episode_0049

“Now that the intruder is gone, shall we have a light talk?”

Astan left, Isabel smiled at the spy in front of her.

“If you try to resist, I plan to burn you right away… … I plan to keep some of them alive if I can dig up some information, but since I’m a spy for the Demon King’s army, it wouldn’t be polite to keep them alive.”

“Your power is foreign, it feels like fire magic but not fire magic.”

At his words, Isabel smiled casually and took a step forward.

“There is no reason to answer that question, but I am the one asking the question, not you.”

As soon as he said those words, the flames that rose up burned the man’s arm, and the man screamed in pain and looked at Isabelle in front of him.

I had heard a rumor. About the wizard with the nickname Reincarnation of Denatus, the wizard who single-handedly defeated demons in the Sea of Charon, which divides the Land of the Dead and the Jingara Continent. An incident in which only one wizard defeated the devil’s army.

That’s why I knew that if I encountered it, I had to run away, and that it was impossible to save my life if I faced it.

“Can I ask your name? It’s polite to know the name of the person you’re dying with.”

“Gerard.”

“Then Gerard, let me ask you a question.”

Isabel smiled at Gerard and asked a question.

“What are you aiming for?”

“Do you think I will answer that question?”

“That’s right, I won’t answer the question. The scream I just made must also be the pain of this body… … It’s a shame, because it’s a way to attack the main body… … Is it okay to attack the soul?”

At that moment, Isabelle snapped her fingers. When I snapped my fingers, the surroundings turned black. In a space filled with a thick black substance that could no longer be recognized as an alley, Gerard slowly opened his mouth to Isabelle.

“… … This is dark magic.”

“That’s also why I’m called the reincarnation of Denatus, because I don’t think there’s anything I can achieve by attacking the body… … ”

Isabel pointed her wand at Gerard, and at that moment, something jumped out of the darkness that filled the surroundings and wrapped around Gerard’s body. The darkness, like a large hand, began to slowly crush Gerard’s body, and Isabelle smiled.

“I will break your soul. The body controlling you right now is also watching this, so let me just say one thing.”

Gerard looked at Isabel from the edge of his darkening vision. Purple hair and left eye colored purple.

She is the reincarnation of Denatus, the strongest of the Academy.

“If you don’t disconnect, you might break?”

I quickly arrived on the way back to the academy, but Senior Erica was nowhere to be seen on the road, as if she had already returned to the academy.

I wondered where on earth she had gone and wondered if there was any way to call Erica, but even if I injected magic into the ring, no one appeared. Even if I called my senior using the whispering magic I learned in lecture, he did not appear.

I wonder if something happened, or if something happened like Isabel senior said after we already arrived at the academy.

With those thoughts in mind, I looked at Jeremy who followed me and saw that he was licking his feet with his tongue. I exhaled harshly and shouted Erica’s name out of my mouth.

However, there was no answer to my shouts, and as I was wondering what to do now, my mind was becoming confused, when I heard a voice in my ear.

“I came here in a hurry, but it seems I wasn’t the one looking for it.”

Senior Leonard appeared in front of me, and after taking a breath, I spoke to him.

” Senior Erica caught the spy, but it was a trap. If your senior arrived at the academy with a spy, it might already be a big deal.”

“Erica took a spy to the academy… … She’s not like that again.”

Senior Leonard put the cane to his head and closed his eyes for a moment. He sighed, then opened his eyes and looked at me.

“Luckily, I didn’t go to the Academy, but I might go there by teleportation, so I’ll move there first. Do you have something to say?”

“Senior Isabel said that torture was impossible, so just kill her.”

“I understand. Astan, you go back to the academy.”

“Yes.”

Senior Leonard suddenly disappeared before my eyes, and I looked in that direction and slowly walked towards the academy. As I was slowly walking down the street, thoughts came to me.

Sharon is not the goal, is that correct? Sharon may not have been the goal. But from what I remember, what they were targeting was Sharon.

I couldn’t remember why I was targeting Sharon. And if they were really targeting Sharon, they might have attacked her the moment they dragged me away.

But when my life was in danger, a spy appeared, took me to a dark place and targeted me.

