episode_0027

27. True education.

“Why is the mercenary king here…?”

“Crazy…!”

Soon the entire restaurant became quiet. This was because even the noisy Iljinhoe kept quiet.

I looked at them and opened my mouth again.

“Why? Can’t I eat here?”

“No… there are plenty of seats…”

“Why here…”

“It’s my heart?”

In fact, it was nothing short of far-fetched.

As far as I know, they were fourth graders. And I was in first grade.

There was some sort of hierarchy here too. No, it was worse than Hyundai. Of course, it wasn’t right to look like this.

It was not for nothing that the rest of the special department students stayed still.

But I just left.

Sometimes, being a mercenary can be helpful.

‘What good is hierarchy to an ignorant mercenary?’

And no one could object to me like that. Just like the students were afraid earlier, they were also afraid of me.

I smiled as I looked at the guys who had become quiet.

Then he spoke to the blue head. That guy was the leader of the Iljinhoe.

“You are the pin, right?”

“……That’s…”

The guy spilled his words for no reason.

He suddenly appeared and asked his name.

Probably quite embarrassing?

Of course, there was no need for me to worry about that.

I erased my smile and asked again.

“Is this Pin? No?”

Was he scared of me like that?

“Oh, no.”

He spoke respectfully to me. It was a 4th grader speaking respectfully to a 1st grader.

But that didn’t matter.

More than that…

What was more important was that he lied.

“There is no one who beat me and survived…”

Hahahaha!

Soon my hands began to glow white. It was a mana burn that could only be used by a second awakened person.

Soon Finn’s face began to turn as white as my hands.

“I’ll ask again. Is this a pin? No?”

“……Yes, that’s right.”

“You messed up?”

“Well, that is…”

I naturally stretched out my hand. It was a very ordinary movement.

But no one was conscious of that.

And before I knew it, my hand was holding Finn’s hand.

It was an unbelievable move.

When I suddenly opened my eyes, should I say that we were holding hands?

“Shall we shake hands?”

I held Finn’s hand and gave it strength.

Wow.

To be precise, mana penetrated his body along with power.

“Kwaaaa!!”

Soon a loud noise began to echo.

“P, pin…!!”

“P, let go of the pin!!”

Iljinhoe shouted at the sight.

Of course, that was just the saying. No one came forward in person.

“Why? Is it just shaking hands?”

“Ah, no… I’m in such pain…”

“Because this is how the mercenary handshake is done.”

Of course it was Gura. There was no such thing.

Anyway, my mana was rushing through Finn’s body.

The pain of having someone else’s mana enter your body is very terrible.

I knew it well because I experienced it myself.

‘It’s especially worse when it comes to the strong mana. You probably feel like your whole body is being twisted?’

I shook Finn’s hand for about 30 more seconds.

Afterwards, the power and mana were released.

dump.

“Gasp…Gasp…”

Before I knew it, Finn was completely exhausted. My hands were red and swollen, and my whole body was sweating.

It was hard to believe that something had happened in just 30 seconds.

I came closer to him sitting on the floor.

Then he squatted down and glared at him.

“Are you a paper thief?”

“……!”

His eyes widened at my words.

And immediately he started rolling his eyes left and right.

‘That’s right.’

However, he couldn’t lie like before.

I was still holding his hand. Perhaps, he was afraid that he would experience the same pain again.

“Right? No?”

My voice was quite low. But everyone heard it. This was because the surroundings were so quiet.

At that time, the student who had been bullied earlier opened his mouth. He was the student who came close to being beaten by Iljinhoe.

“He didn’t steal it himself. But it is true that they are stealing it out.”

I looked at him at the sudden voice.

And he immediately got scared.

“Bah, is that because you spoke informally? I’m still in the 4th grade… no, I’m in the 4th grade…”

Still, he seemed secretly courageous. Come to think of it, even before, he continued to show resistance to Iljinhoe.

‘He’s small in stature, but he’s very strong.’

I nodded at him. It meant to keep talking.

“So… they get magic paper in return from students?”

“Paper…?”

“Yes. And they are selling it outside.”

“Hoo…”

My eyes lit up.

It was more advanced information than what Robin had brought.

Soon the Iljinhoe protested.

“Ha, students donate voluntarily!”

“Yeah, right…! I’m just selling what everyone gave me to use!”

But soon a loud noise was heard nearby.

“Well, they told us to give them one piece of paper a day!”

“That’s why everyone is picking up paper every morning!”

Did he feel something about the courage of the bullied student?

Some students shouted loudly.

Then, Iljinhoe looked very embarrassed. Even more so when Finn held my hand. My whole body was shaking.

