episode_0050

I smiled cautiously at the spy’s words.

“With those words, one thing becomes clear.”

“What do you mean?”

“You and I are equals now? You know what I don’t know, and I know what you don’t know. Are you curious about my identity? Then let’s make a deal: I’ll tell you who I am, and you answer my questions.”

“I’m not the type of person bold enough to accept a deal that shows the inside, so I refuse.”

At the spy’s words, I scratched my head and sighed. There was only one thing I was curious about, what are you aiming for? Of course, there is a lot of information that can be found in the answer… … I’m not even the type of person to respond to that. But I don’t want you to hear my answer either.

We’re at the end of the line. As I was just staring blankly at the spy, wondering if there was any way to turn this around, I heard senior Leonard’s voice.

“If you don’t leave now, you’ll be late. If you want to eat breakfast, it’s already too late.”

“I’ll just ask you one last question.”

In response to my answer, Senior Leonard nodded and headed towards the entrance of the cave. I looked at him and said one word.

“No matter what you think, you will never know my identity, or tell me. What is my identity?”

“I don’t know that, and why I need to know that.”

“Your colleague seems to want that.”

The spy closed his mouth at my answer, and I carefully got up and smiled at him.

“I’ll come again tomorrow.”

“The answer will not change no matter when you come.”

I left those words behind and moved towards the entrance of the cave. When I arrived at the entrance of the cave, senior Leonard was looking at me.

“Is the story over?”

“I didn’t learn anything, but I was convinced that it might be me, not Sharon, that they were after.”

“That’s why I’m targeting you… … I don’t know, there are commoner wizards from Araelia all over the world.”

“It’s not because he’s an ice wizard, because there are so many ice wizards out there. I’m not a human with special mana like Sharon.”

“I don’t know why.”

I had no choice but to know the correct answer from what Senior Leonard said. A human from another world, that one fact was the only thing that made me special. But I couldn’t figure out why he was targeting humans from another world, and what he wanted was probably the resurrection of the Demon King… … Indeed, that might not have been the correct answer, so I just looked at Senior Leonard. Senior Leonard waved his cane lightly, and the vision in front of me changed.

It seemed like he was finally getting used to the aftereffects of teleportation. When I arrived at the academy with Leonard senior, he said he would go first and walked somewhere, and I muttered something while looking at the academy building from the main gate of the academy.

“I need to find senior Isabel.”

“Even if you don’t do that, you’re next to me?”

I was startled by the sudden words and looked to the side to see senior Isabelle leaning against the wall of the front door, looking at me and waving her hand.

“Good morning, right?”

“… … Good morning, I was looking for a question to ask you.”

“Listening to Erica’s story, she said she encountered a mole. Did you find out anything? Or is it a different question?”

“After listening to the story, it seems that the person they are targeting is me, not Sharon. They had a lot of questions about me. I don’t know if what I’m aiming for is the resurrection of the Demon King or not, but that’s probably the biggest reason.”

“But Sharon can also be a goal, I understand that. But you didn’t come to me to tell me that, right?”

I looked at Isabelle and opened my mouth.

“The spy was curious about me, what my identity was. I think… … Like you saw, I think that’s because I’m from a different world, but I don’t know if that’s the right answer, and I was curious about whether that might be a special reason, so I looked for it.”

At my answer, the senior thought for a moment and then looked at the academy tower. As I looked at the academy’s tower, the time showed that class time was running out.

“I might be late, is that okay?”

“Being late once won’t be much of a problem.”

“Well, Erica alone is famous for skipping lectures 10 times during her freshman year. Isn’t she like the teacher and the student?”

“I have no intention of becoming like that.”

The senior looked at me, smiled slightly, looked at me, and slowly opened his mouth.

“People who are not from this world may be able to defy Fair’s fate.”

“Defying fate… … ”

“All humans in this world are on the hand of Fea, the goddess of fate, and walk on the path called fate created by the goddess. That is the rule of this world, and it is a rule that neither gods nor demons can break. . So, the story goes that both an unfortunate fate and a life full of luck are ultimately Fea’s choices.”

“… … I know that.”

“Because the rules are set, but you, who are not from this world, cannot see your fate, although I can see the fate of all living things. You may be able to see the fate of the Demon King’s army’s spies, but that’s only possible if you’re the real person, but like I said, I can’t see your fate. Even if you could see it, it would keep changing. You are not from this world, so you are not on Fair’s hand.”

In response, I slowly nodded.

“Then what they are aiming for is… … That must be the power I have, the ability to defy fate.”

“That’s the most likely story, but I also wonder, if they kidnapped you or killed you, your power wouldn’t go to them.”

With those words, she smiled brightly and pointed her wand at me. The moment I saw my senior’s cane pointed at me, memories of yesterday naturally came to mind and I felt like I was suffocating.

“Shall we talk about the most possibility? They aim for Sharon to break the seal with the magic of light, and by targeting you, they gain the power to defy fate and try to resist the fate that the Demon Lord must be defeated. It’s the most novel-like story, right?”

“The most novel-like story… … Yes. And it’s also the story that makes the most sense.”

“Of course, it’s not confirmed, and I’m not sure that you have that kind of power. There are records of beings from other worlds appearing in this world, but all of their records have disappeared and there aren’t many records of observations. ”

novel.

I thought about that word for a moment, and yes, this world was the world of a novel. The main character in the novel is Sharon, and the villain is the Demon King. It was the most plausible story. If someone were the author of a novel, they would definitely write something like that.

So my role is… … Is it that supporting role? But I just had one question. Is the character who died in the novel really Astan? And is that Astan really Astan or me?

As I became silent for a moment out of curiosity, senior Isabel took a step towards me and lightly waved her cane, and at that moment, my mind became clear. It seemed like it was probably the same magic as Arkadin-senpai’s magic from last night.

“I’m thinking too much, now is not the time to think about that.”

“… … Sorry.”

“First of all, I think the priority right now is to uncover the spy’s purpose, rather than trying to find the Academy’s spy.”

I nodded cautiously.

No matter how much my senior tried to stop me, I had no intention of not finding the academy’s mole. If it was me they were after, I had to find proof. And I had to meet him.

To find out what they were after, I had to become dangerous. But if life is already dangerous enough, where on earth are the spies? Are you deciding that it is not the time yet?

“If you keep standing around like that, you’ll be late for class. You can get away with being late to a certain extent, but failing to attend can result in quite a big punishment.”

“Are you not returning?”

“Because I called Arkadin to the front door yesterday, I have to take care of him this morning.”

I nodded to my senior and walked towards the academy. As I walked slowly and looked at the academy, I felt like the building looked bigger today.

There was a spy in here, but I couldn’t tell who it was. Who on earth could it be? Could it be one of the people I met recently?

During a break in the lecture, I carefully entered the classroom and found a seat. The only seat left was the seat next to Ceresria, and I quietly sat next to her without saying a word.

As I sat down next to her, Ceresria glanced at me, wrote something with a pen and handed it to me, and I looked at her note.

[Is something happening?]

And I also picked up a pen and wrote a reply to that note.

[I had a place to visit for a while.]

There was no reason to give the correct answer yet. And the reason why I have to reveal that I am from a different world is because even if I revealed that, Celestria would be the same and Sharon would be the same. When I handed her the note with my reply, she looked at the note and flicked her fingers to set the note on fire, and I focused on the lecture that was beginning.