Academy Retirement Diary of the Student Council President

Meanwhile, immediately after a tremendous explosion was heard at the villa. A luxury SUV was speeding away from the villa towards somewhere.

-Vroooooom....!

"Secretary Kim, is that really true? Sea broke free from the brainwashing on her own? And the first thing she did after breaking free... was to try and kill me?!"

"Yes, it's true, Chairman. We found a kitchen knife in the Young Miss's luggage, and although we don't know where she got them, professional cleaning tools used by murderers for destroying evidence were also discovered."

"Ugh... Yun Sea, that bitch who would have just been a test subject if that wench Lee Seol-hwa hadn't left home...!"

-Thump!

As he slammed his fist down hard enough to shake the car, the driver looked at Yun Seong-ho through the rearview mirror with a concerned expression.

"Chairman, please calm down. Isn't it fortunate that we realized before the Young Miss could ambush you? With your excellent insight, Chairman, you can surely resolve this quickly..."

"Fortunate? What's fortunate! The entire plan has gone awry. Now that the brainwashing doesn't work on her, Yun Sea won't see me as her father anymore, and that bitch will leave home just like Seol-hwa did! Just leave? She'll expose everything!"

However, Yun Seong-ho couldn't calm down. He remembered the previous instance where he had lost a perfect Battle Wizard just before its completion.

Yun Seol-hwa, his first daughter, who had now changed her name to Lee Seol-hwa and left home.

In the past. Using experimental data from Yun Sea and various elixirs created from superior monster corpses, he had raised Yun Seol-hwa to the point where she could challenge for the position of South Korea's 11th S-Rank Hero, but...

"Ah, Dad. What is this..."

Accidentally leaving the laboratory door unlocked became the source of trouble, as Yun Seol-hwa witnessed the entire experimental process.

While Yun Sea, who had to be treated like a lab rat, required strong brainwashing, Yun Seol-hwa was his precious daughter... The only hypnosis used on her was brainwashing that merely amplified her aversion towards Yun Sea, and that was the problem.

"H-How could you treat a person so cruelly...!"

Yun Seol-hwa had charged in as if ready to freeze the entire research facility on the spot, and in that moment, Yun Seong-ho was able to save his own life thanks to Yun Sea, whom he had so despised and mistreated.

Specifically, by using the fact that she was under deep brainwashing as leverage for blackmail.

When he threatened to kill Yun Sea immediately if she revealed his research to the outside world, Yun Seol-hwa, perhaps deciding to finally act like an older sister, simply packed her bags and left. Seeing her go filled him with both relief at having survived and a sense of loss at having lost his successor.

So, he used Yun Sea.

As for brainwashing, since Yun Seong-ho's skill was brainwashing ability itself, he simply applied stronger hypnosis than usual to turn Yun Sea into a perfect pawn who followed his every word. Thinking that if she happened to die, he could just make another child, Yun Seong-ho subjected Yun Sea to even more intense experiments.

What proceeded from that was the Magic Eye transplant project.

He painstakingly acquired the eyes of an S-Rank monster, Medusa, which were originally intended for Yun Seol-hwa's eyes, and arduously replaced Yun Sea's eyes with them.

To prevent her eyes from regenerating due to her abilities, he had to mangle them horribly.

The result was extremely successful.

Although it seemed she couldn't obtain Medusa's petrification authority or skills to charm others, her mana level increased exponentially. For the time being, that was sufficient.

When she suddenly left for the Academy as if running away from home, he worried she might never return, amplifying his anxiety to the point where he kidnapped countless nameless orphans and conducted unethical human experiments to create a second Yun Sea, but...

[Yun Sea]

[I think I'll be back on the 24th]

She had confidently returned home, along with the news that her abilities had improved.

Upon seeing her mana, even more powerful than that of Yun Seol-hwa who had stormed out of the house, any thought of Yun Seol-hwa had long vanished from Yun Seong-ho's mind.

Yun Seong-ho thought he had done well to prepare in advance, buying luxury goods and expensive cars to win Yun Sea's favor. He planned to use the perfect puppet, Yun Sea, to establish a new Guild, thinking that the mere existence of the Guild would allow him to deal with the trash who had treated him arrogantly... but...

-Thump!

"Damn it! To think I have to get involved with those bastards again!"

Yun Sea was already free from the brainwashing, and the fact that she had come here to kill him shattered Yun Seong-ho's mental state into pieces.

"Shall I contact a mercenary guild?"

"No, they'll obviously demand a huge sum of money. They'll definitely keep demanding money even after killing that bitch Yun Sea, using public exposure as leverage."

Yun Sea's stats displayed on the screen were comparable to an S-Rank Hero; subduing someone like her was impossible for ordinary mercenaries. Indeed, the bodyguards stationed at the mansion were former C~B-Rank Heroes, but judging from the explosion just now and the lack of contact, they must have all been taken down by Yun Sea.

