Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Hat and the Short Sword
The relaxed and leisurely school life has come to an end for the time being.γ
Standing in front of the mirror, Ti Lan looked at the black uniform with dark blue seams, smoothed the corners, and then turned her body slightly to look at the details.
The uniform is roughly divided into three pieces, of which the inner part is a white close-in shirt with a blue silk tie knot decoration at the collar, and the lower body is a black pleated skirt with a corseted waist design, the skirt is seamed on the side, and the seam is dark blue folds that can be stretched out for easy movement, and when standing, it automatically closes, revealing only a little blue, making it more layered.
In addition to the upper and lower two, and then there is the coat, the main body is a black lapel, and the cuffs are decorated with dark blue, after wearing it, it is integrated with the skirt below, and the style is very consistent, because the cut is good, it is very fitting, and it is not loose, so it can also highlight the girl's good figure and slender legs, and there is a kind of simple and capable beauty.
"With these glasses, it's perfect." Annelli on the side handed over a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and the girl in the mirror faded away from her former youthfulness, became a little quieter, and more work-like.
After tidying up her clothes, Ti Lan didn't stay any longer and began to report to the student union.
Along the way, Annelie also followed in a uniform similar to Tilan's, as if she were her secretary, and the two came to the student union office, but it was not President Amor who received her today.
"The president has something to do in the morning, so I can't come for the time being, but he has explained in advance, and I will lead Miss Ti Lan to familiarize herself with the situation today." A young man with short dark blond hair pressed one hand on his shoulder and bent down to salute, like a decent aristocratic butler.
"My name is Colt, Miss Tilan can just call me by my name, I am currently in the third grade, and I am a member of the internal affairs department of the student union, mainly responsible for arranging and organizing some activities in the school."
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Tilan guessed that there might be several departments within the student union.
"Yes, the main responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is to coordinate and arrange various activities in the school park, such as the venue, the layout of facilities, the allocation of personnel, etc."
"How many other departments are there?" The girl asked curiously.
"There are a total of six departments in the student union, namely the Discipline Department, the Foreign Affairs Department, the Internal Affairs Department, the Accounting Department, the Records Department, and the Main Control Department."
"I will explain the responsibilities of these departments to Miss Tilan one by one, please come with me today, and I will explain to you slowly along the way."
He led the two out of the office, into the side hallway, and into the blue transparent elevator before Colt continued to speak.
"Because I am a member of the Ministry of the Interior, most of the things I will take you on today are related to this."
"First of all,Most of the students in the Edus School Park,Most of them will be in clubs.,Not in the mode of classes.,This is also encouraged by the school.,The application for the establishment of clubs.,And the declaration of activity funds.,It's all related to the Ministry of the Interior.γ
"Of course, whether the final fund approval is passed, as well as the reimbursement related to procurement, are all done by finance, that is, the accounting department, because of AI assistance, they have not many personnel in the department, generally 4-5 people, and our internal affairs department is more complicated, with a total of 16 members."
"After all, students are not staff members, and it is impossible for us to be busy with the duties in the student council every day in the school, so the 16 of us are generally divided into four groups and work in turns, and today happens to be our group."
Along the way, Colt introduced the specific affairs of their department, and then took the two of them to an indoor training ground, where the space is very large, and the echo of the people inside can be heard, under the clear dark blue dome glass, there is a spacious field, and the students in protective clothing are practicing with swords against each other, and the sound of slashing can be heard from time to time.
The swordsmanship trained here is not single.,There are swift swords with brisk steps.,Mighty two-handed swords.,And saber techniques, etc.,There are about 30 people in the whole venue.,Plus the members who haven't come yet.,This club is considered to be the top three clubs in the Edes School Park.γ
After arriving at the inside of the venue, some of the students expressed curiosity about the trio, but before they could get closer to ask, a tall, bald man walked over, patted them on the shoulder, and told them to step back.
"Good morning, Colt." He said hello to the young man, and then his eyes focused on the two girls next to him, he knew that Colt would not come for no reason today, looking at the faces of these two students, it is estimated that the two are related.
"Good morning, President Woolley." Cole nodded, neither familiar nor unfamiliar, and then led the three of them to a corner of the venue.
"This is Woolley, the president of the 'Hat and Gladilet' club, a fourth-year student, Chopping Blade Sequence 5, and a celebrity in our school."
"Hahaha, where, where." Woolley supported his waist with one hand and laughed, although he was modest in his mouth, he definitely wasn't in his expression.
