175 – 34. Provocateur of the finals
2Nd year Kyung-jin Cho attacks fortune teller Namgoong-min!
On the sixth day of the exchange meeting, a special notice written in large letters was distributed throughout the academy.
“Is this… Real? You tried to kill me with a knife?”
“Crazy, I survived because I was with the princess. Is this bastard with a combat profession targeting a non-combat profession?”
“I heard that second graders hate fortune tellers, but not like this.”
The content of the article was very detailed. It was as if someone had seen it right next to me.
Gyeong-jin Cho, holding his own sword, attacked Namgoong-min while he was out for a walk in the morning. According to the testimony of Princess Kim Eun-ha, who was her companion, he clearly targeted Namgoong Min’s neck and heart area.
Although it happened in the morning and barely an hour after it happened, the special report spread strangely quickly.
Newspapers and broadcasting companies under the influence of the Korean Empire, the Arthur family, and the wealthy men rushed to send out special reports.
Jo Gyeong-jin’s attack was not a simple attack.
It was an incident where a second-year academy student attacked a first-year student.
It was also an incident where a , A combat occupation, attacked a , A non-combat occupation.
It was also an attack on a good student by a fool with the belief that combat is the best profession.
It took less than two hours for the Romance Academy to turn upside down.
Click click click!!
“Princess, is it true that Gyeong-jin had murderous intentions?”
“Of course. If it weren’t for me, Namgoong Min would have been brutally murdered.”
“Do you have any guesses as to the motive for the crime?”
“Recently, I heard that there is an atmosphere of disdain for fortune tellers among second year seniors, and I think that may be the reason. However…”
“Is there anything else you want to say!?”
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“…No, this isn’t me…I think it’s better for someone else to do it.”
“Huh? What is that──”
When Kim Eun-ha, who was holding a press conference in place of Namgoong Min, who was hospitalized in preparation for an unexpected incident, gestured, Kim Woo-sung walked in with a sad and distressed expression.
Click, click, click!!
Today, Cho Kyung-jin suddenly came to mind, but wasn’t it Kim Woo-sung who was originally in conflict with Namgoong Min?
Could it be that Kim Woo-sung was involved in Kyung-jin Cho’s attack?
Reporters who smelled a scoop caught the attention of Princess Kim Eun-ha for a moment. Unlike Cho Kyeong-jin, Kim Woo-sung is clearly a member of the royal family, even if he is a collateral relative. If Kim Eun-ha didn’t want it, no article about Kim Woo-sung would be published today.
But Kim Eun-ha did not respond at all. It was her silent permission.
Astute reporters started asking questions to Kim Woo-sung, who had a sad expression on his face, as soon as he sat down.
“Woo-Seong Kim! Are you really related to Kyung-Jin Cho’s attack!?”
“Why did you come out today!”
“Nam Goong Min visited Kim Woo-sung yesterday. What did they talk about?”
“…First of all, there is something I have to do.”
Kim Woo-sung, gritting his teeth in response to the barrage of questions, stepped to the front of the podium.
At the center where numerous camera flashes explode.
He knelt down.
“W-what!?”
“Woo-sung Kim! Why all of a sudden…?”
“Here, I would like to reveal my immorality to everyone at the Academy and to the wronged victims.”
“What do you mean by immorality?”
“Yesterday’s poisoned arrow and plot to threaten my parents were all Jo Kyung-jin’s work!”
…… It’s a scoop.
Reporters frantically filmed Kim Woo-sung crying out in sorrow and waited for Kim Woo-sung’s story.
“Yesterday, I met Namgoong Min alone. At that time, I heard the whole story from Namgoong Min. In fact, I revealed that the threats were from Jo Kyung-jin, and that he forced me to frame that accusation!”
“Well, is that the truth!?”
“It’s the truth! Jo Kyung-jin threatened an innocent junior in order to dethrone me! All of this is the truth that Namgoong Min relayed directly!”
“But why do you say Kim Woo-sung is immoral?”
