Chapter 23 – Episode 23. Alice Is the Heroine

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『The sub-quest has been sent.』

[Insider starts with a conversation]

Alice is a very demanding character.

Have a conversation that suits her taste for more than 30 minutes!

– Reward: A slight increase in Alice’s affinity. Random stat 1

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I spoke to Elise, who had her eyes fixed on her smartwatch.

“I’m very surprised.”

“…What?”

“You don’t seem to be the type to do things like this. The PR department is annoying.”

Alice’s daily life [School. Study. Training. Returning home] Is repeated. As an international student, I know that there are circumstances where I have to become strong for the guild in my home country, but… I don’t have many close friends thanks to all the students who approach me.

But what about the PR department? The factors that interfere with her daily life are increasing.

“Whoa. Listen carefully. It’s not that I don’t like troublesome things, it’s that I hate doing useless things.”

“Hmm. I think I can feel it.”

“I don’t want to spend my time on things like going out with classmates who are obviously going to be of no use to me, running around cafes for hours on end for sweet desserts, or rummaging through the mall for pretty clothes.”

“Aha. Then what about the PR department?”

To put it simply, I think it means that I don’t like taking time for self-development. Then why did the public relations department come?

“You know why? Of course, I came here because of my personal connection with President Moon Su-rin. He’s Korea’s best prospect. Aren’t you like that?

Ellis came into the Public Relations Department to get a connection with Moon Su-rin, and I think I naturally thought that I came in that way too.

“I’m friendly, but. Well, I’m not for networking.”

To put it bluntly, I joined the student council to seduce the student council president.

“It’s a common excuse.”

Alice heard my answer and turned her head away as if she had lost interest.

No, that cheap… Let’s be patient. You have to be patient.

But a pretty woman looks attractive when she acts rudely.

You go out like that because you know you have a pretty face.

I’m not cursing. In a way, the face is also its own ability.

I learned good things from Alice.

Seeing that, I think I can go further.

Anyway, the conversation flow is not good right now.

To complete the quest, you have to have a conversation that suits Alice’s taste. Because she doesn’t seem interested in me.

But it’s okay.

Even if you fly and crawl, Alice, you are my heroine too.

“Hey, you know a little bit about cocktails? I’m kind of interested in cocktails.”

Snap.

Alice’s ears vibrate. I pretend not to be interested in this side, but I hear everything with my ears.

“There is a new cocktail bar in the Academy Mall, and the gin and tonic there is really delicious. Premium gin and top-notch tonic water are of course used, and it is said to have used magic ice for the first time in the world, so it is very refreshing.”

“…Where is it?”

Alice started to take an interest in my words.

In fact, since she memorized all her tastes, it was a quest that she could not fail from the beginning.

The Alice route is, of course, in my memory.

From cocktails to books, movies, and classics, Alice knows everything.

“… I think gin-based cocktails are the coolest. There is a perception among old people that it is cheap alcohol, but it can’t match the unique scent and coolness.”

“Surprisingly, my tastes match.”

“I usually drank Pink Lady or Singapore Sling.”

“…I liked that too.”

I chatted with Alice for over 30 minutes like that.

Unfortunately, Alice pretended not to be interested until the end, but the system window that appeared in front of her did not lie.

『Quest complete!』

Alice must have enjoyed the conversation she had with me.

*

She steps out of the public relations department to return to her dorm room.

As soon as Ellis finished talking to me, she said it was time to train and headed to the training wing first.

“Are you leaving now?”

“Yes. I’m going to go soon because I have something to do.”

Moon Su-rin spoke to me as I left the student council room.

“But now, when I’m in the public relations department, I’ll run into my juniors often.”

A wide smile blooms on Moon Su-rin’s face. No matter how you look at it, it is a smile where you can feel her affection beyond simple liking.

… It’s really clear.

Moon Soo-rin. This naughty sister.

They created the Public Relations Department to get me into the student council. It’s weird if I’m the only one, so I added a pretty freshman among the girls.

That was Alice.

The butterfly effect is so scary.

I met Moon Soo-rin at her cafe earlier than in the original story.

As a result, Munsurin fell in love with me more quickly.

It was before Munsu-rin’s trauma occurred, so she approached me more aggressively.

And she made the publicity department and got me into the student council, and because of the pretext, she even got Ellis into the student council.

Oh my head hurts

‘…I’m sure everything’s fine, right?’

It’s definitely something that wasn’t in the original work, but Alice doesn’t play a big part in the club part anyway…

It will be fine. Well. Should be fine

It’s something that can’t be undone anyway. If you think positively, it’s a benefit to have a connection with the heroines.

“I will. See you next time. Sister.”

“Yes, Hoyeon-ah. Goodbye.”

Moon Soo-rin always calls my name quietly only when the two of us are together. When I’m around people, I call them president, so it’s the same.

