Chapter 84

Chapter 84

I Became the Academy Mafia Chapter 84“What the hell...!”

“E-eek!”

Lee Se-ri trembled as though startled by the sudden curse that burst out of me.

“Ah, I'm sorry. I suddenly got a strange message... I absolutely wasn't saying that to you, Senior.”

“Ah, i-is that so? Phew, I wondered what was going on...”

The fear emanating from Lee Se-ri instantly subsided.

No, I knew she was originally a timid character, but how does she react this immediately?

I don't think I've done anything particularly frightening... uh... hmm.

There were more things weighing on my conscience than I expected.

“It's nothing. Anyway, thank you as always, including today.”

“Hehe, if you say that, I'm the one who should be grateful. Ah, my club activities aren't over yet, so I'll head back now.”

“Yes, we'll enjoy the cake.”

“G-good luck!”

After bowing in farewell, Lee Se-ri left the club room.

After seeing her to the door, I headed toward the training room where the kids would be eating cake.

But...

“Jin-woo Vivald. Looks like you can do five more.”

“No, I'll seriously die. I'm telling you, I'll die!”

“I'll save you before you die, so let's do just five more. Now, one.”

“No, forget one, I'm seriously going to die!”

“Judging by how loudly you're yelling, looks like you can do ten more. Now, one!”

“Eeeeeeeek!!”

Jin-woo was lying on the bench press machine, trembling all over, while Ji Su-hyeon ate a cupcake with a leisurely expression.

And Young-je and Se-ah were watching the sight as though it were entertaining.

“Ah, President, you're here?”

“Eugene, want to watch too?”

What the hell was going on here?

“I'm dying! Dyyyyyyyying!”

“...

Always exaggerating.”

Eventually, Ji Su-hyeon sighed at Jin-woo's struggle as he even began foaming at the mouth and snapped her fingers.

At that, the dumbbell that had been about to crush Jin-woo moved onto the safety rack.

Finally freed from danger, Jin-woo slumped down beneath the bench.

Ji Su-hyeon looked at him as though he were pathetic, then raised her head and looked at me.

“Ah, you're here?”

“Instructor. When did you get here?”

Since she'd sent me a separate message, I thought she was somewhere else. I hadn't imagined she'd be in the training room.

“Me? Just now. I teleported here and saw Jin-woo lifting, so I was helping him. Right?”

She said that while lightly poking Jin-woo.

From below came the reply, “Nyeeeeh...”

“So, what is it?”

“It's not what is it... isn't it too sudden to tell me I have to give the oath as the year representative?”

“Ah, that?”

Only then did Ji Su-hyeon nod as though she understood my reaction.

“I got notified from above too, so I don't know the details, but it looks like Choi Yeon said she wasn't interested and didn't want to do it? Then what can you do? The second-ranked student has to.”

“Then I──”

“Somebody has to work overtime and drown in tasks because they're the adviser of a club that only causes trouble...”

“...

was going to say I should do it.”

It seemed they'd effectively already decided to make me do it.

“So, what's the date? The notification still doesn't even show the schedule.”

The Academy welcome party often had its date shifted around depending on circumstances, so it was better to know for certain.

And at my words, the kids reacted as though they were hearing this for the first time.

“Hm? We have a welcome party too?”

“I think there was something like that on the schedule.”

“Nyeeeh...?”

Seeing the kids' reactions, Ji Su-hyeon made an expression like she'd just remembered.

“Huh? Didn't I tell you today? I think it's next week.”

There are things you can forget, but you forgot an Academy schedule?

“Hey. Class president. Send a message around to everyone in the class saying there's a welcome party next week.”

In the end, Ji Su-hyeon decided to solve it by using the class president right beside her.

As I stared at her in disbelief, Ji Su-hyeon coughed awkwardly, sharply turned her head, then poked Jin-woo, who was sprawled on the floor, with her foot.

“Hey. Stop exaggerating and get up. We wrecked your upper body, so now we have to wreck your lower body too.”

“Huh? I'll die...”

“Your upper body's dead, but your lower body's still alive. Hurry up, eat this and get up.”

“Mmph──”

In the end, Ji Su-hyeon shoved a cupcake into Jin-woo's mouth and dragged him by force toward the squat machine.

“Five reps, start.”

“My thighs are tearinggggg!! Booosssss!! Save me!!”

“...

Instructor. Judging by Jin-woo's volume, I think he can do one more set.”

“Right? Let's do one more set.”

“Kishaaaaaaah!!”

Next week...

That's tight.

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[Kwak Chun-sik: I've decided,,,, so wait,,,]

When I got home, a message from Kwak Chun-sik had arrived.

It seemed he'd finished sorting out his thoughts.

Just as expected.

Judging by him telling me to wait, it seemed he planned to finish settling things there and come over here.

I'd lightly instructed Han Seo-jun beforehand, so if anything was needed, he would handle it.

Kwak Chun-sik had seniority and connections too, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

“Worrying about the old man is one thing, but I guess it's about time I handled my own work.”

I changed out of my comfortable clothes and into the suit Maestro had made for me, DisPater

, then left my room.

“You've come out, Young Master.”

The maid who had been waiting outside the door beforehand bowed in greeting.

“Ji-yoon?”

“Yes, she just fell asleep.”

“I see. Alessia. Let's head out.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

With those words, she followed behind me as we began moving through the hallway.

Ji-yoon's personal maid. Mikhail Alessia.

A Russian immigrant with pale purple hair neatly tied back and red eyes, she was also someone who had grown up together with us in the Calione household since childhood.

And her true identity was.

“Are you the one accompanying me on patrol today?”

