episode_0045

I went to the garden next to the lecture building where children usually gather to play during recess, and as expected, Knightley and his followers were there.

“Hey! Knightley! Let’s ask something!”

As I called his name and waved, all his followers ran away and Knightley was left alone, waiting for me with his arms crossed.

“What is it?”

“What do you guys have? Kids keep avoiding me whenever they see me?”

“Well?”

Knightley smiled mysteriously and gave an ambiguous answer.

“If that’s the case, you should ask the people involved. Why did you come to see me?”

“I tried to ask, but he ran away. Still, you are the closest student to me.”

Knightley’s smile grew wider at those words.

“Are there no other students you are close with other than me?”

“Well, personally, there are no students like that.”

Then Knightley’s breathing became slightly irregular.

“Are you saying I’m the only one?”

“Well. Is it right to express it that way? .”

“Am I the only one?”

“Okay. There is only you. So, if you know anything about what’s going on, tell me.”

As I gave a rough answer to the persistent question, Knightley’s mouth fell to his ears.

“Well, there was something like that. The professor and I are like that.”

“So what if we are in a relationship like that?”

“You know.”

The relationship between the professor and the female student is like that… . I can guess.

“So the kids are avoiding me? What is that? Where did this baseless rumor spread?”

“It’s not entirely without evidence, Professor. Is there smoke coming out of the chimney?”

“What basis are you talking about?”

But Knightley didn’t answer and just stared at me.

“Ah, is it because you and I were stuck together for private lessons? I might misunderstand that.”

But that alone has made it this far? It was clear that someone had sprinkled some seasoning with malicious intent along the way.

Who could that be… . Who could it be… . I know who it is. Should we dig it up properly?

“Professor. Are you listening?”

“Huh? Did you say that?”

“Would you like to take a private lesson with me today?”

“Today? Today is not the day.”

“But, you don’t necessarily have to do only the specified content on the specified day, right?”

As he said that, Knightley smiled coquettishly.

Since I had seen Ismera’s pretentious but extremely beautiful eye smile several times, I wasn’t particularly impressed.

Young people are already like that.

“Now that things have come to this, let’s just boldly move on, right? If it’s unfair, why don’t you just do it?”

Knightley lifted his shirt slightly with his fingers and licked his lips in a somewhat awkward manner. That’s crazy.

I know a little bit about Kirrin. At some point, that stupid dark elf became excessively emotionally dependent on me.

But I didn’t know Knightley would do that.

Perhaps, since you are a sassy duke, you are trying to monopolize me like you have done in everything up until now, right? You’re laughing, little crab!

“Noisy!”

“Ahh!”

When I fed him a little honey chestnuts, Knightley curled up, holding his head with both hands.

“Why are you hitting me? That’s right!”

” That’s correct. A slap in the face!”

As I raised my fist, Knightley ran away.

Ugh, I guess I’m really going to send that thing back to my dad.

He may be using his brain to his own advantage, but he’s still a kid.

By the way, I think this is probably Hindra Star’s mess… .

Let’s check first.

Anyway, if you catch him and try to beat him, he won’t blow something himself… .

“Phelemia!”

I ran to Pelemia, who had just finished psychological warfare class.

“What’s going on? In such a hurry.”

“Have you heard any stories going around among kids recently?”

“Okay. What is it because of?”

When I told her what I saw and felt earlier, Pelemia adjusted her glasses and said,

“The airflow is definitely suspicious. Shall I check it out?”

“I hope so. I don’t know what it is, but it would be troublesome if this ruined the academic atmosphere.”

“I understand. I will look into it before work today and report the results.”

Pelemia waved her cloak and slithered into the crowd of children.

Pelemia is a professor of psychological warfare and an expert in intimidation, cajoling, persuasion, and brainwashing.

It will definitely bring some useful information.

And that afternoon, as promised, Pelemia came to the professor’s office.

“Senior Professor. I looked into a few things.”

“Tell me.”

Pelemia told me what she had learned.

1. The first person to mention the relationship between Diane and Knightley in a suspicious tone was Sophie, a special student.

2. It was a remark to the effect of, ‘I’m curious because you’re a transfer student. It seems like you two are together often. Is there anything?’ This was the starting point of the situation.

3. The background for Sophie’s remark at the time was when she witnessed Diane-Knightley leaving as an academy graduate.

4. As the rumor spread, it became more and more distorted, and now there are theories that Professor Dian and the maid are married but are having an affair with Knightley, that the maid is the child of Dian and Knightley, that Dian raped Knightley and is using it as a weakness, There is a theory that she was riding Dian, not a wild horse, in the Brunn Plateau. The theory is that the troll brought to the academy this time was beaten and imprisoned because she witnessed the scene of Dian-Knightley having sexual intercourse in the academy’s alumni forest. Dian was originally a woman with long ears. I like Kirrin-Ismera… .

“Stop it.”

I felt like I would lose my mind if I listened any further, so I raised my hand to stop Pelemia from speaking.

“So the rumor started with Sophie, a student?”

