Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

62 – Advice_2

Isn’t there a saying that time is medicine?

As you said, it got better with time.

Of course, the desire to give up didn’t completely disappear, but even so, it wasn’t to the extent that I couldn’t continue the challenge.

‘It’s something I’ve always been through.’

It’s only natural that she’s worse than her older sister.

I haven’t lived that long, but I’ve never won in my entire life.

So this is natural.

Have you ever achieved anything easily?

No.

I’ve never been able to achieve anything easily.

She knows that when her older sister swings her sword once or twice, she learns swordsmanship and she herself has not even been able to swing her sword 100 times.

It is only natural that she is inferior to her older sister.

‘So I have to try.’

You have to make an effort.

In order to follow her sister’s toes, she had to barely bend at this level.

Like that time, she didn’t want to see her sister turn around in disappointment again.

If it doesn’t work 100 times, 200 times, if it doesn’t work 200 times, 400 times.

You just have to find your own way, as you have done so far.

Among the first year students who entered this year, haven’t any of them passed the 4th stage yet?

If you do this, it is right that you are good enough.

Lee Siah, the senior, is at stake, but the score difference is not that great.

If you work hard, you will be able to catch up well enough in the next exam and you will be able to win the top spot.

If so, wouldn’t her older sister see her differently?

No. She will definitely see it differently.

She may fall short of her older sister, but she does, and she’s going to be a senior at Laplace Academy.

Thinking that way, I was still able to endure it.

Having made up her mind like that, Olivia moved her steps to her training room after her academy schedule was over, as usual.

As soon as her academic schedule at the academy ended, she ran straight away, so there were few people and it was deserted.

So she was able to enter the empty simulation room right away.

And she skillfully picks up the magic tool prepared on one side of the simulation room, blows mana, operates the simulator, and connects.

It was Olivia who used the simulation control panel and screen that floated in front of her to set her implementation stage to 4 stages.

“Kyaaa!!”

A replica of a basilisk that slowly reveals itself.

“Whoa.”

After taking a deep breath.

Olivia raised her sword and aimed it at the basilisk.

After a while.

Still

Simulation result window pops up as failure.

There was no slight movement in the score.

‘…Not yet.’

It’s still worth doing.

Sure.

Olivia started the simulator again.

Still, the red letters of failure showed no signs of disappearing.

A red stigma that does not disappear no matter how many times you try again.

‘No way.’

Her older sister is coming to visit soon.

It shouldn’t be like this.

Her hands began to tremble again.

And the thought that this would be enough began to spread in one corner of my brain.

That’s also true, there was no one who broke through the 4th level yet in the first grade this year.

Occasionally, newspapers and news outlets say that this year’s first-year students of Laplace Academy are the golden generation, geniuses, and promising, but that’s it. Doesn’t pass

Some might call it deception, but it is true.

There is no real genius.

Even in the history of Laplace Academy, it is extremely rare to progress beyond the 4th stage in the first year.

And in most cases, he became a prominent figure in the world.

The average of graduates at the top ranks is 6 levels.

Sure.

Even if my sister comes, the level of the cadets will all look the same there.

I won’t be disappointed…

Won’t you tell me that this is enough?

It’s impossible to follow her sister in the first place.

Since she was born, she has known it to the bone.

Since she started talking and thinking, she has never won.

“…”

No.

These days, my grades aren’t improving, so I’m just anxious.

Olivia got all her heart.

Then she pulled out and pressed the control panel to start the simulation again.

“Ah.”

Maybe it’s because she was covered in sweat from the continuous simulation.

Not the simulation start button, but the record information room button below it.

“Step 4…Step?”

I was about to turn it off because it was accidentally turned on, but when I was about to turn it off, I could see someone writing a record of breaking through the 4th level at the top of the 1st year rankings.

A record never seen before.

Olivia hurriedly beat the record at the top of the rankings.

And the gradually emerging information window.

I checked the name.

This…

‘Is it Isia?’

Then I understand.

Because he is the chief.

She didn’t think there was much difference in score, but she thought that the difference had widened before she knew it.

It may not reach a real genius, but I thought that this level would be possible because Lee Siah is a being who has heard the voice of a genius.

Then it doesn’t matter.

I just try and catch up.

That’s it.

However, I thought about that for a while.

The name that appeared on the information window after loading was not a name that Olivia knew.

Seonghyun Lee.

It was a name I had never heard of.

There was something familiar about it, but I had never seen or heard such a name in my competitor class A.

So, class B?

No.

Not that either.

It is neither C nor D.

It is not the upper class.

It was the bottom half.

That’s also the lowest class.

“What is…”

Olivia was dazed at something she couldn’t understand. She only stared at the information window.

“Who are you?”

She couldn’t understand.

Still, if she had this record in the top class, she might somehow get over it.

I didn’t understand it, but it is still possible to understand it if you want to understand it somehow.

