episode_0092

On the northern outskirts of Beatus Academy, a forest of stars where constellations appear as if pouring down at night.

A forest of stars that looks perfect for a campfire.

This is a place I always stopped by whenever I raised an alt character because of the beautiful bgm and map background.

Although there is no sweet music, just sitting quietly and looking at the sky makes my heart feel full.

“You weren’t seriously hurt.”

I am treating wild cats here.

Because the wound was poisoned, I had no choice but to give it the advanced healing elixir I had been saving to give to Jenna. Despite being unconscious, Luna swallowed it well.

She frowned deeply even while fainting, as if she didn’t like the bitter medicine.

“Ugh…”

Tsk tsk. Even though I’m eating this expensive food, I’m complaining about the side dishes, so I’m full these days.

Regardless of Luna furrowing her brow, expensive things are always worth the price. The wound on my leg was healing little by little.

I didn’t miss the opportunity and wrapped the bandage up.

“……Ugh.”

“Did you wake up?”

Luna’s big eyes opened at the sound of rustling.

“Who are you?”

It’s like a wild cat has opened its eyes.

The difference between your pet cat at home and the creature in front of you is alertness.

Wild animals do not easily open their hearts to strangers who may harm them.

Because I’m afraid.

“……”

“If you don’t answer, I’ll stab you. Who are you?”

The well-honed blade was already close enough to stab my neck.

From Luna’s perspective, she fainted after being attacked by a villain, but when she opened her eyes, she saw a stranger bandaging her leg.

Threats like this are always welcome.

I won’t go somewhere and die as a guest.

I continued to apply the bandage, praising Luna’s quick thinking.

“Ugh.”

“Fortunately, the wound is not deep.”

“Don’t think you can just ignore it. I asked who you are now. If you can’t reveal your real name, at least reveal your affiliation.”

“It is not too late to heal and reveal all wounds. The question is, what is the unit price?”

As I shamelessly changed the subject, Luna’s eyes became even bloodier, and then she sighed in resignation. He seems to have realized that his physical condition is not what he said.

“…If my prediction is correct, who are you… and why did you help me? What happened to the elementalist who knocked me out? And..”

As the words continue, I feel like my injured head hurts twice as much.

It’s so noisy.

Should I have bandaged my mouth too?

As she was constantly bombarding me with questions, I opened a grape-flavored lollipop and put it in her mouth to tell her to be quiet.

I was originally going to throw it to Jenna.

“And, eup! Ieigeummheunzushia!”

“Rest assured. Because there is no poison.”

“eup! Take this away! Before I really stab you..!”

He speaks well without any intention of stabbing him.

There is no life in the sword. There is no life in it.

I lightly ignored the harsh words and opened my mouth to answer her question.

“Listen while eating. The elementalist who attacked you first was defeated by me and ran away. Thanks to this, the black market area 2 was completely destroyed.”

“Tsk. A man that strong just ran away..? Nonsense,”

“Not just that.”

I raised my arm towards her who was still skeptical.

It was faster to find a place that wasn’t bruised at all, let alone one where blood was dripping.

My right arm was already completely ruined and I couldn’t use it for the time being.

Even so, if you drink the poisonous poison potion that Pur carefully prepared, you will recover in less than an hour, but there were currently no recovery potions in hand.

This is because everything was used up to save the abandoned complex in front of us.

Luna’s pupils shook slightly.

“Ah.”

Luna nodded as if she understood and then continued speaking.

“I know you hurt your arm saving me. But my arm has gotten to that point, so why am I neglecting it? Are you crazy? Wasn’t there anything like a potion?”

For some reason, he reprimands me in a voice full of dissatisfaction. It looks like he doesn’t really like the fact that I got hurt.

“There was someone more urgent in front of me, so I wrote it all down. The poison you were poisoned with was not weak.”

“Ah.”

Luna gave an expression of understanding twice. The slightly dumbfounded expression is similar to Jenna’s usual appearance. Fur often looks more like naivety than stupid.

“And now these wounds don’t hurt that much.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. It won’t hurt unless you’re under anesthesia.”

Luna pulled my arm and kept looking at the wound as if telling me not to lie. I think he mistook what I said as a lie just to reassure him.

I am under the highest curse among curses and vomit blood every morning. Even while eating lunch, I feel nauseous and vomit blood. Vomiting blood at night, even just before going to bed, became a daily occurrence.

If you live that kind of miserable life over and over again and act so as not to get caught, the wounds of this magnitude will become nothing.