"That monstrous bitch...!!"

At the very least, it would take an assault team capable of safely clearing an A-Rank Gate to barely subdue her.

"Damn it. I'm already stressed because of the recent potion price collusion, what will they demand if I ask them to take care of Yun Sea...!"

Recently, the major Guilds had started to look down on Yun Seong-ho's Yuseong Group, which lacked a Guild of its own.

When they were small guilds with nothing, those lowly beings whose Guild Masters had personally come, even kneeling, to beg for potions...

-Ding!

"Chairman, it seems you have a message."

"I know!"

[Spiral Guild, Guild Master Ryu Seong-ho]

[The potion prices are too high. If you don't sell High-grade Potions for 15 million won, Mid-grade Potions for 5 million won, and Low-grade Potions for 500,000 won, we will contact the other Guilds and initiate a full boycott, Chairman Yun Seong-ho. Ah, of course, if you provide 10 Top-grade Potions exclusively to my Guild free of charge, I'll put in a good word...]

-Crash!

"Uwaaaaaah! This brat worse than a dog!!"

Now they had grown into big shots, colluding amongst themselves to set potion prices and threatening a Guild-wide boycott if the prices weren't lowered even slightly.

"Ch-Chairman. Please calm down!"

"Shut up! You bastard worse than a dog...!! Come to think of it, you were the one who took that bitch Yun Sea out back then! I should have realized the brainwashing had worn off even then!"

-Thwack!

"Ugh...!"

Yun Seong-ho's foot struck the bodyguard in the driver's seat.

-Screeeech!

"Drive! Properly! Won't! You!"

-Thump, Thump, Thump!

"S-Sorry...!"

After kicking the driver's seat several times, Yun Seong-ho finally seemed to calm down a bit, growing quiet.

"Anyway, we managed to get out. Where are we going?"

"Anticipating this, I contacted a group of ability users capable of subduing the Young Miss beforehand."

Saying so, the driver handed over his smartphone.

Yun Seong-ho quickly snatched it and scrutinized the screen, then grinned widely like a child.

Because on the screen, there was a reply stating they would assassinate Yun Sea in exchange for just one Top-grade Potion.

"Really, they'll take care of Yun Sea? Without any additional compensation?!"

"Yes, they only asked for a single bottle of Top-grade Potion. It seems they must have someone they desperately want to save."

"Good, send it immediately! Tell them to come to this location right now!"

Yun Seong-ho was in a considerably joyous state.

It was only natural.

He had considered contacting the Guild that had brought him the S-Rank monster Medusa's eyes again. However, their primary goal was money, so he had been prepared to endure a huge loss... but they offered to kill Yun Sea for just a single Top-grade Potion.

What a profitable deal this was.

"Seeing as they need a potion, we might actually be able to put a leash on them instead. Driver! Contact them immediately, ask for the detailed condition of the child who collapsed. We need to adjust and lower the effectiveness of the Top-grade Potion according to their condition so we can use that kid's life to put a leash on them!"

"Y-Yes, sir!"

"Phew... What a relief."

A person who has overcome a crisis often loses strength and consciousness.

However, Yun Seong-ho was quite a meticulous person. As if determined not to let his guard down until Yun Sea was dead, he kept his eyes wide open, calmly watching the scenery of the road passing by.

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-Screech

"We've arrived, Chairman."

"Good. Once this matter is resolved, I'll promote you to the secretary position immediately."

"It is an honor to serve you, Chairman."

And so, upon arriving at a deserted mountain pass, Yun Seong-ho and the driver surveyed their surroundings.

"Anyway... it's quite dark, and there are no passing cars in sight."

"This is a mountain pass where only one or two vehicles pass per day. Since many fatal crashes happen here, even illegal street racers rarely come."

"Right, perfect for a rendezvous point."

Chatting leisurely, Yun Seong-ho gulped down the water from the thermos flask handed to him by the driver.

However, perhaps because it was snowing, or maybe just because it was so cold, Yun Seong-ho became irritable and started taking it out on the driver...

"Anyway, when are those mercenaries arriving?!"

"Uh... Ah, there they are!"

Seeing the headlights approaching from the direction the driver pointed, Yun Seong-ho finally cheered up. He put on his best business smile, trying to make a good impression on the approaching driver, waiting... but...

-Bang!

"........Kuaaaargh...!!!!"

Unfortunately, from the window that opened instead of the door, a bullet flew past instead of the driver.

"Kuaaaaaaaargh!!! Aaaargh!!!"

What appeared before Yun Seong-ho, who was rolling on the ground spraying red blood, was...

"You seem quite startled, screaming as if you've seen something you shouldn't have..."

Staring at him with a strange pattern glowing in one eye.

"Uwaaaaaargh...!! You bitch..!!"

"Including the time you were driving and couldn't see... it's been 1 hour and 20 minutes, hasn't it, Father?"

Yun Sea, meaning... it was me.