Leaving behind the smiling Moon Soo-rin, I left the student council.

First of all, I have to finish all the work I have to do today.

If you put in an application to join Lucy’s friendship club, today’s work is over.

But where is Lucy? I’ll be with Rumi anyway, so let’s get in touch with Rumi.

Rumi’s number is stored on her smartwatch, so she turns on the hologram to send her text.

Me: Rumiya, are you with Lucy by any chance?

Rumi: Yeah, why are you like that?

Me: Why, I’m trying to apply for a fellowship club. Have you finished applying for club documents?

Rumi: Uh… That’s because circumstances arose…

Me: what’s the matter?

Rumi: Well, would you like to come to our club room? It’s room 205.

I have an ominous feeling that something is about to happen.

I took the elevator to the second floor, turned the corner, and knocked on the door to room 205.

“Come on….”

There, I could see Lucy’s tension dropping sharply.

“Lucy, what’s wrong? Is there a problem with making a club?”

“That’s actually, yes. It’s a bit of a problem. I decided on a club room and a professor in charge, but suddenly the department in charge of clubs in the student department refused, saying that there was an error. .”

This is a kid who is usually full of energy, so I just want to help him.

Well, I would have helped anyway.

“Has there ever been anything that could be a problem?”

“Yes. I set up a club room, there was a professor in charge, the name of the club was a simple friendship club, and we had at least 3 people…”

“Hmm…?”

Then there is no problem, right?

Wait a minute, that minimum of 3 people includes me.

“Of course, at least 3 people are you, Rumi, and me, right?”

“Yeah, I’m sure you haven’t changed your mind, right? No… Without you, the club would be doomed…”

Lucy grabs my arm and tells me not to throw it away and sits down.

It wasn’t heavy because he had a small body, but when he did, his hand touched his chest.

But despite the touch, other thoughts popped into my head.

In fact, I had a lot of questions about the club from this morning.

Like what happened to the fishing club, the president of the club avoided the seat as soon as I made eye contact, and the establishment of a friendly club with my name on it was rejected.

At this level, no matter how innocent a country is, you have no choice but to be suspicious, right?

There are also those who can guess.

Magic Research Department.

He seemed to be dissatisfied with me, but since the Magic Research Department is said to have the strongest breath among the club, he may have disputed it with me.

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『The sub-quest has been sent.』

[Create a club for Lucy and Rumi!]
It seems that there is something dark behind the club opening!

Let’s help Lucy open a club!

– Reward: Increased Lucy’s affinity. Random stat 3

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As soon as I realized that, the quest was sent.

There is something too Even if the quest didn’t come out anyway, I thought I’d help, so it’s a free quest.

“Lucy. I told you. Think about how great it would be if the student council joined the club.”

“Huh? Are you not going to abandon us?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll fix it.”

“Five!”

“Let’s go to the club department together.”

“Yea, I got it.”

The club department was on the 16th floor. The student council is on the 17th floor, so it’s right below it.

As the setting of the club was quite large, there were many cadets who came to support the club or to open a new one.

Coincidentally, there was a female student just coming out of the newly opened department, so I started talking to her.

“Hey. Did you just open a club?”

“Yes… Four? Ah, that, hey, our club is a simple hobby club made by friends for fun, but, if you really want to join, even if I kicked out your friends…!”

“No, wait. Calm down.”

“Ah yes….”

Although I learned how to use my handsome face from Alice this time, I was still clumsy.

If it had been Elise, I think she would have ripped something more out of a cadet who reacts like that.

“Can you tell me how long the process took to open that new club?”

“Uh, I just wrote and submitted the documents for establishing a new club, and I got an ok on the spot…”

“Hmm. Thank you.”

She went back to Lucy, leaving the schoolgirl behind who was still looking at me.

There’s definitely something to this If I had written the paperwork properly, I was rejected for something that would not have been rejected, so I had no choice but to say it myself.

I approached the cadet working in the department in charge and talked to him.

Fortunately, there was no loud reaction this time because it was the husband. I hate the eyes that look at me, but I understand that feeling too. Ugly friend.

“Hello. I’m here to open a new club.”

“Yes. Have you written all the relevant documents?”

“Here. It’s a friendly club made up of friends.”

“Yes. It will be done soon, so hang on… Ah. Sorry. It says there is no problem with the documents, but there is a strange error. I don’t think it will be open right now. Can you come back tomorrow?”

“…”

It’s a stupid excuse. That document is the same as the document that Lucy was rejected for opening a new one.

I submitted this document just in case, but I really thought this kind of reaction would come out.

After she was rejected for making an error, she heard that the professor in charge said she couldn’t do it because of circumstances.

So, if you enter that document as it is in the computer system, it will come out as a false document in the first place.

