NOVEL NEXT chapter 47
47 – Vanguard Loki
“Let’s decide on the club name slowly later.”
Professor Idra said, tilting his head.
Is the Clown Union Club that strange?
“What about the club members? You know we need at least 5 more, right?”
“Hoho, of course I know.”
As I confidently spoke, Professor Idra clapped his hands and opened his mouth.
“Have you already gathered all 5 members?”
“Not exactly.”
Professor Idra said, “Oh, what’s that?”
“Do you have anyone in mind for club members?”
“Yes! I plan to recruit all the students in the special class to join my club!”
Upon hearing my words, Professor Idra widened his eyes in surprise and opened his mouth wide.
“All, all the students in the special class?”
“Yes! All of them!”
I said, raising both hands wide.
There’s a reason I want to recruit them all into the club.
No matter which club they join, with their level of talent, they’ll quickly become strong.
But if I utilize the knowledge from the game I have, they can become much stronger much faster.
If they become stronger, they can eliminate those corpse-like kids even faster.
To finish everything within a year.
That is my goal, no, my mission.
“Is there a student from the special class who joined the club created by Student Loki?”
“Yes! There’s exactly one!”
Professor Idra, upon hearing my words, let out a deep sigh.
“Sigh… Should I be sad that there’s only one… or should I be happy that there’s at least one…”
And so, Professor Idra said, “Who is that one?”
I pointed at myself.
“Right here!”
“……………….”
I am a member of the special class, after all.
So, it’s not a lie.
“… I wonder if the professors who taught me felt this way. No, no matter how I think about it, I don’t think I was as serious as a student like Loki…”
As Professor Idra muttered to himself, head bowed, he suddenly raised his head.
“How do you plan to bring other students from the special class into the club?”
Of course.
“You’ve got to win them over.”
Professor Idra, seemingly frustrated, vigorously thumped his chest.
“So, how exactly?”
How, indeed…
“Well… with my handsome face, perhaps?”
Professor Idra, either angry or in pain, let out a sigh.
“Do you know what they call the current first-year class, the one Loki is part of?”
Of course, I know.
“Loki’s generation?”
“A miracle! It’s the generation of miracles! Really!”
Professor Idra, whether to cool his head or not, gulped down the cold water on his desk.
The water in the cup disappeared in an instant.
“Professor, if you drink too much cold water suddenly, your stomach will hurt later.”
“Right now, it’s my head that hurts more because of Loki!”
Perhaps due to quickly consuming something cold, Professor Idra rubbed his head.
“The academy evaluates clubs in various aspects such as achievements, scale, and membership, and one of the most significant evaluations is on the ‘future.’ How much will this club grow in the future?”
Idra professor said abruptly.
“All clubs will try whatever it takes to recruit the key players of the generation of miracles, the special class students, into their clubs in order to receive more funding.”
“Huh, is that so?”
When I uttered a calm remark, Professor Idra spoke with a slightly raised voice.
“Archery Club, Magic Research Department, Economics Club, Elemental Club, Merchant Club, Swordsmanship Club.”
Professor Idra suddenly listed the names of the clubs.
“The clubs I just mentioned are among those seeking to recruit special class students, and they are among the larger ones. Rather than aiming for activity fees, they seek to enroll special class students in their clubs for the sake of honor.”
“Hmm… there are more than I thought.”
“At least this many clubs are targeting special class students. Since they are all competitive clubs, they will likely propose significant support for special class students.”
However, Professor Idra said.
“Can Loki, a student, make as bold a proposal to special class students as those clubs? Are you expecting special class students to rely on you just because of your charm?”
Professor Idra was speaking with an unusually serious expression.
He must be taking me seriously.
“If I do something like that, Professor Idra might be disappointed. How could I use such methods?”
Even when I tried to flatter him, Professor Idra asked seriously without a chuckle.
“So, what’s your plan?”
“Well, it’s simple. Instead of their proposals, you just need to make a much more attractive, amazing, and appealing proposal to them.”
“….. What proposal is that?”
