I was a bit worried that Seodol might not care whether I became the ambassador or not.

That worry was proven needless just ten minutes after contacting Seodol.

He sent a ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) long message that was hard to understand, and frustrated, I called him.

[Caller: Clever One]

“Hello?”

“Jo Yi-shin! ......, ......? ......!”

The only thing I could understand was him calling my name at the start.

He seemed to be talking about me and the future Neuru concept, but I couldn’t follow.

Normally, I can understand fast speech by listening in sped-up mode, especially when it’s for information gathering.

In fact, I understood the dictionary meanings of all the words he used, but when combined, the context was unintelligible.

‘Is he speaking polite Korean? Why can’t I understand what he’s saying?’

Excited Seodol rambled on in a formal polite tone that gave me chills down my spine.

Thinking it useless for me to keep struggling to understand, White Tiger snatched the device, switched it to speaker mode, and took over.

Though I’ve been annoyed every time White Tiger butts in recently, this time I felt a little relieved.

After White Tiger spoke, Seodol seemed to calm down, and from then on, I could understand what he was saying.

“If you don’t intend to carry out Jo Yi-shin’s proposal, then get lost.”

[Baekho, are you interrupting my conversation with our Neuru ambassador again?]

“If you can’t find a way to handle the ‘eye,’ the day Jo Yi-shin becomes Neuru’s ambassador will never come. Haven’t you heard that Hwang Ji-ho is building a high-end fashion brand within his group suitable for Jo Yi-shin?”

I hadn’t heard that.

Hwang Ji-ho meddles in every field, so even if he launches a luxury brand, it’s nothing remarkable, so why attach my name to it?

Hwang Ji-ho’s sense of aesthetics and business acumen are excellent, so if he prepares seriously, a pretty good brand will be born.

‘But he said “again”? Ah, he must be referring to the time we met while I was walking with Olmu.’

Back then, when Seodol told me about the assassination plan for Mok U-ram, that tiger was there.

They seemed to know each other for a long time, but it was clear they weren’t on friendly terms.

Seodol, sensing urgency, spoke hastily.

[No! I’m already overflowing with inspiration, what do you want me to do? I still have a long contract period with Neuru, so I can’t move to Hwang-ho’s company.]

Despite his urgency, Seodol couldn’t get his head straight.

He seemed to think Hwang Ji-ho would hire him as chief designer.

Seeing Hwang Ji-ho sometimes shop at Neuru, it seemed he liked Seodol as a designer, but there was no intention to bring him to Hwangmyeong.

He despises Hwangmyeong group’s important posts and wouldn’t let the clever one in.

White Tiger seemed to think the same and openly scoffed.

“That’s none of my business. If it’s not solved by December, that inspiration will be discarded. Jo Yi-shin will become the lifetime ambassador or eternal promoter of the new luxury brand of Hwangmyeong Group.”

[Jo Yi-shin was the one who proposed first!]

Seodol got annoyed, briefly stopped speaking politely, and shouted.

But no matter how loud he shouted, it didn’t affect the arrogant invincible one at all.

The only option was to accept my proposal.

[Jo Yi-shin, are you listening? Wait. When I complete the research on the ‘eye,’ I’ll officially become the ambassador. I promise you’ll wear everything I dress you in.]

He said he would become Neuru’s ambassador but never promised to wear everything.

I reminded him of that, but he selectively heard only the parts he liked.

‘At least he seems motivated now. Hopefully it’s not too late.’

Since then, Seodol reported progress on the ‘eye’ research.

I thought he finally got motivated to work, but he frequently sent dozens of concept sketches unrelated to the research.

[Clever One] (photo)

[Clever One] (photo)

[Clever One] (photo)

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I had set an alarm to be contacted immediately when Seodol finished the ‘eye’ research, but it was a mistake.

The starry night-themed pictures were stylish and beautiful, but dealing with the message barrage was tiring.

Sometimes, he sent gibberish similar to the previously incomprehensible call content, which gave me a headache.

Hwang Ji-ho, who showed displeasure when he heard I planned to accept the Neuru ambassador position, asked.

“What did Seodol say to make you spaced out?”

“Want to hear?”

“I want to hear, so I’m asking.”

Unlike me, White Tiger understood Seodol and summarized.

“He described everything from Jo Yi-shin’s hair to fingernails to eyelash shapes, explaining where he got the inspiration and how he would express it. Want to hear more?”

“Enough. If I hear more, I’ll catch a plague. I already know that rat is crazy.”

Hwang Ji-ho said in disgust.

The uproar continued.

Seodol didn’t reveal under what conditions I agreed to become Neuru’s ambassador, but he bragged and spread rumors to all the Jin.

The damage from those rumors fell squarely on me.

[Oktoyeon] Eun-in, I heard you’re going to model for Clever One, is that true? ㅡㅡ

Neuru wasn’t Seodol’s company, so strictly speaking, it wasn’t Clever One’s model, and what I agreed to was ambassador, not model.

I clarified that and that my ambassador role was conditional, but Oktoyeon got excited, saying, ‘So you’ll do it if conditions are met? And ambassador is a higher level partnership than model!’

[Oktoyeon] Model me too!

[Oktoyeon] It’s a secret project so I don’t know well, but I hinted at a new business before. The model isn’t decided yet. Eun-in will do it.

