68 – Made Zero (3)
[Breaking News!]
[Student attack incident that occurred in the middle of the night!]
[Currently, there are a total of 3 victims. A trend that will increase in the future.]
[Is the academy safe?]
The academy is in an uproar due to an incident that was featured on the front page of the school newspaper.
There have already been 3 victims,
Now, the Academy cannot stand by and watch.
No matter what he does, he will run around with his eyes open to find the culprit.
Until then, they are asking us to refrain from going out as a temporary measure.
It is unclear how long it will last.
Most of the students at the academy are children of nobles or large merchants.
Because they are not used to being oppressed, they may leave the dormitory out of rebellion.
Of course, it has nothing to do with me.
My interests lie elsewhere, so I flipped through the newspaper in a familiar manner.
‘What is today’s hidden picture?’
Hidden picture game published in the middle of the newspaper.
It looks quite simple, but in a world with little entertainment, there is no game like this.
“Here I am, master.”
“Yes, thank you.”
With the last one left, my eyes fell on the black tea in front of me.
These days, Zero does various chores like a maid.
She often makes me tea like this, so now I can call her a proper maid.
‘… ? ‘It’s salty.’
I drink the black tea that Zero gave me to quench my thirst.
I was taken aback by the unexpectedly salty taste.
But as I drank it, I realized it was more edible than I thought, so I drank it without saying anything.
‘If you compare it to Lily’s cooking.’
Is it after eating Lily’s cooking?
I began to feel delicious no matter what food I ate.
This black tea also contains salt instead of sugar, but it doesn’t have a foul odor or feel alive.
“Here it is.”
“Yes, thank you. “I’ll drink it well.”
Kana smiles on her face as she receives tea from Zero.
I’ve been smiling more these days.
I guess I was lonely as Hong Il-jeom, but I’ve been in that state ever since Zero came.
“Fuuut!”
“……….”
Kana tilted the teacup elegantly,
I squirted out the black tea in my mouth as if possessed by a spray bottle.
Thanks to this, Kerrion, who was drenched, showed an unwavering smile,
If you look closely, you can see that she is trembling slightly.
He also gets angry sometimes.
“Wow! What, is it just my black tea that’s weird? Ron, yours…. Fuhuhuhu!”
“Miss Kana… ….”
Perhaps he thought his tea was strange because I drank it calmly.
He took my black tea and drank it, then squirted it loudly like before.
In the direction of Kerrion….
She was so angry that she could see her fists shaking.
“… Do you have a problem with your sense of taste? “How did you drink this so calmly?”
Cana doubts my sense of taste without even considering the rare Kerrion.
She frowned at him and was about to say something.
I was suddenly worried that something was really strange.
Lily’s cooking is deadly just by its smell.
I ate that not just once, but multiple times, so it might have gotten really weird.
But for now, it would be better to worry about yourself rather than worry about me.
Now, Kerrion is shaking her fist and glaring at Cana.
“Kerrion, why are you so wet? Uh, wait. Could it be that I….”
“Miss Kana….”
Kana, who belatedly realized the situation, tried to apologize,
She couldn’t continue her words as her voice trembled with anger.
It’s hard to read his emotions like Zero because he’s always smiling.
For now, his feelings are clearly conveyed.
“No, that’s…. Ah, zero! There’s something we women need to talk about. “Let’s go quickly!”
“Huh?”
Cana chose to run away.
In addition, she has set up a protective shield among women, so it will be difficult for the male Kerrion to follow.
But I only avoided it now, and I won’t be able to just quietly ignore it the next time we meet.
It’s nice to see Kana’s crying expression, but there’s nothing I can do right now.
‘He knew everything.’
I glance at him while drinking salted black tea.
Without even taking a sip, the original teacup caught my eye.
He probably knew from the beginning that there was salt in it and didn’t even mention it.
“What do you plan to do instead?”
“What?”
Although he knew what he was asking, he pretended not to know, and Kerrion pointed to the newspaper and asked again.
“Isn’t this incident related to the Evolution Society?”
“… Well, that’s right.”
A surprise incident that occurred in the middle of the night.
It happened exactly three days ago, and it was exactly three days ago that Zero came to the academy.
That means that this incident is related to Zero, or more precisely, to the Evolution Society.
And if we leave it alone, it is obvious that another victim will emerge today.
But.
“There’s no need for us to solve it, right?”
“Yes?”
We are not being targeted right now,
If Zero is by my side, I can protect it as much as I want.
If we talk about the problem, they say that ordinary students who are not related are harmed.
It has nothing to do with me, and I have no intention of caring about it unless it’s Lily or someone I know.
Rather than that, right now I want to find the last remaining painting.
You always end up stuck at the end.
