171 – 34. The agitator of the finals
Rein Arthur could not hide his anxiety.
On the evening of the fifth day of the exchange meeting, the VIP-only area of the main auditorium where the first match of the finals is held.
Only today, she gritted her teeth, not as an academy student, but as ‘Reine Arthur’, the powerful figure of the Arthur family.
‘Taste? Taste…… ?’
Aileen Teddy Bear, Eileen Teddy Bear, Eileen Teddy Bear.
That damned saint was so annoying. So much so that she wanted to get rid of it with everything she had.
If she wanted right now, she could easily trample physically and socially on an Eileen teddy bear that did not reveal that she was a saint.
“……Sheesh.”
She doesn’t have the confidence to handle it cleanly without Namgoong Min finding out, and more than anything, if that b*tch struggles and spreads that she is a saint, she may face a backlash.
More than anything.
“…What is it? What are you staring at?”
“Mr. Lane, your gaze is strong?”
These two b*tches sitting on either side of me right now won’t stay still.
If Lane is even slightly shaken, she will rush in like a wild cat and take her life away.
They had already fought to the point of killing each other during the group battle, and more than anything, even if they were Rain, if Rio or Kim Eun-ha did something stupid like that, they would attack them in the same way.
In the end, there is no choice but to leave the saintess alone.
‘I’m anxious…….’
She never doubted that she would marry Namgoong Min and live happily ever after.
However, just as she has a pure body, it would not be greedy for Namgoong Min, her first and only partner, to also want to have a pure body like hers.
What if the woman of Namgoong Min’s ‘taste’ seduces her in an unsightly way?
Quad.
Rain, who had inadvertently destroyed the end of a luxury chair with his telekinesis, gritted his teeth again.
I looked around at the cats on both sides for a moment, but unlike their relaxed expressions, both of them were expressing their anxiety in different ways.
The suspected patient was fiddling with a dagger earlier and seemed to be about to stab an imaginary person.
Violence The princess is crushing the end of the luxury chair that she removed like Styrofoam with only her grip, as if she was crushing a cookie.
‘It’s all the same.’
Rain, who felt sympathy for the same disease for a very brief moment, regained stability.
Yes, if you wait patiently anyway, the result will be determined.
I will move on by killing whatever stands in the way of a happy married life, regardless of whether it is a wealthy person, a princess, or a saint.
After calming down her mind, she looked at the stadium covered in crowds of people.
While waiting for the match to start, I heard voices from other spectators in the VIP seats.
“Anyway, the first match in the finals is a match between a combat class and a non-combat class, so it’s a little frustrating.”
“What are you talking about? I heard that non-combat classes also had a high win rate. Was it 7 wins and 3 losses?”
“Isn’t the opponent the opponent? I would be interested if he was the academy’s first Student… But only if the opponent was a member of the royal family, tsk.”
“That…”
“More than anything, Kim Woo-sung has a non-combat job…”
“Shh! Stop it. Are you sure you’ll do something strange in the finals?”
I flinch.
…… That’s what Lane was worried about.
We negotiated with the academy and manipulated the bracket, and because we believed in Namgoong Min’s vengeance and will, we did not take actions such as bribing the opponent.
In the end, Namgoong Min advanced to the finals on his own, as if to prove her faith.
I never thought my first opponent in the finals would be Kim Woo-sung.
‘A prince who is steeped in the consciousness of the chosen people and despises non-combat occupations.’
I heard that he practically dominates the second year of the academy, creating an atmosphere of even greater contempt for .
Combat profession, non-combat profession, fortune teller.
Kim Woo-sung was organizing a kind of hierarchy within the academy.
I felt bad, but even though he said he despised fortune tellers, he didn’t touch Namgoong Min at all, so he didn’t care.
If he does something stupid in the finals ──
At the same time as the commentary echoes through the auditorium, two male students walk onto the playing field.
On one side was a white-haired male student with a sharp look. Kim Woo-seong, who has a large bow strapped to his back and arrows commensurate with its size at his waist.
On the other side is Namgoong Min, a black fortune teller with two swords.
Unlike Kim Woo-sung, who had a somewhat relaxed expression, Namgoong Min looked somewhat impatient and anxious.
An expression that I see for the first time, different from my usual smile.
And as soon as he saw that expression, Lane was convinced.
‘Ah.’
That fortune teller.
You’re doing something strange again…… Called.
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‘Not so good.’
Kim Woo-sung, who seemed relaxed on the outside but anxious on the inside, was upset.
No matter how many times I think about it, this is not the place. The worst thing is that my first meeting with that fortune teller was during my first match in the finals.
‘Damn it.’
Kim Woo-sung hated non-combat jobs.
To be precise, he ‘pretended’ that he didn’t like it.
Unlike first-year students Kim Seong-il and Kim Eun-ha, he, like Kim Ha-neul, was raised by a concubine and was a collateral royal family member.
Even if it is a collateral lineage, the royal family is the royal family. In particular, he was blessed to be born as a professional under his mother who was an excellent And the emperor’s fourth concubine, and because he was an Above all, he was able to absorb his mother’s teachings.
