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26 – Number Three

We were greeted by the run-down drawing room we saw yesterday. It is a reception room with a round table for seating. Strangely, it feels cleaner than yesterday, as if Professor Reina cleaned it.

Drinks are cold water, just like yesterday.

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But there were two cake boxes in front of him. It is a very familiar cake box.

“Whoops! It’s a product from a shop that has a great word of mouth. ! Well, snacks and stuff like this are dark, so I asked the owner for a recommendation. !”

“Ooh! I’m really looking forward to that!”

Ellie looked at her cake box with a smile and a look full of anticipation. Ellie’s expression was much brighter than when she first saw the thieves department building.

It seems that Professor Reina’s unique soft atmosphere impressed her. Like the daughter of a merchant family, the speed at which she melts into the atmosphere is no joke. Even in the original game, Ellie is a character that can be easily befriended.

“I am very happy that three students came. ! I will work hard…”

Before Professor Reina finished speaking, I suddenly felt her unfamiliar presence. Professor Reina’s head snapped at the sudden appearance of the stranger.

“Hey hey… ! Head of Department Chepes… !?”

The identity of the stranger was Professor Flora Chepes, head of the Academy’s swordsmanship department.

Unlike Professor Reina, who is the head of the department of thieves in name only, she is the head of the largest department in the academy. Professor Reina jumped up from her seat at the appearance of Professor Flora, who was number one in her faculty.

“Bee, if it’s the money you lent me, I’ll pay it back within this week. ! It’s not payday yet… !”

“I am not here to get money. I thought I gave you half of that.”

Professor Flora casually joined her seat with a boisterous laugh. She is an affinity that does not lose to Ellie. By the way, Professor Reina, you borrowed money from Professor Flora.

“Why is that b*tch here… ?”

Sierra muttered in a small voice that did not reach Professor Flora. A yandere event may be triggered suddenly. In order not to create trouble, you need to control the situation well. I gulped and focused on Professor Flora.

“The situation here is really serious. I suggested it several times, but nothing seems to have changed.”

“I was able to use this at least because of the appeal of Dept. Chepes and Deputy Dept. Kerr… ! I’m always grateful for clothes… !”

Professor Raina bowed her head and thanked her. Professor Flora shook her head and replied.

“I am truly sorry. I want to appeal more strongly, but the other professors are quite picky. As the head of the department, if you have a bad relationship with other professors, it’s very difficult.”

Academy faculty members have three main views on the Department of Thieves. Affirmation, indifference, and contempt.

Most of them are contemptuous, rarely indifferent, and as positive as chick tears.

The number of people who look at the Department of Thieves with a positive eye, including the dean of Grass, can be counted on one hand. And one of them is Professor Flora.

“By the way, why is the head of the department in this shabby place… ?”

—

The sudden appearance of Flora Cepes shook Reina’s heart. Professor Flora is a busy body. He is not one to show up here for no particular reason.

Raina looked at John and Flora alternately with a worried expression. She hadn’t thought of Flora’s coming here herself. If you have to….

‘Are you kidnapping Student Yohan!?’

John’s talent was dazzling. There is probably no one among the professors who has not realized that fact.

It is natural for professors to want to make excellent students their students. If Professor Flora thinks so….

-Hey, Raina. Your student, you look okay?

– Ha, the head of the department. Other students don’t matter, but as for student John….

-Hmm? How much did Professor Reina owe me? Do you want to disable this supply warehouse-like building?

-That, that’s not okay. Clothes….

-Professor Raina. I’m fine. Even while taking swordsmanship lessons, he dreams of becoming a thief. I won’t let go.

-www. This student is dope! You absorb anything you teach me like a sponge!

-That can’t be!? Student John has a natural talent to become a thief….

– A lot of people! He said he had already started walking the path of a prosecutor.

-Professor Raina. I have already become a body that cannot be returned.

“No clothes… !”

Reina screamed her voice. It was unacceptable for her to be deprived of the first student she received in this way. Even if the opponent is Professor Flora.

“hahahaha. You seem to be in a strange delusion again.”

Professor Flora smiled at Reina as her jumbled expression changed. Unlike Professor Reina’s outstanding skills, her hair was a bit of a fourth dimension.

No, not a little bit. She is one of the few people Professor Flora knows who has tasted it.

“Don’t worry. I just came to see the faces of our senior students.”

