How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 155

Creffin subjugation (6)

Brahms Roth Taylor, the previous head of the household, was poisoned in the process of usurping the second-in-command of the imperial family.

His uncle, Bain Ross Taylor, was used as an abandoned language in a losing battle and was killed by the Ain tribe, and his mistress, Marie Ross Taylor, was assassinated by a rival family.

Other than that, countless people passed away while playing in the grip of power. The throne of the head of household where Crepin was sitting was stained with blood.

Even so, he doesn’t resent anyone, get angry, or go crazy… He sat quietly on his throne and contemplated the world.

He has definitely risen to the position of the second-in-command in the imperial family, condemned the scoundrels who tried to take advantage of the family, and destroyed rival families who were secretly fighting.

Gradually, he had no qualms about killing people, and he took advantage of someone for granted. He hides his true face and walks around the estate as a benevolent duke, but the fishy smell of blood always vibrates along the way he walked.

From the time he was born until now, he became a villain in order to survive, and he did not justify that fact or try to be understood by anyone.

When he inherited the position of head of the family, the words his ancestor Brahms Rosteylor whispered to him are still lingering in his mind.

Only one of the two can survive for a long time in this world full of trickery and strife.

Either a hero or a villain.

If you can’t be a hero, be thoroughly evil.

Do not rationalize or feel remorse, just reign as a wicked man.

The roof of the annex of the Ross Taylor Mansion.

Hundreds of heavy loads rested on Krepin’s shoulders as he sat on the railing overlooking the manor.

nothing is light

If the circle of sacrifice is completed, more than half of the honored guests will die. In this way, Mebula will eat her fill of noble souls and bestow upon Creffin the power to handle that power for the rest of her life.

“…”

He had many excuses left.

There are many ways to justify yourself as a wicked person and give reasons why you had to twist.

For example, expectations and trust toward Crepin.

The faith of Arwen and his retainers who trusted him until the end when he decided to roll in the mud. In the end, the path of Crepin will be right, and he sends it… Unconditional, infinite trust.

It could be said that the weight made it difficult for him to step back any further, pushing him even deeper into the dark path.

――It was like the circumstances of Act 1 boss Jenika, who is currently running towards Ed’s room.

Or, it could be remorse for what was lost.

Brahms, his mentor, who had no choice but to die in the process of usurping power, or Marie, his mistress, who had to die in a strife. If the characters he had to lose remain thick in his heart, whispering in his ear that he should not compromise and become a thorough evil man… It’s pretty plausible.

――It was like the circumstances of Act 2 boss Glast, who eventually met death with regret for his lost daughter.

If that is not the case, it may be nothingness itself.

He killed many people at the end of his power and climbed up, but in the end, all that remains is a large mansion and a large estate.

All of his family died or scattered, and Arwen, who had followed him until the end, made a half-cripple with his own hands.

In the end, the only thing left in his life is great power and power, and if it’s a situation where he has no choice but to run to the end of the road even with the help of the evil spirit… Not too bad.

–that… This is the situation of Lucy, the boss of Act 3, who has lived her whole life as a strong person and has lost her reason for living after losing Glockt.

Whichever direction you turn, it won’t be too bad.

Krepin thinks so, but doesn’t compromise on either side.

The half-destroyed balustrade looks like a king’s throne.

Sitting firmly on it, he bows his head and waits for the right time.

Born as a wicked man, he dies as a wicked man until the moment he dies.

He discusses the world as a pure evil that is undefiled to the end.

That was the attitude he had taken all his life to survive.

As long as that purity is fully established, no storm can shake him.

<Sylvania’s Fallen Swordsman> Act 4 final boss.

The head of the household, Creffin Ross Taylor, was quietly contemplating the world.

* * *

The dagger split the tentacles.

The spirit expression was manifested and the flame rose up, completely tearing the tentacle in half. The moment Ed leaps backwards again, grabbing his sword, the mug’s flame burns the entire hallway.

I wondered if the dominated servants were swept away and the road was opened, but soon the gremlins break through the windows and break in.

―Kyaaaaaaagh!

Fierce screaming demons charged at Ed’s body with blades, but the wind picked up and pinned the gremlins to the wall.

From behind him, the manifested white-haired girl waved her hand once more. The gremlins are crushed by the pressure of the wind, and all are burned by the flames of the mug.

So Ed ran across the corridor on the first floor.

