Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

25 – Rumor_2

“Haa…”

Yeon Eun-ryeong, who was sitting at her desk, tapped a small glass bottle on her desk and touched it with her finger. Remembered.

‘Don’t you need happiness?’

A word given by an unknown being I met on the way to the dormitory.

At first, I wondered what it meant and tried to ignore it because I thought it was a monster or a villain.

He introduced himself as a merchant, as if he had read his thoughts.

‘I am a merchant. Oh, of course I’m not an ordinary merchant.’

At first, I wondered if I was just talking nonsense out of panic, but after thinking about it, I’ve heard it before.

It’s a rumor, but a similar story has been popular among first-year students of Laplace Academy for the past few months.

A story about walking alone on a dark street at night when a merchant selling mysterious items appears.

When she heard the rumor, she thought it was nonsense…

‘The rumors are true…’

Of course, I couldn’t help but be wary of the villain or villain using rumors to make nonsense, but he blocked the escape route and subdued himself in a strange way.

And he began pulling out several small vials from under his robes.

From a glass bottle full of colorful pills. A glass bottle containing only one pill. Even a glass bottle with only one pill in it.

‘These are the things I sell. I’ll start with the one on the right. As you may know, this is a mana ring. As a representative effect—’

I know.

Isn’t it a representative elixir that increases the amount of mana?

It often appears on TV or news, and I’ve only seen it once.

I couldn’t smell it because it was in a glass bottle, but it looked like it was genuine.

‘And if you take the Elixir of Awakening, you can awaken into a superpower system that surpasses the three basic types of mana abilities: martial arts, magic, and healing.’

The Elixir of Awakening, a fantasy elixir that has been rife with debate on the Internet.

You have that too?

It was an incredible story.

‘And the last one on the left is a happiness pill. If you eat it, you will become happy.’

After the introduction of mana pills, elixirs of awakening, and other great and ridiculous things, it felt draining to say that the last product was just a pill with no explanation.

But no matter what the product was or how effective it was, it was a useless story to Yeon Eun-ryeong.

In the first place, there was no money to buy things.

‘Didn’t I need money?’

Recalling that rumor, that unidentified being said that they do not receive money for goods, but that their future is guaranteed.

The goods sold by that abnormal-looking man can’t even be real, so you’re entrusting the future as collateral?

How can you entrust the future as collateral?

Are you even writing a contract?

That was nonsense.

Even if it’s real, it’s a problem. Seeing how expensive products or fantasy items like that are being sold, it was obvious that they weren’t selling through the normal route, and that was no different than foretelling that problems would arise later.

So Yeon Eun-ryeong shook her head.

It wasn’t that I was trying to sell it, it was because I blocked the escape route and prevented it from escaping, but the unknown being hadn’t yet posed a physical threat.

‘It’s okay…’

However, there was nothing to do with the trembling voice.

‘Hmm… Is that so?’

Then, the unidentified being began to scratch its head as if it had lost interest.

‘This is really… I suggested it because it looked like something was wrong… Well, it’s good. If you don’t need it, you can’t help it.’

The unidentified being looked at Yeon Eun-ryeong for a while, muttered something, and then opened the blocked retreat.

‘Sorry for taking up your time. This is meant to be an apology, but…’

And he handed over a glass bottle containing what he introduced as the Elixir of Awakening.

‘It’s a sample with a limited time period, but please accept it.’

I thought I would receive it, but since the unknown being was staring at me, I had no choice but to accept it, and eventually brought it to my dormitory room.

“Wouldn’t it be better to throw it away?”

I couldn’t throw it away because of the situation, but after thinking about it, I thought it would be good to throw away such an unpleasant item.

It could be a problem later.

There was no way I could take such an unknown pill.

So Yeon Eun-ryeong, who had made up her mind, picked up the glass bottle, stood up, approached the window, opened the window, and tried to throw the glass bottle.

‘This is really… I suggested it because it looked like something was wrong… Well, it’s good. If you don’t need it, you can’t help it.’

It’s unfortunate…

I did.

It’s still ongoing and I don’t know when it will end.

There are people who can help, but…

‘Would it have been different if I had won back then?’

Of course, I am reflecting on that childish territorial behavior.