Where on earth did I go wrong? And how did the spy know I was in danger?

Curiosity overtook me and I stopped for a moment. There were more than just one or two strange things. At that moment, a thought passed through my head.

What was the name of the student who died in volume 1? What was the name of the student at the academy who died in the first semester? Why did he die? Where did he die?

Between those questions, the correct answer naturally flowed out of my mouth.

“The student who died at that time was Astan.”

If that was the correct answer, it all made sense. But still, the question was whether this was the right answer, and it might not be. There was only one thing that kept getting stuck.

What are they aiming for?

Nothing could be the correct answer unless that correct answer was found.

A sigh escaped from the corner of my mouth, I scratched my head, and started walking again.

“It’s late.”

Senior Arkadin was standing at the school gate, and I bowed my head in greeting.

“I met a spy, senior Erica and senior Isabel caught them.”

“Still, Isabel asked me to take charge of the school gate, so I asked what was going on and wondered if something like that had happened.”

Then Arkadin looked at me and smiled slightly.

“It feels different from yesterday, I feel like I’m growing every time I see it.”

“Is that so.”

In response to my answer, Arkadin pointed his cane at me and swung it lightly. At that moment, a light electricity pulsed through his body, and his mind suddenly became clear.

“Go in quickly and get some sleep.”

“I’ll go in first.”

I said hello to my senior and then walked towards the dormitory.

In the morning, when I came out of my dormitory room, senior Leonard was standing in front of the door.

“Do you have anything to say?”

In response to my question, Senior Leonard just told me to follow him and moved first, and I followed behind him carefully. When I left the dormitory and walked somewhere, the space in front of me changed.

I looked at my senior in surprise at the space that had changed in an instant, and he looked at me and opened his mouth.

“I’m on my way to meet the spy that Erica caught, so don’t be surprised.”

At those words, I nodded towards my senior.

As I carefully looked around the changed space, I noticed a wall made of stone, as if it were a cave. As I walked into the cave, wondering where on earth I was, a large piece of ice caught my eye.

“I brought you here.”

“It’s faster than I thought, I could have brought it a little later.”

Erika-senpai was standing in front of the ice, and she looked at me and smiled.

“Good morning, right?”

“Good morning. Are you looking for me?”

“I don’t think I’ll get the right answer if I ask, so I won’t harm you since I’ve already arrested you.”

Then the senior stretched once and opened his mouth towards us.

“Then I will return to the academy, please. ”

“What happens when ice melts?”

“Well, there’s no chance of this ice melting, right? It’s impossible unless someone comes and melts the ice.”

“What is the probability that the opponent will escape by teleportation?”

“It will be impossible because Isabelle has set up a barrier.”

Then Erica went back to the academy first, and I carefully approached the ice. As I slowly walked towards the ice, the sight of the spy trapped in the ice came into view.

The appearance of the knight was no different from yesterday.

“Is it you?”

I nodded at the familiar voice, sat down carefully in the cave, and opened my mouth.

“I have a question, can I ask you a question?”

“Do you think I will answer?”

“I’m just asking. If I get an answer, it’s good. If not, I’m disappointed.”

And I smiled.

“Is your goal me or Sharon?”

But there was no answer to my question, so I asked another question.

“What is the purpose of the Demon King’s army?”

This time there was no answer. So, I cautiously asked another question.

“Is the Demon King dead?”

“You are asking useless questions.”

I smiled at that answer.

“The purpose of the Demon King’s army must be the resurrection of the Demon King. That’s probably why they’re targeting Sharon, but… … If there’s a reason they’re targeting me, what is it? Because I’m a witness? That’s probably not right. There must be another reason. It’s not because he’s an ice wizard.”

As I said that, I looked at him. The eyes looking at me couldn’t be seen because they were covered by the helmet, but I felt that the eyes looking at me were definitely sharp.

“I’m curious about the reason. It’s not from Araelia, and it’s not my hometown. What is it?”

“Then let me ask you a question too.”

The man’s voice was heard.

“Who on earth are you?”

I answered that question.

“This is probably the person you are targeting.”

“That’s not the question, who are you?”