And her mother’s teachings also included ‘how to survive’.
──Woosung, be sure of your enemy. That way, my side will be clear.
Although she has now retired from politics, it was her mother’s advice who rose to become the emperor’s concubine after numerous secret struggles and political maneuvers.
That’s why we created an ‘enemy’. The enemies were non-combat occupations.
It was probably a natural thing since I interacted with children in the combat profession since I was young.
Kim Woo-sung made enemies by belittling non-combat occupations, and his colleagues who sympathized with him became firm.
Combat professions with similar thoughts.
As one of the few professions among the collateral royal family, he was able to form a faction. He gathered his fighting professions and made them on his side, and he continued the same at his academy.
Luckily, when he entered school, there were no other students who stood out. He was able to rather easily take over an entire school year and dictate to him as he pleased.
‘Still, you shouldn’t pass by.’
But this is the academy, not politics. It is not a place where there are enemies to fight and kill, but a place where there are talented people who will lead the future.
That is why Kim Woo-sung did not cross the line while discriminating against non-combat occupations.
Physical violence was strictly prohibited, and only psychological harassment was tolerated. While satisfying the superiority of combat professions, it trampled on non-combat professions just enough so that they did not rebel.
‘What was especially important was…….’
It shouldn’t be ‘Kim Woo-sung’ who harasses non-combat occupations.
It should have been thought that only the ‘small number’ of combat professions were bothering them.
Kim Woo-sung planned to hire all non-combat occupations into his family.
As soon as they graduate from the academy, they cut out the ‘minority’ that had been harassing them, and make it seem as if Kim Woo-sung saved non-combat occupations.
If all goes well, right after graduation, Kim Woo-sung could secure a large number of job holders and solidify his position as a faction within the imperial family.
Even though there were some creaks, it was a plan that was going well until I became a second year student.
‘…… Namgoong Min.’
That first-year fortune teller was the problem.
The discrimination planned by Kim Woo-sung only applies to his grade. Because touching another grade was clearly crossing the line.
But there is a clear difference between touching a senior and touching a junior.
That’s why Namgoong Min, who was the first Student at the academy, was a person to be thankful for. An emotional trash can where discriminated non-combat occupations can vent their anger.
So, while creating class differences between combat and non-combat occupations, they also implicitly created a trend of despising fortune tellers.
So that the discriminated second-year non-combat professions can relieve the feelings of bullying Namgoong Min.
But.
‘Why did Kim Seong-il and Kim Eun-ha…… !!’
Not only did that crazy fortune teller enter a special vocational class, but he also became close friends with two direct royal family members whom Kim Woo-sung could never ignore.
Kim Woo-sung was not a brainless idiot. Immediately, he classified Namgoong Min as untouchable and scrapped his plan to turn him into an emotional trash can.
But there was just one problem.
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The trend of despising Had already spread within the second year.
As proof of that.
“Woo-sung Kim! Beat up that fortune teller!!”
“Woo!! If you know the shame, drop out of the academy right away! Just commit suicide!”
“It’s disgusting that someone like you is a student at Romance Academy!!”
The people in the audience who are currently criticizing Nam Goong Min are all second graders.
They somehow prevented them from touching Namgoong Min directly, but the fortuneteller they despised so much exploded in the finals of the martial arts competition, especially because he was Kim Woo-sung’s opponent.
I tried to ask 3rd year student Kim Ha-neul for help, but Kim Ha-neul seemed to be being chased by something and was in the midst of a factional fight with Lily Whiterose.
Kim Woo-sung had to handle all of this entirely by himself.
‘Damn, I heard something big happened in the imperial family not long ago.’
The news that the emperor and Prince Kim Seong-il had a factional fight and Prince Kim Seong-il was victorious.
It was a major incident that changed the existing political structure, but because they were controlling the second year students, they could not go to the imperial family directly.
All the information is that Kim Seong-il, who was originally a star in the sky, became the next emperor, and Kim Eun-ha, who had been neutral until now, took power.
‘In this situation, the other person is Namgoong Min.’
The public opinion of second graders is also the same.
In a situation where we don’t know the exact relationship between Kim Seong-il, Kim Eun-ha, and Namgoong Min, will Namgoong Min be the first opponent in the finals?
‘First of all…… Let’s calm down.’
It is not a good thing to provoke or touch Namgoong Min unnecessarily.
It is also a non-combat job, so it would be best to eliminate them as quickly as possible.
‘The problem is the public sentiment of second graders…… ….’
The second graders are probably hoping that Kim Woo-sung will play around with Nam Goong-min, and if they end the match in a moderate manner, there will definitely be talk.
But it’s still better than messing with the next emperor’s friend──
“Kim Woo-sung… Senior. Please… Please… Please.”
“…Huh? Uh, okay.”
──What is it? Why are you shaking like that?
She wondered if they had ever met, but this was her first time meeting Namgoong Min in person.
The hand holding the sword is trembling, and the unsure expression and awkward posture are also the same.
It looked as if he was scared.
‘Why?’
Nam Goong Min’s appearance was completely different from the information collected so far.