“As expected!”

Reina wrapped herself in her arms with her spleen expression. Sierra’s expression also changed. She held John’s hand tightly.

‘What did that thief cat do to Yohan? .’

Sierra looked at Professor Flora with her wary eyes. Facing such a burdensome gaze, Professor Flora slowly opened her mouth.

“Student John. I’m sorry about the duel yesterday.”

At Professor Flora’s words, John tilted his head.

“Yes? Why is the head of the department feeling sorry for me… ?”

“That sparring, you won. If the procedures were followed, Born Zaborg would have been expelled. Well, you can call it cause and effect, but from the academy’s point of view, that’s not a good picture.”

It is an academy that pursues ideals, but the walls of reality cannot be ignored. After all, the academy also operates in reality.

That’s why the academy’s management team must exquisitely coordinate the operation of ideals and reality. When you get closer to the ideal, you get farther away from reality, and vice versa, when you get closer to reality, you get farther away from the ideal.

For example, receiving favors from a noble family or giving preferential treatment to grades is too far from the ideal, so it is not possible from the academy’s point of view.

However, that did not mean that the great nobles and commoners were treated exactly the same. This is because most of the academy’s operating funds are donations from nobles, especially great nobles.

As a decision-maker at the Academy, Professor Flora has been forced to choose between ideal and reality. Dealing with Born and John’s sparring was part of that choice.

“I don’t know if I’ll be satisfied with the reward for that job, but….”

Professor Flora held out three of his fingers at John. Johan smiled at Professor Flora. As if he was counting the meaning of his fingers.

“Three times.”

At Professor Flora’s words, John tilted his head on purpose. Since it was in the original game, I understood Professor Flora’s words at once, but it was appropriate to question the flow of the story here.

“What do you mean?”

“Up to three times, I will do your favor. Flora Tepesh means you can swing the sword up to three times.”

Professors Sierra, Ellie, and Reina all expressed surprise at Professor Flora’s answer.

“Che, Chief Chepes!? Are you serious? ?”

“I can’t! How much is it worth in terms of money!?”

This is the ‘Genie Event’, a special event that appears when Professor Flora’s affinity goes up to 70 or higher.

‘I haven’t done anything yet, but my liking is already 70? What?’

John was perplexed by Professor Flora’s appearance.

Having a good impression is never an easy task. You can quickly increase your liking through cooking tribute, but even so, there is a limit. Besides, I’ve never dedicated a dish to Professor Flora.

John racked his brain and searched for the cause. Similar to this, there were characters around him whose likability rose bizarrely quickly.

‘Sierra said that.’

Sierra was a character that could not be liked in the original work. However, in this world, it was possible to increase her liking, and the increase was very steep.

John speculated that the reason was because Sierra belonged to the ‘yandere’ category. Considering Sierra’s behavior in practice, this was a very reasonable guess.

‘However, Professor Flora is a character that exists in the original work. And the original work has never shown such a rapid rise in favorability. Then….’

Perhaps his own existence was the catalyst for Professor Flora’s change. The character Johann Baker does not exist in the ‘Legend Route’. That’s why even Yohan himself couldn’t properly understand the Caesar effect that this character has with other characters.

This was the only guess John could make now.

“To hear three requests. Really?”

“Of course, it is impossible to ask for grades to be raised. Realistically, I’ll help you with what I can do. Isn’t that bad?”

Not bad. It’s about as much as the gold rolled on my feet.

After finishing her words, Flora rose from her seat.

“Well then, I have to go meet the students too. I will suggest this department building once again. I don’t know if it will work.”

Flora waved her hand and left the thieves’ department building.

—

“As expected, it’s even cooler when you see it up close.”

The image of Yohan smiling brightly does not leave my mind. Flora carefully brought her hand to his mouth.

-Malkan!

The memory of yesterday’s whimsical prank came back to me.

The prophecy of a close friend, the Biblio Organ.

Shadows, blondes, buns, and kisses.

The keyword of the prophecy pointed to John. Kiss was the final keyword of the prophecy. It piqued Flora’s interest.

Of course, Flora’s stealing of John’s lips wasn’t just for prophecy or interest.

John is handsome. Not just handsome, but insanely handsome. Among the academy students, Yohan’s appearance was a very controversial topic.

“I was such a snob.”

Flora Chepes.

This is the first fact that she herself will realize, but Flora was her big brother.