But there is no problem with the document, but there is an error? There is a low possibility that a genuine error has occurred, but I felt a great awkwardness in the man’s expression and behavior.

“You said there was an error the last time, but you said there was an error again?”

“Yes. That’s how it is.”

“Can I type it in myself? Something’s weird.”

“I told you no. If you keep doing this, I’ll call the student council officers.”

“I’m a student council member, what are you going to do with the student council executives? Call me once. What will happen?”

“Yes? No, that’s…”

There is a reason why I hold on to nonsensical faults and tell the truth.

I’m not 100% sure, but someone is holding me back.

Since I also revealed my identity as a student council member, there is only one person from the club department who can come out to stop me.

“Junior. Why don’t you calm down now? Aren’t the new juniors too much?”

The person I was waiting for came out. The general club president who saw me and avoided his seat.

I don’t know the name. I don’t even want to remember, so I’ll just call him the club leader.

“Senior. Hello. Our club continues to receive mysterious rejections.”

“Anyway, it seems that there is an error in the computer. I, the student council senior, will do my best to solve it, so let’s go back today.”

The club head put on a friendly smile on the outside, but I could see it in my eyes.

A sneer lurks behind that smile.

Let’s go back for now I also have things to prepare for.

If I say more now, it’s just that I’m at a disadvantage.

There is still time until Friday. Just need to fix it by Friday.

Ellis was right this time.

At this time, if I had no connections, I would have suffered such ridiculous things.

Now is the time to make good use of the connections you have built up.

And from now on, let’s listen to everything Alice says. I’ve never been wrong in actions or words.

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Elise finished her training and hopped into her luxury foreign car, which was waiting outside the academy for dinner.

“You worked hard, lady.”

A middle-aged man waiting in the driver’s seat spoke to Ellis as if he were familiar with her.

“Yes. Thank you.”

“Did you make any progress in today’s training?

“You’re bringing up your sister’s name to piss me off, right?”

“It can’t be. I’ve never had such a disrespectful thought.”

The middle-aged man smiled lightly and handed out a water bottle to Elise.

“What is that sister worried about, ha. It’s done.”

There is a trauma to her older sister, Irene, who has been bullying her Alice since her childhood. Even as she got older, the image of her older sister, who always enjoyed her own toys and things she wanted to have, was still deeply embedded in her mind.

One of the reasons she came to Korea to study at Victoria Academy was to find her freedom from her sister’s arms.

“You said you joined the student council this time?

“It’s nothing special. I was just chosen based on my face.”

“How about that cadet Lee Ho-yeon? If she works in the same PR department, I’ll run into her often.”

Gulp

Exhausted from her hard training, Elise continued as she quenched her thirst.

“He’s handsome. He seems to have talent, but… Something bothers me.”

“Why? He’s the type the lady likes just by listening.”

Cheer.

At her teasing words, Elise took her water bottle and threw it, but the man just smiled lightly and accepted her water bottle.

“Ummm… There’s just no particular reason.”

“Isn’t he like a bully? Originally, bullies can be born even if they pretend not to be.

The man speculates about his exploits, but Elise’s head is full of other thoughts.

A story that her proud Ellis could not bear to tell with her own mouth.

Elise grew up always receiving praise and envy for her overwhelming talent and beauty from a young age.

Besides, having matured quickly, she realized that others’ envy and criticism came from their inadequacies, and she was not angry because she knew that she was superior.

However, there were only two times when she became jealous or annoyed at peers her age.

Nam Da-eun, a girl I met at the Victoria Academy in Korea.

Her overwhelming talent and fighting power made me want to blame God for choosing that woman over me.

Her mannerless and unsociable personality also annoyed her.

And Lee Ho-yeon.

No jealousy It’s not a talent I’d be jealous of. It’s also a completely different field.

But somehow I’m annoyed.

Her conversation with him was obviously not bad. It was the first time I met someone who matched my tastes, and it fit well.

From cocktails to books, movies, and even classics, it was an interesting conversation.

But it felt like something was playing over my head.

You talk as if you know me well, but I can’t refute that because it’s roughly correct.

If you make eye contact to be annoyed, it’s useless to get angry because your face is your preference.

I was obviously annoyed, but I couldn’t be angry, and this strange feeling, which was pleasant for some reason, was unpleasant.

“At that time, my nickname was bloodbath.

“Stop it. Stop it. I’m hungry, so let’s go have dinner.”

“Okay. Okay. Let’s go to the restaurant we always go to.”

“Yes. And for dessert, let’s go to a cocktail bar called ‘Emilia’.”

“Where is it? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“…If you want to go, just go.”

“Yeah yeah.”

As Elise closed her eyes completely and crossed her arms, she started driving her car as if she had given up on the man as well.

‘Haa, what does this feel like?’

Alice doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s already fallen for the heroine’s snare.