The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 110



◈ Episode 110 Pre-work (2)

Ivan boasted that he would show us the basement storage room of the Kunst auction house.

Alex already knew that fact but he was secretly surprised that Ivan Luke himself came forward and introduced it.

‘You don’t really keep it a secret.’

There could be one of two reasons why Ivan acts like that.

One is that people are thoughtlessly stupid enough to easily expose such important places.

The other one.

‘You must be confident that even if you make it public that such an important place exists it will never be breached.’

Alex thought it was definitely the latter.

“ruler. It’s right here. how is it?”

Alex could feel it from the moment he stood at the entrance to the basement. Why was Ivan Luke able to act so confident?

‘It’s scary from the entrance.’

The elevator is the only passage down to the basement.

There were guards guarding the elevator entrance.

The number is two. It’s not much for guarding the entrance but if it were a knight-level guard the story would be different.

‘And even security at the entrance.’

Surprisingly the elevator did not have a separate button.

Instead Ivan took out a key he had brought with him and inserted it into the groove that existed where the button should have been.

Then the elevator doors opened left and right with a rattling sound inside.

‘This isn’t just an elevator. From the looks of it it’s made of quite sophisticated machinery and won’t open without a key.’

Alex pretended to be surprised by this sight but his eyes did not miss the shape of the key.

A gorgeous key plated in gold and with a red gem encrusted on the handle.

I remembered.

“ruler. “Let’s go in Guar.”

“Of course buddy.”

The escorts including Ivan Luke Alex and Pantos got into the elevator.

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The driver could not follow. Because this was a place where only invited people could come.

As a result Pantos took over the case held by the person hired as a driver.

The inside of the elevator was wider than I thought. Enough to accommodate more than 30 healthy adult men.

It may have been made this way because there are cases where heavy and multiple items are moved.

Tiring.

Eventually the door of the elevator that reached the basement opened.

Contrary to what I thought would be monotonous the interior was quite complex consisting of long corridors and several passages.

“This is the basement storage room of our Kunst auction house which has maintained tight security that has not been breached by anyone for the past 20 years.”

“Ohh. “That’s amazing.”

Alex clapped his hands as he took a quick look at the scene inside.

“But I don’t know much so how on earth does this place work? “I didn’t know there was such a huge space in the basement of the auction house.”

“haha. Because you need a lot of space to store items for auction. “My father the Chairman envisioned such a future from the time he built this building.”

“As expected you are the chairman of Luke. And Ivan are you the next president who will soon succeed him?”

“Hmm. With something like that. Not yet but it will happen soon. ha ha ha!”

When Alex blatantly praised him Ivan couldn’t control his excitement and started talking about things that weren’t even asked.

“This basement has a lounge where the guards live and a warehouse. But the safest place is probably the auction room. “It’s practically a safe.”

“Are you going to store my things there too?”

“of course. The purpose of the existence of this underground space is as a storage room. It consists of a total of three large rooms and each room uses the latest artifacts so you can watch the inside in real time 24 hours a day.”

“That’s amazing!”

Alex was amazed but compared it with the information Hans had learned and confirmed that it was all true.

“Then where should I store this item?”

“Of course it’s room 3. Actually there are three storage rooms but they are not all the same. Divide the rankings of importance and put the less important items in room 1 and the most important items in room 3. Of course it doesn’t change that everything is important at the time you keep it here but you know what I’m saying right?”

“Of course. “No matter how valuable an item is differences naturally exist.”

“ha ha ha. As expected Guar. You know it well. Poor smelly commoners think that everything is pretty and wonderful but people like us need to know how to distinguish the true value of these things. Look at this. “This pocket watch I’m wearing.”

Ivan Luke suddenly starts bragging about the brand of clothes and accessories he is wearing.

Although Alex thought that was unusual he tried to agree with what he said but stopped.

This is because the atmosphere of Pantos who had been silently following him for a while was not good.

Poor living.

Pantos was slowly becoming irritated now.

Alex immediately made sure that only Pantos could see it.

‘Hey what are you doing? Kill the momentum. Are you here to fight now?’

‘….’

Pantos had been glaring at Ivan Luke for a while.

The other bodyguards hadn’t noticed yet but Alex who was sensitive to such things realized that it was only a matter of time.

This is how you get caught.

“Oh indeed!”

Alex clapped his hands to lighten the mood.

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Only then did Ivan stop talking loudly.

“Look at my mind. Come to think of it I haven’t eaten anything since noon today. Hey Ivan. “Is there a restaurant you can recommend?”

“Huh? ah. of course. Actually you can eat here. “There is a high-end restaurant for customers inside the Kunst Auction House.”

“haha. Is that so? Then please guide me! Hey escort. “Hurry and hand over the bag.”

Alex noticed Pantos.

But Pantos remains silent. I just stood still.

Write. Alex clicked his tongue inwardly. From the moment I first met him I knew he wasn’t an ordinary beastman with a strange personality.

I never thought they would try to act as they please during an operation like this.

“Guar? “What happened to Howie?”

“ah. You mean our escort? Don’t worry. It happens like that often. “He’s a very quiet guy so sometimes he doesn’t listen to me.”

“Is that okay?”

“But one skill is real.”

Alex walked up to Pantos and whispered softly so that only he could hear.

‘Are you planning to disobey the leader’s orders?’

Shocked.

When Ludger was mentioned Pantos was the first to react.

He had been thinking about how to silence Ivan who had been buzzing in front of him for a while.

It didn’t matter if this was an operation or not.

Because he most hated servants who had no strength or spirit and were just mouthy.

