Chapter 92 – Episode 92. Information Guild Master

“Congratulations. Cadet Lee Ho-yeon. 10th level, 9 seconds, this is a new record. The first place in this actual monster training is a matter of course.”

“… Thank you.”

I am more than happy. What a good professor.

“As expected, he is a promising academy. Fighting in the future!”

“Yes….”

With the support of the professor, he came down to the arena.

I never thought that the scarecrow would be the ‘Nightmare of Hamel Dungeon’.

It definitely made me feel bad.

“Lee Ho-yeon! What is it!”

“Hoyeon-san, you’re amazing!”

As soon as I came down, Lucy and Rumi, who had been waiting for me, greeted me.

“I was lucky. I got along well.”

Of course, I would have won if something else came out, but I wouldn’t have set a record of 9 seconds.

A monster specializing in mental attacks appeared randomly, and the perk that I was unfamiliar with was actually immune to mental attacks.

All I can say is luck

“Still, great things are great!”

“That’s right… I was liking the 8th level.”

“You guys will be counting soon too. Shall we leave when all three of us are done?”

All three of them have finished their exams, so they don’t have to be in the exam room.

“Eh. Aren’t you watching other people?”

“Uh… Caliber?”

“Of course! How fun it is to watch someone fight.”

To be honest, I’m not really interested.

But even if I leave early, I have nothing to do, so should I just hang out?

The moment I was about to say that I knew it, Nam Da-eun caught on the other side of my field of vision.

Nam Da-eun met her eyes and her pupils fluttered, so she turned around and quickly left the test room.

‘Wait a minute, should I follow that?’

The whiteness of her face makes her look bad….

“Let’s watch together, okay?”

“I’m with you…”

“Uh….”

Lucy crosses her arm around my arm, and Rumi carefully grabs the hem of my dress.

When the two of you ask for it together, what are you doing to refuse?

Nam Da-eun had already disappeared for a long time, so it was too late to follow her.

“Okay. Let’s see.”

“Yeah!”

He must be on the phone with his sister anyway.

I don’t think he’s weak enough to be mentally like that.

Because it held up well in the original.

*

Nam Da-eun, who arrived at Lee Ho-yeon’s training ground, faced the reality.

[9sec]

The stopwatch shining above the training ground was pointing to 9 seconds, and the cadets were cheering for the new record.

“This practical performance might really change the first place?”

“That’s right. Lee Ho-yeon’s form is so good.”

“Nam Da-eun is really strong, but… How to say, she doesn’t develop.”

I don’t care about the bad reviews that the cadets talk about. The time to worry about such things is over.

The problem is that professors also praise Lee Ho-yeon.

“The measurement is 8 steps, but it’s that strong…”

“Compared to the small amount of mana, the mana management ability is excellent, and that means the potential for growth is high.”

“It’s going to be crazy on the Internet again.”

“I’m more worried about the Guild Scouts who will be observing the 1v1 duel tomorrow. Haa…”

“That should be left to Professor Kim Jin-hyeok.”

Nam Da-eun’s excellent senses were able to hear the professors talking from afar.

As I turned my head around at the complex emotions I felt for the first time, I met Lee Ho-yeon’s eyes.

Even after setting such a record, Lee Ho-yeon was laughing with her friends haha ​​hoho.

‘My life is at stake in this test.’

Nam Da-eun ran out of the exam hall.

Jealousy for Lee Ho-yeon filled her mind.

‘Why are you so happy when you’re as gifted as I am?’

I am living this life because of this talent.

Why are you making such a happy face?

I wish everyone was as unhappy as me….

Negative thoughts lead to bite after tail.

Match!

Nam Da-eun erased her bad thoughts by slapping her cheek with the palm of her hand.

“Ha, let’s not be ugly jealous.”

I have a lot of these pessimistic thoughts these days.

In times like this, you have to work even harder.

Nam Da-eun turned on her smartwatch and sent a message to her brother, who was hospitalized.

The only healing and resting place for the mind. Da-hee Nam, her younger brother.

The other day, I made a video call right away and was scolded for what I was doing in the bathroom, so I’m always sending messages first.

– Me: Dahee. Is the call okay?

– Our Dahee: Yes. It’s okay!

As soon as Nam Da-eun received the reply, she made a video call to Nam Da-hee.

– Sister! I miss you!

“Yeah, me too. What did you do today?”

– I drew a picture! Wanna see?

Dahee Nam showed a picture of two crooked people holding hands and smiling.

– It’s me and my sister. Isn’t it pretty?

“… Yes. It’s so pretty. You have a talent for drawing, right?”

Nam Da-eun, who was holding her sketchbook and seeing her smiling sister, did not lose sight of her tension.

She felt as though she would burst into tears if she relaxed even a little.

Nam Da-eun and Nam Da-hee’s heart ached every time she spoke on the phone.

It was so painful to see my younger brother, who should have been playing with the kids in elementary school, drying up in bed all day.

She couldn’t do anything, she was so resentful of herself, and she hated this world.

But she was still living day by day watching her brother.

Because I can’t leave that child alone.

If her brother wanted to, she could kill all the members of the Buyers Guild and die together.

Nam Da-eun was having such a hard time that such thoughts came to her mind naturally.

– Sister! Are you going to be number 1 again? I’ll draw a picture in advance!

