Episode 73. Pioneer
Who on earth could wake me up by slapping my cheek?
‘Oh yes, this person can do that.’
When I opened my eyes, Verathir was looking down at me.
“Hurry up and leave the academy, or you will die.”
Without explaining the reason, he pointed at me, who had just opened my eyes.
Plus, looking at his red face, it looks like something happened.
Sigh.
When I closed the curtains, the sun was just rising.
If so, it will soon be time for the academy students to gather at the parade ground and hold an assembly.
Is there someone here dangerous enough to kill me? Of course, I can’t say it doesn’t exist, but he would never be able to beat me in a one-on-one match.
‘So does that mean the enemy inside is not alone?’
While I was hesitating for a moment, Veratir took my luggage and placed it in her arms.
“You know the way out, right?”
I nodded slightly.
“Are you saying someone is targeting me?”
“I don’t know about that either. However, the academy director ordered the instructors to bring your head.”
“My neck?”
“okay.”
“So Ruines is going to go to war with Strange?”
Veratyr shook his head.
“No, I told you to deal with the person who caused a disturbance within the academy. That’s why you were singled out as an outsider. “Perhaps they need someone to shift the blame to, so they are trying to get rid of you, who are not close to them, as wealth.”
This is ridiculous.
I came in earlier through Lulu and Lara, the academy’s caretakers. In that case, everyone below him, starting with the academy director, knows who I am. How can you kill someone with Strange’s name?
This is an issue so important that it could become the seed of destruction, and the cause of war is clear. How can a decision be made so easily and in just a few hours?
‘no way.’
I looked into Verathir’s eyes.
Although we cannot read minds accurately, we can understand their intentions to some extent.
“Did the Academy Director really give such an order?”
Although it was only a moment, his eyes briefly wavered. This is not an attempt to move the gaze, but a reflexive tremor caused by something mental touching the nerves.
‘It’s a lie.’
Siegfried added his words from the side.
“That bastard is lying.”
‘I know.’
“You bastard! I kept watching this guy while you were sleeping. “I don’t think he’s a good guy.”
‘Why?’
I briefly nodded and asked a question without saying a word.
Siegfried, who was quicker than expected, answered right away.
“The eyes looking at you are filled with murderous intent. “I hide it well by revealing it so lightly that the enemy cannot notice it, but I cannot hide it from me, who is an experienced veteran!”
I didn’t notice it at all.
He was just drunk and his eyes were wide open, but his dark double eyelids and blurry focus didn’t look sharp at all.
Veratir nodded his head loudly and answered me.
“of course!”
I thought he was a good ally to me, but how could he do something like this?
This helped me climb the tower easily even in my past life. Not only did he teach me how to conquer the floors I couldn’t climb, but he was also my benefactor who came running wherever I needed help on the battlefield.
That person is trying to deceive me now? And the one who helped me defeat the enemy just a few hours ago?
‘I don’t understand.’
Why are you trying to kick me out of here?
“Sorry, but I decided to spend another day here. “I will meet the academy director in person and explain this.”
“You will die before then. Now the instructors are making a fuss everywhere, trying to catch you. “Your brother was also captured by them a while ago and is being dragged around.”
“Then I will meet with them and explain. “Anyway, wouldn’t Veratir be able to prove that I wasn’t the culprit for what happened last night?”
Veratir turned his head with an embarrassed expression.
It was the first time in a long time that I had seen him sober.
“That’s true.”
“It’s someone’s plan to get me out of here. “If I leave for the Legion now-”
What happens if that happens?
Katarina even used my father to send me here. Now, I don’t know what the intention is to bring him back quickly. If they sent me with a two-day deadline, wouldn’t they be trying to do something within that time?
‘or not.’
Could it be that two forces are targeting me?
I had all kinds of thoughts. But I couldn’t find the answer.
All I know right now is that there are enemies everywhere.
‘… wait for a sec?’
If I were the enemy and the target left for the Legion now, what benefit would I get?
As I tried to find an answer based on common sense without thinking too deeply, a path began to appear.
‘They’re targeting me on the way home or in the Legion.’
An enemy whose identity is unknown.
So what should I do now?
He also already had a way to deal with it.
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“Verathyr, I am sorry, but please help me stay here until this evening.”
“By this evening?”
“Yes, like I said a little while ago, I will meet with the academy director and explain. Or hide in a remote place so they won’t find you. “I just want to stay until it gets dark.”
“… “Why?”
“It’s dangerous to move when the sun is out.”
Verathir tilted his head.
Isn’t usually the safest path is when there is light, not darkness? He looked at me with an expression that seemed to say, ‘How can this guy say the opposite?’
