Bold Genius Girl (4)

Eventually, even the corners of her lips drooped. Aileen, with a colder expression than she had ever shown at the academy, focused her mind.

The students were horrified by Aileen’s unprecedented demeanor. Was this what murderous intent felt like? Goosebumps erupted all over them. What they were feeling was definitely ‘fear.’

“…An enormous amount of Mana.”

“Is that her true self? I was careless because of her dazed behavior… It won’t be easy.”

-Exterminate evil.

She heard nothing else. She was simply angry. Seeing such evil beings ignited hatred within her. Aileen used the fury surging from the depths of her heart as her driving force and kicked off the ground.

“Mom said.”

Kwaang! The ground she stepped on caved in. No one except Laminak sensed Aileen’s movement.

“A guy like you.”

Thought acceleration. Four spells engraved in an instant.

Muscle Enhancement Art, Swiftness Spell, Flame Storm, Blade Wind.

“Should die.”

Aileen reflexively threw herself forward. Agility that one might believe was made of Oranite. She, who had received the blessing of martial arts passed down through the Lushellini bloodline without filtration, could freely wield magic and martial arts.

In less than a second, Aileen arrived above Thanatos’s head. She slammed her leg, shining with numerous magic circles, straight down.

–Kwaaaang!!!

An ear-splitting roar. An overwhelming output that pushed bodies back with just the shockwave. The flames engulfing her calf created a massive pillar that pierced the sky. The training ground, frozen by Harvest, melted in an instant.

The students screamed and lowered themselves, and Laminak, who had sensed the abnormality early on, urgently created a stone wall. Thanks to that, there was no additional damage, but considering the ‘collateral damage’ and ‘practicality’ that Laminak had emphasized so much, Aileen’s actions were something that would earn her nothing but criticism, let alone evaluation.

But it was so overwhelming. Aileen’s strike was so outstanding that it could not be applied to the standard of ‘evaluation.’ Laminak could only watch the situation in astonishment.

Clouds of dirt billowed up. Stone dust rode the updraft and obscured the sun. The clouds created by the melting ground were terribly black.

The small light that filtered through faintly illuminated the spot where Aileen had struck. Aileen was still panting with a fierce look in her eyes, and in the place where Thanatos ‘had been,’ only a large, deep crater remained.

“Haaah-….”

Hot steam entered her throat.

‘Ah.’

She regained her senses at the stinging pain.

Sensing her mistake, Aileen swallowed hard and blew away the dust. Hwing, the wind blew. When the dust cleared, she saw Laminak with veins standing out on his forehead.

“Ah, haha… Sorry. Was I a bit too much?”

“…Your anger control is immature.”

“…I’m sorry-ssu.”

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Quite a few days had passed since the second aptitude test ended.

The aptitude test was just a test. It wasn’t reflected in the grades, and there were no disadvantages for falling behind. The students were simply busy spending their time, shaking their heads at the murderous assignments and amount of classes that poured out afterward.

Thanks to that, the psycho-like behavior shown in the test was somewhat buried. They just thought, ‘Oh, she’s just that kind of kid’ and moved on. The rumors did spread a bit strangely… but she didn’t really care.

“Hoo-ah….”

The beginning of the semester is a busy time for everyone. They had to take classes, train, and achieve meaningful results through personal activities.

But everything was easy for Aileen. She didn’t even need to take separate classes, and she always ranked first in surprise quizzes. She finished all her assignments in thirty minutes. Aileen was so perfect that some students criticized her for lacking humanity.

Thanks to that.

She could enjoy more time.

‘The air… I can’t adapt….’

But that much time wasn’t always good.

She was always smiling on the outside, but the stuffy air of the outside world tormented her 24 hours a day. Aileen missed the clear air of Lecante and Kardrasil, and took heavy breaths. Every time she breathed, it felt like sand was getting stuck in her throat.

‘I miss Dad….’

The accumulated stress turned into longing. Aileen recalled the sensation of soft lips and fell into memories. When she was rolling around in bed with Mom, it was like heaven….

“…Hmm?”

An empty lot.

As she sat on a bench reminiscing about the old days, she heard a strange sound in the distance.

-Ttchak!

…Flesh. Colliding, a violent sound.

“….”

She got up from the bench.

Aileen identified that the source of the sound was behind the flower bed and moved.

And there.

“Every guy, every single one of them, is just barbaric and stupid.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“It’s annoying…. Why do I have to be with a dimwit commoner like you?!”

There were two female students.

One was obviously a noble. Her wavy hair was well-maintained and glossy, and her clothes were covered in expensive accessories. It was impossible to excessively modify the school uniform, so it wasn’t obvious, but if you had any sense, you could tell that she was a noble.

“I worked my ass off to be in the same class as Cecilia that bitch, but why am I only in the upper-middle class?! What am I lacking?!”

“….”

“Say something!”

-Ttchak!

On the other hand.

The student who was slapped and hung her head was a commoner.

“….”

Bullying was especially common among first-year students. Nobles, stressed from mixing with commoners, caused trouble. But as is the case in a class-based society, even if they were caught, money and power could cover it up to some extent. Perhaps even second-year students. Or even students in higher grades were bullying commoners.

Aileen deliberately made noise as she moved slowly.

“If my father finds out about this… Huh?”

The blonde noble heard the footsteps and turned around.

Aileen gave a slightly bitter smile and greeted her.

“Hello-ong~”

“…Who are you?”