Running down the aisle was the same for Jenika and Clarisse. After crossing the corridor of the central mansion and reaching Ed’s room, the two broke down the locked door and went inside.

I was thinking of quickly grabbing Ed’s wand and leaving, but the room was larger than I thought, so I was confused about where to start looking for it.

Ed’s wand is quite bulky. I searched under the bed and behind the dresser, and eventually found Ed’s wand under the large work desk.

As it was, Jenika picked up the wand and handed it to Clarisse.

Yenika had to remain in the central mansion to escort the distinguished guests. It takes too long to go directly to Ed after all the VIPs have been dismissed.

Saint Clarice has the protection of the Holy Law that can protect her body from almost all kinds of attacks. It’s safe in the middle of the day, so it was the right person to deliver the staff.

Clarisse nodded and quickly turned around, clutching her wand tightly. At that moment, Yenica called Clarisse and stopped her.

When Clarisse turned her head curiously to see Yenika, Yenika looked at the letters spread out on Ed’s personal desk.

Because of the sheer volume, it was impossible to read all of them. However, a feather that fell between the letters caught Jenika’s eye.

He picked up the feather, held it by the end, swung it around, and… Soon she passed her feathers to Clarisse.

When Clarisse was puzzled, Yenika added that she should bring it along.

On the first floor of the central hallway, Selahha and Dest were leaving the central mansion.

The garden in front of the central mansion was already hacked up by all sorts of monsters. It was a trace of Ed going wild as he headed towards the annex.

Princess Sellaha narrowed her brows and looked around. The grounds of the ruined Ross Taylor mansion are still full of monsters.

Dest dissuaded Princess Selaha, saying that it would be dangerous if she went out any further. Selaha thought for a moment, then shook her head and walked out along her garden.

Meanwhile, Cinir Bloomriver, who is leading a group of distinguished guests, was breathing a sigh of relief.

Thanks to the group of spirits Yenica dragged along, the lives of the remaining honored guests could be saved. In addition, thanks to Yenika piercing the corridor of the central mansion, a route to get out of the mansion was also secured.

Sinir quickly came out toward the hallway, leading a group of distinguished guests. Carefully and calmly, with bated breath, he made his way across the corridor to the exit.

There were still spirits fighting gremlins in the sky outside the window. The distinguished guests swallowed dry saliva and held back the urge to run away.

Everyone is heading to their own destination. Even in the midst of running with their own goals, time was passing steadily.

Among them, the one who is most cornered is probably… It was Tanya Rosteyler.

-bang! bang!

“…”

Servants were kicking the door of the food storage. Tanya hugged her shoulders and trembled.

A spire rising from the center of the mansion site.

In the cellar on the middle level of the spire, Tanya held out with furniture blocking the door.

―Paaaaaagh!

– Padduk!

The wooden door was pierced by the gremlin’s dagger, and goosebumps were visible through the hole.

“Ugh, ugh…”

Tanya quickly reinforced the door and ran into the storage room.

* * *

– Kwakwang! bang!

It was a breeze to clear the road.

Utilizing the power of Mug and Lacia, he saved as many consumable items as possible.

It was necessary to save some magic power, so Merilda’s power was only partially manifested and used.

In addition, just by adding basic elemental magic, the path was opened straight, and before I knew it, I was running up to the second floor of the mansion annex.

The second floor of the annex was full of more hideous monsters. All sorts of grotesque flesh clung to the smooth tentacles, pressuring them with stronger force, and the red-skinned gremlins threw their blades with berserk magic.

―Kaaaaaagh! Kyaaaaagh!

As for the servants making bizarre sounds, almost no human form remains. It feels like your limbs are attached to chunks of flesh.

It was a sight that made me sick to my stomach just by looking at it, but I gnashed my teeth and used my magic to subdue them all.

[Boy Ed! Now that we’ve secured space on the stairs, let’s go up! This fire candle mug will check the rear! ]

“If you don’t tidy up the hallway, you might get stabbed in the back of the head!”

[Then I’d rather… Wouldn’t it be better to go up to the roof first and then destroy the roof entrance? ]

“…yes, that makes sense!”

Countering Mug’s words, I quickly ran up the stairs.

[Oh! My point worked! He even became such a dignified lieutenant spirit, and even fulfilled his role as a bookkeeper… good job myself… ! ]

Actually, it’s a plan that can be easily come up with if you think about it calmly, but I didn’t bother to point it out and kill the excited Mug.

