episode_0086

The professor from the Viscounty, who valued etiquette and dignity enough to teach manners to young nobles, spat out a curse, but no other professors paid it any mind. That was because the other professors shared the same thought as the one who cursed. That madman had just defrauded every student. This was a different issue than just watching other students’ locations and situations on screen.

“W-what have you done?!” One of the professors, regaining his composure, urgently shouted at Loki. “Oh! It was just a little whisper to myself, but it seems everyone heard it.” Loki said, shamelessly scratching his head. The professors stared blankly at Loki. A little whisper? That little whisper had spread throughout the entire forest. And the content of that whisper was Loki’s false news of disqualification.

“Commander-nim, that’s okay, right?” Even Idra, who usually burst into laughter at Loki’s crazy antics, asked Alicia this time with trembling eyes. “…..I don’t know either.” Alicia sighed as if resigned. She knew he wasn’t normal from their daily morning fights, but she didn’t know he was this much. Alicia, a dragon who had lived longer than anyone could guess, had never seen someone so crazy.

Unaware of the professors’ burning frustration, Loki leisurely drank his beverage and opened his mouth. “Come on~ it was just a little whisper, what’s the big deal? Don’t worry too much about it. And I didn’t really break any ‘rules’, did I?” Loki emphasized the word ‘rules’ as he spoke. As Loki said, there was no rule stating, ‘You must not spread false news of your disqualification in the forest’. Of course, there was no reason to create such a rule! What professor would ever say, ‘What if one of the students spreads false news of their disqualification in the forest? Should we ban that?’ Furthermore, Loki used a magic tool he possessed, not the microphone the professors used when speaking. Truly, that madman was doing everything he could within the bounds of not breaking any rules.

“…….Could it be that you used a trick when you were walking around the forest earlier?” “Ding-dong! That’s correct! As a prize, I’ll show you what magic tool I used!” Loki placed a small doll resembling himself in his left hand, and with his right, pulled out a small magic tool from his subspace. “Ah.” [Ah.] When Loki spoke into the doll, Loki’s voice echoed through the situation room via the small magic tool. Only then did the professors realize how Loki had managed to spread the false news of his disqualification throughout the forest.

“So, you walked around earlier, scattered those small magic tools throughout the forest, and then used the doll to announce your disqualification?” “Heh! That’s perfectly correct! Unfortunately, all the prizes are gone, so I have nothing to give you.” “What will you do if other students protest after the exam?” Even though Loki hadn’t broken any rules, some students would surely try to find fault. At the professor’s words, Loki shrugged. “Well, I’m sure the professors will take care of it, won’t they?”

At Loki’s brazen answer, the professors were speechless. It wasn’t because they were dumbfounded, but because they couldn’t refute him. Some students might curse Loki, but ultimately, the protests would have to be directed at the professors. “You see, I made a small mistake during the written exam. For the practical exam, I plan to work hard and not make any mistakes.” All of them being wrong was a ‘small mistake’? Unlike the students, the professors knew that Loki had received zero points not because he hadn’t written his name, but because he had gotten everything wrong. “So, Professor-nim, please take good care of me~.”

Having thrown a huge problem onto the professors, Loki said slyly. The practical exam score is calculated by combining the points a student earns during the exam and the points given by professors based on their evaluation of the student’s behavior. The professors were enraged at Loki’s brazenness, but the thought of giving him a low evaluation score didn’t cross their minds. Suddenly, the thought that the madman knew this and was speaking so brazenly made their heads begin to ache.

“Yawn. Well, I have some important things to check, so I’ll just take a nap for a bit!” Loki said dramatically and began to sleep. “…………………..” The professors looked at Loki, who was even pulling out a blanket to sleep, and seriously considered. Should we just give him a low evaluation score and quit being professors?

* * *

“Alright! Shall we start moving again soon?” The professors, who had been moving quietly so as not to wake Loki, were startled when he got up. ‘No. Please, just sleep more.’ Their heads already ached, and now they feared what that madman would do next. To be precise, they feared the increased overtime due to Loki. But contrary to the professors’ wishes, Loki stretched and walked towards the screens.

“Hmm, now that I think about it, I came all this way here but haven’t used it much.” The professors looked at Loki, who was spouting nonsense, with coldly exasperated eyes. No, you’ve used it plenty already, you madman.

