Chapter 861 – 861. Hero Academy (6)
Another angle, another angle, another angle.
A girl whose appearance did not match the consulate walked through the hallways and headed somewhere.
Her appearance is in the upper grades of elementary school, with glossy black hair and a beautiful appearance that exudes the paternal love of an adult man.
Her true identity is Yeriel.
The head of the tower… Was the oldest
Her destination was the principal’s office at the consulate.
Yeriel tilted her head as she saw a woman in her mid-30s waiting outside the consulate principal’s office.
‘Huh? Are you waiting outside?’
As soon as Yeriel saw the consulate principal’s secretary, she greeted her by raising her dainty hand.
“How have you been doing?”
After the secretary let go of her usual hard expression, she greeted Yeriel.
“Welcome. Yeriel.”
After exchanging her greetings so easily, Yariel asked directly without bothering to change her words.
“I came to see the principal, are you inside?”
“Yes, you are. I will take you inside.”
Her secretary’s quick action led Yariel to ask, tilting her head.
“Huh? If you see someone waiting outside, isn’t there someone inside?”
The principal’s secretary was known for sticking by the principal’s side except on special occasions.
At that level, it was rumored that jokes about whether or not they would stick together even in the shower were heard.
Yeah, not even Yeriel would make that kind of joke in front of her party…
After hearing Yeriel’s words, the secretary opened her mouth while maintaining her smile.
“It’s just an employee interview. It’s not going to be a long conversation anyway, so it’s okay to go in.”
“…”
Yeriel was curious.
How on earth do you think it’s okay to be so rude to have a conversation with someone of a lower rank?
Thinking so, she went through the door the secretary had opened.
And the person who caught Yeriel’s bright eyes was…
“You seem to have a pretty deep relationship with Instructor Seong Soo-ho. If you see what you face every time you come like this…”
Seongsuho had a very deep relationship with Yeriel.
Yeriel laughed bitterly at her, but she couldn’t help but laugh inwardly.
‘It’s probably a story that these days, after all, they’re kids.’
The woman working as the principal’s secretary was a hero that even Yeriel acknowledged.
She was known for admiring her headmaster so much that she assisted him without affiliation.
She was even the woman who, when the principal took over as the consulate principal, offered to assist him without pay.
With respect…
Even in the eyes of such a woman, an assistant instructor was nothing more than an assistant instructor.
‘Well, I can’t change the way the world works.’
Yeriel smiled bitterly and looked at Seongsuho.
Fortunately, it was the fact that Seong Soo-ho had just finished the conversation and was preparing to leave.
As soon as Seongsu-ho heard Yeriel’s greeting, he immediately bowed to her politely and greeted her.
“Hello. Yeriel.”
“It seems like you see Instructor Seong Su-ho more than most tower wizards.”
Haha…”
Sung Soo-ho, who exchanged greetings so simply…
“Then I’ll be leaving.”
He quickly left the place in a hurry.
And the secretary went out after him.
After Seong Soo-ho and her secretary left, Yeriel started talking to the principal alone.
The reason for Yeriel’s visit today was simple.
“I want to take some friends with me for a while.”
She was in order to take some of the magic instructors with her.
In fact, she had already notified several instructors, including Seong Soo-ah, of the call.
Even so, the reason she spoke to the principal separately was simple.
The consulate’s magi instructors obviously belonged to the tower, but they also belonged to the consulate now.
No matter how much she was the head of the tower, Yeriel, she couldn’t take them without permission.
However, to the principal who manages her instructors, Yariel kept quiet until the very end.
Of course, there was a reason.
“I’m sorry for notifying you this way.”
It was because it was an urgent and dangerous situation as much as confidentiality was important.
The principal opened his mouth with a bitter smile, not showing any displeasure at all.
“You mean it’s that important?”
“… That’s right.”
Living her heroic life, even the headmaster who manages the consulate was well aware of her Yeriel’s position.
The principal only heard her Yeriel’s apology and nodded right away from her.
“I will handle this as quietly as possible.”
“Thanks for understanding.”
Yeriel immediately handed her principal a list of instructors called up this time.
The headmaster looked at the list, smiled bitterly and sighed.
“If you can take me like this… It sounds like a really big deal.”
