When I returned to the classroom and sat down, Jin-woo pulled his chair over to my seat.
"Boss, where have you been?"
"I just went to offer the position of club advisor to Instructor Ji Soo-hyun."
"What? You really asked her? So, what did Ji Soo-hyun say? Did she tell you to get lost?"
...What kind of person is Ji Soo-hyun in this guy's mind?
"She said to bring three club establishment consent forms by tomorrow. She promised to take responsibility and ensure the student council's approval."
"What?! That crazy woman really said that?"
The sudden shout drew everyone's attention to us.
"...Can you lower your voice a bit?"
"Ah, sorry. So, that crazy woman really said she would get the student council's approval if you bring three consent forms?"
I nodded in response to his question.
"Wow, really. She's insane. She must have said that thinking it was impossible, right?"
"More likely, she thinks if we can't even do this, there's no point in her helping us. Instructor Ji Soo-hyun is a strict meritocrat."
"She's really putting on airs, huh?"
I could say that, I guess.
Well, it wasn't wrong, so I didn't correct him.
"So, to get three consent forms, we need to raid the Bronze, Silver, and Gold clubs today. Is that possible?"
"If I thought it was impossible, I wouldn't have tried in the first place."
"Wow... as expected, Boss."
I had already planned to get three consent forms from the beginning, so it wasn't particularly difficult.
The problem was... I needed to recruit these two first.
Well, let's move on to the next step, then.
I looked at the two people who would soon become my comrades.
Then, I immediately got up and approached Kim Se-a.
"Kim Se-a."
"Yes? Ah, Han Yu-jin?"
She looked quite surprised, probably not expecting me to talk to her. I could feel everyone's eyes on us.
Well, there was nothing to hide, so it didn't matter.
"Kim Se-a, are you thinking of joining a club?"
"Club? Yes, I was planning to join the Hunter Club..."
The Hunter Club must have been a club that used the academy's name to reserve dungeons and made profits from the byproducts.
I had some vague memories from when I joined it a few times as a Ranger.
"The Hunter Club is a Platinum-level club, right? Don't you need to take an exam to join?"
"Of course, I know that. That's why I was planning to take the exam today."
Kim Se-a answered casually, blinking her eyes.
Her spatial detection ability and the skills she showed in the sparring were essential for the upcoming events, so I recalled the information about her.
She must be joining the Hunter Club for economic reasons.
If that's the case, I can exploit that.
"Actually, I know of a club that pays better. Interested?"
"Really? A club that pays better than the Hunter Club?"
Her eyes lit up with interest as soon as the topic of money came up.
"Yep, and there's no exam to join, and you get bonuses based on your effort."
"Such a club exists? I didn't find any when I investigated..."
"Right, it doesn't exist yet."
"Doesn't exist yet?"
"I plan to create a club. It will be very profitable."
"Really? You're creating a club? Was that what you asked the instructor about in class?"
"Right, I've already talked everything over with Instructor Ji Soo-hyun. If I bring three consent forms, she'll take responsibility as the advisor and ensure the student council's approval."
"Really, the instructor said that?"
"Yep, so I have a proposal for you."
After the sparring yesterday. If the alert on my smartphone was true, Kim Se-a was one of the people who felt a small sense of fear towards me after the sparring.
In that case, the附属效果 of my trait, "Heir of the Underworld," [Irresistible Proposal], would automatically apply.
Checking the alert, I saw that [Irresistible Proposal] was indeed active.
So, all that was left was to make the proposal.
"If you can get three consent forms by today, I want you to join my club."
"Me? Really?"
Kim Se-a's eyes darted around, clearly surprised by the recruitment offer.
I took advantage of her surprise and presented the benefits.
"I know that a new member of the Hunter Club earns about 4 million credits a month."
"Um, yes, that's right."
"Then, you might not know that new members have to provide 50% of their earnings for introduction fees, equipment rental, and club development funds?"
"50%? Really?"
50% of 4 million credits a month. That would be 2 million credits, similar to a part-time job for a regular person.
The Hunter Club was essentially a quasi-mercenary club, with significant restrictions and regulations.
It's hard to believe that after all that hard work, you only get that much.
The flaw came from the rule that you can't quit until the end of the semester and the information asymmetry where new members only get partial information.
"Right, they leave out that part when recruiting new members. Once you sign the club application, they show their true colors. Don't believe me?"
I pointed out the window.
"If you don't believe me, go ask someone downstairs. They'll probably try to shut you up and chase you away."
"Wait, how do you know all this, Yu-jin?"
I knew this from my experience as a newbie in the game, but I couldn't say that. I used the prepared answer.
"I have an acquaintance who graduated from the academy. I heard it from them."
"An acquaintance, huh?"
"Yep, an acquaintance."
I had already told her to go check if she didn't believe me.
If I said this much, she would at least think that what I said might not be a lie.
And at this moment, I drove the point home.
"5 million. If you join my club, you'll get 5 million credits."
"5, 5 million credits?"
"Of course, bonuses are separate."
"Bonuses too...?"
"How about it? Interested?"
Kim Se-a fell into deep thought after hearing my offer. She seemed to be seriously considering it, but I already knew she was completely convinced.
"Three consent forms, right? Okay! If you really bring three consent forms, I'll accept your offer!"
She nodded reluctantly and extended her hand, which I shook.
"Good."
"But, don't you need at least four people to create a club? Besides me and you, who else...?"
"What? Oh, Jin-woo? Oh, Boss! I get that much too, right?"
Jin-woo, who had been quietly watching from behind, suddenly got excited when he heard about the 5 million credits and started asking me.
"Three people, including this guy."
"Ah... So that's why you call him Boss. Then, who's the other one?"
"The other one? I'll ask them right now."
After saying that to Kim Se-a, I immediately approached Kim Young-je's desk in front of her.
"Kim Young-je."
"...Kim Young-je, now that I'm the class president, you can call me that."
Kim Young-je sighed and muttered in response to my call.
"Okay, then I'll call you class president. I won't explain further since you've probably heard everything. I want you to join the club I'm creating."
"You're filling the spots so quickly? You're in a hurry."
"As you heard, Instructor Ji Soo-hyun wants three consent forms by tomorrow. So, what do you think?"
"Unfortunately, I don't plan to join a club. I'm───"
"Planning to join the student council, right? That's why you ran for class president."
Of course, I didn't really think he was running for class president to join the student council.
I just knew from the game that he joined the student council.
And his purpose for joining the student council was always the same.
Power.
The power to find the person he was looking for.
The power to access the information he wanted. That's why Kim Young-je always wanted to join the student council.
And the information he was looking for was always the same.
"You're looking for information about your teacher, right?"
"What?"
Kim Young-je jumped up from his seat when he heard my words.
"How do you know that?"
"...Is that important?"
Information not even in the secretary's records of Calione.
But I knew.
Kim Young-je. He was a dungeon orphan who lost his family due to a dungeon in the past.
And the one who took him in and raised him was the teacher he was looking for.
"The magician known as the Commander of the Rainbow, Arco Baleno. He is trapped in a dungeon."
I calmly told him the information he was looking for.
"...What?"
"One of the dungeons considered impossible to clear. He is sealed in Dante's Hell (La Divina)."
"Dante's Hell...? My teacher is there?"
Young-je's eyes started to waver. I pressed on, pushing him further.
"Why, don't you believe me? Because there's no proof? Of course, it's just information without proof, so it's natural you wouldn't believe it. I understand. But, I can promise you one thing."
Rumble── Rumble──
My smartphone in my left hand started to vibrate violently.