“Oh? Look, there’s a student hiding cowardly over there.” Loki pointed at a student hidden in the bushes, panting heavily. He didn’t appear injured, so he was probably hiding, intending to ambush an approaching student for points. “Everyone else is diligently running around the forest right now! How cowardly. Don’t you think so too, Professor-nims?” “……………..” Is that something for *you*, who is hiding here, to say? The situation room where Loki was, was the safest place, impenetrable by other monsters or students. That student at least lay prone in the bushes, but this guy was slurping a drink through a straw.

“This won’t do. I cannot forgive such a cowardly student.” “Are you going out?” A professor, hearing Loki’s words, secretly welcomed the idea but asked as calmly as possible. It was because if Loki left for a bit, they could be somewhat at ease. “No. I plan to handle it smartly from here.”

Before the professors could even understand what Loki had said. Loki pulled out a doll resembling himself from his subspace. The professors didn’t know why it was appearing at this moment, but they felt an ominous premonition.

“Aaaaaaaaaagh!!” [Aaaaaaaaaagh!!] Loki screamed into the doll, and the scream spread through the forest via the magic tools. The difference from earlier was that, unlike when Loki’s disqualification news was spread, the scream only came from the magic tools near the hidden student. The student hidden in the bushes, startled by the sudden scream, looked around frantically. Other students nearby ran towards the source of the scream to earn points. Quite a few students rushed to where the scream was heard, and they began fighting each other to gain points.

“That’s right! This is it! Hah! That’s what youth is all about. Don’t you think so too, Professor-nims?” The many gathered students were all disqualified by Kuran, who suddenly burst in. The professors looked at that and thought. Ah, more overtime. Damn it.

* * *

Loki continued to reduce the number of students by using screams thereafter. The problem was that the number of students decreased faster than the professors expected. About half of the special class students were disqualified. This was because the special class students, lured by Loki’s screams, gathered and fought. However, since special class students had already acquired many points before being disqualified, it was clear that they would still be in the upper ranks despite their disqualification.

“Shall I go out now?” Loki, thinking he had sufficiently reduced the number of students and drained the special class students’ stamina, walked out of the situation room. Loki targeted a student who was nearby, had gained quite a few points, but was exhausted. The person Loki was targeting was Gashurin, a special class student who used Eastern swordsmanship. Gashurin, who had defeated Ren, another special class student, seemed exhausted, panting heavily.

“Phew……..” As Loki completely exited the situation room, the professors breathed a sigh of relief. This was because they had been worried Loki might do something even stranger in the situation room. The professors immediately understood who Loki was targeting by observing the direction he was heading.

“It seems he’s going after student Gashurin, doesn’t it?” “Will he hide his appearance with his unique magic and launch a surprise attack, like before?” “Wouldn’t he? Or he might transform into another student with his unique magic and approach.” The professors, who had been making their own conjectures, were speechless when they suddenly saw Loki performing a bizarre action.

“………What is he doing now?” Loki was walking normally when he suddenly stopped and began to roll around on the ground. Loki’s uniform quickly became dirty. Loki’s strange behavior didn’t end there.

“Oh? Why is the Commander-nim there?” “What on earth is he trying to do?” He created Alicia with his unique magic and began walking with her. Step-step. Loki walked confidently towards Gashurin, making footsteps as if he had no intention of hiding.

“Oh? Gashurin-ssi, hello. What a surprise to see you here.” He even waved and greeted Gashurin. “Why are you here?” Gashurin was startled and wary when Loki suddenly appeared in front of him, but seeing Alicia next to him, and remembering Loki’s disqualification news, he lowered his guard.

“Ah! I was disqualified earlier, so I was just heading to the gathering place for disqualified students with Professor Alicia-nim.” Only then did the professors realize what that crazy bastard was doing.

‘No! Run away! That guy, he’s a madman. That’s all a lie!’ Unfortunately, the professors’ desperate internal cries ultimately did not reach Gashurin.

“I also think it’s a shame that Gashurin-ssi was disqualified.” “Huh? What do you mean……….” Loki launched a surprise attack, and Gashurin, already exhausted and having sheathed his sword, couldn’t react. Gashurin, disqualified in an instant, stared blankly at Loki with trembling eyes.

“Oops! My hand slipped.”