The noble tilted her head. She had long forgotten about the entrance ceremony. Moreover, she was in the upper-middle class, one level below the special class, so she had forgotten Aileen’s existence.

“Ah, Agassi….”

“Yeah, why? Who is she?”

“That, that’s….”

On the other hand, the commoner’s eyes were shaking like crazy.

The number one in Astra. The top student of the entrance exam, called a masterpiece.

Another nickname was the psychopath, double-personality witch.

The chilling aura and the 180-degree change in behavior shown in the second aptitude test shocked the students. Naturally, the rumors spread quickly, and the students who recalled that time said in unison. It was creepy.

…In fact, it was a malicious rumor spread by Amelia Cecilia. Aileen knew it too, but she didn’t really touch it. Harvest took the lead in dismissing it as nonsense, so those who needed to know knew.

But among the many lies and truths, one thing was certain.

“Ah, that, Agassi! Apologize, quickly!”

“…What? Apologize?”

Aileen was sensitive to injustice.

“Who do you think you are to tell me to apologize?!”

…A little too much.

“That, that’s…!”

“Who are you? Do you think the Angheln family is a joke?”

A baronet family, huh. A prestigious baronet family that could rise to the rank of count if they did well.

“Colin Angheln. You’ve heard the name, right?”

“Angheln… Hmm. A baronet?”

“That, what about it?!”

But the ambiguous position of ‘baronet’ created a strange inferiority complex in Astra, where there were more nobles, and soon turned into hysteria.

That’s roughly the kind of family. A family that Aileen didn’t care about. A family that would only cause harm, not profit, even if she formed a relationship with them.

Aileen simply asked for something trivial.

“I’d like you to… apologize to this child.”

“…Who, her?”

Angheln smiled and let out a hollow laugh.

“Ha! This bitch is a maid. She has talent, so I let her enroll with me… She doesn’t know her place and is trying to climb up. Aren’t you ashamed? Being with bitches like this makes me suffocate!”

“Apologize.”

“What? She should apologize. More than that, you keep telling me to apologize, so reveal your surname first. Do you have no manners?”

Aileen thought carefully. She couldn’t confirm her surname yet. If Lecante was subordinate to Lushellini, she would naturally inherit the Lushellini surname, but if not, she would have to inherit Yujin’s surname. Well, it wasn’t that simple, and Aileen wasn’t even officially recognized as a blood relative.

“Hmm~… I don’t have a surname yet. Not yet.”

“…What?”

She doesn’t have a surname?

The noble’s face turned red at that one word.

Angheln couldn’t bear the humiliation and swung her hand.

“Now, a lowly commoner is daring to――”

-Kkwak.

“Ah, eu, euk?”

She grabbed her wrist. Angheln, who was caught, exerted all her strength to pull out her wrist, but the tighter she squeezed, the more pain she felt.

“L, let go of this?!”

If it’s stress.

This side was also at its limit.

“Apologize. Do it.”

A little obsessively.

Aileen had recently been feeling the ugliness of humans to the bone. She was slowly understanding why World Tree Ajumma had postponed going outside, and why Mom didn’t like her going to the academy.

“Ah, it hurts! W, wait… Sorry, I’m sorry!”

“Not to me. To her.”

“Eugeueuk―?!”

• Udeudeuk.

The sound of bones breaking.

Aileen silenced her by crushing her wrist.

“Keuk, heup, eueuk…”

Angheln burst into tears. But because Aileen was holding her wrist, she was suspended in the air. The commoner’s face, who was watching this, turned pale. Nevertheless, Aileen’s only concern was. For this bad girl to apologize to that poor child.

“I, I’ll apologize. Pl, please. Le, let go, let me go.”

Angheln sobbed and begged. It seemed like she had even peed her pants. Not that much, just a little. Anyway.

Aileen let go of her hand only after hearing those words.

“Ah, so, hand. My wrist. Eu, heuk…”

Her left hand had turned to dust. Angheln fell into a panic and let out broken moans. But strangely enough, she didn’t feel any sympathy. Rather, her terrified trembling seemed like a pretense.

Aileen announced in a colder tone than before.

“Aren’t you going to apologize?”

As if it wouldn’t end with just her wrist.

“Hi, hiccup. Th, that’s, I, I understand. I’m, I’m sorry, Serena. I, I won’t do that again.”

“What did you do?”

“Sl, slapped her cheek. Cursed at her, th, and.”

“What kind of curses?”

This kind of Q&A continued for dozens of minutes. What she did, why she did it, when, where, and how many times she did it. The endless interrogation continued until Angheln’s mind became confused and she was on the verge of fainting.

“I’m, I’m sorry. I’m done.”

Eventually, she couldn’t bear the pain and foamed at the mouth.

“Kkeu, eueuk….”

Aileen thought that this was enough and engraved a reconstruction formula on Angheln’s body. Now, in just 15 seconds, she would return to her normal state.

Maybe even if she went somewhere and said, ‘That bitch crushed my wrist!’ no one would believe her. At least with Astra’s technology, they couldn’t figure out Aileen’s technique that she used on purpose.

“Hoo-ah… Now it’s okay!”

Aileen left Angheln, who had fainted and collapsed, behind and approached the commoner who had been bullied and said.

“Tell me if she bullies you again!”

“Th, that….”

“And this… keep it a secret. Okay?”

The commoner, Serena, nodded her head like crazy.