When Selling a Grave, Exclude My Own 3

Alice, who manipulated the anti-rebellion faction and deceived the meritorious families!

Truly the embodiment of duplicity and treachery, the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong!

With her wondrous intellect and ingenious schemes, those involved didn’t even realize they were being deceived, and peace was brought to the Ruincrest layer!

Of course, that’s nonsense.

Theresa aside, Alice possesses no such ingenious schemes or outstanding intelligence.

And in this world, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, including Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, never happened.

Even when the super AI Theresa offers intelligent and cunning advice that plunges the layer into chaos and drives people into the depths of despair, Alice usually responds with, “Ugh, troublesome…”

It’s not that there are never times when Alice’s intelligence and drive explode, but she usually doesn’t move unless her interest is piqued.

However, the Ruincrest layer is currently experiencing a temporary peace due to Alice’s unintentional trolling, or whatever it may be.

She became a triple agent and did nothing, so what else could it be but trolling?

Of course, true peace hasn’t arrived.

More precisely, the risk of rebellion against the Ark Central Administration has temporarily disappeared.

The Arbentaine Family and Perdain, who could be said to be the core of the rebellion, first sought to win over or deal with the anti-rebellion faction, as Alice had suggested, before confronting the Central Administration.

And the anti-rebellion faction, who named themselves Coffee Tree, began to lie low and monitor the Arbentaine Family and most of the nobles to prevent them from raising a ‘righteous cause.’

Perdain, wondering, “Why are these guys so quiet?” actually heightened his vigilance.

In fact, Perdain didn’t know about the existence of the anti-rebellion faction.

He probably wouldn’t have known if it weren’t for Alice.

He knew that there were noble families and capitalists in the Ruincrest layer who were afraid of the ‘righteous cause’ and were passively cooperating, but when they tried to form a force to stop the righteous cause altogether, he was horrified and tried to crack down from within.

But the problem was that Perdain’s outstanding intellect led him to be frightened by conjecture and prediction.

‘The opposition is too quiet. Could they have already reported the rebellion to the Central Administration? No, without material evidence, the Central Administration can’t move, and no one suspected of being an Overseer has entered the layer yet.’

In fact, the anti-rebellion faction was afraid of both the Central Administration and the Arbentaine Family, a meritorious family, and they were petty people who couldn’t give up their wealth, so they couldn’t resort to terrorism or other violent actions.

In fact, even within Coffee Tree, they were just postponing what they had to do or engaging in small-scale espionage, and no one was truly burning with the desire to stop Perdain’s righteous cause.

But when Perdain, who had been relentlessly gathering supplies and trading military supplies with mega corps, suddenly became quiet, Coffee Tree felt uneasy and even stopped their passive actions.

In the end, whether it’s Alice or Perdain, there’s only one person to trust.

They have to trust only Alice Arbentaine, the double… no, triple agent.

She’s the only one who can go back and forth between them, providing information and actions, and she’s even in the important position of being the heir to the Arbentaine Family.

Perdain and Coffee Tree had to rely entirely on Alice for each other’s information.

Of course, Alice wouldn’t do anything about it.

Because the situation at the Academy was quite interesting.

“With Nidalia hosting, today we will discuss social progress through the revival of the working class!”

“Stand up! You too!”

Alice smiled as she watched the A-1 class students stand up.

The students, looking at each other with determined faces as if conducting an ideological examination, discussing each other’s ideologies in a heated tone that was hard to tell whether it was a discussion or not, were quite a sight.

“It is because of labor that we, the nobility and dignity of Ruincrest, exist!”

“The existence of workers around the world is us. It is the foundation for the noble status, so in the end, can’t we see their lives as existing for us?”

“Don’t say such ridiculous things! If we exist because of the workers, why are they so oppressed and not even properly educated?”

“Well, it’s easier to control workers if they’re not properly educated…”

“You bastard! Reactionary!!”

Perhaps because they had learned so much, it was almost like a marketplace.

Oh, it’s turning out like this…?

It’s only been two months since I spread the red ideology through the knowledge injection device?

“Please submit your opinions on what policies would be good for the unity of workers around the world, and what our role is in the world of workers.”

“Ah, I want to revolt…”

“Wilta, do you know what ‘small but certain happiness’ means?”

“What is it?”

“It’s an abbreviation for ‘small-scale expansionist labor ideology movement.'”

“Gasp…!”

Ironically, Alice’s red ideology was slowly infiltrating the nobles’ Academy.