“Yes, the situation is fine.”
She clearly expressed that the situation was serious, but Yeriel’s expression was very gentle.
The headmaster had been watching Yeriel for a long time, and she knew very well that she wasn’t putting on a mild expression because she was really laid-back.
“We will take care of the cleanup, so do as you please.”
“… Always be indebted.”
It wasn’t until Yeriel heard her confirmation that she smiled and rose from her seat.
“I’ll be sure to pay back what I owe you later.”
Haha! I feel reassured that you owe Yeriel-sama.”
Yeriel was able to shake off the burden in her heart as she saw the headmaster smiling cheerfully.
She used the expression debt, but no one on this floor considered her debt a real debt.
It was not a debt for personal gain, but a debt for an unforeseen dangerous situation.
This was because, for a hero who lives a life of coming and going, this kind of debt sometimes leads to an extension of life.
“Since it’s vacation from today, there will be many things to take care of, so I’ll leave.”
“Thank you for always coming in person. Also, if you have any business, please come by anytime.”
“Whoops… Again, thank you.”
After Yeriel thanked her, she left the principal’s office.
After saying hello to her secretary, Yeriel started walking down the aisle.
The inside and outside of the consulate were noisy.
The cadets who stayed in the dormitory made plans to enjoy themselves inside, and the cadets who went outside were running around the campus energetically.
However, Yeriel started to have a dark cloud on her face that didn’t match such a bright atmosphere.
“Whoa… What the hell is going on…”
The reason for Yeriel’s dark expression was related to her visit to her consulate.
“Sooner or later, information will definitely leak out. It has to be resolved before that.”
She recently discovered a dungeon in the tower, and she sent an advance party into it.
The size of the dungeon was unprecedentedly huge, and she had guessed that if she successfully completed the raid, she would be able to achieve great results.
The problem is… It was the fact that all of the advance party sent to check the dungeon structure had gone missing.
It was a mistake that Yeriel had never experienced while running the tower.
But the bigger problem was what happened next.
It was also true that the advance party sent in the second round had also failed.
Fortunately, the second advance party was not all missing, but a few people managed to return.
And based on the information they gave me, I was able to know how dangerous the dungeon I found was.
“A monster impervious to magic…”
It was the fact that the monstrous creature he had met before was living in the dungeon.
The problem was not just the habitat of the monstrous creature.
“A dungeon gimmick that has never appeared before…”
A unique dungeon gimmick that had never been reported before was discovered.
A gimmick that cannot be controlled by magic.
Rather, if it was a gimmick that did not activate magic, it would have reduced the damage somehow.
The problem is…
“Out of mana control…”
The point was that the magic used by the main force attacked the allies.
And when Yariel heard reports of that gimmick, she had someone that immediately came to mind.
“Seo Ji-eun.”
The dungeon gimmick that Yeriel reported was the same as Seo Ji-eun’s mana loss of control.
Yeriel licked her lips with a more serious expression.
“If this is known to the outside… If you go further and these dungeons appear one after another…”
Yeriel couldn’t bear to mention what happened after that.
He was not at all afraid of falling alone.
However, the fact that there was a possibility that a group called wizards could decline was completely unacceptable.
It was the moment when she made such a gloomy expression.
“Where do you want to go today!?”
“While we can’t go outside, they say there’s a new restaurant! Let’s go there!”
Yeriel woke up to the laughter of the cadets around her and began to relax her expression again.
“Whoa… Consider the worst and move, but don’t accept the worst.”
Yeriel was able to reach her destination while talking to herself like that.
And at her destination, a fresh female voice resounded and eased Yeriel’s heart.
“Everyone, don’t forget that she is a pre-grad. Do you want to graduate with a smile when you graduate?”
“Instructor, it’s vacation… Please lighten the burden. I’m already sick.”
“As much as it hurts during vacation, it will be comfortable when you graduate?”
“Ahhh!”
“Yeah, cry a lot during vacation like that. That way you can smile at graduation.”
Sung Soo-ah’s refreshing nagging and the crying of the cadets resonated around.
‘He’s a really great kid. At that age, with such skills and such a good personality…’
Yeriel waited for her to finish her conversation with her cadets, admiring her holy figure.
