episode_0064

“If this was going to be the case, I should have received monster by-products rather than gold.”

I think I now know that academy students should not be viewed purely as students.

It seemed like we needed to rethink what it meant for nobles to monopolize all the wealth in the world.

‘These guys really have wealth beyond imagination.’

It was useless for me to offer consideration to students by offering to change the price according to their individual circumstances.

“I guess I can take care of this as much as I want?”

When I heard that I was a student, I thought it was like living with an allowance of a few thousand won a month, but it felt like I found out that there was a building.

Of course, I don’t think they would have sent me this kind of money for no reason.

‘You must have known that beads were a product.’

Currently, the beads are tailored to a specific person, but you might think that if you process them well, their versatility can be increased.

If it’s something that can make money, and if it’s a kind of elixir that can increase your skills, isn’t it natural for the nobles to turn their eyes upside down?

“Are you satisfied with the price I paid?”

just as expected.

A student wearing particularly shiny jewelry visited a general store.

So far, I’ve only seen the illustrations that came out through the lottery, and I didn’t know what kind of character it was because I didn’t look closely, but it seemed like the kid was a bit more unlucky than I thought.

Kaka (SR), whose bangs were thoroughly covered with hair gel, was speaking with a confident expression.

“I gave you so much gold, there’s no way I wouldn’t be satisfied.”

“Haha, I thought you would. But you wouldn’t be satisfied with just one box, right?”

“What if you’re not satisfied with that? Are you going to give me more?”

“As much as you want.”

Kaka continued speaking with a confident expression.

“Please join hands with our family. I heard that you have been a supporter of the Academy for a long time. I completely understand why you provided the beads to the students. However, these beads should not only be provided to the students.”

It is unfortunate that the beads are only provided to students.

In other words, he meant that he would try to do business with these beads.

“As you know, these beads hide a lot of people.”

“The real need for these beads is not the Academy. It is more needed for the soldiers who are fighting hard on the front lines right now.”

Among the R and SR levels, there are not only students.

There are characters that appear later in the main scenario when you go to war.

However, it was important that the number was not large compared to students R and SR.

“The soldiers will pay more for the marble.”

Kaka was misunderstanding.

Once a colored orb chooses its owner, it no longer gives power to other beings.

So, rather than having students contact me for no reason, I thought it would be more advantageous to show it to those who would pay more and have them choose me.

‘I also think that’s the right way to do business. Even if I were in business, I would have done it like that.’

But what can you do?

The owner of this bead was already determined, and if someone else touched the bead, the wavelength would not match.

Therefore, he had no choice but to refuse Kaka’s offer to sell the beads on his own if he gave them to him.

“Nonsense! Why are you rejecting the offer? The value of these beads is infinite. Wouldn’t it be a waste to end up benefiting only a few students?”

“That’s because they know very well what to do with these beads. They will do all kinds of experiments with them. To increase their versatility.”

And if the versatility is increased, of course it will be sold for money.

“Of course we should. This bead has tremendous potential to save humanity. It is right that everyone benefits.”

If I could, I would like to do that too.

“So, why should I entrust something of such high value to someone I’m not even close with?”

“!!”

Everyone can absorb and benefit from the power contained in these beads, and then sell them to people.

It was a business that reeked of money.

No matter which noble family entrusts it to them, they will probably risk their life and death to conduct experiments.

‘If I succeed, I will sit on a cushion of money. If you strengthen it to 5 stars, your stats will increase a lot.’

Although elixirs are effective, their effectiveness is halved if taken frequently.

On the other hand, beads are a different type from elixirs, so they can always grow to 5 stars.

‘This is a business that can be done without fail. He had already noticed that and came looking for me.’

The reason nobles eat well and live well is because they are good at finding things to make money and have the power to turn that into money.

Even though I have this bead in my hand, I can’t think of selling it like that nobleman because I have no foundation.

‘But you can still decide who you want to share this opportunity with.’

It’s up to me to choose nobles who can turn this into a profitable business.

I am the only one who can provide things.

In that respect, Kaka was a business partner I did not want to choose.

If you’re going to choose…

‘I have to do it with SSR. Because they will be more helpful to me.’

What can Kaka do when he says he won’t do business with someone he’s not close with?

In the end, Kaka said he should think again and disappeared.