—

It’s a mood that has been swept away by a storm. The Maiden of Thorns was short, but it left a big impact.

“Professor Flora is gone too… ! I ate the cake… !”

Raina wasn’t happy with Professor Flora’s appearance. Although she is one of the few grateful professors who help in many ways in the rogues department, the story is different if she takes John with her.

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She said it wasn’t the person herself, but she doesn’t know what’s inside people. How do we know if the escort given to John is a paving stone for student kidnapping?

I need to get points from John. With that thought in mind, Professor Reina turned her attention to the snacks. There’s nothing like a delicious snack to score points.

“Since it’s an expensive cake, you will definitely like it…” !”

Reina took her white hand and opened her cake box. But what she saw before her eyes was shocking.

“Hey hey… ! Ke, the cake is spoiled… !”

After seeing the cake, Professor Reina jumped up from her seat and shouted.

Something bright green covering the cake.

Isn’t that mold?

“I trusted the owner and didn’t check the product… ! The cake went bad in just one day… ! This is definitely a defective item… ! This is a recommended product… !”

A cake treat turns the slanting attention towards Professor Flora. Professor Reina’s grand plan was shattered the moment she saw the cake.

“Uh…. Professor Lena. It’s clear…”

“You tricked me… ! The owner of the shop was obviously bald. ! It’s clear that he lost his hair because he deceived others and took unfair advantage. ! Since ancient times, baldness has been a divine punishment for greedy people… !”

“Professor. Isn’t this the cake you bought at the bakery called ‘The Dwarf’s Oven’?”

In response to Yohan’s question, Professor Reina clenched her fists and shouted.

“That’s right, clothes..! I expected it because it was so famous, but I can’t believe viral marketing… ! A reputation built on fake news is such an empty law… !”

At Professor Raina’s words, Yohan smiled with an expression that he would die of fun. On the other hand, Sierra looks at John with a restless face.

“Eh!? Isn’t that dwarf oven a very famous bakery these days!? We, Janet, were also preparing to plan a collaboration product with you… Indeed, reconsider your business again..”

“This is green tea cake! It’s not mold, it’s green tea!”

Determined to clear things up, Sierra squealed at her.

“No, green tea… ?”

“I mean trade goods from the East. Professor Reina, didn’t you say you were from the East? By the way, don’t you know green tea?”

“Well, I am a coffee person…. I’m seeing green tea for the first time today….”

“Oh! Green Tea is a trade item that is difficult to obtain even at the Janet Merchant Merchant! Does that dwarf stove have its own trading network?”

“You can’t sell moldy products. This product was developed by Yohan himself. How delicious!”

Sierra cut the cake with her fork and brought it to her mouth

“Umm~! This bittersweet taste! John is truly a genius!”

Seeing Sierra’s appearance, Professor Reina looked at Cake and John alternately.

“Wait! Yo, I can’t believe that it’s a product developed by student Yohan… ?”

“hahahaha. The dwarf bakery. It’s my father’s shop.”

“Heee!? I’m sorry, clothes… ! I was talking nonsense… !”

Reina apologized to Johann as Grand Dogeza, a long-established way of apologizing in the Orient.

“It’s okay. My father is bald, right? Not me It seems to be true that I have a lot of greed. Not me.”

“Dae, bald head was originally a symbol of stamina… ! I heard that all the owners of the harem were bald… ! It’s not just bad clothes… !”

A noisy atmosphere like a market continued. The lively atmosphere calmed down as they ate cake. Delicious food has the magical power of gently relaxing the atmosphere.

“Student John… ! I’m really sorry for my mistake earlier… ! Just think of it as a bunch of rubbish rolling around… !”

“Mmm. The professor’s self-evaluation is too low. I’m really fine.”

John held out the gray egg he had brought to Professor Reina, who repeatedly apologized, and opened his mouth.

“If you are so sorry, could you appraise this egg?”

“Is it Al? ? It looks a bit odd….”

Reyna checked the eggs John had brought, blowing her firearm into her glazed eyes.

Sierra and Ellie watched it with interest. In an instant, Professor Reina’s atmosphere completely changed. Just by looking at her eyes, she seemed to have become a completely different person.

“This is….”

After observing her egg for about 5 minutes, Professor Reina cautiously opened her mouth.

“It looks like an egg of a divine beast… !”