Episode 151. Outdoor Class (1)
Tina held her breath and watched the conversation between Gaizen and Rosenthaler, careful not to misstep.
As expected, everything was as Rubin had expected. Kaizen did not say out loud the thought that was in his head, that Rubin was probably Per.
It wasn’t just because of the fear and suggestive magic that Rubin had planted. He intuitively felt that the sooner Per’s identity was confirmed, the sooner his life would be extended.
“Is there a way to check if he’s a Pereira or not? What are you talking about now? You’re going to survive somehow, right?”
Rosenthaler bit his lower lip quietly. He had reprimanded Kaizen, but that didn’t mean he had a good alternative.
After Hitan’s death, Rosenthaler was appointed as the new head of ‘Operation Per-Enzo’, but it was true that it was still sluggish.
Enzo has disappeared without a trace. The only hope left is Per Lorenzini, who is hiding in the school under false pretenses. We have to find him first to find a new way… … .
‘Fortunately, it seems like none of the freshmen have dropped out of school… Who’s Perji?’
The key to this operation was to trick the Assassination Sword Master. The head of the Imperial Order didn’t explain everything, but he could at least see the general flow.
The ultimate target of ‘Operation Per-Enzo’ is ultimately the Assassin Swordsman.
He looked down at the screaming sword with its scorching aura.
‘Rubin, it’s frustrating not being able to use that guy.’
Finding Per would be no problem for Rubin. But if he were to take on this task, he would surely sense something fishy. He couldn’t take that risk.
‘I have no choice but to trust this stinking wizard.’
Eventually, Rosenthaler reaped the benefits.
As the aura subsided, the air pressure that had filled the room disappeared. The sword’s howl also quietened down, leaving only silence between the two.
“… … .”
“Phew, phew… … .”
Kaizen, realizing that he would not die in this place today, exhaled.
Rosenthaler spoke in a much softer voice.
“Tell me. How can I find the Per you mentioned?”
“… As soon as I arrive at school, I distribute notices to specific classes.”
Kaizen’s lips were moving busily.
“A specific class?”
“That’s the class that the cadet suspected of being Perro belongs to.”
“Who is that?”
“… That’s, as I said before… … .”
“Oh, right. I understand, I understand! If you can find out for sure, you don’t have to tell me right now.”
Click-click.
As the aura disappeared, the mice approached them without fear. Rosenthaler’s face crumpled and he moved his sword. One by one, the mice were pierced by the sword.
“That notice will list the books that are scheduled to be brought in. Um, starting this week, I’m in charge of the first-year stacks at the library.”
“and?”
“Among those books… … .”
… But there was something that neither Rosenthaler nor Kaizen noticed. The fact that the vassal of the Assassin Swordsman was listening to their conversation.
Tina, a bloodthirsty woman who detests killing and a Roynecro of Rubin, had no idea that she was carefully thinking about the schemes that Kaizen spoke of, along with the deaths of the poor mice.
* * *
-I see. I know. I know how Kaizen will turn out.
-Rubin, shouldn’t we work on Kaizen a bit more with ‘Black Leaf’ or some kind of suggestion potion?
-No. If you do that, Kaizen’s body won’t be able to handle it.
Even though the painful memories were erased from Kaizen’s mind, his body still remembered the ‘black leaves’.
Poisoning the ‘black leaf’ twice was no different from killing him. Even assassins only poison it once in their lives, as a rite of passage as vassals.
-There is no other way. If I can’t feed it the ‘Black Leaf’, the suggestion magic potion won’t work either.
As expected from a manufacturing professor, Kaizen’s magic potion resistance was top-notch. Last time, he was barely able to break through the resistance with the ‘black leaf’.
-I’m not saying there’s no way. It’s just that we knew in advance. We can prepare for it.
-What are you going to do? Have you made a plan?
-It’s simple. Just move the way he wants.
Move as you wish? It was an intriguing statement, but it was not a situation in which I could continue the conversation with Rubin.
“Whoaaah!”
The roommate happened to wake up at that moment. Oscar rubbed his eyes and started talking to Rubin.
“Luden, it’s morning already.”
“Get ready, Oscar.”
Oscar crawled out of bed, grimacing and sobbing.
While Oscar continued to talk to Rubin, going back and forth between various topics, Tina had already disappeared outside the window.
‘That worked out well.’
Compared to Tina, who was anxious, Rubin was calm. He was curious about how Kaizen would react, but he had expected that he would move anyway.
‘You’re going to lure Per in Enzo’s name? It seems like you’ve used your brain quite a bit… … .’
There’s no way. There’s no way Kaizen will ever face Oscar.
However, there was something else that Rubin was concerned about.
The five-star Auror, Rosenthaler. Was what Tina saw all about him? What kind of Noble Phantasm is that secret sword that Rosenthaler possesses?
All that was certain was that Rosenthaler had mastered the secret art of the Imperial Order and that he was ultimately a target that had to be eliminated one day.
