Chapter 24
24 – Wanted
On the first day of entering the academy, all you have to do is choose your department. Choosing the Department of Thieves was predestined from the time I got the ‘Dagger of Ghosts’.
A summary of the events that have occurred so far.
I got Sierra as an ally and copied her traits. She visits Leoris Manor, where she establishes a relationship with Ralph Leoris. Through her duel with Bornza Borg, she impressed the students and professors of her academy. She and she entered the department of thieves.
Among this series of events, some I experienced in the original game and some I didn’t. Most of them are events that let you know the direction of the future through games, but events related to Sierra are the first experience even for me.
And there will be more and more events like this in the future. The fact that Sierra, the middle boss of the original work, entered the academy itself means a reverse change in the future. No, before that, the existence of the character ‘John Baker’, which did not exist at all in the original work, is a big variable that changes the future.
Awaiting me is an unknown future, but strangely, I didn’t feel afraid at all. Rather, my heart trembles.
A new ending that I don’t know about.
Because I think it’s waiting for me.
“Is this here?”
I arrived at my destination while thinking about other things.
If you achieve the first, second, or third place in the academy entrance exam, you will receive a private dormitory. Of course, the quality of the dorms is good in order of ranking.
‘Chilsung Hall’, a dormitory exclusively for academy seniors.
I came before him.
“It’s grand.”
Chilseonggwan was a huge mansion. Its size is about twice the size of a detached house commonly found in Korea.
The wide size and splendid appearance reminds one of a nobleman’s villa. In fact, most of the students who used this Chilsung Hall were from aristocrats, so the setting was prepared without any inconvenience from the aristocracy’s point of view. It is a mansion that I think is too big for me, who has lived in an apartment all my life.
Going inside the mansion, the interior was just as gorgeous as the exterior. There are also paintings hanging in the entrance hallway leading to the inside. The theme of the dormitory is even attached to the parlor.
I leaned back on the sofa in the living room. What happened today plays in my head. It was an eventful day after all.
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“I succeeded in entering the top of the academy.”
It is safe to say that my progress rank so far has been SSS level.
I learned the skills I needed to get, and I raised the flags I needed to raise.
I remembered what I had to do in the future. Get a chance, maintain a good relationship with the main characters, copy their traits….
“Perfect copying must be the key.”
Character copying is as important as skill acquisition. There are many characteristics that you want to copy. However, a lot of preparation is required to copy the characteristics.
In order to copy the characteristics, you need to raise your affection to 80 and kiss. In particular, this kissing event was an absolute obstacle for me to copy male characteristics. I don’t think I’ll copy the male character’s characteristics unless I’m in a hurry.
80 Favorability is not a low number at all. Sierra’s likeability rose bizarrely quickly. Probably, it’s because of her yandere traits that she has.
You can easily raise your liking through cooking tribute, but even that is limited to 60. You will need to invest time and effort to raise your favorability more than that. Of course, being able to easily reach 60 likability is a great advantage of the cooking trait itself.
“Let’s start with what we can do right now.”
I got up from my seat. What you can do right now is learning skills.
An interesting hidden piece is hidden in this ‘Chilseong Pavilion’. It’s one of the reasons I wanted to become a senior. First, let’s find it.
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“Whoops… ! I finally got a student too… !”
Professor Reina Izumi’s steps were as light as her feathers. She became a professor at the academy and she received her first students. Even two people.
I don’t think many people would be happy with the thief class. This is because people with the thief class usually work in dark and shady places, and there are very few cases in which ordinary people get involved with such people.
People’s perception of thieves is that they are either thick-headed or dangerous impure elements among those roaming around the back alleys.
Even if it’s very good, it’s just an errand boy who takes care of the dirty work.
In fact, there is not much difference between the perception of the public and the reality. Working in a much more extreme environment than other classes, it is natural that the personality itself is twisted. It’s not like people avoid the thief class for no reason.
The general public’s perception is this way, but what about the aristocrats?
There are only a handful of places where the thief class is inherited by the family business. In aristocratic society, the thief class is often criticized.
It’s fortunate enough to be regarded as a hound that takes care of the dirty work for you. In particular, aristocrats are often targeted by assassins, so the climate of despising thieves is stronger than that of commoners.