And quite efficiently.

At first, Alice only hacked the ideology injection device in the A-1 class, but what do you know?

It didn’t even take four weeks?

The professor in charge of the A-1 class, as well as the professors in charge of liberal arts and practical subjects, hadn’t yet noticed the existence of the students who were steeped in red ideology.

In fact, even if they did notice, were the students of Ruincrest Academy ordinary students?

This is the group that is called the nobility and the highest class in the Ark.

Perhaps the professors didn’t want to stir up trouble.

No, it wasn’t a matter of being caught or not, but it naturally took its place in the students’ knowledge injection time, and now there wasn’t even a feeling that a foreign ideology had entered.

Before, at best, it was all about Ruincrest layer-centric content, such as the Ark Central Administration being corrupt and rotten, or collecting the materials wasted in the commoner residential areas.

But with the red ideology and sacred labor, which were so novel and shocking to the young ladies and young masters, how could they not be interested?

The gradual and leisurely ideology injection was engraved in the minds of the already outstanding A-1 class students, and they began to pioneer a new path in terms of knowledge and ideology.

In short, it could be said that the plan of the rebels, who were trying to plant the seeds of rebellion in the students using knowledge injection at Ruincrest Academy and to create a force to oppose the Ark Central Administration, was twisted from the very beginning.

From the perspective of the students who received the red ideology, the Central Administration was also a target of criticism, but conversely, they also included themselves, who were nobles and high-ranking officials, as targets of criticism.

As a result, the children of the A-1 class, an elite group among elites, openly revered the red ideology and labor, and were discussing it all over the school.

“Britney? Red ideology? What is that…”

“Goodness. Why should we care about the opinions of the workers?”

Naturally, there were many more students who showed this reaction because they were born into the nobility’s Academy.

Some even openly rebelled against the students of the A-1 class.

“You can’t be called nobles!”

“How can a member of the highest class in the Academy be caught up in such rotten ideas!”

“How dare you try to defile the noble blue blood with labor ideology!”

Naturally, ordinary students from noble, high-ranking, and wealthy families despised even uttering words such as red ideology or the sacredness of labor.

On the other hand, the A-1 class ignored the other students who did not understand them and were caught up in elitism and a sense of superiority, as if they had no intention of even talking to them.

Some students from particularly stubborn noble families even said that the atmosphere in the A-1 class was unusual these days, and they formed groups with other students and clashed with students from the A-1 class or fought in various places in the Academy.

“In the first place, that’s the heaven-ordained destiny!”

“The common people need to be like the common people, and those who are noble and high need the attitude and thoughts that are appropriate for them!”

“Are you saying that heaven thinks it’s right to drink blood, talking about heaven-ordained destiny?

“There are still countless people dying in vain somewhere, and you’re saying that their pitiful fate was decided by heaven? That’s not heaven, but something strange that you believe is heaven!”

“Huh, there are people here who should have been born in the Nine Dragons residential zone, not Ruincrest Academy. As expected of the child of a parvenu courtesan.”

“What did you say…!”

But in the A-1 class, there was a cancer that spread the great red ideology to the nobles’ Academy.

No, there was a young lady version of Alice who had completely adapted to the noble layer.

“Oh my, what did you say? Could you say it again?”

“Y-you’re…!”

The noble students who were clashing with the A-1 class were horrified and stepped back at Alice, who suddenly appeared like a ghost.

No matter how many proud young masters and young ladies there were in the Academy, the A-1 class was originally on a different level in terms of level and reputation.

But Alice went even further.

On the first day of her transfer, she killed the good-for-nothing of a meritorious family, and even the Arbentaine Family adopted Alice as their adopted daughter and heir.

It would be one thing if it were just a rumor, but it was already verified information, so it’s no wonder that the young ladies and young masters parted ways like the Red Sea when they saw Alice.

“Alice Arbentaine…!”

Those who were trying to pick a fight with the A-1 class students, who appeared with Fira and Taylor on either side, shouted with voices full of hostility.

Alice didn’t do anything particularly great even after joining the A-1 class.

At best, she hacked the knowledge injection device to infiltrate the red ideology, and enjoyed Academy life with Fira and Taylor.

However, after about two months, Alice naturally became something similar to the leader of the A-1 class.

Because she’s the heir and adopted daughter of the Arbentaine Family, a meritorious family?

No.

