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6. That mercenary is the chief?!

Murmur.

Everyone looked at the hero and the saint. And then he made a face of respect.

Some people even went out and greeted the two in person.

“Hello? My name is Uwe Rannic, the eldest son of the former Marquis of Rannic. Can I bring you two?”

“Oh my, thank you.”

“Hmm, thank you.”

The two sat down in an empty seat under the guidance of a man named Uwe. It was the very front seat, but it seemed like it had been left empty on purpose.

Anyway, the archmage also responded to the hero and the saint.

He stopped looking at his book and looked at the two. In particular, I saw the warrior’s face.

‘Good luck?’

And he had a look on his face that was full of heroism towards the hero. It seemed like he thought of him as the rival he had to be most wary of.

‘Tsk.’

I made a slightly displeased face at that sight.

Should I say that I felt bad for no reason?

Of course, it was only for a moment.

I quickly managed my facial expressions.

My life has been too rough to be shaken by something like this.

Anyway, all the freshmen entered.

And soon the entrance ceremony began.

***

The entrance ceremony was uneventful.

It was almost similar to the entrance ceremony held at university.

An opening address, a moment of silence, introduction to the academy, declaration of admission, speech by the dean, etc.

It was almost exactly like Earth.

Oh, of course, it was similar only until the middle.

The second half was completely different.

First of all, the difference was that the king himself came to the entrance ceremony.

‘You’re young.’

The king was a handsome young man with a short brown beard.

Of course, I thought he looked like that, but his actual age was in his late 30s.

As soon as he arrived, he stood on the podium and gave a speech.

As a young king, I thought the speech would end soon.

But I had forgotten for a moment that this was the Middle Ages.

“……So, as this anecdote says, if each person does their best in their field…”

The speech was much longer than I expected. Even though it was over an hour, I didn’t think it would end.

‘No, this isn’t long because it’s the Middle Ages, maybe the king is strange…’

Even for the Middle Ages, it was too harsh.

Everyone felt like they were being forced to listen.

Konstantin next to me could barely keep his eyes open. It felt like I was trying to force myself to sleep.

‘No matter how great a wizard he is, he’s in front of the king?’

Moreover, the young king was even slightly old-fashioned(?).

“Anyway, the Academy… I really miss this place. In the past, there were no chairs like that for freshmen to sit on. ah! I didn’t mean to wake up. Please sit down again. Haha!”

I don’t know how an idea like the Academy Special came from the head of such a person.

Anyway, his speech did not end until almost two hours.

“Then it’s unfortunate, but I’ll leave it at this point. Haha!”

And I thought the entrance ceremony was over.

“Phew.”

“I will live.”

Everyone secretly sighed and relaxed. So did I.

‘It’s finally over now. Ha, I thought I was going to die.’

It was a more difficult time than the battle.

But soon an unexpected situation occurred.

Suddenly the king said something unexpected.

“Oh, now that I think about it… What did you say his name was?”

The king turned his head and asked something to the nearby dean.

Then, a person’s name came out of the dean’s mouth.

“Ah! His name is Jace Allen.”

‘That’s my name?!’

“Oh, that’s right. Mercenary King Jace Allen. A cock that is gaining popularity these days.”

It seemed like the king had heard of my reputation.

But that wasn’t the important thing.

“Mercenary King Jace Allen. Please come forward.”

Suddenly the king called me.

I stood up with a confused look on my face.

And then he walked towards the podium.

‘Sweet, what is it?’

I saw many people looking at me.

And everyone made faces like they didn’t understand.

“What is it? Why the mercenary king?”

“If it were famous, the warrior would be more famous, right?”

“Or there is also an archmage…”

“There is also the elf princess Lucien.”

At that time, I could see strange eyes looking at me.

When I turned my head, I saw a woman with a more beautiful appearance than any other celebrity.

‘Lucien.’

Elf princess.

No, it was the gaze of the divine archer Lucien.

She knew me. I knew her too.

This was because they both belonged to the warrior party.

However, she didn’t like me like a saint.

Are you saying you don’t particularly like it or hate it?

Anyway, as I passed her strange gaze, I saw the king’s face.

The young king was looking at me with interest.

I went up to the podium.

And then he bowed to the king.

chuck.

“Raise your head.”

“Yes. Your Majesty.”

He approached me with those words.

Then, he patted my shoulder.

widely. widely.

“Haha! Awesome!”

“Yes?”

“Oh, you don’t know? Jace Allen. You took the top spot in this special department entrance exam!”

“Ah…”

I did well on the test. I passed all the courses.

Additionally, I did overwhelmingly well on the English test.

So, I used to think of myself as a senior, but…

‘I didn’t know it would be praised so grandly.’

It shouldn’t have been like this.

There will be a disruption in my plans.

In the beginning, I tried to quietly bury myself behind the outstanding people.

But all those plans were in vain.

