Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

302 – New Beginning_2

303.

The Academy has a program called Exchange Cadet.

The purpose is for academies that have exchanges to exchange students for a certain period of time to compare and learn from each other’s curriculum and to work together to improve procedures.

Recruitment is held once in the first and second half of the year.

There are some exceptions, such as special recruitment, but basically it happens about twice a year.

The period is not long, about 6 months to 1 year.

That’s why the exchange student program is often compared to short-term study abroad.

Similar purpose of learning and interacting, similar period of time of 6 months to 1 year.

It was because they were so similar that you might have thought they were the same program with different names.

There was a joke that if you gave a description of the two to someone who didn’t know them and asked them to guess which description was which, there was a 50% chance that they would guess correctly.

But there were clear differences and distinctions between the two.

For example, there were assistants in the exchange cadet program.

“excuse me.”

Laplace Academy main gate.

Kyle Asmond, who was leaning against the door and breathing heavily, suddenly raised his head at the sound of a voice.

Then, a woman came into view, with long black hair reaching down to her waist, round glasses, pale skin that did not match her age, dark circles under her eyes, and a neat, wrinkle-free student uniform. She looked like a tired, diligent model student who studied hard.

“Are you Kyle Asmond, who will be joining Laplace Academy as an exchange student starting today?”

“…That’s true, but why is that?”

Kyle took a breath and answered.

It was because he wondered how he knew his identity.

“Oh, I’m late with the introductions. My name is Han Yuri, the temporary student council president and secretary who is in charge of the assistant role.”

“If it’s an assistant station… ah.”

By the way, I heard that there is something like that in the exchange student program.

There will be support available for a while to help you adapt to life in a foreign academy.

This is probably what it was talking about.

‘Student Council Secretary and Acting Student Council President?’

I didn’t understand what Han Yuri said when she introduced herself.

If you’re the secretary, you’re the secretary, if you’re the student council president, you’re the student council president, but how can you be the secretary and also the acting student council president?

‘Is there something going on in the student council or within the academy?’

I was curious.

But we just met each other.

I wasn’t even that attached to it that I asked what it meant just because I was curious.

There are times when things that are easy to overlook if you don’t know about them become difficult to overlook once you know about them.

I was really sick of annoying things, but there were other things that bothered me more.

Kyle stared at Han Yuri.

“Haven’t we seen this somewhere?”

There was an unfamiliar sense of thorniness in both the voice and the face.

It was hard to say exactly how it was, but it felt like seeing a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.

I know it’s a mistake.

‘You’re working hard.’

huh?

What are you working so hard on?

‘I guess it’ll be okay in the fall.’

What about fall?

‘Then let’s finish the S-class on the South Korean side like this and then sequentially do the saint’s side… The variable is regression, but… I’m anxious because I’m hiding my body…’

What is that?

Kyle tilted his head at the sudden thought.

“yes?”

Han Yuri blinked.

The expression on his face that said he didn’t know English was a bonus.

“ah.”

Kyle came to his senses at Han Yuri’s expression.

In an instant, my face turned red.

It was because he realized the meaning of what he had said.

Haven’t we seen this before?

Isn’t that what a third-rate gangster or a B-movie says when trying to seduce a woman?

“That’s… no, that’s not it.”

Kyle Asmond tried to make an excuse, but his tongue was tied due to his hasty words and he couldn’t continue speaking properly.

“Calm down.”

“I didn’t mean to hunt…”

“I understand. I hear that a lot because my face is pretty common.”

Han Yuri responded to Kyle’s words as if it was nothing.

“I don’t think it’s common.”

It’s common.

Han Yu-ri was a beauty.

It wasn’t so common that I would say it was common.

Wouldn’t it be possible to compare her to an actor or celebrity who appears on TV, let alone an ordinary person?

No, I feel like that was a bit low.

Her appearance was such that if she had dressed up a little more, she could have felt like the nation’s first love.

“I appreciate your encouragement. But more than that, your younger sister, Miss Leah Asmond, arrived earlier and is waiting inside. Mr. Kyle, you are late. Is there a problem?”

“…..”

There was.

If it’s big, it’s big; if it’s small, it’s a very small problem.

“Mr. Kyle?”

“It’s nothing. I just overslept.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah, I slept in…”

I can’t put into words what the problem is.

