Episode 8
“…Fray Raon Starlight, do you even realize how serious you have done?”
“I don’t know? Why are you going so crazy over using just one artifact?”
I am currently talking alone with Isolette in the teacher’s office.
The reason why I studied alone was because the other professors noticed me secretly and left the staff room one by one.
Even if he is the eldest son of the duke that controls the empire, does it make sense for a professor to be afraid of a student?
But the corrupt academy of this corrupt empire achieved that difficult task. At this point, I’m honestly amazed.
Of course, this is because most of the professors who have left now are either new professors in charge of first-year students or former commoners, but that does not mean that we can say that this is a normal situation.
“…If it were a general reinforcement artifact, it wouldn’t have escalated like this. Although it is certainly a violation, it will end with appropriate admonitions and penalty points.”
While I was thinking that, Isolette spoke with a serious expression, so I asked back with as annoyed an expression as possible.
“Then why are you doing this now?”
“That artifact reacted to the saint’s ‘sacred power.’ There’s no way you wouldn’t know what that means, right?”
“You know very well that my guns lost their luster when I was young, right? Why are you doing this again?”
When I answered shamelessly with my legs crossed, Isolette sighed, then her expression changed to worry and said,
“Frey… You weren’t this kind of kid… Why on earth did you change like that…”
When I heard her soft voice, my heart instantly touched.
[Isolet Arham Bywalk’s current emotions: Anger/Disappointment/Worry/Sadness/Pity]
As a result, I used the [Mind Reading] skill without realizing it. I stared blankly at the information that appeared in front of me, then closed my eyes and fell into memories for a moment.
When I was young, Professor Isolette always treated me kindly… No, Isolette was one of the few people who believed in me until the end even when everyone was pointing fingers at me.
When I think about it, she, my childhood friend and fiancé, also tried to rehabilitate me until the end, but I am even more grateful to Isolette because she believed in me even though we were just close sisters and brothers.
Is that why it was like that? He remained at her academy until the end, cutting down the demon lord’s army and rescuing her students. When he saw her dead body, he realized that she would definitely regress and come back to life. Despite her cancer, he held on to her for a while, as she had become cold. What made you cry?
‘…No, let’s not get caught up in useless emotions.’
Isolet Arham Bywalk is now alive before my eyes.
Not only that, the five ‘main heroines’ who hated me, cursed me, and died are also alive.
So, in order to prevent them from dying again… I must become a great evildoer.
“…Don’t try to be emotional. I didn’t change, I just adapted to the world.”
“Frey…”
“…And your sister will realize it someday, right?”
“…what?”
“Even if you live upright like that, you will eventually break down someday. You know that, right?”
“…………”
It must have been quite unpleasant to hear from a woman who never gave in to her will and who used her beliefs as a weapon.
“I guess so, but even if I break it… the buds I grew will someday bloom.”
Nevertheless, she does not show any sign of dislike and speaks softly while looking at me. She really is a quick person.
“So, Frey. Stop being stubborn and now…”
“Let’s get to the point. So what is that artifact?”
I felt like if I talked any further, my true feelings would be revealed, so I quickly talked back, and Isolette quietly looked at me, sighed, and returned to her businesslike expression.
“That artifact reacted to ‘holy power.’ That means… it was an artifact that used black magic, which is prohibited by the empire.”
“…so?”
“Where did you get that artifact? Frey?”
“…in the back alley.”
“That brooch isn’t something worth selling in a back alley…”
“You know it’s slang, right?”
“………….”
To nobles, ‘back alley’ is a slang term for the largest and most famous dark market in the back world.
Of course, under imperial law, if caught, it would be a capital punishment, but there are no nobles who would protect it.
What’s worse, is there a rumor that when important figures and powerful figures of the empire meet each other, they drive their carriages into back alleys instead of sending letters?
“…Can you handle that statement now?”
“Are you really going to report me, the eldest son of the Starlight Dukedom? This is an era where the baron’s wife, let alone the Duke, is showing off the decorations she bought in the back alleys. Do you think reporting will work?”
“…I guess you forgot my influence.”
“Rather than the older sister who disowned the Bywalk family, who were the hero’s comrades… the eldest son of the Starlight family, the hero’s family, who is hated but not abandoned, would be more influential.”
“…………”
When I answered in detail, she glared at me and then opened her mouth.
“…I will report this matter to the imperial family.”
