◈ Episode 014. Do you think the kids are a little strange? (One)
A huge ultra-luxurious mansion in London, England.
In the conference room on the third floor of the mansion, where the shape of the beak mask symbolizing Ventric was engraved everywhere.
“We have finished processing the labyrinth on the outskirts of Reading.”
A man wearing a neat suit was reporting to a woman sitting at the head of the table.
A woman with long golden hair and brightly shining gold eyes.
She was ‘Adelia Bentrick’, the direct descendant of the family and the head of the Bentrick family.
No, to be exact, her title was ‘paternal head’ and there was obviously the head of the Ventrick family above her, but after Adelia Bentrick became an adult, the head of the family handed over all actual power to Adelia.
Why did the head of the family suddenly hand over power to Adelia?
No one knows that.
At some point, the head of the family transferred the family’s relics and all power to Adelia, and Adelia responded.
Therefore, despite being the head of the family, Adelia Ventrick held the same power as the head of the family, and now that this situation has lasted four years, there is no one in the Bentrick family who has opposed her.
Because she has completely made the family her own over the past four years.
“Thanks for your efforts. “Anything else?”
“During this labyrinth exploration, I found two useful friends and would like to recruit them.”
“… … is it so?”
“At least it seems like it can be used as a labyrinth exploration platform.”
She nodded her head slightly at the man’s words.
“I guess I’m in the middle of something, right?”
“They are both Class A contractors. “He is a survivor of the Robert family that fell because of the Labyrinth.”
“Hmm, if that’s the case, it would be no problem to receive Ventric’s blessing.”
“yes.”
“But just in case, please take a qualification test and bring it to me.”
“All right.”
“Is this the end of the report?”
“First of all, everything that happened in Reading is over, and I have something to report about the rock deal.”
“… … Tsk.”
As soon as the name came out of the man’s mouth, Adelia Bentrick clicked her tongue as if it were the same.
Rockdil Bentrick.
Adelia Bentrick didn’t like him very much.
That’s because Rockdil Ventrick was a fool who used his family’s prestige to fulfill his own selfish interests.
Of course, it wasn’t that he didn’t like it because it satisfied his own self-interest.
‘Even though you use the family’s power, it doesn’t help the family at all.’
The reason Adelia disliked him was because Rockdil was of no help to the Ventric family.
No, rather, Rockdil Bentrick recently committed an act that was criticized by everyone at the British Academy, tarnishing the reputation of the Bentrick family.
Of course, the family’s power prevented the rumor from spreading, but it is true that the Ventrick family’s reputation was tarnished.
If he had devoted himself so much to his family that he could cover up what he had done, Adelia would not have particularly disliked him.
From the beginning, from Adelia’s perspective, the criteria for liking or disliking something was based on whether it was helpful to the family or not.
“What else has he done?”
“That’s not it… … “It looks like they are trying to do something.”
“Why?”
“It is said that Rock Deal called Disera to Korea.”
“… … Disera?”
Adelia frowned blatantly at those words.
Disera Bentrick, who was a collateral branch of the Bentrick family.
He was expelled from the Bentrick family at the age of 20, and was the family’s fault and the worst of all idiots.
There were dozens of trashy things he did in the name of the Ventrick family.
Above all, he was more talented than others, and at the age of just 19, he single-handedly killed five British Academy contractees just because they had a fight.
Thanks to this, Dacera was expelled from the family, but because of what he did, the Ventrick family had to bow their heads on the surface, so Adelia disliked him very much.
No, I hated it more than I hated it.
Therefore, Adelia frowned, but then sighed and spoke as if there was nothing she could do.
“… … Make sure you monitor it. And tell Rockdill too. “If I get caught doing something strange again, I will get expelled.”
“All right.”
After hearing Adelia’s words, the man lowered his head, turned and walked out the door, and she sighed.
‘This guy and that guy, why on earth are they wielding something that is not their power?’
Thinking like that, she looked up and repeated to herself the sentence hanging above the door.
‘Everything for one person.’
That was the emblem given to them by Ventric’s guardian constellation, Buri Mask.
Everything for one person.
Although Beak Mask had never mentioned that one person, she had been identifying that one person without difficulty for a long time.
‘That’s me’
As the actual head of the Ventrick family and the person who inherited the lineage, he was the only one worthy of the term.
That’s why she muttered those sweet words once again.
“Everything for one person.”
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Good and bad things were currently happening to Kim Joo-hyuk.
The good thing is that Kim Joo-hyuk’s body has been developing rapidly recently.
Of course, it was not about height or weight, but rather about physical training.
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Clearly, just a few weeks ago, his body had such weak strength that I wondered if he could even swing a sword properly.
But now, thanks to several weeks of intense training, his body has reached the level of an average student.
What I felt there was that this body, that is, Kim Joo-hyuk’s body, was not extremely talented, but it seemed like he was naturally good at physical performance.
‘If it weren’t for that, his weak body wouldn’t have changed so quickly in just a few weeks.’
I didn’t think about it in a hurry because I knew very well that the original human body can change little by little through training over a long period of time.
