Chapter 53: The Angel Who Creates a Club (6)

Episode 53

Some words are difficult to react to.

Words that spark intense conflict, words that reawaken old hatred, words that make people realize why they dislike each other, or words that inflict lasting wounds even though they’re just a few seconds of gossip.

Power was that kind of word.

So Leffrey couldn’t easily respond.

‘This is power…? This kind of method…’

Moreover, this kind of power Hexi was demonstrating was the kind that had tormented Leffrey in his past life.

‘Besides, this doesn’t look good.’

Think about it. A professor retaliating against students using her power? It was naturally a situation that wouldn’t be viewed favorably.

But the fallen angel within Leffrey’s heart muttered,

‘So what? If we can crush the student council this time, wouldn’t school life be much easier?’

But Leffrey couldn’t help but look at the student council member who was on the verge of tears, overwhelmed by the Artificial Hero Hexi’s outburst.

That student didn’t look like an evil villain.

‘The student council tried to screw you and Yumari over. And they’ll try to screw you over again in the future. What’s wrong with retaliating first?’

Leffrey couldn’t easily answer the fallen angel’s whispers.

Seeing this, Hexi…

“That’s good. It seems Angel-nim also agrees with this.”

She muttered those words.

“Then… shall we turn things upside down today?”

And with that, she started taking out her weapons.

“W-Wait…”

The student council was literally a self-governing organization of academy students. If a professor became enraged and overturned this organization, it would naturally cause problems. Everyone involved would be heavily criticized.

“You there, who are you reporting to right now?”

“To… another department office…”

“Can’t you hear me? I told you to handle this matter first, didn’t I? You too, demerit…”

But Hexi, oblivious to such concerns, was casually wielding her power.

Truly a princess.

And senior archery students were subtly appearing…

“Hey, you there. Can’t you hear the professor? What are you hiding?!”

They chimed in, cheering for Hexi. Some even overturned the student council’s furniture, as if they were going to completely crush the student council.

‘I…’

Actually, Leffrey didn’t need to create a club. If he had the professors’ biased protection, he wouldn’t be kicked out of the cathedral, even without a club.

But Leffrey wanted to be friends with other students and enjoy academy life.

And among those students…

…were the student council members.

Although the fallen angel Leffrey wouldn’t admit it…

At that moment, Hexi, standing in the center, muttered,

“Ha, they’re not listening. Is the student council president that scary?”

“P-Professor. This is an abuse of power.”

A student council member, holding documents tightly to their chest, was on the verge of tears.

But Hexi and the archery students, who had always been bullied by the Seocheon Yu and the student council, wouldn’t stop…

“Abuse of power? Since when did the student council have such authority? Do you servants of the Seocheon Yu only learn after you bleed?”

“That’s right, professor. Oh, this data… it looks a bit suspicious.”

“Collect it all. There must be a lot of dirty evidence.”

They continued to escalate the situation.

‘…This is the same as during the Blessing of the Spirits. Those who are truly responsible get away with it, and only the low-ranking members of the student council suffer. This kind of thing…’

Leffrey felt what an angel should do.

An angel was a being of selflessness, a being who gained Angelic Power by doing good deeds.

But the fallen angel in his heart shouted in anger,

‘Are you really going to act like a pushover? The student council is your enemy… ! Are you going to stop them without any benefit, for the sake of your enemy…?’

Leffrey cautiously began to make excuses,

‘I’m not doing this for them. How should I put it… Th-That’s right. I’m doing this to gain something!’

And he added,

‘…Hmph, I really don’t like the student council, but as an angel, I have no choice. This is a chance to gain Angelic Power and also build some connections with the student council…’

Leffrey, the honeybee angel, buzzed, preparing to suck honey.

But the fallen angel didn’t give up and shouted once more,

‘So? Do you think the student council will be grateful that you stopped Hexi? They’ll just think you’re a pushover they can use!’

‘It’s even better if they think I’m a pushover.’

Leffrey smiled.

‘Because then I can use them during the next club fair…!’

Leffrey looked at Hexi and said,

“Professor Hexi.”

“Yeah. The student council will pay the price for their arrogance today. All the evil deeds they’ve committed, looking down on other students, even the professors… every single one of them will be disciplined. Especially for bullying Leffrey…”

Hexi glared at the student council members with cold eyes.

