Chap 101-Selfish Words

 

“What is this…”

“D, dead?”

“I told you to be careful!”

“That poisonous bitch… Well, if she had been captured, it would have been worse than death. I would have killed myself too if I were her.”

The murmuring voices of the professors sounded distant.

[SYSTEM]

Aegis Magic System – Decaymal Reverse

Caster: Dorothy Lightshield (Disconnected)

Remaining Life: 1

The price of returning from the brink of death was sweeter than anything.

With a tingling pleasure sweeping through my body, I desperately bit my lip to stifle a moan.

“Hiss…”

They seemed like fledgling professors who hadn’t been professors for long, but still, they were academy professors.

A surprise attack was essential to end it easily.

As the wave of pleasure that had swept through my body gradually subsided and my mind returned a little, I kicked off the floor.

“Wait! Behind you!”

Someone’s urgent shout was heard.

Thwack-!

Kicking off the floor and leaping up, I struck the nearest professor’s neck with a knifehand strike.

He didn’t even scream and collapsed forward.

“What!”

As his colleague fell, a professor exclaimed in shock and swung his sword.

I lightly bent my back to avoid the sharp blade.

Then, as I passed him, I struck his side with my elbow.

“Cough!”

With a short scream as if he was suffocating, he fell to the floor.

Hmm…

After the situation was sorted out, I looked around.

‘That’s strange.’

Why are there so few people?

I had captured a heinous criminal who committed terrorism against students and assassinated a duke.

The security around was surprisingly lax.

Just a few shabby professors who seemed to have just been appointed as assistant professors.

A sense of unease crept up my neck.

I immediately expanded my senses.

Thanks to reaching level 6, the entire forest was vividly drawn as if it were on the palm of my hand.

Numerous pieces of information poured into my head.

The sound of a squirrel rustling over fallen leaves, not this.

The sound of leaves scattering in the wind, not this either.

The sound of a lower-ranking monster still alive struggling, not this either…

‘Quickly! The academy is under attack! Everyone who can fight, head to the warp gate!’

Here!

I kicked off the ground and ran without hesitation towards the place where the sound came from.

The surrounding scenery flashed by like blurry afterimages.

‘The academy is under attack?’

What on earth happened while I was asleep?

And that dream.

In the circumstances, it must have been the memories of the original Yeon Bennet.

Her voice shouting that Lina was in danger was still vivid in my ears.

Lina had been saved by Yeon Bennet when she was young, before I possessed her.

Perhaps the reason she was worried about Lina was related to that past.

While lost in thought, I arrived at the place where people were gathered.

In front of the warp gate.

Professors and students were crowded together, waiting for their turn to return to the academy.

“W-what?”

“It’s Yeon Bennet! Of all times…”

The people who found me exclaimed in shock and began to stir.

I didn’t know if they were surprised by my miserable appearance or more shocked that I, who should have been restrained, had appeared.

I shrugged my shoulders and opened my mouth towards them.

“Sorry, but I think I need to return to the academy first?”

“Stop her! Don’t let that bitch return to the academy!”

“Be careful! Duke Medici was…”

The students and professors shouted urgently and tried to stop me.

Everyone’s eyes were on me.

Eyes mixed with hatred, vigilance, and fear.

“Move.”

I muttered lowly and stepped forward.

Thwack-

The first sword pierced my side.

I didn’t bother to avoid it.

No, there was no reason to avoid it.

A thrilling sensation ran up my spine through the tearing skin.

My heart began to beat twice as fast, and my vision became surprisingly clear.

“Hehet.”

Laughter leaked out.

The next moment, I grabbed the opponent’s blade and pushed my knee into his abdomen.

He knelt down with a suffocated expression, but there was no fatal injury.

A student with a spear lunged at me from the side.

As the spearhead cut my shoulder, another burst of hot pleasure erupted.

I accepted that power as it was and rotated my body.

I twisted his wrist to drop the spear and lightly hooked his ankle with my heel to knock him over.

“Next.”

The corners of my lips slowly rose.

The more blood I shed, the more wounds I received, the lighter my body became and the deeper my strength grew.

I used my fists, elbows, and knees to avoid vital points and knocked them down one by one.

And before I knew it.

The wall blocking my path had disappeared.

Just as I was about to move forward, gasping for breath.

“N-no… The students… not the students…”

A professor, staggering and crawling on the floor, grabbed my ankle.

His fingertips were trembling, but his eyes were resolute.

“……”

I looked down at his hand for a moment.

