Chapter 69: Black Magic Club: Between Mental Mayhem and Mountainous Charm

Sion Enters the Black Magic Club: Beautiful Professors and Boisterous Busts

Sion entered the Black Magic Club.

Waiting for him there were two beautiful female professors.

…Both of them specialized in Black Magic, so they weren’t exactly sane.

“Surprised? Sorry. But Granshar said she brought a member to the Black Magic Club, so I was curious.”

“Ah… Y-Yes, I see. Nice to meet you. My name is Sion.”

“Hehe, I see. Sion… a nice name.”

Lick.

She licked her lips and smiled enchantingly.

…It didn’t seem like the kind of face a professor should be making at a student, at least.

All Sion could do was… try to change the subject.

“By the way, Professor Granshar’s… what are these ears and tail?”

“Ah, this?”

“Unyat!”

Granshar was startled when he touched her tail.

Her eyes were quite different from last week.

How should he say it? A little dazed… He felt like she wasn’t quite in her right mind.

It was Kaela, not Granshar, who answered Sion’s question.

“Curious?”

“…Did you use mental magic, by any chance?”

“Oh, that’s right. You’re correct.”

“…….”

She took off Granshar’s cat ears.

Upon closer inspection, they weren’t real ears, but a headband.

The tail was also a toy tail.

When Kaela took it off, Granshar reached out in surprise.

“Why are you taking it away!”

“Because Sion is looking at you strangely.”

“It’s not strange! It’s common sense to wear cat ear headbands and tails during club activities… com…mon…sense… Huh?”

Granshar was glitching like a broken machine.

The light returned to her eyes.

Her eyes were instantly filled with anger.

“Unyaaaah!! You played a trick on me again!!”

“Hehe, sorry. But I didn’t play that big of a trick this time. Just making you do a cat cosplay in front of a student, right?”

“How is that not a big deal! You really…!”

Huff, huff.

Professor Granshar, who seemed exhausted from getting angry, sat down in her chair and caught her breath.

…She wasn’t tired just from getting angry, was she?

Judging from her pale skin and thin body, it was possible.

Whoosh!

“Whoa.”

Blue wisps of fire rose around Granshar.

He took a step back in surprise.

She crossed her legs and smirked, just like when he first saw her last week.

“It’s been a while, Sion…. You haven’t forgotten my name, have you?”

“…No, you’re Professor Granshar.”

“That’s right! My name is Granshar von de Herzogne III! The faculty advisor for the Black Magic Clubhiyaaa…”

“?”

When he wondered what the soft moan was, Kaela was breathing into her ear.

“Kaela! What are you doing at such an important time!”

“Sorry. But Granshar is so cute when she’s trying to look cool.”

“I-I’m not trying to look cool, I’m originally like th-this… Ugh! Forget it! It’s all over now!”

Granshar made a crying face.

Kaela chuckled as if she found her cute.

…He could roughly guess their relationship.

“Anyway! Today, we will learn a new magic for our only member, Sion!”

“Oh, thank you.”

“That’s why I called this prankster here.”

“I see…. I look forward to working with you.”

“I look forward to working with you too.”

Sion clenched his fist and strengthened his resolve.

‘Mental magic…. Just hearing it sounds terrifying.’

The power of Necromancy, one of the Black Magic spells, was also excellent.

The fact that he had to prepare the bones in advance was nonsense.

If he prepared enough bones in advance, he could create a one-man army that often appears in fantasy novels.

He was also curious about the power of Mental Magic, which was also a type of Black Magic.

“Should we start with the 1st circle ‘Brainwashing’ first?”

“Brain… washing?”

“It’s a pretty creepy name, right? But as a 1st circle spell, its performance isn’t that great.”

Brainwashing.

It means ‘brainwashing’ literally.

A technique that induces or compels a person to have a specific thought.

“It looks like it can do anything, but it’s not. The success rate is determined by several factors.”

“Success rate?”

“Yes. For example… something like this.”

Whoosh!

Kaela’s fingers sparkled.

‘…I can’t see her magic power?’

Her magic power was colorless.

If Sion didn’t have ‘Identification Vision’, he might have missed the movement of her magic power.

The transparent magic power entered Granshar’s ear.

“Granshar, what color are strawberries?”

“Huh? Strawberries? Of course, they’re green. Why are you asking all of a sudden?”

“……??”

“See? It’s like that.”

Strawberries are red.

But Granshar insisted that ‘strawberries are green’ as if she was saying something obvious.

…Was this brainwashing, a 1st circle spell?

Clap!!

When she clapped her hands loudly.

Granshar was blank for about 1 second, and then she suddenly came to her senses.

“I’ll ask you again, Granshar. What color are strawberries?”

“Green… no, they’re red. What! Are you trying to use me as teaching material!”

“Mental magic always needs teaching materials, right?”

“That’s true, but… Ugh.”

“Okay, next.”

Whoosh!

Magic power entered Granshar’s ear again.

“Granshar, when are you going to pay me back the 10,000 gold coins you owe me?”

“10,000 gold coins… wait! There’s no way I would have borrowed that much money! Especially from you, a gloomy person like you!”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

This time, even if Kaela didn’t clap, her brainwashing was immediately released.

Sion stroked his chin as he watched the scene.

He got a clue as to how the ‘success rate’ was determined.

“…The success rate will be determined depending on the content you’re trying to brainwash them with.”

“That’s right, you’re right. In fact, more complex factors are at play. The user’s magic power density, the level of magic control, and the target’s favorability or trust in the user, etc.…”

“I see.”

