Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

173 – Guild Internship_4

No matter what anyone says, there is no denying that the time when a person is most defenseless is when he or she is sleeping.

That’s why I prepare for it with Sarah and her followers when I go to sleep.

Even if I hadn’t been caught for what I had done, the world often showed a side of itself that hated me terribly.

‘But this time there was no such reaction.’

But in the darkness, there was no response even though Akari’s urgent voice warned of danger.

So that means that when Sarah and her followers saw the danger warning, they judged that I was not a danger.

Of course, it’s possible that Sarah suddenly regained her memories and betrayed him, but no matter how much I thought about it, it was unlikely.

If I had regained my memories, I would never have opened my eyes alive in the first place, and I would never have been able to grasp the situation so leisurely.

“Seonghyun, run away!”

Akari’s urgent voice continues to be heard.

“It’s okay. More importantly, I don’t know who you are, but please let your senior go.”

After calming down the invisible Akari, I slowly adjusted my eyes to the darkness, and opened my mouth calmly after finding the shadow that seemed to be Akari and a blurry shadow whose identity I couldn’t identify.

“….How bold.”

Was it because he liked it? Or was there another reason?

The blurry hand moved briefly.

The light came on as if he had touched the power button.

A man in a gray suit came into view, pushing Akari against the wall and restraining her wrists with one hand.

‘Who is it?’

The man who came into view had a face that looked familiar, as if I had seen him somewhere.

I don’t remember him right away, so he didn’t seem like a very important person.

If I remember even vaguely, it meant that the necessity was reviewed at least once for whatever reason.

That’s why I recalled my memories again.

As I was ruminating so diligently, something came to mind.

‘The face of the guild leader of the Myth Guild looks very similar. Are they related? If they are related…’

Now that I think about it, I remember that the leader of the Shinwha Guild had a younger sibling.

‘I’m sure your name was Shin Jin-ho.’

He fought with his older brother, Shin Jin-kwang, for the position of guild leader of the Shinhwa Guild. That must have been the name of the vice-leader of the Shinhwa Guild.

“Who are you?”

But there was no need to pretend to know.

Where is the idiot who tells the other side that he knows the information?

In times like these, it was right to pretend not to know, let their guard down, and continue in a way that was advantageous to them, whether it was a transaction or a relationship.

“Who do you think it is?”

What I hate most is answering a question with a question.

But it wasn’t a situation where I could show my dislike.

First of all, he was known as a model student both inside and outside the academy, and I could roughly recall a few reasons why he had come.

Of course, I knew full well that they were disappointed, and that kind of question was not right.

“Well, I’m not sure. But if you didn’t come here to threaten me, then let me go first.”

Still, I took the classic pattern.

Because this was a place where I had to act.

“What if you came to threaten me?”

“If that were the case, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”

“…That’s true too.”

Shin Jin-ho nodded.

And then he released Akari and pushed her towards me.

I took a step forward to support Akari.

-Ugh!

At that moment, a very short breeze passed by my ear.

The club was actually a closed space, so there was no wind.

That was the wind caused by Shin Jin-ho’s fist.

“You don’t avoid it.”

“Because there is no need to avoid it.”

Why would you dodge such a slow punch?

It seemed as if they had no intention of aligning it from the middle, and they slightly changed the orbit so that it didn’t fit at the end.

It’s not that I don’t know the intention, but it was too obvious and the same.

“It’s as the rumors say, no, it’s better than the rumors.”

Shin Jin-ho nodded his head in admiration, not knowing whether he knew what I was thinking or not.

For a moment, he extended his hand to me as if to shake my hand.

“Let me introduce myself formally. I am Shin Jin-ho, the vice-leader of the Shinhwa Guild. I have come to see you to bring you to the Shinhwa Guild…”

“Are you okay, senior?”

“Yeah, thanks to Seonghyeon’s concern, the pain has gone away.”

“That can’t be. My wrist was grabbed violently earlier. Please show me.”

Either way, I looked at Akari.

Because the condition of the hands of the person in charge of my precious belongings was important.

Of course, you could create another item manager without Akari, but even so, there aren’t many people with as much potential as Akari when it comes to items, and it’s hard to find them right away.

It was necessary to cherish it in some way.

“Joe, I’m a little embarrassed…”

“You’re just looking at my wrist?”

“No, that’s not it… It’s because we’re so close… It’s hard to breathe…”

“You’re close?”

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

By the way, since I couldn’t see the condition of her wrist very well, I pulled Akari a little closer and brought her wrist in front of my eyes.

“Seong, Seonghyun, sleep, sleep for a moment…”

“Fortunately, there are no injuries.”

“Yeah. That’s a relief.”

I couldn’t understand at all why his face was red and he was acting all fussy.

Anyway, Akari’s wrist only had a small handprint, but there was no other problem.

