.”

The middle-aged man held out a water bottle to Ellis with a faint smile.

“What is she worried about? Ha. It’s okay.”

Elise is traumatized by her older sister, Irene, who has been bullying her since she was young. Even as I get older, the image of my older sister always having fun getting rid of her toys and things she wanted is still deeply embedded in my mind.

One of the reasons I came to study at Victoria Academy in Korea was to escape from my older sister’s embrace and find freedom.

“You joined the student council this time? You’re amazing, after all.”

“It’s no big deal. I was just chosen based on my face.”

“What about that cadet named Lee Ho-yeon? If we work in the same public relations department, we’ll probably run into each other often.”

gulp

Ellis, exhausted from the hard training, quenched her thirst and continued speaking.

“He’s good-looking. He seems to have some talent, but… there’s something about him that puts me off.”

“Why? Just by listening, you’re the type she likes.”

Tingling.

Ellis threw the water bottle at the teasing remark, but the man just smiled slightly and took the water bottle.

“Uhm… there’s just no reason.”

“Isn’t he like a gangster? In the first place, gangsters get angry even if they pretend not to be. Even if I look like this, when I was in my old days….”

The man was speculating here and there and telling his story, but Ellis’ head was occupied with other thoughts.

This is a story that Alice, who has strong pride, cannot bear to tell with her own mouth.

From a young age, Ellis grew up always receiving praise and envy for her overwhelming talent and beauty.

Moreover, as she matured quickly, she realized that others’ envy and criticism stemmed from their shortcomings, and she did not get angry because she knew that she was superior.

However, there have only been two times when I felt jealous or annoyed by my peers.

A girl named Nam Da-eun I met at Victoria Academy in Korea.

Her overwhelming talent and fighting power made me want to blame God for why he chose that woman and not me.

Her lack of manners and unsociable personality also irritated her.

And Lee Ho-yeon.

I don’t feel jealous. It’s not a talent I should be jealous of. It’s a completely different field.

But for some reason, I feel irritated.

The conversation with him definitely wasn’t bad. It was like meeting someone who matched my taste for the first time and we got along well.

It was an interesting conversation, starting with cocktails, books, movies, and even classics.

But I felt like something was playing over my head.

He talks as if he knows me well, but I can’t refute that because it’s roughly true.

If you make eye contact to get annoyed, it’s difficult to get angry because your face is useless.

I was definitely irritated, but I couldn’t be angry, and for some reason, this strange, pleasant feeling was unpleasant.

“Back then, my nickname was Blood Wind. Blood Wind. As soon as I showed up, the surroundings would be covered in blood….”

“Stop, stop. Stop. I’m hungry, so let’s go eat dinner quickly.”

“Tsk. Okay. I’ll go to the restaurant I always go to.”

“Yes. And for dessert, let’s go to a cocktail bar called ‘Emilia’.”

“Where is it? It’s my first time hearing about it.”

“… If you want to go, just go.”

“Yay yea.”

When Ellis completely closed her eyes and crossed her arms, the man seemed to have given up and started driving.

‘Ha, what does this feel like?’

Although Ellis doesn’t realize it yet, she has already fallen into the heroine’s trap.