Became a Third-Rate Villain in the Hero Academy chapter 268

268 – Demons (2)

Inside a cafe near the Department of Engineering.

It was a popular place because it had a study room isolated from the outside world, but it was quiet because it was the last day of the semester.

Kkiik─

After ordering the menu, Theo entered the study room.

Irene was sitting in the study room. Her usual neat and healthy appearance was nowhere to be seen. Her hair was matted, her lips were torn both above and below her, and there was blood where her fingernails and flesh were attached.

Irene lowered her head without saying a word, and Theo’s heightened senses noticed that she was trying to hold back her trembling.

Theo said as he sat down.

“Can you tell me what happened, Lin?”

“······Don’t call me that.”

Irene muttered like that and looked at Theo.

She opened her mouth with an expression that looked like she was about to cry.

“······I thought I could wait for you to tell me first. .·····It was arrogance.”

It was all for Theo, but Irene didn’t want to hide her truth any longer.

“······.”

Theo didn’t say anything. He had an innocent expression as usual.

But that face reminded Irene of many emotions.

She remembered his demon-like appearance that she had seen before entering school.

─······You even ignore me! How dare you open your eyes like that! I only drink cold water!

He randomly assaulted most of the servants in the Balderk family, starting with a young servant who only brought him lukewarm water. Since the head of the family was away, there was no one to stop him.

That wasn’t the end.

─Let go. Do you all want to die? How dare these lowly things touch you? I feel like I’m going to get sick right now!

Theo also assaulted Siksol, who tried to stop him, and also tore up the clothes that Irene had given him for his birthday.

─Irene, did you think that clothes like this would suit me? I guess she’s from a very stubborn family. Tsk.

As Irene looked at the torn clothes covered in phlegm, she shed tears endlessly.

She felt her bones tingle. This man I really liked crossed the river of no return.

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Irene bit her lower lip tightly and then continued her words.

“The interpretation of the text you gave me has arrived from my home. They said there was a high probability that he had made a contract with a low-level devil. ······I’ll ask you straight. “Did you make a deal with the devil, Theo?”

After speaking up to that point, Irene was afraid to make eye contact with him.

Her whole body is shaking as if there was an earthquake.

‘······But you still have to see it.’

Irene pursed her lips, not turning her gaze away from Theo.

It is said that the devil reveals his true form when his identity is revealed for the first time.

‘I guess I can’t kill the devil.’

This may be the last we see of Theo.

“······.”

There was silence in the study room.

More than 10 seconds passed, but Theo’s appearance remained the same. I just looked at Irene with a surprised expression.

Theo burst out laughing, as if he was dumbfounded.

“······hahahahaha, hahahaha. “That’s fun.”

Irene couldn’t think of anything to say in protest, and just stared at Theo with her eyes wide open.

Not only had she gone through a whirlwind of intense emotions just a little while ago, but this was also the first time she had seen Theo smiling like that.

‘What is it…’

I suddenly got angry.

If you have any idea how you feel… You shouldn’t laugh like that.

If it were a devil, I decided to tear it to death even if it was in Theo’s form.

Did he at least read Irene’s mind?

Theo stopped his laughter and said.

“hahahaha… I’m sorry, Lin. She had received similar suspicions from Piel some time ago. Even in front of Sir Maximin, I said and did some very embarrassing things to prove that I was not the devil.”

“Eh…?”

Theo instantly spoke to Irene, who was looking at him as if she had lost her mind.

“You asked me if I made a contract with the devil.”

“······Uh. Yes.”

“Probably not.”

Irene glared at Theo.

“Maybe…? “Why do you need to use that expression?”

“······This is my first time talking to someone. “Just keep it to yourself, Rin.”

Theo paused for a moment and then spoke.

“After the second semester began, she lost some of her past memories.”

“Such…”

“I remember most of it, but there are also a lot of things I don’t even remember. Have you ever read a novel? It feels like some pages of the story have been completely torn out. “Maybe the fact that I felt like a completely different person was part of this.”

“······Is that so?”

