053. Association President
The moment I made eye contact with Finesse.
My mind was chaos itself.
I never would have guessed that she was a hero who had been active for a long time, and that her true identity was the ‘Revival Phoenix Lady.’
‘Somehow, the attack power, defense power, level, and attributes were the same.’
Revival Phoenix Lady’s attack and defense power are 2800 and 2400, the same as Finesse.
The attributes were a mixture of fire and darkness at the same time.
The only difference was that while Finesse was a flying beast, Phoenix Lady was a warrior.
However, I was able to fully understand the race.
The current Finesse was wearing a hero suit instead of her usual dress.
She was also a finesse, no different from a human except for her wings and tail, so it wasn’t strange to say she was a warrior.
Even if she isn’t actually her, there are many heroes with her wings.
Anyway, I was surprised to learn another side of finesse.
‘That’s why I laughed meaningfully this morning.’
It was a clever monster to the core.
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Still, Finesse also investigated in her own way and returned as her reporter.
I decided to focus on my work.
“Mr. Se-yoon.”
“Ah, yes!”
“The president of the association called.”
“Yes?”
“The president of the association told me to bring in Se-yoon! “Didn’t you have some kind of accident since your first day of employment?”
“No. “I didn’t do anything?”
“You don’t know that. You may have made a big mistake without even realizing it. “Hurry and go to the president’s office.”
“Yes… ….”
Why does the head of the Hero Association want to see me?
I was so embarrassed that cold sweat broke out on my forehead, but after thinking calmly for a while, I came up with an answer.
As soon as Finesse returned to Phoenix Lady, she said she spoke with the president of the association.
In other words, it seems that Finesse told my story to the president of the association.
Otherwise, there would be no way the head of the association would call in just one intern.
‘Please tell me what you said to the president of the association.’
If there is a contradiction between my and Finesse’s remarks, it would be a big problem.
But now that the president of the association was calling me, I couldn’t go to Finesse and ask him what he had talked about.
Because it will lead to unnecessary misunderstandings from other people.
I have no choice but to improvise and respond at my discretion.
Knock knock!
I lightly knocked with the back of my hand on the door with the panel labeled ‘Association President’s Office’ on it.
“You can come in.”
A thin voice coming from beyond the door.
It appears that the president of the association is a woman.
Once I was given permission to enter the room, I carefully pulled the door handle and entered the room.
“I came right away because you said you had called me.”
“Oh, it was you. “First, would you please sit on the sofa in front of him?”
I thought he was one of the heroes because he was the president of the association, but that wasn’t the case.
Considering that there was no character that came to mind, the possibility of it being a duel monster was low.
They seem to be residents of this world who are not just monsters.
‘Even so, he is very young…….’
A face that looks as if it has just entered its 30s, clean skin without any blemishes, and clear facial features.
Is it because I have excellent self-management skills that I look young?
Even if he was in his 40s, he was too young to hold the position of president of the association.
Still, the fact that she is sitting still means that she is superior.
“I’m sorry. Because I have a lot of work behind me. So, if it’s okay with you, is it okay if we talk while working?”
“Yes, the president of the association can do whatever he wants.”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
“Nothing much. “Why did you call me instead?”
“I want to ask you a few things.”
You say it as a question, and you hear it as an interrogation.
As expected, the president of the association tried to find out about me.
The outcome of the infiltration operation will vary depending on how well you explain it from now on.
“How did you meet Pierre?”
“Pireyo?”
“It seems you haven’t heard her nickname. “Pire is a nickname for the Phoenix Lady.”
I think the name is cute because it is shortened.
I should also call Finesse Pyre in the future.
“I met Phoenix Lady for the first time today at a restaurant.”
“Is that true?”
“Yes.”
“Whoa…” …. “I hope you will refrain from telling such blatant lies.”
How did you know?
Even if I tried to wonder if it was revealed by my expression, I couldn’t.
Because I have been lying without blinking an eye since long ago.
He was so good that he almost never lost in a game that required a poker face.
Therefore, there is no problem with my tone of voice or facial expression.
They say it’s due to other factors, but I need to get rid of it first.
“I don’t really know what you’re talking about.”
