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25. Let’s give a gift to the saint.

‘As expected, there is no one I can trust.’

I shook my head. Duke Philip clearly spoke to me with a sincere expression on his face.

But for some reason, I could feel a sense of discomfort.

And I tend to trust my feelings a lot.

‘Because the sixth sense of the 3rd awakened person is good.’

I didn’t know you could tell a lie with such a sincere expression.

At that level, it would be correct to say that he is a 9th degree politician.

And then you end up on the same side with a guy like that…?

‘There is a 99 percent chance of getting hit by a tossagupang.’

Of course, it wasn’t certain. But I had a feeling that it would be like that.

‘The young Imoogi was here.’

Anyway, I headed out of the gym.

I had a lot of worries while walking. The candidates were so competitive that I couldn’t help but worry.

‘I’m still not on good terms with the prince. Alliances will be difficult.’

Excluding the warrior, elf princess, and archmage, four people remain.

And then I decided to put my alliance with the duke out of my mind. Moreover, they could not form an alliance with the prince.

then…

‘Illjin with bad character and stupid dwarves are left behind…?’

I stopped walking for a moment.

It was because I suddenly remembered a truth I had forgotten.

‘Even if we try to form an alliance, there is no one to do it.’

It was a big problem.

The situation was worse than I thought.

At that time, the Duke behind him spoke.

“Why do you stop?”

“No. Just thinking about it for a moment.”

I gave a cursory answer and started walking again.

I could only sigh at the extremely bleak situation.

‘In the end, does this make the warrior overrepresented?’

It seemed unbearable. It wasn’t the problem of being away from the position of chief, but it felt like it would take a big toll on my mentality.

Of course, it wasn’t that there was no way.

If that didn’t work out, I had to resort to the last resort.

‘Do I have any choice but to reveal that fact?’

Squeak.

I sighed and opened the door.

Soon a bright light tickled my face.

I frowned.

The sunlight was making it difficult for me today.

It was then.

Soon I started hearing a lot of loud noises.

The Prince, Pierre, and Dubalton gathered the people together and were shouting loudly.

Election activities had already begun.

And then I opened my mouth to see what was happening outside.

I didn’t open my mouth about too fast an election campaign.

It was like that because it was an inevitable sight.

“Elect me as the overrepresentative. I have royal blood in my veins!”

“You know that I’ve been recognized as a genius for a long time, right? The third awakening will happen soon. So you have to pick me no matter what!”

“Hahaha! I am the representative of the dwarves!! If you’re a dwarf, pick me!”

It was because their election method was so absurd.

Anyone who has lived in Korea is probably familiar with the behavior of politicians during election season. During the election period, politicians had to be more humble than anyone else.

But it wasn’t them.

I have never seen such a confident politician(?).

No, beyond being proud, they even threatened voters.

“If you don’t elect me, His Majesty will be angry!”

“Pick me out before it gets to your father!”

“Haha! If you’re a dwarf, definitely pick me! Or my iron fist will not remain still!”

And I could understand why they acted like that.

‘Yes, this is not a democratic society. It’s a strictly class society.’

It could have been because they were particularly strange.

However, people here did not know about the election itself. Since I hadn’t tried it, I didn’t know.

‘Because I haven’t even had the typical class president election…’

Suddenly, the sunlight shining on me started to feel warm.

It was because I saw a path.

‘If I’m good at this… it’ll be okay?’

***

I first made a plan.

It was not good to blindly bow your head like a modern politician.

‘They’ll just be embarrassed for no reason.’

Unfamiliar behavior was bound to cause backlash and embarrassment.

Of course, making election posters, singing election songs, saying hello on the way to school in the morning, etc. This kind of election campaign will not be of much help here.

‘I don’t have time for that, and there’s no need for that.’

In an aristocratic society, such behavior could be considered vulgar.

Additionally, it was not a matter of selecting the entire Academy representative.

I only had to target 92 candidates, excluding the 8 candidates.

To be more precise, 7 members of the prince faction and 10 members of the noble faction could be removed.

Anyway, they will unconditionally support the prince and duke. Targeting them was a pointless effort.

This meant that we only had to target a total of 75 people.

And when there are so few voters like this.

There was a good method with a long tradition(?).

‘In times like this, bribery is the best.’

I wasn’t talking about a grand bribe.

Even small bribes actually had a big effect.

Because this worked, injustice continued to occur even in modern times.

Oh, of course, it was illegal in modern times. But not here. There was no separate election law.

