Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy - Chapter 217



216 – Student Council President Election_20

“…drastic methods may seem effective on the surface because of repression and coercion, but they only produce random and arbitrary results.”

“It can only seem effective on the surface. You’re distorting the facts. Have you forgotten the Mexican United States incident that happened three years ago? At that time, the villain infiltrated the local academy…”

“Distortion? Isn’t that what candidate Lee Won-jun is doing? The Mexican United States incident is one of about 100 incidents that could have happened. Most of them are the doppelganger incident from 10 years ago, or the shipboard kidnapping incident from 7 years ago…”

The second match is a debate between Park Yul-cheon and Lee Won-jun.

In the beginning, it was a picture where Park Yul-cheon dominated from start to finish.

“I understand why candidate Park Yul-cheon gave up on the safety of the Academy last year and why he opposes this issue.”

“What are you talking about? Please refrain from talking off topic.”

“That’s off topic… It’s funny. As far as I know, when candidate Park Yul-cheon was the student council president, he received advance intelligence about the academy terrorist attack…”

“You are making ridiculous accusations. Candidate Lee Won-jun, please do not deviate from the topic by making false claims.”

“Is that so? Here’s the evidence.”

“…the evidence is fabricated. And it’s under debate now.”

“Fabricated evidence? Who are you talking about? These are documents that have been confirmed by credible institutions.”

But towards the middle of the story, the situation took a 180-degree turn due to the questions raised by Lee Won-jun and the documents supporting the questions.

And the battle for truth began.

The two exchanged insults and slapped each other for about 30 minutes.

“I have listened carefully to both of your opinions.”

In the end, it wasn’t until Olivia intervened that it was resolved.

“The more urgent the situation, the more the law and justice must be maintained. If we start to go beyond the framework once in a while just because it is necessary, the framework will become loose, and we will have to use drastic measures even in situations where there are no innocent victims.”

“That’s a strange statement. I only use it when necessary, so why is the framework so loose?”

“I guess you don’t know. There’s a psychology called the broken windows theory…”

“That’s right. I’m saying to only use it in necessary situations.”

“Ha… Who gets to define what a necessary situation is? No matter how I think about it, it’s bound to be an arbitrary judgment.”

The next third match is a battle between Yukina and B.

It seemed like B was trying to raise her profile a little by making Yukina, who seemed easygoing, a sacrifice and showing off her skills.

“I only use it when necessary!”

“No, so who decides what kind of situation is necessary?”

“Um… I don’t know.”

“yes?”

“I’ve never thought about it. Sorry. I’ll think about it now!”

“…”

But even if you have a pure brain, it’s no use debating with someone who looks stupid and winning.

Can you call that an activity?

no.

They will just be treated the same.

Besides, Yukina’s approval rating is also due to public opinion that she is cute because of that kind of appearance.

Rather, he will only become a bad person who wins an argument with an innocent person.

B, who could have realized this fact without anyone telling him, was speechless at Yukina’s continued nonsense and eventually gave up.

Next, it was time for Xiaolong and Tachibana to speak.

“I will give up this topic here.”

Xiaolong was talking to Park Yul-cheon about something, and he didn’t argue with her while saying things like that.

“It is unacceptable that innocent people are sacrificed. However…”

“That makes sense. But…”

“I see. I think opinions from that perspective are definitely needed. Thank you, Candidate Lee Seong-hyeon, for your valuable opinion.”

“No. Rather, I should be more grateful to Candidate Tachibana for the fact that his opinion helped me to open my mind to my buried perspective.”

Tachibana only exchanged very formal words.

I thought that perhaps they were just being generous because they thought that even if they didn’t do anything special here, now that unification had occurred, it was pretty much like they had solidified their place as number one.

If not, then there is something else you are aiming for.

It was still unclear.

“The following is a Q&A session. If you have any questions, please raise your hand. If you are chosen, please designate a candidate to ask a question and ask your question.”

So the main part of the second event ended.