It looks like he won’t give up for the time being and plans to keep going to the general store.

In order to get him to give up on me, I needed to make a deal with a family that couldn’t be trusted.

“When it comes to the inside of the house, I can’t keep up with Ariando.”

In that case, no matter what anyone says, you have to choose Ariando’s family.

I am not a bird, I am a dragon. It was Ariando’s ducal family that had the prestige of dropping dragons.

The problem is that I don’t have that much of a relationship with Ariando yet…

‘If you don’t have a friendship, you can build one.’

When is he going to run away from home?

It seemed like there was nothing to do but wait for Ariando’s scenario to progress.

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“Hmm! Excuse me.”

“?”

I heard there was an uproar at the academy because of the beads, a few days after the incident with Kaka (SR).

The dean, not the student who had promised to come, visited my general store.

“Dean?”

“hello.”

In fact, I expected that the teacher would visit my general store at some point.

I heard that the academy was in an uproar due to the marbles taken by the student council members, and there was no way the teacher could just sit still.

“I didn’t know the dean would come.”

“Haha, I thought it would be better for me to come rather than send the teacher, so I volunteered.”

“Please come up to the second floor. I think the second floor is better for conversation than here.”

Still, even though I was the dean, I couldn’t meet the students on the first floor and have a conversation with them.

I brought him up to the second floor and sat him down at the table.

“Coffee? Tea?”

“Green tea is enough.”

Because children came so often, we only stocked juice, but when Rebecca and Sasha started coming in and out, we started stocking tea and coffee as well.

I don’t know how my house came to feel like a hideout, but it was true that I had no place to go other than my house.

Hello~

The dean’s smile softens after drinking green tea.

“It tastes good.”

“Yes, customers with picky tastes come here sometimes.”

“The first floor is a general store, and the second floor is a living space. It looks like they’ve decorated it well.”

“It’s decorated simply enough that you can easily sleep in it.”

After chatting about the current situation for some time, the dean got to the point.

“I heard about the beads from the students in the student council. Do you know that the academy is in trouble these days because of the beads?”

“I heard about it and knew about it, but I didn’t think so many students would show interest.”

“The situation on the front lines is not good these days, and children are inherently interested in growth. In such a situation, a bead that gives strength without risk could not help but be attractive.”

A sharp gaze was directed at me, completely different from when I went to the academy as a sponsor.

“In that respect, I had no choice but to confirm whether these beads really only delivered power to students and had no side effects.”

“I completely understand. It must have been very suspicious.”

“If you don’t mind, may I know where you got these beads?”

As beads have endless possibilities, it would be very rude to ask for the source.

I thought a lot about what answer I should give if someone, whether a teacher or the dean, came and asked me that.

If I were to be honest and say that I saved my life with this ability, I would have to report the fact that I had awakened to the dean.

Currently, the only person who knows that I have awakened is Sasha.

I was planning to at least tell Rebecca, but I didn’t like it if the Dean found out about her awakening first when I hadn’t told her yet.

“I can’t tell you where the beads came from, but I can assure you that they will not have a negative impact on the students.”

“Hmm… I see. I also confirmed that the bead has a safety device.”

Was there such a thing?

“Then doesn’t it prove that there is no problem?”

I was surprised, but I said it without revealing it.

If there is a safety device in place, there is no problem, so there is no need to come and interrogate me like this.

“The problem is that students who were not selected will not understand the choice of beads.”

“Students who weren’t selected are the problem?”

“Those kids might try to steal the marble and dismantle the safety device.”

“Is that possible?”

“It’s foolish. If the energy contained within the bead is mishandled, it will cause an explosion, and the sponsor may have had to take responsibility for the bead that was given with good intentions.”

I have full faith in the stability of the beads made by this ability.

But what would happen if this bead entered an unspecified person and caused damage to the bead in an unusual way?

“…..”

Even though I didn’t ask the student to pick up a knife and destroy the marble, I caused an explosion, so there was a very high chance that I would be X.

“You couldn’t possibly do something like that…”

Looking at the dean’s determined expression, I couldn’t help but say that I believed in the students.

“I guess I will.”

“Yes, I will.”

“…..”

What kind of thoughtless thing is this?

Creepy goosebumps spread across the back of my neck and up my forearms.