Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy - Chapter 168



167 – Intermission_13

Unlike during summer vacation, Marie Lindbergh did not return home for winter vacation.

There are two reasons.

‘I think it’s better to be there now.’

The first was because her older sister, Teresa Lindberg, advised her against returning home.

Because of the LA incident, public opinion in the American Holy Empire and the Lindbergh Group were unable to avoid the aftermath of the incident, so they showed consideration.

The second reason was that there were people I could only meet if I was here.

Of course, even if I didn’t stay at Laplace Academy, I would have been able to meet him again after time passed and the mirror vacation was over.

The main troublemaker, the redhead, returned to his hometown of Japan, the Eastern Allied Forces, so I thought now was an important time to advance the relationship.

Besides that, there are the unconscious dark horses, Olivia and others who are after him. Marie Lindbergh remained at the Academy because she had to stop them.

‘It must have been so.’

Marie Lindbergh lay on her dorm bed, pulled out her cell phone, looked at the date, and sighed.

‘It’s already March 1st…’

Now winter vacation is coming to an end.

I blankly got up from my bed and looked out the window. I saw the cadets who had gone home from the dormitory returning to the dormitory one by one.

Since I’m not a kid, I didn’t really feel anything about winter break ending.

Marie Lindbergh threw herself onto the bed, feeling a strange sense of unease.

And I covered my head with a big, fluffy pillow.

‘Didn’t I make the plan at the end of December?’

Today is March 1st.

About 70 days have passed since the plan was made and put into action.

Isn’t there a saying that 80 days is enough to travel around the world?

If only we had enough time to travel around the world by train or boat. Some progress would have been made.

Whether the results are good or bad.

but.

‘…doesn’t exist.’

There was nothing.

There was nothing, good or bad, really.

We did have a little conversation though.

‘Seonghyun, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?’

‘Sorry for worrying you.’

‘What’s there to be sorry about, more than that…’

‘It’s okay, I told you. I was lucky. But thank you for worrying about me.’

‘Seonghyun…ah…’

‘Why are you crying, stop it, stop it.’

‘But… I really… you…’

‘I’m okay. Look at me. I’m fine. Do you think I look like a ghost or an apparition?’

‘That’s… not… but…’

When I returned home after the LA incident. We had a tearful conversation at the airport.

‘Marie, it’s an emergency!’

‘An emergency? What the heck is going on?’

‘Don’t be surprised and listen. There are unidentified villains…’

It was only when I was involved in the national academy terrorist incident.

Of course, it’s not that we never had any conversations other than those.

‘Let’s do just 3 more sets.’

‘This family cooks well.’

‘good night.’

We trained together, met up on our way back and forth, had meals together, and even talked on the phone before going to bed.

But they weren’t evidence that the relationship had progressed.

Whenever I was going to and from training or eating, Olivia, Han Yuri, and Yeon Eun-ryeong were always there.

Besides that, a junior whose name I don’t know often got involved.

At first there was one person, but as time passed the number increased to two.

And all of them are women.

Anyway, because of that, we couldn’t continue a proper conversation.

If it was a phone call while we were sleeping, it was just the two of us talking. In a way, it was within the range of progress.

Most of those conversations did not go beyond the scope of normal conversations between friends.

‘Should I have done something like I dreamed while sleeping aggressively? Or made a promise or something?’

I couldn’t do it in the end because my heart felt like it would burst if I tried, but looking back, all I have left is regret that I had to do it somehow.

‘I can’t just stay still like this. So today, I must…’

That’s why I tried to make a plan to meet up just the two of us by calling.

[The customer is unable to answer the phone right now…]

He didn’t even answer the phone because he was so busy.

Winter vacation will end soon.

Nothing changed when it ended. If I had to point out anything that changed, it would be that one of the troublemakers returned.

Other than that, the daily routine just kept repeating itself, with nothing changing.

Nothing really changes…

[The customer is unable to answer the phone right now…]

[The customer is unable to answer the phone right now…]

[The customer is unable to answer the phone right now…]

I kept calling but there was no answer.

“ah.”

Marie threw her cell phone away.

And then I sat there blankly for a few minutes. I picked up my phone again and checked if I had any missed calls.

[0 missed calls.]

It was a natural result, as no sound was heard.

“ha…”

‘…what am I doing now.’