“Actually… It’s the same as me participating. I received the arrow prepared by Kyung-jin Cho, added To the arrow, and shot it at Namgoong Min. I didn’t know that the arrow was a poisoned arrow, but in the end, in the finals, “My ugly desire to win unconditionally drove Namgoong Min, my innocent junior, to the brink of death.”
Suddenly. Pop.
Kim Woo-sung was shedding tears as he told his story.
As if he was truly sorry, confessing his sins and repenting.
She was crying on her knees, feeling sorry for Namgoong Min, who must have suffered from the poison.
When the reporters were momentarily speechless due to the endless sincerity.
Kim Woo-sung opened his mouth again in a crying voice.
“What must have been in Namgoong Min’s mind when he confessed all that! Even though her parents could have been harmed and he was on the verge of death from poison, Namgoong Min came to me in a wheelchair to apologize!”
“Oh my god…….”
“An apple?”
“He apologized to me. He said he was sorry for framing me! No, this is not Namgoong Min’s fault! He is a talented junior, but in the end, he is a non-combatant and a commoner. That guy, Gyeongjin Cho, who works in combat but is the son of a high-ranking person, ……!!!”
“Ah…….”
“…Oh my.”
“Thanks to that courageous confession, I also tried to reveal everything today, but the wicked Jo Kyung-jin was one step ahead and attacked Namgoong Min! To kill Namgoong Min, who revealed the whole truth!”
“That kind of human being…!!”
“Jo Gyeong-jin… There were no good rumors to begin with, but to this extent.”
“If the princess wasn’t there… It would be truly terrible.”
Kim Woo-seong, who had been weeping ceaselessly and soaking the floor with tears, soon got up.
He still couldn’t shake off his sadness, but his eyes were burning.
“I, Kim Woo-sung, declare here as a senior at the Academy and as a member of the royal family! I will do my best until the vicious attempted murderer Kyung-jin Cho receives the punishment he deserves!”
“Oh, oh…!!”
“Woo-sung Kim! How exactly do you plan to act!”
“At the same time as submitting a petition for expulsion from the academy, I firmly condemn those who have radical ideas like Kyung-jin Cho! There was a widespread atmosphere of disdain for junior Nam Goong-min among our second year students. It was all the work of Kyung-jin Cho, and I hate him. “I couldn’t stop it! I’m a sinner too!!”
“That’s…”
“I really want to tell you that I’m sorry.”
After saying those words, Kim Woo-sung lowered his head.
It may have been a clichéd apology in some ways, but I could keenly feel his emotions in those last words.
A feeling of sincere sorrow and apology, as if one’s heart is being torn apart.
Everyone here felt his sincerity, so even the reporters fell silent.
Kim Woo-sung returned to his seat and sat down again. Out of consideration for his heightened emotions, it was decided to take a short break and resume the press conference 10 minutes later.
After all the reporters who had been constantly criticizing Jo Kyung-jin and talking about Kim Woo-sung left.
Kim Eun-ha, who kept an expressionless expression, approached Kim Woo-sung, who was wiping away tears.
“Kim Woo-sung.”
“…! The lightest blood meets the thickest blood!”
“No, you don’t have to go that far. In the past, it would have been a normal greeting, but…Now we’re in the same boat, right?”
“That’s right! I’m just grateful for your generous forgiveness…!!”
“Well, just be nice to our people. To be honest, neither I nor my brother look at you very favorably.”
“……Yes!”
“Oh, and…Your acting was pretty good, right? If you treat our people well until you graduate from the academy, well, I’ll give you the position you want.”
“Thank you! Loyalty to the Imperial Family of the Korean Empire! Loyalty to Namgoong Min too!”
“Um, that’s right. And there’s one thing I need to tell you.”
“………?”
“My Min and I are already married on paper. Since our Min doesn’t know yet, we keep it a secret and from our Min…….”
“I will serve my husband with all my heart!”
“…Very good.”
This is why they say quick-witted people are good.
Kim Eun-ha, smiling with joy, looked down at Kim Woo-sung, who was sweating like crazy.
‘He’s talented and quick-witted.’
If you raise her properly and place her in a key position, she will be a great help to her when she marries Namgoong Min in the future.
‘And it’s time for our people to have a servant too.’