Murmur.

Just now, countless people were looking at me and whispering.

“Nonsense! The mercenary is the chief?!”

“Not the hero?!”

“I thought Archmage Constantine was the chief…!”

And it included a warrior and a saint. Especially because I was in the front row, I could hear my voice very well.

“Ha…! Jace Allen is the senior?! This isn’t me?! Wow.”

I could also hear the sound of the warrior grinding his teeth.

“Oh my…! Of course it’s Jace! How can you be so smart…!”

I could also hear the saint’s somewhat sorrowful voice.

Anyway, I put on a surprisingly calm face.

I couldn’t help it happening like this.

‘A king wouldn’t just let this go.’

First of all, I had to take advantage of the reward he gave me. For the sake of the king’s respect, I will not just ignore his words.

‘I wish I could give you money…’

Currently, the operating funds of the Steel Mercenaries were quite tight.

No matter how talented Jerome, the vice-captain, was, there were limits.

In times like these, the king’s bounty would provide relief for a while.

“Ho, aren’t you surprised?”

“No. I guess I was so surprised that my face froze.”

There was no need to show off in front of the king.

Seeing his old-fashioned appearance today, I thought it would be better to be humble.

And my prediction was correct.

“You’re even humble. I never dreamed that the Mercenary King would be like this. Haha!”

His loud voice was heard. I guess I secretly like it.

‘Stop laughing, give me the money quickly.’

And soon the time I had been waiting for came.

“I was admitted as the top student, but I can’t just pass it up.”

The king put his hand into his bosom.

Just looking at it, it looked like he was trying to take something out.

‘good. They’ll give you at least 1,000 gold, right?’

He was famous for his large barrel. You can tell just by looking at the fact that the grand territory will be awarded to the final head of the academy.

By the way, 1 gold is worth about 1 million won in Earth’s won.

1,000 gold would be worth about 1 billion won.

Soon gold began to sparkle in his hands.

‘yes!’

But I guess I made too much of a good impression on him.

Soon something long, not money, came out of his arms.

“That’s…”

“Oh, it’s no big deal. It’s just a gift.”

The object that came out of his arms was not ordinary.

It was a long treasured sword that was entirely golden.

Just looking at the gold-plated sword from the scabbard to it, it looked very expensive.

My guess is almost 10,000 gold?

It was worth 10 billion won.

But my expression was not bright.

He even intentionally withheld the gift.

“I… Your Majesty. Isn’t it too much of a gift? ”

And there was a reason for everything.

‘No, I don’t need a decorative sword like that!’

At first glance, it was not a weapon that could be used in actual combat. It was correct to say it was a decorative sword.

Moreover, it was given by the king himself.

Of course I couldn’t sell it.

To put it simply, it was a bright apricot.

But he could not refuse the king’s gift.

“Haha! You don’t have to be so humble! Get it quickly. My hands are heavy.”

I had no choice but to hold out my hand. My hands were shaking.

“Haha, do you think even that mercenary king can’t control his emotions when it comes to my gift? Even my hands are shaking.”

“That… Yes, that’s right.”

I gritted my teeth and accepted the gift.

The sword was considerably heavier than I thought. It seemed like there were quite a lot of jewels or gold in it.

After receiving the sword, I turned around.

Then I could see many eyes jealous of me.

In particular, the look in the prince’s eyes was very unpleasant.

Tingling.

‘Ha, really.’

His eyes never left the sword.

‘They say the prince is secretly jealous…’

He probably hates me for being recognized by the king instead of him. I could tell just by looking at it.

I sighed inwardly and returned to my seat.

It attracted a lot of attention from the start.

‘Now that things are like this, I need to revise my plan.’

I couldn’t help it.

I felt like I had to come up with plan B.

Plan B was no big deal.

If plan A is to stay quiet and then hit hard in the second half.

Plan B was to throw away all that and just go from the beginning.

Of course, we had to use every means possible.

‘Tsk, can’t we help it?’

It seemed like it was wrong to graduate fairly and fairly.

‘Well, I’m a mercenary. The king of mercenaries who does everything to survive.’

It worked out better.

There was no point in winning anyway.

It was right to sprint at full speed from the beginning.

By the way, receiving the treasured sword did not only have a very negative effect.

As I sat down, I could see Archmage Constantine looking at me.

Unlike before, he looked at me with interest.

It was completely different from the dismissive gaze from before.

“Hmm…”

Of course, I don’t know whether I should like this or not.

Even though I received his approval, it was obvious that he would also be conscious of me.

“Why?”

“No. You said your name was Jace Allen, right?”

“Okay.”

“I’ll remember it. Jace Allen.”

“Ha, yes.”

The eventful entrance ceremony ended like that.

It was also the entrance ceremony that engraved my name in everyone’s minds.

And I completely revised the plan I had made.

‘Ha, I guess I’ll just have to leave now, right?’