Chap 62-Disciplinary Committee

 

“Cough, cough…!”

With the cough, more blood gushed out.

The dorm supervisor, as if not caring about my condition, pulled my arm even more roughly as she dragged me along.

Following my dragged footsteps, drops of blood splattered on the hallway floor.

The curse I had absorbed from Elise earlier.

The last time I absorbed her curse, I had quite a hard time because the curse struggled desperately to cling to its host, Elise.

But this time was a little different.

As soon as I touched it, the rampaging curse rushed over my hand as if it had been waiting, pouring into my body.

Then, like a hungry beast, it began to tear through my insides and attack.

Which is why I’m spitting up blood like this…

But still, it was a relief.

Thanks to that, the curse on Elise seemed to have completely disappeared this time.

I no longer felt the ominous energy of Contamination from her body.

Of course, considering that Elise keeps getting strange curses from somewhere, I still can’t rest assured…

Anyway, it was lucky that Elise attacked me at just the right time, so I wasn’t caught in the act of removing her curse.

The dorm supervisor, and the others who would hear about this later, would just think that I was bullying Elise again and got beaten up in return.

“Cough, cough…!”

Thanks to the curse turning my insides upside down, an immense pleasure was now raging through my entire body.

With every breath, every heartbeat, even in this moment of being dragged by the dorm supervisor.

I desperately clung to my sanity.

I was afraid that this curse would change me strangely again, like last time.

Even as I was being dragged, I carefully examined my body.

Fortunately, I didn’t lose consciousness and wallow in pleasure like last time.

But…

Thud-

In the end, I couldn’t stop my legs from trembling due to the pleasure, and I fell to the floor.

“Ugh, really! Can’t you walk straight instead of being dragged?”

The dorm supervisor didn’t seem to care at all about my condition.

Rather, she scolded me to get up quickly, annoyed that I was spitting up blood.

Even though I’m a student of the academy, she’s so indifferent even though I collapsed in front of her while spitting up blood.

I thought it was a bit too much…

Unlike my thoughts, my body was honest.

That coldness, as if she didn’t care whether I lived or died, felt so good…

I limped and barely got up again, following behind the dorm supervisor.

…

My mind was hazy, but I was able to maintain some reason and grasp the situation.

The disciplinary committee was formed surprisingly quickly.

Surely the disciplinary committee requires the headmaster’s final approval… Seeing how quickly it started…

The headmaster’s office acted like they would help me, like they were on my side.

It was just as I expected.

Suddenly, I missed Master, and a corner of my heart felt gloomy.

Still, I was relieved that she didn’t see this side of me.

She would have been sad.

“Um… but Yeon Bennet, you don’t look too good… Shouldn’t we contact Professor Emilia and have her take a look?”

Then, a familiar voice was heard.

It was Professor Merlin, the homeroom teacher of Class A.

She was looking at my pale face and blood-stained uniform with worried eyes.

“Professor Emilia has recently taken a leave of absence for personal reasons. It will be difficult to contact her now.”

Another professor replied indifferently.

“No, more than that, why worry about a girl like that?”

Another professor said sarcastically.

“Still, she’s a student in my class… I’m a little… worried.”

Professor Merlin still couldn’t hide her uneasy expression.

“Hmm… Professor Merlin has a point. Since we’ve decided to hand her over to the Lady Rapelasia anyway, shouldn’t we send her in good condition if possible? If something goes wrong, we’ll be the only ones in trouble.”

At that professor’s words, the other professors paused for a moment, then nodded.

They decided to treat me not because they were worried about me, but purely for their own safety.

After a brief discussion, the professors decided to call an assistant professor who could use Healing magic from the infirmary to check on my condition and provide simple treatment.

“By the way… Professor Bella, you’ve looked unwell since earlier, are you alright?”

One professor asked.

“Ah… yes… I’m fine.”

A familiar but somehow weak voice.

‘…Ah.’

Senior must be here too.

‘…This is bad.’

I subtly turned my head and looked towards one corner.

And there, Senior Bella was standing with a terrifying expression I had never seen before.

She was staring intently at me with her arms crossed.

“Well, those from the front lines like you must especially hate that girl. I understand.”

Another professor nodded, looking at Senior Bella.

