Episode 296: Last Semester (1)
“… … grunt.”
Correspondent Morgue Banshee.
As soon as he got out of bed and the morning sun hit him, he frowned.
His face did not straighten the whole time he threw off his cute sleeping cap, eye patch, and pajamas.
“Your dream is not very good.”
I had a strange dream last night.
A nightmare so bad that it made my clothes and even my bed drenched in cold sweat.
It was a dream in which a giant one-eyed serpent and a unicorn fought each other.
The one-eyed snake coiled around the unicorn’s gigantic body, tightened it, and tried to swallow it in one bite.
The unicorn waved its horn and resisted, but the moment the one-eyed snake opened one more closed eye, everything was useless.
The snake wrapped around the unicorn with its golden left eye glowing, and swallowed it in one bite.
“It’s such a nightmare on a day when I have to report to the principal. Is it because of stress?”
Professor Banshee grumbled and finished getting ready for work.
The way from the official residence to the lecture building.
Lightly ignoring the greetings of his students, he went straight to the principal’s office, ignoring even the greetings of his fellow professors.
In my hand, I had a bunch of reports and papers prepared until last night.
smart tock-
When the knocking sound was over, the door opened by itself.
Inside, we see the headmaster, Winston, sitting with an always benign expression on his face.
“What? Professor Banshee. You are here early.”
“yes. I came about 1 minute and 30 seconds early. If you are busy, can I wait outside the door until the appointment time?”
“No, no, no. Just come in.”
Winston waved his hand and summoned Professor Banshee.
Banshee laid down the reports in front of him.
“This is the settlement of accounts for the promotion of the campus recording project.”
As soon as Winston returned to his position as principal, he redesigned the landscaping inside the academy.
greening. It was a project to more than double the number of trees and plants on campus.
Winston was by nature mild-tempered and quite fond of planting trees.
Even the principal’s office was full of plants of all kinds, so no one found it particularly strange.
“In addition, the new mana stone has also been newly reinforced.”
During the midterm exam not too long ago, a student named Bikir found a crack in the magic wall and entered the arena through it.
This was an incident that could cause serious trouble if misused, so Winston had strengthened the academy’s security with the newly released magic stones.
However, Professor Banshee was quite skeptical about this.
“The new mana stone has the advantage of higher mana efficiency and higher hardness of the mana wall than the old mana stone, but its durability has not yet been confirmed.”
“ha ha ha. Isn’t that why the old mana stone and the new mana stone were alternately placed? The intruders are bound to be confused because they won’t know where the old magic wall is and where the new magic wall is. No, there would be no intruders in the first place.”
When Winston finished speaking, he looked at Professor Banshee with sympathetic eyes.
“You always care about the safety of your students. I respect you.”
“… … They are just small people who are worried about preserving their positions.”
“It can’t be. We all know Professor Banshee says that on the outside, but on the inside he doesn’t. So I worked hard to live up to that feeling.”
After speaking, Winston held out something in front of the banshee.
It was a bracelet adorned with jewel-like black seeds.
It was designed to be worn on the wrist by adjusting the size with a thin gray root growing under the seed.
“It is the key to pass through the new magic wall. It’s a bracelet type. These days, many locker rooms such as bathrooms and gyms are replaced with these, right? Good security, good shape.”
“It’s an artifact that contains magical power. Will mass production be possible?”
“I make it by hand whenever I have time. The students have already made everything, so you just need to distribute it. When the conditions arise, I will gradually make the professors’ ones too.”
Winston laughed and said, and Professor Banshee grunted and groaned.
Then he held out a new document in front of Winston.
“It was all about security. That’s the next item.”
“hmm? what document is this? I don’t think it was something that was reported beforehand.”
“This is not a formal report. However, there is one thing I would like to tell you personally… … .”
“Hoo- what is it?”
Winston bent his neck intriguedly toward the papers.
Professor Banshee hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Recently, the atmosphere within the ecliptic has been unusual.”
“What does it mean to say that it’s not serious… … ?”
“Look at the statistics.”
Professor Banshee pointed to the various graphs, diagrams, and charts written on the papers.
“Recently, the number of criminals within the ecliptic has subtly increased.”
