Chapter 64: The Angel Realizes His Past Life (3)

Episode 64

“Leffrey.”

One day, after the magical studies class ended.

A now-familiar voice came from behind.

It was Professor Klein.

“Yes?”

“May I speak with you for a moment?”

Leffrey, who had been desperately waiting for the class to end, even checking the clock every three minutes was now told to be in an additional conversation after class… Leffrey wanted to whine and complain, saying ‘I don’t want to,’ ‘No,’ but…

He couldn’t bring himself to do so.

“Yes, Professor.”

“…Leffrey, have you heard the rumors?”

“Ahahaha, there are so many rumors going around our academy… Are you talking about the ones related to Soya?”

Klein shook his head.

“It’s about you, Leffrey.”

Rumors about himself.

Leffrey had noticed that rumors about him had spread quite a lot within the academy lately. Especially after standing up to the student council with the Volunteer Club, even the proud magical studies students no longer openly ignored him.

‘Leffrey, the Respected Angel!’

Leffrey smiled arrogantly.

“Rumors about me? Ah, those are all exaggerated.”

“Yes? Rumors about you? What I want to talk about isn’t that…”

But Klein, as if he didn’t know anything about those rumors, tilted his head.

Leffrey felt awkward.

Klein continued,

“Have you ever heard the name James Tarden?”

James Tarden? The nemesis of necromancers, the Soul Circulator, Charon, The Guide, and his most famous nickname…

“Are you talking about James, the Shaman King?”

The Shaman King.

He is the most powerful shaman among all of humanity… and the hero who led superhumans from all over America and established the East Coast Academy.

And as far as the boy from his past life knew, he was known for hating Heaven and angels…

‘James the Shaman King, who hates Heaven and angels. Hmm… he’s one of the people I need to avoid in this life, no, this existence. Why is he bringing up James?’

Leffrey hid his anxiety and listened to Klein.

“Yes, that’s the Shaman King I’m talking about.”

“Ah, I see. But why the Shaman King…”

Klein suddenly grabbed Leffrey’s hand.

“Rejoice, Leffrey. The Shaman King will choose a few of our students and perform the Past Life Awakening ritual.”

“Wow… That’s truly great news. But why…”

Could it be? Seriously?

Leffrey knew this too, but “could it be” would eventually always turn into “as expected.”

“No, I said you should rejoice, didn’t I?”

“That’s right.”

“Then what else could it be?”

Klein’s expression showed pure excitement, like that of a kid who had just discovered a new magic trick.

Leffrey, seeing that, recalled Soya’s expression when she was excited about black magic.

‘Soya doesn’t listen to me at all when she’s like that either.’

Soya and Klein.

Leffrey felt that the professor and the student resembled each other in many ways.

“Leffrey, you have a chance to undergo Past Life Awakening.”

“…Ah.”

“I guarantee it. You will definitely awaken the past life of a grand mage.”

Klein then lifted Leffrey up.

“Once Leffrey awakens the past life of a grand mage…”

Hehehe- Klein, chuckling, imagined a rosy future. Leffrey, taking this opportunity, tried to subtly slip away.

“…Ah, Leffrey? Where are you going?”

But he was caught.

‘I should have used my Angelic Ability.’

Leffrey regretted not using his Angelic Ability.

It’s always too late when you regret.

“Th-That’s…”

“Ah, don’t tell me, you’re so excited about Past Life Awakening that you want to go first…?”

Klein looked touched

Klein nodded once and snapped his fingers.

“I’m so sorry that I didn’t even realize. I’ll send you there right away.”

“Professor, wait!”

With those words, Leffrey disappeared instantly.

* * *

There were many who desired to undergo Past Life Awakening at the Central Academy. But only a few were selected by the professors as having potential.

One of those selected was So Jun-seok, a second-year swordsmanship student.

“What? The boss really got chosen?”

“It’s just the preliminaries. Don’t jump to conclusions.”

So Jun-seok said seriously.

“You sound so smug.”

“Right? He’s grinning from ear to ear, but why is he talking like that?”

His friends immediately teased So Jun-seok after hearing his tone.

These friends were all members of the ‘Superhuman Movie Club’, and So Jun-seok was the club president.

“Sigh, you guys are so immature.”

So Jun-seok shook his head.

His friends around him began to mock him with “Boo” sounds.

“Ah, right. Jun-seok, did you hear?”

“Hear what?”

“Remember the club fair last time? The first-year who took us in after we got kicked out by the large clubs?”

“I remember.”

It was the boy who was said to have a double major.

“He would have been the perfect lead for our movie…”

Such an unforgettable handsome boy.

He still regretted failing to cast him.

“No, that’s not important. That kid also got selected for Past Life Awakening.”

“I see. So we’ll be meeting as competitors this time.”

So Jun-seok’s cold tone surprised his club members.

“Competitors? Wow, boss… you haven’t forgotten what that kid did for us, have you?”

“Right? That kid… persuaded Naiad and fought against the student council to save us and other small clubs.”

“And you call such a kind kid a competitor?”

Another round of criticism from his members.

The club president shook his head and organized his thoughts.

Actually, he was grateful to that boy. To suddenly create a volunteer club and confront the tyranny of the student council and large clubs.

‘Honestly, I was a little touched!’

