Chapter 69

Chapter 69

After class.

Sitting in his seat, Kim Se-ah turned around and looked at me with sparkling eyes.

“The Han Shin of Seoul Hero Academy...!”

“...What?”

Why is she suddenly like this?

“Stop it.”

“...Yes.”

She seemed to be just bored.

“By the way, are we doing club activities today?”

“I think we might not do it today because a lot of kids are missing. There’s no request right now, right?”

“...I hated math class this afternoon. And if we don’t do club activities either, I’ll be dragged into mentor classes after school!”

“Is the mentor class that hard?”

She hugged her arms and shivered at my question.nove(l)bi(n.)com

“Moving 2 tons of rocks, calculating coordinates while running around, real combat... I still get goosebumps just thinking about it.”

...... Looks like she’s getting a little overwhelmed.

Just then, I took out some elixirs that I had brought separately to take care of them for this occasion. It was an elixir called ‘Briton White Deer Velvet Antler’, which was good for physical ability recovery.

“Drink this when you get home.”

“Huh? This, this! Isn’t this White Deer Velvet Antler? I heard it’s very expensive! How can I take this?!”

She slapped her hands in surprise at seeing the velvet antler in my hand.

“I have plenty at home so just take it. Anyway, eating too much of the same elixir doesn’t have much effect anyway.”

“...Oh, then yeah.”

My house was overflowing with elixirs anyway.

Besides, I received so many of them at the last executive celebration, so I thought it would be better to share the ones I didn’t need or didn’t have much effect on me with the kids.

Their growth will be a great help to me, to our Familia.

“Hehe. I’ll eat well.”

She hugged the velvet antler like a precious baby with a very happy expression.

Then, of course, you should be grateful...Space mages are very rare and I have to take care of her to the end.

Just then, a message popped up in front of me through [Smart Lens].

[Sender: Lee Haru]

“Huh?”

What’s up with Lee Haru?

I checked the contents of the message with that thought.

[Lee Haru: There was a problem with the activities of the International Trade Club.]

[Lee Haru: I would like to make a request to ‘Familia’, is it okay after lunch today?]

“Ha.”

Really ghostly timing.

“Kim Se-ah.”

“Yes?”

“We’re doing club activities today.”

“Really?! Yay!”

I sent a reply telling her to come to the club room after lunch and thought for a moment.

It’s not someone else, but Lee Haru sent me a message directly asking for help, which means it’s a situation that’s hard to solve with her ability.

“I wonder what it is... interesting.”

Lee Haru’s expression when she came to the Familia club room was colder than usual.

“So, what do you want to request?”

She slowly opened her mouth at my question.

[If they’re in the area, it can be done today. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.]

“I like that. Make sure you do it neatly and get back to me as soon as you’re done.”

[Yes, Eugene, thank you for the opportunity].

I hang up the phone and look back at Haru.

“They say it’ll be taken care of, so let’s have some tea while we wait.”

With that, I poured the black tea that Se-ah handed me earlier into Haru cup.

“......I had forgotten that you had recently been promoted to an Executive, and I didn’t think it would be something that could be resolved with a phone call.”

“You got lucky. I just happened to have a recent contact with the guys who control China. By the way, how’s that Gold Club promotion going?”

Hearing my words, Haru quenched her thirst with black tea and spoke up.

“It’s safe to say that I’m actually just waiting for the examination. The only thing holding me back is that I haven’t been able to fulfill my recent requests, but since you’ve taken care of that, I don’t think there’ll be any problems.”

“Good.”

Then we talked about other things for a while.

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Suddenly, several short alarms started going off in her pocket.

Haru glanced at it, then at me.

“You can watch it at your leisure.”

“Thank you.”

After taking out her cell phone and checking the contents, Haru smiles.

“It’s from our Chinese counterparts, apologizing for the recent events, and saying they won’t accept commissions for two months.”

It’s over already.

Then, my phone rang and I answered it with a big smile on my face.

[Sir, it’s settled].

“I just confirmed it. Did you find out who was blocking the deal?”

[I’m trying to find out now, but all they’re saying is that a ‘Club of the Academy’ paid them a lot of money. Give me a little more time and I’ll get this straightened out.]

“......Good job, let me know when you get more information and I’ll pay you for it.”

[Yes, please let me know if you have any further instructions.]

“Okay, I’ll make sure to charge you accordingly.”

[Thank you.]

As expected, it was another club in the Academy that was sabotaging Haru’s club this time.

This means that there are now forces that are targeting me, and not just Haru.

It seemed necessary to find out who they were.

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

When I ended the call and turned to face her, I saw her face looking a little more somber than usual.

“I’ve been feeling guilty about this whole thing, wondering if I’ve cost you a lot of money. I don’t know how on earth to apologize to you.......”

It was like her to be serious about a deal like this but...

“You don’t need to apologize. It was my fault, and I’m responsible for what happened.

“But.......”

“Enough.”

Well, I’m sure it cost me a pretty penny to handle this but it’s a tiny fraction of what I made on the mission.

Besides.......

“Never mind. It’s their money, anyway.”

“What?”

“They made a mistake this time and I got a lot of compensation so I just took some of it off, there’s no need to feel sorry.”

“How much is it...?”

“Enough to survive after showing your teeth to Corleone.”

Only then did she realize what she was saying and opened her eyes wide.

Perhaps it was time to remind her again how rich I am.