Chapter 191

Chapter 191

I Became the Academy Mafia Chapter 191“You're showing an opening! Child of Calione!”

At the Sword Saint's shout from behind me, I hurriedly turned around and thrust out both hands.

“It's over! Over! It's over!”

“What? It's over?”

At that, Choi Seon-ho's fist stopped dead in front of me.

“Even if Kwak Chun-sik has been drinking, there's no way he'd lose to you two. What in the world──hm? Chun-sik's granddaughter?”

“Hello, Grandpa Sword Saint!”

At some point, Kwak Yeon-ah, who had been clinging to Kwak Chun-sik's back, waved at Choi Seon-ho with a bright smile.

He sighed and looked at Kwak Chun-sik, who had lowered his head deeply.

“You were having so much fun, and in the end you lost in front of your granddaughter?”

“...

My granddaughter said I smell like alcohol, so don't talk to me.”

And a short while later.

“Now I finally feel alive.”

After expelling all the drunkenness from his body with aura, he pulled Kwak Yeon-ah into his arms and smiled.

“I don't smell anymore, right?”

“Yeah!”

“That's right, that's right. Ah, how adorable.”

The first thing he did after escaping his granddaughter's mental attack was circulate his aura and completely blow away his intoxication.

Watching him even burn away the remaining smell, I couldn't help thinking it was a waste of talent.

Choi Seon-ho seemed to think the same thing, because he shook his head and clicked his tongue.

“Tsk, tsk. Wasting good alcohol because of your granddaughter. What are you doing?”

At that moment, Choi Yeon suddenly called out to Choi Seon-ho.

“Grandpa.”

“Hm? What is it, Yeon-ah?”

“You smell like alcohol.”

Hiss──“I don't anymore, right?”

“Yes.”

I'd mischievously told Choi Yeon, ‘Tell the Sword Saint that he smells like alcohol too,’ and apparently forgetting what he'd just said to the Elder, the Sword Saint immediately expelled his drunkenness...

Are all grandfathers in this world like this?

“Big Brooo.”

Feeling something tap against my lower body, I looked down and saw Ji-yoon rubbing her eyes.

“I'm sleepy...”

“Really? Then let's go take a nap. Get on Big Bro's back first.”

“Okaaay... hehe...”

Maybe it was only natural.

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After the chaotic game of tag at the Blue House ended.

There was quite a commotion for a while.

Because the elders had gotten so carried away that we discovered the miserable sight of dents all over the garden and even fallen trees.

Fortunately, the matter was settled after the Sword Saint said he would compensate for the damage, but the children, exhausted from all the exercise, couldn't overcome their sleepiness and were now sleeping in a guest room inside the Blue House.‘I'm sleepy too. Can I come?’I still didn't know why Choi Yeon had gone to sleep together with the children.

That left only me, Elder Sword Saint, and Elder Kwak Chun-sik.

Since the situation had conveniently turned out like this, I decided to ask something I'd been curious about.

“Elder Sword Saint. May I ask what the gift you promised was?”

“Hm? Gift? Ah, right, I did wager something like that...”

Perhaps because he'd made the proposal while drunk, he reacted as though he didn't remember it properly and suddenly reached into his pocket.

“Ah, found it. Here's your gift.”

What he handed me as he said that was a business card smaller than my palm.

“...

This is.”

“A one-week Sword Saint swordsmanship training package. I'll personally look after your swordsmanship and skills at the Azure Sky Sword Clan for a week. What do you think? Isn't that a profitable deal?”

At the sight of the Sword Saint chuckling as he said that, Kwak Chun-sik sprang to his feet.

“Brother Choi, Eugene is my disciple. Is it fair to pull something like this?”

“Hey, you brat. Who said I'm taking him as my disciple? I'm just letting him experience being my disciple for a week.”

“That's the same thing! And if outsiders see someone other than just anyone, but Brother Choi himself personally teaching him, what do you think they'll say!”

He was right.

Being taught by him was something that could change how outsiders viewed me.

“Eugene. You don't need to go all the way to the Azure Sky Sword Clan. Don't I have the Martial Arts Hall? Shall I lend you a room?”

“Ha, you're overreacting. Anyway, contact this number whenever it's convenient and come by. I'll check my schedule and give you an answer.”

“Thank you.”

When I slipped the business card from the table into my inner pocket, Kwak Chun-sik became thoroughly dejected.

But what could I do?

It was a business card with none other than the Sword Saint's personal number written on it.

Simply possessing it was enough to start with a huge amount of goodwill from people belonging to the Azure Sky Sword Clan.

But.

“So what's the actual reward?”

“What?”

“The business card can't be the reward, can it?”

This wasn't enough.

I could've asked Choi Yeon for his number anyway.

“Kuhaha! That's right, that's right! There's no way the great Sword Saint would give a business card as a reward! Kuhahaha!”

At that, Elder Kwak Chun-sik, who had been dejected, revived.

The Sword Saint, who had been listening quietly, groaned before looking at me with a determined expression.

“There should be some things I used in the past stored in my warehouse. I'll open it for you.”

The Sword Saint's warehouse?

“As expected, you're generous.”

Right, this much is what I should be getting.

All right, then next...

“Elder Kwak Chun-sik, what are you planning to give me?”

“Huh? Hm? What are you talking about?”

“Elder Sword Saint gave me a reward, so weren't you planning to give me one too?”

“Huh? Hm?”

“Kuhahahaha! Like master, like disciple! Right! What kind of master stays still when his disciple wins a wager! Chun-sik. Your disciple is asking for a gift?”

Apparently finding the situation amusing, the Sword Saint laughed heartily and looked extremely entertained.

At that, Kwak Chun-sik furrowed his brow and began thinking.

