episode_0134

CXXVI.

The plan to take a quiet day off was shattered in that moment. It wasn’t simply a matter of strength or weakness.

People flocking in.

Among them, there were many people who were so weak that they could be knocked out with just a single blow. For example, students from the Academy’s Commerce Department.

But I didn’t dare to do anything about the gaze, breathing, and screams of a sasaeng fan who had discovered a celebrity.

Of course, we had to avoid the humans’ attacks by using May’s magic to confuse their vision, using Toofuri’s magic to teleport through space, returning to the dormitory, locking the door, and painting it with magic to prevent intrusion.

“Two horns. And the window.”

Only after we had made it impossible to see inside from the outside even through the windows did we, no, I, throw myself onto the long sofa.

shit.

It was fun to go out for the first time in a long while, and the sight of capturing and torturing low-level demons was really exciting… .

It’s like getting caught in a sudden rain shower on the first day you put on a new pair of expensive shoes.

“No! This won’t do.”

“Huh~?”

“A sudden thought occurred to me. Do we need to continue to be in the Academy? No. Right? It’s all because of that old man.”

“Kukkukkuk! So what are you going to do~? Honey.”

“Moving! Let’s move! We need our own nest!”

Damn Academy. I understand to some extent even the superhumans, including Hu-Yang-Tang.

But then a nobleman I had never seen before showed up and said, “Oh my! Gray~! Nice to meet you!” and ran towards me, pretending to be friendly, and I almost got punched in the face with his greasy face.

Seriously. I didn’t realize it, but my fists clenched. His face and his speech were all like a drawing, and he was the type of guy who would call for a beating.

I’m being completely serious, but it’s like I saved someone’s life today.

So, all of this is because of Dean Hu.

What on earth are they doing that has the aristocrats swarming inside the academy?

When I was complaining about Dean Hu inwardly,

Woof woof woof! Woof woof!

The Evergreen Pad vibrates to notify the communication application that a signal has arrived that it wants to communicate.

And coincidentally, the owner who attempted to communicate was,

[After the Dean]

He is the Dean.

After the communication application came up, I hesitated whether to accept the Dean’s name or not, but then accepted the communication.

[You bad guy!]

“What the hell are you suddenly saying… like a footstep?”

[You…! Were you going to say something like, “No way!”?]

“No.”

[You damn bastard! You bad bastard!]

“Hang up.”

I thought he was talking nonsense. So I was about to hang up,

[Okay, wait! Oh, okay. Open the door… … .]

After a while, the dean’s voice catches my attention.

“Yes?”

[Open the door! Open it!!]

The Dean was so embarrassed and ashamed that he shouted even though he was in the position of asking for a favor.

Of course, I had no intention of agreeing. I already thought that the cause of all this was the old man.

“I don’t like it.”

[Hey!! Hey, don’t do that!]

After using the communication application, the Dean seemed to be outside the door. When he said ‘Come on!’, there was a loud knock on the door.

“Why?”

[Why, why! Are you saying that now? Think about what you’ve done!]

What did I do? What did I do?

The judgment became more and more complicated as the words and intonation of the speech made it seem as if he had done something bad.

“I decided to rest until today. I’ll see you tomorrow, Dean.”

[You! Haa… … . Since the superhumans are gathered in front of the door, I would like you to give me some time. Candidate Gray.]

I wonder if Dean Hu felt as offended as I did by my polite tone and formal speech?

He also responded politely and asked in a low voice to ‘give me some time’.

“Two horns.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Without even needing to add an explanation, Topuri lifted the spell and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, someone came in at a speed that was too fast for the eye to follow, as if they were superhumans. All the superhumans I had met so far, including Dean Hoo.

“Hey! It’s been a while. Really.”

“Long time no see. Proof… … ?”

“You!!”

The Dean was so angry about something that he pushed away Pope Judas, who was greeting him, and came towards me, stomping his feet as if he was going to show off.

“What is it?”

“You, how, how could you do this!! What kind of situation is this!”

“Since a while ago, really. I think I’ve been asking you several times, without any reason or end… . What are you talking about?”

“How can you rest here so calmly! You’ve been locked up all this time, saying you were training! Do you have any idea what the situation is on the continent right now? The entire continent is in chaos right now! What kind of a guy are you!”

In fact, until now, everything related to Dean Hu, including the remark that ‘it’s because of Dean Hu’, was a joke.

I felt sorry for the Dean, who was also upset and frustrated because he did not stop the nobles from entering.

However, it was a complaint based solely on the playfulness of friendly relations.

That is, until I saw Dean Hu, who was blushing in anger right in front of me.

The moment I heard the Dean’s remarks, in which he was spewing out his anger as if I had done something incredibly irresponsible, lazy, and wrong, I felt the sound of the mask that had been covering my face thinly cracking.

“So the continent is in chaos, and it’s my fault?”

“Of course it’s your fault… … !”

“No.”

After starting by saying that it was obvious, he cut off the dean’s words.

“No, that’s the devil’s fault. Not mine.”

He put force into his soft voice and handed it over to the dean with great excitement.

As the mask came off, I discovered a part of my personality that I didn’t know about. When I get angry, I become cold-hearted regardless of my will.

