Episode 160
Elizabeth Windsor(2)
David, who became a boy, became quite famous in the neighborhood. Mainly on the bad side.
Pickpocketing is a daily occurrence. In months when the support money delivered to the orphanage was insufficient, he would rob or burglarize empty houses to avoid going hungry.
When David was born, all he had in his hand was a small note proving his name, so he did not hesitate to steal from others to fill his empty hands.
The boy who gained fame like that left the nursery school as a young man and stepped into the dark back alley like broken youth do.
I lived for ten years in the darkness of the back alley instead of under the sunlight on the main street.
Bright places were awkward now, and I got used to the gloomy darkness.
The more I got used to the darkness, the more I missed the bright sun.
I want to feel the warmth of the morning sun.
I want to enjoy the heat of the sun rising in the midday sky.
I missed the beauty of the evening sunset mixed with vermilion and purple.
However, I have come too far to go back.
I thought I would never go back.
That is, until I met a child.
It was when I visited France for ‘work’.
While dealing with overdue business, I saw a girl casually walking down the street in the middle of a gunfire at night.
He was a child who did not seem to have gone to elementary school yet.
I don’t know why the hell that kid is here at this time. However, rather than arguing about such a trivial fact, David instinctively threw himself.
“David—! What are you doing?! it’s crazy!?”
Leaving behind the shouts of her colleague shouting her name, she held the child in her arms through the rain of bullets.
Did you know that humans sometimes show superhuman strength when they are in dire need?
I was able to run as if I was rolling my body to the other side of the alley.
“… … Am I crazy?”
Elbows and knees were torn and red blooded as he rolled over the gritty asphalt, and the occasional pain in his abdomen was evident from being shot.
It wasn’t long before the situation was sorted out and David was confronted by the child.
“Oh, sir—”
As I leaned against the wall, I felt a surge of nausea from the surging pain.
David couldn’t understand why he did it.
Why did you try to save this child, with your whole body covered in minor wounds and even taking the risk of being hit?
“… … .”
However, the moment the child in her arms silently looked up at her, she knew why.
“Hey, what’s your name?”
“… … De Gireyo.”
“Last name?”
“no… … .”
He was looking for an excuse to get out of this darkness.
I felt irritated with my current life.
I wanted to stand proudly on my feet under the sun again.
“This may sound strange, but why don’t you go with Mr.
As he nodded, David held the lever’s hand.
As soon as the sun slowly rose, he gave Desire the title he was called, Chevalier, as his last name.
So David came out of the darkness into the sunlight.
Promising to become the child’s godfather in return for using him to escape the darkness.
* * *
‘Exactly. Right. Right.’
The sound of a long, thin iron cane hitting the floor is heard.
The noise that was heard at regular intervals was created by the homeroom teacher – Chanho Kim – sitting in his seat in the teachers’ room.
In the almost empty teachers’ room after the professors and teachers had escaped as exam supervisors, he chewed on the filter with an unlit cigarette in his mouth.
I stood in front of him and looked at the homeroom teacher awkwardly.
I can’t reply to Elizabeth in this atmosphere… … .
“… … .”
“… … .”
It’s cramped.
Only awkward silence lingers.
It would have been much lighter if the teachers’ chatter or the sound of keyboard tapping played in the background, but it would be too much luxury to expect such a thing now.
Even if he didn’t do anything related to cheating, he eventually opened his mouth because it was wrong to take out his smartphone during the exam.
Shouldn’t there be an explanation though?
“excuse me… … . teacher? It is true that I took out my smartphone, but I did not cheat.”
“… … .”
The homeroom teacher looked up at me with strange eyes. Why are you looking at me like that… … ah.
When I realized the situation, I understood the homeroom teacher’s feelings.
Well, even if I changed the point of view, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Is this what it is? What was it?
‘I drank, but I did not drive drunk.’
um, yes That’s right.
As I nodded in agreement, the homeroom teacher in front of me sighed. His sighs pierce my chest heavily.
-Chik!
The homeroom teacher, who had been sitting and rummaging through his pants pockets, took out a lighter and lit a cigarette.
The fire that turned the white paper into gray ash gradually approached his mouth.
And they drank the by-products of the fire.
“Taeyang, I honestly don’t care what grade you are. No matter where you do or what level you reach, you are my student, so I thought that all I had to do was do my part.”
Yes, I know enough about that just from your actions.
What mad teacher in the world would hit the head of a student who has reached the height of fame?
I felt something strange when I saw the homeroom teacher inhaling the remaining smoke deeply.
Did you look at your smartphone during the exam? Wrong, of course.
In a normal school, it would be a mess.
If it’s a high school exam, needless to say, it’s serious.
If it’s a ‘normal school’.
But what if the background is a ‘awoken society’ where skills prove everything?
If that was done by someone who already had overwhelming skills and it didn’t matter whether the test scores were good or not.
The weight of every situation is determined by the position of the person facing it.
For me, the ‘exam’ is, on the surface, Taeyang Geum is still a ‘student’. It was just an ‘act’ to prove that it was, and had no meaning beyond that.
Isn’t it wrong to set an example for others? When did I care about other people’s eyes?
And doesn’t Kim Chan-ho, the homeroom teacher, know my situation?
After calling him out separately due to his personality, ‘Hey, rotten guy, you can take a good look at it next time. What do you regret?’ He must have asked for my opinion first.
– Chi Ik.
Moreover, Kim Chan-ho, who has been rolling in the field for more than ten years, is not a person to smoke in the teachers’ office for a job that is not ‘life and death’ at all, and which is only an administrative problem at most.
– Chi Ik.
The sound of cigarettes burning echoed in the classroom.
I had a hunch that things were going strangely.
