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5. Suspicious Secret Merchant (1)

Tringer Academy.

In order to save humanity from the polluted area, nobles enter the academy from the age of 8 and receive education until the age of 19.

After being educated like that, when he becomes an adult, he immediately enters the military and fights to keep world peace.

Commoners live without feeling it, but polluted areas have always threatened the survival of humans.

And the nobles were doing their best to reduce the polluted area even a little.

“hahahaha… the record?”

“Same.”

“Cee! It felt good. Shall we try again?”

“You’re covered in sweat right now. Will there be a record for doing it again?”

I checked my hand at my friend’s words.

My hands were shaking as far as I could see.

“Okay. I’ll stop today.”

I thought I could set a record only today.

My condition was good, and I was confident that my skills were better than before.

“Haa…what’s wrong with me?”

Students attending the academy have their own level.

Rank is skill.

Starting with SS, the highest rank, then S, A, B, C, and D in order.

To measure the grade was to pass through specially installed objects in a test every six months and measure the time.

If you shorten your record by practicing steadily, you can raise your grade, but since the level of benefits provided by the academy varies depending on your grade, everyone was putting their life and death on achieving the record.

“It’s the hardest thing to go up from B-class to A-class. They say you need to be patient.”

“I think I deserve to be promoted to Class A. But why doesn’t the record come out? It’s a bit strange.”

“B-rank is not a demon’s rank for nothing. Don’t be impatient and do it calmly.”

I didn’t listen to the words my friend said out of concern.

It was because all my nerves were focused on going up to A rank.

“Are you going to practice this weekend?”

“Of course. I can’t rest until I set an A-class record.”

“Do you think you’ll set a record if you practice like that all weekend?”

“…I don’t know.”

“You’re not confident either. Let’s just take a break this weekend. Do you know how many weeks this has been?”

A friend comes to me gently while taking a day off.

It wasn’t good for her to keep practicing without being able to rest.

I’m forced to hold on because I’m impatient because I have an A grade in front of me.

“Only one day?”

She eventually gave in to her friend.

Doesn’t it become impossible to become an A-class just by taking a day off?

“Kyaa! That’s a good idea. Originally, when you’re at a loss, you need to rest in moderation.”

“…Is that right?”

Without ever imagining that a day off with a friend would change her life 180 degrees, she gazed at the never-shrinking paper with longing eyes.

⁘ ⁘ ⁘

I played with my friends all day long.

It’s been a long time since I played, so I didn’t notice the time passing.

“Ah… I don’t want to go back.”

I had barely relieved my stress after a long time, but thinking about going back to the academy dormitory, the stress was building up again.

There is probably no aristocrat who is not under pressure for grades.

After graduating from the academy, he has to immediately enlist and enter the real world.

For the aristocrats, improving their skills was a field in which they had to constantly strive even for their own lives.

If you have no skills at all, you can get into an office job with luck, but if you have intermediate skills, you have to work hard to improve your skills even a little.

This is because even mediocre skills can be dispatched to the front without a hitch.

Of course, B class doesn’t belong to mediocre skills.

‘B grade is the most attainable stage for mediocre kids. From A grade, it is the realm of talent. I’m on the verge of entering the realm of talent.’

I guess that’s why I was more anxious.

I have the qualifications to become an A-class.

He says he is a talented person.

I wanted to prove that.

However, in front of the A grade, I fell by foot.

‘I was just an ordinary person with no talent?’

She showed off her talent from an early age, and thanks to that, she was expected by the elders of her family.

He always showed better skills than his peers, and even after entering the academy, he rapidly raised his grade and met everyone’s expectations.

I was arrogant back then.

Class A?

I thought I would be able to climb as easily as I had so far.

However, she began to stagnate with A-rank in front of her.

‘That was already a year ago… At this rate, it will fall again.’

Precocity and genius are different.

Even in the family, it was said that she was not a genius but a ‘precocious’.

The way other people see me is also changing.

The pressure from the family, even the suspicious gaze from the people around her.

Feeling frustrated, she pounded her chest with her fist.

I didn’t eat anything wrong, but I felt sick to my stomach as if it was added.

“miss.”

“Mom, surprise!”

I couldn’t hide my troubled heart, so I broke up with my friend and wandered around without going back to the dormitory.

Then she jumped up like a cat, startled by the sudden voice that spoke to her.

“What, what?”

The person who called him was so suspicious that he couldn’t figure out how he got here.

It was a man wearing a dark brown robe with a hood pressed down deeply.

He was beckoning to her from a corner on a mat.

“Come and see.”

“Me, me?”

“Yes, my lady.”