“That’s because a lot of people gather when a big event is held in the ecliptic.”
“no. This is the rate of increase in crime relative to the incoming population. The crime rate itself, which is increasing due to the influx of population, is higher than the normal level.”
Professor Banshee narrowed his eyes. And he analyzed the current situation in a cold voice.
“Recently, criminals from all over the empire are flocking to the ecliptic. Reports of sightings of the most wanted person have also increased.”
“That is a big deal. What are the Imperial Guards doing?”
“Strangely, it is said that the arrest rate of felons has dropped a lot these days. It is said that the criminals carefully run away, as if they knew about the arrest plan in advance. Also, some of the wanted criminals’ whereabouts are completely unknown, so I wonder if someone is helping them escape and stay hidden… … .”
“okay. But what does that report have to do with the academy now?”
“As the principal knows, isn’t there going to be a final exam and parent observation class at the same time soon? The current situation is turbulent these days, so how about putting off the date… … .”
Then Winston laughed.
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“What kind of place is this Colosseo Academy? Isn’t it a place where geniuses who will become the future heroes of the empire are educated? What about the skills of the professors who teach them? Also, the parents of the students are also outstanding people one by one. They are the backbone of the imperial armed forces.”
“… … .”
“This is where these great people gather. What does it matter if there are petty criminals running around outside?”
“… … .”
“But I understand and respect Professor Banshee’s caution. So, am I not also paying attention to strengthening security by replacing the mana stone?”
Professor Banshee could only nod.
Hey, no matter how hard the criminals try, they won’t be able to do the slightest harm to the parents who come here.
In the first place, they were not an ‘organization’, and they were lowly beings without the ability or reason to harm the academy.
“really. And this is the final report.”
Professor Banshee opened his mouth to Winston.
“This is related to the dismissal of Professor Saadi.”
Then Winston’s expression changed for the first time.
He had a really embarrassed, yet sad expression on his face.
“… … Did Professor Saadi have another accident?”
“yes. I received a letter saying that I was dishonest in my role as advisor to the Imperial Guard.”
“… … Ahhh, that.”
“During search and espionage activities, it is said that he showed a lax and negligent appearance, such as causing a disturbance due to a disagreement with a colleague or losing or omission of important equipment or information. Even during the arrest activity, it is said that he did not participate at all without permission. Later, I found out that he was asleep in the official residence drunk.”
“ha… … his drink. As long as Professor Saadi doesn’t drink, he’s a very competent person.”
“That is also a thing of the past. Certainly, Professor Saadi in the past did a great job as an advisory member of the Imperial Guard Tracking Team. In fact, almost all the criminals at that time were arrested by Professor Saadi. It was almost comparable to the feat of the Marquis de Sade in his heyday. I wonder if I even heard the evaluation of ‘the second coming of the Marquis Sade’. But now I am just a loser who is addicted to alcohol and lamenting about his situation and denying reality.”
Professor Banshee shot sharply, as if he had accumulated a lot.
Then Winston closed his eyes and was silent for a while.
silence. How long did the heavy stillness pass?
Winston opened his eyes and opened his mouth with a low sigh.
“Punishment… … I’ll do it.”
“It shouldn’t be something light like a pay cut or honesty… … .”
“All right. This case will be severely punished at the stake of the principal’s title.”
Only then did Professor Banshee shut up and retreat.
I was saying that, but I was wondering if the cotton bat would stop as a punishment.
Eventually, Professor Banshee finished his report and left the principal’s office.
Jerk-jerk-jerk-jerk-jerk-
As I was walking down a dark hallway, a black shadow began to move beside Professor Banshee.
Professor Banshee stopped and spoke in a low voice.
“Did you recognize it?”
Then the shadow behind Professor Banshee prostrated himself and opened his mouth.
“yes. There was definitely a lot of stuff behind it.”
Banshee had a separate informant to investigate the principal’s background.
‘I need to find out why on earth I love Professor Saadi so much.’
It was a plan to get rid of her, who was a thorn in the eye.
at that time. Professor Banshee’s henchman said something surprising.
“The reason why Principal Winston cares for Professor Sadi is the former courtesy of aristocratic descendants, the elite arrest team with a high rate of arresting criminals, and the fact that he wants to increase even one more member of the Principal’s faction, etc… … It wasn’t because of these little things.”
