Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

24 – Rumor_1

Some strange rumors have been circulating among the first year students of Laplace Academy recently.

The rumor went like this.

It was rumored that if you were walking alone in the grounds of Laplace Academy on a night when the moonlight was not visible, someone unknown would appear and sell mysterious items.

“A mysterious object?”

Lee Chaeryeong, a cadet in Class 1-G, made a puzzled expression.

Then Sasaki Rie, a classmate who was sitting on the chair across from him, let out a meaningful laugh while covering her mouth with both hands.

“Whoops, yes, a mysterious object”

“What is that?”

“Don’t be surprised when you hear it. They sell mana pills, elixirs of awakening, pills of happiness, and other items and things!!!”

I know the mana ring.

Isn’t it an elixir that increases the amount of mana you take?

It was also a very expensive item, costing more than 100 million units per piece.

On top of that, there are rumors that the Elixir of Awakening can be obtained from the upper gate or with a terrible probability.

‘The pill of happiness is…’

I had never heard of that.

Anyway, judging from the mention of the mana pill or the Elixir of Awakening, I guessed that it was either very expensive or a fantasy item.

“Aren’t you lying? Selling it to cadets? It wouldn’t be possible to have it in the first place, but even the mana ring alone is over a billion units…”

That’s why Lee Chae-ryeong waved her hand as if it was nonsense.

I don’t know about the Elixir of Awakening or the Pill of Happiness, but looking at the mana pills that actually existed, it was something ordinary people couldn’t touch.

Of course, there are 2nd and 3rd generation conglomerates in Laplace Academy, as well as children of prestigious families who are heirs to huge guilds, so there are a lot of people who can buy mana balls.

Those who are like that are suddenly walking down the street, but if an unknown person pops out and sells a billion-unit item, there is no way they can buy it right away.

There is no way to know if the item is normal or not.

If it was normal in the first place, it wouldn’t appear like that, and even if you believed in everything and traded, how would you pay the price?

Card transaction?

That was funny.

‘Well, if you try to trade somehow, you can do bankbook, pay, or spot trades, but…’

There were a lot of cases, so it might be possible, but looking at what they are talking about, it seems that they are not the only ones targeting and doing business.

‘No, was it a mess…?’

There was a monster terror incident last time.

There are also rumors that a villain organization has entered.

There were rumors that there was a murder case because of that, and that they were investigating.

But these days, after such an incident, the chairman has spent a lot of money to hire external heroes and hunters, and has been installing security machines and magic tools like teeth. Couldn’t it have been caught?

“Tsk tsk tsk, your thoughts are one-dimensional, Chaeryeong-chan.”

“Couldn’t you just remove that thing?”

“Anyway, Chaeryeong-chan. Did you think that the seller of such mysterious things would simply trade with money? Yare yare… Aren’t you too immersed in the fabric of society? There’s no way the owner of a secret shop wants money!!”

“…Ha, even if I talk, they don’t listen. So, if you don’t trade with money, what do you trade with?”

“Don’t be surprised when you hear about what to trade with—.”

“What if?”

Seeing Rie Sasaki raising tension at an important moment like a music broadcast on a TV channel somewhere, Chaeryeong Lee swallowed her saliva and asked again.

Although Rie Sasaki’s way of speaking was irritating, Chaeryeong Lee was a human being who matched her mood.

“Mirai-“

“Mirai? What is that?”

I want to know what that means.

Is it the name of a coin somewhere or a unit of currency?

When Lee Chae-ryeong showed her questionable appearance, Rie Sasaki shook her head and opened her mouth again.

“They say the future here.”

“Can’t you just say that from the beginning?”

“Chae-ryeong-jjang doesn’t know how to look cool. This is how it should be said.”

“You shouldn’t talk, so what do you mean by trading in the future?”

Is the future tradable?

Of course, it makes sense if you think of it as collateral for the future, but…

She simply didn’t seem like that given the patterns Sasaki Rie had learned over the months after she entered the academy.

“Huh? Chaeryeong-chan, don’t you know that? Doesn’t that mean that the future is secured?”

“…”

And Rie Sasaki destroyed Lee Chaeryeong’s expectations at once.

She then pretended to be surprised with a smile on her lips as if she were laughing.

“No way, Uso. Could it be that Chaeryeong-chan didn’t know? Yada. Why don’t we start over with basic common sense?”

