episode_0043

“We have a lot of those things at home. Would you like it if I brought them to you?!”

Shine heard me and said something unexpected.

“There’s a lot of that at home?”

“The items obtained by the family’s elders when they were active are piled up in the warehouse. There are quite a few items that are left unattended because it feels uncomfortable to just throw them away, but I don’t know the value of using them at all. If you like these things, I can bring them to you.”

“hmm… Instead of doing that, why don’t you just take a look? “It’s not like you have eyes to see.”

A warehouse belonging to a noble family that must have traveled around the contaminated area for a long time and collected various mystical items.

You’d be a fool if your eyes didn’t sparkle.

‘Who knows if their warehouse might have good equipment that drops boss stages with a low probability?’

I know that it is not easy to open the family warehouse to strangers, but I thought that Shine could do it after hearing that he should aim for S-level, not A-level.

“You cannot show the noble family warehouse to outsiders.”

“I’m not asking you to show me the real family warehouse. He wants me to show him where I collected all the miscellaneous things. “Is that too burdensome?”

“no. I could! But it doesn’t work right now. The semester starts tomorrow… .”

“I didn’t mean to storm into your home and show you around. I’ll show it to you later when I have time, and it doesn’t really matter if I don’t. “That’s not what I wanted to do in the first place.”

This situation came about because I felt like it was a burden to do so well, so I wanted to pay it back myself.

It’s great if it works, and you won’t be too disappointed if it doesn’t work out.

“Once school starts, I won’t be able to see you often. “Are you going to continue going to the private training center?”

“Well, when school starts, it will be full of people, so it might be difficult for me to go around. “I’m thinking about buying some exercise equipment and doing it in the yard.”

I didn’t want to cause trouble by making a fuss about a commoner in a place where nobles frequented.

And once the academy opens, Rebecca will no longer have a reason to use a private training center.

This was because there were excellent training facilities within the academy.

No matter how well-decorated the private training facility is, it is not as good as the training facility installed inside the academy.

So there is no reason for me to go to and from private training centers.

‘When they start the semester, I have something else to do. If you worry about that, you won’t even be able to go to the training ground.’

Thump thump thump!

“huh? “Can you hear noises outside?”

“It looks like Sasha is here.”

And Sasha, the owner of the private training center, finished work late and joined us.

“Voila!”

With both hands full of alcohol.

“I also bought a drink for Shine to drink because I was afraid people would ask me why I was drinking alcohol when there was a minor there!”

“nice! After all, we are the only ones with Sasha. “Of course, I feel bad when I stop drinking.”

“I know how to drink too!”

“Sweet! “What are you saying in front of the teacher!!”

“oh.”

It was a rather heartwarming dinner.

* * *

next day.

The academy has finally started school after its vacation.

A city crowded with students from all over.

However, even those many people could not be easily found in the alley where my general store was located.

It was a moment when it became clear that although it had the advantage of being close to the academy, there was nothing else going on.

It was clear that the few customers who came to the general store were also distracted by the start of school.

I used this time to completely close the general store for the first time in a long time and move to the agreed upon location.

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The meeting place is a teahouse that is often used as a meeting place.

After sitting there and waiting for a while, the person who had an appointment with me appeared.

“Are you Suhan?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“The day when we can meet face to face like this is finally coming. “I was heartbroken that even though many donations had been made to our academy, we were not able to provide a good location.”

“What a great thing. “It would have been nothing compared to the amount given by other noble families.”

“Isn’t consistency important? For 10 years, he has been donating donations to students who only want to fight for humanity. Thanks to this, students from difficult families were able to graduate safely.”

Scholarships awarded by most noble families place importance on grades.

This means that they do not intend to provide scholarships to students with poor grades.

Of course, if you make a donation, you inevitably have to give a certain amount of money to students whose family circumstances are difficult, but that amount is very shabby compared to merit scholarships.

