Academy Retirement Diary of the Student Council President

Eve Meitner.

Among the characters appearing in , she is the S-Rank Hero who appears most frequently.

She also takes on the role of the protagonist's mentor, providing special training to match the difficulty level that rises abnormally after the Yun Sea arc.

Then, judging that the protagonist wasn't ready for the Final Boss's early appearance, she sacrifices her life to seal the Gate where the Final Boss sleeps, extinguishing the flame of life that seemed like it would last forever.

So... well, she's one of those characters commonly said to have to die for the protagonist's growth.

"I'm sorry about what happened to your father."

"It's alright. I had so little time with my father that I don't feel particularly sad."

‘Just go away already, why are you sticking around for so long?’

Now that the tedious funeral was over, I needed to quickly head to Yun Seong-ho's laboratory, find any rare resources he hadn't discovered yet, and craft the hidden pieces to feed to the protagonist's party.

‘I also have to go back and finish the press conference.’

By now, Mr. Kim Deokbae must be sweating bullets in the chairman's office, dealing with the flood of calls and interview requests from reporters.

‘The Yuseong Group has a simple structure anyway, so once the press conference is over, they should be able to wrap things up fine without me.’

Most of the Yuseong Group's work operates on a very simple, almost cottage industry-like system: making potions, checking inventory, inspecting for defects, and then distributing them to the Guilds.

The problem is that it has now grown to the size of a corporation.

Most of the employees were researchers, tasked with developing new potions and improving existing ones.

Yun Seong-ho handled all the deals between the corporation and the Guilds exclusively.

Despite his trashy personality, he had a good head for money, so he must have organized the transaction ledgers well enough to hand them over to Mr. Deokbae.

‘I also placed a suggestion on Mr. Deokbae to increase his work efficiency.’

At the very least, the current Mr. Deokbae would demonstrate the efficiency of a professional manager with the skills of a veteran who had worked at a major corporation for at least 40 years.

Thinking about it, it felt a bit wasteful to have annihilated all the research teams composed of nameless orphans secretly operating under him.

‘I should have left about three alive instead of killing them all. They would have worked there for decades, making them convenient to use as lab researchers.’

There's a limit to how many potion formulas from the game, which can be made using combination recipes, I can memorize all by myself.

‘The ones I can manage to make are... Mana Amplifiers and Elixirs, maybe.’

Hmm, those two should be enough.

‘For the rest... well, I can just find them one by one by working the regular employees hard.’

"You seem quite focused."

"...Ah, I apologize."

For now, let's end the brief summary of the Yuseong Group here.

That face, smiling brightly, but...

(Holy Power stat changed to Luck stat)

If I slip up even slightly, she could steal all the information about the original work in my head, and I'd be treated like a lunatic.

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"Look over there, isn't that the S-Rank Hero, Eve Meitner?"

"Nah, why would Eve Meitner be here at this hour... huh?!"

"See? Who else besides Hero Eve would walk around so confidently dressed like that..!"

"Should we ask for an autograph?"

"Forget it, looks like she's counseling a student right now. We should just be satisfied we got to see her."

"Huhu, such good children. If they had approached rudely, I was planning to kindly roast them whole."

The meeting with Eve didn't end as expected.

I anticipated simple condolences, perhaps asking about my relationship with my father usually, and telling me not to grieve too much... but it seems the Yun Sea before my possession reported the existence of this eye to Eve Meitner.

She already seemed well aware that Yun Seong-ho was a bastard.

‘...........When will this end... wait a minute.’

If I listened to this nagging just a little longer, I felt like I could fall asleep at any moment.

"Um... Chairwoman, are you interested in my eye?"

"That's right? I'm still furious that bastard Yun Seong-ho shoved a monster's eye into yours... but still, you overcame that pain admirably. And I want to research it."

Eve's eyes sparkled.

‘Haa... wait, so Eve knew Yun Sea had the Magic Eye but didn't stop me... no, that's not it. I think I roughly understand the situation.’