Marie was confident.

It may sound like I’m bragging when I say this, but I was quite confident in my looks and my abilities weren’t lacking either.

She was also the second daughter of the Lindberg Group, one of the famous groups of the American Holy Empire.

In addition, the one who had a long list of good conditions was none other than Marie Lindbergh.

Even though I was influenced a lot by my older sister and the group when I was back home, I was still popular in my own way and received many confessions from within the academy.

But who would have thought that someone like that would become so desperate to get attention like this?

‘…you said you liked it.’

I have no idea what happened to that confession back then.

Of course, there was a reason why I rejected you back then, but didn’t you confirm your feelings for each other through various incidents after that?

And on top of that, we’ve seen everything about each other that we shouldn’t have seen.

From noble mtl dot com

Not once, but twice.

‘But why on earth…’

I didn’t understand.

The more I thought about it, the more frustrated I became, to the point where I thought I was going crazy.

At the same time, I felt wronged and angry.

Who am I? I don’t deserve to be treated like this.

It should clearly be the opposite position.

Why is it like this…

If you can’t have it, don’t let anyone else have it…

-Wooow!

The cell phone I was holding in my hand began to shake.

Marie Lindbergh slowly and very carefully brought the screen of her cell phone up to her field of vision, then opened her eyes slightly to check who was calling.

[010-xxxx-xxxx]

[Lee Seong-hyeon]

Marie Lindbergh’s mouth was curved into a small smile.

**

Nise Akari also wanted to stay at Laplace Academy during winter break.

I wanted to stay and go on dates and go out and play.

And if I get the chance, formally…

But I couldn’t stay.

The reason was very simple. My lovely junior asked me a favor.

‘I’d like to see the schematics for this material. Sir, if you don’t mind, could you please do so?’

‘…that.’

‘Can’t I?’

‘It’s not that it’s impossible, but…’

‘Was it the lungs after all?’

‘No, it’s okay. Just trust this senior, Vice President.’

‘Thank you. But it’s the work of my senior’s parents. Can an outsider like me see it?’

‘I said that it just has to not fall into the hands of the bad guys. Seonghyeon is not a bad guy. And I’m with him too. Then there won’t be a problem.’

I was hesitant to show him the blueprint, but since Seonghyeon wasn’t the type of kid who would do something bad and it was a chance for the two of us to go on a trip together, I thought it was a good idea.

‘Then I will ask you to take good care of it.’

‘ah…’

But… it didn’t take long for me to realize that the idea that we could travel together was an illusion.

But I had to keep my word.

Otherwise, the dignity I have built up as a senior manager will be diminished.

And I didn’t want to seem like a liar to him.

‘I’ll be back in 3 days.’

That’s why Nise Akari flew straight to Japan, rushed to her parents’ laboratory, and found the blueprint for the miraculous substance.

Because the location was so out of the way and I had hidden it twice or three times in case of any mishaps, it took me more than the promised three days to find it.

But it didn’t even take a week…

It was clear that if I went back now, I would be able to enjoy a fun vacation with Seonghyeon.

That’s what it was.

How did you find out about this blueprint?

‘This is the police department.’

Starting with the police.

‘You know? I…’

Metropolitan Police Department.

‘This is the Public Security Investigation Agency.’

There, even the Public Security Investigation Agency is lined up like sausages, looking for the blueprint for the miraculous substance.

‘That substance is a crucial item that could turn our Japanese Eastern Army Alliance into a Japanese nation. So… I beg you. Please help us defeat this rotten Eastern Army Alliance…’

That wasn’t all.

He was also caught up in an unidentified, zealous terrorist group.

I was able to painfully realize again why my parents had hidden the blueprints and why I had tried to live abroad instead of returning home whenever possible.

I guess it was a stroke of luck that I didn’t get caught up in work the last time I came back.

“It was long.”

But that’s over now.

After hiding it well and getting away with it, he succeeded in escaping to Laplace Academy.

Now all I have to do is show the blueprint to Seonghyeon, and in return for his hard work, we get to date for a whole year.

“First, let’s watch the Mechatyrano series together. And then Mecha…”

At the main gate of the Academy, I hummed about the fun things to come.

“You look happy. Are you thinking of any fun events?”

“yes?”

It was around that time.

Nise Akari met a pink-haired girl who was smiling.