Could it be that there was a second grader who broke through the control and touched Namgoong Min?
No, even if that were the case, why are you afraid of me?
‘No way…… ?’
Push!
As soon as the start of the match is announced, the archer’s job skill Is fired into the archery.
There was no way that the fortuneteller, the weakest among non-combat professions, could have responded to that rapid fire. As aimed, the That grazed Namgoong Min’s cheek disappeared in the air.
The gap in skill was clearly revealed less than 10 seconds after the match started.
But what Kim Woo-sung cared about was not Nam Goong Min, but the VIP seats.
‘There it is! Kim Eun-ha!’
It looks like Kim Seong-il did not attend, but Kim Eun-ha’s reaction is enough.
Anyway, since the two siblings are from the same faction, the reaction will be the same.
He fires Again at Namgoong Min, who is still cowering.
Not the cheek this time…… To the thigh.
Hook!
“Ugh!?”
Namgoong Min, unable to react this time, collapsed and sat down, but Kim Woo-sung only secretly observed Kim Eun-ha.
If someone is as talented as Kim Woo-sung, it wouldn’t be surprising if Namgoong Min was eliminated in the first round. He aimed for both her cheek and her thighs.
It is a situation where a moderate response can be taken in the nick of time, and in some ways it can be considered that one is toying with an opponent who is a non-combatant.
If Kim Eun-ha reacts displeased, she can just moderately eliminate Namgoong Min right away………
‘…… I don’t think that’s necessary.’
Hijuk.
There was no change in Kim Eun-ha’s expression as she looked at Namgoong Min, who had collapsed in a bad way.
It’s as if he doesn’t care how he is played.
‘What kind of rice cake is this?’
I may have become friends with Kim Seong-il and Kim Eun-ha only when I first entered school. However, there is a gap between Nam Goong Min and the two that is not overwhelming.
Now that we are nearing the end of the second semester, the two immediate royal family members do not care about Namgoong Min.
‘I was too careful.’
…… No, even now that I think about it, it was worth being careful. In fact, if I had touched Namgoong Min during the first semester, it could have been a big problem.
But isn’t it different now?
If Namgoong Min is not a friend of Kim Seong-il and Kim Eun-ha, it means that it doesn’t matter how he touches her.
‘Great fortune? Arthur? Doesn’t care.’
Kim Woo-sung’s only goal is his position within the imperial family.
In other words, it means that you don’t have to worry much about anyone other than Kim Seong-il and Kim Eun-ha.
If this happens.
“hahahaha, junior. Aren’t you too attached to the ground? Is that really how fortune tellers are?”
“……………….”
“That’s right! Good job Kim Woo-sung!!”
“Woo-sung Kim!!”
“Let’s step on fortune tellers!”
Despite the rather harsh criticism from the audience members around them, who gave them displeased looks, the second graders were enthusiastic about Kim Woo-sung’s actions.
Now that we have confirmed that no matter how we touch Namgoong Min, the two royal families do not react.
‘You will have a hard time at the academy from now on.’
This fortune teller is an emotional trash can from now on.
For that purpose, it would be better to play around here.
‘Well, don’t worry. ‘I’ll do it in moderation and eliminate you.’
There are a lot of eyes watching this place, so a proper trash can can be done after the exchange meeting is over──
“Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!!!”
“………?”
Huh?
What?
Why is he like that…… ?
“Blood, aren’t you vomiting blood?”
“No, the arrow hit your cheek and thigh, right? But why are you bleeding from your mouth…?”
“I think we should intervene more than that! You’re vomiting a lot of blood, aren’t you?”
At that time, not only Kim Woo-sung but also the audience was shaken by Namgoong Min’s sudden hemoptysis and the stadium became quiet.
Namgoong Min, who was coughing up blood, weakly opened her mouth.
“Kim Woo-sung…Senior…Please…Forgive me…Cough!”
“Now, wait. What?”
“Please, please… It’s a poisoned arrow…! Wow!”
“What is this…!!”
Why on earth is that fortune teller pleading with me while coughing up an abnormal amount of blood?
And what about poison arrows? Is this just ?
Kim Woo-sung took a step back due to the ominous feeling he felt for a moment.
But Namgoong Min’s voice continued.
“As promised…Please…My parents…!!”
“Oh, no. What do you mean? Why are your parents?!”
“I’ll kill my parents…”
Sharp.
Namgoong Min, who was somehow continuing his conversation with her battered body, collapsed.
The medical team that was waiting shouted at the sight of him rolling his eyes and foaming.
“Bite the foam! It’s a sign of poisoning! Quickly bring the antidote!!”
“This… The amount of blood loss is on the verge of death from shock!”
“Quick! Move quickly! If you do it wrong, you’ll really die!”
At the same time, Namgoong Min was carried away by the medical team that brought in a noisy stretcher.
There was silence again in the stadium.
And right away.
“……Addiction…?”
“Too, a poisoned arrow!?”
“I was almost dead!”
“What about my parents? Are they threatening me…?”
“For some reason, he was scared before the match…”
“You can’t believe you’re doing something like this in the martial arts competition finals!!”
All kinds of sounds erupted.