Kim Eun-ha’s goal is for Nam Goong-min to fall in love with her power and hope to marry her.
If you think about him, it’s not a bad idea to have a useful servant.
Kim Eun-ha smiled softly again.
It was a truly beautiful, fortune-telling smile.
*
Cho Gyeong-jin’s work caused a huge stir.
Just 30 minutes after Kim Eun-ha and Kim Woo-sung’s press conference ended, the Romance Academy expelled Cho Kyeong-jin, and at the same time, the Cho family of the Korean Empire also bowed down, saying they would expel him from the family register.
Crown Prince Kim Seong-il expressed great regret over this incident, and since Kim Woo-sung could not avoid the crime, he was deprived of some of the tax exemptions and privileges he had as a member of the royal family, and his faction was also reduced.
However, public opinion about Kim Woo-sung was not bad. The sincere apology was also an apology, and more than anything, it was because Cho Kyung-jin was relatively buried due to his overwhelming notoriety.
Not only that, the world’s leading companies where a wealthy man is the majority shareholder also strongly condemned Cho Kyung-jin, and all organizations under the Arthur family demanded strong punishment for Kyung-jin Cho.
While the entire world was indiscriminately hitting the punching bag named Gyeong-jin Cho.
“I don’t want to be punished too harshly. Rather, I apologize to everyone who has had a hard time because of me, especially senior Kim Woo-sung.”
Namgoong Min, who was hospitalized, expressed his opinion directly. Even though the person involved said so, the outsiders could not push for a strong punishment.
As she was unable to criticize Jo Kyung-jin, her praise and interest in Namgoong Min grew.
It is also known that he was the first
Fortune teller at the Romance Academy, ranked second in the entrance exam, and achieved excellent grades in several tests. Romance Academy students and many others were favorable towards him.
There was a very trivial rumor going around like “I found out that Namgoong Min’s parents aren’t there already?”, But the mainstream opinion was that it was just a lie and that a threat was a threat anyway, so it was immediately accepted.
In the end, Kyeong-jin Cho was expelled from the academy, expelled from the Cho family, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the worst prison.
All of that had been decided during the four hours that he had been knocked unconscious by the princess’s single fist.
“What is this? You bug-like fortune teller! You know who I am!! I am the nephew of the Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport!!! My name is Gyeong-jin Cho!!!”
Afterwards, Jo Kyung-jin came to his senses at the request of Namgoong Min and tried to talk to him before he was imprisoned, but Jo Kyung-jin’s remarks raised the eyebrows of many people.
The Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport immediately retired after issuing a public apology, and the Minister also voluntarily retired, saying he would take responsibility………
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“…So, are you really retiring?”
“The Vice Minister is really a very capable person, so we plan to reinstate him in the future, Min.”
“I see.”
“And my brother asked me to tell him that he was truly grateful. Thanks to him, all the noise was eliminated in unifying the factions.”
“If only it was helpful to the prince.”
“…Our people.”
“Yes, Eunha.”
“Are you really going with that saint and her alone? Me too….”
“Strictly speaking, the Saint, Cloel Martina, and the priesthood are also together. And you know that, even if it’s just me, if Eunha, Rain, and Liu go, we won’t be able to hide it.”
“…I know very well. I’m just worried.”
“Don’t worry.”
“So… Oh, did you get the right to change the name of that skill in the end? I heard that Kim Woo-sung resigned from the finals.”
“I just gave up. I couldn’t win next time anyway. And I also received a change ticket…”
I forgot. Flash.
Looking at the Blinking in the corner of my vision, the first thing I’ve seen in a long time.
I answered with gritted teeth.
“…I don’t know what will happen.”
The exchange meeting is coming to an end. He achieved his original goal of meeting Cloel Martina, succeeded in advancing to the finals, and even gained an unexpected harvest in the form of Kim Woo-sung and public opinion.
Everything ended well, but the anxiety in my heart did not go away.
‘It’s a saintly character event.’
Church, saint, and saint character event.
What I have to do now is because there are so many things I don’t know.
I felt a strange sense of tension, but I suppressed my anxiety.
The day the exchange meeting ends.
I…… Go to church