The student council members gathered here thought,

Professor Hexi, suddenly defying the Seocheon Yu, with their tails caught in her grasp, they would all be punished, receiving demerit points or disciplinary action.

Well, they could handle that much.

But what mattered was… Professor Hexi, full of rage, didn’t seem like she would let them off with just punishment.

No matter how powerful the student council was, they were still students, and the students here were just low-ranking members.

They couldn’t possibly withstand a professor’s wrath. If Hexi continued to find fault and a disciplinary hearing was held…

If they received a major punishment from the disciplinary committee…

‘Expulsion…?’

The student council members started to tremble.

Just as the student council members were losing all hope, they heard an angelic voice beside them.

“Please stop.”

“…Yes?”

Leffrey looked at Hexi and said,

“Please stop.”

“…Why?”

In truth, Leffrey also had many complaints against the Central Academy student council. The biased judgments during the Blessing of the Spirits, and this club application incident…

‘I also want to cheer for Hexi. But…’

But Leffrey didn’t think that all the student council members were evil. He just thought they were following student council president Yu Si-hyun’s orders… that the majority of the student council was simply following the will of the Seocheon Yu.

‘There are so many heroes who came from the student council… besides, if I can become friends with the student council members this time…?’

Leffrey, after making up his mind…

Slowly began his story.

“Professor Hexi, please stop.”

Hexi was flustered. Leffrey had a huge conflict with the student council during the Blessing of the Spirits incident. So she thought the angel would be happy if she retaliated against the student council…

‘This is something Angel-nim would like…’

Hexi said, bewildered,

“Leffrey, but…”

“Professor, that senior said they would process the club documents immediately. Then why are you picking on them for other things?”

People were surprised.

First, the student council was surprised, and second, the archery students were surprised. The student council was surprised that he dared to speak like that to the cruel Professor Hexi, and…

“Making unreasonable demands towards students who can’t resist a professor’s authority… is wrong!”

…the archery students were surprised that he was boldly speaking out against Professor Hexi.

‘Wait, Leffrey, that boy…’

‘We manipulated the Blessing of the Spirits to screw him over…’

Leffrey even knew that fact.

He even had video evidence.

But…

He’s protecting us, even though he could be expelled.

We did everything we could to ruin that boy…

The student council felt a deep emotion.

The name of that emotion was…

Guilt.

‘Why…’

Even though they joined the student council for their own success and advancement… They couldn’t possibly not know this feeling.

‘What have we done… to that angel-like child?’

The student council members couldn’t bring themselves to raise their heads.

Meanwhile, the archery students, watching the scene, also had similar thoughts.

‘Defying the professor’s will? And he’s a weak superhuman who couldn’t even become the first-year top student?’

But even they couldn’t help but think…

‘…He’s speaking the truth. Like a loyal retainer from legends.’

The other world empire was an absolute monarchy. But there were still legends of loyal retainers who risked their lives to speak the truth, even against absolute power.

The archery students, who were from noble families in the empire, couldn’t help but recall those legends when they saw Leffrey.

“Why…?”

Hexi asked Leffrey again.

The student council and the archery students trembled in fear, cautiously watching Hexi’s next move. Would she punish the boy?

Would she be enraged?

Or…

“Leffrey, are you mad at me?”

Everyone here was astonished. Professor Hexi, known as the cruelest among the professors, was now… clinging to a boy, on the verge of tears.

“…No.”

“Then why did you say that?”

Hexi’s pressure was immense. Even though she was an Artificial Hero, created by the other world empire’s magical capability and knowledge… she was the only hero remaining in this world.

And she was a warrior who had accumulated power through countless battles. Her aura…

…made even the surrounding students tremble.

But Leffrey gains strength when he does the right thing.

[Angels become stronger when they do the right thing!]

Leffrey, standing before Hexi, who was radiating killing intent, boldly expressed his opinion.

“Because you’re doing something wrong. No matter how unreasonable the student council’s actions are… It’s wrong to use your power as a professor to force things through without following the proper process!”

[Standing up to an unjust authority is an angelic act!]

[You have gained Angelic Power.]

[Defending justice against a much greater force is an angelic act!]

[You have gained Angelic Power.]

“Sob.”

Hexi whimpered.

Everyone except Leffrey was astonished, but…

‘Hexi is whimpering? That professor filled with madness?’

