Chapter 360 – Chapter 360 Hero Academy (4-1)
The guy called the first ether was originally called ‘primitive ether’, and he made a huge contribution to the creation of other ethers.
An existence created by accidental combination of pure energies in the universe.
Thanks to that, he wandered the universe longing for someone to embrace him, and crash-landed on the planet where those children lived.
“Probably the process of this primordial ether falling into a meteorite, or the ether that the girls used that affected the surrounding material due to the impact of the fall.”
Originally, there should have been only primitive ether, but as the ether was impacted, it combined with the impurities on the planet, and it was concluded that the ether that was split off was the ether used by the girls.
It was a hypothesis anyway.
“There is no law that pure matter is strong. However, there will definitely be something unique that only pure materials have.”
“But… There must have been a reason you were looking for it that way.”
“Unfortunately, it is not possible to find out sensitive information about the Zodiac because it is not the current mission.”
There was a high possibility that the thief seemed to be paralyzed if he asked anything about the ether, and only raised unnecessary suspicions.
Once I figured out that the ether in Viola was not harmful, I decided to keep quiet for the time being.
I put her hand on Lena’s shoulder and asked her with her firm expression.
“Lena, please take care of the viola.”
Lena listened to my words with her face, her smile completely removed, and answered politely, as if receiving an order from her master.
“I will do my best. Master.”
Normally, I would have laughed at Lena, but I couldn’t laugh that way now.
Lena was the only person who could take care of Viola right next to her.
Armonia would be busy doing mission support, and it was a bit unreliable to leave it to Beatrice.
At least she decided to train with Lena while checking Viola’s ability in the training room she had created this time.
“Then, I’ll go.”
I greeted Lena and Armonia and entered the warp case.
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Upon returning, I immediately headed to the Ivory Tower, entered the room provided for me, and immediately began to prepare.
“What, can’t I get anything?”
In the first place, when I came to the tower tour, I brought only simple items, so even if I lost them, there was no big problem.
“Then I should go out first and check the condition of the guards and cadets. And… It’s been a while since I’ve seen Seong Soo-ah.”
It was the moment when I was about to leave the room with a smile and tidy up the room.
Knock, Knock, Knock.
“Yes? Who are you?”
I opened the door asking questions without even thinking about getting an answer.
And at the door….
“Uh… ?”
“Trick or treat.”
Standing there was Yeriel, looking up at me and making a dainty expression.
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“….”
“….”
“Soil… Soil….”
In the car, there was silence and only the faint sound of sucking candy could be heard.
Inside the car, you can’t even hear the sound of the car body shaking thanks to being in a luxury car.
“Filth, filth.”
It was the first time that the sound of sucking candy was so loud.
Inside the car, where only the sound of eating candy could be heard, there was a being who spoke for the first time.
Sung Soo-ah gave her words to Yeriel with an awkward smile.
“Yes, Miss Yeriel. Aren’t you uncomfortable? If you just want to come alone….”
“Filth, filth… Huh? No. Not at all. Soil…. I like a lot of people.”
Haha….”
Well, I guessheheld a maze event because he likes crowds….
The three of us, Seong Soo-ah and Yeriel, were on our way to the consulate in the same car.
The Mahak tour schedule was until today.
It was a complete finish by arriving at the consulate after spending the last night.
But I never thought that Yeriel would ride in our car.
“….”
“….”
I glanced at Seongsuah and let out a sigh inside her.
‘Ha… I thought we’d talk for a long time. The obstructionist properly interferes.’
Above all, since the other person was the other person, it was not easy to bring out a public conversation beyond private conversations.
For example, they couldn’t even talk about important issues, such as what to do after arriving or how to post reports in the future.
Eventually, the silence continued until we reached the consulate.
As soon as the car arrived at the consulate, Sung Soo-ah got out and talked to me.
“Instructor Sung Soo-ho. I will check the number of students and report to the principal.”
“Yes, then I will check the security staff and go to the security department.”
“I… Instructor Seong Soo-ho. Perhaps….”
“Yes?”
