The time when Conrad had been away from the academy because he was busy with the schedule of visiting the World Tree Forest with Xian.

Lulu was leading the dismantling of monsters at the academy hunting guild’s dismantling workshop.

The last mission Conrad entrusted to her before leaving the academy.

To carry out the general manager’s job of managing the dismantling of Oak Road and Coil Mouth.

“Lulu-san, the dissolution of the Oak Road is almost over.”

“There is a monk sent by the theology department in the waiting room next door, so have him consecrate only the internal organs and keep them from getting damaged.

And since we’re going to leave the leather stuffed, hand it over to the taxidermy team, and don’t forget to dry it.”

“all right.”

“The coil mouse is also about to be dismantled, but what should I do with this monster skin?

Wouldn’t it be better to separate this one in its intact form to keep it as a taxidermy?”

“Separate the outer and inner skins, send only the inner skins to the Alchemy Department, and store the outer skins separately in the warehouse.

In particular, the outer shell of the coil mouse is a rare material, so you should never take it out. I’ll take care of that separately later.”

“Has confirmed.”

After receiving the job of general manager, Lulu was having a rather busy day due to work.

In addition to distributing manpower for the dismantling of monsters and material management, if necessary, external manpower had to be hired from the Department of Theology or the Ministry of Alchemy.

She grasps the identity and workload of the people involved in the work, and sometimes separates parts that are difficult to dismantle by herself.

It was not an easy job for Lulu, who was originally shy, but she did her best because she did not want to betray Conrad’s expectations.

There were days when I was so busy that I had nothing to say, covering my face.

Since it was the job she was entrusted with as Conrad Perdalos’s representative, Lulu did not avoid the task she had to deal with and took an active part in it.

Fortunately, unexpectedly, most of the problems and conflicts that Lulu was worried about did not happen, and she carried out the duties of the general manager of monster dismantling management smoothly.

Academy Technical Department 3rd year Lulu Laila.

Of course, she wouldn’t have been as famous as Conrad Perdalos or the 5th Prince Antonio, but there were few people in the academy who didn’t know about her existence.

Even if I didn’t know her face or name, when I heard nicknames like “The Searcher of the Conrad Perdalos Group” or “The Black Cat of the Technical Department, who is strong in combat”, most of them would recall her impression and nod their heads on their own.

Even in the technical department, I was consistently maintaining top grades.

There was an atmosphere that acknowledged her ability to some extent among the students who had the experience of collaborating with Lulu even once in class.

That’s why the other students from the Engineering Department didn’t feel particularly strange that Lulu was taking on the position of general manager of monster management.

Above all, Konrad Perdalos, whom she was entitled to as a proxy for, was a prince from a viscount family, so the engineering department students, most of whom were commoners, were not in a position to express their dissatisfaction with her easily.

In the academy, a phenomenon naturally occurred where certain classes were concentrated according to certain departments.

In departments such as the Ministry of Magic and the Ministry of Alchemy, where learning itself requires a lot of time and money, most of the students were nobles or wealthy commoners.

On the other hand, most of the members of the department that directly touches on monsters and performs miscellaneous tasks, such as the engineering department, were commoners.

In the academy era, which prohibits class discrimination, it was generally not revealed, but most of the nobles recognized what the students of the engineering department were learning as ‘low labor’.

Even though it was not a department with special status restrictions, there were historically only a handful of cases where aristocrats higher than the viscount entered the engineering department.

That’s why even Conrad’s rank, which is a mediocre position in the Ministry of Magic, was enough to exert influence on the students of the Ministry of Technology.

Naturally, his deputy, Lulu, was also able to maintain a commanding role for others smoothly.

That’s why it was unavoidable that there were students who harbored bad feelings for Lulu, who was treated like that.

“So Gibson grabbed a goblin kidney and screamed out of nowhere! Foolishly falling backwards, like a little girl… .”

“Sir, stop talking about that! And the story of you being covered in feces while cleaning the intestines of a wild boar is even funnier?!”

“Ugh, somehow the gowwel side smelled stinky.”

“A guy graduating next year is better than an idiot who can’t tell the difference between a liver and a kidney, kkeuk.”

A group of 4th year students who are about to graduate in a semester from among the engineering department students.

Seeing them gather and gossip in one corner of the workshop, Lulu sighed quietly and approached them.

“Seniors. From now on, I have to start dismantling the coil mouse material, so please stop taking a break and participate faithfully from now on.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

The five or six seniors, who were laughing among themselves, did not hide their displeasure at the criticism that came with her appearance.

“What?”

“Stop resting and work diligently on your next work. Aren’t you mostly playing around when the Oak Road was dismantled?”

“So you’re saying you’re offended that we didn’t obey your orders?”

“… Yeah?”

“You’re asking me to play captain with an armband on, right?”

Lulu’s head started to hurt in an instant at Gauwell’s easy-to-understand hostile attitude.

If he had obtained the dismantlement practice qualification as a priority in his senior year, at least he seemed to be faithfully participating in the work.

It was a situation where he showed a disapproving attitude towards himself, the general manager, on a subject he had barely touched even while nearly half of the work was in progress.