For Per and Enzo’s sake, Rosenthaler had to be removed from Capotini as quickly as possible.
‘It goes according to plan. We have no choice but to use Kaizen to create a situation where we can fight Rosenthaler.’
* * *
Rubin and Oscar entered the C class classroom. Today, Rubin was the first one to enter the classroom because he had urged them to do so.
“What is this?”
Oscar yawned deeply and tilted his head. There was a single piece of paper on each cadet’s desk. He was about to pick it up.
“I’ll read it first.”
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Rubin snatched it. Either way. Oscar was indifferent, and yawned long and hard, overcome with sleep.
“Haaaam, what is that?”
“An announcement that new books are arriving at the school library.”
“Guide? Is this what they tell you every time you bring in a book?”
“I don’t think so. I think the professor in charge of the first-year library changed this week. So if there’s a book you want among these, come to his lab and write it down on a note.”
“Who is the professor in charge?”
Rubin picked up the paper and folded it in half. Oscar didn’t care. He wasn’t interested in the books in the library, so he didn’t care what the guide said.
“Professor Kaizen.”
“Kaizen? Wow, I guess I won’t have to go borrow books anymore.”
“Besides, they are all just trivial books.”
Rubin shrugged and returned to his seat. His eyes scanned the printed matter.
There was no lie in what he had just told Oscar. Kaizen had become the first-year library professor, and he had distributed this document to gauge interest in the new books that were to be brought in.
but.
‘You’re saying that you only gave it to class C?’
Rubin had an intuition that he had become Kaizen’s primary target. All along, he had deliberately acted in order to be suspected of being Pero, and it had worked.
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At the very end of the list of books, there was a collection of essays written about.
Not only did the name Enzo Lorenzini appear directly on the book, but unlike other books, this one had a condition that ‘readers must receive reading guidance from their professor in advance.’
It was literally a bait.
‘Magic Architecture’ was not a field that freshmen would be interested in. Furthermore, Enzo Lorenzini was not a famous architect known to the world.
It was a hidden fact that Enzo was a great architect. Rubin knew this because he had done extensive research on him, but to the freshmen, Enzo Lorenzini was just a former classmate they had never heard of before.
‘I guess he figured I’d be the only one who’d ask Kaizen for that book. That’s a good move.’
Of course, this only applies if the opponent isn’t Rubin.
Rubin was planning to go to Kaizen first. From then on, everything would go according to plan. If he revealed that he was Enzo’s son, he would move on to the next step he had prepared.
He’s going to seriously plan an outdoor class to collect magic nuts. He’s afraid of Rubin, but he doesn’t want any mishaps to happen at school.
Moreover, Rosenthaler was in no position to enter the school. So, Gaizen’s next step was obvious.
‘They’re going to hand me over to Rosenthaler during the field trip. Then Rosenthaler will come running at me with the intention of kidnapping me.’
After that, you won’t even have to think about it.
‘There’s no need to let today pass.’
It was not something to be put off. Rubin planned to go see Gaizen the very day he received the printed matter.
There happened to be a gap during lunchtime. Rubin was returning to class after finishing his meal in the student center and made a quick comment to his friends.
Then, I headed straight to Kaizen’s lab.
‘Did you leave the seat?’
Beyond the door.
There was only one person that Amyun could sense, but it wasn’t Kaizen. Knock, knock, knock. The person who opened the door and stuck his face out at the sound of a knock was his assistant, Thompson.
“Cadet Luden?”
“Is the professor here by any chance?”
“The professor went on a business trip this morning.”
“Are you on a business trip?”
I had a hunch, but I asked as if it was unexpected.
“You’re planning an outdoor class, right? Oh, I thought Cadet Luden suggested it last time?”
“Yes, I did. I didn’t know that the professor would accept my opinion.”
“He said he was going out of Capotini to look for a place where he could collect magic nuts.”
As expected, Kaizen was preparing for an outdoor class. The ostensible reason was to find a place to collect the unique magic nucleus, but in reality, that wasn’t the case.
A place where I can be separated from other children while foraging.
“But, what brings Cadet Luden here?”
“… It’s because of the professor’s notice. There’s a book I want to read, but I was told that I have to tell the professor separately.”
“Ah, the notice! I distributed it to Class C today. The professor told me to check the students who come to see us because of the books. Cadet Luden is the second. Cadet Chloe came earlier this morning.”
Chloe was here too. Judging from the list of books, there were a lot of things that would interest Chloe, so it made sense.
“I came because of the ‘Alumni Dialogue Collection – Enzo Lorenzini Edition’.”
“Ah! That book… … .”
Assistant Thompson wrote Rubin’s name and the title of the book on one side of the paper.
“Then, please tell me when the professor arrives. I will be going now.”
With a polite greeting, Rubin withdrew at this point.
It was Kaizen who was in a hurry, not himself. As soon as he returned, he would surely find himself in a hurry. And he would take him to Rosenthaler.
‘There’s not much left.’