The student council couldn’t believe it, and…

‘Her Highness shed tears?’

…neither could the archery students.

But to Leffrey, it was just as he expected. Heroes and angels have a dependent relationship. If he, the only angel remaining in this world, scolded her… the hero would have no choice but to listen.

Leffrey, thinking that Hexi’s whimpering couldn’t be helped… chose words that would likely bring in a lot of Angelic Power and structured his sentences accordingly.

“Leffrey… don’t hate me…”

“I don’t hate you.”

Leffrey, feeling the incoming Angelic Power, said to the student council member,

“Then we’ll be going now… Please take good care of our club application!”

Leffrey bowed ninety degrees.

The student council member, still bewildered by the situation, couldn’t help but answer energetically, “Yes!”

“…Then excuse us!”

Thus, Hexi and Leffrey left the student council headquarters.

“Are they… gone?”

“Yes.”

The student council members could finally breathe a sigh of relief and discuss what they had just witnessed.

Professor Hexi, freed from the Seocheon Yu’s control, had come to the student council headquarters to seek revenge… but Leffrey bravely stopped her and persuaded her.

‘We’re practically enemies to Leffrey…’

And even more surprising was Professor Hexi, readily cooperating with Leffrey.

‘He can control Professor Hexi? Even the Seocheon Yu failed to control Professor Hexi?’

The student council executives contemplated how significant this was.

The Seocheon Yu had naturally failed to recruit Hexi with their power and wealth. They even failed to control her with those dangerous drugs called ‘the Abyss’.

But a mere boy is controlling Hexi…?

‘…It’s unbelievable.’

A few hours after Leffrey and Hexi left, this incident was reported to the higher-ups.

The report was filled with bias.

It was full of objective criticism about Hexi and the archery students who came with her… but there was subtle praise and carefully restrained acclaim about one boy, Leffrey.

The person who received the report said,

“He controlled Hexi? As expected. I told you, didn’t I?”

“…Even I couldn’t have predicted this.”

“Idiot, you couldn’t even notice such a simple thing? Hexi can only follow an angel. Heroes are originally such pitiful beings. Just like me… just like our Mari…”

The only student currently enrolled at the academy who possessed an Ultimate Skill… and the woman who was undoubtedly the strongest (student) at the Central Academy, said,

“Finally…”

The girl, taking a sip of the black tea in front of her…

“It’s certain. That boy…”

She said something unbelievable.

“He must be an angel. A fallen one.”

The girl smiled.

The girl with long, flowing black hair was incredibly beautiful. Moreover, her neat fashion and her school uniform, seemingly untouched by any styling, only accentuated her goddess-like appearance.

She somewhat resembled…

Yumari.

Her name was Yu Si-hyun.

“That’s impossible, President. Even when the other world empire was destroyed, the angels…”

A student council executive shouted urgently.

It was the student who had barely escaped the disciplinary committee thanks to Leffrey stopping Hexi.

He felt guilt and gratitude towards Leffrey.

Yu Si-hyun, looking at the student council executive…

“Are you bewitched by an angel?”

She said in a cold voice.

The executive hurriedly began making excuses,

“N-No, ma’am. I just… Angels didn’t even show their faces when the other world empire was destroyed, so for such a trivial matter…”

Flustered-

Yu Si-hyun subtly raised the corners of her lips and said,

“Yes, yes. Angels didn’t even show their faces when the demon king rose and the other world empire fell.”

Yu Si-hyun.

Within the Central Superhuman Academy, she was well known as the student council president.

And outside, she was called the demoness who devoured her father, the true master of the Seocheon Yu, and the second coming of the hero.

She said,

“But just because they didn’t appear when the other world empire fell… doesn’t mean they can’t appear now, does it?”

The girl smiled naturally.

It was incomparable to Yumari’s fake smile.

“President… there are no angels…!”

“No, no matter how stupid I am… I know for sure that angels exist.”

Student council president Yu Si-hyun sipped her black tea and said,

“That boy must be an angel. I’m certain.”

She confidently declared Leffrey to be an angel.

“Besides, I am the heir of the Seocheon Yu, so…”

Yu Si-hyun spoke as if she were stating a natural fact, like how the sun rises in the east and how the sea has tides.

She said matter-of-factly,

“That boy will be my guardian angel.”