330 – Preparation (2)
“Are you saying you’re going to use me as a graduate student?!”
Professor Tak Won-ho looked at me quietly as I raised my voice with exaggerated gestures.
“Now you’re playing pranks on your teacher.”
“… Sorry.”
“It was fun.”
“I don’t think you had fun at all… ?”
“Let’s talk about work.”
Professor Tak Won-ho approached me and spoke his words.
“At first, I thought about admitting all attendance and allowing early graduation right away. It may be controversial because of student discrimination, but in any case, it is beneficial to both the academy and you. No, the academy wants you to continue to be a student, so this is a method that will greatly benefit you.”
Professor Tak Won-ho took a breath and continued speaking.
“But I felt that adopting that method would be too far from the academy’s educational outlook. As a professor before being a foundation director, I thought that students should gain something.”
“That…” .”
“Special student assistant. “Actually, I just named it that way because I needed a title.”
Suddenly, Professor Tak Won-ho handed me a document.
In it, a full-fledged plan for Was written.
“Once you assume this position, your attendance in all classes going forward will be acknowledged. “Whether you take the class or not.”
“… “Is that possible?”
“It is possible. This was agreed upon by the foundation’s board of directors, and the consent of all professors within the academy was also obtained. “Your popularity is considerable.”
“… ….”
I was momentarily speechless at those contradictory words.
The only professors I am close friends with are my teachers, Professor Tak Won-ho, Professor Kim Myeong-hyeon, and Professor Kang Dong-wook….
It seemed like popularity followed my reputation, which had been built up through various events.
Professor Tak Won-ho said as he turned his plan to the next page.
“Instead, you must fill at least 30 hours of work time per semester as a special student assistant.”
“Are you working as a teaching assistant?”
“No. Didn’t I tell you before that I just gave it a name? “Do Jae-hyeon, you can fill these 30 hours by using whatever you think is educational.”
The plan included various ways to fill 30 hours.
There are many.
There are quite a few things.
But there was something in common.
That is, it is too easy to fill time.
“You can fill the time by listening to lectures for which attendance is already acknowledged, or you can fill it by working as a teaching assistant, as the name suggests. Professor Myunghyun Kim will probably have you teach. And if you want, you can request special sparring time to fill it up. Although I am busy, I am willing to make time for my student.”
“… ….”
“And if these 30 hours are completed during this semester and the next semester, early graduation is scheduled to occur at the end of the first semester of the third year. “It was decided to be the most reasonable period according to the Academy guidelines.”
Very good conditions poured in one after another.
The job of a student assistant was the same, as were the conditions for early graduation.
In the end, to sum it up…
It means, ‘Go to the academy however you want!’
I asked while looking blankly at the plan and Professor Tak Won-ho.
“… “Isn’t this too advantageous only for me?”
No matter how I looked at it, the conditions were too advantageous for me.
It doesn’t seem to fit the term ‘special student assistant.’
But Master smiled softly at the corner of his mouth.
It has already been a year and a half since I got to know Professor Tak Won-ho.
I’ve never seen it before in that long time…
It was a very kind smile.
“You fully deserve it.”
* * *
The future schedule at the academy has been lightly handled.
Although the teacher used the word ‘plan,’ in reality, all preparations were already completed and all I had to do was make a decision.
Of course, execution had to be fast.
After finishing the most urgent work.
When I had some free time, I visited the Korea Holder Association.
In fact, this matter was as important as the academy work.
“Holder! “What’s going on?”
At the association, Jihye Lee welcomed me with a surprised face.
She was quickly promoted within a year and became a high-ranking employee within the association, but whenever I came to visit, she always came out to greet me like this.
She said it was entirely thanks to me that she was doing well.
It’s just that people who are destined to do well become successful earlier.
Anyway, no matter how many times I tried to dissuade her, she always said it was okay and continued to assist me.
“I came to see the president of the association.”
However, there was really nothing to see for Lee Ji-hye today.
President of the Korea Holder Association.
And the commander of the coalition commanding the allied forces in the Strategy.
I came to meet Kwon Young-hoon.
“Without any contact?”
“Of course I contacted you in advance. “I came here after coordinating my schedule.”
“Ah! “You don’t even talk to me.”
“I was afraid Ji-hye would be busy. “You can stop assisting me now.”
“Still.”