As an older brother, I was embarrassed to say that I had fainted at the hands of my younger sister.

If you’re close to someone, it might be okay, but it’s awkward to bring up something that could be seen as insulting to your family to someone you’re meeting for the first time.

But one thing was certain.

“Sorry.”

“yes?”

“I’m late. I’ll make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

The current time is 10:34.

Considering that the scheduled meeting time was 9:30, they made us wait for over an hour.

Although I did call the admissions office in the middle of the process, the truth is that I had nothing to say about making them wait like this.

Kyle bowed his head.

“It’s okay. It can happen when you’re nervous. I also often have trouble sleeping when I travel or something.”

Han Yuri made a face as if she didn’t care.

It was like a teacher’s attitude toward elementary school students the day before a field trip.

“…”

I wanted to make an excuse.

Kyle remained silent, unable to think of anything to say.

“Then shall we go?”

“okay.”

Han Yuri and Kyle entered through the main gate.

**

[So this Okinawa incident has nothing to do with us?]

[The association’s dogs are pestering me.]

[3. I told you to talk first if you were going to do something.]

The monitor on the desk began to glow, and voices mixed with complaints and questions burst out.

It was the voices of Astra’s top numbers who were out on a mission, preparing to open the door.

“…Didn’t you say it wasn’t related?”

[Then why was it exposed?]

[If you do something, shouldn’t you clean it up?]

[I’m in quite a difficult situation right now.]

Astra’s Number 3 frowned as he listened to their words.

Why did he mess with S-class heroes, cause wars by causing discord between countries, and go around massacring civilians?

Of course, if they are absolutely necessary for the goal, then there is no reason why they wouldn’t be possible.

It wasn’t necessary, and even if it was done, it wasn’t done in that way.

In the first place, he’s not an idiot, so why would he reveal his true identity and handle things?

‘This is ridiculous.’

Even a little thought was enough to tell me that someone had impersonated me.

But the other top numbers were doubting themselves.

It’s not that I don’t understand it at all.

The powers of the Numbers that had been disconnected appeared.

The reason, goal, and wish for Astra’s establishment.

Because there was mention of opening the door.

‘How did it get exposed?’

This cannot be exposed to the outside.

Even if there are spies or thieves inside Astra.

Now that we’re inside Astra.

Because no matter what I do, I can’t escape the commander’s grasp.

Even if I die, I cannot reveal what happened inside.

But then it got exposed.

Was he really a spy in the first place?

Then why do they commit such acts?

I just couldn’t understand it.

[Answer.]

[Continuing like this is impossible.]

[The Holy Empire is gnashing its teeth. Can I give up? Okay? I give up.]

“…There is no change. No, it progresses faster.”

But what needs to be done is clear.

If we miss this cycle, decades will be wasted.

Life is not long.

So there’s nothing we can do.

Even if we have to make a few sacrifices, we have no choice but to proceed a little faster.

[that is…]

[Progress is not…]

[It can’t be done…]

“It’s noisy. This is an order from the acting commander. Then let’s end it now.”

3 raised his hand and pressed a button on the desk.

The monitor lights went out and the sound cut out.

“… ha.”

3 leaned back.

The chair came squeaking.

“This is annoying.”

Things have been going wrong since early last year.

Of course, there are still no problems with the plan.

“The Laplace Academy thing, and this thing too… huh?”

3 opened his eyes wide.

Now that I think about it, everything that went wrong had to do with Laplace Academy.

The disappearance of the lower numbers, especially 12, is also like that.

It wasn’t unrelated until this incident.

“There’s something there…”

A place that was only useful at the last minute of the plan, so I just touched it.

Now that 12 is gone, it’s hard to access.

I think that since it has come to this, I should find out even if it means forcing myself to do so.

3 was lost in thought for a moment.

“well.”

It was around that time.

A voice was heard.

In a place where no one should be but you.

“!?”

3 stood up in surprise, and simultaneously raised his mana.

Then he turned his gaze to where the sound came from.

“you…”

I don’t know, but I saw someone familiar.

I thought it was a strange thing to say, too.

Nothing fits this saying as well.

That’s right, anyone within sight of 3.

“hello.”

In many places, they say that they are numbers that even they don’t know.

Because he was the villain of Astra.

“No, should I say it’s nice to meet you?”

The pink-haired woman was smiling brightly.