Of course, there were those who continued to rebel.

“Uh, anyway, what’s wrong with selling some unclaimed paper?!”

“Ma, that’s right. Throwing away trash instead!”

“Trash…?”

“Yeah, right! trash! We take the trash that someone throws outside…”

He couldn’t say any more.

Hwaaa!!

It was because at that moment, I unleashed a tremendous amount of murderous energy.

The guy who was talking loudly immediately started foaming at the mouth.

“Gurgling…!”

It was because I deliberately focused my life only on that guy.

“I threw away the trash for you… Is there anyone else who thinks that way?”

The surroundings became quiet at my words. And then everyone bowed their heads.

He made people like that just by force. Anyone could tell the difference in skill level.

“Anyway, it’s clear that they are receiving papers from students and selling them outside.”

The entire Iljinhoe here was the culprit.

By the way, I am not the dark wizard Marco now.

If it had been Marco, he would have burned everyone here.

But now I was Jace Allen, the mercenary king. Plus, I was an academy student. Such a thing could not be done easily.

‘It’s unfortunate… but instead, it’s an opportunity to gain fame and recognition.’

Instead, I decided to choose the straight method.

“Let everyone follow me.”

“Yes…?”

“What happened…”

Everyone looked puzzled by my words.

I looked at them and opened my mouth.

“Give me a chance to turn myself in.”

“Now, you mean embroidery?”

“The reason we made such a big mistake…”

Everyone still didn’t know their mistake.

I informed everyone properly in a loud voice.

“Crime of transacting with a black market as an academy student. I’ll give you a chance to turn yourself in on this.”

“B, black market?!”

“Could it be that you sold paper to a place that buys and sells corpses too?!”

Everyone had surprised faces.

We all knew that they were selling paper somewhere.

But I guess I didn’t know that it was a black market.

“Heh…!”

“Oh, no… that’s…”

Soon all the Iljinhoe students looked embarrassed.

Just looking at him, he looked like a perplexed criminal.

“Do you want to just go? Or do you want to be like that?”

I pointed to the student who was shaking from my force. I didn’t know if I would die if I did that.

“Hmph…! I’m going, I’m going!”

“Now, I will embroider!”

Everyone quickly came to their senses at that sight. And then he became cooperative with me.

As expected, the hawk was the best for those guys.

I gained strength from their cries.

And then he lifted the unconscious guy with one hand. It felt like I was carrying a baggage.

“Then, eggplant.”

“Oh, I understand!”

So I took 10 members of Iljinhoe and headed out of the restaurant.

And soon the entire academy was in an uproar.

***

It has been a long time since a faculty general meeting was held. It was a meeting where all professors at the Royal Academy gathered to discuss important issues.

Of course, it was not a meeting that occurred easily.

But this time it had to be that way.

It was because a huge incident occurred.

Soon all the professors were sitting at a long round table.

At the head of the table was an old man with a handsome white beard. It was Hans Werner, Dean of the Royal Academy.

He looked quite angry.

He was famous for his fiery temper. Additionally, his behavior was very strict.

To put it simply, he could be seen as an old man(?) with a bad personality.

But something unpleasant happened at the academy. That was also a very unpleasant thing.

Of course I couldn’t help but be angry.

He looked around the crowd with a rather angry expression.

Everyone bowed their heads at that sight.

I was afraid of him being angry.

Of course, there were people who didn’t care much, like Archmage Armel. But except for him, most people were afraid.

Soon Hans Werner opened his mouth.

“Is what I just heard true? An academy student made a deal with a black market… He also scared other students into collecting magic papers…”

It was an unbelievable matter for anyone to see. But it was also true. There were a lot of actual witnesses, and the criminals even surrendered themselves.

There was no need to investigate separately.

At that time, Thomas, the fourth-year advisor, opened his mouth. He was a man with a quite mean-looking face.

“Oh, it hasn’t been confirmed as a black market yet. Dean.”

“Not yet?”

“Yes. It is true that they sold the paper to outsiders out of fear. However, it has not been confirmed that it is a black market.”

He protected Iljinhoe students as much as possible. It wasn’t because they were pretty. It was an attempt to reduce his own guilt as an instructor.

In fact, he was well aware of the viciousness of Iljinhoe students. But I just left it at that.

This was because it was too much work to manage them one by one.

However, because of his neglect, this division eventually arose.

Naturally, it could be seen that he was partly responsible.

Of course, he denied it.

‘How can I manage so many students one by one?!’

It was then.

smart.

Squeak.

With a knock, the door to the conference room soon opened.

And a person who had not been seen at the professor general meeting appeared.

The royal first sword holding a square box in its hand. It was Serge Geis.