Episode 144. Two people are XX Cure (1)
A shocking image was being broadcast from the stage.
I went to the back to see who had launched it, but there was no one there except for a golem standing there.
If what is shown on the screen is true, the election should be suspended for a while.
That’s why there were those who naturally attracted attention.
“Where is Instructor Jason?”
“It seems like Saint Nevia disappeared as soon as her speech ended.”
“You didn’t know this would happen and ran away in advance, did you?”
The head of the combat department, Cage, immediately sought to find him and question him. The other department heads also showed the same reaction as Cage without showing any sign of panic.
I’ve had a feeling that Jason and Nevia were suspicious for a while now, but I couldn’t make a definitive conclusion, so I held off on it.
The opponent is a saint directly under the imperial family and the religious order. If you rush in with only suspicion, you risk being unjustly stripped of your clothes.
A high ranking member of the Imperial Knights and the Order.
It is a situation where two high-ranking figures who can influence a country are involved.
All I could think was that I had no choice but to just sit still.
“You’ve done so many things.”
Cage said, watching Jason’s movements as they were being broadcast.
All the suspicious conversations and movements that took place in his personal study were captured there.
Starting with the plan to rob the archives, and even making Saint Nevia the student council president.
It was also revealed that he did not hesitate to use any means necessary for that purpose.
‘It looks like it was stamped on a salt magic tool, but who did it?’
Somehow it didn’t seem like an ordinary salt salt.
The slightly shaking screen gave the impression that it was taken by hand by an intelligent creature.
But it seemed strange that they didn’t notice even though they were blatantly filming right in front of the person involved.
There is no way a transparent creature can exist… .
‘A transparent creature… An invisible creature… By any chance!’
Spirit/spirit.
A pseudo-body created by combining the energy of Mother Nature and ominous energy.
They exist anytime and anywhere, freely roaming the mountains, rivers, plants, and magical landscapes.
It is just invisible to the eyes of those who cannot sense it.
If you have high sensitivity right now, you can see this a lot in this department.
‘It seems like the spirit was taken at a higher level than I thought.’
Low-level spirits do not have the intelligence to act intuitively like that. Therefore, the very idea of using a magic tool to hit something is impossible.
Besides, I doubted whether it was really taken with a magic tool. It was obvious that it would be discovered if it was carried around, so it was impossible to take it secretly.
‘So, did you visualize what the spirit witnessed in that way? And did you do it through an artificial golem?’
If it’s possible, it should be at least a high-level one.
There’s no way a wild spirit would do that on its own, there’s someone who has made a contract.
There aren’t many people in this academy who have made contracts with spirits of a higher level or higher.
As far as Cage knows, there is only one person.
‘Mary Rudciel.’
There are many spirits in the academy, but she is the only one who has made a contract with a higher-level spirit…
‘That’s right. I had that friend.’
Radon Crawler.
That friend also ended up learning from his class records that he had made a contract with a higher-level spirit called ‘Muto’.
First of all, Mary Ludciel, with her innocent personality, would never spy on anyone.
In that case, the only candidate is Radon Crowler.
‘Maybe that guy…’
If you were here, I would have asked right away, but now is not the time.
“Excuse me, this is Instructor Jason!”
At that time, the person I needed to find was standing in the direction pointed by a faculty member.
Today, Principal Keiten and Vice Principal Repeli were summoned to a meeting of the Magic League.
In their absence, thoughts that were not important had to take a back seat.
Because right now, the only people who can shoulder everything here are the department heads, including myself.
“Can you explain that screen to me, Jason Barkel?”
The first person I approached and asked was the head of the magic department, Talena Kristen.
She stood there as if she was going to arrest him at any moment, but she felt something strange.
‘… .’
Jason’s face was already flushed as if he were dead.
There was a sickeningly evil aura about his face.
“If you want to catch it, catch it somewhere.”
At his unpleasant attitude, Talena immediately cast a binding spell.
“uh?”
The magic doesn’t work.
No, the magic itself is not being expressed.
It wasn’t just Talena.
“Department Head, we’re in big trouble!”
-Magic… I can’t use magic.
A staff member who had come running in a hurry announced that his guiding spell had been canceled.
The same thing happened not only to the department head but also to the faculty and staff.
“Then the cadets….”
“No, the students look fine.”
From a distance, a cadet is seen calculating probabilities using magic power.
Only the faculty and staff, excluding them, were unable to use magic.
“But what will happen to you if you can’t use magic?”
There Jason smiled and asked.
No matter how skilled you are, if you don’t have magical power, you’re no different from an ordinary person.
Jason shouted at them with their faces raised.
“I’m saying you can’t beat us!”
bang!-
An explosion occurred right in the middle of a crowd of cadets.
Several cadets are caught in the explosion and seriously injured.
The ones who did this were a group of freshmen called the Royal Guard.