It was the moment when Sung Soo-ah looked at Yeriel and tried to whisper to me quietly.
“Sua, I also have to go to the principal’s office. Come with me.”
“Ah! Is that so? Yes, together….”
“And before you go….”
Yeriel, with her small stature, quietly dug in between me and Seongsuah, and then, looking up at me, she said.
“I have something to talk about with this person, just the two of us. Would it be possible to give up your seat?”
“… Yes.”
Seong Soo-ah stretched her shoulders and put on her sullen expression, and Yeriel looked up at me and said, not paying attention to her.
“Wait a minute, this way….”
“Yes.”
After answering that, I followed Yeriel to a quiet place.
It was just a place to chat with each other, not far from the vehicle we got off.
After Yeriel roughly judged that she had no one around, she began talking to me quietly.
“Thanks. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have visited the consulate while eating candy like this.”
Haha…. I hope the candy suits your taste.”
“Heh… I’m in a hurry, so I’ll start with the main point. Remember when I said I’d do you a favor?”
“Ah… Yes. Did you already ask?”
When she helped in the labyrinth dungeon, Yeriel said he would do me a favor, and that request was already over.
It ended with me asking if I could vacate my seat because I had to go see Cho Seo-hyeon during the field trip.
But Yeriel didn’t seem to think it was over.
“I don’t think I’m going to go over with a favor like that after receiving such great help.”
“Ah, that’s enough for me….”
“I will help you later as long as the tower’s status is not damaged.”
He said that not as the head of the tower, but as an individual Jeriel.
“If there is an emergency later, be sure to tell me.”
Haha, I’ll keep that in mind.”
In fact, I doubted that such a day would ever come.
If it’s a request to break through a really dangerous situation, it could endanger the safety of the other person.
Yeriel saw my expression and started muttering softly as if she had read my thoughts.
“I… Don’t you trust men?”
“… ?”
What kind of absurd statement did you suddenly make in front of a man?
After that, Yeriel left her words and went to Seongsuah.
“Men… He has a bad habit of not talking to women because of his pride even when the worst happens. I hope you don’t.”
“… I will keep that in mind.”
Suddenly, she left behind a heavy story.
I thought as I watched Seongsu-ah, who gathered her students from afar and moved in perfect order.
‘I’ll see you after I work for the security department.’
I went to the security department after gathering all the guards who had accompanied her on the tour of the tower, leaving behind the regret of not having a conversation with Sung Soo-ah.
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“Everyone has suffered. Go in today and have a good rest.”
“Yes….”
Everyone started to disperse while giving a limp answer.
No matter how determined you are at work, if you do something as dangerous as this time, you will inevitably be exhausted.
‘I really need to get a good answer from the principal?’
No matter how high the salary of consulate guards is, if the working environment is worse than this, they will all shake their hands and run away.
In the first place, the current salary is also a salary tailored to the working environment.
‘Money won’t be easy, but I need to give you a little more welfare or rest….’
Thinking so, I went into the management office and started looking through the work schedule.
And as soon as I looked around, there was a person who stood out.
Koh Min-hyeok.
‘Trouble… Now that I think about it, I should check why this guy infiltrated here?’
[Personally, I think this is the first thing to find out.]
A group belonging to Go Chung-shin attacked the consulate, and he even tried to kill me.
In fact, the most worrisome part was the group Goh Chung-sin belonged to rather than the Go Chung-sin itself.
‘Platform… I tried to figure it out the other day, but the security was too strict.’
The church I visited for the field trip was not usually very strict.
Even my stealth was at the level of children’s hide-and-seek here.
‘Once Ji-Ah Yoon is in our hands, let’s continue to use the contact points between the two to find out their intentions.’
The one who came in hiding his identity and affiliation.
I came in through a process that was too cumbersome to come in with a grudge against me alone.
[If you had come for the sole purpose of Suho in the first place, you would have already taken action. But be careful. If you look at the person named Go Chung-sin, he is not a person who will just go over what he suffered from Su-ho.]
I nodded and stared at Ko Min-hyeok’s name written on the work schedule.