By the time Seongsuah finishes her nagging…
“Uh? Miss Yeriel?”
Seong Soo-ah found Yeriel waiting outside her classroom.
Yeriel opened her mouth with a hearty smile without hiding.
“Are you still kids? Don’t be too polished. You should rest well when you are resting.”
Yeriel’s happy smile caused her students to raise their voices as if they were clamoring.
“Yeriel-sama, you are right!”
“When it comes to vacation… Can I get some rest?”
The cadets were happy that they had their side, and they hoped that Yeriel would take their side.
But…
“It seems I was mistaken. Sua, you can push these cadets a little harder. Cry some more.”
“Aww! It wasn’t on our side!”
I started to howl at Yeriel’s playful words.
After that, Sung Soo-ah was able to finish it after nagging the cadets a few more times.
“Everyone, be careful. If there is an emergency, do not delay and contact me. If I don’t hear from you, contact the consulate!”
“Yes~”
The cadets started to leave the classroom with bright smiles, even though they might lose their strength from the nagging.
And the moment the cadets leave the classroom, the timing is right…
“Ah, is everyone on their way home?”
Sung Soo-ho had arrived at the classroom.
“Yes!”
“Have a good vacation, everyone.”
“Have a good vacation, Instructor~”
“If anything happens, call me.”
“Yes!”
Seong Su-ho, like Seong Su-ah, exchanged greetings with the cadets with a bright smile.
Looking at Seongsuho like that, Yeriel smiled.
‘… It must be difficult for an assistant instructor to gain the trust of the cadets like that.’
While looking at Seongsuho with such curious eyes, a more mysterious scene caught my eye.
After the other cadets finished greeting Sung Soo-ho, they left…
“Instructor Seong Soo-ho, you worked hard.”
“Yes, Cadet Seo Ji-eun suffered a lot too.”
Seo Ji-eun was left alone, and she was exchanging conversations with Sung Soo-ho, smiling brightly.
‘… Huh? Was Seo Ji-eun a kid who smiled so well?’
It was after she entered the consulate that Yeri-L took notice of Seo Ji-eun.
But after Yeri-L got to know her Seo Ji-eun, it was the first time she had ever seen her smile like that.
‘I guess it’s because he saved me the last time I was on a field trip.’
Yeriel thought so and she said to Seongsuah.
“Sua, let’s talk separately for a moment.”
“Yes.”
Yeriel went into the classroom where everyone had left with Seongsuah and she started to talk quietly.
“Sua, I’m sorry for summoning you all of a sudden.”
“No. If it’s important, you should definitely go. But to the principal…”
“I’ve told you everything, so you don’t have to worry about that.”
“Aha…”
Like that, Yeriel exchanged conversations with Sung Soo-ah for 10 minutes.
The contents of the conversation were about current events.
Seong Soo-ah, who listened with a soft expression at first, gradually hardened her face, and finally put on a serious expression.
After Yeriel explained all of her circumstances, she said to Sung Soo-ah.
“We will divide the lead search team into the second search team. Sua, you take charge of the late search team.”
“Can I take over?”
What Sung Soo-ah was worried about was not fear, but burden.
It was not difficult to take a leadership position at such a young age.
No matter how good your skills are, if you are young, the members will not easily follow you.
But…
“That’s why I can’t put the wise men into practice.”
Hyeonseong was the next big thing after Yeriel, the head of the tower.
The problem is age.
Hyeonseong’s skills are obviously excellent, but they lacked stamina to explore the dungeon for a long time.
There is a high possibility that you will face a bigger problem while trying to solve the problem.
That’s why Yeriel chose Seongsuah.
Although he is young, he has skills that are not inferior to those of a wise man, and furthermore, he is also a person with excellent adaptability and sociability.
“I will give you my own title. If there is a member who causes trouble during the exploration, it is okay to dispose of it in my name.”
“That, that…”
“It is a means of control. That’s why it’s such an important thing.”
“… All right.”
Having finished talking with Seong Soo-ah, Yeriel left the classroom with Seong Soo-ah.
And the scene that caught the eyes of the two…
“Instructor, would you like to come over to my house this weekend?”
“Her…”
It was an embarrassing scene that made even Yeriel open her mouth.