“Okay, do whatever you want.”
“And I will report it to your father as well.”
“Oh, that’s a bit…”
After the interview, I was planning on sending a letter to my father asking for some money when I go to my dorm… but if this gets to my father’s ears, I’ll be in trouble.
“Hey, I’ll do anything, so just don’t tell your father…”
“…………”
“…Huh? Sister?”
“Haaa…”
When I urgently begged with a servile expression, Isolette let out a deep sigh and opened her mouth.
“Then, let me propose a condition.”
“…condition?”
“…Take me to where you bought it.”
“…what?”
“I can’t leave a place that sells such dangerous magic tools to students. I’ll attack it myself and get the evidence.”
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“…Well, I’m not someone who lives alone in another world.”
I hesitated for a moment at her incredible sense of justice, but then nodded and said that I liked it.
“Okay! I’ll take you there! Does that mean you won’t report it to your father?”
“…okay.”
“Good! That’s a satisfactory deal! Then, how about going on the weekend? I already have something to visit on the weekend!”
“…We’re going to raid. We’re not going to buy anything.”
“Don’t be like that, sister, try using it this time too! I heard there are a lot of interesting things, right?”
“…hate.”
Although I was smiling and speaking with a sly expression on my face, I was actually shedding tears of blood on the inside.
‘…f*ck, that place had the best value for money.’
I’m a student, and I have to leave a store with an eccentric owner who sells illegal artifacts needed to commit evil at full price without being ripped off… It really breaks my heart.
But, illegal is illegal, so what can you do? Instead of destroying the entire store, I should steal the talented owners and make them my personal artisans.
“Well, there’s nothing I can do if I don’t like it… Anyway, it’s over now, right? I’m leaving?”
“…………”
As I stood up, I glanced at Isolette, and she was lost in thought without saying anything.
“Okay, see you on the weekend!”
“…i get it.”
So, I quickly left the teacher’s office, saying goodbye to the preoccupied girl.
For your information, as soon as I left, the professors who had been standing blankly in the hallway began to enter the staff room one by one.
I think we need to think about ways to increase the authority of the church.
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Time passed and before I knew it, the last class of the day had arrived.
The last class period became a natural self-study atmosphere as Isolette, who had something to do, did not enter the classroom, and the nobles who liked to play gathered together and started talking.
“That’s why! That guy who was drunk back then…!”
“Oh my, is that really true?”
“Puhup… That’s funny…”
By the last hour or so, the factions were already starting to become clearly visible.
“Fray, speaking of which… if anything goes well, you can come with us after the academy…”
“…Hey, that’s not what that stupid professor said, right? Don’t worry too much… We’re on Frey’s side.”
“To play with a brooch like that… He must be one of the lowly commoners. Shall we interrogate them one by one?”
No, actually, I have no choice but to see it.
This is because all the nobles were gathered around me, embracing me and talking.
In some ways, it seems like I am being persecuted by nobles, but this is a subtle sign that noble students want to join my faction.
Unlike the commoners sitting quietly in the back, reading or reviewing books, seeing the nobles lining up and showing off their manners makes my blood boil, but I can’t help it.
To become a great evildoer, I have to become the leader of these unanswerable bastards.
– Drurk!
As I was dealing with the noble students one by one, holding back from the vase blowing away, the door opened and someone entered the classroom.
“”…………””
And at that moment, all the noisy nobles froze.
This is because the person who entered the classroom was Klarna Solar Sunrise, the third princess of the empire.
With the brilliant blonde hair and eyes that are the symbol of the royal family of the Sunrise Empire, and a haughty face that captivates those who see her, she exudes an aura that could captivate anyone at any moment…
“…I found a good bar nearby! I’ll pay for everything, so why don’t you have fun there and completely forget what happened today?”
“…That professor is semi-disowned from the Bywalk family? Then, isn’t that really nothing special?”
“…Well? I guess I still had some skills.”
“But looking at the sparring from earlier… It’s true that Frey-sama is stronger, right? As expected, you’re cool, Frey-nim!”
“That’s right! I guess I was embarrassed because I lost for no reason, so I used the excuse that it was a brooch that someone mixed up maliciously!”
The nobles who looked at her for a moment for some reason took their eyes off her and looked at me again and started talking.
“…………”
And they began to treat the princess like she didn’t exist, never looking at her again until she quietly sat down in an empty seat.
