Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

91 – Autumn Fighting Festival_3

Passing the preliminary round was easy.

The power of the system beyond cognition, Natasha’s memories and senses, and the crystals piled on top of it were items in a realm that ordinary cadets could not easily overlook, so if it wasn’t easy, that was the problem.

Anyway, that’s how I passed the preliminary round, and now all that’s left is the individual finals.

In the case of the pair part, there is only one thing to focus on at a time because it is a structure that proceeds after the individual exhibition is over.

Therefore, there was nowhere else to pay attention.

‘If it weren’t for this unexpected situation…’

“Not bad.”

It was around the time I was about to go out to have a meal at a restaurant with Han Yu-ri and Yeon Eun-ryung after the preliminaries were over and I was going to coordinate the next day with the two of them and to celebrate advancing to the finals.

A man in a suit spoke to me with a smile.

He was about 182 cm tall. Other than that, he had a clean impression and a pomade cut that left an impression, but his slightly protruding muscles over his suit and his well-groomed momentum showed in fragments that he was not just an ordinary person.

“You must have been in first grade, right? It’s not uncommon for a first grader to beat a fourth grader.”

That was all for appreciation.

“Five guilds…”

“Hwarang Lee Chul-min showed interest in the first year cadet?”

“Could it be the Scout?”

I got a rough idea that the man was a celebrity when I saw Han Yu-ri and Yeon Eun-ryeong pulling my sleeves with surprised faces when I saw the man’s face, and hearing whispers from around me.

Since we didn’t have a specific relationship, and there was nothing we could guess just by looking at their faces, I pretended not to hear and tried to escape.

Because it was more efficient and forward-looking to coordinate the schedule for future plans than to be dragged down by this.

“Wait.”

If only the man hadn’t stood in my way.

“Your skills aren’t bad, but you have no manners. The senior’s words haven’t even finished, but he’s moving.”

‘Be polite…’

We hadn’t known each other for a long time, and I don’t know if it’s the 5th guild or the gallery, but he suddenly started talking to me and said that he believed in fame and things like that and said that he was at the top, and then he said that he was polite. It was really funny.

But first of all, there are a lot of eyes and it seems that the other side is also a celebrity or something, so no matter how I deal with it later, it won’t be good to cause a commotion right now, so I responded to the man’s words in moderation.

“What are you doing?”

“What happened? Ha, these days, juniors often show disrespect to seniors, but I didn’t know I would experience that.”

The man let out a stupid laugh as if it was absurd.

Perhaps the man had high self-esteem.

Otherwise, he would have called out for a reason, but he just ignored a single word, so there’s no way he would say something like this.

It was clear that there were only guys who accepted it.

“Anyways, I never thought I would be able to act like this at the time, but as time goes on, the kids become more and more aggressive—”

I get tired of arguing with celebrities that even cadets know.

So I listened to it moderately, and then the guy from that gallery, Lee Chul-min or something, just kept talking nonsense.

‘It can’t be helped.’

It was unacceptable for me to take more time than this even if I was able to solve the task gradually.

For some people, vision is golden, but for me, vision is everything.

“I will keep this in mind. Senior, why did you talk to me more than that?”

“Oh, um. Yes, that’s why.”

Chul-Min Lee took one look at me and smiled.

When I responded appropriately, they seemed to think they had succeeded in establishing their own hierarchy.

“Come to the gallery.”

“Yes?”

What nonsense is this?

It’s not that you don’t know the meaning of the words.

Chul-Min Lee is proposing to me.

When the explanation flowed out prior to the start of the mutu festival, the professors said that outsiders would come around, but I didn’t know it would continue like this.

In the setting of the original work, although the academy had the aspect of an educational institution, it was also explained that it was a place where scouting offers often came in as it was also a place that raised the tendency of a training center that nurtures talented people. Isn’t it natural to not expect it?

‘I heard that such a proposal could be made from the second year.’

That too is limited.

No matter how legally a cadet is an adult, he is just a kid who has just turned 20.

In such a situation, if a large guild that is slightly out of the law is released freely, it can deceive the students by putting its name first, or it can be used by filling in poison clauses, etc. Direct proposals or contracts such as large guilds are limited to being possible only after graduating from the academy, and while attending the academy, it is known that if there is no problem after receiving a notice from the guild, it will lead to an internship or temporary contract.

However, to come and make a proposal in person like this, disregarding the regulations.

I’m not sure if what I knew was wrong or if this was reckless.