Yun Sea, suffering from the pain of the Magic Eye, must have reported the pain to Eve Meitner, but Eve couldn't find a way to resolve it.

And just like that, Yun Sea was brainwashed by Yun Seong-ho... something like that.

‘Eve is trustworthy enough to keep it quiet... and she could probably research various ways to utilize this eye.’

"Ah, of course, if you feel bad or uncomfortable, I won't do the research. It must be like a brand to yo..."

"Chairwoman, I don't think of this eye as a brand."

"...."

At my words, Eve seemed to turn serious as she deployed a soundproof barrier around us.

"This eye is a gift, like a lotus flower blooming in the mud of that man called father's abuse. I don't know what he intended to do with this eye... but I want to use this power to protect more people."

"......Alright, this simplifies things."

Eve pondered for a moment, then took something out from her subspace pocket and gave it to me.

"Take it, it's my phone number. I have classes, so... we'll meet every Saturday to conduct research on your eye. Is that possible?"

"Yes, I'm actually very grateful."

‘Good, is it finally over?’

I've slowly secured a way to find uses for my eye. Now, the remaining task is...

"Ah, are you going to the press conference?"

"Ah, yes."

"Right, a gift for our meeting today."

Snap!

".......?"

As Eve snapped her fingers, my vision swayed as if my back had snapped.

Kudangtangtang!

"Kureogh-ek!"

"Ah, Young Miss. Are you alright?!"

"Ugh... I'm fine. I learned today that you're quite rough."

When I came to my senses, I was in the Yuseong Group's Chairman's office.

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Woooong

"You've briefly read the documents, right?"

"Yes. I've already changed my phone number, so I've blocked any personal calls coming from other Guild leaders in advance."

On the way down to the press conference hall in the elevator, I arranged things with Mr. Deokbae beforehand.

1.  My father, Yun Seong-ho, died too suddenly, creating the need to appoint the next chairman. However, thanks to my existence, having absorbed 100% of Yun Seong-ho's shares, that necessity disappeared.

2.  In principle, there would be no problem if I took over the Yuseong Group immediately, but I judged myself academically insufficient to do so right away. Until I graduate from the Academy, Secretary Kim Deokbae, who perfectly assisted Yun Seong-ho with his duties by his side, will be appointed as acting chairman.

3.  After graduating from the Academy, I will inherit the chairmanship.

"Simple, right?"

"Yes, it's straightforward."

Among the broadcast stations scheduled for visits, there was one owned by the Kim Family.

Rude questions would definitely fly my way.

I had already thought up perfect countermeasures.

Now then, shall we begin the press conference?

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"Senior, is this the right place?"

"Yeah, the text message we got beforehand said the press conference would be here."

Reporters from the broadcast station owned by the Kim Family.

"Wow... look at the intensity of these questions. They're really brutal."

"...No matter how I look at it, this isn't something we should be doing for a paycheck."

The questions included rude inquiries about whether Yun Sea, who didn't possess the blue eyes and white hair characteristic of Yun Seong-ho's family, was truly his biological daughter, whether she could inherit the Yuseong Group, and various other questions that crossed the line.

"Well, what can we do? We'll get fired if we don't ask these questions."

"Haa... That's truly regrettab... Uwaaak?!"

Thwack!

Suddenly, with a dull thud from the side, the junior reporter collapsed.

"Wh-what? You people... Kuheek?!"

Kudangtang!

The senior reporter tried to resist but was swiftly subdued by people in black suits, and something was fastened over his face.

And so, the two people who had been walking, worrying about the girl who was about to suffer a significant mental shock...

"Yes, we've secured them, Young Miss."

["Good work. Please escort them to the main family's special room. Wait for me there, I'll head over right after the press conference ends?"]

"Mmph- Mmph Mmph!!"

"Hmph-! Mmph! Mmph!!"

Thrown into a black van as if being tossed aside, they were taken somewhere...