Then, I lightly lifted my heel and tapped the back of his head.

He collapsed to the floor without strength.

“I’m sorry. I’ll… I’ll definitely save the students.”

I muttered softly and moved towards the warp gate in front of me.

The gate, spewing blue light and fluctuating, was getting closer and closer.

The moment I was about to step into the center of that light.

“……?!”

Someone roughly grabbed my wrist.

‘Was there anyone left?’

I instinctively glanced back.

But it was already too late.

The dazzling light that burst out as the gate fully activated swallowed me and the unidentified person together.

A sensation as if my toes had touched the air flashed by, and my vision twisted in an instant.

‘The moment I arrive, I’ll subdue them immediately.’

I tensed every nerve in my body.

Finally, the familiar marble texture of the academy plaza was felt on the soles of my feet.

Immediately, I tried to twist and subdue the wrist that was holding me, and turned around.

And the moment I saw the face that came into view.

The taut tension was released as if it were a lie.

“Seni—”

Before I could even call out.

Bella rushed over and hugged me without a word.

As if she had regained something precious that had been lost, desperately.

“…You’re safe.”

A trembling voice brushed past my ear.

The strength and warmth conveyed by her arms, and the subtly transmitted heartbeat, unknowingly relieved my tension.

“You’re safe… Yeon.”

With those words, her shoulders trembled slightly.

Warm breath brushed my neck, and the sound of her sobbing softly while holding me tightly was conveyed.

Then, Bella carefully released her arms and grabbed my shoulders.

Not hiding her eyes, which were still red.

“I’m sorry, Yeon. But I don’t think this is the time to be idle.”

As she said.

To my heightened senses, the sounds of metal breaking, explosions, and the terrible cries of magical beasts echoing throughout the academy rushed in all at once.

The entire academy had become a battlefield.

‘What on earth was the headmaster doing until this happened?’

“Yeon. Listen to me carefully.”

At her serious expression, I instinctively tensed and looked at her.

“You said you couldn’t heal Camilla even with your power, right?”

“…That’s right. I couldn’t do anything at all even with my divine power.”

“Camilla definitely came back unharmed. Carrying me, who had lost consciousness.”

“……”

It was the same as what I had heard from Richard Benett earlier.

She should definitely be in a state where she couldn’t move…

Camilla, who was moving with Duke Medici and Lagriel.

Camilla’s Contamination, which didn’t react at all to my divine power.

And above all…

The Evil God who disappeared from his domain.

All the clues were pointing to a terrible conclusion that should never have happened.

Bella hesitated slightly and added.

“And… Camilla was with Lina until just now. I saw the two of them returning to the academy together with my own eyes.”

“…What?”

I was breathless.

The desperate cry of the original Yeon Bennet that I had heard in my dream pierced my ears again.

“Lina… Lina is in danger!”

My mind turned blank.

My hands and feet turned cold and my breathing became rapid.

The worst imaginations rose uncontrollably.

“Yeon! Get a grip!”

Bella grabbed my shoulders strongly, which were in a panic.

Her firm touch and unwavering gaze grabbed my chaotic consciousness.

Bella grabbed my shoulders tightly with both hands.

“Do what you can do. It’s not too late yet.”

The rough breathing gradually subsided with her voice and gaze.

Yes.

What I can do.

I slowly took a deep breath and began to expand my senses.

The aura of Contamination.

I had to find a very powerful aura of Contamination.

I didn’t care about the magical beasts rampaging around.

Surely, somewhere in this academy, there would be a huge presence that would be the center of this whole situation.

Blood and smoke, the cries of magical beasts and the footsteps of people.

Pushing away all that noise, I felt a huge aura.

The dormitory where I used to live. In that old and abandoned building.

“Senior! The dormitory! The one we used to live in…!”

The next words seemed to be blocked by something and didn’t come out.

Bella’s appearance, when she was helplessly defeated by Narcission a little while ago, came to mind.

I wanted to say that I would go alone.

I didn’t want to put her in danger again.

But… Bella in front of me was looking at me with a firm expression without the slightest hesitation.

I am hated by everyone in the world.

But at least to this one person who believes in me… I didn’t want to be hated.

So in the end, once again… I ended up saying selfish words.

“Can you… come with me?”

Bella nodded firmly without a word.

Author’s Note

I’m sorry for being late…

I couldn’t finish writing it before departure, so I wrote it on my phone in the hotel…

I’ll upload the next chapter on Wednesday when I get back from vacation!