[ Ed. A group of gremlins will come upstairs. ]

Calm Lacia reported the situation upstairs. I gathered more mana and threw the wind blade away.

– Crisp! Casa Sasak!

Watching the group of gremlins being swept away in vain, I realized that the firepower of my basic magic had risen considerably.

Even for a gremlin that competes with numbers, it is not easy to produce enough firepower to wipe out an entire group in one blow.

Stepping on the pouring corpses of gremlins, I climbed the stairs and climbed again. His body was already covered with the blood of his enemies.

I walked all the way up the stairs of the mansion, avoiding the grotesquely swollen flesh here and there, and finally came to an open hall.

The stairs end once here. This is because the third floor of the mansion annex consists of one large hall.

If you want to go to the roof, you have to cross the hall and run up the last set of stairs.

The hall boasts the largest scale of the annex. The space named ‘Roth Taylor Hall’ after the name of the family… Almost all of the outer walls had already been blown away.

cool and well ventilated The starry sky can also be seen at a glance.

The figure of Lucy fighting with Mebuler in the middle of the whistle can be seen far away, and the sight of the spirit corps dealing with the gremlin embroidering the night sky is also impressive.

It was the moment I was about to cross Ross Taylor Hall and pass.

– Big, big, big.

In the center of the hall, a figure could be seen twisting strangely to its feet. More than half of his body was already covered with grotesque flesh, so it seemed that he had no reason left.

I checked his face and frowned. It wasn’t a very good relationship, but it was old anyway.

One of the two knights who came to Aken Island to kill me on the orders of Kreffin Ross Taylor.

The eagle knight, Kadek, glared at me with only the whites of his eyes.

At that moment, huge tentacles broke through the floor and rose from all sides of the hall.

* * *

― ‘It looks good on you, Tanya.’

― ‘What is this feather, Arwen sister?’

― ‘It’s a feather from a wild bird in the Pelvelo region.’

It is now a faded memory.

Tanya, sitting on the terrace in Arwen’s arms during a warm moment… She smiled briskly as she touched the feather ornament she had put in her hair.

― ‘It’s really pretty… .’

― ‘I decorate my hair like that, or I hang it on my collar. Men even wear it in the front pocket of their tuxedos.’

― ‘Come to think of it, my sister also decorated the blouse dance. They fit so well.’

– ‘huh.’

Arwen stroked Tanya’s face, suddenly making a sad face.

― ‘Wild birds in the Pelvelo region are so colorful. When you pluck a feather from one bird, it rarely overlaps with the color of the feathers of other birds. That’s why it’s said that there is a custom of sharing feathers of the same color among family members and decorating them.’

― ‘Wow… is it so… ?’

― ‘I sent one to Ed and my father… Decorate your body… I don’t know.’

When Ed’s name came up, Tanya’s expression darkened even more.

It’s been a week since Ed and Arwen broke up on the terrace.

After that, Ed seemed to be deeply troubled as he was alone in his room without talking to anyone.

Tanya, young and ignorant, was so afraid of Ed that she stuck with Arwen.

― ‘I hope my sister and brother can reconcile quickly… .’

― ‘Tanya. Maybe me and Ed won’t be able to reconcile again for the rest of my life.’

When Tanya heard that, she became tearful.

Arwen had a hunch. At the point of affirming Crepin, Edwa had already crossed the river of no return.

Having lived his entire life as the successor of Kreffin, Arwen had a deeper understanding of the human named Kreffin Ross Taylor than anyone else. Arwen sympathized with Crepin to the core.

Perhaps Crepin Ross Taylor will take advantage of even Arwen himself to the limit. All means to mobilize are men who mobilize.

Even if Krepin regarded Arwen as nothing more than a throwaway horse, Arwen was ready to affirm him as his daughter and family. Arwen is such a person.

Creffin’s life is full of blood.

It is a life in which he has set himself upright as a wicked man in order to stand on the throne himself.

Without a single understanding, he will live as a lonely wicked man until the day he dies.

The only person who can affirm such a venomous man is his family.

If you are the only one who can understand his bloody path, you are ready to go to the dark end for him.

However, Arwen’s own decision could not be forced upon his younger siblings.

Ed, who separates and advances, is also a younger brother whom Arwen loves. He cannot force sacrifices even upon him.

Crepin is a poisonous species among poisonous species.

If Arwen dies or becomes useless… That demon will spread to Ed and Tanya.

