How to Survive at the Academy chapter 175

Elte Sangha Retake Battle (4)

– ‘I’m thinking of bringing down the deputy director of Lortel Hoeju at the level of the company and reorganizing the power structure within the company.’

– ‘The adopted daughter of former Hoiju Elte Keheln, the deputy director of Lortel Hoeju is a remnant of the old days and has been imprinted as a person who should be erased from within the company.’

Lienna’s secretary, who came with her papers in her arms, offered a negotiation proposal while crouching like that.

“…”

As I walked along the business corridor, the staff squinted at me, wearing a robe with the business logo on it.

The Sylvania branch of Elte Chamber of Commerce has visited quite a few times, so most of them are spherical. All the employees of the company who exchanged greetings from time to time were all looking at me with one eye.

Since I’ve been close to Lortel, the company’s employees have become noticeably friendly or talk to me a lot.

It’s only now that I see myself naturally attached to the dune, and it feels like I’m drawing more attention.

It may have been impressive to them that they casually parted with Lortel, who had been so close.

Of course, there is no sound of garbage in the world or how can it be done.

First of all, the reason Dune can confront Lortel so much is because Dune’s voice has grown to some extent even within the company.

The employees of the company are also merchants to the bone in the first place. They are human beings who can be attached anywhere according to the trend of the leadership and the flow of real power.

The environment Lortel has lived in since childhood has always been like this.

“As you know, Lortel is not the kind of person that can be solved by tying his arms like that.”

Dune, who was walking side by side, answered with a smile.

“If I ate one of the Sylvania branches of the Elte Chamber of Commerce, wouldn’t it be said that they completely suppressed Lortel, who was treated as a loser even at the main branch of the Elte Chamber of Commerce?”

“Yes, of course. I never move unless I have some certainty.”

Beyond the warehouse that is full of vitality, I climbed the stairs as it was and passed through the office of the employees.

“There was also some kind of movement from the main branch of the Elte Sanghoe to push out the deputy director of Lortel Hoeju. Of course, Deputy Director Hoeju himself went down and subdued all of them on vacation, but during that time, our Sylvania branch was out of sight, so we were able to move freely.”

“How do you plan to subdue Lortel, who can’t even do it at the head office? I don’t think I’d come up with an odd idea of killing and asking. There is no way it can be solved that way.”

Dunn Grex never moves without a reason. Lortel Keheln, who had had him as a subordinate for several years, had given him his own opinion.

He made small embezzlement and shrewdly profited, but never crossed the line… In other words, he said it was close to a small boat.

The reason why such a dune shows such a radical movement is probably because it has a hind stomach.

“Soon the vacation will be over and a new semester will begin in Sylvania. Until then, if we hold the deputy director of Lortel from doing nothing, it will be resolved.”

“If you need to know what you believe in, I’ll be able to deal with it too.”

Having said that, Dunn turned around and looked at me, smiling softly.

“If you watch, you will know.”

That’s not to say I’m not going to tell you.

Even after signing the agreement and even declaring that I hit you in the back in front of Lortel’s nose, Dunne didn’t believe me until the end.

Anyway, the merchant tribe doesn’t trust people easily. That’s why I don’t like merchants that much.

“I had no idea Ed would join us so quickly. I’m pretty close with the deputy director of Lortel Hoeju, so I thought it would take some time to convince him.”

“I will stick to anything if conditions are good.”

Early graduation is definitely a mouth-watering proposition from my point of view, which means a lot to a Sylvanian diploma.

“However, I have to guarantee what I can guarantee. Really, how can you properly subdue Lortel, and how can you, as a member of a company, graduate early.”

I walked along the dune and then stood still in the hallway.

Dunne, who had been going all the way down the hallway alone, turned and looked at me.

“Without that conviction, there is no partnership. The terms of the contract are not being followed, so there is no reason for me to hang on to the contract.”

“…”

“Don’t just talk with words, convince me. Otherwise, I will not be able to cooperate any more.”

From my point of view, this is an acceptable request.