Eventually, looking as though he'd decided what to give me, he turned toward me.

“As expected, a free pass to the Martial Arts Hall──.”

“I'm fine with that.”

I already knew he'd open the doors for me whenever I wanted, so why bother?

“Instead, there's something I'm curious about. May I ask you?”

“Something you're curious about? Sure. If it's something I know, I'll tell you anything.”

“Instructor Yoon Seong-ho once showed us the battle against Kurus.”

At my words, he tilted his head upward.

“Kurus? Ahh, right, there was something like that. But why?”

“As both of you know, when his magic reconstructs or reenacts a situation, it forms based on the surrounding experiences, doesn't it? And there were a few interesting things I saw from that time.”

Finally, I decided to ask the main reason I'd wanted to find him.

“First, Elder. Did you use a sword in the past?”

“A sword? I used one a few times. But I don't even remember holding one in the last few years.”

“Is that so?”

As expected, the illusion hadn't been wrong.

Kwak Chun-sik using a sword.

What an unusual combination that was.

“May I ask why you don't use one now?”

“...

The reason isn't anything impressive. Isn't it difficult to control your strength with a sword? And now, it's more comfortable for me to use aura with my bare hands than with a sword. As you know, if I need a sword, I can just make one out of aura.”

“Nonsense!!”

At that, the Sword Saint, who had been quietly listening beside us, shot to his feet.

“The sword is the strongest weapon in the world! How dare martial artists who don't even use weapons or tools speak of swords!”

“No, that's not what I meant, Brother Choi!”

As expected of the Sword Saint, who was serious about anything involving swords, he immediately objected.

Only after the Elder and I quickly stepped in to calm him down did peace return.

I decided to continue with the question I hadn't yet asked.

“To continue... during that class, I saw you use a technique I don't know.”

“Hm? A technique you don't know?”

“Moon White, Wind Clear. Do you know it?”

An idiom meaning the moon is bright and the wind is cool.

It was the sort of naming sense that suited Kwak Chun-sik perfectly, and it was also the highest-level technique I'd ever seen.

“Moon White, Wind Clear? Park Yoon-ho, that bastard, showed you that?”

“Yes. Was it some kind of secret technique?”

“No, it's nothing like that. Hmm... since that fellow saw the battle against Lukus firsthand, he would've known about it. Back then, it was ultimately that technique that took the bastard's head off.”

That's right.

Even the records only stated that Kwak Chun-sik had dealt Kurus a fatal blow.

So apparently, even in the past, Lukus had fallen before Moon White, Wind Clear.

“But why are you asking about it?”

“Could you teach me that?”

“What?”

The Elder's eyes widened as though doubting what he'd heard.

“You want me to teach that? To you?”

“Yes. There aren't that many techniques capable of altering the world, are there?”

And with this opportunity, I might even be able to create a technique of my own.

But Kwak Chun-sik's answer was.

“Hahahahahaha!”

A refreshing burst of laughter.

“You want me to teach you that? I'd like to if it were up to me, but you're still not at that level yet, brat. When the time comes, I'll teach you everything, so just know that!”

As expected.

Apparently it was a technique included in Kwak Chun-sik's curriculum.

“Still, listening to you gives me an idea of what I should teach you. Next week, let's start with what it means to alter the world.”

“Thank you.”

As expected, he's definitely an Elder who gives without holding back.

In a way, maybe simply having talent itself was a favorable trait in the eyes of elders like these.

After all, most people like this tended to go crazy whenever they saw a talented young person.

At that moment, the reception room door opened and Choi Yeon walked in while rubbing her eyes.

“...

Grandpa. Are you still talking?”

“Oh my. My granddaughter is awake! No, we're all done! You're tired, aren't you? Shall we go?”

She nodded at the Sword Saint's rapid-fire questions.

“All right, let's go. Chun-sik, today was fun. Tell the President I appreciated the good liquor.”

As the Sword Saint stood from his seat after saying that, the children came out from behind Choi Yeon while yawning.

“Grandpaa...”

“Big Brooo...”

“Looks like we'll all be leaving together.”

My little sister is really tired, so there's no helping it.

Should we head home too?

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After leaving Ji-yoon in Alessia's care.

I went to Father's study to report what had happened today.

“Father. It's Eugene.”

-Yes. Come in.

In the past, I'd entered Father's study extremely tense, but perhaps because I'd been coming and going so often recently because of Family business.

My body no longer completely stiffened or my expression froze like it did at first.

It was more like, just don't let your guard down.

“So, did you have a good time?”

“Yes. Thanks to your consideration, Father, I had an enjoyable time. After all, it was the Blue House of all places.”

“Hahaha! Indeed, we couldn't exactly send Calione's security team into the Blue House. So, the other elders were all well?”

“Yes. This time, I also received a business card from Elder Sword Saint and was told to visit the Azure Sky Sword Clan later for instruction.”

“Oh?”

At the mention of Elder Sword Saint, Father looked at me with interest.

“The Sword Saint said that?”

“Yes. I won a wager this time.”

When I told him what had happened earlier that day, Father seemed greatly amused.

“Looks like the elders had a good time too. That's fortunate. So, is that all that happened today?”

“Yes, Father.”

“Good, good. Then that's fine.”

The smile gradually disappeared from Father's face as he said that.

Soon, as his expression turned serious, the air around us changed.

“Then now we should talk about Family business.”

Returning to the appearance of the Don,

Father opened a drawer, placed a thick stack of documents on the table, and looked at me.

“Last night, a Villain Alliance hideout was discovered in Australia. As you know, the Villain Alliance and Calione are currently at war.”

Snip

-Father cut the tip of his cigar with a cutter and looked at me.

“How about it. Would you like to take charge?”

A big event had arrived.