Is he really a student, Ti Lan looked at Hu Luo on the other party's cheeks, and was a little curious in her heart, looking very mature, thinking that the fourth grade might be about 20 years old, but she also understood a little.
"This is Tilan, a new member of our student council, and President Amors asked me to take Miss Tilan to familiarize herself with the affairs and situation in the school."
"Oh, you're Tilan." Woolley seemed to have heard of it, which surprised the black-haired girl on the side.
"Well, I've heard the members of the first year occasionally mention you, what do you say, oh, very beautiful girl, hehehe~" He let out what he thought was a warm laugh, but it startled Annelli on the side.
What a terrible man, just like a beast, Annelli muttered in her heart, and decided to advise Tilan to stay away from this guy in the future, but since he is in the fourth grade, he won't be in the school for long.
"Hello, President Woolley." Tilan saluted politely as usual, and then the four of them continued to talk, and under Colt's explanation, Woolley gradually understood why he came to their venue today.
"It's because you're familiar with the process, haha, it's okay, I'll take Miss Ti Lan to visit, and by the way, talk about the theme of our club's activities."
The four of them gradually walked towards the venue, and along the way, Woolley slowly talked about the origin and development of the community.
"Actually, our club,I know from the name,It's not related to swordsmanship.,The earliest origin,It's still in the St. Ingo Academy.,There's a very powerful swordsmanship club.,'Rose Cross Sword',And the first president of the 'Hat and Short Sword' club was created at that time.,Because of the enrollment of'Rose Cross Sword' club, a student who was brushed down and not accepted."
"Your swordsmanship is too obscene, this is the evaluation given to him by the 'Rose Cross Sword' at that time, haha."
"The first president liked to use a short sword, and he was the kind of person who liked to be surprised, he hid the sword in his sleeve, in his boots, and when he used it, he was quick and hidden, and he could give a sudden blow in actual combat."
"But,This kind of more intrigue swordsmanship,Naturally, it's not liked by the 'Rose Cross Sword' with a strong aristocratic style.,You also know.,Most of the students in the Shengo Academy are from famous families.,Very particular about reputation and decency.,Naturally don't want to see him.,So I didn't accept this student.γ
"Later, he created his own club.,Well,That's our predecessor.,But this club was in the early days.,It's been in the state of a three-legged cat.,The largest number of people was only four.,So until the two schools separated.γ
"The 'Rose Cross' is still in the St. Ingol Academy, and the 'Hat and Short Sword' are assigned to the Edus Academy."
"Because there were no other clubs to practice swordsmanship in Eddes School Park at that time.,Later, the freshmen who practiced swords directly joined the 'hat and dagger' in order to save trouble.,So the number of people slowly expanded.,The style of only practicing short swords and daggers in the club has also been diluted.γ
"Nowadays, you can practice any swordsmanship here, and you can practice swords, and there is no special preference, for example, I prefer which kind of fierce giant sword, wielding it is very chic and refreshing." Saying that, he picked up the big sword on the weapon rack on the side and waved it casually, the wide and heavy big sword was extremely light in his hand, and he didn't make much sound when he wielded it, and it was extremely fast, which was amazing.
After Woolley finished speaking, Colt added on the side.
"The 'hat and short sword' club has represented our school in many competitions in the four-leaf crystal star field, won eleven trophies, and the top three in various small projects, with strong strength, and there are three teachers from the school park who are resident in the club, and they will guide and sparre."
"In addition, the materials and funds consumed by the 'Hat and Short Sword' society are also a lot of money, and the annual expenditure is between 300 million and 400 million federal coins." Speaking of this, Colt pushed his glasses and said in a cold tone.
"Uh, ahahaha, this, this, ahem, there's no way to spend more." President Woolley was embarrassed to touch his head, and the bald head looked even brighter.
"How can it cost so much?" Annelli's family also runs a company, and she is a little puzzled.
"First of all, the protective uniforms, these uniforms are light and tough, made of a special Eland wire weave, even if the Sequence 5 trainees slash hard, they will not be easily damaged, this kind of thing, Miss Annelie should also know that it is expensive." Colt explained.
"Ah, indeed." An Neili nodded, such a uniform, even if it has no extraordinary effect, a set will cost 100,000 federal coins.
"Over the course of a year, about 200 uniforms are worn and replaced, which costs about 20 million federal dollars."