What’s left is dessert.

“I have a question for candidate Lee Seong-hyeon. In the pledge you mentioned earlier, you said that you would appoint Shinhwa to the organization that will guard the Academy. I understand that Shinhwa does not do security work. Can you explain how that is possible?”

“Oh, that’s…”

Or using those I had planted in advance to promote my pledges again.

“I have a question for candidate Park Yul-cheon. When you were serving as student body president last year, I heard there were a lot of incidents at the academy…”

“That’s just a malicious rumor. Last year, I allocated a lot of budget to the defense of the Academy, and the result was…”

“I have a question for Candidate Tachibana. I have a suspicion that the villain’s terrorist attack at the last event and the Ikatsuchi Guild’s successful suppression were actually staged. What do you think about this?”

“It’s a rumor.”

“To candidate Lee Won-jun…”

“To Candidate Xiaolong…”

He would cut down guys who were getting in the way.

Of course, I’m not the only one who thought of that method.

“I have a question for candidate Lee Seong-hyeon. There are suspicions that you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. What do you think?”

“I have a question for candidate Lee Seong-hyeon. You said earlier that there is no need for a martial arts club. Can we assume that you are sincere?”

“I have a question for candidate Lee Seong-hyeon. There is a suspicion that you are a debaucher who goes around picking on women every day. Is this true?”

There were also attacks from guys who were believed to have been planted by other candidates.

But for the most part, these were issues that could be passed over.

“Well, that concludes the second event. Thank you for your hard work.”

How many dozens of questions were exchanged like that?

The discussion ended with Olivia’s declaration.

“Olivia. Can I talk to you for a minute?”

“Sorry. Something urgent came up. I… will talk to you later.”

After that, I tried to meet Olivia separately and talk a little.

She turned around and hurried away without even making eye contact with me.

“Ms. Ines, I’m so sad.”

After being rejected, I had a proper chat with the campaign support team.

“That’s also very, very sad.”

When I returned to the hideout, I called Ines over and started a sincere conversation.

“Would you mind asking me why I’m sad?”

I don’t intend to get slapped in Jongno or shed tears in the Han River.

Because it’s just a family matter, a matter of my younger brother.

I just wanted to talk to my sister.

“…”

I wonder if he didn’t know about those worries.

Or maybe the friendly sisterhood they’ve had so far was actually a lie.

Right in front of the chair I’m sitting on.

Ines, who was sitting on the floor, just kept her mouth shut and her head down.

“Ms. Ines, if you do this too, I think I’ll be even sadder.”

So I reached out and grabbed his chin and lifted his head.

The gaze was intense in many ways.

“ha.”

And I wasn’t stupid enough not to know what that meant.

‘I see you’ve realized something.’

Ines has been watching what I do from the shadows.

So, you probably guessed it roughly.

For what purpose are these things done, and what is necessary for them?

However, there may not have been any certainty.

That’s why, even if Sarah was pressured to a certain extent, she followed along without being forced to order her around.

If I make a mistake and misjudge, my brother and his family could be in danger.

But this incident seemed to have given him confidence.

That I’m hesitant to touch either of them.

‘I guess it won’t be a problem.’

All I had to do was force Sarah into doing it.

It may be less efficient than doing it voluntarily, though.

Still, it might be possible to achieve some reasonable efficiency.

Otherwise, it would have been better to just reestablish the relationship using memories.

But it’s not like you can just take the part you want to remember, if you take it, you have to tear it all out and throw it away.

If you do that, you’ll end up being just a dumbass with a good body, so it’ll be hard to use it properly.

In Sarah’s case, her supernatural powers and her powers as a vampire more than offset her shortcomings, and she was used to gain experience in combat.

Ines was difficult to substitute in this case.

Moreover, in France, it was a constant requirement that both Ines and Olivia be in good health in order to approach the saint.

Because I couldn’t just stick around and coach them one by one.

‘Is there no way to trick him?’

The first thing that came to mind was the recurrence of the incident in the 17th Federation of China.