Dehite was treated as a good-for-nothing, trash, gangster, and a person with a terrible personality by the students of the A-1 class. The timid and quiet Taylor was not incorporated into the mainstream of the class and could not avoid being treated as an outsider.

There was a separate reason why Alice became the mainstream of the A-1 class.

“Surely you’re not questioning the first nobility of mankind, which was born even before religion?”

“Eek…!”

When Alice smiled with a grin, the student who was being picked on shouted back as if to hide his fear.

“No, what nonsense! The very existence of this layer is proof that we are inherently different from the lowly workers!”

“In the first place, the workers started as illegal immigrants in the Ark!”

“That’s right. They’re illegal immigrants and illegal residents who sneaked in, not families who have dedicated themselves to the Ark like us!”

“Ah, is that so? Then what about you?”

“What?”

“You’re also receiving the benefits of what your ancestors built up. You haven’t done anything yourself, have you?”

“It’s no use talking! We, who will advance to the Central Administration in the future, can accomplish greater things than the insignificant labor of the common people…”

“Ah, troublesome.”

When it looked like the conversation was going to be long, Alice took off her gloves.

And she threw them at the face of the student who was shouting the loudest at her at an invisible speed.

-Thwack!

“Cough, bleh!”

“Follow me to the rooftop.”

“N-no. Wait, you’re applying for a Duel Trial for just this…!”

This was the reason why Alice became something similar to the leader of the A-1 class.

The drive and determination to immediately carry out what she believes is right without even thinking about the impact on her family and those around her!

Envy!

It’s crazy!

She doesn’t even seem like a noble!

She’s like a gangster!

But I admire her!

“What are you talking about? Isn’t this the easiest… no, isn’t this the most comfortable way? To observe will and conviction with just a fistfight, how easy and simple is that?”

The face of the student who was suddenly asked to participate in a Duel Trial, which could cost him his life, was distorted with shock and fear.

Even though Duel Trials aren’t common in Ruincrest Academy, they’re not used routinely for such trivial matters.

But Alice didn’t care.

He couldn’t refuse the Duel Trial either.

The proud noble young master was the type to say nonsense that honor was more important than life. Unfortunately, this young master was still in the camp that doubted that Alice’s rumors were true.

The result?

“Cough!”

“W-winner! Alice Arbentaine!”

“Kyaa!”

“I believed in you!”

Currently, Alice’s simple physical specs have long surpassed the 1st grade level, even without the abilities obtained through magic or fusion.

There was nothing that just an Academy student could do.

Of course, Alice didn’t really kill the student just because she was being picked on.

You can kill them because of the nature of the Duel Trial, but well…

In Dehite’s case, he was an irredeemable trash good-for-nothing, but this guy is still a kid, isn’t he?

She ended up just crippling both of his arms.

“As expected of Alice!”

“I heard she was adopted into a meritorious family, but she has the hands of a gangster! I admire her!”

“Is that a compliment?”

“Of course! A noble young lady with an uninhibited personality and touch! The determination to do what she believes is right without even thinking about the aftermath!”

That’s how the Duel Trial always ends with Alice receiving the cheers of the A-1 class.

How could Alice not be the leader of the A-1 class?

With that, the matter was settled, and today, as always, the time to leave the Academy was approaching.

Most students stayed in the dormitory, but in the case of the highest-ranking families like the meritorious families, even staying in the dormitory was considered undignified, so they sent carriages to pick up and drop off their children.

Alice and Taylor naturally belonged to that category.

However, after Fira came, they often took a tour of the Ruincrest layer together and then parted ways.

They went to restaurants, cafes, fun playgrounds, and even club-like bars together.

Taylor, who had been grumbling to Fira at first, seemed to be enjoying the conversation at some point, and in Fira’s case, her purpose was to have a fun Academy life with Alice in the first place.

Alice had no intention of doing triple agent work, and since she had a grace period of 8 years for her long-term mission anyway, it was good to have a comfortable student life.

So today, Alice grabbed Fira and Taylor’s hands and roamed the layer because a cafe that sold coffee made from ground monsters had opened.

The coffee tasted just okay.

It tasted similar to mixed coffee, but it was unique in that it tasted like beef for some reason.

“Hmm?”

On the way back.

Fira suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.

“Pyon?”

“Fira, what’s wrong?”

“… .”

Fira, who had been staring blankly at the sky for a while, frowned and sent a telepathic message that only Alice could hear.

[Alice]

‘?’

[I just saw about 37 girls with the same face on the roof, is this normal?]

‘…What?’