“Yes. Han Seo-jun has something you entrusted him with, Young Master, and today is also my duty shift...”

“I see.”

She was also one of the organization's Hitmen.

Though only during the hours Ji-yoon was asleep.

That was why, on a day like today when Han Seo-jun had business, she would accompany me on the basic Calione duty of maintaining public order at night.

Commonly called a ‘night walk.’

She was also a named character who appeared in the game, so I had no complaints about her skill.

“Today's patrol area?”

“Sector C.”Sector C should be where Asian immigrants lived.

“Sounds uneventful.”

“Yes, and since this is the first time I've gone on a night walk with you, Young Master, I'm happy as well.”

Alessia said that with a gentle smile...

I think I understand why CS players called her the Hydrangea of the Underworld.

After leaving the estate, we decided to travel by bike due to Sector C's many alleys.

The foreigner area in Incheon existed from Sector A to Sector G.

From what I'd heard during my successor lessons, there had originally only been up to Sector D, but as the district grew and was subdivided, the number had gradually increased.

“Young Master. How many times have you gone on these night walks now?”

Before getting on the bike, Alessia handed me a helmet as she asked.

“Hmm... I think this is the third or fourth time.”

“You've gone out more often than I expected. I thought you'd only done it once or twice at most.”

“...

I'm the successor. Parnello said I should let the locals get used to seeing my face beforehand, so I went with him a few times.”

And sure enough, every time I went on a night walk, my influence in 【Main Story (Gangs of kalione)】 increased little by little, so it wasn't a bad thing.

“Sir Parnello is wise. Most merchants doing business in the foreigner area are wary of outsiders. If they become accustomed to your face this way, it will certainly be a great help later.”

“That's good, then.”

“Then, shall we go?”

Pat pat.

Alessia tapped the seat behind her...

I know how to ride a bike too, but I can't do that with this body.

I need to hurry up and get a license.

I obediently sat behind her and lightly wrapped my arms around her very slender waist.

“If you hold on like that, you might fall off when we start?”

At that, Alessia spoke like an older sister admonishing an embarrassed younger brother.

“...

Khh.”

After being told that much, I couldn't keep holding back.

In the end, I properly wrapped my arms around her and took a stable position.

“With that, you shouldn't fall off. Then, we'll depart.”

When she started the engine, a sound like an electric motor spinning came out, and the seat began to vibrate faintly.

It seemed to be a different model from Parnello's from last time, but for some reason, I began feeling uneasy.

“Um... Alessia?”

“We're departing.”

At the same time, tremendous inertia hit me and my body was flung sharply backward.

It was such incredible speed that if I hadn't held on properly like Alessia told me, I would've rolled off the back.

By feel, I don't think it even took two seconds to reach one hundred kilometers per hour.

“W-wait, even if there aren't cars or pedestrians near the estate, isn't this too fast──?!”

“I may not look it, but I once took first place in the Calione Cup motorcycle race.”

There was a competition like that too?!

The motorcycle carrying the two of us began racing down the road at tremendous speed.

I glanced at the speedometer and saw the number [362km]

.

“Is it even legal to drive this fast in the Republic of Korea?”

“Do you think there are any police officers in the Republic of Korea who could actually catch me?”

Probably not.

Unless it was the Grim Reaper.

“Young Master.”

“Hm?”

“You need to hold on tightly so you don't get thrown off.”

“What do you mean, thrown off───”

Alessia immediately twisted the front wheel and drifted.

The motorcycle leaned heavily to the side, lying so far over that if I extended my knee even slightly, it would be ground against the pavement.

“A-Alessia?!”

“We absolutely won't fall, so you don't need to worry.”

Just as she said, the motorcycle returned to its original angle.

When the body suddenly tilted so sharply, I had even unconsciously concentrated my aura.

“Alessia. Aren't you riding the bike a little too aggressively?”

“In the old days, there were many occasions when we would get caught by enemies if I didn't drive like this, so it seems an old habit slipped out without me realizing....

I'll try to be more careful.”

Still.

Alessia suddenly began.

“I can't resist a straight road.”

“Ah──”

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We took the outer road through Sector A and entered Sector C.

Countless cars racing down the roads, numerous neon-decorated signs, and dense crowds of people.

That alone was enough for the district to be called foreign.

“It feels like people around us keep sneaking glances at us.”

“It's probably because I'm wearing a maid uniform. The only people who walk around this district in maid uniforms are servants of the Calione family.”

“I see.”

A suit could be worn normally, so that alone wouldn't make people realize someone was from Calione.

But because she was practically advertising, ‘I'm Calione,’ in plain sight, that's why they were staring.

“Shall we slowly circle around Sector C like this?”

“No, let's get off nearby and walk for a bit.”

I wanted to walk right now after the aftereffects of that tremendous speed.

“Yes. Understood.”

Just in case something happened, we parked the bike in the parking lot of a restaurant operated by Calione, then got off and removed our helmets.

“Phew, helmets really are stuffy. In the end, if you crash, you'll die just the same.”...

Isn't that because you're driving at over 360 kilometers per hour?

That thought naturally crossed my mind.

“What did you say?”

“I didn't say anything.”

Apparently Calione's maids had learned mind-reading too.

“Hehe. Still, since it's been a long time since I've walked alone with you, Young Master, I'm excited.”

“...

You do know we're here to work, right?”

At that, she answered with a proud expression.

“Of course. I am a proper maid of the Calione family, trained by the head maid.”

However.

With those words, she turned her back, then only turned her head and quietly murmured.

“Wouldn't a little bit of deviation be all right?”

The Hydrangea of Calione.

A smile formed on her lips.