It’s hard to go anywhere right now, and no matter how much the 17 Chinese Federations argue, they won’t be stupid enough to get hit twice.

It was a bit difficult to increase the workload when there was an unidentified outsider bothering me.

There was nothing I couldn’t do if I wanted to.

But I didn’t have any weird hobbies that would make me choose the difficult path if there was an easy path and a difficult path.

Even if she is physically tortured, Ines will endure it.

It was also difficult to fly to France and touch my family.

Then the only way left is to attack mentally, but I can’t think of anything else…

‘ah!!’

Now that I think about it, there was a way.

At the beginning of the election, I was just thinking about how to raise my approval rating and timing it.

Now that it’s like this, it doesn’t seem like a bad idea to use it with some changes.

If I had eyes and ears, I would have been careful.

Now that I had eyes and ears, it wasn’t a problem.

“Ah, I finally get it.”

I let go of Ines’ chin, which I was holding.

Then he smiled and grabbed both of my shoulders.

“Why didn’t Ines answer me?”

“you…”

Did you feel uneasy about such exaggerated behavior?

Ines’ mouth opened.

But my actions were faster than that.

“Ms. Ines is feeling depressed. Well, that’s only natural since she’s always been stuck in the shadows and in her hideout. I was short-sighted. I’m truly sorry.”

“what…”

“From now on, I’ll let you live outside. I’ll let you see the sunlight. But even so, you can’t remain unemployed, so I’ll give you something to do.”

“Sound…”

“How about becoming a Laplace Academy student? Let’s enjoy our youth once again.”

Ines didn’t seem to understand what I was saying.

“But Ines’ face is so famous that it needs to be changed. How can I… Ah! Bring Ange Yves over here.”

“All right.”

But there was no need to explain the situation.

He called out to Anzeroth, who was waiting at the entrance, and ordered him to bring Eve, who was being kept elsewhere in the hideout.

“Oh…bro…”

And soon after, Eve showed up.

She was breathing heavily in the wheelchair that Anzeroth was pushing.

No matter how well I spoke about it, I couldn’t say it was good.

The side effect of taking not one, but dozens of bottles of the devil’s elixir was that not only did his mana evaporate, but his limbs below the neck were paralyzed and he couldn’t move.

Even if you become a vampire, you can become completely fine in one shot.

Since I wouldn’t be able to use it during the day, I just left it there to keep it from dying.

“How have you been? Does anything hurt?”

“Yeah… Oppa… is there…”

“Really? Then that’s good.”

I gently stroked her hair as she approached me without me noticing.

Then Eve smiles bashfully.

It was very cute.

Even Adam in heaven nodded his head.

“Oh…brother…?”

Let’s think about something else for a moment.

The neck was hunched with a very limited range of motion.

“Oh, Eve is so cute I’m speechless.”

“Oh… oppa… is… cool…”

Let’s give some praise.

I could see her face turning red.

“Really? Thank you. As expected, there’s no one else but Eve. By the way, Eve, can I ask you something?”

“What… is…?”

“It’s nothing special. Can I borrow your face?”

“face…?”

“Yeah. I guess there’s a place where I need to go.”

“Oh…if…you…need…me…it…doesn’t…matter…”

As expected, he was a good younger brother.

No, he was a well-made younger brother.

“Thank you. Then I’ll lend you my face. It’ll hurt a little, but you’ll bear it, right?”

“huh…”

I bet you got permission.

He reached out and grabbed Eve’s face.

“Sleep─”

Then Ines realized what I meant and tried to stop me.

My hands were faster than his.

“oh…”

Blood gushing.

blare.

Eve still seeks me.

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He called the Paladin and ordered him to heal her appropriately.

And he handed the torn off skin from his face to Ines.

“It’s time to transfer schools, Ines.”

A technique inspired by Natasha’s memories.

If Ines were to use her vampire powers on her face, she would become Eve’s face.

It was the birth of Eve (Ines).