episode_0005

“Wow, it’s really big!”

Olisia was impressed as she arrived at the Imperial Special Mission Academy and got off the carriage.

As Olivia said, the academy was truly enormous.

The grand parade ground, where events and major training are held, is about the size of several modern-day soccer fields combined. A structure in which the main buildings, including the headquarters, surround the parade ground.

After that, many small facilities could be seen, making it a size comparable to that of a small town. There is even a forested hill within the site.

And all of that was surrounded by a solid wall about five meters high. There’s probably a spell there that prevents intrusion from the outside.

“Hello, Dian. I will take you to the principal. Is your younger sister accompanying you?”

The head of the administrative office who came out to meet me looked at Olysia, who had brown hair similar to mine, and asked.

“I am a maid.”

“Is that so? Then, the maid will go to the accommodation and unpack her luggage.”

The carriage carrying Olisia passed us by, and I followed the head of the administrative office to the main office building.

“Principal. A successor has arrived.”

What awaits me in the office… Eh? what?

Behind the desk piled high with documents, something black slowly rose up. It was a dark elf.

Ruby-red eyes and dark black hair. And skin as smooth and dark as chocolate. Aside from their unique slender stature and long ears, they are completely different from elves.

The moment I checked the race of the head of the training center, I knew what Linus meant. He said that the current headmaster had excellent individual skills, but was evaluated as lacking in organizational management.

It is safe to say that dark elves are a race born to become assassins. His unique agile movements, extremely developed five senses, and innate ability to use memorization are unrivaled.

However, because the race itself is very small and they live in dark forests, there are many limitations in their ability to work in high positions in civilized society.

But how on earth is a dark elf sitting in a position like this?

And that dark elf is a bit unique.

Instead of having skin like pitch-black ebony, the skin has a somewhat bright tone like chocolate. Why is the face so gentle?

I’m trying to open my eyes fiercely now, but compared to the dark elves, who basically look like snakes, they look like cute cats.

“Hello, principal. This is Dian.”

I said hello, but the dark elf principal just stood still and looked at me. Is there something I don’t like?

“Hello?”

As expected, he remained silent and only had eyes. Why is it like that? As the principal’s silence continued, the administrative director cleared his throat.

“Principal. I am the successor principal. Received word from the Imperial Palace.”

“I know. just… I just took a closer look at what a human looks like.”

Only then did the Dark Elf principal look me up and down while muttering something.

“Hello, principal. My name is Dian.”

“I am Kirrin Nemara. But, what did you do in the past? What kind of experience did you have that made the Imperial Palace send you as Sir Linus’ representative?”

“Didn’t the Imperial Palace tell you this? If that’s the case, I won’t tell you either.”

I heard from Linus that when I left the imperial castle, the imperial castle kept all my records confidential. They tried to use them for propaganda purposes, but I ran away, so they were worried that my image would be viewed negatively externally.

So, if Hwangseong did not send the resume of the successor principal, there is no need for me to say anything. Perhaps, they were concerned that if they sent me as a professor, the hierarchy would be disturbed due to my career.

“Still, surprisingly, he looks normal. Since he was coming on behalf of the continent’s hero, Sir Linus, I thought he was a barbarian at least the size of a troll or an orc, wearing no shirt, with his thick chest hair exposed, chewing on a deer leg bone.”

“Rather, it is a battlefield where pale-faced people like me can survive for a long time. however… .”

After thinking for a moment, I continued speaking.

“If you are Nemara, are you the Nemara clan I know? The assassination team that infiltrated the imperial castle.”

“Okay. That Nemarada.”

Right. Only now does the whole puzzle come together as to why the dark elf is sitting as the academy’s principal.

Originally, the Dark Elves were on the side of the Demon King’s army during the war. Very, very troublesome guys who acted as assassins and caused enormous damage to our troops.

Then, when Linus and I had just defeated the dragon Hindrastar and were promoted to captains, the dark elves had infiltrated the castle.

The goal, of course, was to assassinate the emperor. But it failed. It was because of the betrayal of the Nemara clan that was involved in the assassination.

For unknown reasons, the Nemara Dark Elves, who were not on good terms with the leadership of the Demon King’s Army, killed all the other Dark Elves who had infiltrated with them and surrendered with their clan.

Taking this as an opportunity, the emperor greatly praised the Nemara clan, and as part of his gratitude, he appointed a dark elf from the clan as the principal of the academy. Anyway, the emperor’s promise is a solemn one.

“This is an honor. This is my first time meeting the Nemara clan in person.”

“Okay… . And this will be the last… .”

“Yes… ?”

“I will now be kicked out and return to the forest where my clan lives… . And I will never be able to come out to the world of humans again.”

Then suddenly, tears began to well up in the principal’s ruby eyes.

“Oh my… .”

The head of the administrative office saw that and lamented in a voice so low that I could barely hear it.

“Well, you probably haven’t heard from Hwangseong yet. First of all, I… .”

“No, stop.”

