Chapter Index

    “As I said yesterday, today we will go to Baron Ashro’s estate, track down the Phantom Thief Cardinal, and retrieve the family heirloom.”

    The special class students listened intently to every word Professor Alicia spoke.

    – A gulp.

    Someone could be heard swallowing.

    It was understandable that they were acting like this, as it was their first mission from the academy.

    Academy missions were diverse; some were completely safe, but there were also students who died while on missions.

    Of course, that was a story from over 20 years ago.

    As long as Professor Alicia was with us, no one would die on a mission.

    Honestly, even if the entire Baron’s family went crazy and everyone there attacked, Professor Alicia could kill them all with a flick of her finger.

    Such a thought suddenly occurred to me.

    Did Professor Alicia know that what Phantom Thief Cardinal stole from Baron Ashro was drugs?

    ‘It wouldn’t be too late to ask later.’

    I looked at Sepia, who was sitting next to me. Her face was full of worry and confusion.

    “Sepia, is something wrong?”

    “Well, it’s… sigh…”

    “Sepia, even if you don’t say anything, I know exactly why you’re like this.”

    I spoke to Sepia in an understanding tone.

    “Huh?”

    “You’re nervous about the mission, right? Everyone’s like that when they take on their first mission. You don’t have to be too scared.”

    “That’s not why!!!”

    When I spoke teasingly, Sepia flared up and shouted.

    “No chatter.”

    Professor Alicia frowned and looked at Sepia as she spoke.

    “It’s because Hogu first…”

    “Did you hear that, Sepia? Professor Alicia is speaking, you should be quiet.”

    “You first! Haa… never mind.”

    Sepia pouted and turned her head away from me.

    “Are you pouting?”

    “I’m not.”

    “You are pouting.”

    “I said I’m not!”

    Some of the worry on Sepia’s pouting face had disappeared.

    In truth, I knew why her face was full of worry.

    ‘It’s probably because of what she discovered yesterday while following the spirit during free time.’

    What Sepia found was her awakening key.

    Unlike helping Clara find a book yesterday, this wasn’t something I could help her with.

    “By the way, how do we get to Baron Ashro’s estate?”

    Lucas asked Professor Alicia.

    “You’ll know once you follow me outside. Everyone, follow.”

    Professor Alicia said that and walked out, and the students, filled with questions, followed her.

    “””………….”””

    And everyone shut their mouths upon seeing what was where Professor Alicia had stopped.

    An enormous body, blue scales covering its entire form, sharp claws and a long tail, and finally, a pair of wings.

    “A wyvern?”

    Even Clara sounded flustered, her voice trembling.

    Just as Clara said, a wyvern was perched in a corner of the academy.

    “Professor-nim? Surely we’re not riding that, are we?”

    Lucas also stared blankly at the wyvern, his eyes wide with surprise, as he spoke.

    “That’s right, is there a problem? You don’t have to worry about falling. It’s one I’ve tamed.”

    But the students seemed unable to believe it, backing away from the wyvern.

    Logically, it was impossible for humans to tame a wyvern.

    But Professor Alicia was a dragon.

    And wyverns were a subordinate species of dragons.

    Wyverns could never refuse a dragon’s command.

    “Oh! Professor-nim, can I try riding it now?”

    “Of course, we’ll be riding it anyway.”

    I climbed onto the wyvern’s back.

    “The ride quality isn’t bad, you know? Everyone, hurry up and get on.”

    Seeing me move around on the wyvern’s back, the other students seemed to relax, and one by one, they carefully climbed onto the wyvern.

    “Gasp! I can’t ride that!”

    Frederic was scared and refused to get on the wyvern until the very end.

    “Kuran, grab him and throw him.”

    “That’s a good idea!”

    But Kuran grabbed Frederic and tossed him onto the wyvern, solving the problem.

    After confirming everyone was on board, Professor Alicia climbed onto the wyvern last and spoke.

    “Depart.”

    The wyvern, hearing Professor Alicia’s command, took off with a powerful roar.

    A mighty whoosh!!!!!!!

    And it began to fly at a rapid speed.

    It flew so fast that an immense wind noise was heard.

    However, the wind didn’t hit our faces, probably because Professor Alicia used magic to block it.

    Riding the wyvern, we arrived at Baron Ashro’s estate at a speed incomparable to a carriage.

    “We’re already here.”

    “Gasp!”

    Frederic, who had fainted right after the wyvern took flight, opened his eyes but fainted again upon realizing he was still on the wyvern.

    Was it because they hadn’t expected us to arrive on a wyvern?

    Baron Ashro, who had been waiting, as well as his servants, stood with their mouths agape, unable to close them.

    Looking at the Baron’s face, I recalled what he had done in the game.

    How he had turned a peaceful village into a village of murderers using drugs.

    How he had made the villagers that way and lived a greedy life himself.

    – A sudden leap.

    I, who had been lying on the wyvern’s back, got up before the wyvern even landed.

    “Hogu?”

    As I suddenly stood up, Sepia called my name with a questioning voice.

