episode_0121

Narrell’s rescue mission took much longer than expected.

The long, long operation ended safely.

‘I don’t know why the day feels so long.’

The kidnapper leader must have used the seal through his eyes, so he couldn’t resist because he had an eye patch on him.

Fran gave him adequate treatment so that he didn’t die.

“After the relic was strengthened, it became easier to control my abilities. It healed as much as I wanted to.”

I didn’t have time to find out in detail what abilities had become stronger after raising the holy relic to level 11, but I finally learned about the strengthening effect of the holy relic.

“Hash!!!”

“Nairel!!! Huuuck!!!”

The two best friends cried as soon as they were reunited.

He kept crying until his eyes swelled to the point where I thought he was a frog.

The knights and teachers neatly captured the remaining remnants without missing a single one.

And they were very surprised that we captured the leader.

“I had no choice but to miss it. They made sure to let their leader escape.”

According to Rebecca, the leader placed a seal there and ran away while his subordinates blocked him.

“There will be a set number of people who can seal. It will be at least three people, and the method will be through eyes.”

It is said that both the knights and teachers were so embarrassed by the sealing of their abilities that it was a defeat.

“To be honest, I was very confused about the ability sealing. It was my first time seeing such an ability…”

“I felt really dirty.”

It is said that Rebecca was the one who was sealed, and because of this, she was unable to do anything in the beginning and was only a burden.

“But later on, he did a lot of work even without his abilities.”

Although she was embarrassed by her lack of abilities, her physical abilities did not disappear, and Rebecca adapted quickly and helped others.

The other awakened people who had been sealed were in a panic and were of no help.

Rebecca was the only one who helped.

“Then the ability came back, and from then on, as you can see, we quickly overpowered them. Still, everyone was depressed because they lost the leader, but you captured the leader!!”

The knights next to him nodded and raised their thumbs.

Children laugh so hard that their mouths tear when they hear praise from adults.

“Hehe… it wasn’t a big deal!”

“Actually, we didn’t do anything, but you did everything.”

“We’ll talk about the details later, but you guys get ready to receive your medal. I think you could get a medal at this level.”

“yes???”

“A medal?”

“Yes, of course it is not a medal given by the Academy, but a medal given by the country. By the way, yours will also be issued.”

“Me too?”

“So you got the leader and I thought you wouldn’t get it?”

Ariando, Baine, Shine, and Fran, who contributed greatly to rescuing the kidnapped child, and even me.

The medals given by the state were different in weight from the medals given by the academy.

The medals given by the academy do not provide food, but the medals given by the country do.

I heard that the pension paid every month is quite generous depending on the rank of the medal.

‘There’s no reason not to take it if it’s given to you.’

I said I understood what Rebecca said and moved on.

Nayrel later left the academy to seek stability.

For reference, my parents personally came to pick me up and went back.

It seemed like I probably wouldn’t be seeing Narrell for a while.

You will need to recuperate at home for at least a few months.

“The lockdown has finally been lifted.”

The blockade imposed on Academy City has finally been lifted.

People who had been suffering from all sorts of complaints due to being trapped inside the city left the city in droves, and those who had been waiting outside came in droves.

As the blocked supplies began to be released again, the soaring prices also went down.

“I didn’t expect you to come back like this in three days.”

three days.

The city returned to normal in just three days.

The question of how the kidnappers were dealt with was heard from Rebecca more than a week later.

“It appears that it was a large group that relied a lot on their leader’s ability. If the work had been completed after Narrell was kidnapped, it would have become an even more troublesome organization later on.”

The sealing ability of the man who was the leader was very special.

Especially in the world of the awakened, ability sealing is truly fatal.

“Once I experienced it, I knew how scary that ability was. Imagine if that guy even had money.”

What if you took Nayrel, manufactured Awakened Mulberry, and sold it?

He would have sat on a cushion of money, and with that money he would have quickly grown in power.

‘It’s not really the same criminal organization that appeared in the main scenario, is it?’

Perhaps I may have prevented a very important event without my knowledge.

“How was the academy’s internal information stolen?”

“They said he threatened an administrative staff member. By the way, that staff member was also sent to prison.”

Even if he was threatened, it was a very big mistake to hand over the student’s personal information.

You couldn’t do anything because you were threatened?

Instead of handing over the children’s personal information, I should have talked to the dean and asked for help.

and.

“When I traced their assets, I found out that they handed over the children’s information and took money. I guess they tried to persuade them after threatening them. They probably wanted to keep using them in the future.”

“Nice hair.”

Those who cause harm to others are naturally smarter.

Not only do they use their good abilities and good brains for their own benefit, but they don’t mind harming others if it benefits them.

“It must be hard to survive, right?”

The parents of the kidnapped children will never remain silent.

And it seemed like the academy would not leave the employee who stole internal information alone.