The principal closed his eyes tightly and cut me off with a cold attitude.

“I don’t want to hear it. They’ll probably notify me of my dismissal anyway. It’s obvious.”

“Well, first of all, I am not the principal. I came here as a professor.”

“Of course… . Eek?! What?!” “What do you mean?!”

The administrative director and Principal Kirrin shouted at the same time at my words.

“The principal position is too burdensome. The 2nd princess also told me to do the same. So, the head of the Imperial Security Office. Your boss.”

“I won’t be kicked out?!”

When the principal excitedly raised his arms, various memorized weapons, including daggers and nooses, poured out from inside his sleeves and clothes. Still, a dark elf is a dark elf.

“Oh my, my. No, don’t touch it. These are dangerous items.”

The principal, who was squatting down, stopped me from trying to help and picked up the memorized notes himself.

“Sorry. I showed my disgrace.”

“Haha… . it’s okay. So what should I do now?”

“There was a vacancy at the moment, so it worked out well. Talk to the administrative director.”

After hearing the principal’s words, the administrative director grabbed my arm and dragged me.

“Please come this way, Dian.”

When I left the office, I bowed my head to the head of the administrative office and apologized.

“Sorry, Dian. The principal must have been very embarrassed.”

“No, it’s okay. Because there are many different types of people in the world. But isn’t the principal so openly happy?”

The head of the administrative office smiled slightly at my words.

“When I heard the rumor that the imperial castle was considering a successor for the continent’s hero, Sir Linus, I told him I had stopped eating and drinking for several days.”

“Yes? Is that so?”

“The principal does not want to return to the dark elf forest.”

“Why? You must be greedy for a seat, right?”

“That’s not true, there are some complicated circumstances.”

The head of the administrative office briefly told me about Kirin Nemara’s history.

Her father is the head of the Nemara clan. He was the one who betrayed and killed other dark elf clans during the imperial castle infiltration incident.

In response, the emperor accepted the surrender of the Nemara clan and repaid them for saving his life. The head of Nemara requested that his daughter Kirrin be appointed as the principal of the newly established academy here.

Since he was originally on the side of the Demon King’s army and then defected, there was naturally a great deal of opposition, but the emperor could not go back on what he had already promised for the sake of face, so he brought Kirin in for now.

The emperor probably never thought that such an absurd request would come out. Well, I would have expected land or money or something like that.

“The principal’s father was very happy when the principal came here. Dark elves, who had been alienated from the mainstream, were finally recognized as members of civilized society.”

To put it simply, it’s like a prosecutor’s child coming from a rural corner.

“So do you understand now? Why doesn’t the principal want to give up his position and go back to the forest? Because that would disappoint the entire clan.”

After listening to the story of the administrative chief, I was able to roughly guess Hwangseong’s situation.

Since it was an important institution called the Imperial Special Mission Academy, the Second Princess, head of the Security Office, was worried about how to kick out the dark elf who had been appointed by the emperor’s promise, and ended up pulling out a fraudulent card called Linus.

Linus, the continent’s savior who killed the Demon King, must have calculated that even the emperor’s parachute would be helpless.

However, Linus was married to Celine and was about to have a child, so he wanted to retire, and the second princess made a ridiculous offer that she would let him retire if she could find a suitable successor. Is there anyone in this world who can replace Linus?

And just in time, when I entered the intelligence department and realized that I had been involved in a fight with the Ferencino guys, Linus realized that it was me and came to ask for help.

To put it simply, the daughter of an acquaintance who helped the chairman a lot came in by parachute, and didn’t the executive director, who is the chairman’s child, make a plan to get her kicked out? This thing is very, very complicated. I never imagined it would be this twisted.

“Anyway, I am glad in many ways that Dian came as a professor rather than a principal. The principal can keep his position, and our academy has a great professor.”

“Then what should I do?”

“Please take on the role of senior combat professor. Since you were mentioned as a candidate for principal in Hwangseong, your abilities must have already been proven.”

“Aren’t there just junior subject professors? I don’t want to do difficult things.”

“Sorry, but there are no vacancies for subject professors. The former chief combat officer just resigned, so let’s go there.”

Senior combat professor… . It’s a bit ambiguous, but it’s still better than the principal. I’m compromising at this level for Linus and Celine’s sake.

“But why did your predecessor resign?”

However, the head of the administrative office did not respond to my words and only smiled meaningfully.

“I survived!!”

Just as I was starting to walk, I heard Principal Kirrin’s screaming cheers coming from inside the closed door. They don’t seem to know that we’re still standing in the hallway.

For a dark elf, she’s pretty lame, that girl.

By the way, looking at the documents piled up earlier, it is clear that the high seats are not comfortable.

Even in this life, heads of organizations and CEOs who seem like they’re all having fun are actually extremely busy. Work isn’t all about sweating in the field or sitting in the office all day.

This is a fact that you can never know unless you go there.

Moreover, considering the size of the academy here, it is rather strange that it is so leisurely.

I’m really glad I didn’t become a principal.