That’s right, the nobles have just made a value judgment in their minds.
Rather than the princess, who is at the bottom of the line of succession and is nothing more than a scarecrow, it is more advantageous to be part of my faction, the eldest son of the Starlight Duke family, which has been powerful in the empire for 1,000 years and cannot be treated lightly even by the imperial family.
“”…………””
And commoners also don’t go near her.
Although she is a princess who is looked down on by nobles, she is in a very high position for commoner students who are ordinary citizens of the empire.
“”…………””
And, Cania and Perloce also do not approach her.
Since Cania is a dark mage, if she gets close to Klana and Perloche, who have the power of the sun, her mana can run out, and Perloche is very reluctant to join the imperial family because she got tired of the complicated power struggle between the church and the imperial family in the previous episode. .
In other words, she is now a complete loner in her class.
“I already succeeded once…”
However, I heard clearly.
“…There’s nothing you can’t do twice.”
That’s what she muttered with her eyes full of determination.
‘…Anyway, he’s such an amazing person.’
If my fiancee is an example of a natural genius, the princess is literally an example of a hard-working, self-made person.
She, who was called a lonely princess at the bottom of the succession line, gritted her teeth and expanded her support base in the previous round, while also training to sharpen her bones and improve her combat ability.
She worked hard and tried so hard that she was eventually able to become first in line of succession, but in the aftermath, her cute personality was worn away and she turned cold.
However, her cute personality that showed up from time to time was famous as one of the fun things to see in the imperial palace that would welcome her as the new emperor.
Until the devil destroys everything.
“…………”
As I was reminiscing about the past for a moment, the princess began to glare at me fiercely.
I quickly turned my gaze away from her and began to think about a difficult problem that suddenly occurred to me.
‘…Should we hinder the princess from expanding her power? Shouldn’t I?’
If I allow the princess to expand her power, my life will be in immediate danger, and if I interfere, the future empire will be in danger.
Because the other heirs to the throne are all scumbags.
‘…It’s going to spin, really.’
It feels like nothing is being solved and new problems just keep piling up.
“…what a f*cking game.”
“Huh? What?”
“It’s nothing. By the way, did you say it was a bar earlier…?”
I uttered words that my ancestors liked to use in prophetic books, and began making plans for drinks with nobles.
Today, after drinking and binge drinking until dawn, I want to lie down in bed and sleep well.
.
“…Are you here, master?”
“…Oh, that’s right. You were there.”
I forgot that Cania was in my dorm. She even drank alcohol until dawn and waited for me with her eyes wide open.
“…Then, get ready for a bath.”
“No need. Just get out of here.”
“Yes, I will sleep on the cot.”
“No, get out of the room.”
“Then good night.”
“…f*ck.”
After swearing sincerely for the first time in a long time, I soon realized that this was all just a loss of Wiak points, calmed down, and lay down on the bed.
‘…If I continue to lie down like this and see that Kania is asleep, I will infuse her with tomorrow’s worth of vitality and go to sleep too.’
As I was rolling around in bed, sorting out my thoughts, I noticed a black cat doll sitting on my desk.
“…Hey, what is that?”
“You mean that?”
When I pointed to the doll and asked, Kania smiled and answered the question.
“…My sister gave it to me as a gift. Isn’t it cute?”
“Tsk, black cat… unlucky.”
Actually, I really like cats, but I ended up lying without realizing it. I think it’s because I’ve always gotten into the habit of living and acting as a villain.
‘…Sad.’
Feeling depressed due to the combination of alcohol and early morning emotions, I quietly turned off the lamp at my bedside, closed my eyes, and started pretending to sleep.
.
Just like that, quite some time had passed since Frey and Kania went to bed.
“…Are you sleeping?”
“…………”
Frey, who was lying quietly with his eyes closed, asked Kania a question, and when he saw that she was not responding, he quietly got up.
“…Okay, I’m sure you fell asleep.”
Frey, who had become accustomed to breathing life into Cania while she was sleeping, could easily tell whether she had fallen asleep or not. After determining that Cania had fallen into a deep sleep, he started heading toward the cot, circling his right hand.
“Then, shall we start today?”
Eventually, Frey arrived in front of the cot and slowly began to extend his hand to the sleeping Kania.
“………….”
And Frey’s appearance was reflected in the eyes of the black cat doll that was placed on the desk.
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