‘… … ‘It’s more than I thought.’
Kim Joo-hyuk showed a satisfied expression as he checked the magic power in his body, which was clearly moving around better than before.
‘At this level, I think I can do the martial arts training I’ve been putting away for a while.’
Kim Joo-hyuk thought so and thought that after today’s class, he should do martial arts training in earnest instead of physical training.
Yeah, that was definitely a good thing.
So what bad thing is Kim Joo-hyuk going through?
That’s right.
“Joo-hyuk, do you have time after school? “Why don’t we have an in-depth discussion about labyrinth monsters together?”
“I’m not buying it.”
“Oh, you really want me to buy you something? I’m running low on money this month to do something… … “I can buy it for you as long as it’s not expensive!”
“no… … “I won’t do it.”
“why? Is this really a good story for you too? “How many benefits can you receive if you become my assistant?”
“I do not need it.”
The number of people who bothered Kim Joo-hyuk increased.
‘Why on earth is this woman like this?’
He looked at Liliya, whose eyes were shining in front of him, with a shocked expression.
Clearly, when I first saw her, she had the image of a poisonous snake ready to eat those around her just by her aura.
Kim Joo-hyuk thought he would continue to see her like that as long as he was at the Academy.
That’s because it was true that Kim Joo-hyuk confronted Liliya and gave her money anyway.
however.
“huh? huh? Do you want to be an assistant? Assistant, Haeraang~”
She thought he would grind his teeth at her, but ever since that happened, she has been circling around Kim Joo-hyuk like a Samoyed frantically wandering around.
Kim Joo-hyuk looked at her as if he couldn’t understand as he watched her white bob move constantly around Kim Joo-hyuk’s eyes.
“Why are you doing this to me all of a sudden? “I honestly thought the teacher would hate me?”
“huh? why me?”
“Because I gave you the side?”
At Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, Liliya puffed out her chest, acted like an adult, and spoke.
“I guess that doesn’t matter!”
“Oh yeah?”
“If you join me as an assistant, how many papers will you have to write together? “Let’s get over such trivial matters!”
“… … .”
‘Is this person crazy too?’
Kim Joo-hyuk looked worried with a serious expression on his face, but then waved his hand and spoke.
“I don’t plan on doing it anyway.”
“Oh why~”
“… … “Aren’t you embarrassed to talk to a student like that?”
“What are you embarrassed about? “I’m only 22 years old?”
“I’m 17 years old?”
“If you are 5 years apart, you don’t even see compatibility~”
‘… … ‘Are you really crazy?’
Kim Joo-hyuk, who lost more control of the conversation than he expected, immediately waved his hand as if he was annoyed.
“Okay, so go. “I’ll think about it.”
If I was honest, I wanted to swear at him, but he had to stay until the end of the first semester anyway, and considering that, there was no need to argue with the instructor.
“You must think positively! Understand!?”
She twirled her white bob back and forth several times with very high tension, and soon disappeared, saying that she had to take supplementary classes for students who failed after school.
“… … hey.”
“ah… … .”
As soon as Liliya disappeared, Kim Joo-hyuk turned his attention to the voice calling him and looked at Yoo So-yeon standing behind him.
“why.”
Kim Joo-hyuk’s answer.
Yoo So-yeon kept her mouth shut and seemed to hesitate about something.
“… … no.”
“… … .”
Then I turned around again.
These two were the source of all the bad things happening to Kim Joo-hyuk.
Lily comes to Kim Joo-hyuk at any time, including recess, lunch, and after school, and tries to break his spirit.
And after talking like this, Yoo So-yeon turns her head away again without saying anything at the end.
In fact, in terms of not being bothersome, from Kim Joo-hyuk’s perspective, Yoo So-yeon was much less bothersome.
However, the problem was what Yoo So-yeon was currently doing to Kim Joo-hyuk.
‘hey’
‘why?’
‘… … no.’
No kidding, Kim Joo-hyuk seemed to have had this conversation with Yoo So-yeon more than ten times.
First, when you talk to him and he answers, he mutters to himself for a moment as if he’s thinking about something, and eventually says no and walks away.
Of course, I get over it once or twice, but when it happens five or ten times, of course I get upset.
‘There are two ways to make people angry, one is to stop talking and the second is-‘ Thanks to Yoo So-yeon, who strictly adheres to the rule, swear words were slowly appearing in Kim Joo-hyuk’s mind.
“Whoa.”
“hey.”
The voice you hear when you sigh like that.
When he turned his gaze, Yoo So-yeon, who had disappeared somewhere a little while ago, appeared in front of him again.
Looking at that, Kim Joo-hyuk sighed and answered.
“why.”
“that… … .”
“?”
“… … hmm”
“… … .”
“No, no.”
During exactly the fifteenth conversation between Kim Joo-hyuk and Yoo So-yeon.
“No, what on earth is this? You idiot!!”
Kim Joo-hyuk eventually couldn’t hold back his anger in the classroom hallway and cursed at Yoo So-yeon.
