Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

Chapter 275

Clan Establishment (4)

“I want to join too!”

Park Yoon-seo spoke up as if feeling wronged.

Inside the café they rushed to after class ended.

Beside her sat her best friends Song Hyun-a and Choi Arin.

And their shared interest was only one thing,

“Senior’s new clan! I want to join too.”

The new clan that Do Jae-hyun was establishing.

It wasn’t simply because a student was creating a clan.

-Student Holders can also become clan members!

Through an agreement between the association and the academy, there was a condition that allowed student Holders to be accepted as clan members, just for this time.

This special condition was making the hearts of all students in the academy race.

Not only could they shorten the 3-year study period and immediately start clan life, but the master of this clan was Do Jae-hyun, who was rewriting the history of Holders.

The students who had directly witnessed his achievements and status all hoped to join the new clan, without exception.

Needless to say, Park Yoon-seo, who had even joined the fan club, was no different.

These days, whenever she met with friends, she constantly talked about wanting to join Do Jae-hyun’s clan.

“Wake up. First-years can’t join.”

However, Choi Arin always poured cold water on her hopes.

At her cold words, Park Yoon-seo’s expression crumpled.

“Ah, why! I’m not exactly lacking in talent compared to others.”

Park Yoon-seo was the top student among the new assassin-type students this year.

She had an impressive setup with the epic rune [Chilling Ambush] and various flashy auxiliary runes.

For a freshman, she had outstanding proficiency and very high stats.

It was clear that if she continued like this, she would become quite a promising talent in the assassin field.

But Choi Arin still shook her head with a negative expression.

“Clans aren’t organizations that recruit based on talent. They recruit professional, skilled individuals.”

“Arin is right. I want to join so badly too, but we haven’t proven anything yet. How would the senior know anything about us to recruit us? There’s nothing known about us.”

Song Hyun-a, who usually acted like Yoon-seo’s rival, agreed this time.

She had admired Do Jae-hyun even before awakening as a Holder, and was an ardent fan who had been there from the start when the fan club was formed.

If you had to pick who among them wanted to join Do Jae-hyun’s clan the most, it would undoubtedly be Song Hyun-a.

But.

“He didn’t even post a recruitment notice in the first place.”

Even if they wanted to join, there was no way.

Because there was no recruitment notice.

Do Jae-hyun didn’t post a clan member recruitment notice, and only recruited clan members through personal interviews using his acquaintances and connections.

Naturally, the first-year freshmen who had no connection to him…

Couldn’t even make it into the limited number of 5 spots.

Because of this, there was a flood of regretful criticism towards Do Jae-hyun, but experts evaluated his recruitment policy as effective.

For a new clan that hasn’t yet established its system, they said that an official open recruitment for clan members could actually be harmful.

“Tch. I’ll just have a chocolate latte.”

Park Yoon-seo clicked her tongue in disappointment and brought the straw to her mouth.

With that, the three of them changed the subject.

“…Did you hear that Holder Lim Hyun is also joining the new clan this time?”

“I heard Holder Jeong Seon-young is joining too.”

“Wow, then it’s basically an Avengers of unaffiliated Holders…”

…Although the changed subject was still about Do Jae-hyun’s clan.

Even Choi Arin, who used to always shake her head as if tired of these conversations, was now actively participating in such talks.

At some point, she had started to be drawn into this peculiar fandom.

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The clan member recruitment that had seemed so distant finally ended.

Although the department setup and detailed operational plans hadn’t been implemented yet, the most important thing was still the recruitment of human resources, the clan members.

The minimum number of clan members for a small clan is 80.

Of course, this number excludes non-Holder employees like those in the finance team.

Our clan gathered a total of 82 clan members.

17 were third-year student Holders.

I mainly selected seniors who were part of <Anti-Villain>, and also recruited only talents whose skills had been publicly verified.

“…?”

And I’m not sure if this person should be considered a third-year.

Someone who was a third-year until last year…

A certain graduate also came to me.

“It’s been a while, President. I also want to join the newly created clan.”

The former president of <Fire Dance> and former vice president of <Anti-Villain>.

The top fire attribute talent who had stimulated Kang Juyeon.

The valedictorian of the mage class, Yoon Ji-ah.

At her sudden appearance, I asked with a blank face.

“Senior, why are you here?”

“I told you. I want to join the new clan that the President is making.”

“…But what about the Judgment of Fire?”

Yoon Ji-ah was considered the top talent among last year’s graduates.

Because of this, she had quite easily joined the <Judgment of Fire> clan that she had hoped for.

From what I heard from Kang Juyeon, she had joined the hunting team and was adapting well, so I never thought she would suddenly leave and come to find me like this.

Yoon Ji-ah looked at me with a slight smile.

