I Got a Fake Job at the Academy Chapter 188

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◈ Episode 188 The King of the Dark Path (3)

The same time Terrina is talking to Rudger in the slums.

After receiving the artifact from Terrina, Casey returns to the rented house where she lives.

I wanted to talk to Terrina, but Casey also had work to do.

“Ugh. Casey. Please tidy up your room! There is no such thing as a pigpen!”

The house they were living in this time was too large for Casey and Betty alone, but only for a few weeks.

Due to Casey paranoidly collecting all sorts of things, the room was so messy that it was hard to find a gap to step on.

It wouldn’t matter if it was organized well, but it was reminiscent of a manual demon scene because they didn’t even do it properly and put things anywhere.

“okay. Is it one?”

“You say you do it every day, but you don’t!”

Betty eventually couldn’t stand it and went into tidying up.

Of course, even if I organize it like this, it will be restored to its original state after a week, but I couldn’t quit even though I knew it.

“Casey should thank me. Because if you weren’t the best partner like me, no one would take Casey.”

Betty grumbles and starts tidying up.

Casey ignored Betty’s words and went to one side of the wall.

There was a map of the city of Ledervelk.

Above the map were clippings of newspaper articles pinned to thumbtacks.

And countless threads were connected along such tacks.

Casey cut out an article about the Silver Sun from today’s newspaper and pinned it to one side of the map.

Then, after tying the thread associated with the slums, he flicked it once with his fingertips.

Looking at the quivering threads, I crossed Casey’s arms.

A banquet of threads spread like a spider’s web on the map.

In it, Casey stared at the map as if she was lost in her own world.

‘Recently, a strange number of incidents have occurred in Laedervelk.’

Until just last year, Ledervelk had no major problems.

However, several things have happened this year.

werewolf case.

Abandoned factory completely burned down.

The raid on the Kunst auction house.

The revival of the monster of Jebodang.

The arrival of the Black Dawn.

‘And until this Silver Sun disappearance case.’

As for the suspect, the slum side was the most likely.

It is said that the slums are undergoing tremendous changes in recent years.

Casey only heard about it, so I didn’t check it myself, but rumors don’t just come out.

‘Terrina must have gone to check on that.’

Casey thought of Terina and carefully placed the artifacts she had brought on a desk.

The artifact cracked with a clicking sound, revealing the magic stone inside.

Casey took a peek at the magic stone and took the white paper that was wrapped around it.

‘The key item that this is related to memory storming.’

We haven’t decided on a name yet, but we do know that this is no ordinary object.

‘To think of making something like this with the skin of the Elven Tree, which is only found in the forest of elves.’

Should I say that the mages of the New Mage Tower are amazing or reckless?

Thinking of bringing a tree from the forest from an elf who loves nature more than anyone else.

But that kind of challenging spirit must have created this new thing.

If you listen to the story, it was said that he had traded hand in hand with the elves who had accepted the budding culture, so there was nothing wrong with it.

‘If I use this, I’ll be able to read it.’

After examining the white paper for a while, Casey folded it up and put it in his pocket.

‘Let’s organize it for now.’

Casey’s first goal is to track down the Black Dawn.

I went to the site where the Silver Sun disappeared because I wondered if it had anything to do with the Black Dawn.

But the result sucks.

Casey realized the moment he saw the mansion, where there was literally nothing left of it, let alone a trace.

—No matter how hard I try, I can’t find a clue.

Something close to a miracle that surpassed magic happened.

Even Casey couldn’t do anything about it.

In terms of results alone, the association with the Black Dawn could not be found.

‘Then the only thing left is the information I got from the guys I interrogated that day.’

The members of the Black Dawn Society captured on the last day of Seorn’s <Magic Festival>.

The deal with Elisa gave Casey the opportunity to interrogate them herself.

Of course, the result of the interrogation is not always the correct answer.

In reality, it would be fair to say that there is not much to be gained.

‘Should I say that the secret societies have a strong will or madness even if they are jobbers?’

They don’t open their mouths easily, and even when they do, it’s all false information.

Many of the things I barely figured out were really trivial things.

‘Besides, physical torture is not my style.’

But Casey got information from them.

The method is very simple.

