114 – Academy Competition_1
December 2nd.
Monday’s Laplace Academy was different from usual.
The reason was none other than the directors of other academies or officials visiting Laplace Academy for the final discussion of the academy competition.
That’s why the officials at Laplace Academy were a little nervous while carrying out their duties. Baek Seol-ha was also making an effort to proceed with the discussion of the academy competition while putting down work for a while.
“Chairman Seol-Ha Baek seems to have become more beautiful the moment I haven’t seen him.”
“Thank you. You may be grateful. I feel good.”
The main meeting room of Laplace Academy.
A middle-aged man in a president’s suit, sitting across from the snow-covered round table, gave a small smile at the words of Urushihara Ikugoro, president of Raiden Academy in Japan.
“No thanks, I was just telling the truth. Isn’t it? Director Chen Xiaolong.”
Ikugoro sought the opinion of another middle-aged man with a virtuous look who was sitting next to him, Cheon Xiaolong, the director of the Chunghwa Academy of the 17th Commonwealth of China, that his words were not false.
“I agree. Baek Seol-ha’s appearance seems to be getting more mature as the days go by. I am worried that the true husband will not be anxious about leaving his wife outside.”
Cheon Xiaolong scanned the white snow and raised one corner of his mouth.
“…”
“hahahaha, Chairman Xiaolong Chen. Chairman Seol-Ha Baek is not yet married.”
“Oh, is that so? I thought you had a mate because you radiated so much maturity. I don’t know what to say about this… I’m really sorry.”
At Ikugoro’s explanation, Chen Xiaolong lowered his head apologetically.
“No. I just want to thank you for taking good care of me.”
I didn’t appreciate it.
Although there was also the fact that the meaning of the words was not a good meaning. It was also because they knew that they were eliciting a reaction by doing that.
They wanted Snow White’s nervous reaction.
To be precise, he wanted Seolha Baek, who overreacts even to good words because Laplace Academy was shaking.
They didn’t like that Laplace Academy had the title of world’s best.
And they wanted to prove that their academy was superior to Laplace Academy.
But I heard that the academy is having a hard time these days, so if you try to pry it out with the same words, it’s like smiling at someone else’s misfortune.
When Seolha Baek shows a nervous appearance because of the ground rice.
‘Oh, I didn’t mean that.’
Or something.
‘Because there are a lot of incidents these days. You must have been tired. Our academy is so quiet…’
In the same way, it was a ploy to discredit Laplace Academy.
On top of that, even the reporters are waiting outside because of the announcement of the competition this time.
That’s why even if you crumple your expression here, the reaction will be as they intended. She responded to Chen Xiaolong’s words with a small smile on her snow-white lips, but did not restrain herself.
“Thank you for your understanding. But it’s a waste. One of the pleasures of a woman must be getting married and having children and raising them at home. The all-around beauty, Chairman Baek Seol-ha, is working alone without a partner.”
“I heard and saw it. Isn’t this something we should introduce?”
However, the two of them talked back and forth, eliciting reactions again, as if that appearance of Seolha Baek was not what they wanted.
“Thank you for just your words. However, I am happy enough with what I am doing right now, so I don’t think you need to worry.”
“I see.”
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However, when Seolha Baek continued to show no response, the two shut their mouths, perhaps deciding that it was not good to continue this topic any longer.
“So, when does the consultation begin? I’m here to negotiate, not to chat.”
The president of America’s Holy Empire Academy, a tall and muscular man in a black suit who was watching him, opened his mouth as if he was dumbfounded.
“It’s been a while since we’ve all met, so there’s a lot of stories to tell, isn’t it? Isn’t that something that needs some understanding?”
The director of the European Michael Academy opened his mouth with a small smile.
“So, no matter how much the principle has been so far, now it is actually necessary to gather like this to see if it can be discussed on video…”
“So what did you decide on the location? As expected from the Federation of Pitania…”
“Ugh, you didn’t do it at the last academy competition. This time we…”
Aside from that, other academy directors and officials were talking about various things.
All of a sudden, the conference room became noisy.
‘Haa..’
I let out a small sigh in the snow.
But if there was something I had to do as the chairman, I had to do it even if I didn’t like it.
“Be quiet, please.”
I put mana in my voice and calmed the crowd.
“For now, let’s proceed in turn. The first is the final decision of the venue. This will be decided by majority vote.”
“Next, we will decide how to play against each other. This will be decided by majority vote.”
“And then…”
Then the discussions began.
How long has it been?
The discussion in the conference room was completed.