“Is that your true intention?”
“Your true intentions?”
What is he suddenly saying?
When she tilted her head and asked again, Kerrion, who had fallen asleep for a moment, shook her head.
“I guess it was just my mood.”
“It’s bland. Rather, look for it too. “I can’t see the last one.”
“… Isn’t this it? “This is the closest.”
“This is it?”
Ah, there is definitely something like this.
I drew a picture that was hard to read.
The truth was this. A strange hidden object game.
***
“Ugh! It’s annoying!”
“Miss Kana, please calm down.”
“Does this really look like it?”
Cana expressed her dissatisfaction in an irritated voice.
The reason is that 30 minutes ago,
This was Ron’s answer when asked to find the culprit of the incident for Zero’s sake.
-I’m sorry I have something else to do, but please do it between yourselves.
“It’s not for anyone else, it’s for Zero, so why on earth are you leaving me out just because I’m busy!”
“Isn’t it Ron? “Few people are as busy as Ron, so it makes sense.”
“But not like this!”
Kana understands it with her head, but
As expected, she did not like Ron’s behavior of prioritizing other things over Zero.
In the end, it’s Kanawa Kerrion.
The two of them went out to find the culprit, but no progress was made due to Cana’s anger.
“Then are you planning to get even more angry? “What if you don’t have time?”
“… “Okay, I don’t have time to get angry like this right now.”
Kana lost her emotions in a sarcastic tone to Kerrion.
However, Cana’s expression was not very good due to the emotions boiling inside her.
“This is where the first incident occurred.”
“Here…” .”
Road from the main building to the dormitory.
However, there was not a single student passing by here.
Everyone seems to be avoiding the rumor that an incident occurred here.
It’s not just about avoiding rumors.
Probably the Academy took action.
‘Aren’t we going to stop it?’
They looked at the monitor watching them with the keen sense unique to beastmen.
The watchdog does not stop those who have already reached the scene of the incident.
Could it be neglect?
Or maybe they just believe that we can solve it.
It looks like they have no intention of getting involved with us.
“This is truly amazing. “Didn’t it break as if you had hit it with a hammer on purpose?”
A hole about 30cm in diameter that appeared in the middle of the road.
This is not a hole that can be created by just hitting it with a hammer.
This road is made of the same materials used in the Academy building.
In other words, it means that you cannot destroy something just because you want to destroy it on purpose.
“This…” !”
“Did you find something?”
Cana’s eyes, examining her hole, discovered something.
It looks like an animal’s footprint.
These are hoof-shaped footprints like those of a mountain goat or goat.
Kana’s doubts turned into confidence at the sight of footprints that could not be made by an ordinary person’s feet.
“As expected, the Evolution Society came forward.”
This is undoubtedly an incident committed by the Evolution Society.
Even during the last attack,
Since it appeared to have become one with the animal, it was clearly transformed into a beast form this time as well.
But there is a question here.
Why were they raiding one person a day?
Did he try to handle it quietly and then get caught and run away?
‘No, that makes even less sense.’
It’s okay if it happened once, but it doesn’t make sense if it happened continuously.
“Hmm, I don’t know. Why did they take them down one by one?”
“Have you thought about that? “I’m definitely curious about that.”
“Just by looking at the traces, you can see that there was a fierce fight, but this is just trying to stand out as a part of it, ah….”
Let’s reach a momentary conclusion,
Goosebumps appeared on Kana’s body.
What the Evolution Society is aiming for is to divert attention.
To be precise, it was done so as not to draw attention to a certain place.
For example, the old school with zeros.
“Okay, let’s go back! “It’s not too late now!”
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“… “Is it okay for a moment?”
Kerion stopped Kana who was about to head straight to the old school building.
She glared at Kerrion with an annoyed gaze.
Kerry On laid out her own thoughts with her aplomb.
“Isn’t he by Miss Zero’s side right now anyway?”
“Ah….”
Following Kerrion’s explanation, she turned her body and looked in the direction where the old teacher was.
Although it was clearly related to Zero, Ron did not follow them.
He must be spending time with Zero by his side right now.
Then, there is zero safety than anyone else in the current academy.
‘Surely you knew this?’
Or did he already know everything and didn’t follow?
Either way is possible with Ron.
‘What on earth is it?’
Ron does not tell his story.
All Kana knows is,
The only thing is that he came from a commoner country side and lived under the same roof as Lily, a warrior.
Other than that, I had no idea what his past was like.
“Shall I ask Ron later? “What it was like before.”
“That’s good. “If possible, I’d like to see him look like he did when he was young.”
“… “You’re not like that, are you?”
For a moment, the word Shotacon passed through Kana’s mind,
I never said it out loud.
Gay and Shotacon are just criminals.