However, over the past 10 years, I have been consistently donating to the academy and helping students with difficult family circumstances, not grades.

‘The reason I made a donation was because I needed to make friends with the academy, not because the students who would receive the scholarship were important.’

Noble families make donations to attract students with good grades from poor noble families to their families.

Of course, you can bet even if you are a student from your own family.

Are you saying that it is a courtesy that enhances the nobles’ unique honor?

However, in my case, making a donation itself was important, so there was no need to be heavily involved in how the donation was used.

This blind money without an owner was usually used for students who really needed money.

That’s why the staff dispatched from the academy showed me such kindness.

“Besides, I didn’t know you were this young. “You are truly amazing.”

The academy staff knows that I am not of noble birth.

Even though I was a commoner, their attitude toward me was extremely generous, perhaps due to the fact that I had consistently made donations over the past 10 years.

‘Because I didn’t even pay a penny or two.’

While working as a mercenary, I couldn’t receive all the commission rewards as monster by-products.

Therefore, as I worked diligently, money gradually accumulated, and the money left over after living and saving went into donations.

Don’t let the academy ignore me because I’m a commoner.

This means that donations have been made consistently for 10 years precisely for this day.

“Students want to meet the people who donated and say thank you.”

“I would like to refrain from such pretense. “It is also a burden on students.”

“ah… “Students will be disappointed.”

“Well then, I think I would be happy with a letter. “If you write a reply, won’t your disappointment go away?”

“letter! Haha, I think the students won’t be disappointed if that happens.”

The conversation with the academy staff was always cordial.

They treated me politely without showing any rudeness, so there was no reason for the atmosphere to be bad.

“ah. And this is the item I told you about in advance.”

I presented the boxes I had brought separately to the employee.

The academy staff’s eyes sparkled as they looked at the box.

“You said you would make a donation for this year’s graduates.”

“Please make sure that no one is neglected.”

“If these are the items you mentioned, Suhan will be the biggest donation this year.”

From my perspective, it is cheaper to give away items obtained through payment without spending a penny than to donate.

‘I can’t say it’s free, but it’s not what I was aiming for, so it’s just a miscellaneous item.’

After running a general store, I realized that if I sold the items I had accumulated over the years to a store, I wouldn’t be able to sell them again for the rest of my life.

So this year, donations were used to provide various consumables.

“I don’t know if this proposal might be a burden to Suhan, but would you mind if I give you a simple invitation?”

“invitation?”

“Now that school has started, students will begin measuring new grades.”

“Hmm.”

“On the day when students’ grades are measured, many spectators come. It is also a day to enjoy like a festival. “If you watch it from the VIP room, you will be able to have a more comfortable and enjoyable time.”

It is a day when grown students can enjoy the festival atmosphere and enjoy the joy, while students who have not grown up can feel comforted by the festival atmosphere while feeling sad.

Parents of students or nobles who have nothing to do visit the academy and watch the day’s festival.

The academy staff was trying to give me an invitation there.

“I don’t think I can refuse this. “I will be happy to attend.”

“Oh oh! ”

Since I was planning to go see it, I decided not to hesitate.

In fact, in order to receive these conveniences, people have been making donations on a consistent basis.

From now on, I will have to continue interacting with the SSR characters I selected.

However, I may not be worthy of the academy and student families.

Wouldn’t it be weirder to just leave it alone when there’s an unknown, suspicious bastard hovering around a student?

But this mysterious bastard is the one who has been donating to the academy on a regular basis?

For a whopping 10 years.

At least the academy can’t ruthlessly brush me off when they find out my identity.

If a student’s family hears about a 10-year donation, even if they are a commoner, they will wonder what kind of person this guy is.

‘Just don’t touch it carelessly.’

An invitation is politely held out with both hands.

I took the invitation and put it in the inside pocket of my coat.

The main scenario will begin as soon as school starts.

Before that, I needed time to check whether the things I had sown over the past 14 years had bloomed properly.