“Just like it’s not the fault of the guards or the knights that a psychopath kid killed a civilian.”

“That… …!”

After that, the Dean’s face, which had been reddened, turned pale as if he had been doused with cold water.

“Because the low-level demons are rushing out and causing chaos on the continent.”

“… … .”

“It’s not our fault that we’ve been risking our lives to deal with the demons while the other candidates are playing noble here, or while we’ve been paying no attention to the demons or traitors. It can’t be. Absolutely not.”

“That, that’s why… … .”

“Helps save three superhumans who almost died.”

The three female superhumans standing behind Pope Judas and Caligo’s sword flinch.

“Save someone’s family.”

This time, Dean Hu and Vice Dean Fletcher seem flustered.

“He even saved two superhumans in a life-or-death situation.”

The energy of the divine bow and sword immortal from the cradle of the unmanned world flares up and then subsides.

“But is it my fault? The continent is in chaos?”

“Ha, but you have the strength… … .”

“Someone said that if you keep showing favor, you will think it is a favor. I couldn’t believe it. He’s not even a noble. A superman who has reached the top of a field? But there really is such a superman.”

“Oh, no.”

The Dean’s embarrassment is clearly evident. The scene that would have been joked about before now feels too frustrating and stupid.

And I’m genuinely angry.

“Thank you for everything.”

He greets me politely, but more coldly than usual.

So far, it means to cut off the relationship firmly.

“z, please give me evidence.”

“Oh, that’s right. Everyone, release the artifacts you received.”

Clang! Thud! Thud!

The Arcanas, as if they did not regret it at all, took the artifacts they were holding one by one from their bodies and threw them on the floor.

“Would you please step aside?”

“Uh, where… …?”

He couldn’t open his mouth and just moved his lips, not answering Vice Dean Fletcher’s question while standing next to the Dean.

instead,

“Okay, I’ll give you this too.”

I took off the bracelet that was required to enter Evergreen Academy and handed it to him.

There is no way he doesn’t know what that means. He was looking at me and the bracelet alternately with his eyes wide in surprise, and at the moment he was about to open his mouth,

“Stop.”

His excuses were cut off in advance.

Right now, I just feel empty and desolate and don’t want to see their faces anymore.

“Anyway, when the Demon King invades, we’ll meet and fight. At least I don’t want to see him blushing at that time.”

And I still turned my gaze away from the superhumans who were at a loss in sudden situations, in their own mistakes, in the mistakes of their friends, for various reasons.

“Two horns.”

“Yes, Master.”

“Let’s go.”

“Yes. Move!”

Mana rises and surrounds us with the words of the two-horned dragon.

“Sleep… … !”

And then, without hearing the Dean’s full speech, we moved to the shopping street of Evergreen.

◈ ◈ ◈

The place where Gray and Arcana left.

The faces of the remaining superhumans seemed to have the word ‘bewildered’ branded on them.

“This, this kind of thing.”

Among them, Dean Hu, with his exceptional memory as a wizard, recalled exactly what he had done. He remembered it as it was, without any exaggeration or minimization.

“Why on earth are you so angry?”

The superhuman who asked the Dean a question filled with regret was surprisingly Vice Dean Fletcher.

“Just… … .”

“Just?”

“We’ve been running around like crazy, but this guy thinks he’s been training comfortably… . Just… . My heart aches… .”

“Haa… … . Juan.”

Starting with Fletcher sighing and holding his forehead as if his head hurt, the superhumans glared at Dean Hoo one by one with pitiful eyes.

What I meant was, to put it simply, that I wanted to vent my frustrations about the efforts I had put in.

The closer you are to someone, the more careful and kind you have to be. This is what Dean Hoo overlooked, and it is also what Gray meant when he said, “If you continue to be kind, you will think you are being favored.”

More than anything, what was frustrating for the superhumans right now was that, according to rumors, the person who had succeeded in torturing and obtaining information from a low-level demon that no one else had succeeded in doing was none other than Gray, who had disappeared from this place.

〖The candidate who made the lower-level demons beg to be killed!〗

Gray became famous the moment he left the training grounds.

Of course, the superhumans weren’t simply jealous of being famous or anything like that.

Information about the lower and middle level demons who are still causing chaos comparable to guerrilla tactics.

That was needed.

And if they are the Grays they know, they obviously have that information and they know better than anyone how to use it.

“What should I do now?”

Dean Hu couldn’t raise his head in response to Pope Judas’ question, which was mixed with irritation beyond frustration.

“Maybe what the last witness said is right.”

“Huh?”

“The favor that the last witness gave continues, so we may have taken it for granted.”

“Hey, Brother Judah too. We also gave you various conveniences in our own way.”

“Kanviel. How did you get to Circle 9 with that head? Convenience? Next to the last piece of evidence is the Dragon Lord. A dragon with wealth that cannot be compared to human wealth. ”

“Ugh… ….”

“That’s why I bought expensive magic artifacts on purpose… … . But now that you’ve cut ties so adamantly… … . What should I do?”

The superhumans were deep in thought in the vast, cold room, as if their masters had disappeared, just like the artifacts lying on the floor. For quite a long time.