Ch.233233 – The Foundation’s Spy

<233 – The Foundation’s Spy>

“Stop!”

“Huh? But I’m not finished yet?”

Yumi’s face grew a little more gloomy.

“I’ve seen enough of your skills. Truly amazing. Your talent is… absolutely genius-level mosquito artistry. I don’t think even vampires could handle mosquitoes as well as you!”

“Hehehe. Thanks for the compliment.”

“I feel better after seeing such a talented junior. As thanks, I’ll show you something good too.”

Yumi took out a pouch from her chest and scattered red powder into the air.

After a moment, with a buzzing sound, three small mosquitoes gathered around Yumi.

Peck, peck.

The mosquitoes diligently collected the red powder with their tiny feet, dissolved it with the saliva from their proboscises, and sucked it up like a drink.

“Blood powder?”

“Correct. It’s blood frying powder—flour mixed to increase viscosity, then deep-fried in oil and finely ground.”

“Wow.”

“You want it that badly?”

“Yes!”

“You really are a strange child. First looking for blood stones, and now this. I never dreamed there would be such an amazing hidden mosquito artist like you. Tell me honestly. Are you actually a vampire?”

“I don’t know!”

“Then maybe one of your parents is a vampire. This level of precision isn’t possible without blood clan abilities.”

Yumi felt an incredible sense of kinship.

In Oknodie’s innocent head-tilting, she glimpsed the struggles of a mosquito artist who couldn’t proudly reveal her profession anywhere.

Surely it was partly due to being conscious of the maid quietly observing from behind.

“Here, take it. When you sprinkle this powder, wild mosquitoes within 100 meters will gather, so be careful. I’ve written down the magical signals for controlling the mosquitoes on this note, so read it, memorize it, and use it in practice.”

“Wow. Thank you!”

“By the way, what are you planning to do with the mosquitoes you borrowed from me?”

“There are some students I want to teach a lesson at the sports festival!”

“Be careful. If you get caught, you’ll end up behind bars like me.”

“I’ll keep that in mind!”

Hmph. What a promising junior.

Yumi waved goodbye as Oknodie and the mosquitoes departed through the ventilation duct.

* *

April, the Foundation spy planted by the Wiheomhae Foundation at Gift Academy.

Disguised as a cat beastkin cleaning maid, she had received orders to find prisoners in the main prison during the chaos and recruit them as internal collaborators for the Foundation.

Yumi, whom she met during visitation, was an incredibly strong person regardless of her incomprehensible mosquito artist class.

“Why is a maid here? Don’t tell me you’re here to take my belongings from my room?”

“Don’t you resent having your freedom taken away because you possess an unpopular class?”

No sooner had she broached the recruitment topic than sharp killing intent pricked her skin all over.

The killing intent, refined as sharply as mosquito stings, targeted vital points of her body.

She almost curled her legs at the dense murderous aura worthy of a professional assassin.

‘No. If I carelessly move my legs or tense my muscles…’

If stimulus were applied to the tail she had attached to her buttocks for her beastkin disguise, her body would react.

If she were caught wearing such perverted equipment items while claiming to be here for recruitment, the target would immediately flee upon realizing the existence of the evil “punishment” from the Foundation’s higher-ups.

“Hmph. You’re probably just here to recruit me into some organization with a weird name like the Bikini Warriors or the Magic Circle Society, right?”

Despite April’s efforts to appear calm while gritting her teeth, the recruitment was heading toward failure.

Mosquito artist Yumi, with her outstanding skills coveted by other organizations, low social recognition, and antisocial tendencies, had already received many scout offers and developed an aversion to recruitment proposals.

Unfortunately, the Foundation’s directive ended in failure.

Surely she wouldn’t be given “punishment”?

What if they delivered an even larger cat tail, claiming it was for her growth period?

Her legs trembled with realistic fear.

“Ah, here you are! I was wondering why you weren’t in your cell.”

The unexpected happened when the ventilation cover opened.

Top scholarship student Oknodie.

Why would the Foundation’s future big shot appear here?

The grand sports festival should be in full swing outside.

“Can I borrow some mosquitoes for a bit?”

Surprisingly, Oknodie did the absurd thing of borrowing the mosquito artist’s mosquitoes.

Contrary to expectations that she would only embarrass herself, Oknodie demonstrated such amazing skills that even active mosquito artist Yumi was bewildered.

‘Vampire blood clan ability!’

Eavesdropping on Yumi and Oknodie’s conversation, April felt fear.

The noble vampires of the night.

Their reputation was legendary among the beastkin.

Unlike most beastkin such as dog-humans or cat-humans who worked in professions like cleaning maids, bat-humans had carved out their name as elites of the beastkin world under the fancy name of vampires.

They enchant their targets, suck their blood, make them their servants, and treat humans like slaves.