“To put it further, [Demon Sword] Is a divine object that burns all evil beings. There is a famous anecdote in which members of the Chalon family used the [Demon Sword] To destroy numerous demons. “If I had made a contract with the devil, I would never have been chosen by it.”

“······.”

Irene seemed to have been under a freezing spell and did not move an inch. She just stared blankly at Theo, her eyes filled with all kinds of emotions.

However, she was in much better condition than when we first met.

Theo looked at Irene, and she smiled slightly.

“I’m sorry, Lin. “I think I unintentionally caused a lot of worry.”

“······.”

“But I don’t run away. Trying to correct the mistakes of the past. If it’s okay with you, why don’t we go to Balderk Street together now? “Now I’m trying to face a past I can’t even remember.”

Instead of answering, Irene looked at Theo.

Her lips twitched. It seemed like she had something to say.

Theo nodded her head.

“If you have something to say, do it comfortably. “I don’t want to make any more bad memories with you, Rin.”

He was sincere.

I don’t know when she will leave her body, but it was Irene who first held her hand during her most difficult times right after her possession.

Irene’s eyes always shined brightly when she looked at herself.

I want to save the light that has disappeared now.

Irene, who had been keeping her mouth shut, seemed to have made up her mind and pursed her lips.

“I know in my heart that Theo is not the devil. But in her head… I still don’t know.”

“I try to make it understandable even with her head.”

Time heals most pain.

The same goes for mental pain. Because humans are beings blessed with oblivion.

No matter how difficult and humiliating a memory was, if the ending was good, it tends to gradually change to a better one. To protect the mind, the brain manipulates its own memories.

That was Theo’s intention as well. I tried to end the conversation well and turn it into a good memory.

But Irene still had something left to say. In a way, those words were her biggest purpose in meeting Theo today.

“······They say that if you make a contract with the devil, a mark will be left on your body.”

If you are too quick to notice, life becomes tiring.

Theo’s body stiffened as he immediately realized the true meaning of her words. Even when she had a life-or-death battle with Oswald, she was not nervous.

Theo said, avoiding Irene’s gaze.

“······I know that too.”

“Show me the truth. “Right now.”

“······Isn’t the place the place, Rin? “Someone might come in.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Irene hung her sword on the doorknob and locked it tightly.

She then boomed! Kicked the door The door didn’t budge.

“I kicked it as hard as I could, but it wouldn’t budge. Plus, it’s a completely enclosed space, so you’ll be fine.”

Theo spun his head around with lightning speed and came up with his next excuse.

“······Lin. “You know very well, I can’t do such obscene things.”

“Theo. I pride myself on knowing you as well as you do. “You are an extremely efficient person.”

“······Yes.”

“There is no need to try to make me understand. “Just check it out and I’ll understand.”

Theo hurriedly tried to come up with the next excuse.

‘Come to mind…!’

But she didn’t come to mind.

Meanwhile, Irene spoke repeatedly.

“If you don’t have enough strength in your hands, I’ll check it myself. “I missed the practical exam because of someone else, so my hands are full of strength.”

Irene approached Theo with long strides.

Theo slowly took a step back while sitting in the chair.

“······hahahahaha.”

Her appearance reflected in Theo was like an army of devils rushing in…

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Eisha was waiting for Theo in front of the Knight Faculty stop.

‘Ichaam, when are you coming? They even broadcast it to the entire school.’

About 10 minutes ago, an announcement came out from the magic speakers installed throughout the academy.

It specifically mentioned Eisha and told her to wait in front of the driver’s department bus stop.

Approximately 1 minute later.

Theo was seen from afar. For some reason, his appearance looked gaunt.

Isha exclaimed, puffing out her cheeks.

“Ichaam! Why did it take so long! “They made me wait even though it was broadcast!”

As she shouted, her mouth gradually opened.

This is because next to Theo was a woman he knew well. The woman’s identity was actually his fiancée.

Eisha was so dizzy that she muttered without realizing it.

“He said it would be embarrassing for others to see… so he said let’s go alone…”