    “I’m going down first.”

    “Huh? What do you…”

    Before Sepia could finish her sentence, I jumped off the wyvern’s back.

    My body plummeted downwards at an incredibly fast speed, affected by gravity.

    Whoosh!!!!

    This time, I truly felt the wind. The wind pushed against me as if rejecting me, but it couldn’t overcome gravity.

    Directly below me was Baron Ashro.

    If I swung my sword in this state, I could kill Baron Ashro.

    But I shouldn’t kill him yet.

    It wouldn’t be too late to find out who made the drugs and then deal with them.

    ‘Still, this much should be fine.’

    I twisted my body slightly and landed right in front of Baron Ashro’s nose.

    A crash!

    Due to the shockwave generated when I landed in front of Baron Ashro, he fell backward.

    “Oh dear, are you alright? I seem to have tripped and fallen.”

    I kindly extended a hand to the fallen Baron Ashro, but the knights nearby drew their swords and pointed them at me.

    “Take your hands off my student.”

    Professor Alicia, who had appeared beside me, spoke, and all the surrounding knights were forcibly brought to their knees.

    “Ack! My student, Professor Alicia, I’m so touched… Ow!”

    Professor Alicia sighed and flicked my forehead.

    “You should also stop doing strange things.”

    Soon, the wyvern descended to the ground, and the students dismounted from its back.

    “You’re not hurt anywhere, are you?”

    “Aside from my head, which Professor Alicia hit, I’m fine.”

    As the students dismounted, Baron Ashro glared at me once before approaching Lucas and greeting him.

    “I greet His Royal Highness, the great Crown Prince.”

    After that, Baron Ashro pretended to be pitiful in front of Lucas and Clara.

    He spewed nonsense, claiming that Phantom Thief Cardinal had taken not only the family heirloom but also all his money.

    It was so absurd that I couldn’t even laugh.

    “I’ve been having such a hard time late…”

    “I can hardly imagine how great your sorrow must be at losing your family heirloom. I will surely catch that wicked phantom thief.”

    So I interrupted Baron Ashro and spoke.

    Now that I think about it, Baron Ashro said what I stole was a family heirloom.

    “By the way, what exactly is this family heirloom that Cardinal stole?”

    I wondered what he would answer.

    “It’s a sword passed down through our family for generations.”

    So these days, they call drugs swords.

    As expected, a fantasy world is different in many ways.

    “By the way, did you injure your stomach?”

    A bandage was wrapped around Baron Ashro’s stomach.

    He probably wrapped it conspicuously to look pitiful.

    “While trying to catch a magical beast, I…”

    While trying to catch a magical beast, huh…

    He was probably injured because I kicked him in the stomach before stealing the drugs and leaving.

    “Wow~ How truly brave of you.”

    “Ahaha. More importantly, this is my first time meeting Lady Adelien, and in such a state…”

    “By the way, what does that sword you called a family heirloom look like?”

    “Your Royal Highness…”

    “Baron-nim, that day. What happened?”

    After that, I continuously interrupted Baron Ashro’s attempts to speak to Clara and Lucas.

    Although I felt Baron Ashro glaring at me as I blatantly interrupted him.

    What can you do, though?

    Baron Ashro could do nothing but glare.

    The students also looked at me a bit strangely, but perhaps they thought my earlier jump from the wyvern’s back was weirder, so they didn’t pay much attention to this.

    “Professor-nim, what should we do first?”

    “This is your mission. I will not help unless there is a life-threatening situation.”

    Professor Alicia told us to handle it ourselves, so we discussed and decided how to proceed.

    Some would go inside the mansion with the Baron to search for traces, and the rest would split into groups to search for traces outside.

    “Sepia, I look forward to working with you.”

    “…Hmph!”

    I was paired with Sepia.

    Our task was to wander through the village and gather information.

    Therefore, Sepia and I, having used illusions to change our appearances to avoid drawing attention, walked through the peaceful village.

    Laughter never ceased in the village.

    “Take my sword!”

    “No, *you* take my sword! I am the best knight!”

    Children played knight, wielding tree branches, and the adults nearby watched them with smiles.

    Now, this village would no longer fall into drugs.

    “Mom, let’s go together~!”

    “If you don’t come quickly, I’m leaving you behind.”

    “Hahahaha!”

    The family that passed by us looked harmonious at a glance.

    Sepia gazed at that family with a wistful look.

    I knew why she was gazing so wistfully, but I couldn’t say anything to Sepia.

    Because I couldn’t act as if I understood Sepia’s pain, knowing only what I did from a game.

    All I could do was stand quietly, stopped beside her, when Sepia stood still, watching that family.

    Sepia Lybaiden.

    Originally a small but happy village girl.

    But one day, due to someone’s ‘prank,’ all the villagers except Sepia died.

    Sepia knew the face of the person who killed her villagers, but she knew nothing of their identity.

    The name of the person who killed all of Sepia’s villagers as a ‘prank’ was Betzdo.

    He was a necromancer, ranked 10th in Death Heaven.

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