To the beastkin, who were little more than slave class, vampires were self-made businesspeople, revolutionaries who overcame the social system, and role models.

‘Well, I’m not really a beastkin anyway.’

Happy, the annoying dog beastkin who whines to play every night and licks her face with his tongue, would probably shout “Woof woof, vampires are great!” at least thirty times until he got hungry.

Oknodie, whose racial identity had been revealed, made eye contact with her but casually disappeared into the ventilation duct saying, “I’ll go first!”

‘Should I… report this to the Foundation’s upper echelon?’

April hesitated.

If she showed it so openly, wasn’t it meant to be seen?

More importantly, why did Oknodie borrow mosquitoes?

If she were truly a vampire, she could have gotten mosquitoes herself outside.

As she agonized over thoughts tangled like a skein of thread, Yumi asked her:

“Are you okay? You look troubled. Your legs have been restless for a while.”

“I-I’m fine.”

“Maybe you need rest before recruitment? Your organization has issues too, working its members so hard. Just give up and go back. I have absolutely no intention of joining such a dangerous organization that treats its members so harshly.”

As April bowed her head and was about to leave the visiting room, one keyword in Yumi’s statement expanded her thinking like a key fitting perfectly into a lock.

Why would the top scholarship student interfere with what a Foundation spy was doing?

Because she knew it would fail.

Why did she so blatantly show the secret of her vampire blood clan ability?

It was a first and final warning to consider carefully which side to pledge loyalty to—the Foundation’s upper echelon or herself.

Why didn’t she point out April’s espionage activities in the faculty building despite discovering them?

She was showing her generosity.

Otherwise, there would be no reason to reassure her by pretending to steal confiscated items like leftover potato chips.

Yes.

She had been recruited by Oknodie!

‘If I have to choose between Oknodie, who is certain to grow into the Foundation’s future big shot, and the Foundation’s upper echelon who sent orders to check on her…’

The Foundation’s upper echelon who sends beastkin tails vs. the magnanimous Oknodie who overlooks her security negligence by pretending to steal confiscated Pocachips.

It was clear which side she should take.

April made her decision.

She would help this young lady whose heart was as big as 230cm despite her small stature.

* *

“Now, my mosquitoes. Go and stick your stingers into the flesh of students doing bad things, spray paralyzing venom, and suck their blood!”

At the grand sports festival, newbies try hard to compete, intermediate players build their physique to perform well in many events, experts have already earned the necessary points and avoid unfair play, while veterans hunt down those who play unfairly.

[A student who was trying to knock Arcadia off the rope by pretending to lose balance was stung by a mosquito’s bloody shooting and lost balance in the opposite direction, falling alone.]

[Manipulation Experience +5]

[Mosquitoes moved hot powder from a student who had sneakily put it into Son Ocheon’s bowl during the eating contest back into the student’s own plate.]

[Manipulation Experience +5]

[A student who was trying to drop an object on a passing freshman’s head under the pretense of hanging decorations was startled by a mosquito making a loud noise by their ear, lost balance, and fell.]

[Manipulation Experience +5]

[The mosquitoes that have continuously consumed high-quality mana are happy.]

[Taming Experience +10]

[You have achieved the challenge goal Villain Discipline (1).]

[You acquire 300 points.]

Hehe.

Cowardly cheaters.

As long as I, a veteran, am here, only you will suffer from unfair play.

Even if you get first place in an individual event, you only earn 10 points.

Disciplining cheaters earns you 100 points.

Any elementary school student could tell which is easier.

…Does that make me an elementary school student since I’m 11 now?

Yes, even I, an 11-year-old elementary student, can tell!

“Hehehe.”

As I was disciplining another cheater while hiding in the bushes, I heard a rustling sound behind me.

“Maid? We met at the faculty building and visiting room, right?”

“Excuse me. I thought you might want this information…”

The list the maid handed me contained the names of many students.

“What’s this?”

“It’s a list of Foundation scholarship students and internal collaborators.”

“What??”

“The people Oknodie is currently hunting were our Foundation’s scholarship students and internal collaborators.”

Are you serious?

I was just having fun preventing unfair play and earning points, but these were Foundation people?

“Then why are those people causing trouble?”

“They’re creating conflicts within the school to target lower-grade students who won’t earn points anyway. Of course, Oknodie has already noticed them without the list and has been warning them.”

“Warning???”

“Isn’t she showing her dominance to the scholarship students, making them submit by demonstrating that they cannot execute operations against her will even if the Foundation’s upper echelon gives orders?”

Seeing the maid’s expectant eyes, I couldn’t bear to disappoint her.

“…That’s right! You’ve figured out my intentions quite well. You’re really amazing!”

“I, April, will be responsible for reporting the Foundation’s directive contents and supporting your school activities from now on. I look forward to working with you.”

I suddenly found myself with a Foundation spy at my disposal.