And not only did he borrow Naiad’s Lake, but he also made the new club fair at a new location a success, without asking anything in return.

‘I’m an expert, so I know. To make that impromptu Naiad’s Lake Club Fair a success, they would have needed a lot of promoters to attract visitors. Advertising too, and advertising and promoters all cost money.’

There were promoters at Leffrey’s club fair.

But they weren’t people Leffrey hired. They were the scary people from a cult called the ‘New Angel Church’, who were helping Leffrey, whether he knew it or not.

As soon as Leffrey opened the new club fair.

They caught wind of it and started promoting it, they were the ones advertising.

And they were also the ones who blocked the people heading for the student council’s club fair.

Of course, Leffrey was oblivious to it all.

‘He’s not even rich, according to our intel, and he’s spending so much money for people he doesn’t even know.’

And naturally, the presidents of the smaller clubs who received help didn’t know about the New Angel Church’s involvement either.

They just thought Leffrey made a great sacrifice for them.

So countless students from smaller clubs felt both gratitude and debt towards Leffrey.

And that included the Superhuman Movie Club.

“Among us superhumans, we must repay a favor. I know that too.”

“Then?”

“But that’s that, and this is this.”

The club president clenched his fist.

His fist radiated with a determination that he wouldn’t give up.

“Well, that’s of our club president for you.”

“But take it easy on him.”

Thus, the Superhuman Movie Club president, packed his bags and headed for the center of the Central Academy.

To be precise, a grand, old Western-style building next to the Central Academy’s main building.

It was the Central Academy VIP Guesthouse.

The current residence of the Shaman King.

* * *

At the center of the Central Academy stood a massive Western-style building that reminded him of a European count’s mansion.

Leffrey stood in front of the flowerbed of that building, looking around.

“There’s a lot of people here. Should I be relieved…?”

Leffrey had come here intending to fail. If he advanced too far in the preliminaries and the Shaman King saw into his soul…

‘If that James, who resents Heaven and angels, discovers my true identity… There’s no telling what he’ll do to me.’

In that sense, the fact that there were many students participating in the preliminaries was a good thing for Leffrey.

He could blend in with the other students and avoid the Shaman King’s attention.

‘There’s a bigger problem than being exposed as an angel. It’s me awakening my past life. My past life is Leffriel, and if I awaken Leffriel…’

Shake shake-

Leffrey shook his head.

As Leffrey trembled in fear, trying to hide his presence,

He heard a sharp voice beside him.

“What? So this is that Leffrey?”

Leffrey looked at the owner of the voice.

“Who are you?”

“Are you kidding me? You’re a divine power user, and you don’t know me?”

A divine power user, and you don’t know me?

What on earth is he talking about?

Leffrey carefully examined the owner of the voice. Wearing a red button-down uniform, a second-year student. And a tie pin with Professor Rebecca’s emblem, a Theology(Divine Power) Department student.

Tall and has broad shoulders, seems to suggest that he works out.

And an ordinary other world face.

No matter how much he looked at him, he couldn’t recognize him.

Was there anyone famous among the second-year Theology(Divine Power) Department students?

Leffrey tilted his head.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know who…”

“You’re really saying you don’t know me? Me?”

The Theology(Divine Power) Department senior grabbed Leffrey by the collar.

“I’m Ramone Berios, from the Berios branch family. You’re going to pretend you don’t know me, even though you’ve received the grace of divine power?”

Hearing those words, Leffrey finally recognized the senior’s identity.

During the other world Empire’s golden age, there was a faction that monopolized divine power users. That faction believed in Heaven and worshipped the angels, the messengers of Heaven.

They were known to the people of the other world simply as ‘the Church.’

The branch families were the core bloodline of the Church.

The leaders of the Church were chosen from these branch families, and they were renowned for their high authority and power in the empire’s glorious past.

But in the present time…

‘Hmph, in a time where even the imperial princess is a professor… What power does a branch family from a destroyed world hold?’

Of course, the Berios family’s influence wasn’t what it used to be, but they weren’t someone Leffrey could completely ignore either.

Leffrey bowed politely.

“I apologize, Senior. I won’t forget next time.”

“…You’re a funny guy. Just why would the saint choose someone like…”

But he laughed cruelly, as if unwilling to let it end like this, keeping his grip on Leffrey’s collar.

“And if you’re really sorry, you should get on your knees right now. What are you waiting for? Huh?”

Then a voice intervened.

“Stop it.”

A student pushed Ramone away. His name was So Jun-seok, the president of the Superhuman Movie Club, and a student known for his strength among the second-year swordsmanship students.

“Don’t mind us. It’s a Theology(Divine Power) Department matter.”

“Ah, is that so? But that first-year is also a member of our Swordsmanship Department.”

Starting with So Jun-seok, other students chimed in, each saying a word or two.

“Wow, I’m embarrassed. Why are you suddenly picking on our junior? Do you really want to die? Want to try it Lusa’s way?”

Starting from the enraged martial arts senior that joined in..

“Professor, should I kill him?”

“…Hold back, Dar-khan.”

And up to the intimidating third-year archery student, glaring at Ramone.

Most of them stood next to Leffrey, staring at Ramone with sharp eyes.

“Wh-What is this? I’m from the Berios family…”

Ramone, trailing off, started to back away.