Swish-
The guards suddenly pulled out their threatening swords.
Since the screen that was being broadcast also showed something about them… it was easy to see why they were doing that.
“Did you finally reveal your true feelings?”
“But what should I do? If I can’t use magic, I can’t protect the children.”
As Talena said, I couldn’t do anything with my hands. If I could only use magic, I would have easily subdued someone like Jason.
“What kind of tricks did you use!”
Jason laughed at Cage’s nagging.
“Do you know who the previous headmaster of this academy was?”
“What are you talking about?”
“There must have been a principal before the current principal, Keiten Zodiac, took office.”
‘Demora Crevasse’
It is the name of the principal who led Alighieri in the previous generation, but he was expelled before completing his term.
He was a faculty member during the Great War 30 years ago, when he treated cadets like weapons.
As a faculty member at that time, there was no way I could treat the students like people.
Because in order to develop weapons of war, it was common to hire ‘trainers’ rather than ‘teachers’.
“What did that guy say?”
“After he ascended to the position of principal… do you know what kind of system he created?”
He was a human being who reached the extreme of playing with people called demos.
He created a system to control even the remaining teaching staff, who were lacking in cadets.
Magic seal system.
Those selected as department heads and faculty members will be prevented from using magical powers without their permission.
It was discovered through a magic circle drawn on the back of his hand, and it was impossible to go against him within the academy.
“Then surely…”
“Heh heh heh heh heh!”
A magic circle was shining on the back of Jason’s raised hand.
The department head and faculty members who found out opened their eyes wide.
“He is currently one of the Seven Doomsdays. And do you know what it means that I was enslaved to that system?”
There is no faculty member in this position who can stop him.
The bodyguards have also been treated with magical powers, so they are at a level that only a professor can deal with.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to escape this situation with the power of the cadets alone.
“He is also in this Alighieri.”
It was a moment that fit the description of a do-or-die situation.
Until they finished their training and started fighting.
* * * * *
Jason has probably sealed the faculty and staff’s magic powers by now. Since they can’t come forward, the main cadets have no choice but to come forward.
Now it’s time for the rematch between the guards and them.
-Jenny vs. Elka.
-Ruska vs. Hellk.
-Mary vs. Lavender.
-Angela & Crona & Kent vs. Slave.
‘And Adela vs. Jason.’
In Adela’s case, she is not yet a full-time professor but an assistant, so she is not subject to the magic seal.
Of course, there are other assistants besides Adela, but they are not strong enough to stand up to Jason.
From the beginning, Adela was destined to fight Jason.
‘Meanwhile, our great protagonist…’
One of the seven constellations, Demora Crevasse, will also be in this Alighieri.
The main character, Lyman, will be busy dealing with the big guy.
Then and now, it is Lyman’s job to deal with big guys from behind.
And now I…
“Gyaaaah! What is that!”
“Shut your mouth and run away!”
I’m running away like crazy.
There is no time to look back. There is no way to survive but to run away.
Kwakwakwang!-
The whole time I was running I could hear loud explosions.
Black feathers fall from the sky.
The feathers floating in the air were not coming down slowly, but were shooting down in a straight line like arrows.
Kkwaaaaang!-
If it had simply stuck like an arrow and ended there, I would have been able to organize my thoughts to fight back. But the part where it stuck made a loud noise and the terrain caved in.
It was like watching a stealth bombing.
“Don’t even think about fighting, because you have no chance of winning. That guy is a master who surpasses even me.”
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Race: Jureung (subspecies)
Grade: Advanced
Horsepower: 169/170
Tendency: —
Feelings towards users: —
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After a quick check with my eyes, I realized that it was indeed the guy I knew.
Chapter 5’s mid-boss, Black Winged Aisha. She is an artificial spirit created from the corpse of a girl who died in Doomsday.
Why is the guy here when he should still be kept in their base?
“Muto! Smoke!”
“okay!”
Smoke spewed out from Muto’s mouth, obscuring the view in all directions.
Of course, Aisha’s feather bombardment stopped, and we entered a forest full of trees during the gap.
And he sat under a large rock and hid his body as much as possible.
In that state, I asked Nebia.
“Your Majesty, do you know anything about that guy?”
“If I had known, I wouldn’t have just run away and asked what it was.”
Nevia is a being who has had contact with Doomsday.
If I don’t know Aisha, Doomsday’s loyal servant, then I’m missing something.
“Oh! Now that I think about it, I heard it from the guards.”
She recalls the words of the guards, that the freshmen who went into hiding were not only her and Nevia.
The fact that an entity unknown to even the Royal Guard and Nevia had entered the workforce as a watcher.
‘Wait, now that I think about it, I think I heard that from Jason too.’
Jason told me briefly when I lied about being the successor to Envyel.
They say that there are other hidden beings besides themselves.
If all those words were true, even Nevia wouldn’t know.