“Ah, it’s not like you can become an official guild member right away, but you’ll start as an intern. Still, if you work hard for 3 years, you can become an official guild member. Got it?”

No.

Looking at the look on his face, which I thought I would accept right away, it seemed right that he was reckless.

‘There’s nothing to worry about.’

I listened patiently because I thought there would be new information or things I didn’t know about.

“Thanks for the suggestion.”

“Isn’t it? So if you sign here…”

Lee Chul-min held out a pen and a piece of paper.

“But I will decline.”

What do you mean by knowing the 5 guilds or the Hwarang?

The place I set my goal for now is the Iris Guild, which is the key to becoming a saint.

There are about 3 S-class people in the gallery, so I don’t know if it’s a good place to eat.

There are a lot of people watching, so it was a natural step to create awareness, since refusal rather than acceptance had an impact.

“You refuse that?”

“The 5 largest guilds are not the small and medium guilds, are they?”

I ignored Lee Chul-min’s proposition and the reaction of the people around me, and moved toward the outside.

“What?”

Then it was Lee Cheol-min whose expression was crumpled.

She seems upset that she was being ignored for showing sincerity.

“Stop.”

And growled low.

Ignoring it or not, I moved my feet and Lee Chul-min’s hand grabbed my shoulder.

“If you ignore my words and move even one step further, you will regret it.”

‘It’s annoying.’

I don’t know where he is talking like a stereotypical third-rate villain.

No matter how much the origin of this world is a novel in the mass market, it has come out like this.

Inevitably, I turned my head and looked at Lee Cheol-min, and a brief confrontation ensued.

“Seong Hyun-ah…”

“Seonghyun…”

Han Yu-ri and Yeon Eun-ryeong seemed a little restless at that appearance, but I smiled moderately and reassured them.

“It’s okay. Nothing to worry about.”

This will be resolved soon.

Without my hands.

“Nothing to worry about? Ha, what did you just say?”

“Well, more than that, I obviously declined. Do you have any more business to do?”

“You—”

“What are you doing?”

The professor who was in charge of the preliminaries came running due to the commotion and asked what was going on.

“Tsk. It’s nothing.”

“I don’t think so, but you were scouting, right?”

“No. There is a cadet who is just showing off, so I started talking to him to compliment him a bit.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, come to think of it, aren’t you Professor Woo Woon-bin? Long time no see.”

“Who are you…?”

“This is Cheol-Min Lee of that gallery.”

“Aha, my father…”

Then, as if he was stung by what he was proposing against the rules, Chul-Min Lee glared at me, turned his gaze away, and started chatting with the professor.

As soon as I confirmed that figure, I turned my head and headed outside.

The back of the head tickled a bit, but it didn’t bother me too much.

‘Third-class villains and villains…’

More than that, I wanted to know how to gather heroes, but seeing that figure, a good idea came to my mind.

I wonder if people said that useless actions lead to ideas, so it’s not dogs and scissors, but idiots and scissors are up to you.

**

“You mean he was an orphan?”

A hotel room.

Lee Chul-min read a document brought to him by one of his subordinates and let out a dumbfounded laugh.

Seeing such a confident appearance, I thought he was the son of a famous family or a famous hero, but he is an orphan.

“Damn it.”

Chul-Min Lee gnashed his teeth.

At most, they were ignored by orphans.

I was invited as an outsider to the story that the autumn martial arts festival was going to be held, and while I was watching the preliminaries, I personally made a recruitment offer before others took it because it seemed useful for a cadet whose name and face were unknown.

If I told you to accept me as an intern at a gallery, I would just take it lightly, so why ignore it?

It was definitely a problematic behavior in terms of regulations.

It was a matter that the academy could protest.

But whoever he is, he is the third greatest leader of the Hwarang Guild.

A-class hero and hunter, and the signboard and successor of the great gallery.

That is Lee Cheol-min.

This should not be a problem.

Of course, if this fact reached his father’s ears, he would scold him saying why he had an accident when he just asked him to come after figuring out the talent.

Anyway, Cheol-min Lee could not tolerate being ignored by orphans.

So he picked up his cell phone.

“—Can you please?”

I have no intention of killing him.

If you die, you won’t be able to vent your anger at being ignored like this.

So let’s just give it a moderate amount of pain.

Let them know their circumstances.

Chul-Min Lee thought so.

**

The next day.

A notice of bombing has arrived at Laplace Academy.