Academy Retirement Diary of the Student Council President

"They've been secured."

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Still, we need to be thoroughly prepared."

"Of course, the preparations are perfect."

After checking the image of the reporters sent to my phone, I put the smartphone back into my pocket.

The sight of them with black sacks over their heads and their limbs bound... was a bit pitiful, but since there was much to gain from these two, I had specifically asked Mr. Deokbae to transport them as safely as possible.

Judging by the communication over the radio, it might seem a bit scary, but they wouldn't feel any physical threat.

I had already instructed them to use sleeping gas if they caused too much commotion... so those people escaping or anything like that wouldn't happen, right?

"Hmm... I think this covers the questions about hair and eye color......"

In the first place, I had never appeared with Yun Seong-ho in official settings or similar places.

Before the Magic Eye was implanted, Lee Seol-hwa was at home, so she appeared at all official events, while I was being experimented on in the lab at that time.

After Lee Seol-hwa ran away and the Magic Eye was implanted, I had to go around as Yun Seong-ho's daughter.

Disgusted by this fact, Yun Sea probably shut herself away in the Academy dormitory.

In fact, I recently did an ego search to see if I had appeared in any official settings lately, but not a single photo of me came up.

So, if I, who looks like a complete outsider rather than Lee Seol-hwa, suddenly inherits 60% of the shares and becomes the new owner of the Yuseong Group... naturally, the reporters would be suspicious.

'Isn't that girl not Yun Seong-ho's daughter?' they'd think.

'The DNA match documents and explaining that my ability is psychokinesis-based, causing my hair and eye color to be different, should be enough.'

Anyway, there won't be many questions like this, and most will ask Mr. Deokbae how he plans to run the company going forward.

This is just preemptively addressing some of the questions the people currently trapped in the van might ask, just in case other reporters bring them up.

'Maybe I should just dye my hair....?'

As for eye color, there are colored lenses, so it's not impossible.....

'....No, what's the point of dyeing it.'

If I dye it, I'll have to keep dyeing it. B

esides, depending on a person's Mana, they can have red hair like Gang Ayul.

People like me who handle psychokinesis mostly have purple-toned hair.

'Colored lenses are also a hassle with changing them and all that, so let's just stay like this.'

Why ruin the pretty Yun Sea image unnecessarily?

On the contrary, if I, who has had purple hair until now, suddenly changed to white hair, it could raise another question: whether I dyed it because I had something to hide.

"Alright, shall we go? Head-on approach."

["First floor."]

-Kuuuung...!

As soon as the elevator doors opened, countless camera flashes started sparkling.

"Let's go."

"Yes, Miss."

And, walking confidently through those lights, the interview began.

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[Yuseong Group, Will it Operate Under Professional Management for the Time Being...]

[Sudden Death of the Chairman, an Overly Natural Appearance of the Successor]

[Chairman Yun Seong-ho's Daughter, Was She the Student Council President of Raon Academy?]

[Acting Chairman Kim Deokbae is Effectively a Figurehead, Is Yun Sea the Real Power?]

'.........Seems like it wrapped up well.'

The press conference was successful, perfect.

Unexpectedly, many questions about my origins came up early on, but after showing the DNA test results and demonstrating my psychokinetic ability by crushing the questioning reporter's laptop with telekinesis, the questions related to my background ended there.

Afterward, Mr. Deokbae declared that he would run the Yuseong Group with professional managers until I graduate from the Academy...... however.

It seemed some sharp-eyed reporters still existed.

They knew I had already taken control of the Yuseong Group.

'Well, if even reporters can figure it out...... I guess I can't just dump the work and escape to the Academy.'

Guild leaders have such wide information networks, they might contact me directly without going through Kim Deokbae.

And, from the reporters dispatched by the Kim Family, I was able to obtain the USB containing the Kim Family's dirty secrets through very peaceful means.

'I didn't expect them to hand over the USB begging for their lives before I even had to use Brainwashing....

Thanks to that, I didn't even need to use the Magic Eye's power, which was good.'

The reporters, having failed the interview and lost the USB with the secrets, knew well that they would be fired if they returned like this.

So they said they wouldn't go back to the Kim Family's broadcasting station.

They left saying they would transfer to a broadcasting station where they have acquaintances, so it seems there's no need to support them or help them out in such a bothersome way.

-Tiring!

[Hello, this is Ryu Seong-ho, Guild Master of the Spiral Guild. Firstly, regarding your father's matter, it is truly regrettable......]

"How can he be so rude right from the start?"

I expected it, but I didn't think I'd receive a personal text from a Guild leader right after the press conference ended.

'Is it because I'm Yun Seong-ho's daughter anyway?'

To summarize the content, it was a proposal to continue trading at the prices my father, Yun Seong-ho, used to trade at.

High-grade Potions for 1500 per bottle, mid-grade for 500.

"He specifically emphasized in the message, 'I believe an Academy cadet who protects the Republic of Korea wouldn't play games with the lives of Heroes for money'....."

It was a thinly veiled threat that if I refused, they would unite with most Guilds to boycott Yuseong Group's Potions.

Ah, he also mentioned his younger sibling is scheduled to enter the Academy next year.

There was even a rude remark mixed in, offering an introduction if I wanted.

