episode_0029

“Uh… hmm… .”

Weasel hesitates as if about to open his mouth. It’s already been 10 minutes since I waited for her. However, since I am still practicing the silent command, I am starting to feel irritated.

“You’d better speak quickly. My patience isn’t that great.”

“Well, that… .”

“Are you going to keep wasting time? Then just blow it up. That necklace.”

“Hiik… ! W, here?”

Weasel was embarrassed and grabbed the necklace around his neck. Are you really thinking that you won’t be able to explode it? He was such a simple friend.

“Uh. why? Do you think I can’t do it?”

“That’s… .”

She trails off and takes a quick look around.

He asked me, ‘Can you do this with so many people here?’

I laughed out loud at that.

“My reputation has already been ruined because of you guys, so why should I care about that?”

Actually, I do write.

To be precise, I just don’t want to cause an incident in front of others, rather than something as lame as a reputation. You can’t get kicked out of the Academy when you haven’t accomplished anything yet.

“Now, quickly.”

“Uh… That’s it… .”

Do you still think I can’t blow it up?

He keeps testing my patience, but I guess he just has a tendency to enjoy masochistic situations. Anyway, maybe it’s because I don’t have any luck, but I keep getting attracted to strange people.

I had no choice but to put my hands on the table. Getting ready to naturally snap my fingers.

“5, 4, 3… .”

-Slap!

“Ma, I’ll tell you!”

Then it looks like you finally got the will to do it. Weasel grabbed my hand and gave it some strength. So strong that I can’t even lift a finger.

It should have come out that way a long time ago, so why don’t people always listen when people say it in a nice way?

“Why don’t you let go of this?”

“I’m sorry… .”

“Good. Say it once.”

“For now, I just did what I was told.”

hmm… The first sentence that came out of her mouth was a surprisingly unexpected answer.

Then what comes next will probably be-

“My boss… I told you to keep an eye on Cain… .”

Am I being clueless? Or is he using his own tricks?

Yes, since she was a junior, she would naturally have listened to someone’s orders and carried them out. That was a fact anyone could know.

So all you have to do is tell them who their boss is, but it’s really frustrating.

I felt like I would never get an answer if I kept waiting, so I just asked directly.

“So who is in charge?”

“I’m not sure about that… ”

“What?”

“Mo, I don’t know! I use camouflage magic when holding meetings and giving orders… .”

“So?”

“A lowly person like me doesn’t know anything about other people besides me.”

“… … .”

“G, it’s real!”

When I gave him a look of deep suspicion, Weasel jumped up from his seat. With a lot of shouting. It was so big that all the eyes of the cadets in the cafe focused on her.

“Sin, I’m sorry… .”

Weasel, who gave them an apple, sat down again. His face was slightly red, and I don’t know if it was because he was ashamed of his plaque, or if it was also an act.

Looking at my actions so far, it seemed like the former.

“So, you’re telling me to believe that? I definitely would have asked you to find out.”

“Well, it’s the organization’s golden rule to meet after disarming the camouflage spell… .”

“Ah… So you’re saying that this rule is more important than your life right now?”

“Yes, that’s right… Oh no? It can’t be!”

“Hmm… .”

“It’s real… Please trust me.”

Now tears are welling up in her eyes. The voice was soaked with moisture and became soggy.

Some people would have felt sorry to see the pretty girl shedding tears, but unfortunately, it wasn’t me. It was because I remembered a bad relationship from the past. First of all, there was nothing more unpleasant to see than crying.

――Sigh!

I got so angry that I hit her on the forehead. I put my sincerity into it.

“Ah, yay!”

“Why are you crying because you did a good job?”

“Sorry, sorry.”

“Well, I’ll just say I don’t know for now. So moving on to something else, what did the cat do?”

“That… .”

Weasel’s head moved back and forth from side to side. I was looking at what people around me were seeing, but it looks like they used some kind of illegal method, right?

“Will you keep it a secret?”

“Yes. I’m not going to tell anyone, so tell me quickly.”

–gulp!

Perhaps because she had made up her mind about my encouragement, she had strengthened her resolve and began to whisper. It was so secret that I had to cover my mouth with my hand.

“That… I used necromancy.”

It was truly an interesting story. It’s necromancy.

It was clearly a technique that had been banned a long time ago, and it was also a technique with deep ties to the devil.

“Is it real?”

“Yes… .”

“How did you write it? Could it be that you summoned the devil?”

“Oh, no! I drew and used the magic circle myself. Have you ever learned… There is.”

“Magic circle?”

“Yes… .”