"Then there is the maintenance and maintenance of the venue, even if the venue of the school park does not need to be rented, but the replacement of various facilities inside, as well as the repair of damage caused by the use of extraordinary swordsmanship, all cost money, and the cost is about 3 million federal dollars."
"After that, the purchase of sword equipment, although the sword used for practice is not too good, but at least the weight and feel should be appropriate, and it must be able to withstand the infusion of magic and the loss of continuous fighting, and the society consumes about 600 swords every year, each sword is about 2,000 federal coins, and it is 1.2 million federal coins in a year."
"These add up to a total of 24 million federal coins is just a small part, the real majority lies in the phantom crystal beast used for training, as well as the phantom crystal opponent, constituting the crystal nucleus of the phantom crystal beast, consuming about 3,000 crystal nuclei a year, and the price of each crystal nucleus is about 90,000 federal coins, which is 270 million federal coins, and also counting the wear and tear of the equipment that makes the phantom crystal beast, it is estimated that 300 million federal coins a year is the correct number."
"In addition to these,The salary of the teacher in the resident club of the school park is not a small amount.,Sequence 6 social elite,If the salary is too low, how can you teach wholeheartedly.,So it adds up to nearly 400 million federal dollars.γ
"In this way, it is mainly the part of the phantom crystal beast that costs a lot." Tilan pushed her glasses, which were a little uncomfortable.
Think about it carefully,I also understand,Phantom crystal beasts that can form sequence 4 and sequence 5 combat effectiveness for a short time,It's impossible to prepare it so cheaply,80,000 federal coins are estimated to be the result of long-term cooperation between the school park and the enterprise,Otherwise, the price on the market is close to 200,000 federal coinsγ
It's no wonder that Eddes School didn't hesitate much about his application at that time, maybe in their opinion, 3 billion federal coins is just a small amount.
"There is no way to do this, if you don't use the Phantom Crystal Beast for practical training, it is difficult to have that kind of real combat experience by relying on sparring alone." Woolley explained.
"Now the first few schools in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Domain are training like this on weekdays, if we want to defeat our opponents, we can't reduce our expenses."
"It's not that I disagree with this kind of training.,After all, the school cultivates everyone to quickly improve their strength.γ Colt shook his head.
"But President Wu Lai, in November last year, you led the members of the club to openly fight against the 'rain curtain club' of the Lattice School Park under the Double Snake Bridge, but failed, which not only damaged the image of our school, but also disappointed the sponsors and cooperative enterprises who supported our school park."
"This kind of thing will discourage companies that want to cooperate with our school, and it will also make the school receive less sponsorship, and even affect the battle between the group behind the school and the St. Ingol school."
"So, you get the idea." Colt's voice made Woolley completely deflated.
"I'll win next time, that's guaranteed." With that, he looked up.
The head school of the four-leaf crystal star field concentrates the greatest power and interests, but it also faces unimaginable fierce competition from other school parks, and the spread of this game leads to their extreme thirst for 'genius', which is why students like Valk, Tilan, who have no background, can still be fully protected by the school.
"Guarantee is just words.,President Woolley is going to graduate in half a year.,Rather than pinning on the ethereal and uncertain victory,The school here expects you to train the next powerful president.γ Colt nodded to the other party.
"I know this, in fact, I already have a few candidates in mind." He replied after a moment's thought.
Colt nodded slightly, and then took a step back, making Tilan stand out on the side.
"This is a new member of our student union, Miss Tilan, although she is only in the first year, she will be responsible for related affairs in the student union for a long time in the future, and if President Woolley has any adjustments and arrangements for activities, you can contact Miss Tilan, I believe she will give you the most appropriate guidance and advice."
Although Wu Lai is not the kind of person with a smart and sleek head, he is not a fool, this kind of implication is clear, so that he quickly understands the importance of the girl in front of him, maybe the approval of club activities in the future, as well as dealing with the student union and the school park, will inevitably pass through the hands of this Miss Tilan.
What is the most suitable guidance and advice, the girl in front of me is only in the first grade, with a quiet temperament, and she is not a person with a sword at first glance, how to give the most suitable guidance and advice? The answer is obvious, the other party means that what she says must be the 'most appropriate advice'.
Alas, if it weren't for last year's defeat, how could I, Wu Lai, be willing to bow my head to a little girl in this kind of scene, but for the sake of everyone in the club, just put up with it.
"I also ask Miss Tilan to correct and help our 'hat and dagger' club in the future." He bent over and clasped his fists and saluted respectfully.
(End of chapter)