“Then what is it for?”
Then the servant answered in a very low voice.
“Probably has something to do with the ’47 Unrest’.”
It was a report that made Professor Banshee’s eyes widen.
* * *
“Well, today’s class is about major events since the unification of the empire~”
The professor knocked on the blackboard and said.
Freshmen in the first year were listening to the lecture today with expressions full of enthusiasm.
said the professor.
“As for the great events that occurred after the unified empire, there are many big ones such as ‘conquest of barbarians on the western front’, ‘merging of the 5 greatest swordsmen’, and ‘the great escape from the New Wave prison’… … The biggest incident, no matter what, would be the ’47 man unrest’. Can anyone explain what happened?”
Then, several hands came up among the students.
The professor pointed to the first student to raise his or her hand.
“is it so. Shall our Chief Sinclair of the Fever Army give an answer?”
Then, with the sound of a chair being dragged, a female student stood up from her seat.
Sinclair, a girl with white hair and a calm voice.
She calmly started talking about what she knew.
“The ’47 Unrest’ is an unprecedented event that took place 35 years ago, just after the empire was unified. It was caused by 47 people, but each of them was the head of one family, so it is also called the ’47 Family Unrest’.”
“Excellent. Can you tell me more?”
“It was a treason case in which 47 people staged a coup d’état, massacred countless people, and invaded the imperial palace. As a result, 46 out of 47 people were summarily executed on the spot, and I know that one survivor is currently imprisoned in a prison ‘New Bag’ in the outskirts of the continent. Also, the purpose of their coup is still unknown, and it is known to the world that they are just aiming for the throne… … .”
Sinclair answered without hesitation, and the students around her shed a small exclamation.
“I mean Sinclair. Did something change?”
“huh? what? Do you think you are still smart?”
“It’s not that, it’s the attitude. atmosphere.”
“Ah, right. It’s strangely cold these days.”
“But it also has a mysterious charm. I mean, it feels like I’ve become an adult.”
“I thought that too. I became mature somewhere overnight. I wonder if she went from being a girl to being a woman.”
A girl who was always strong and bright.
Sinclair’s atmosphere, which reminded me of a lively puppy, has changed a lot in the past few days.
For some reason, it is impossible to pinpoint, but she developed a considerable maturity overnight.
Just as a girl becomes a lady through an unknown opportunity of her own, Sinclair seemed to calmly accept and accept the internal changes that had occurred to her.
Eventually, when Sinclair finished her answer and sat down, the professor clapped.
“Good answer, Sinclair student. I hope to show a good performance like this in the finals of the fever donation final exam, which will be held later in the afternoon.”
The professor looked around the entire classroom and continued.
“I believe everyone knows. Not only you, but also many parents are coming to the finals of the final exams to be held later.”
There’s no way students don’t know that.
A few days ago, greening work, security work, etc. The headmaster personally planted trees and flowers and rearranged the magic stone.
So, most of the students reacted indifferently.
After all, the final exam was the stage for Tudor and Bianca from Cold Weapons, and Grenouille and Sinclair from Heat Weapons, and they were the bridesmaids.
Some students were excited about seeing their families for the first time in a while, but there were also many students who were worried about being scolded because of poor grades.
Is that why? The professor revealed another piece of news to get the attention of the students.
“And you know what? We have a new friend at our school soon!”
transfer student. It is always a fresh interest.
A student raised his hand and asked.
“professor! Is the transfer student coming?”
“Good question! But unfortunately, I am not a transfer student!”
The professor waved his finger and continued.
“It would be more accurate to say that I am a transfer student, not a transfer student. This is because it is not a transfer of grades from another school, but a new admission during the semester. Anyway, making new friends is a good thing!”
“Wow, what kind of friend are you? female? man? How old are you! Oh, I wonder which wife it is!”
Students asking questions with curious expressions.
Then the professor smiled and replied.
“Gender is female. He’s 19 years old, a year younger than the average freshman year. Affiliation is a fever donation. She is a friend transferred from the famous ‘Mado head family (魔道宗家) Morgue’, so I think you guys will learn a lot. The student’s name is… … .”