“Then, the venue was Ella, an artificial island in the sky above the Holy Empire of America, the method was survival, and the number of cadets was decided to be 10, just like last time. Please let me know if you have any objections.”
Seolha Baek looked left and right.
“Nothing. Then it is finally decided.”
That’s how the final event of Laplace Academy’s schedule for the year was decided.
**
Despite the weekend, Olivia Tersi woke up early in the morning as usual, washed her face appropriately and put on her clothes.
She was going to morning training.
‘Is it okay?’
After finishing her preparations, Olivia sat down in front of her dressing table one last time before leaving her room.
She doesn’t usually wear makeup unless it’s a special day.
Although she felt a little awkward sitting at her dressing table and looking at herself. Even so, Olivia carefully examined herself.
‘Doesn’t it look strange?’
Olivia knows that the series has nothing to do with training.
She’s so, so far, when she did morning training, she trained with a proper face wash and wearing gym clothes.
‘Is the lip a bit dark… The color scheme of the clothes… The tone doesn’t seem right…’
Even if you decorate it anyway, it gets messy and gets erased by sweat during training, so it was judged that it was right to put more effort into training than to spend time decorating it.
Aside from that, I had no interest in makeup either.
Besides, you’re not doing it just to show off your training.
“Good.”
How long have you been sitting in front of the dressing table?
Olivia gave a small nod of her head at the reflection of herself in the mirror.
This should be enough.
Olivia took a deep breath, stood up in front of the dressing table, and moved towards her training area.
“Aren’t you here yet?”
After that, when she arrived at Laplace Academy’s first training room, Olivia looked around her.
Despite the weekend morning, she saw a few people, but it seemed he hadn’t come yet.
Olivia took her phone out of her trouser pocket to check the time.
7:03 Am.
The appointment time was 7:30, so there was still a long way until the appointment time.
‘Should I do it first?’
Olivia looked around her training tools.
‘…Let’s do it when we come.’
She was the same as usual, she would have come as soon as she came, but she remembered that when he came she greeted him with the smell of sweat. Her face was red for some reason, so Olivia sat down on a chair on one side of her training room and studied the entrance door.
That too for a while.
A familiar figure caught her eye.
“Castle—”
So Olivia tried to approach him.
If only she didn’t have a human figure next to him.
“As expected. Could it be a nuisance?”
“It’s okay. On the contrary, if it was beneficial, it was beneficial. No lungs.”
Two men and women appeared in the training room while having a pleasant conversation.
The man was Lee Seong-hyun, whom we decided to train with.
The female side was Marie Lindbergh.
‘…?’
Olivia was confused in her head by an unexpected situation.
It is not confusing that the two of them are having a pleasant conversation.
I heard that the two were friends, so that was a natural behavior.
However, it was a problem.
Precisely, it was Marie with her arm wrapped around Lee Seong-hyun’s.
‘Didn’t you say we were friends?’
It doesn’t matter if they’re friends of the same s*x, but even if they’re friends, they’re between a man and a woman.
As if between lovers…
“Did you wait long?”
While Olivia was so confused, Lee Seong-hyun, who found her, approached her.
“Ah, ah… Yes, no. That…”
Olivia came to her senses and was taken aback.
“Calm down. What happened?”
“No, no. Nothing happened. Than that…”
Olivia, who was taken aback by Lee Seong-hyun’s words, glanced at Marie next to him.
“Ah, we met on the way. Marie also said that she would start morning training today, so I invited her because she thought it would be nice to do it together…”
“Ah, that’s it. Understood. Huh. Right.”
Then I could understand why he was here.
However, I couldn’t understand why he was crossing his arms.
That’s why I wanted to ask.
Olivia immediately shook her head.
Olivia has never had anyone she could call her friend of the opposite s*x because of her overprotective older sister.
That’s why she doesn’t know how to distance herself from a friend of the opposite s*x.
Actually, only Olivia didn’t know, and according to social norms, crossing arms with friends of the opposite s*x could have been as natural as crossing arms with friends of the same s*x.
In the first place, you can be a friend of the same s*x, but what is it that you can’t be a friend of the opposite s*x?
‘…’
Aside from that, I blamed it on fear of getting an answer I didn’t want.
So Olivia shut her mouth.
“Can we train together?”
Marie asked cautiously.
“…”
“Ah, as expected, it’s a lung…”
“No. Does not matter. Rather, it is a welcome.”
She is good friends with Marie, so it was no problem for her to train with her.
“Then I’ll take care of you.”
Marie held out her hand.
Olivia looked at it for a moment before reaching out and holding her hand.
“Please take good care of this side.”
That’s how the training began.