He had already learned ‘Brainwashing’ through Identification Vision.

‘…It’s more subtle than I thought?’

He had no idea how he could use this.

He couldn’t use unnecessary information like ‘strawberries are green’ in battle, could he?

Kaela smiled when Sion was troubled.

“I’ll teach you a simple brainwashing technique that can be used in battle.”

“Thank you. …Did I say that?”

“Hehe, I think I know what you’re thinking.”

“…I see.”

It felt strangely eerie when a Mental Magic professor said that.

She wouldn’t use magic to read other people’s thoughts, would she?

“There are spells like that, but they’re difficult to use. It’s difficult to read people’s minds.”

“…….”

“Why? Do you still think I’m reading your mind right now? Which one is the truth? Hehe.”

Professor Kaela’s smiling eyes were scary.

Was it because her eyes were already dead without any focus? It was even scarier.

Sion swallowed hard and decided to focus on the magic.

“Aren’t you going to chant separately?”

“Oh my, look at my mind. I didn’t even tell you the incantation. Hmm… try to follow me.”

Sion looked at her lips.

“Open your heart and accept my whispers… Brainwashing!”

Whoosh!

Magic power emanated from her fingers.

The target was… Sion, not Granshar.

Just as it was about to enter his left ear.

Ting!

Sion created a barrier without chanting and blocked the magic power from entering.

“…Huh?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I did it without realizing it….”

“Wait, you saw the Brainwashing and blocked it…? And the barrier was chantless….”

The corners of her mouth slowly went up.

“To sense colorless magic power just by the feeling…. As expected, Sion, you’re a monster, just like the rumors say.”

“…A monster?”

“Hmm, it’s nothing. Let’s try chanting first?”

He was concerned about her words, but decided to follow her.

“Open your heart and… accept my whispers. Brainwashing.”

Whoosh!

Magic power spurted out of Sion’s fingers.

Colorless, of course. The magic power, as thin as a thread, entered Kaela’s ear.

“…Professor Kaela, what color are apples?”

“Purple… I’d like to say, but I’m immune to mental magic.”

“…Yes?”

“It’s just that. I won’t bother explaining. So don’t use it on me, okay? Got it?”

“Ah, yes. Then….”

Perhaps because she was a Mental Magic professor, she was thoroughly prepared for mental magic.

Then the only person left was….

“Why, why are you looking at me!”

“Because you’re the only one left to cast it on.”

“Ugh…. Then I understand. I will directly face you!”

“…Thank you.”

Whoosh!

Magic power flowed from Sion’s index finger.

“Wait! Chantless… I’m not ready… Unyaa!”

Twitch, twitch.

The magic power entered her ear.

She rolled her eyes back and shook her body intermittently.

Was Brainwashing… successful?

“…Professor Granshar, what color are grapes?”

“Grapes? Of course, they are yellow!”

“…Yes, that’s enough. How do you release it?”

“Any physical stimulation can release it. Because it’s a 1st circle spell. Like this….”

Clap!

Kaela clapped her hands again.

Granshar had a blank expression for a moment, then returned to normal.

“Ugh… As expected, it feels strange after being hit by mental magic! I hate the feeling that my common sense is wrong!”

“Hehe, that’s right. So Sion should be careful when using mental magic.”

“…I understand.”

“By the way, chantless from the first day…. Amazing.”

Kaela smiled at Sion.

She slowly approached Sion.

“People with talent for mental magic are rare. Usually, many people have a rotten side of their hearts or aren’t in their right minds.”

“I-Is that so? More than that, you’re a little close….”

“Chantless from the first day a new student learns magic… I can only explain it as talent.”

Thud.

As he took a step back, his back touched the wall.

There was no escape anymore.

But she didn’t stop moving forward….

“I can understand why other professors are eyeing you…?”

Squelch!

…Eventually, her chest touched Sion.

It was so big that there was still enough space between their faces.

Kaela only looked at Sion’s face as if she didn’t care at all.

“Hmm, is it your eyes that are special? Or something magical? Interesting…. I want to dissect your mind~.”

“Please don’t do that…. And that…”

“I-It’s touching! Kaela, you idiot~!”

Paat!

Granshar immediately separated Kaela from Sion.

She squeezed her body between them, forcibly pulling Professor Kaela away from Sion.

“Huh? Why? I was just looking into his eyes.”

“Your shameless chest is touching Sion!”

“…Oh my, was it? I see. I was insensitive. It’s so big that I can’t get the distance right.”

She shook her chest up and down.

Her breasts jiggled up and down every time she shook them.

…Sion tried his best not to look at them.

“And now it’s my turn! You said we’d only learn one 1st circle spell. Today, Sion and I will learn another Necromancy spell!”

“Oh my, Sion learned so fast that I want to teach him a little more…. Is that okay?”

“No! It’s a promise!”

Granshar was standing with her back to Sion, as if trying to protect him.

‘Professor, you’re touching me too….’

The problem was that her butt… was touching Sion.

Sion tried to calm down by singing the national anthem in his mind.

But the battle of the professors’ magnificent chests showed no signs of stopping.

“I’ll teach you Necromancy!”

“I’ll teach you one more, huh?”

“One becomes two, and two becomes three. Do you think I don’t know your intentionshiyaaang.”

“Eek, I have to fix it with mental magic~.”

Sion simply closed his eyes.

…It hadn’t even been an hour since the club activities started.

Sion already missed Serene, who was in the going-home club.