Chapter 36

Ofilis Hall Occupation (6)

“You know what Mr. Ellis? “It was that car.”

Ofilis Building 5th floor hallway.

Supplies warehouse and maids’ lounge. Other than that this space which consists only of a multi-purpose room is still quiet as if something happened to the downstairs.

In the first place students had no reason to go up to the 5th floor. The guest rooms are all located on the lower floors and most of the maids are confined to the staff conference room on the 4th floor so the wide hallway on the 5th floor can’t help but be quiet.

There was a commotion coming from downstairs. It looks like Ed Ross-Taylor was more splendid than expected. This is good news for Lortel the bigger the situation the better.

Soon something like Clevius’ terrified screams are heard so the students locked in the room will become more and more anxious as they go. If the situation becomes serious they will all break down the wall and escape.

Ellis stood quietly in the dark and looked at the girl who spoke.

“You know Mr. Ellis right? “He is someone who just looks evil and mean.”

“You mean Master Ed? “The person I met last time at camp.”

yes that’s right.

“That’s the type of person you like. “I didn’t know.”

“... “My appearance is decent but I don’t mean that in particular.”

Lortel Kecheln was sitting on a wooden cabinet in the supply warehouse drying his hair. He had just finished checking that things were going according to plan.

“I think I smelled the same scent on that man that I smelled on Mr. Ellis. “I made some inappropriately sentimental comments.”

Is that so?

“Then they threw it away without any hesitation. “You are responsible for your choices.”

Lortel smiled shaking his head and shaking his head.

“People like us have to live with hearing those words.”

When Ellis heard those words she could neither nod nor shake her head.

Ellis is the chief maid at Ofilis Hall and is a senior maid with over 20 years of service.

She started working as an apprentice maid at the age of 15 knowing nothing and eventually her abilities were recognized and she became the manager of the Ofilis building at a relatively young age.

Those people are all deeply hardened. Therefore such people cannot be easily bought with money.

If you want to act against the beliefs buried in your heart you have to spend so much money that it can even destroy those values.

This is the point where the most investment was made to reduce the scale of the Ofilis Hall occupation.

He abandons the job he has been loyal to all his life makes the situation bigger destroys the Ofilis building and makes him take responsibility for the whole situation.

If you were going to bribe someone to do something like this you had to make them pay for all their sins and still live the rest of their lives without worrying about money.

Thanks to this a large hole was created in the ledgers of the Sylvania branch of the Elte Company. Appropriate investment is essential for greater profits but the loss is enormous enough to buy one senior-level employee at Sylvania Academy. It won’t be easy to fix.

However Lortel was not worth the cost at all.

It is not simply an investment for greater profits. This series of actions is also an act of finding one’s kind.

I have seen countless people break their beliefs because of the attraction of shiny gold coins.

Such people are usually people who are stuck in a corner or who take the pride of life in simple weightless beliefs.

Such people are not even worthy of being called compatriots.

The true compatriots are those who threw away their firm beliefs and values which they devoted their whole lives to in front of gold coins.

The more noble and valuable the beliefs and values the more excited Lortel feels. That’s because that appearance is the only thing that can relieve Lortel’s loneliness.

“I’m glad I have you Ellis.”

Even the senior maid who has served the students at Ofilis Hall for over 20 years collapses helplessly in the face of greed.

In front of the tower of gold coins any sublimity loses its value.

Lortel himself knows very well that this is a useless self-consolation.

A life led by gold coins and throwing away everything else. It is nothing more than a psychological defense mechanism to gain acceptance for such a life.

Even though he is aware of this Lortel does not stop searching for and harming his people.

“Otherwise how could this plan come to fruition?”

There is no need to further emphasize how much of a factor the participation of the general manager of Ofilis Hall was in this situation.

“If just in time for Willain the representative student of the lower class to take over the management office on the 4th floor I hand over control of the protection magic that was unleashed to him... “They will destroy Ofilis Hall without even knowing why.”

Considering the people Lortel has trampled on in order to survive this level is cute.

Among the rows of merchants risking their lives for a single gold coin or a basket between the slums of a slum.

I lived a life where I would get stabbed to death if I didn’t stab someone else in the back first.

However even if it was committed in order to survive the evil deed cannot be justified.

Simply saying that it was a way of survival to protect oneself... Although it may be an extenuating circumstance it cannot be completely rationalized.

“Things seem to be going according to plan so I’ll just stay in the warehouse. “I’m scared and don’t know anything so I have to pretend to be a good student hiding in the warehouse.”

“I understand Miss Lortel.”

Regardless of his unfortunate past history or the circumstances that put him in a corner Lortel is clearly a villain and a shadowy figure.

If there is such a thing as an afterlife we will burn forever in hellfire.

They do not deserve to be understood or pitied. Lortel himself knows this very well.

Therefore what you end up searching for are your own people.

He desperately wanted a companion who would sink to the bottom of the swamp together.

Even though I know very well that such a person cannot exist.

What a pitiful human being.

Like a girl of that age she would die in loneliness for the rest of her life without ever being able to love someone or open her heart like a family member.