“That’s a se…”
I was about to say it’s a secret, but I refrained. I didn’t want to say such a thing to Professor Idra, who was looking at me seriously.
“Professor, there are currently 8 special class students, including myself.”
“…………….”
It was a somewhat abrupt statement, but Professor Idra listened quietly.
“I will make this proposal to the special class students.”
They will accept my proposal.
No other club can make the same proposal as me.
“If you join the club I create, I will make sure that everyone gets into the top 10 rankings within a year.”
“The special class students are already within the top 10 rankings for the first year…”
I interrupted Professor Edra’s words.
Because she was mistaken about something.
“The rankings I’m talking about are not for the first year.”
“… Surely not?”
“3rd year. The rankings I mentioned include the entire academy up to the 3rd year.”
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“hehehe~ So, when I got home earlier, my brother was training so hard.”
I talked to Erika through the communication device again tonight.
The topic of our conversation was different every day, but now we were talking about the exam we had in the morning.
“hehehe… Hoho.”
Erika’s laughter came through the communication device.
During our call today, Erika laughed like that from time to time.
“Erika, did something good happen today?”
[After the academy, Oppa came home and brought me a gift. It fits my taste so well. Just looking at it makes me smile.]
A gift that brings a smile just by looking at it…
There was no way to guess.
“What is that gift?”
Curious, I asked Erika directly.
[hehehe, that’s a secret.]
Erika didn’t reveal it.
She even changed the subject.
[By the way, when did you make such a doll during the exam?]
“I didn’t make it during the exam. I made it when I was bored last time. So there are many flaws.”
But did I talk about the doll?
“……….”
Lucas would have said.
It’s not an important issue, don’t worry about it.
“Oh, right! Oppa, I might not be able to call you tomorrow.”
“What?!”
Upon hearing Erika’s words, I unintentionally made a loud noise.
It was rude to speak so loudly all of a sudden, but Erika just laughed.
[hahahaha, is not being able to talk to me that surprisingly sad?]
“….Yes, it’s quite sad.”
[Huh?]
Yerika made an odd sound and hastily ended the communication.
“…………”
Since coming to the academy, I hadn’t considered the possibility of not being able to communicate with Yerika every day. No, I intentionally didn’t think about it.
How am I going to sleep tomorrow….
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I was walking with Johanna now.
“Hey, that’s the academy uniform.”
“Judging by the pattern on the arm, it’s the leadership squad!”
“The guy next to you is a new student, it seems.”
People sighed at the sight of the academy uniform.
It was easy to find students in uniforms at the academy.
But this place was outside the academy.
I had a leadership squad badge on my arm.
Because today marked the beginning of the club experience period.
“Originally, we were supposed to have a dress inspection….”
Johanna, who was walking beside me, muttered in a low voice.
As Johanna said, we had planned to have a dress inspection at the school gate, but other leadership squad members suggested that the two of us patrol outside, and that’s why Johanna and I were now patrolling outside.
Hesitation.
Yohanna, who was walking well, suddenly stopped.
“Senpai?”
“… It’s nothing.”
I glanced at where Yohanna’s gaze was directed.
There was a middle-aged man selling skewers there.
The skewers were temptingly cooked.
“Senpai, shall we buy one skewer and eat while patrolling?”
“You shouldn’t eat while patrolling.”
Yohanna said firmly, but her gaze was fixed on the skewered food.
“Isn’t it the duty of a scout to check if there’s nothing wrong with the skewer by eating it?”
I couldn’t believe I said that.
“W-Well, but…”
However, Yohanna understood.
How much does she really want to eat…
“If there’s something wrong with the skewer, it could cause a big problem, so I think it’s a good idea for us to eat beforehand as a preventive measure. Senpai, you think the same way, right?”
Nodding.
Yohanna nodded her head without saying a word.
In the end, Yohanna and I patrolled while each holding a skewer and eating.
“The clown uncle and the pretty lady!”
Someone called out to me and Yohanna.
It wasn’t a familiar voice, but it wasn’t entirely unfamiliar either.
The girl I first met when I met Yohanna came running towards us.