“…There’s no way it won’t hurt.”

Despite my thoughts, Luna’s black crystal eyes seemed to contain quite complex feelings.

She was holding my sleeve tightly and seemed to feel faintly, but clearly, guilty.

I spoke quickly to brighten the darkening atmosphere.

“I was a student at Beatus Academy. Now, he is a person who is tired of the superiors neglecting Beatus’s secrets and wants to get rid of him himself. It’s comfortable to think of yourself as a member of such an organization.”

“Shame..? Group..?”

Beatus Academy is said to place ‘fairness’ and ‘equality’ as its top values, but in reality, there is a behind-the-scenes world full of all kinds of dirty and absurd things.

The reason why the student council or delegates have no choice but to ignore these shadowy forces is because the shadowy forces are related to the imperial family.

Since the people who look after their backs are members of the royal family, they have no choice but to ignore the student council or delegates.

Vivian, Luna’s older sister and former student council president, is probably also connected to the imperial family in some way.

As I explained about myself in a somewhat made-up manner, Luna asked in a slightly relaxed manner.

“Then why did you save me? If it’s about money, I’m willing to compensate. Just contact the Ludwig family…”

Luna seemed to want to somehow repay her debt. It’s a positive thing.

At least he seems to be aware of the fact that he owes money.

“I have no intention of eating money from my nose. If a child falls down on the side of the road, picking them up and taking them to the temple is a basic skill.”

“Cancel that statement.”

“Even if you say that, I have no intention of taking money.”

“Not that one. I am not a ‘child’. He is definitely a grown adult.”

She narrowed her eyes in genuine displeasure and pointed the knife again.

…I don’t even know how to use metaphors.

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Afterwards, when I treated Luna, we had various conversations.

Because we were interested in each other, the conversation was able to flow smoothly.

Luna wanted to know more about what secrets there were at Beatus Academy and what I was doing specifically, so I told her a somewhat made-up story mixed with the truth I knew.

A top group that reaps enormous profits through shady forces, money laundering, and illegal distribution, with even high-ranking figures involved.

And I am a masked man who is an executive of [Roca Senna], an organization secretly established to overthrow them.

Luna’s reaction began to escalate as the stories came out mushrooming.

“I’ve never heard of such an organization.”

No wonder I’ve never heard of it. Loca Senna is an organization that the main character creates later.

There is no such organization yet. I thought about it for the status I needed when working as a ‘masked man’.

“Because it’s a secret organization. The moment it is exposed to the outside world, the organization will disband again. To do that, you always have to wear camouflage.”

You can tell by looking at her shoulders that are increasingly shaking.

Luna is feeling very interested right now.

“…Why are you so obediently telling me this?”

“You asked.”

“……”

“It’s a joke. I said this because I was confident that you were a safe person. Still, you’re the one who risked your life to save me, so you’re not going to stab me in the back, right?”

When I spoke slyly, she nodded and nodded.

I slowly warmed up and prepared.

“The reason I saved you was simply because you were there. I didn’t even know he was a noble, and he would have acted the same even if he was an ordinary student. I have no intention of accepting money for something like this.”

“……”

“I have told you all the information I could. Now it’s your turn to speak.”

Conversation, like ping-pong, must involve back and forth. There is no way Luna would tell her true feelings to Dyers, who is like her enemy, so now is her chance.

“Who are you? Why were academy students on the black market?”

When asked about herself, Luna responded sensitively.

“Do you think I would talk about myself to someone I just met like a bigot?”

“For some reason, it feels like I’m speaking to the person in front of me.”

“…I’m sorry I didn’t mean that.”

Despite his rare apology, he is still hesitant to tell his story.

Let’s give courage to her who hesitates.

“I will die soon.”

“…What?”

“I got sick because I committed a lot of sins in my life. I’ll probably die within half a year.”

“….that.”

Luna’s pupils stared into space, as if she was at a loss for words at the shocking statement.

You have to keep stimulating her to hear her inner thoughts.

“I was going to die anyway, but I was glad I was able to save you right before I died.”

“…Why do you want to listen to me so much?”

“Because I was bored.”

“…?”

“I’m bored on the way, so let’s listen to your story.”

A person who will soon disappear anyway.

It is safe to say that there is no one better than Luna to reveal her true feelings to.

“Huh…”

She hesitated for a moment, then sighed and bit her lower lip.

Then, as if he had made up his mind, he opened his mouth.

“……There is a piece of trash named Dyers.”

I am so sad that my first words are insults to someone who is about to die.