Kidnapped Dragons (KR Web Novel)

Episode 92: Cottage Industry (1)

“Gyeoul. You are not selling stationery or supplies to your friends anymore right?”

Flinch.

Gyeoul hesitated for 2 seconds after hearing her homeroom teachers question.

She wasnt leading the kindest of lives but she still needed some time to mentally prepare herself before lying.

“…Im not.”

“Really? And you dont get paid for doing others homework anymore?”

Flinch.

“…Ive washed my hands, off it.”

“No more usury either right?”

Flinch.

“…What, is that?”

“You dont know? Hmm~. By the way, did you want to volunteer for the election?”

“…No.”

She was quick at expressing her honest thoughts.

Election? Gyeoul knew how the class representatives always suffered from being pestered by the teachers everyday, so she immediately turned down the offer.

“Really? I was thinking Gyeoul would be a good candidate for the school captain election though.”

“…School, captain?”

“Nn nn. You are almost in Year 6 now, so that means you can be the school captain for 1 year soon.”

“…Ahh.”

“You know how much of an awesome thing that is right, Gyeoul? You will represent your friends and do many good things.”

“…Nnn.”

“Thats not the end you know? The school captain of a renowned school like ours would receive extra points when applying for a middle school…”

Gyeouls mind was somewhere else already, thinking about the losses she had suffered and such.

It was because the dried apples that she sold the day before yesterday were unexpectedly not very popular, so she had to throw some of it away. Sweet potatoes and bananas were popular so why didnt apples work?

She was giving random responses while thinking about such things but that was when her ears picked up some promising words.

“There is a sponsoring scholarship for election runners as well, you see.”

Scholarship?

“Since Gyeoul, you look quite ambitious and greedy in a good sense, I thought you would be interested in something like that… After all, you are the best merchant in the world right, Gyeoul?”

Gyeoul frowned in response to those words and lowered her gaze.

“…Please, dont call me that…”

“Nn? Ah, then the worlds best entrepreneur?”

“…”

The child locked her fingers and fidgeted, and her blue eyes appeared rather sad.

Oh no. Did that put her in a bad mood? Was she treating the child as if she was obsessed with money? Thinking that, the teacher apologised.

“Oh my, Im sorry. Then what would you consider your pretty self to be, Gyeoul?”

Gyeoul replied.

“…Politician.”

Like that, she applied for the election.

In fact, the school captain position of a primary school was quite a meaningless job. Class representatives tended to be called around everywhere by the teachers but that wasnt the case for school captains. She realised that it was more of an honorary position after applying for the election.

Gyeoul was already satisfied by the election fund.

It was a shocking amount of 50 dollars!