But what about class K?

I don’t know.

Supplements.

A class transferred to a regular class due to an incident.

How does the person in that class do?

I don’t mean to ignore it.

But this is nonsense.

There was no doubt that it was cheating or someone set the record instead.

I’m sure it will.

It has to be.

If not…

**

“Class K. Lee Seong-hyun, right?”

At the end of the lecture, I was appropriately waiting for the next lecture.

A blond-haired beauty in an academy uniform approached me looking slightly nervous.

It was Olivia.

She thought maybe she came to me after seeing that simulation record.

“Who are you?”

I was well aware of that fact, but I pretended not to know.

First of all, Olivia’s side should cling to me so that things become easier and I can erase doubts from the beings watching over Olivia from the 7th Republic of France far away.

“Ah, the introduction is late. My name is Olivia Tersi from Class 1-A. The reason I came to you like this is nothing other than one thing to check, so I’m so rude, but if it’s okay, could you give me some time?”

“Something to check?”

“Since they are classmates, you can put aside your words.”

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“In that case. But are you going to check it?”

“4 Stages of simulation. Is it correct that you cleared it?”

Anyway, Olivia seemed suspicious of me.

That’s also true, seeing that a cadet in the lowest class, who had never even heard of the name, who was not a cadet in the upper class, set a record higher than himself at once, so rather than assuming that I set the record myself, it’s true that someone logged in with my ID and set the record. It seemed that he had judged.

“Step 4? Ah. You mean she’s in that training room? I did that, but why?”

The record I set is correct.

To be honest, even now it was possible to go up to level 6 or 7, but if it stood out too much, the benefits I could get from the academy and the food I could eat would go farther away, so I did it moderately.

But Olivia didn’t need to know that far, so I just nodded her head.

“…What?”

“Why? Any problem?”

“Then can you show me?”

But Olivia didn’t seem to believe what I said.

“Why am I showing it?”

“Didn’t you say it was a record you set yourself? Then there is nothing that cannot be proved.”

That sounds funny.

Even if I set a record, I’m not an evaluator anywhere, so there’s no need to show it to a cadet.

Even more so for free.

“Ha…”

“Was it also a lie? Yes. I don’t advise you, but if you set a record like that, you will be caught someday. So, from next time, try to set records fairly and squarely.”

When I sighed with a puzzled expression, it was Olivia who took it as a sign that I didn’t say anything, and it was Olivia who gave me advice.

‘It’s annoying.’

I wouldn’t have believed it if the other K class cadets had done that.

Still, it was just annoying to start with doubt when the record remained so straight.

However, the prey behind Olivia was so desirable.

You can’t bite at once, but if you can eat it, there’s no other delicacy like that.

‘I can’t help it.’

“No, I am at the zoo…”

“There’s no way Seong-hyeon would lie.”

“Huh?”

It was the moment he was about to organize his thoughts properly and match Olivia’s rhythm.

Someone came between me and Olivia and was staring at Olivia.

It was Yeon Eun-ryeong.

I went out with Han Yu-ri for a while, but it seemed like he came back as the lecture time got closer.

“Who are you?”

“I apologize.”

Olivia is a bit taken aback by her sudden appearance and she asks Yeon Eun-ryung for her name.

Like that or not, Yeon Eun-ryeong just glared at Olivia and asked for her apology.

“Apologize? I was just advising you to set the record fairly and squarely.”

“Then you are saying that Seonghyeon lied?”

“Of course. If not, they say to prove it, but why can’t I prove it?”

“Of course…”

“Eunryeong-ah, stop.”

“Yes.”

And then Yeon Eun-ryeong and Olivia tried to escalate into an argument.

At this rate, the two of them were about to fight, so I stopped Yeon Eun-ryeong.

Then Yeon Eun-ryeong immediately stopped moving and came next to me.

“Ummm, anyway, from next time on, let’s set a fair record.”

And it was Olivia who was going to give advice, not advice, and step back.

I stopped Olivia like that.

“I will prove it. If you doubt me that much, I’ll prove it.”

“What?”

There is nothing I can’t do.

“But I don’t have the hobby of showing off my talent like a monkey in a zoo. Do you like to bet?”

As long as the reward is sufficient, it is possible.

Isn’t compensation the driving force behind work?

“A bet?”

“It’s simple. If I can prove it, how about you unconditionally obey my words for a week?”

“A joke that isn’t even funny…”

“Oh is that so? To be honest, it’s a very easy step. I don’t think it’s worth betting. Who can’t break something like this?”

Trying to get out, scratch the provocation.

Then Olivia’s face began to contort slightly from her expressionless look.

“…I will take it. However, if you can’t prove it, you have to drop out in return. Will you still do it?”

“You dropped out.”

“If you’re scared, you don’t have to.”

“It can’t be.”

I held out my hand with a smile.

“Please take good care of me for a week.”

In this way, the contract was established.