“The Judgment of Fire is certainly a good clan. As expected of a large clan, they have excellent welfare for clan members, and there are many opportunities to achieve results as a clan member. But… I never felt like I wanted to continue activities there with all my heart. That’s natural, right? How many Holders are there who work so romantically?

She placed her hand on her chest and said, “You know, when I heard the news that the president was forming a clan, my heart started racing. It was pounding uncontrollably. I guess I must have missed the circle activities where I fought alongside the president and other members.”

“……”

Yoon Ji-ah smiled again and extended her hand to me.

It was certainly the elegant gesture of a respected senior that I had often seen until just last year.

“You’ll accept me, won’t you, president?”

How could I refuse her when she asked like this?

I gave a faint, bitter smile and took her hand.

“It’s not president anymore, but clan master now.”

With that, including graduate Yoon Ji-ah, a total of 17 third-year student Holders were selected.

<Clan Member Selection Status – Second-Year Student Holders>

And then came the second-year selection.

Unlike the third years, this group was filled to capacity with 20 members.

There were certainly many talented and skilled individuals among the second years.

While the media praises them as the ‘golden generation’, it’s not just empty hype.

First, there are my four friends who have been with me since we were freshmen, handling party hunting, dungeon conquests, and various other tasks together.

Kim Chae-eun, Kang Ju-yeon, Moon Ga-eun, Park Jin-woo.

Now, rather than calling them my friends, the title of top domestic prospects suits these promising individuals better.

My reliable companions were naturally given a free pass.

And another golden talent from the second year.

“If you’ll allow me, I’d like to join too, president.”

The blacksmith Holder from the special division, Lee Hyun-ho, also expressed his desire to join.

“Hwang Seong-yeon is the nemesis I must catch. If the president’s clan is going after him, I want to join that clan too.”

As long as his enemy lives, Lee Hyun-ho’s revenge is not over.

Somehow he learned that the clan I was forming would be pursuing Hwang Seong-yeon and Ludenark, and he immediately came to me wanting to join the clan.

“I, I want to join too! I couldn’t join the circle before, but…”

Choi Yoo-min, with whom I’ve had a deep connection since freshman year, was the same.

Although they are not combat resources, they are talents who can produce the best results in non-combat areas.

There was no reason not to accept them as clan members.

“Squad leader. Or should I call you master now?”

And one of the top recruitment targets among the second years.

The rising star of the tanking warrior class, Camilla Flores.

Surprisingly, her recruitment process wasn’t difficult.

“The California Academy gave permission easily.”

After all, Camilla is an exchange student from the California Academy.

The American academy doesn’t interfere much with the activities of exchange students in other countries.

Whether it’s circle activities or clan activities.

However, she’ll have to return to the U.S. occasionally before graduating, so we agreed to be flexible on that point.

‘Other classmates have also given definite answers…’

In addition, Lee Tae-jun, who was formerly the top warrior class student, and Seo Jin-ah, who has been gradually standing out as a spear user.

Many classmates worthy of the title ‘golden generation’ hoped to join.

They are among the top talents in the academy, filling all the available spots for second-year students.

‘And the unaffiliated Holders.’

The most important recruitment status.

The senior pro Holders currently unaffiliated.

Among the 45 people selected…

There were truly outstanding talents.

“How could a teacher not go where her student goes? Besides, I was also your companion during Jae-hyun’s rookie days.”

She came under the pretext of assisting her student Kim Chae-eun, but her intention to closely watch our romance was obvious.

The pinnacle of the ice attribute magician class, Jeong Seon-young, was the start.

“I should work with someone as capable as our squad leader at least twice. Jae-hyun, I’m definitely in, right?”

A Holder who became quite close to me through the <Wolfenser> raid.

Lim Hyun, who is called number one among unaffiliated Holders in the ‘warrior class’.

He too confirmed his joining rather easily.

“An opportunity to repay the kindness I received from Mr. Jae-hyun has come. If you’ll have me, I’d like to join as well.”

In addition, someone I formed a connection with in Japan and who even followed me to the raid team…

Akiba, who possesses the power of both the archer class and shrine maiden.

“If you’ll just accept me, I’ll dedicate myself wholly to the activities! I’ll follow you wherever you go, big brother…!!”

…It feels a bit off to include this one in the ‘outstanding high-level holder’s line.

Anyway, even Do Seung-min, whose loyalty is unmatched.

Most of the unaffiliated Holders I had connections with confirmed their joining as long as there were no special issues.

Much better joining conditions and treatment compared to other clans.

Clear role distribution and quite systematic operation plans.

Also, becoming a founding member of a promising new clan.

Various reasons like these determined their decision to join.

And…

[Master Yoo Eun-seol] I just arrived back in the country. I’ll come to the academy, so let’s talk in person.

The last puzzle piece that I didn’t have high hopes for…

Was waiting.

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