“That’s right. But I don’t think there was any malicious intent.”

Of course so. There is absolutely no room for misunderstanding in Hindrasta’s first words.

But that’s only from the eyes of a third party who doesn’t know anything.

What kind of dragon is Hindra Star? Wouldn’t the genius of Buntang have even taken out insurance?

To me, it was because he was really curious, and he must have prepared something in advance to make a fuss.

It was clearly intended to ruin my reputation at the academy.

So, three things come to mind right away.

The first is to correct erroneous public opinion.

No matter how nonsense it is, the rumor going around that the chief combat officer has an inappropriate relationship with an individual student is not helpful to the academy at all.

The second is to take advantage of this incident as an opportunity to use it as a class on public opinion agitation and information collection.

Among field missions, there are those that infiltrate hostile countries and spread rumors, or conversely, determine the authenticity of rumors and propaganda being spread on our side.

Since this situation is very similar to that situation, it can be a useful education if used well.

The third is Hindrasta mental rearmament. This guy hasn’t come to his senses yet.

Well then, let’s quickly solve the third problem, which is less difficult.

I picked up the wooden practice sword leaning on the desk and left the professor’s office.

# # # # #

The rooftop of the abandoned academy building where the troll is trapped.

Hindrasta, who skipped class arbitrarily, was lying down on a sunbed he had found somewhere, closing his eyes and leisurely enjoying the spring sunlight.

Professor Dean and Knightley? What were you doing in the forest outside the academy’s alumni gate? Wasn’t that a way to catch a troll? The troll was caught by Professor Waver. Honestly, you probably had plenty of time before or after the hunt. Now that I think about it, didn’t Knightley take a different route during the night infiltration last time? That’s not an in-depth class… . They say Knightley followed them when they caught the wild horse. So you weren’t riding a horse, you were riding a professor?! Who hasn’t? Knightley, she ran away here to avoid an arranged marriage. By the way, didn’t Knightley’s father seem very close to Professor Dian when he came here? So is Knightley’s new marriage partner Professor Dian? Professor Dian, was he a nobleman? I don’t know either. But he seems to be a nobleman. No one at the academy cares about Professor Dian. Or a hidden secret prince? Anyway, is it true that Knightley and Professor Dian were biting and sucking each other in the professor’s office? So what is your relationship with the maid who lives in that house? Who said that? As a daughter and wife… Oh, it’s complicated! under… Professor Dian is being taken away like this… . I was going to confess when I graduated… . It’s terrible. What would Professor Dian do to a kid like you?

As the snowball he made rolled and grew like crazy, Hindrasta was so happy that he almost died.

Yes, yes, it tastes like this. I’m going crazy over this taste! Keep rolling!

It would be even more fun if we also released the trapped troll here, right?

Oh, I’m going crazy! I’m so excited I can’t control it!

Something cast a shadow over Hindrasta, who was grinning.

“Get out of the way. It blocks the sunlight.”

“Talk to me.”

Hindrasta, who was irritated, got up in a panic, turned over the sunbed, and fell to the floor.

“D, Dian… ?”

Dian was looking down at Hindrasta with a wooden practice sword slung over his shoulder.

“I was going to class now!”

Dian says nothing.

“It’s true! I only came here briefly because of my habit of sunbathing when I was young! I’m going now!”

Dian says nothing.

“What? Do you have anything to say? uh? Then do it. Don’t act like that!”

Dian says nothing.

“Ha, yes. okay. Sorry. I put your name on a dessert cafe and did some damage. I’ll pay you back soon.”

“What… ?”

Ah, write it. Wasn’t this it? I said it for no reason.

“Anyway, that’s enough now, right? I’m going?”

Dian walked silently and blocked the retreat.

“What, really! What! Why are you making a fuss by scaring people?”

Dian says nothing.

Hindrasta, who looked at Dian for a while, eventually confessed.

“That’s right. I said something pointless. When you and that girl went out, I wanted to know something and asked people, but I never thought it would end up like this.”

Dian says nothing.

“I feel sorry. Excessive curiosity was the problem. But I also feel unfair. It was because I was wondering if there was a separate class to learn advanced courses from the chief combat officer. I too am a special student.”

Dian says nothing.

Hindrasta’s voice began to tremble.

“What are you saying? That’s all I really asked! I never said anything else! It was pure intention!”

Dian says nothing.

“What do you want me to answer? huh? Are you just doing that because you want to beat me up? It doesn’t matter whether I really took the initiative or not, right? That’s it! Was that something like that?”

Dian says nothing.

“Fuck, why on earth are you doing this to me?! It was you who caused the misunderstanding in the first place!!!!”

# # # # #

Quaaaang!

Professor Ismera was startled by the sudden loud noise and ran to the window.

In the distance, a pink-haired special student was jumping down from the rooftop of an abandoned building where a troll was trapped.

“Save people!!”

And the one who threw himself after him was… Professor Dian?! what?!

However, the two people disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye, and Professor Ismera doubted whether he had seen something in vain.