Chaeryeong Lee quietly stood up from her seat and grabbed Rie Sasaki by the collar on the back of her cadet uniform.

“Chae-ryeong-chan?!”

And only then did Sasaki Rie put on an urgent expression to see if she understood the situation, but since she had already been captured, there was no way to escape.

Rie Sasaki, who ended up being dragged along

She hurriedly called out to the remaining cadets in the classroom, but they just shook their heads as if this had happened more than once or twice.

“Tasuke-“

“…Wouldn’t it be nice to have a duel in Auditorium 7?”

“Hee-ik-.”

In the end, perhaps because she realized that no one was helping her, Rie Sasaki slumped like a fainted pig being led to a slaughterhouse.

**

“Thank you for your hard work.”

In line with the low-pitched words, Yeon Eun-ryeong lowered her head.

“Thank you.”

“No, we help each other when we are in trouble.”

Lee Seong-hyun waved his hand at that appearance.

“But…”

“It’s okay. But if there is something that really bothers you, all you have to do is listen to me.”

“If it’s a request…?”

“Ah, we’re the same age, so it’s kind of a request to talk to each other like this…”

Then he scratched his head as if embarrassed.

‘Only that…?’

I wanted to ask for something because it was a request, but that wasn’t a problem.

Yeon Eun-ryeong nodded her head.

“If that works… if not…”

“Yes, please take good care of me”

A hand was gently extended.

Yeon Eun-ryeong looked at it for a moment, then shook her head and held his hand.

And then a handshake.

He smiled at what was so pleasant.

Strangely, his appearance is not well recognized.

Looking at it up close like this, it seemed like it was shining.

‘What did you say…’

He is still subject to suspicion.

Recover papers with malicious rumors written on them until late at night, or use the Laplace Academy community

He was helping to find the person spreading the rumors inside, but he is the representative of Class K and the rumors are also Class K. Since there was a story that it came from

, Yeon Eun-ryeong couldn’t easily relax.

In addition to that.

‘Are you going to do more?’

The work of that day is still good.

With a young heart, he said he would hold a ceremony, and attacked the K class’s wounds, but he couldn’t do anything and suffered a crushing defeat.

When I still think of the events of that day, my body trembles.

‘But…’

If he has nothing to do with this.

Then…

Even though he was insulted, he helps out with all his heart and soul even though it’s not his job, he cares about himself, he’s talented enough, and he’s good looking…

‘Maybe not bad…’

It was a useless imagination because the charges are still there.

If this is resolved without any problems, I apologize first.

And little by little, we got to know each other…

“By the way, it’s late at night. Let’s go.”

“Ah… Yes.”

“See you tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow again…”

Yeon Eun-ryeong also waved her hand and saw her off.

‘Shall we go back…’

It was late at night.

It was time to go back.

A stone was weighed on the side of my heart about what kind of rumors would flow tomorrow and what would happen to me in Class J.

But at the time when they all ended.

There will be a time to come.

Yeon Eun-ryeong swallowed her sighs and regrets and headed to her dormitory.

“Do you have any concerns, cadets there?”

She did so by the time she was heading to the dorm.

The voice, which seemed to have been made by mimicking human voices with a clumsy machine somewhere, hit Yeon Eun-ryeong’s ears as if it was coming from a poor-quality recorder.

“Whoa—.”

“Ah, there is no need to be wary.”

No need to be vigilant?

That was nonsense.

It was absurd that she wouldn’t be wary of a being wearing a large black robe covering herself in front of her and making grotesque noises other than human voices.

Yeon Eun-ryeong hurriedly raised mana.

It didn’t matter if she was a molester or a villain or if she was completely unknown.

The first thing to do was to run away or call for help.

So Yeon Eun-ryeong concentrated her mana on her legs and soon tried to spur her to the ground.

“I am so sad that you are trying to run away.”

Then, her unknown body quietly pulled out her white hand from under the robe.

At the same time, Yeon Eun-ryeong felt her vision reversed.

“!!?”

A bizarre sensation.

Her head suddenly became dizzy at the sensation that the concepts of up and down were reversed.

And without missing that moment, something unidentified approached Yeon Eun-ryeong and blocked her retreat.

“I just need you to listen to me for a moment. It will surely be of help to you too.”

“What are you talking about…”

“Don’t you need happiness?”

The swamp was close by.