Kim Chan-ho’s eyebrows twitched as he sucked up the filter.
It was the first time he had such a serious expression, except when it was related to my hunt for the Holy Apocalypse while I was wearing Einhwa.
“… … sun.”
“yes?!”
After taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth.
“I need to go to Europe.”
– Chii Ii profit.
Stunned by what I just heard, I stared blankly at him.
Waving lightly, Kim Chan-ho, who made water in the ashtray placed next to him, lit a cigarette and put it out.
At the same time, he picked up a group of papers on the desk and held them out to me.
“This… … ?”
“It seems that the Association is asking for your cooperation. Are there not that many people in the country? It’s even funny that a request like this is made for a single student.”
It is hard. This is the feeling I felt when I touched the paper cover.
A large black X was drawn on the cover of the white paper file, and this was written in the center.
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[Class I secret]
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say.
Is this school right?! Why are you making a fuss about giving this secret to a student?
When I was playing as Kanghyeok, I was directly taken over by a person dispatched from the association, but now I don’t have any particular connections, so it seems that the homeroom teacher Kim Chan-ho took over.
“I don’t think the title of homeroom teacher was made to persuade students when they need higher-ups like this… … . Check it out.”
I left Kim Chan-ho, who smiled self-deprecatingly, and tried to open the documents I received.
At first, I almost panicked because it wouldn’t open, but soon I remembered that confidential documents can only be poured into the recipient’s magical power, and the magic inside her body moved.
– Pajik.
I turned the cover after confirming the sound of the document unlocking.
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＜Operation Name: Night from the east.＞
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‘Tsk, with a good naming sense.’
“I don’t know if you know, but Europe is noisy these days.”
“is that so?”
I honestly didn’t know.
Because there was no reason for something to happen in Europe at this time.
And it was true that I had been distracted by working so hard lately.
-Chik.
Kim Chan-ho, who lit the second fire, continued.
“I overheard it, but I heard that England, Italy, and the Vatican are intricately intertwined. … . Whoa—”
I looked confidentially.
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1) The ‘Princess of England’ was almost ‘poisoned’, but she found out in advance and disappeared. The British government has been silent about this, and Buckingham Palace is mobilizing all its capabilities to find the culprit.
2) While searching for the culprit, it was confirmed that the tail led to Italy and the Vatican. The British Crown tried to file a diplomatic complaint with Italy and the Vatican through the government, but the British Cabinet dismissed it.
※ Details of the British Cabinet’s ignoring the royal family’s request have not yet been identified. Further investigation is required in the future.
3) Currently, the British princess is evacuated to France. -It seemed that the British mainland did not guarantee safety- After requesting personal protection from ＜Embassy of the Republic of Korea in France＞ in France, he disappeared again.
※Princess seems to have left for the south of France and needs recontact as the operation proceeds.
※ Due to this incident, the French side requested the return of Chevalier – a virgin who is studying in Korea.
4) In response, the British government requested the transfer of the princess to the French side, but the French government refused… … .
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It is a brick made of writing that makes you feel dizzy just by looking at it.
to sum up
‘The British princess is on the run from inside France, so secure a recruit and bring her to the Korean embassy.’
it will be about
‘under!? Did this princess do it on purpose?’
What follows is the diplomatic gains that can be obtained in the country if the British princess is recruited, or the improvement of relations with the British royal family.
There were several.
“By any chance, does the country give me some kind of reward?”
“There is, but from your point of view it’s as if it’s not there. How much money you have to receive will be new blood compared to the money you will earn in the future or your ransom… … .”
He glanced at the Yeriel and Arondite on my waist and continued talking.
“… … No matter what equipment you bring, I don’t think you will be satisfied at a certain level.”
I quietly stared at Kim Chan-ho’s face.
“Then didn’t you think I would say no?”
“… … So are you going to refuse?”
under? Oh, see this man?
The corner of my mouth twitched slightly at his helpless reply.
Suddenly, a strange sound comes out of Kim Chan-ho’s mouth.
“Taeyang, I hope you don’t burn yourself like that.”
The corners of my mouth that had been going up to his words stopped for a second.
“I know… … . Even though it was only about half a year, the position of homeroom teacher was not enough to understand you as a student.”
Clearing his expression, he stood up and looked down at him.
Kim Chan-ho covered his head with both hands while chewing on a cigarette filter with an anguished expression on his face.
“Even if there was no compensation, you would have accepted this job in the end, I felt it while watching you. Even if you look like a student who causes controversy from the outside, you came to be at the center of incidents and accidents because you served others.”
“… … .”
“Looking at it one step away, I saw more than I thought.”
Kim Chan-ho pointed to the confidential document in my hand.
“Looking at it now, yes. Having this in your hands would mean that you need at least a master level, or someone equivalent to it, but you’re willing to accept it without any fuss. Even if there is no merit.”
“… … .”
“You are a sweet child. Adults just use it, and I hope you do a little bit for yourself.”
“… … .”
“sorry. If I showed you this document, I showed it to you even though I knew you would definitely go, so I couldn’t stop it. I had to destroy it on my line… … . Just go for it today. Get ready to go with Chevalier tomorrow.”
There was no objection to his words.
I’ve never heard anything like this before, so that’s all I can say in response.
“… … Then I will go.”
It was just to leave.
“Sun, don’t forget. Put you first!”
“… … .”
Leaving Kim Chan-ho’s cry behind, I headed for the dormitory.
It is a bonus that he is dumbfounded by the worries he receives for the first time in his life as Golden Sun.
still.
It wasn’t too bad.
* * *
In the teachers’ room where Taeyang left, Kim Chan-ho slumped on a chair and exhaled smoke.
“Teacher job… … . Should I hit him?”
A hollow murmur echoed in the classroom.