[Oktoyeon] Do it!

[Oktoyeon] Do it do it do it do it do it do it model do it!

She kept sending the same words enough to make my head spin, so I contacted Oktoyun to chase Oktoyeon away.

But I got messages from a difficult target too.

[Muji] Is what Clever One said true?

[Muji] We have something to promote too.

A group chat with Muji and Jecheon Daeseong.

Muji apparently heard the rumors and started the conversation, and Jecheon Daeseong egged him on.

[Jecheon Daeseong] Do you remember discussing enlarging the scale of irregular luncheon meetings and making them public?

[Jecheon Daeseong] We’d like you to take the role of PR ambassador. Will you consider it?

Jecheon Daeseong proposed politely, and Muji seemed hopeful, so it was hard to refuse.

While I was considering, Hwang Ji-ho butted in, probably after hearing something from White Tiger.

“These monkeys have the audacity to owe so much to the nobles’ benefactor. I’ll deal with this.”

“If you need help, I’ll assist.”

“Cheongho, you don’t need to step in.”

Meanwhile, some Jin didn’t forbid me but discouraged me.

[Black Horse] Don’t get involved with that rat, it lowers your status.

Isn’t Black Horse and Seodol’s relationship not very good?

Seodol once vented that he lost a bet to Black Horse and got kicked with horse hooves, but I don’t know why he bragged about it.

The rumor had spread among dragons too.

Yeom Jun-yeol, as their representative, contacted me.

[Yeom Jun-yeol] Ui-shin, I heard you haven’t accepted Neuru’s ambassador role yet. Are there other brands you’re considering?

When I said no, Yeom Jun-yeol happily introduced a luxury brand he was ambassador for.

The brand logo resembled a dragon.

Players close to dragons or members of the Red Lion often got invited to fashion shows, and sometimes even walked the runway, so I knew it well.

[Yeom Jun-yeol] They said they want to propose to you too. If you haven’t decided yet, please consider it as a candidate.

No other offers had come in before, so I wondered if Yeom Jun-yeol had pushed my recommendation too hard.

I understood his intention as my master and junior, but worried that people might see Yeom Jun-yeol as careless for pushing close associates into important posts.

“Whenever a useless proposal comes, I cut it off quickly, but now they’re trying through descendants.”

“This is all because of that shameless, filthy rat. Word spread in the industry that Hwangmyeong is behind Jo Yi-shin, so things quieted down, but Neuru stirred things up, so everyone’s coming out.”

“You know well. Jeokho, some messes have come up that need handling.”

“I’ll take care of it. Whether it’s cleaning sewers or whatever.”

After the conversation between Hwang Ji-ho and Jeokho, the spam and phishing messages that had been increasing lately disappeared.

The external problems were slowly settling, but the issue was that rumors were spreading within the school.

On the day of the third quarter student representative meeting, I entered the meeting room and rubbed my eyes in disbelief.

There was a banner hanging inside.

[Banner] Next Neuru Ambassador, Jo Yi-shin [English]

[Banner] Neuru, launching the unknown supernova line [Celebration]

The banner was a tacky tent that didn’t fit the brand.

The design was poor, but it had the advantage of conveying the message clearly.

I figured whoever did this was aiming for that.

Without even investigating who did it, I could tell.

There were even crazy people still installing more banners.

“Our junior’s here!”

“Welcome the new ambassador of Neuru!”

“Let’s take a commemorative photo before the student council president arrives!”

Wang Chansol, the third-year class 0 vice president, was the son of a family running a global luxury goods company.

Neuru was one of the brands owned by that company.

Since Wang Chansol was close to Seodol, it was natural that news of me reached those seniors.

Normally, they liked to appear late or sneak in as if making a grand entrance, but thinking they rushed here to do this made my head ache.

‘If Jegal Jaegul or Dokgo Miro became ambassador, this would be expected.

But for me to do this? Why?’

Since I didn’t understand, I stayed silent without even thanking them out of politeness.

Kim Yuri, who entered the room with me, kindly said, “Haha, Ui-shin must be very happy to be ambassador!”

Wang Chansol puffed up his chest proudly.

But it didn’t last long.

Flare!

In an instant, flames engulfed the hideous banners.

The flames were controlled to avoid damage to other items or students but watching it warmed my heart and made my chest burn.

Yeom Jun-yeol’s flames quickly cleaned the meeting room.

“Ah! The student council president came too early! We need a commemorative photo!”

“Burning it so fast...?”

Perhaps using partial Hongryong Fire to control the flames precisely, one of Yeom Jun-yeol’s eyes glowed as if filled with fire.

After extinguishing the flames, Yeom Jun-yeol smiled and said.

“Without student council approval, any installation in the student council hall is subject to removal.”

It was the same line Yeom Jun-yeol used when Geum Chansol and Wang Chansol had left useless things in the meeting room before, but today he said it with more vigor.

He seemed to keep an eye on those two to prevent any crazy acts and headed to the podium somewhat early.

I felt like our eyes met briefly.

Yeom Jun-yeol spoke in a somewhat softened tone.

“It’s a bit early, but since everyone is here, I declare the opening.

From now on, we will start the third-quarter student representative meeting.”