“This morning, numerous heroes came to me and submitted letters of recommendation. Well, that’s fine up to that point. It’s not once or twice that a hero recommends his acquaintances. The problem starts right after that. “A hero who returned after being sent overseas for a long period of time asked me an interesting request.”
“…… “May I ask what that is?”
“I applied for the appointment of a sidekick, specifically naming you. “You are the first person to join the company today.”
My palms began to sweat.
I was surprised when I found out about the other side of Finesse, but I had no idea that things would proceed this way.
Her finesse was trying to name me as her own assistant, while I spoke to her as if I were her first friend.
I made a fatal mistake from the beginning.
“Are you still going to insist that you don’t know about Piraeus?”
“Well, that…” ….”
“Pire, who has never had a sidekick, thinks so much of you that he made you his sidekick. “But what is it that you don’t even know her nickname?”
I was tired.
The association president’s eyes were unusual enough to defuse the situation.
A look that clearly doubts my existence.
They seem to think that I have won the favor of the heroes and Finesse through dirty means.
Now, even though I was trying to get rid of it, I could feel the presence of another being nearby.
If I run away or make a gesture to attack the president of the association, they will immediately try to subdue me.
In the end, the sofa I was sitting on right now was both a thorn cushion and a noose.
A place where it is difficult to sit for a long time and also difficult to get out of.
What should I say to get out?
“I… ….”
“You mean you won’t reveal your identity until the end, that’s good.”
The president of the association suddenly stands up from his seat and shoves all kinds of documents into one corner of the desk.
She lifted her legs up onto her empty desk and pulled her cards out of the pockets on her thighs.
“It’s a dual!”
“Yes? Suddenly?”
“If you want to understand what a person is like, dueling is by far the best. So, hurry up and draw your card!”
The president of the association was also a duelist to his core.
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Remaining Life Points, 3200 to 0.
Life 3200 was me, and the result of the duel was my victory.
I had no intention of losing, but the duel ended with an overwhelming difference than I expected.
“President of the Association, you are very weak.”
“Ugh… !”
“That’s not how you use a hero deck.”
“Wow… !”
I know that this is rude.
Still, her dueling skills were so poor that she had no choice but to say this.
The focus of the hero deck is on combination, but before combining, the heroes must maximize synergy.
However, the president of the association summons the wrong monsters or uses monsters that do not need to be combined as materials.
The party repeatedly committed actions whose meaning was unknown and continued to make careless mistakes.
It is truly outrageous that such a person is the head of the Hero Association.
“I’ll also ask you one question. “How did you become the president of the association with such skills?”
“Well, I didn’t become the president of the association because I wanted to!”
‘Then why did you become the president of the association?”
“The previous president of the association was dismissed after it was revealed that he was in cahoots with villains.”
“So something like that happened. But doesn’t the president of the association usually appoint someone with excellent dueling skills?”
“It was difficult to arrest the former president of the association because his dueling skills were excellent. So, there was talk within the association that it would be better to nominate someone with ability but poor dueling skills as president of the association.”
“Aha, so the current president of the association was born.”
“Pfft! Yeah, that’s right. “My work skills are top-notch, but my dueling skills are third-rate!”
The president of the association blushes and blushes.
At this, a laugh came out of my mouth.
That’s honest. Still, we learned that the president of the association was younger than expected.
“So, as a result of the duel, how did I do?”
“I didn’t see any problems. “The deck he used was also relatively pure.”
If he had used mind control or finesse, he would have been labeled as a villain.
It is fortunate that the president of the association is poor.
If he was a good person, he would have had to do everything he could.
“Then…” !”
“Yes, I will officially appoint you as Piré’s sidekick. Please take care of me in the future.”
“Thank you very much!”
I barely survived.
At one point, I thought I was going to be ruined due to the criticism that caught me off guard, but I survived because it was a world of duel omnipotence.
If it were the world I lived in, I would have been suspected of being a spy and taken away long ago.
At that time, I let out a deep sigh and was about to get up.
An association employee hurriedly ran outside the door, opened the door, and came inside.
“President of the Association! Gold Sun’s montage is complete based on the testimony of Lightning Man and Quick Guy!”
Ah, I’m screwed.