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All you had to do was ask a question.

‘The elements that convey information to people are not simply limited to language.’

Gaze, eye twitching, breathing, subtle reactions, and more.

That trivial action could have provided a sufficient answer.

Unless you were a person who had undergone special training in preparation for such a situation, it was bound to show.

In fact, the Third Orders of the Black Dawn had given her various reactions.

And that was enough for Casey.

Casey pasted a new map on the blank wall next to the map of Lederbelk.

<Baltanung>

A neighboring city of about mid-size, though lacking compared to the larger city of Ledervelk.

and.

‘A place related to the Black Dawn.’

Casey suddenly felt uneasy.

‘I don’t like fighting mad dogs very much.’

Casey, who was about to waver a little, thought of James Moriarty.

The back of the man wearing a neat suit and a black cloak fluttering behind his back.

‘I should do it anyway.’

Didn’t he come all the way here with the determination to pursue James Moriarty?

Rather, since I knew that the Black Dawn had something to do with it, I should work harder.

I’ll have to look for a train heading to Baltanung soon.

* * *

Terrina had a high opinion of the man who was the owner of the back alley.

A wasteland with nothing.

He is a man who has made great progress in a slum that can be evaluated as more severe.

It’s not just a good business sense.

I knew that Silver Sun was gone, and I knew in advance that she would be coming, so I sent an guide.

It must be clear that he knows all the trivial information happening in the city.

It was clear that he was someone to be wary of.

‘That’s why I deliberately sprinkled death to scare them.’

The man in front of me didn’t care even after being murdered.

Looking at the naturalness of his actions, it was clear that it was not acting.

I wanted to open my mouth right away and ask what you really are.

However, to ask such a question here was tantamount to admitting that this side had lost the battle of nerves.

From what we’ve had conversations with so far, the man named Owner knows the intention of the question but avoids it or ignores it.

‘I still can’t believe it. Even the average knights can’t move and freeze when they receive my life force.’

The owner endured it.

‘After all, he’s not an ordinary guy.’

It was not for nothing that he reigned as the master of this underworld.

great skill. innate sense. To the point where I don’t mind living here.

‘Is it the king of the dark road?’

If he was a wicked man who accumulated wealth illegally, or a criminal who had committed even the slightest bit of evil, the story would have been easier.

Just pulling out the sword and cutting off one hand would be enough.

But according to the information I received from Enya, this man’s business was surprisingly clean.

A nightcrawler knight suddenly appears and uses violence against such a person?

Even though the Night Crawler Knights do a lot of filthy things compared to other knights.

I don’t do anything to press the other person with only my heart.

Rather, it was tantamount to reducing the reputation of the Knights of the Nightcrawler.

They also had a line to protect.

‘Besides, it’s popular, so if you touch it wrong, you’ll turn all the people around here into enemies.’

If you touch the owner here, all the people in the slums will fight to their death.

These are people who have lived without hope from the beginning.

Such people are barely able to live like human beings, but what if there is an obstacle here?

At that time, one really had to disappear completely.

Even the winner will be left with nothing but scars.

that had to be avoided.

“Have you finished all your questions?”

“okay. Thank you for your cooperation.”

Terrina nodded and rose from her seat.

There was nothing to do, so there was no need to stay here any longer.

“I will not see you off.”

“I was going to say that I didn’t need it anyway.”

It was the moment when they were about to step back after exchanging glances with each other.

“leader. Here it is? There is something I want to ask you for a moment.”

The door to the drawing room, which had been firmly closed, opened with a rattle and Alex came in.

It was an appearance that even Rudger did not expect.

“Alex?”

Enya recognized Alex and called his name.

Alex, who opened the door without much thought, froze at the sight of Enya.

this.

Rudger realized he hadn’t given Alex a word beforehand.

It was such a sudden visit that there was no time to speak.

“Alex, right?”

“… … .”

“You, why are you here?”

Rudger let out a small sigh behind his mask.

A lover from the past, who broke up badly, ended up facing each other in a place like this.

* * *

Alex tried to escape, but Enya had no intention of doing so.

Enya blocked Alex’s path as she quickly stepped out of the building and was about to fall into an alleyway.

“Tell us something.”