Of course, it was also possible to pay bribes.

‘But the problem is… it has to be done secretly.’

I shouldn’t have been caught. Then, other candidates were likely to follow suit.

Of course, if it were a battle of money and power, I would definitely lose.

So, I naturally came up with a strategy to approach students and bribe them.

“I picked this up on the way, do you want to use it?”

“Huh?! It’s magic paper! That’s also a study gallery?! Joe, great!”

The student’s face brightened up at my gift(?).

I still had a lot of magic paper. To be exact, there was a lot of study gallery paper. It was intentionally made more.

And magic paper was very good as an election bribe.

This was because it was not burdensome even though it had considerable value.

Magic paper was something anyone could pick up if they went out early in the morning. As a result, it was also an item of low burden compared to its high value.

‘Of course, study gallery paper is quite rare.’

Anyway, I secretly approach students every class time.

I was in charge of delivering magic paper.

Of course, it wasn’t just paper that was delivered.

“You know we’re going to elect a department representative next week, right?”

“Oh, by any chance, is this…?”

“Yes. If possible, please take good care of it.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

I didn’t forget to add a warm smile.

The image of the mercenary king was too harsh. I had to force myself to smile just to get it off.

Of course, not everything went well.

After about two days, someone started following my actions.

It was Duke Philip.

Like me, he targeted each student individually. In addition, secretly delivering it was also the same.

I think he probably heard my story from an aristocratic student.

Anyway, he delivered the money differently than I did. As expected, he was a wealthy duke.

However, there were quite a few students who refused this.

That one thing was very fortunate.

‘Giving money outright feels a little different.’

You will actually feel like you are being bribed, and your pride as a noble will be hurt.

It was a fortunate situation for me.

Of course, there were many people who just received it. So I couldn’t just like it.

‘You bastard… you’re following me…’

I felt this again. I could never be on the same side as the duke. It was a guy who had more than a hundred snakes inside him.

It’s been four days since I campaigned like that.

Currently, I was in a situation where I had bribed most of the students.

Fortunately, everyone accepted my bribe without anyone rejecting it. It was quite an encouraging situation.

And now only the last student remains.

She was a saint who was sitting in the front row, studying hard.

‘I guess I should give it to the saint too.’

She also had the right to vote.

And if I persuaded her well, the chances of her taking a picture of me were quite high.

Moreover, the saint’s mark had the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

‘If she supports me, one hero vote will be lost, and my vote will increase.’

In any case, it could be said that he was a very important voter.

Of course, I planned to unite with another student later. Still, it was important to collect as many votes as possible until then.

“Okay, I’ll take a break and then do it.”

It was finally time for a break.

Many students were seen going outside to get some fresh air. Otherwise, I just put my head down and did community work.

And it was the same for the warrior sitting next to the saint.

He got up as if he was going to the bathroom.

And then he walked out of the classroom with confident steps.

‘Anyway, pretending like nothing’s wrong…’

Of course, it will only look like that.

The warrior was still receiving a lot of criticism in the community. Perhaps, even his mentality is not normal.

Anyway, now was my chance.

At that moment, there was no one near the saint, and the warrior had gone to the bathroom.

I slowly approached the saintess holding the magic paper.

“Hmm…? Jace?”

Immediately, the saint recognized me. It seemed like it had been a long time since we had talked alone like this.

I held out the magic paper I was holding to the saint.

“This is…?”

“It’s just a gift. I picked it up on the way…”

I said the same thing to everyone. Of course, the saint also said the same thing.

but…

“J-Jace’s gift…!”

The saint’s reaction was different from others.

Her face instantly turned red. And then he looked like he didn’t know what to do.

It seemed like there had been a huge misunderstanding.

‘for a moment…! Could this be…?’

I just campaigned normally.

However, it seems that it was perceived differently by the saint.

‘Oh, that’s right. ‘Isn’t this just like the comment a man makes when trying to seduce a woman?’

I corrected myself immediately.

I ended up saying something I shouldn’t have said to a saint.

“It is true that I picked it up on the way… but… it was meant to be good for the election…”

“Of course. I will definitely pick Jace!”

“Thank you.”

I was reassured by her words.

I’m glad she understood me…

It’s a piece of cake.

“But I think I have to reject Jace’s feelings.”

“Yes?”

“Black, I converted to my former school. I can’t do things like love…”

The saint’s expression looked very sad. It was like seeing a tragic heroine.

Of course, I was just dumbfounded.