“My, why am I? And Mister, why are you doing this here? You’re so suspicious. If you keep doing this, the knights will come and arrest you?”

If he was a really suspicious person, he wouldn’t have been able to come near the academy.

So she didn’t run away right away, and talked to the man while keeping his distance.

“Shh! That’s why I only asked the lady to come secretly.”

“…I don’t like it? How can I go to Mr. Uncle? It’s very suspicious to anyone.”

Would you go crazy?

And what if you get kidnapped?

“Oh, it’s a pity. There was an amazing product that will greatly improve the lady’s skills.”

“…Products? Are you an illegal trader?”

I’ve heard of it at first glance.

I heard that there is a merchant who secretly distributes illegal goods, and if you get caught wrong, it’s perfect for ruining your life.

She hated it, thinking it was a good idea to stay away too.

“I don’t do drugs or anything like that. I’ll report it right away, so you’d better leave now.”

“Drugs? I don’t sell those things either.”

“I heard you just sold something. Then you’re an illegal trader.”

He was pretending to be calm, but he was very wary of the suspicious man.

He believes in his own skills, but he needed to be careful because he was in a situation where he didn’t know what skills he was hiding.

“What I was trying to show you is not a drug, but a weapon. I think it would be perfect for you to use.”

“A man recommends a weapon when he saw me. I have to say something that makes sense.”

“Will you change your mind when you see it in person?”

“…don’t like it?”

Is there a weapon that suits you well?

Anything like equipment could be obtained through the family.

So there was no need to listen to that suspicious man.

“It must be embarrassing to see a weapon shown by a suspicious person. But if you see this, your thoughts will change. It will feel like destiny to you.”

The suspicious man opened the large sack and rummaged inside.

I didn’t know what I was trying to get out of there, so I stepped back in a fit and raised my guard.

however….

“!!!!”

She felt a strong intuition as she watched the weapon being pulled from the hilt.

As that uncle said, it felt like destiny as soon as I saw it.

that it is mine

My wary mind at the suspicious man disappeared, and I quickly ran and stared at the weapon in the man’s hand.

No matter how many times I look at it, the strong feeling that I have to buy this does not go away.

“I-I’ll live.”

“Ha, look. You said you had no choice but to buy this, right?”

“How much? Let me buy it right away!”

eyes turned upside down

It was strange to feel such a strong possessive desire and obsession with weapons, but I couldn’t get out of my mind that was already captivated.

But the old man cruelly put the weapon he had shown back into the bag.

“Ah! Mister!!!”

I felt like my weapon had been robbed.

“No…! My weapon!”

“Not yet.”

“I hear you’re selling it to me! How much is it? How much does it cost!”

“well.”

“yes?”

well?

“Next week, on this day, come here again. At that time, I will bring you something valuable to buy this weapon. If you like it, sell it. If you don’t like it, don’t sell it.”

“Wait a minute. You came here to sell me. You can’t be so blunt!”

“So you’re not going to live?”

“…..”

won’t you live?

I saw it with my own two eyes, how could I not live?

The child was mine.

You can be sure that existence itself was born for you.

I don’t know how the child got into the hands of a suspicious man, but he had to save it himself.

“Don’t hate me? I don’t have to sell it to you.”

it’s annoying!!

The uncle’s shameless attitude made my heart boil.

“Buy it! I’m going to buy it. You mean this time next week? You have to come out. I’ll prepare it to a level that you can’t refuse!”

“Yeah. FYI, just know that I like things more than cash. Rather…monster by-products.”

“Okay. I’ll figure it out.”

The suspicious man rose from his seat without regret as if he had said all he wanted to say to him.

Swish- Swish- Swish-

The suspicious man disappears somewhere while dragging a large sack.

‘What the hell are you doing? I didn’t look that old.’

She tilted her head as she looked at her uncle’s back.

If your identity was uncertain, it would have been impossible to enter this place.

It was a law not to be caught in prejudice because of suspicious behavior.

‘I should have asked for your name. They say they can meet again next week, so I’ll have to ask them then.’

I already missed the weapon I saw earlier.

In my head, I keep thinking that I had to take it by force.

It’s not that I’m short of money, but I can get that weapon if I put up with it a little.

Because my mind was focused on the weapon the uncle showed me, I couldn’t concentrate on anything I did.

Eventually, feeling impatient, I hurried back to the dormitory.

It would be nice if it could be solved with what you have, but didn’t the uncle clearly tell you?

If you don’t like it, I won’t sell it.

‘You must buy it!’

She imagined the figure of the child still flickering in front of her eyes.

Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very expensive items were needed.

And she never doubted that if it was her family, she would be able to obtain any number of items of high value.