“You know how risky it is to break the contact point with Lortel Keheln with my own hands, right? I was sincere.”

“…”

“If you want my cooperation to continue, give me a reasonable guarantee.”

Dune observed my expression for a while, then smiled and opened a door in the hallway.

This is the office space that Dune used for personal use.

When I went inside, I couldn’t help but stick my tongue out.

A large work table in a space of about 5 or 6 pyeong, a bulletin board that acts like a blackboard, and a pile of documents.

If you look at the documents attached to all kinds of walls and furniture, everything from documents indicating the details of logistics and distribution to the macroscopic changes in the power structure were analyzed.

It’s not the amount of data I’ve been working on for a month or two. For the past few years, he has been rotting in this place, and he has been studying the flow of power in Sanghoe and the entire continent.

It is not something that can be learned by simply studying in the corner of the room. It is something that can only be done by pounding on time and labor while running on foot and going to and from the field.

“It has been more than 5 years since I was attached to the Elte company and was aiming for a chance to succeed.”

He is a man who gave up all his studies at a young age and decided to live as a merchant.

“When Golden King Elte came down from his seat, when Oldek was in turmoil due to a logistics crisis, and when Sylvania faced several crises, he quietly sat and waited for the right time. The time is not yet, a more golden opportunity is coming. Thinking like that.”

“You, who were holding your breath despite so many variables, thought this time was an opportunity and moved?”

“There are a lot of things that can be done. So, I hope that Ed will trust me and entrust me.”

Dunne, who sat down in his chair, put his beret down on the table top, continued his speech.

“Lortel Keheln must be caught.”

Dune sitting still and talking in a low-pitched voice.

The intent of those words was clear.

“So, you don’t need to know anything for now. If you dare to know, it makes me even more anxious.”

“You look at me too much.”

I swung a wooden chair across from the table where Dune was sitting and sat down.

And with his cloak hanging down, he bowed his head and spoke.

“Do you think you are tuning all the plates behind the scenes?”

The atmosphere seemed to have completely changed, and Dune narrowed her forehead.

I continued the story without hesitation.

“Do you think you’re looking at the whole picture of the whole board alone among ignorant people?”

“Master Ed. Even if you say it like that…”

“You are thinking arrogantly.”

After slowly closing his eyes and opening them, he pondered the last part of the negotiation that Dune had sent him.

5. Ed Roth Taylor officially becomes an employee of the Elte Company, and maintains this status for at least five years after graduation.

6. Ed Roth-Taylor must always attend dinners, meetings, and talks with friendly and influential people on the Elte company side, and must maintain friendly relations with them.

“As soon as I saw the negotiation proposal, I felt a sense of relief. Not only does it require cooperation in capturing Lortel, but it also stipulates the relationship after taking power.”

“There is nothing wrong with maintaining a good long-term relationship with someone like Mr. Ed.”

“You are funny. Dun. There is no reason to make such a thing in the form specified in the contract.”

A friendly relationship does not consist in signing a contract. Rather the opposite.

Since they are not friendly at all, they bind each other in the name of a contract.

Why are you doing that? Finally, to show it to someone.

Ed Roth-Taylor and the Elte company became a perfect bond. In order to inform a third party of that fact, this contract is made as evidence.

In other words, the Elte company needs the value of the name of Ed Roth Taylor.

“Dun. It’s funny, but my name hasn’t had much value in the past. He was excommunicated from the Roth Taylor family, and not at the level of being a huge force in the academic community.”

“…”

Dunn’s answer disappeared. I continued speaking without waiting for his answer.

“Recently, he has emerged as a key figure as the time has come to reorganize the power structure of the imperial family as the disaster at the Roth Taylor mansion spreads.”

“that…”

“I can’t say no. So, if you try to tie me up to the Elte Chamber while preparing such a negotiation plan, it will lead to the inference that you are connected with the imperial side.”

I slowly raised my head and looked at the dune.

“Is that right?”

“I do not know.”

“Thanks for the reply.”

Dune pouted his lips as if he ate one bite. However, it does not end here.