‘But why?’
Why is the guy who was supposed to appear in Chapter 5 appearing now?
Why did you infiltrate the academy?
Boom!-
At that moment, the rock was destroyed with an explosion. We were blown away by the shock wave.
It’s fortunate that no one got burned, but… the guy found us already.
And then a feather flies in like an arrow.
“shit!”
I gritted my teeth and summoned Leviathan.
He catches the fastest feather flying through the air like a pitcher’s pitch.
It flies back to Aisha and gets stuck in her wing, exploding.
Boom!-
“Senior, how did you get the fishing rod…?”
“Oh, you mean this?
Come to think of it, I never told her or showed her anything.
I can’t help but look like I’m not extraordinary, catching something so vicious with a fishing rod.
“What on earth did you do?”
I told her in admiration.
“My distant ancestor once said this.”
“…?”
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Although she didn’t know who her ancestors were, Nebia’s eyes were shining with curiosity.
I smiled and spoke like an angel.
“How do I not know that?”
“….”
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Nevia, whose expression was flushed with the sense of betrayal that was surging in, kicked my neck and rebuked me.
“Are you kidding me?”
“Ouch… It hurts a little there.”
At that moment, a fluttering sound was heard. When I looked back, I could see that Aisha was still fine.
There was a moment when I was about to click my tongue at the thought that there was no way I could handle something like that.
-You, what is that?
“uh?”
Contrary to expectations, he suddenly started talking to me. His speech was stiff, like a machine.
What he was pointing at was the Leviathan I was holding… the so-called fishing rod.
-How on earth did you deflect my fire feathers with that?
“Just fine.”
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But why am I suddenly curious about this?
And then the guy opened his mouth.
-I heard that Mosria was killed by a stick. I came here to investigate the fact while I was watching over the saint.
“what…?”
I know why he came here, but the moment I heard that sound my heart skipped a beat.
Mosria, a sturdy fish that couldn’t be killed with a stick, died on my fishing rod.
Are you saying that you were called here to find out the truth?
That means his target is…
-Let me ask you. Did you kill Mosria?
“No.”
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I’m so nervous, but in times like these, my ‘acting’ skill is really effective.
It’s not me. Please believe me.
So, would you please go somewhere else?
-Tell me the truth. Otherwise…
“I told you it wasn’t me!”
-Don’t lie. There’s no way you can deflect my attacks with a normal fishing rod!
A cursed aura overflowed from the angry guy, and a powerful main force was fired from his mouth.
“Get out of the way!”
Nebia pushed me away and stood in front of the powerful beam.
It may seem like a thoughtless act, but we must never forget that she is a saint.
“Ahhhhhh-“
A wall of sonic waves filled with divine power protected her.
It’s because of the holy spirit that it’s in conflict with the main force that it’s holding on like that. If it weren’t for that, it would have been swallowed up long ago.
“Ugh!”
But Nebia’s legs began to move backwards.
Even if you deploy the barrier more strongly, the other side will just shoot back more strongly.
‘I guess I have to help…’
“It’s no use. You’ll end up interfering with this woman’s magic because of the strength you have.”
I couldn’t help because I had the main force.
I’m getting pushed back more and more. The only one who can stop this attack is the saint herself.
Even in the midst of all this, I had a strange feeling.
How long has it been since I was born and felt a sense of responsibility? Is it the first time since I became a saint?
‘We must stop it. We absolutely must…!’
But the main force on the other side is stronger than the power on this side.
The barrier began to allow the rays to break through like a breaking bottle of water.
‘I guess I can do it alone…’
Absolutely unstoppable.
But it was he who chose to be alone.
It was he who betrayed his trust.
No one will stand on his side except the man behind him.
‘no…’
As I have already declared on the podium… it is the point where I have thrown away everything in life.
This is the future you chose.
It will soon be swallowed up in a black ray of light.
The moment when I was about to give up, looking at the wall that was gradually breaking down.
“…?”
Something suddenly appeared and blocked the gap between the light and Nevia.
It was a bushy tail, and it joined the barrier to cancel out the light.
“Did you think you could stop it by yourself?”
“uh?”
Nevia was greatly surprised by the beastly girl who suddenly appeared.
My mouth also dropped open when I saw her.
Because Angela, who was their rival, showed up and helped her.
“Get up quickly.”
And he reached out his hand to Nevia, who was sitting down in exhaustion.
At first, Nebia had a look on her face like, “Why?”, but as she looked up at Angela’s face, she soon grabbed her hand.
It could be said that it is a rather magnificent sight of two saints holding hands.
I didn’t want to break the contraction, but I had no choice.
“Hey… Angela, are you here?”
I couldn’t help but feel good about that scene.
Why is the guy who’s probably fighting with the slaves here right now?
Surely you aren’t neglecting your duties, are you?
Surviving as an Academy Fraudster