On top of that, I never thought I would have learned the magic circle. I was about to feel regretful that my income from her had been so poor up until now, but my feelings completely subsided.

Now I was just very grateful. I would have been able to extract a lot from her in the future.

“Okay, I’ll believe that too. Then whose soul did you use?”

“Well… ”

“Wow, you don’t know? No, then what on earth do you know?”

“I only see the person once and hear the name… . I don’t know exactly who it is.”

“What is your name?”

“Obviously… Lucille? It was that kind of name.”

It’s Lucille.

I keep repeating it over and over again, but it doesn’t feel awkward at all. I feel like I’ve heard it at least once.

“How do I cancel the magic?”

“Yes? Should I cancel it… ?”

“Then you will continue to use the souls of people who are still? What did that person do wrong?”

“I’m going to remain unconscious anyway… .”

“So you’re not doing it?”

“Oh, no! I have to! You must do it! If you remove the magic circle, the magic will automatically disappear.”

“Where is that magic circle?”

“Because it’s confidential… .”

My head is pounding.

I still had no idea that confidential information would come out of that mouth. It was clear that he was scared, not out of curiosity.

“Do you really want to die?”

“ㄴ, yes? no! But if I say that… I’m sure the organization will kill me.”

“If I don’t tell you, will I kill you?”

“Ugh… ”

Weasel put his head down on the table and let out a painful groan. He was muttering something, but he seemed to be struggling with something else.

“Why am I in this situation… .”

“Not talking?”

“Ha, I will! But you have to keep it a secret, right? Otherwise, I will really die.”

“Don’t worry. If you just listen carefully, I will protect you.”

I still have a lot of honeydew to extract from you, so I can’t just let you die.

After hesitating a little longer, Weasel took out a notebook from his pocket and started drawing on it.

――Boo!

It must have been completed after a while, so she cut out the page and handed it to me.

“There is a hideout for the organization in the area circled. If you go to the second basement floor, there will be a magic circle.”

“Okay. Then, come out to the front door of the dormitory by 6 a.m. tomorrow morning.”

“… yes? why? I said everything I wanted to say!”

“Why? You have to guide me. Even to that hideout.”

“I drew a map!”

Look at this. It’s trying to climb up because I said I’d protect it. I’m so dumbfounded by her boldness that I’m about to burst into laughter.

“Good. Then don’t come. Then, I guess I should go to Central Church tomorrow instead.”

“Church? Why are you there… ?”

“I want to go and tell the saint that there is a heretic here who touches taboos.”

“… … .”

“Then, a heresy trial will definitely be held. Wouldn’t you be sentenced to 30 years in prison? I didn’t go that far because I have a family, but… Will the organization really protect you? Are you a traitor?”

――Hi!

“If I stay in that prison, I just want to die. I know this well because I stayed there for a month. That grim and disgusting… ”

“Go, I’ll go! We can go together!”

“I thought well. Then, make sure you don’t be late tomorrow. And I’m thinking about information I’ll tell you on the way.”

“Wow… .”

Although it took a while, the conversation itself was quite satisfying. Tomorrow, we will visit their base, so wouldn’t the results be even more satisfying?

――Kkiik

I immediately pulled the wheelchair. The rest of the day had to be used for tomorrow. It was definitely not an easy journey.

**

After Cain left, Weasel was left alone. She put her head back on the table.

“Why on earth does this happen…? Hehe!”

She started crying. Maybe he’s crying.

But unfortunately, there was no one here to comfort her.

**

When I returned to the room, Cecil was there.

But even though I came, she just stared blankly out the window. Maybe I miss the cat that passed away.

I told her that I had found the owner, but I don’t know if she would believe me.

“After… .”

Anyway, I sat down at my desk and started making plans for tomorrow.

There was a lot to consider.

How many enemies are there in the hideout, and how is it structured?

Since I had very little information, I decided to plan as conservatively as possible. Perhaps overheat should be used unconditionally.

By the way, did you say that the owner of the captured soul was definitely Lucille?

“Lucille… .”

No matter how much I thought about it, it was a somewhat familiar name.

“What did you say just now?”

But suddenly a sharp voice came from behind me. A voice so powerful and deadly that it can be felt as a threat.

“Huh?”

“What did you just say?”

“My name is Lucille… .”

Wait a minute, can’t it be…

“How did you come up with that name? You know, right? Why do you know?”

Cecil screamed out loud.

Thanks to that, I was able to see an expression on her face for the first time in a long time.

Her eyes were burning. It seemed like it could kill a person just with the life flowing out of it.

It was anger, anger.

Endless anger was burning brightly within her.