At that fact Ellis let out a sigh of regret.

... He took out his rapier and aimed it at Lortel.

“Lady Lortel. “I’ll tell you when it comes to mind.”

At the point when the wizard gave this much distance to the sword wielder... The fight is no longer established.

“I am not particularly of your kind.”

*

“... “It’s not as difficult as I thought.”

Ofilis Building 3rd floor hallway.

Outside the window the rain is still falling.

Swimming between them Tailley and the others steadily moved forward.

Taily Ayla Elvira Clevious.

He caught Clevius running away on the second floor subdued him and forced him to join the party.

On the 3rd floor ‘Bedding Laundry Manager Kelly’ blocked the group but they responded appropriately and easily subdued them.

– ‘I’m sorry Ellis... I was unable to complete the task that was entrusted to me... ‘

Kelly continued to mutter to herself until they tied her up subdued her and threw her in the corner of the hallway.

Now that I think about it where has Kelly’s twin sister Shenny who hangs out with her almost every day gone?

Of course Tailley’s thoughts did not reach that far.

“If I just keep going at this pace it will be quick... ?”

We have already entered the 4th floor.

Was it because I was too nervous? I felt like things were going better than I expected.

In the first place the level of difficulty on the first floor was strangely difficult. After that there are no opponents who strategically attack Taily and his group’s weaknesses.

“... ”

Elvira had an expressionless face unlike usual.

The image of a second-year wizard standing in the middle of a burning flame with his blood-soaked shirt rolled up keeps flashing back to me.

The horrifyingly skillful movements are so different from the ugly rolling on the floor during the entrance exam that they constantly get on my nerves.

Elvira is full of pride. The fact that Ed lost on purpose left a big scratch on his arrogant personality but he doesn’t do anything like lose his temper.

‘I’m worried. ‘He was clearly hiding his skills.’

It seems that just confirmation of the facts is necessary.

This point is the starting point that signals the beginning of all events.

If I remember correctly the Golden King Elte visited Sylvania during the ‘Sage’s Battle for Seal’ event long after the occupation of Ophilis Hall was over.

Elteda’s position within the Chamber of Commerce is in dire straits. He aims to turn the situation around by purchasing the wise man’s seal. This is because Crepin Ross Taylor the head of the Ross Taylor family charged an absurd price for the book.

However he was eventually stabbed in the back by Lortel and left. He ends his life as a merchant.

But now he is here.

I don’t know the process. Only the results remain.

What where and how it came to be like this is probably completely beyond my knowledge. Trying to figure it all out at this point is arrogant.

However it is possible to infer what will happen in the future.

Two twin maids Shenny and Kelly who are completely loyal to their head maid Ellis.

Among them the fact that Sheni is in contact with the Golden King Elte... The story goes that Alice the head maid was in secret with Elte the Golden King.

However in affairs the maid Ellis was clearly completely bribed by Lortel.

He is blamed for receiving a huge amount of money and failing to properly manage the protection of Ofilis Hall.

After receiving all kinds of disciplinary action and punishment at the workplace where he had worked for decades he gave up all his career.

He is not a person who can simply be bought with money. Ellis is a person with strong beliefs and values.

How such a person was bought with only money was not discussed in much detail. I can only infer that he gave that much money.

In the first place Lortel tends to encourage such noble people to break their beliefs in the face of money. It is Lortel’s compulsion to wander in search of his compatriots but the scene seen now is clearly different from the real world. That look is like...

“Ed... I caught a cold... ! “You lost a lot of blood and your body temperature dropped!”

Yenika who followed late took off the shawl she was wearing under her robe came forward and quickly covered it over my head.

“Why are you so upset! really!

“Yenika.”

“Huh?”

This is not a situation to stay still. Although the circumstances are not yet clear it is possible to fully predict what will happen in the future.

“There is something I would like to ask you. “It’s an urgent matter but it might be a bit too much for me to handle alone.”

Jenica listened to the story blankly with her arms stretched out over my head and the shawl lifted... He tilted his head.

It is clear what answer will come out of Yenika. If you hear something like this out of the blue the first thing anyone will ask is the situation. what is that? Is it urgent? What did you get yourself into? Explain the situation. Things like that.

How should I explain this to get Yenika to accept it? . How to convey only the core of the situation as briefly and boldly as possible... As I was thinking about what to do I immediately got an answer from Yenika.

huh. okay.

Is it because they are considerate of the fact that it is urgent or is it because they don’t even care about the content from the beginning?

“What should I do?”

The attitude of skipping intermediate steps and asking for things that need to be handled in a cool manner makes me think that I have a really good friend.

* [Letter to Elte Kecheln]

Hello I am Elte Keheln the respected Golden King of Elte Company.

My name is Ellis and I work as a maid at the Ofilis Building at Exalted Sylvania Academy.

Once this letter is finished reading it will spontaneously burn away due to the imprinted utterance. Please be careful not to get burned.