But he didn’t ask me any questions. Just answer the question I ask.
“I get it. Then let’s do it like this. “I will prepare a place for you to meet the academy director without the eyes of other instructors.”
“Is that possible?”
“I have to try it. Anyway, when you get a chance, you explain everything to her. Let me be by her side and be her witness.”
I looked into Veratir’s eyes again.
This time, the eyes are clear and undisturbed.
So much so that it doesn’t feel like a lie.
‘What on earth?’
Then why were your eyes shaking earlier?
“… All right. “Then I will wait here.”
* * *
I thought a lot while I was in hiding.
Clearly, in my past life, there were no people who kept me in check this much.
I definitely know the reason.
‘Gunther and the Absence of Hysteria.’
No matter how talented I was, 8 years old was too young to become the master of the family.
So in my past life, I didn’t know that so many people were keeping Strange in check.
‘of course.’
Even if I had known, there would have been nothing I could have done.
‘Besides, I am different now than I was then.’
No matter how great I was in my past life, if I were to look at the same 8 years old, I would probably try to end it before I grow too strong because my current self is incomparably strong.
“Anyway, how many people are targeting me?”
I lay down in bed, looked at the ceiling, and monologued.
Several faces passed by on the pure white wall.
The people who are currently targeting me are probably the remnants of Monestier, or people who have ties to the Marquis Pierre.
And of all the characters I predict, the most powerful person is of course Duke Katharina, the mother of the three nerdy brothers and the current master of the alchemy guild.
‘These three are probably aiming for my head with the highest probability.’
Maybe they’re all trying to join forces to take me down.
It seems like they are targeting not only me but also my father’s head.
“Hmm-”
Based on what they’ve done to me so far, I guess if they can’t kill me at the academy, they’ll go straight to deal with my father.
No, it must have already left. Since they failed to deal with me last night, they will try to kill him as soon as possible before my father hears the news.
‘But it’s late.’
I have already made the first move.
My orders would have taken precedence over their judgment.
I am sure about this. If the enemy is a group that operates as a group, missions will be handed down according to the reporting system.
‘Well, it doesn’t really matter if they move first.’
Knock knock.
Someone knocked on the door.
I did not open the door as Veratir said, but quietly watched the reaction of the person outside the door.
If Veratir came, he would open the door and come in. If not, I’ll think it’s empty and head to another room.
“Verdin, this is Tony.”
* * *
“It looks like Strange is trying to swallow this Ruines.”
Veratir spoke to the Academy Director in a sober and sane manner.
“Is that true?”
A handsome old man wearing a purple robe and a cone hat frowned at him.
This is an expression as if he cannot believe what he said earlier.
“That’s right. As evidence, the incident in which three brothers Tony, Johnny, and Ronnie attacked Philip’s laboratory early yesterday morning… .”
“I heard.”
“Even though he is an outsider, Strange’s youngest son, Verdin, who hides without trying to explain what happened in the past, is also unclear as to why he came here, isn’t it?”
“… … .”
“He said he came to say hello to his brother. “Why did you have to come this far away just because of that?”
“So, Instructor Veratir, what do you think they are trying to do to swallow up this Pavlos Ruines Academy?”
The director of the academy condensed mana in both hands and took out dozens of books from the library at once.
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
He continued by showing parts of Strange’s history.
“The Strangers are people who have tried to preserve the history of this continent for generations. “It is an absurd hypothesis to say that they are now trying to devour Pavlos Ruines.”
“Then why would they do that?”
“Let’s find out. “I heard there was a loud noise coming from Philip’s lab.”
“Yes, they used Bae Hu-ryeong to catch Philip.”
“Then where is Instructor Phillip now?”
Verathir made a sound like wind escaping between his teeth.
Write-
“I don’t know that either. “Maybe one of them took care of it before I got there.”
“What about the evidence?”
“Here it is. After chasing Strange’s children out. “I recovered one of Philip’s arms.”
Easy profit-
The space warped above Verathir’s palm, and a hand with pure white skin emerged from it.
“?!”
“Wouldn’t this be enough evidence to catch them? Murder of instructor within the academy. “This can be seen as an unforgivable serious crime.”
This is clear evidence that even the director cannot protect the children.
The director closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then, as if he had decided on something, he let out a long sigh and asked Veratir.
“If all this is true. We cannot avoid war with Strange.”
“I am also prepared and reporting.”
“If I turn my back on them. Would you also be able to sever ties with Lois from the past?”
Veratir slowly glanced at the books flying around the room with a meaningful expression, then knelt down on one knee and answered the director.
“Just give me an order.”
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