So, no matter what happens, grit your teeth and endure it.

In order to protect his younger siblings who walk a different path while making their own choices, first of all, Arwen himself must never die.

― ‘Tanya… Listen to me.’

Arwen hugged Tanya tightly and spoke.

― ‘My father always looks noble, but he is rather a lonely and pitiful person. It will probably not be understood by anyone in the world.’

– ‘sister… .’

― ‘And, Ed and Tanya… You are also my little sisters whom I love very much. Because I’m greedy… I want to hug everyone… .’

Tanya could clearly feel the strength coming into the tightly clasped arms.

-Woe!

Suddenly, Tanya came to her senses and raised her head.

I was so distracted that I leaned against the storage shelf and rested.

-Boom, bang!

The gremlin was still knocking on the cellar door. Tanya went deep into the cellar and opened the window.

It was quite high as it was on the central floor of the spire. There is no guarantee of safety if you jump down, and there is no guarantee that you will be safe from monsters if you use wind magic to land on the side of the garden.

Tanya, who looked out the window while being blown by the wind, swallowed dry saliva. Then, suddenly, I turned my gaze toward the annex.

Roth Taylor Hall, whose outer wall collapsed, revealing its interior.

The man standing there was familiar. Tanya swallowed his dry saliva, gathered his mana and climbed onto the window sill.

My legs started shaking.

* * *

―Ah, Kaak! Kaaaaaa!

―Quaang, shhh!

A human figure was revealed in the cracks of the tentacles that rose. The girl who broke through while being protected by tentacles from the underground… Familiar.

One arm that should not have been there is sprouting. Same for one leg.

However, it is quite grotesque compared to the slender opposite limbs. Rather than flesh, it was closer to the shape of the patched flesh. This was also the strength of Mebula.

The flowing blonde hair is similar to Tanya’s and Ed’s. I’ve seen it once in the basement.

The girl who bloomed like a flower among the tentacles held a greatsword in one hand. It is the ‘Day of Dawn’, the great sword that pierced the girl’s body until just now.

And behind the waist dance is a sword about half the size horizontally. It is one of the swords that the first swordsman, Luden, wielded.

The girl jumped out of the tentacles and landed in the center of Ross Taylor Hall. and… He cut the eagle knight Kadek’s head horizontally.

– Crisp!

Kadek’s neck rolled on the floor several times, then turned to ashes and disappeared. So was his body.

It happened in an instant.

“Mebula’s power comes at the cost of mental pain. I’d rather die quickly.”

In the center of Ross Taylor Hall, standing in the moonlight, a slender girl thrust her greatsword into the floor.

Then, he knelt down towards Kadek, which was disappearing into ashes, and prayed with his hands together quietly in the moonlight.

“Kadek, he has dedicated himself as a vassal of the Ross Taylor family for a long time. If this is the only thing I can do for you, I will probably be punished in the afterlife.”

“Sister Arwen.”

“I’ve already laid it all down, Ed. I walked the opposite way with you. Even if I embrace all the sins of the world, I’m determined to affirm my lonely father to the end. Even if the end of that road leads to darkness.”

The girl kneeling down and praying next to the greatsword is bizarrely holy, even though her limbs are in a terrible shape.

“That’s the conclusion I came to while living as Ross Taylor’s heir, watching my father, and being with you guys. Maybe my father doesn’t care. I’m just a throwaway horse, a good scapegoat to use.”

“…”

“Still, I decided to affirm my father until the end. Otherwise… my father will die in loneliness until the end.”

Arwen got up again.

“So, I can’t go past this. For my father’s sake and for you.”

Magical power was wrapped around her body, and power came into her body. While wearing all sorts of auxiliary magic… Slowly lift your upper body.

With one hand, he picks up the huge greatsword, ‘Day of Dawn’, and with the other hand, he draws out Luden’s holy sword, ‘Danish’.

Two swords that symbolized the time when he lived as the heir to the glorious Ross Taylor.

“Go back.”

“…”

“The Ross Taylor family is over. Live your life now. I’m going to end it here.”

<Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman> He was a person whose existence was unknown in the affair.

Not a boss, not a hidden boss, you can’t see it anywhere.

For the first time, as Ed Rosteeler, as a member of this goddamn world, I feel like I’m facing my destiny.

A girl blocking the road.

The Forgotten Heir, Arwen Roth Taylor.

She was in the center of the hall, bathed in the moonlight, with bright eyes straight open.