“… Yes. Of course. It’s definitely number one.”

– Yes! Oh, my nurse sister came. I’ll call you back later. Are you fine?

“Okay. Send me a message.”

– Sister, I like you! Side.

“Yeah, me too…”

Tou-

The video soon flashed black, and Nam Da-eun lowered her head.

“I have to be number 1 unconditionally. Unconditionally…”

I can do anything to protect that face.

Daeun Nam started pulling her hair again.

*

Alice was in a very bad mood.

I couldn’t get through level 10 today.

‘If I had drawn the magic circle a little faster at the end, I would have won… !’

Level 9 is always easy, but at level 10, the level of difficulty jumps up, so it is always blocked.

Nam Da-eun also broke the 10th stage in 30 seconds, and when she got into the car and checked her everyday, Lee Ho-yeon said that she broke it in 9 seconds, which only added to her stress.

Of course, thinking positively, we lost more unfortunately than last time, so the chances of winning next time increased.

“Whoa…”

While enjoying the scent of wine to relieve stress, Sebastian, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, opened his mouth.

“Lady. I’ll give you an interim report on Cadet Lee Ho-yeon.”

“…Interim report? So many things to investigate?”

Obviously, it was just a sense, so I asked for it to be rough, but isn’t it too hard?

“Um, I’m excited about doing it. He’s a friend whose waves and waves are endless.”

Sebastian grabbed the steering wheel and kept his eyes fixed on the front, but continued to report.

“It’s a very embarrassing statement before I report it, but… I was caught out because I was careless during the investigation. I’m sorry. After that, a bodyguard was attached.”

“… You said Lee Ho-yeon caught you?”

Does that make sense?

To think that a mere cadet could notice the Iris Guild executive’s hiding… ?

“I’m not sure if that’s Cadet Lee Ho-yeon’s ability. Maybe he had other collaborators from the start. But what’s certain is that he has a back-up.”

“Hmm… So?”

It’s not strange that you have a belly.

If it was a man of that level, someone would have noticed and clung to it.

Considering that she is close to Moon Soo-rin, it is highly likely that she is an academy, but perhaps an individual like Baek A-young or Im Sol is looking after her.

I don’t know if there are any other guilds.

“Once, I got information that I need to see her saintess periodically for treatment.”

“… Do you have a chronic disease?”

How serious of a disease would he be if he periodically met a saint for treatment?

“Well, before I took up the position as teacher nurse, our friendship was quite strong. We have been in a steady relationship since about a month ago. And around the same time as our relationship with the saintess, cadet Lee Ho-yeon changed her career from a swordsman to a wizard.”

“Changing course… That’s just for attention.”

The sudden change of course saw Ellis as well. At that time, I didn’t know he was such a talented person, so I ignored him, but most of the cadets would have ignored Lee Ho-yeon at the time.

“I think so too. A person who has only been learning magic for a month can’t show that level of ability. However, it seemed that the amount of mana was very insufficient for someone who had been practicing magic for a long time.”

“Certainly, everyone assumed it was because they had just started practicing magic.”

“Yes. But that’s an assumption that doesn’t make sense in the first place. Additionally, I knew that they were buying the finest magic stones with unknown funds.”

“The highest grade magic stone…? Why do cadets buy it?

Unlike the lower-mid-level magic stones used in real life, the highest-end magic stones are used for research or artifact production, so active hunters do not have many opportunities to come across them.

It is difficult to obtain, so the supply is reduced, but the demand is fixed in its own way, so the price is gradually rising.

“The amount is too small to be considered for capital gains, and too large to be considered for personal research.

“I can’t understand it at all.”

I regretted that I had dug up something that shouldn’t have been dug up, that the lightly entrusted investigation had become so complicated.

Sniffling.

While tasting the wine in my hand, I waited for Sebastian’s next words.

“This is just my guess…. As you know, magic stones are used not only for artifact production and research, but also for treating magical disorders.”

“Wait a minute, then…”

Hearing Sebastian’s words, an illness passed through Elise’s mind.

“Continuing to buy magic stones, the amount of mana is extremely insufficient compared to my magic skills, and seeing the saintess periodically for treatment…”

“Congenital magical disorder…”

It’s an illness Alice is suffering from.

The amount of mana that can be stored in one’s body is naturally small, so in order to use mana, it must be supplemented with magic stones.

“That’s right. It is assumed that Cadet Lee Ho-yeon was born with the same rare disease as Lady Ellis.”

“I really couldn’t have imagined it. That’s amazing. Sebastian.”

Gathering all the information that seems trivial to derive such a result.

As expected, it was a skill worthy of an executive of an information guild.

Sebastian’s toenails never rusted over the years.

“Thank you. And, um…”

Sebastian wondered if he should bring up Lee Ho-yeon’s relationship with a woman.

But it was a pity to end with this.

The intuition built up over decades was shouting.

It seemed there was something more. She seemed to have a big secret from Lee Ho-yeon.

“Is there anything else?”

Elise looked forward to Sebastian’s next words.

Knowing one of your rival’s weaknesses is great, but what other information do you have?

“No. It’s not clear yet. I’ll definitely investigate and report back by this weekend.”

“Okay. Cheer up.”

“Yes. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you don’t get caught this time.”

“Yes, yes.”

For some reason, Alice felt a sense of sympathy with Lee Ho-yeon.