‘Well then… I don’t know what the purpose is, but it must be made to prevent them from behaving properly, right?’
Then, with a fishy smile, he started filling out his new work schedule.
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Yerriel, sitting alone at the table with her headmaster, began to apologize to him profusely.
“As a result, it became my mistake. Sorry.”
“No.”
“It’s because I pushed hard, so it’s my fault.”
The visit to the magic department, which the consulate was trying to hold off on, was enforced at the request of Yeriel.
However, such a forced field trip drove the cadets into crisis while experiencing great difficulties on the last day.
Even if all the cadets are safe….
‘It was good to get help from wise men. If it had been done normally, it wouldn’t have ended in a really normal way.’
Hyunseong.
It is a title given to the tower’s top mages, and on the surface, the rank is below the tower’s head, but in terms of skill, they were equal to Yeriel.
The headmaster opened his mouth with a smile that was not befitting of his size.
“Haven’t I told you before?”
“….”
“They will go out into the world anyway. You can’t always be safe.”
You couldn’t be called a hero if you were afraid of danger.
One day, there will come a situation where you have to take on a dangerous job and risk your life.
These vaccinations were a process that the cadets had to go through someday.
However, the problem was that the vaccination was given a little sooner….
“The safety of the cadets will only help my future.”
“Whoops… Thank you for your consideration”
Haha, on the contrary, thank you for coming in person like this. I will solve all of this.”
With a nod of her head, Yeriel slowly lifted her glass from her table, supported it with her hands, and began to drink gracefully.
Seeing Yeriel like that, the principal scratched her head and began to notice her.
Yeriel confirmed her headmaster’s notice, then set her glass down and opened her mouth softly.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
“That… Is On Jin-woo doing well?”
Jinwoo On.
He was the president of Every Car.
It was the first company in the world to develop, commercialize, sell and rent VR capsules.
And the president of Everica was famous for having a close relationship with Yeriel.
Yeriel tilted her head and opened her mouth.
“One… It’s been 3 years. Now that we’re both older, it’s hard to move, so we don’t see each other often. But why are you suddenly talking about him?”
“That….”
The headmaster frowned and pondered for a while before opening his mouth.
“This capsule… I was wondering if you could tell me something about the theft.”
“A request to return the stolen capsule that was in the case?”
“Yes. We are still searching for the stolen capsule, but we haven’t found a clue yet.”
“Do you mean to ask for an extension of the period?”
“No.”
“… ?”
She wondered if she was asking her to get over the stolen capsule, so Yeriel listened closely to her and waited for the next line.
However, the principal did not lay such an iron plate and told her sincerity.
“I would like you to let me know that you are doing your best on this side.”
Yeriel looked at the principal blankly for a moment, then she smiled and started drinking her tea again.
“Whoops. It’s been a long time since I have a reason to visit. I will go and tell you.”
Haha, thank you.”
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Security guards at the consulate adopt a six-day work week.
And it is divided into 3 shifts.
Day, night, late night.
From 8:00 am to 4:00 pm when the lower cadets take classes, at night from 4:00 pm to midnight, and at late night from noon to 8:00 am.
And it was entirely up to the manager to set these working hours.
This item is not touched by anyone unless the manager is negligent and does not fill out the worksheet itself or manages the security department in a mess by making a mess.
And best of all, the manager could set the other security guards’ working hours as well as holidays.
For example, if something important happened to one of the security guards and you ask for a holiday change, they may accept it depending on the situation.
This meant that work and holidays were all in the hands of the manager.
After writing down my last name on the shift schedule, I hummed over the phone.
‘Nice… With a work schedule like this, I’d be very motivated, right?’
[… It seems to be a perfect work schedule to increase the motivation to leave the company.]
‘Quack….’
He raised his arm and beamed at the shift schedule to the light hanging from the ceiling, smiling brightly.
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Go Min-hyeok: male instructor dormitory
Day (Friday) – Day (Saturday) – Night (Sunday) – Night (Monday) – Late Night (Tuesday) – Late Night (Wednesday) – Holiday (Thursday)
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