They were Lulu’s sore fingers in this disassembly.

In the first place, I guessed what their grades were in the academy, considering that they lacked practice scores enough to have to participate in the work even one semester before graduation.

Lulu was also aware of why the older students were showing a rebellious attitude towards her.

Due to the nature of the Department of Technology, where no one has a status beyond the grade level, such as a high-ranking aristocrat, the hierarchy in her department was quite strict compared to other departments.

Especially in the process of group work like this, the position of general manager was always set to be taken by one of the highest graders in the group.

Aside from the other seniors, he was blatantly displeased that he, a junior, was wearing an armband.

Of course, the position of general manager was directly appointed by Conrad, so it could not be changed.

In the first place, even if someone were to be entrusted with the general manager, no one would be able to perform better than Lulu.

They didn’t readily admit it, but instead kept whispering behind the scenes that she had just been given the position of manager because she was lucky enough to catch Conrad’s eye.

“So, you’re saying you’re not going to work now?”

“… What else are you glaring at?”

“If you are not going to participate sincerely, just turn it off. Because I don’t need the hands of people like my seniors.”

“What? Are you done talking? And since when did the 3rd year meet the 4th year straight in the eyes?”

“If you have any dissatisfaction, did you open your mouth and express it properly? Please don’t make excuses for me being the general manager.”

In an atmosphere where a fight seemed likely to break out at any moment, Lulu’s right hand touched the memory device in her bottom pocket.

At the same time, her left hand was ready to pull out the dagger from her waist at any time, and Gauwell showed a slight agitation at her changed eyes.

He didn’t want to admit it, but he was a seeker who won the hunting festival three times.

Of course, he had the means to protect himself among monsters, and even if the target changed to a human, he was able to use it to some extent.

In particular, if she was to fight with a technical student who was not familiar with combat, who would lie on the floor after a few seconds was already decided.

Lulu’s responsibility as the general manager, and Gauwell’s pride as a senior in the academy’s technical department.

The point at which two incompatible values left very little to clash.

“Ah, aigoo~. Why is everyone like that~!”

A student intervened between Lulu and Gauwell and immediately mediated the atmosphere before the fight started.

“Go, why are you suddenly like this~. when the atmosphere gets serious. Of course, we were just about to start working on it~. yes?”

“… Is that so?”

“I think Gauwell was a little upset because he seemed to be rushing me when I was just about to work. right?”

“… that, yes right.”

“So let’s not waste each other’s unnecessary emotions. We’re going to go to work soon, huh?”

Gibson’s persuasion, which relieved the atmosphere of tension at once, made the tension between the two go away.

“All right.”

After Lulu’s answer, the group of 4th graders in the technical department immediately moved to the corpse of the coil mouse.

Lulu was also satisfied with the fact that it did not lead to bloodshed and passed the situation.

Without foreseeing what the outcome of this situation, which she had clearly overlooked, would come back later.

* * *

Around the time summer vacation started and about a month had passed.

Lulu was finalizing the work of the general manager of monster dismantling work assigned by Conrad.

Arranging salaries to be paid to students who participated in material dismantling, checking whether sold materials were properly delivered to vendors, etc.

For Lulu, who has lived most of her life as a petit bourgeois, the job of a general manager was a first-time experience for most of them.

Even so, she carried out the task given to her as thoroughly as possible, with only one desire to be of help to Conrad.

I felt rewarded in my own way about her personal work that I finished for the first time.

This was at best the only way he could be of any help to Conrad.

At Conrad’s party, which was mostly made up of seniors, and only those who were certain and verified.

One of the questions that always plagued her was the anxiety that she might be a foreign being.

In her opinion, she wasn’t even the top of the technical department, and she didn’t have explosive fighting power like Stella or Xian-senpai.

Like Saint Clare, she couldn’t handle a power that could not be replaced without her, and by the time she reached Conrad, the difference was so great that comparison itself was meaningless.

That’s why Lulu had to carry out the task that Conrad had entrusted to her perfectly without incident.

If only that could prove even a little bit of his necessity.

Even if one day someone else took his place at the party, he didn’t know if he would be able to maintain his relationship with Conrad in some other way.

She always worked hard because she had such thoughts in her heart.

Without even understanding what Conrad really thinks of him.

The direction of her thoughts was a bit off, but anyway, this kind of mindset of Lulu mostly helped her grow.

Because working hard for someone has always been one of the good motivations for growth.

In the future, that attitude would stimulate her and Conrad’s party in a good direction.

If it hadn’t been for an external stimulus that could stimulate her slightly precarious psychological state.

“Payment is over, receipt confirmation is over, and there is nothing wrong with cleaning up the workshop… .”

Finally, at the point where only the remaining material of the monster was left.

Lulu began to grasp that something was strange.

“uh?”

The hard shell of a coil mouse that was destined to be left in storage rather than sold.

It was a material that Conrad warned several times last that it was a material that could not be obtained again, so it must be left behind.

With nothing left in the storage box that should have contained the material.

Only an empty locker was waiting for her.