But if it hadn’t been for that nonsense. If only I had escaped from that strange phenomenon. If only I had the power to overcome the situation.

Then…

Yeon Eun-ryeong looked back at the glass bottle she was about to throw.

A single white pill was reflected.

‘And if you take the Elixir of Awakening, you can awaken into a superpower system that surpasses the three basic types of mana abilities: martial arts, magic, and healing.’

Did that unknown being say it was an elixir of awakening?

Those who can enter the supernatural realm, a system that only a few people get in a world that deviate from the basic 3 systems of mana abilities…

A symbol of strength.

The beginning of S-class.

Not all superpowers have become S-class, but it is said that among S-classes, it is rare that they are not supernatural superpowers. As a first-year student at Laplace Academy, this is a clue to longing.

If such a thing really exists.

I’m only in class J now, but if I become a supernatural world, class A won’t be a problem either.

No more than that. More. More.

Fly high and no one can ignore it.

Isn’t it possible not to get caught up in these malicious and unfair rumors?

I have never really wished for great power.

However, like other mana-capable people of his age, he had his own dreams and his own longings.

That’s why she wanted to enter Laplace Academy, and after a lot of effort, she became a regular class.

However, the result obtained at the end of that effort was only J class.

Others said that it was amazing that he had become a regular class at Laplace Academy, but he couldn’t admit that he was only at this level.

I know.

I have no choice but to know.

The reason why Laplace Academy is called the best academy in the world is because of the existence of the top class.

The lower class is just a place to identify gemstones that may have been missed by bridesmaids.

I despaired at the invisible wall.

I couldn’t admit that I was only this far.

I worked hard and was the last member of the regular class, but I also became the representative.

Because there is a substitute class there, there is a lower level than myself, so it was tolerable to a certain extent.

‘I heard that it was just applied to Class J and Class K?’

‘Did you hear that Yeon Eun-ryeong had a duel with all the K class students, and none of them won?’

‘Wasn’t he the representative of class J? I heard that your skills aren’t bad in the lower classes, but was it a lie…’

However, the bottom is no longer visible.

The worst part is where you are.

And of all the pits, he has fallen into the deepest pit.

Efforts were denied.

He admits it wasn’t a good effort.

But it was denied.

It is a part of life, but the accumulated things turned out to be nothing.

‘Honestly, if you hadn’t planned that kind of thing, we would be like this—’

‘I’m sorry, but you are not the CEO anymore’

‘Actually, he became the representative because he was lucky, wasn’t he originally inferior to the supplementary class?’

‘Actually… Isn’t it?’

It was said that everything that had been built up to that point was nothing in the end.

Now I try to pretend to be strong.

I keep getting cut. Cut off if cut.

The fear you will feel then

The despair you will face then

‘Can I endure it?’

It is said that life is long.

Some say that what happened now is nothing when you think about it later.

But.

At that time, it was cut so much that it became a round circle, so there was no place to cut it anymore.

I wondered if I had given up.

Because I can’t look at the present.

“…”

Summer is coming.

But the dawn was cold.

Yeon Eun-ryeong closed the window.

**

“The Elixir of Awakening…”

There’s no way something like that could have happened to me.

Of course there are similarities.

[Welcome to the Secret Shop.]

[Your secret shop level is 5]

[Products available for purchase are as follows.]

[1. Poppy 10 points]

[2. Goat 10 points]

[3. Nicotine 10 points]

[4. Cocaine 10 Points]

[5. Solitude 70 points]

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[15. Devil’s Elixir 50 points]

[Current Points: 270p]

Devil’s Elixir.

An item that appeared when the secret shop reached level 5.

It is an item used by the villain organization in the work, and when ingested, it exerts the same effect as the elixir of awakening for several days and becomes stronger, but this was an item that gradually eroded the user’s mana source and eventually made the mana capable person unable to even use mana.

In other words, a self-destruct item used by villain organizations or monsters when their lives are in danger.

“Well, whether or not to use it is a personal decision.”

I forcibly handed over the goods, but nothing more.

It was up to Yeon Eun-ryeong to decide whether or not to use the item.

If you use it, use it as you use it.

Or there are other ways.

“Which one will you choose?”

And will that choice make you happy?