The reason why I who have no contact with you has taken up the quill to write a letter to you who is busy every minute is because I have something to report about your adopted daughter Miss Lortel Kecheln who is attending Sylvania Academy.

In order to purchase the ‘Sage’s Seal’ as you ordered she is inducing a revolt in the Ofilis Hall and causing a financial crisis at Sylvanian Academy.

The plan went smoothly. It is almost certain that it will succeed with the participation of Ellis the general manager of the Ofilis building.

If all goes well Sylvania Bachelor’s finances will be in dire straits and the Elte Company will be able to take an overwhelmingly advantageous position in negotiations to purchase the ‘Sage’s Seal’.

However for some reason I learned her true intentions.

Elte. Your adoptive daughter Miss Lortel Kecheln is not your ally. She should never credit her.

she is... She knows that you were the one who killed her biological parents. She recognizes her talent and she also knows that her life has put her in a corner and forced her to take your hand.

Without your knowledge she is planning to persuade the six major merchants and executives of Elte Corporation to force you to resign from your position as CEO.

The ‘Sage’s Seal’ purchase negotiation is also a bait to lure you into Sylvania Academy and prevent you from responding in time to the incident that occurs at the Elte Company headquarters.

I have stolen secret letters from her room and are keeping them as evidence.

I’m sure she disposed of it by burning it in an incinerator but starting the incinerator is the job of our maids.

No matter how thorough she was it would never have occurred to her that the maids at the Ofilis Building would have kept each and every secret letter that was shredded and discarded in the incinerator.

I am ready to report her at any time.

No matter what direction this incident goes I will be brought to justice for failing to properly manage Ofilis Hall.

If I were to utter the three letters of Lortel’s name the shadow of everything on that judgment seat I would not be the only one who would fall into hell.

However like most things in this world nothing is free.

I was promised a large amount of gold coins by her in exchange for keeping quiet about this matter.

The only thing that can stop a huge amount of gold coins is an even bigger amount of gold coins.

The contents described on the paper attached below this letter are the names of the ‘organizations’ that I secretly and regularly manage. The amount of gold delivered to the institution will determine my subsequent actions.

I am losing my eyesight. Due to some circumstances I almost lost my hearing. There is no reason to explain the reason in detail but anyway this year will probably be the last time I get to work as a maid.

I am the only person who knows the whole truth about this incident and I am a person who is cornered because there is nothing left to do. Depending on which side I fall on the situation may become more complicated or simpler.

Please be merciful and judge wisely.

– Uploaded by Ellis the head maid at Ofilis Hall.

[Attachment paper]

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*

“Ed... ! You’re hurt! If you move too fast the wound will open... !”

What we are already painfully realizing is that the variables in the world are so complex that we cannot control them all.

All you can do is try your best. All we have to do is manage large variables well so that there are no problems.

I gather my thoughts as I walk through the rain with Jenica.

The reason is still unknown... If Ellis really betrayed Lortel it is safe to say that Lortel’s downfall was inevitable.

How important is Lortel Kecheln in political affairs?

In the third act he must take the lead in the political battle within the academy by setting up a confrontation with Princess Fenia and play a role in uniting talented people in the search operation on Mount Orn. ​​In addition he acts as a representative of the top power in the battle to subdue Lucy... He is a person who has been given enormous importance.

In the fourth act its position as a helper of the main character’s power is solidified and it develops into the largest friendly power that stands in open conflict with the Ross Taylor family... The influence of other small incidents and episodes is so numerous that it is impossible to give examples.

The fall of Lortel.

It is just one sentence that destroys the premise of all those scenarios.

The scenario in which Lortel Kecheln disappeared is a completely unknown world from my perspective. Future knowledge information superiority everything has collapsed and no trace can be found.

However if I can completely play the role of Lortel... It may not be impossible but it is a very arduous and difficult path. I say this out of habit but it’s hard to put in my mouth so I absolutely refuse to go through such trouble.

Unless you give up your academy degree and go out and live in an unknown fantasy world. Lortel Kecheln’s departure is absolutely unacceptable.

“Yenika do you know where Ziggs’ room is? “I guess I’ll have to ask him for some help too.”

“Huh? well... Because we’re not that close... I’m not sure... ”

“... Okay I guess I’ll have to look for them one by one. “He may have already escaped from the building.”

I walked back to the main entrance of Ofilis Building wiping away the rain running down my face. The evacuated students are muttering not knowing what to do.

The occupation of Ofilis Hall is also coming to an end.

The protection spell has been activated so the staff will arrive within a few minutes.

Lortel Kecheln is a character who cannot be sympathized or understood even if he falls. No matter how extensive the circumstances are she is a villain in name and reality.

Gwonseonjeongak spilgwijeong spilgwijeong sibulbeomjeong.

These are all true stories but the lessons in such fairy tales can be put aside for a moment.

On stage it is essential to have a shadowy figure who can hide all the truth.

No one knows in what direction a scenario where the villain disappears will take off or how it will snowball and destroy the world.

The main entrance of Ofilis Hall in the rain.

I push my head to the limit

I looked up at the half-destroyed Ofilis building with Yenika.