"Haha, saying that while completely ignoring labor costs and trying to buy Potions at raw material prices is just too outrageous. It's like they want to play games with the employees' lives for money."

The Spiral Guild's Guild Master, is he crazy?

It's no different from going to a ramen shop, throwing down a packet of instant ramen worth 850 won and a 500ml bottle of water, and demanding a free bowl of ramen.

"Mr. Deokbae."

"Yes, Miss."

"Have you looked into overseas suppliers?"

As soon as I said that, Mr. Deokbae pointed to a file folder placed on the back seat, as if he had been waiting.

"This is a list of companies that want Yuseong Group's Potions. I've gathered only the most proactive ones, who say they will come and pick up the goods themselves if we just prepare them, eliminating the need for us to transport them."

"Well done."

I open the file folder and slowly read the letters from overseas Guilds.

They started with pleasantries expressing regret about my father's matter, and ended by asking if we could supply as many mid-grade/high-grade Potions as possible, regardless of the price.

It was an attractive enough offer to supply them with Potions, even considering the risk of media play from the government and domestic Guilds claiming that selling Potions overseas is an act causing national loss.

"Indeed, even the United States is barely managing by producing only the lowest-grade/low-grade Potions, whose patents Yuseong Group was forced to give up due to government pressure. I don't understand how we, in this position, can be swayed by mere domestic Guilds."

America's Vultures, Britain's Golden Lion, Japan's Musashi. Are these the Guilds whose 100% reliability can be confirmed for now?

'Those three are all the strongest Guilds in their respective countries. If I frame it as merely exchange with overseas Guilds, the backlash should be relatively small... Above all, even if South Korea is canonically the world's number 1 superpower, Vultures is an exception.'

The Vultures Guild's Guild Master, Thomas Andrea, is the world's strongest Defender.

A crazy woman who single-handedly dealt with an X-rank Gate like the 'Jeju Island Gate', which took three of South Korea's S-Rank Hunters gathered together just to subjugate.

'Except for the fact that she later goes crazy for money and degenerates into a villain, she's truly... a perfect person.'

There's a reason why Thomas Andrea becomes a money-crazed monster.

It's because of Yun Seong-ho's rotten personality – when Andrea infiltrated Yuseong Group to plead for Potions to save her Guild members in a critical situation, Yun Seong-ho replied he would consider it if she bought them at 100 times the price.

'That Yun Seong-ho, what a real son of a bitch.'

Even just to build connections with the American Guild, and because I need to prevent the corruption of the S-Rank Hero Thomas Andrea, who is a rather loyal woman before she goes crazy for money, dealing with the Vultures Guild is a must.

"First, how much inventory do we have right now?"

"We currently hold 14,600 bottles of mid-grade Potions and 3,000 bottles of high-grade Potions."

'More than I thought?'

It seemed quite a lot of inventory had piled up, probably thanks to the Guilds' collusion.

"Prepare 8,000 mid-grade Potions and 1,500 high-grade Potions.

Tell Vultures to come to Incheon Port to inspect and collect them directly...... As for the domestic Guilds, just ignore any offers below 30 million for high-grade and 16 million for mid-grade."

"Will that really be alright? Our image domestically could fall to irrecoverable levels."

At this rather drastic move, Mr. Deokbae spoke with a slightly worried tone.

"That's not my problem.

If push comes to shove, we can just relocate to the US.

Anyway, South Korea's Guilds earn a guaranteed 1 to 3 billion won each time they clear a Gate.

They might falter for a moment, but we're opening trade with Vultures precisely to minimize that impact."

"As expected, you are wise."

'The government and domestic Guilds keep trying to grab us by the leash with price collusion...... I need to make it crystal clear that we hold the knife handle.'

Now, the remaining task is... investigating the research lab, I suppose.

"Ah, come to think of it..... Mr. Deokbae, you were also one of Yun Seong-ho's researchers, weren't you?"

Mr. Deokbae's hands, holding the steering wheel, suddenly started trembling violently.

'Is it because he thinks I'll punish him?'

"Don't worry, I don't discard useful things. I just ask for a tour of the research lab. After that, you can continue living as the acting chairman of the Yuseong Group."

"Thank you for your leniency, Miss."

After that, as soon as we arrived at the main house, I was able to hear a detailed explanation of the research lab's structure from Mr. Deokbae.

'Especially, the research material storage room, about the size of two soccer fields, was amazing.'

Truly, almost all conceivable materials were in the storage room.

They even implemented a farm, so unmanned robots automatically put materials into storage without needing to purchase them separately. Isn't that the best?

'Truly amazing, Yun Seong-ho. To think he made material procurement self-sufficient because he didn't want to get caught by those around him.'

"Good work. Send anything you deem important to me... As for other matters, feel free to handle them as you see fit."

"Understood, Miss."

I instructed Mr. Deokbae to handle company matters himself unless it was exceptionally important.

'Well, it's bothersome.'

In the first place, I even implanted a suggestion to have him handle the tasks I was supposed to do. It wouldn't make sense for me to work.

'Alright then, maybe I should get a feel for Potion crafting in the lab.'

And so, until the day I was scheduled to meet Eve for the research on my eyes.

I didn't take a single step out of the research lab.