“Of course. You will be executed, no matter what. But you won’t go to the underworld alone, so you won’t be lonely.”

“Has their punishment been decided?”

“Yes, all the criminals involved will be executed.”

“Execution? Everything?”

I had no idea that the Academy would come out this strong.

“I feel cool on the inside, but is the leader no exception?”

“Yeah, he can’t be an exception.”

To be honest, I thought I would use the leader as a test subject because his abilities were so good.

However, it appears that the academy handled the matter resolutely.

‘Or… it could be said to be an execution on the outside, but then secretly stolen from behind.’

I didn’t think there was any need to worry about such detailed follow-up issues.

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In front of the general store.

Knights in uniform surrounded the entrance to the general store.

The Templars were not surrounding the general store because something bad happened.

“Thank you very much for your cooperation and assistance in the rescue operation.”

“…No. It was just something that had to be done.”

They came in droves just to give me a medal.

The problem is that just because it’s a quiet back alley doesn’t mean there aren’t people living there.

The sudden appearance of the knights made people in the neighborhood glance at our store.

Until now, no one had approached me warmly, calling me a neighbor, so the attention was so burdensome that it was embarrassing.

“It would have been okay if I just called you to come get it.”

“How can you just casually tell your benefactor to come and go? In fact, I wanted to award the medal according to a more formal procedure, but I heard that you felt burdened, so I made a brief preparation.”

“Wow, I hate that kind of thing. This alone is too much.”

Even thinking back on the actions the knights showed during the medal awarding ceremony made me dizzy.

‘As soon as I opened the door, the ceremony was held right away, so I received it without realizing it…’

Knights in silver armor knelt down on one knee and made a path, and a knight wearing a fancy helmet came close to me, holding a medal in both hands.

I had to kneel down to thank the emperor whom I had never seen in my life, and politely accept the medal with both hands.

When I received the medal, the knights got up from their knees as if they had been waiting, raised their swords forward, and crossed them in the shape of an ‘ㅅ’ shape.

Puuu ㅡ!

The sound of a fancy instrument that I can’t even remember now woke up everyone in the neighborhood.

‘That’s terrible.’

Even if I think about it again, it’s something I don’t want to experience twice.

“I was just following what the kids did, but I got what I deserved.”

As it became known that if it hadn’t been for me, the criminal leader would have been missed and Narrell could not have been saved, the medal I received went up a few levels higher than expected.

The polite moderation shown by the Knights Templar is not without reason.

The medal I received was sparkling silver.

For some reason, the area around my chest where the medal is hanging feels very heavy.

“Now, I will tell you in detail what benefits you can receive from the medal.”

All the other drivers left, and a man who appeared to be a civil servant in charge of administrative work remained and continued to explain various things to me.

Since all the drivers were gone, I decided to ask what I was curious about.

“But you wouldn’t go this far just because you caught a criminal, right?”

We barely managed to catch a criminal organization.

Of course, there was an unusual situation where an academy student was kidnapped, but the treatment I received now was excessive compensation.

“I can’t explain it in detail, but there were a lot of people who would have been in a lot of trouble if they had lost the leader, and a proper and just compensation was given. In addition, Suhan is the person who made the greatest contribution to capturing the leader, so a medal of this magnitude is deserved. “It’s natural.”

“It seems that the government thought sealing abilities was dangerous.”

“Yes, it is a very dangerous and rare ability. His Majesty showed unusual interest in the fact that this ability was missing.”

“…..”

Abolish it…

It’s such a distant existence.

At that time, a civil servant made a point of saying something unusual.

“Before awarding the medal, I noticed something strange and went directly to the duke to ask about the situation.”

“……”

This is why I didn’t want to stand out.

“You seem to have an unusual history.”

“Well… I haven’t lived a normal life. Do you really believe my career?”

Are you saying that you only awakened after 30 years?

Or are you referring to my mercenary career?

In fact, if public officials make up their minds and start investigating, there is a high probability that they will not be able to hide it.

“No, I believe it. Just because there is no precedent, we shouldn’t have the prejudice that it is impossible.”

“……”

Damn, I guess I noticed it too.

They said that the duke’s family had a hand in it, but I had no idea that it would be discovered so vainly.

“However, we investigated Suhan’s whereabouts to confirm the truth.”

The civil servant confidently said that he had investigated my background.

“I’m a little scared, but I’ve never done anything particularly bad, so I won’t worry.”

“Haha, of course. I heard that you hunted monsters while working as a mercenary for 14 years. If you were afraid of enlisting, at least you wouldn’t have made a living as a mercenary. Moreover, I heard you took an awakening test when you were about 16 years old.”

“Will the investigation extend there?”

that’s interesting.

This isn’t even modern times, so I didn’t think they’d be able to find out what I did when I was 16.

Aren’t the investigative skills of public officials quite remarkable?