It was a class that had not been treated properly at the academy for a long time. It was thanks to the strong insistence of the dean of Grasse and some professors that the thief class was newly established three years ago.
However, it was not easy to recruit students even though the class was created under the influence of the dean. There were no students who wanted to enter the thief department after entering the academy. In addition, due to strong checks and opposition from other professors, I was unable to obtain a proper classroom.
-No matter how noble the academy is, the thief class. Dean. I can’t admit it!
-Most of our academy’s operating expenses are donations, but using donations to train assassins is a bit….
-If we want to create a thief department, please support our spearmanship department more.
Three years passed without any students teaching. If students do not come in this year, they will be cut off immediately.
Reina said she was actually prepared to be fired.
However, she appeared. A freshman entering the thief department.
That’s also the head of the incoming students.
“Hee hee hee… ! Student John! That talent was real… ! It’s literally blinding talent. Clothes… !”
The ‘number reading’ demonstrated by a student named John was the essence of a thief. Reina couldn’t even predict how much he would do if he properly developed his skills.
“Whoops… ! I was so happy, I bought a cake… ! A cake I bought at a trendy bakery these days…. The students will be happy, right?”
I walked a long way to buy snacks for the two cute freshmen. It was her secret weapon to avenge the cold water treatment of the day.
“Whoops… ! I asked for the most fashionable one, so I’m sure you’ll be happy, right? I hope tomorrow comes sooner…”
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
Four lightly heard footsteps.
Four people appeared in front, behind, and to the side of Reina. Everyone is wearing a black mask covering their face.
“For the prey to step into the alley on its own. Lucky for you.”
A dry voice with hardly any pitch.
It’s a voice so unhumane that I wonder if it’s not a person’s voice, but a magical device. It was the voice of the man in front of Reina.
“Chief. Really, is this woman?”
“It’s obvious when you look at the appearance.”
“You said 100 gold was put on the neck of such an ordinary woman? Does that make sense?”
“When did we wonder about that?”
The four men exchanged meaningless words. Hearing their conversation, Rayna shuddered and cried out.
“Hey hey… ! Who are you… ? I didn’t do anything bad… ?”
“Chief. Seriously, didn’t I see it wrong? There’s no way that 100 gold was hung around the neck of a skinny woman like that, right?”
“Don’t hurt my mouth. It was definitely the face on the wanted post in Shadow Street. We just need to take that b*tch’s head.”
This is an alley with few people. No one will notice even if a person snips. Besides, they were pros at this.
“Hey hey… ! All I can give you right now is this cake. ! But, this is what I’m going to bring to my students… ! So, I can’t give you clothes… !”
“This b*tch, your head looks weird.”
“I agree. Maybe I became an idiot out of fear. Anyway, we do our job.”
The man called the captain winked at me. This is a signal to attack.
However, despite his signal, his men did not move. Feeling strange, the captain turned his head and opened his mouth.
“What are you doing? Attack.”
“Hey….”
Reina opened her mouth in a thin voice to her leader.
“I can’t hear you telling me to attack..”
“Hey there… !”
Reina shuddered and raised her voice. Her voice was usually small, so it wasn’t too loud.
“All of her men over there are dead…. Are you okay? ?”
“!?”
Took! Took! Took!
The heads of the three assassins surrounding Reina suddenly fell to the ground.
There is no expression on the face rolling on the ground like a deflated ball. No pain, no anger, no sadness, no surprise.
As if time had stopped, he was just dead.
I could tell just by looking at that. They didn’t know they were dead until the moment they died.
“What, what… ?”
“And one more…. You died too, are you okay? ?”
“Huh?”
As soon as Reina finished speaking, the captain’s vision forcibly turned toward the ground.
It’s strange. I didn’t even bend my head, so why can I see the ground?
Besides, the ground is getting closer and closer…
“Hey hey… ! I need to get out of here quickly. Clothes… ! Even if it’s self-defense, I’ll never believe it… !”
Professor Raina slipped through her alley, holding her packaged cake tightly in her arms. Four corpses are lying on the street like still lifes. No one recognized the body that couldn’t even scream.