Senior Bella didn’t respond to those words, just nodded perfunctorily and closed her eyes tightly.

‘This… I’m going to get scolded pretty badly later, aren’t I?’

I was sweating bullets inside.

It didn’t seem like it would end with just nagging.

Meanwhile, the professors quickly began to discuss the level of my punishment.

“Since she’s a student with a bad record anyway, what else is there to discuss? Just send her to the punishment chamber according to the rules.”

“I agree. That would be the cleanest way.”

The opinions were surprisingly quickly unanimous.

Well, it was the expected result.

After a while, the door opened and a young assistant professor came in.

He quickly began to examine my condition.

“Hmm… the external wounds are severe, but there are no injuries that directly threaten her life. However, there has been bleeding, and it seems like there has been some impact on the internal organs, so we should take her to the infirmary for proper treatment.”

“I understand. Then go and get her treated first.”

Professor Merlin, as if representing the faculty, gave permission.

The assistant professor reached out to support me.

I got up from my seat and secretly gave a faint smile towards Senior Bella to let her know that I was okay.

It was a smile that contained the meaning of ‘Don’t worry, this is nothing’ in my own way.

I saw Senior Bella’s shoulders twitch slightly as she saw my smile.

Her expression was still not very good, but it seemed to ease ever so slightly from the murderous aura she had earlier.

…

As Yeon left the disciplinary committee room with the assistant professor for treatment, the remaining professors began to talk about Yeon once again.

“So, in the end, she was bullying Lady Rapelasia and got beaten up in return, right?”

One professor asked the dormitory supervisor as if confirming.

The dormitory supervisor was testifying to the professors about the situation she had witnessed a little while ago, mixing exaggeration and speculation.

In the way that Yeon threatened Elise, Elise retaliated in self-defense, and as a result, Yeon collapsed while spitting up blood.

“Tsk tsk, she didn’t know her place and got what she deserved for picking on her.”

The voices of several professors ridiculing Yeon filled the conference room.

Their words and expressions contained contempt and ridicule for Yeon.

Bella was watching all of that with a stiff expression.

She vaguely knew that the world’s malice towards Yeon was so deep and blatant, but seeing it with her own eyes like this was beyond imagination.

Bella wanted to run out of this place and grab them by the collar right away, but she couldn’t.

She had a reason to steadfastly protect this place, this space filled with terrible hypocrisy and malice.

“Ahem, then we’ll send Yeon Bennet to the punishment chamber… Who should be in charge of the execution?”

An older professor coughed and asked.

“Well… there must be a lot of people who have been waiting for this…”

“Wouldn’t she need proper education?”

The professors looked at each other, trying to find the right person, when Bella opened her mouth.

“…I’ll do it.”

In an instant, all eyes in the conference room were on Bella.

Her face was filled with a murderous and cold expression, as if she was about to kill someone.

At her appearance, the other professors began to whisper involuntarily.

“Oh my, did you see her expression just now? My goodness…”

“As expected of someone from the front lines… perhaps she’s thinking of her sacrificed comrades…”

“It must be so much that she’s offering to do it herself.”

Of course, unlike the professors’ guesses, the reason for Bella’s anger was somewhere else entirely.

Professor Merlin looked at Bella for a moment with a complicated expression.

“Alright. Then Professor Bella will be in charge of the disciplinary execution of this student Yeon Bennet.”

As the homeroom teacher of Class A, where the top students gathered, and from the Elix family, her authority was also considerable, so even if the other professors had some complaints, they couldn’t dare to object and just agreed.

As soon as she was appointed as Yeon’s disciplinary executor, Bella let out a sigh of relief inside.

At least she could prevent the worst-case scenario of Yeon falling into the hands of someone else who didn’t know anything.

Now she could protect Yeon herself.

“Professor Bella, you’ve thought this through very well.”

One professor said to Bella with satisfaction.

“Educate that rude and arrogant girl thoroughly, and make sure she doesn’t disrupt the academy’s rules again!”

“That’s right! We need to set an example!”

The other professors chimed in as if they had been waiting for it.

Their voices were filled with malice towards Yeon, as well as anticipation for Bella.

Bella listened to their words and replied with cold eyes.

Her voice was as cold as ice.

“…I understand. Don’t worry. I will… educate her thoroughly.”