“I have nothing to say.”

“Why are you here? You said you were going back home.”

When Enya glared at her, Alex fell silent.

I must have remembered saying that before breaking up with her a long time ago.

Of course that was a lie.

A lie to force Enya away.

“You don’t know.”

For Alex, it was the best for the moment to say it coldly.

“Didn’t our work end a while ago anyway?”

“… … .”

Enya bit her lip.

The eyes that glared at Alex were moist.

The sight made Alex’s heart throb and hurt.

‘you… … .’

Alex was shaken by the sight of Enya, who was about to burst into tears.

There’s no way he wouldn’t know the emotion in that gaze.

Because it was once the eyes I looked into for the longest time.

‘You still haven’t forgotten me.’

Enya still had feelings for herself.

He was still remembering himself who had hurt and left.

It made me happy and unbearably sad at the same time.

Because I had to hurt her again, right here and now.

‘If only I could raise my hand here and wipe the tears from her eyes.’

Can I go back to that time?

To those days when we laughed and dreamed of the future.

─No.

I stopped moving my hand.

It was because the image of Enya glaring at him overlapped with the image of her crying and screaming in the past.

Alex laughed inwardly.

‘There’s no way I’m qualified for that.’

The one who hurt Enya and left first was herself, not anyone else.

Also to ask for forgiveness.

And the unforgivable.

everything is yourself

“… … If you’re done with your business, why don’t you just leave?”

Alex surprised himself that he could speak in such a cool tone.

At those words, Enya shuddered and then nodded.

“You haven’t changed at all, whether in the past or now.”

Enya’s suppressed voice pierces Alex’s chest.

However, Alex desperately endured and did not show it.

Enya showed a hint of disappointment when she saw Alex like that.

Maybe, even a little bit, I didn’t know that I wanted this man to be sorry.

“okay. Sorry to disturb you. Bye.”

Enya left those words and turned her back.

Alex remembered this.

A sight like old times.

But if there is something different from then.

In the end, she didn’t shed a tear.

‘You’ve become stronger.’

Impatiently, Alex reached her hand toward her back.

It didn’t reach it in the end.

As Enya disappeared from sight, Alex slumped back against the wall of the building.

“haha. I’m really ugly.”

Seeing her back as she was about to leave, he reached out his hand without realizing it.

It is only with such half-hearted determination that you are not afraid to see the leader.

Even now, the desire to run to Enya and grab her was like a chimney.

Everything that hurt you that day was a lie.

In fact, I still have you in my heart.

‘There’s no way I can say that.’

She is an aristocrat and herself a commoner.

Motivation from the same knight training center can’t lead to the end.

Because this is such a world.

therefore.

So it must be changed.

Because that was what the person who reached out to him, who was covered in mud, had hoped for.

that buck

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned his head to find Ludger taking off his mask.

Has the story with the leader of the Night Crawler been over?

“What is it, Leader? What did you come all the way here for?”

“I am sorry. Alex. I should have told you in advance.”

“I apologize. It was me who came in without checking. Did you come to comfort him? Bring the people behind you?”

At those words, I could feel the presence that was secretly hiding in surprise.

After a while, the members of the group appeared as they coughed awkwardly.

Alex laughed at the sight.

“How many people are there? Rumors must have spread all over the neighborhood.”

“Well, because I can’t know.”

After all, this happened when the Knights of the Night Crawler visited.

Alex also understood that part, so he lowered his head.

“Ugh. If you’ve come this far, there’s no way you can keep it a secret.”

Alex smiled self-deprecatingly and ran a hand through his hair.

Sheridan glanced at him and asked.

“Who was that nightcrawler knight’s old lover?”

“that’s right. He was my classmate, comrade-in-arms, and my first love.”

“Comrades… … You too.”

Violetta noticed something.

Alex shrugged.

“Now, what am I going to hide? that’s right. I was once an aspiring knight. To be precise, he was an imperial cadet.”

Hans opened his eyes wide as if he had noticed something.

“wait for a sec. If you’re a cadet in the Empire… … .”

“that’s right. I was a cadet of the Noble Knights, the imperial military academy.”

Then he added a bitter afterword.

“Exactly, he was a dishonorable ex-convict.”

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