“Um, um, can I continue the story?”

By the time he finished checking Akari’s condition, Shin Jin-ho coughed in vain.

He stopped talking in the middle and didn’t say anything, so I thought he had left. It seemed like he hadn’t left.

“No. The exit is over there.”

But there was no reason to accept that.

It’s not me who’s in a hurry, it’s them.

First of all, in order to continue the transaction in a favorable manner, I needed to make him pay for testing me and touching my stuff without permission.

“Didn’t I tell you, I’m a sub-guild of the Myth Guild…”

“That doesn’t matter. More than that, I can’t forgive you for messing with my senior.”

“My senior…”

That’s why I pushed Shin Jin-ho out of the club room.

“Sleep, sleep for a minute. You’re really regretting it…”

But he reacted as if he found it ridiculous.

It wasn’t my part-time job.

“That’s for me to decide. And is the Myth Guild a big deal? There’s also the lotus.”

“I really regret saying that….”

“I told you. That’s my decision.”

“No matter how bright your future may be, you are still just a cadet. If you act like this towards me, the vice-leader of the Shinwha Guild…”

“Please leave without saying anything.”

As he kept pushing away, Shin Jin-ho, who had been holding on to the gap in the door and holding on somehow, eventually made a threat that wasn’t really a threat. However, he was still kicked out.

“Is that okay? But if what I said is true…”

But it seemed like it was on everyone’s mind. Akari had a worried expression on her face.

“It’s okay. Don’t worry. More importantly, thank you. Thanks to you lending me your bed, I was able to sleep soundly for the first time in a while without being disturbed by guild scouts.”

You followed me all the way to the dorm and caused a ruckus, so I couldn’t sleep properly.

“No, well… I just lent you my seat, I didn’t really do anything. But still… if you’d like to thank me, do you want to go see a movie this weekend?”

Akiri lowered his head and wiggled his fingers.

“A movie?”

“Yeah, it’s a movie called Mechatyrano X and the Yucatan Road that leads to extinction…”

Now that I think about it, I made an effort to go all the way to the Japanese Eastern Army Alliance, so that level shouldn’t be a problem.

“That looks fun. Are you going this weekend?”

“Oh, yeah. This weekend. I like this weekend. I definitely like this weekend.”

“All right.”

When I nodded, Akari clenched her fists as if she had done it and started laughing as if something was so funny.

‘By the way, isn’t that going to work?’

I glanced outside through the small window in the door and saw Shin Jin-ho still standing there.

It was quite funny to see him trembling as if he was angry at being kicked out.

But what can we do?

This one is going to work somehow.

I chuckled.

“$#%#$%#%”

Then, Shin Jin-ho shouted something and turned his head.

“Surprise. What was that just now? I thought I heard something like Mechatyrano A’s cry…”

“Well, what could it be… More than that, Senior, it’s late at night…”

**

[What’s the plan?]

“There must be something different. It’s just driving at a normal speed as usual.”

[Are you letting your guard down?]

“It would be nice if there was at least some space to let your guard down. Then you wouldn’t be bored.”

A room filled with darkness.

Yu Chae-ah, who was sitting in front of the monitor, the only thing that was emitting light in the room, smiled slightly and continued speaking.

“More than that, was it really necessary to send invitations to other kids besides the ones who were qualified?”

[That’s not for us to judge.]

“That’s true. We just have to follow His great orders. Without any doubts or worries, just do as we are told.”

[Are you dissatisfied?]

“No way. I thought you might know more than that. You don’t know…”

Yoo Chae-ah shook her head as if in disappointment.

[It is his command.]

“Well, you are. You’re not funny, you’re a petty person.”

[…]

“I’m joking. Relax. Don’t you have a better guess than that? A guess is fine. I just sent it because they told me to. It’s caused quite a stir here. It almost derailed our plan a little.”

[…The kids said. They found traces of that guy at the place where 12 disappeared.]

“Are you saying that kid was the one who touched the number 12?”

[There’s no way 12 would have been hit by a mere cadet.]

Then it made sense why he asked the little kid to get a special invitation too.

Because of the disappearance of 12, there are restrictions on movement and we are being chased internationally, so there is nothing we can do.

Since kidnapping or other methods were not feasible at the moment, they were saying to take a conciliatory approach and then bring her back, even if it meant kidnapping.

“Now that I think about it, that’s true. So what should we do?”

[As you wish.]

“That’s… a good point.”

[Then I hope your plan succeeds.]

“When you say it like that, it makes me want to deny it. I think I’ll give up.”

[…]

“I’m joking. Don’t make a face. I have something to do, so I’ll be going now. It was nice seeing you after such a long time.”

With the farewell remarks, the monitor light that had been the only light in the dark room went out, and soon the room was filled with complete darkness.