Chapter 124

Chapter 124

Julie Rodman offered these terms.

She would provide me with Vivian’s Spring Water, an elixir that the student council president is secretly creating and give me unprecedented privileges among the Academy’s clubs.

And that I would succeed her as student council president next year.

I wasn’t planning on being the student council president, which would be a lot of hassle during my time at the academy, but I liked the perks of being the student council president.

The only problem is that......First, I already have ‘Vivian’s Spring Water’ in my hands.

“If it’s Vivian’s Spring Water, isn’t it a legendary elixir from King Arthur’s mythology? Are you sure it’s real?”

But I couldn’t reveal that I had it, so I kept a straight face and carefully asked.

“Uh, no, I haven’t seen it in person, but I do know that it’s made in the President’s garden, Lake Vivian.”

“It’s a guess after all, I’m sorry, but it’s a bit much to go out on a limb for something you haven’t seen for yourself.”

“Wait, I’m almost certain. I don’t think you know what a great elixir that is.......”

“No.”

I cut her off.

“I know enough but I like things to be certain. Do you have any other suggestions?”

Julie closed her eyes, seemingly troubled by my words.

Then, cautiously, she opened her mouth.

“There’s an elixir that my family keeps......I swear it’s on par with Vivian’s Spring Water, and I’ll give it to you.”

“Hmm.......”

I feigned deliberation.

The initiative was clearly on my side, so it was important to get as much out of her as possible.

‘Senior, that’s not all you have, is it?’

Take out some more, some more.

She sighed and shook her head.

“Hu, if you need help, I’ll help you in private, as long as it doesn’t interfere with my plans.”

“Surely not just once.”

“......twice.”

“Okay. The Lamp Genie also grants three wishes, so let’s make it a tidy three, shall we?”

“......three times.”

“Why not?”

“I can do it if you say......!”

“With words?”

She bites her lip a few times at my words and waves her hand in the air, blood on her thumb.

“I swear on mana and blood.”

In response, her blood begins to glow brightly and dissolves into the air.

The magical oath has worked.

“I hope that’s enough.”

“Yes. It’s enough.”

An elixir and three passes from the future president for doing what I intended to do anyway?

How could I not accept such an offer?

“Let’s do it together.”

“You won’t regret it, junior.”

We shook hands as a sign of trust, then met each other’s gaze and smiled.

“So you’re going to be my black hand?”

“The black hand of the academy. Not bad.”

A black hand that works behind the scenes to create a chairman.

What a wonderful sound.

Just as my father, Vito Corleone, expanded his reach by making political figures his own, I had the opportunity to make the president of the Academy student council my own and gain that kind of power.

I hadn’t planned on doing this already, but......should I thank President Pendragon?

“So, what’s the plan?”

“Huh? The plan?”

“The plan to get the president out of office and let senior take over the student council.”

“I thought......my plan was to get junior on my side first.”

No, wait.

“No way, you didn’t have a plan for that?”

“I was going to sit down with you and figure out a plan from here on out.”

......I can’t believe I have to come up with a plan.

‘Oh, that was a surprise, wasn’t it?’

* * *

Thinking about the future was simple enough.

Of course, the only people who took this approach were the few who didn’t want to be bothered by a stale move, but it was within the academy’s rules.

“That would be great, huh? Looks like Mr. Jin-woo and Mr. Young-jae are already here. “

As if on cue, two sets of footsteps could be heard from outside my office.

“Boss, we’re here!”

“Ha...... I’m tired.”

The contrast between Jin-woo’s smiling face and Young-jae’s exhaustion is stark.

Jin-woo even had a thick book in his hand.

“Thanks for the trouble, but what happened......I asked you to do a little research?”

“Huh? I just walked into the other club with a model grenade and glared at them for a few minutes, so they begged me not to do it first.”

“You’re lucky it was a model grenade, you could’ve gotten detention for that, asshole.”

...... When I looked at them, I realized that there was a lot going on.

Still, they completed the request with a ‘very satisfied’ rating, so it must have worked out in the end.

“Oh, right. Boss, did you see that Choi Yeon person we’ve ever seen on our way here?”

” Choi Yeon?”

“Yep. She was walking in circles, checking out the club house.”

......No. No way.

I called Choi Yeon, just in case.

-Hello.

“Where are you?”

-Me? The clubhouse.

“What are you doing there?”

-I’m looking for room Z.

“If it’s room Z, then it’s our club.”

-Yes. But I think I’m lost. The club hall is complicated.

......Choi Yeon was....

“Then why don’t you call me? I’ll pick you up and you won’t get lost.”

-Ah. Right.

She’s either blind or stupid.

Either way, she’s made a decision.

“I’m going to send someone......and I want you to stand still at the entrance to the hall.”

-Yes. I’ll wait.

I sighed and turned to Se-ah.

“Can you get Choi Yeon, she’ll be at the entrance. No, she’ll forget again even if I give her directions, so take the elevator from the incinerator.”

“Oh, okay. I’ll be right back.”

Se-ah hurries out the door.

A moment later, the elevator began to move with a goo-goo-goo sound, stopping at the basement level where we were, and the doors began to open.

“Oh.”

There was an exclamation from inside the elevator.

I turned my head and there, as expected, was Choi Yeon, looking around curiously.

“Hi.”

“......Yes. Next time you come to our club, you should take the elevator.”

“Yeah.”

At least she won’t get lost again.

Turning her head from side to side, Choi Yeon walked inside and casually sat down on the couch in the hall.

I handed her a teacup and spoke to her.

“Is this the first time you came here?”

“Yes. It’s so big. It looks like a great place to train.”

“Right? By the way, why are you at our club? Is it about the stuff we got from the dungeon the other day? Or that thing about joining the club I told you about?”

She shook her head at my question.

“No. Something similar, but for a different reason.”

“Different reason?”

Huh? Not that?

Then she slipped her hand into her jacket and pulled something out and placed it on the table.

The thing was.

“Is this ......?”

[Challenge Letter]

I had forgotten about it until now.

“Eugene, duel me.”

“......Suddenly?”