“It was full of all sorts of incidents, but weren’t you the one who consulted with God without paying attention? The fact that you are starting to move now means that the reorganization of the power structure of the imperial family has had an impact on the Elte Company in some way.”

Dune gave me only one negotiation proposal. No other information was provided at all.

However, that alone was enough to gauge Dune’s backstory.

Information reveals the truth more easily than you think if you bend only the direction of interpretation.

“The timing is so perfect. When you were thinking about performing such a feat, did you know that the scheming force was mobilizing to bring down Lortel from the Old Deck? It’s as if the timing was right to get Lortel’s attention?”

As if the words I was throwing around were of an unexpected kind, Dune immediately began to harden his expression.

“I suspect that everything that happened at Oldek in the first place was part of the plan.”

“Doubt is just doubt. How can I, as an employee at the bottom of the company, intervene in the affairs of the Old Deck headquarters?”

“Because you are not the mastermind.”

I don’t know the old deck’s power structure very well. After coming to this world, I spent most of my time on Aken Island, so I can’t quite understand the atmosphere of the site.

“I never thought from the beginning that you would be the mastermind. You must also be just a piece of chess.”

“…”

“I’m looking at the picture behind you.”

You might think that Dune is drawing a big picture in its own way, but I am also seeing the composition Dune sees.

“It seems that the Sylvanian bachelor’s party is also involved in guaranteeing something like an early graduation. Obviously, Lortel’s monopoly on logistics in Elte is a burden,” he said.

However, Obel Forsius is a bit stingy about this kind of back deal.

If you negotiated, you’d probably be as high as Vice Principal Rachel. Because he’s a person who opens things up a lot without Obel’s knowledge.

The rising prices, and Elte Sanghoe monopolizing the distribution. It was Dune who took the profit in the process, but it must have seemed as if Lortel took the lead. Because I’ve been sitting for a long time as the vice president of the company.

In Dune’s position, it’s easy to win the support of a bachelor’s degree.

If you help him endanger Lortel’s position, he makes a pact to ease the monopoly barrier after he takes over. It will be a form of giving up the monopoly rights of some core products exclusively distributed by Elte Trading Company.

Giving up the logistical monopoly is absolutely impossible for a profit-seeking company, but it is a different story if there is a political background in it.

From a bachelor’s point of view, this would be a situation where you would want to know why. While they were arguing for the right among themselves, it is a situation in which the bachelor’s side fell short. There’s no reason to give up on this.

“Yes, I will. You are also very insightful, Mr. Ed.”

Dune laughed after hearing the story up to this point.

“It is absolutely ridiculous to say that you have figured it out with just one contract. I’m glad I didn’t turn it into an enemy.”

Dune laughed once, as if it was ridiculous, and then returned to talking with a serious face.

“But… if you’ve noticed that far, you’ll get a feel for what kind of situation Lortel Hoijou is in…?”

Lortel Keheln is restrained and suppressed in her personal office.

It would not be strange if she turned the whole world into an enemy now…

The headquarters of the Elte Chamber in Oldek, the Sylvanian Bachelor, and even the Imperial Family are contributing to her downfall.

Dune raises both hands and speaks with a posture as if surrendered.

“If you have gained insight up to this point, you will have no choice but to reveal the bottom line from my point of view.”

And then he talks without hesitation.

“The seat of the next member of the Elte Company will be selected by Slog, the 6th colossus elder. He was always at odds with the deputy director of Lortel Hoeju.”

It was a name I heard as if passing by when the inferior students took over the Ophelis Hall and made a fuss.

Old Deck’s local situation is not on the fast-paced side, but he was familiar with how venomous the Old Deck’s colossus were.

“Who will take the seat of the Elte Chamber, the continent’s best commercial association, is a very sensitive issue from the point of view of the imperial family. It’s one of the biggest companies with the economic power.”

“…therefore?”

“The three emperors would want to have someone friendly to them sit as the president of the Elte Chamber as much as possible. Having the support of such a powerful person is a huge political advantage.”

Dune, who is good at judging the situation, was able to grasp the results of all the flows by looking at only the documents passing here and there.