Lee Ji-hye expresses her disappointment with a slightly pouty face.
But she quickly regained her smile and guided me.
“Ever since Holder’s promotion to S rank, the association has been almost in a festive mood.”
“Really?”
“Yes! This is the first S-class holder in 7 years since Yoo Eun-seol. As the number of S-classes increases, the status of Korea and our association rises in the international holder world. “Thanks to Jaehyun Holder, we can walk around with our shoulders back.”
I feel slightly embarrassed by Lee Ji-hye’s words of praise.
“Why are you doing that again? “You don’t have to raise it too much.”
“It’s true – and special requests that need to be entrusted to the association become much easier if there are a lot of super-high level S-level holders.”
Being an S-class holder is not only an individual’s honor, but it is also a huge talent that needs to be managed at the national level.
Especially in the holder world, its status was so great that there is a saying that the number of S-class holders determines the national power of a country.
What Lee Ji-hye is saying now is not an exaggeration.
This was something I could understand just by looking at the domestic reactions after I was promoted to S-class holder.
“Oh, indeed. “Did you know that Holder’s personal lounge was created at the association?”
“… “Is this the first time you’ve heard about my break room?”
“Ahahahaha. This is a new S-level holder benefit. There is now a rest area for all other S-class holders. “I was planning to contact you within this week, but I ended up letting you know first?”
The benefits after becoming an S-class holder were quite numerous.
The first is equipment rental.
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S grade holders are the highest grade holders in Korea.
Of course, advanced equipment can also be used most efficiently.
Following the argument, if you become an S-class holder, you can rent the highest-grade equipment among the equipment stored by the holder association.
Of course, equipment above legendary level can only be rented with certain conditions and contracts, but quite a bit of epic level equipment can be borrowed by following simple procedures.
The second is the fee.
All fees arising from transactions with the association are close to zero.
Because of this, when trading by-products or magic stones from hunting monsters, unlike before, you could get all the profit equivalent to the regular price.
It is a benefit that has no longer had much meaning, but if it accumulates, it can become a huge profit.
In addition, there were countless benefits big and small, such as free warp gates, free training halls authorized by the association, and daily dungeon rentals.
I don’t know how much I’ll use it, but there’s nothing wrong with having it anyway.
Perhaps the ‘S-class exclusive lounge within the association’ mentioned by Lee Ji-hye is also a type of welfare at that level.
If the holder worked well, the rice cake would fall even if it remained still.
“Oh. “We’re all here.”
As she talked about various things with her, she had already arrived at the association president’s office.
A woman who appeared to be a secretary was waiting in front to guide me.
“See you later, Holder!”
“Yes. Jihye, please try your job too. Next time, I will contact you first.”
“Tch. Absolutely!”
“hahahaha, yes.”
After briefly saying hello to Jihye Lee.
I followed the secretary’s guidance and entered the association president’s office.
Kwon Young-hoon, the president of the Holder Association, was waiting for me in a neat suit.
“Ah, Do Jae-hyun holder. “You’re here.”
“It’s been a while, Mr. Association President.”
We shook hands lightly and sat down.
Because I had requested a private meeting in advance, Kwon Young-hoon and I were the only ones left in the association president’s office when the secretary left.
“It’s late, but congratulations on signing a friendly clan agreement with Wings of Liberty. “You have concluded an agreement that will rewrite the history of the Korean clan world.”
“Thank you. “I was lucky.”
“hahahaha. “Probably only Do Jae-hyun Holder would say that he was lucky to have signed such a large-scale agreement.”
… It’s true.
Hendrix’s initial interest in me and his invitation to the United States for a friendly agreement were all unrelated to my intentions.
I didn’t know it would turn out like that either.
But there was no need to explain this, so I got straight to the point.
“The reason I visited the president of the association today was to discuss the future strategy schedule.”
“If you talk about the future attack schedule….”
When I start talking in earnest, Kwon Young-hoon narrows his eyes.
He took out the documents he had prepared in advance and spread them out on the table.
Information obtained while interrogating Baroness Caroline in New York.
And the information discovered while attacking .
All of them were neatly organized reports.
“Shouldn’t we start conquering Area 7 soon?”
, Area 7.
It will be a long-term battle and the attack on areas that have been postponed from time to time.
Now it was my turn to take over the baton.