However the moment Alex mentioned Ludger’s name Pantos realized that the leader had given him an important mission.

“…here it is.”

Pantos held out a large case in one hand.

Ivan’s bodyguards stepped forward and accepted it on his behalf.

Alex wiped his sweat as he looked at that.

“ruler. “Then shall we go get something to eat?”

Since the entire internal structure has been seen with the naked eye the purpose has already been achieved.

* * *

Alex shared a meal with Ivan.

Pantos did not join in and stood still at a distance.

It was probably because he thought that if he kept seeing Ivan talking he might reach out without realizing it.

Alex thought that was a good thing. I thought that without Ludger he would be like a time bomb that would never explode.

Didn’t you almost arouse suspicion in the basement storage room a little while ago?

‘Still there was income.’

Before sharing a meal Ivan introduced Alex to another place.

It was a security control room that monitored the underground storage room in real time.

In a large room about 6 of what Ludger said were displays were hung on the wall with guards watching them.

‘Is it structured like that?’

Ivan may have shown it to show off but Alex couldn’t give it away like this.

Thanks to this he was able to fully understand how security was maintained here.

‘Now all that’s left is.’

All you have to do is inform your leaders and colleagues of this fact.

To do that we need to get out of this place quickly…

“Enjoy your meal.”

Just then the chef himself brought a plate of steak and placed it in front of him.

‘Oh let’s eat first.’

Still it’s too much to think about something else when you’re faced with food prepared by a top-class chef.

Alex rationalized this and picked up a fork and knife.

* * *

After finishing his meal Alex took advantage of Ivan’s distracted attention to briefly convey the facts to Ludger.

‘The operation was a success. leader.’

[I see. Thank goodness.]

‘It’s definitely as the leader said. When I looked at it with my own eyes I could see the possibility. Now all we have to do is execute the strategy properly right?’

[Of course. As long as you remember everything you saw.]

‘What are you looking at me for? This operation can definitely succeed as long as there are no truly unexpected ambushes. ‘Because my gut tells me so.’

[Then that’s a good thing.]

Alex now wanted to say goodbye to Ivan.

At that moment Alex could see.

I just saw a woman enter the restaurant inside the Kunst auction house.

“I am indeed. “Why does the leader ask me to wait here?”

‘uh?’

Alex made a blank expression without even thinking about managing his expression.

He sent a message to Ludger in a trembling voice.

‘…leader. ‘I’m in big trouble.’

[What’s going on?]

‘An unexpected ambush appeared.’

[what?]

Alex’s gaze never left the woman looking around the restaurant.

She didn’t recognize this side yet.

Then the moment the woman who was looking around inside turned her head in this direction.

Swish.

Alex turned his back without realizing it.

[Victor Hugo. Answer me. What happened now?]

‘…there she is.’

[Her. Who came to visit?]

‘…Enya. Enya Joiners.’

A woman who has just entered the restaurant inside the Kunst Auction House.

She was wearing a dress to dress up but she was constantly twisting her body around as if it was uncomfortable.

She is a nightcrawler knight of the Security Bureau and was staying in Ledervelk under orders from Terina.

[If it’s Enya is it really Enya?]

‘okay. ‘My ex-girlfriend.’

She was also Alex’s former lover.

* * *

Ludger could not help but frown after hearing the news from Alex.

The response wasn’t that that was bullshit it was quite the opposite.

‘Enya Joiners? Didn’t she go to the security office?’

Ludger recalled a time when the Security Bureau came to visit him not long ago.

‘No that’s right. ‘Is it then?’

At that time it was a bespectacled knight named Lloyd who asked him directly about the werewolf incident.

Didn’t Terry or Ryan Howl a patriotic defender come to Seorn in person?

Thanks to the president’s help I never had to face her directly but I remembered seeing her from afar through the glass window.

At that time there was another knight with Lloyd next to Terina but I didn’t pay much attention so I didn’t notice.

‘She was Enya back then.’

Ludger also knew that Alex was Enya’s former lover. What happened to Alex in the past?

Why did the two meet here?

“Victor Hugo. Get out of there first. “Don’t worry about anything else and just think about that.”

[…okay.]

Alex’s answer came through the communicator.

After finishing communicating with Ludger Alex immediately spoke to Ivan.

“friend. “I have to go now.”

“Are you going already?”

“haha. We’ve already come to the great city of the empire so shouldn’t we see a little more? Don’t worry too much. “I left the items and will come back later.”

“ah. of course. More than that maybe it’s something related to that magic stone…”

“We’ll talk about that later. I want to talk about business in a more important setting. You know what I mean? friend?”

“uh? Uh oh. of course!”

Alex gave a signal to Pantos.

The operation was over so I decided to leave.

Pantos immediately followed Alex standing next to him like a bodyguard.

“There are places like this in the world.”

Enya’s voice lingers in his ears.

Alex glanced at Enya as she left the restaurant.

She didn’t notice herself yet.

okay. It’s difficult to notice. Now he came here not as Alex but as Guar.

So all I could do was watch.

‘It hasn’t changed.’

But deep inside he also wanted her to recognize him.

Whether it was before or now Enya’s appearance remained the same.

no. Still compared to back then he seems a bit more mature now.

Of course he is still short and looks funny to others.

Alex knew better than anyone how strong she was.

‘but….’

He chewed his lip.

He can no longer approach Enya.

He is a person who does not deserve that.

─Liar!

I still can’t forget Enya’s voice crying out to me that day.

So even if we met now in a place like this I had to pass it off as if we had never met.

Because all he is allowed to do is regret.

“let’s go.”

Alex left the Kunst auction house urging Pantos on.