“So, there is also a lot of gossip, helping the merchant who supports him to get a seat under the water. Still, the moment when the dispute over the imperial power has intensified is a good time to plan a strategy.”

“Then who does that colossus Slog support?”

Dunn smiled softly at the question and spoke.

“Persica Delfinir Chloel.”

Finally, it feels like the sketch is coming out.

“This is the honor of the second princess of the Chloe family.”

2nd Princess Persica Delfinir Chloel

Old Deck’s Colossus Slog Einderk

Sylvania Academy Vice Principal Rachel Taislyn

Even Dun Grex, a working member of the Elte Chamber of Commerce.

Lortel Keheln, who has lost the real power of the Elte Chamber and is tied to the office without even having the strength to move right away… is the name of the opponent she has to face.

The imperial princess, the colossus at the top, the vice principal of the academy, even the traitor who was under me.

They were too vast to deal with with shabby hands with nothing left.

Now that the whole story has been revealed up to this point, I think I can understand why Dune has revealed the background without adding or subtracting.

It is suicidal to take Lortel’s side despite the circumstances.

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Most of all, Lortel himself would know.

It is said that he had only just checked the contents of the negotiation proposal, so he had less understanding of the situation, but by now he would have been able to organize his thoughts.

If I inferred the contents, I can easily infer the sensible Lortel.

If you objectively look at the situation like that, Lortel himself will come to a conclusion. That no one would come now and choose to help themselves.

So do I.

The reason I have maintained a friendly relationship with Lortel is that, in any case, her position as a top-ranking person in power has been a great help to me.

Whether it’s camp life or navigating a scenario, the support of a powerful man named Lortel Keheln has always been a huge help.

Only now, Lortel is on the verge of losing all real power.

The reason I have always been able to survive in this wild life is because I did not disregard reason and rationality, no matter how extreme the circumstances.

If you want to make a rational and rational judgment, the correct answer is to get her out of here.

You must have some other reasonable reason to reach out to her.

She is already on the verge of collapse, and right in front of her is a mouth-watering escape route called Dune’s negotiation plan.

If you think about it in terms of understanding, no matter how you think about it, the thing that helps her is a handshake.

Perhaps Lortel Keheln thinks so too. As she has always been rational, she must have accepted the fact that no one would take her side.

If you want to reach out to Lortel beyond this, you need a reason more than ‘reasonable’.

In other words, human-to-human communion must be premised.

I am not on the side of the chairman of the Elte Chamber, and not on the side of the powerful incumbent.

You just have to grab and drag the man Lortel Keheln.

The cost of that judgment may be greater than you think.

However… the traces of the ‘people’ I saw on the battlefield bloom into my memory.

A person’s heart sprouts even at a time of horrendous war that the life of a fly is considered more precious.

Whether it was love, friendship, or friendship. Any way I went through the hell, there were people who casually died on behalf of someone, distributed my supplies, or guarded the corpses of their comrades without running away.

What defines a person?

is ‘irrational’.

Rescue of a person who has fallen into a gutter is only possible because of human beings.

Not only that, but it goes without saying if that person once came to the camp to chat, show affection as the opposite sex, be a friend by a bonfire on a cold winter day, or try to help out in difficult times.

Only then did I find out something. It seeps in like snow, so it’s hard to even guess when it started.

Since when, she has been accepted by me as a person called ‘Lortel Keheln’, not as the owner of the Elte Company.

Once my thoughts reached that point, I could easily draw a conclusion.

– Once you find it, you’ll see.

Even such a monologue, in fact, was so natural that there was no reason to say it.

“Yeah, by the way… Let me ask you one thing. If you help me with one personal business, I’ll be sure to join you in your plans.”

After all the conclusions were made, he opened his eyes coolly and spoke.

“What?”

“I’m going to kidnap a person.”

From here on, the plan is entirely my own.

“Help me at the level of Elte.”

Dunn smiled slyly at those words.

“I don’t know the situation, but after all, you are not a clean person either.”

“It’s all like that.”