Became an Academy Self-Inflicted Blackmailer chapter 129

129 – Imperial House (9)

After entering the stone pagoda, I was climbing the stairs and heading to the top floor.

Eve suddenly felt an extremely eerie presence.

If you know, it means you know.

A harbinger of lightning, an alien ability that goes without saying who its owner is.

‘…… ‘Junior!’

Eve immediately ran up the stairs without hesitation. He almost flies.

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Thanks to this, we arrived at the top floor quickly.

And there, in the space at the very end of the stone tower that must have been Howard’s laboratory.

Eve could see.

“… ….”

First of all, it is a lightning bolt of output that stands out even compared to the time of the battle with the mountain army.

White thunderbolts, which even the chill can be felt, form all over Dante’s body.

What exactly happens when that kind of lightning or that kind of thunder energy is released?

A power that I don’t even want to think about the consequences of.

Eve lifted her trembling head with difficulty. I looked at Dante’s expression.

I checked the inorganic expression and complexion.

It is neither anger nor hatred. There wasn’t even the slightest hint of resentment.

Such an emotionless attitude actually stimulates fear.

Eve thought.

I thought maybe that was my junior’s true self.

Click here.

It’s a possibility I didn’t want to think about.

It was a possibility that I wanted to believe was not possible.

But now I had no choice but to accept it.

He himself could not recognize Dante’s suffering.

This is the result. This was also his own fault for not knowing in advance.

Eve’s body was trembling endlessly just now.

“… ….”

Chaaak, choaaak.

Almost by instinct, Eve was forming blood energy.

So, build the shape.

A straight, long stick with a blunt end.

No, it creates a bat.

Eve now couldn’t know everything. That was clear.

I didn’t know my junior’s feelings, I didn’t know his true feelings.

But, at least at this moment, I could clearly see that I should not let that lightning explode.

I’m not just worried about a disaster being created.

That might be an act of watching Dante commit a crime.

Eve faced the front with trembling steps.

Approach Dante.

A little slow, but without hesitation.

Dismissal…… !!!

“Ugh!”

At that moment, the thunderbolt in Dante’s body violently struck all around, but Eve did not back down.

I couldn’t back down.

The body that was unintentionally filled with fear was extremely heavy, and the pressure emitted by Dante’s thunderbolt was indescribably threatening.

But it goes on.

Even if you frown, even if you get hurt by the indiscriminate flying fragments of lightning.

“Sleep, caaan!”

Moving only out of concern for her junior, Eve stood right in front of Dante.

“You idiot, junior, really…” … !”

Stand in front.

Swing.

What?

Kyaang!

Get the bat!

“…… 100 Million.”

The effect was amazing.

Dante has fallen!

*****

“Wow.”

I opened my eyes with a brief exclamation.

It was only for a moment, but I lost consciousness.

I reflexively tried to look around, but just before that, a sharp pain that came half a beat later forced me to fall.

“Ugh… ….”

If you are familiar with it, it is a familiar pain. This was a burning pain.

Master of Thunder, penalty of special ability…….

But why is that happening to me now?

I couldn’t understand for a moment, so I looked around with difficulty.

I realized it later, but for some reason, my body seemed to be half lying down right now.

So, this is the posture of stretching out almost on the floor and looking up at the ceiling.

Why is this happening? The question was soon resolved very simply.

“Are you awake?”

A voice was heard.

“…… Uh… ….”

I was shocked for a moment, but when I calmed down, I heard the voice of someone I knew. It was strange that I was shaking in an unusual way, but…

That was Eve’s tone.

“Senior?”

Suddenly, he let out a voice like that. Why is she here now?

No, before that, why were you next to me…? … ?

“Uh, um. “Umm.”

For me, I hoped that Eve would give me answers to my questions.

If I recall vaguely, I must have been checking Dante’s memories at Howard’s Stone Tower.

As I was trying to remember the last memory, the back of my head started to hurt for some reason, and I was seriously wondering if this was also an effect of the burning pain.

Tub.

“?”

Sudden pressure on my shoulders. No. Weight?

I blinked and tilted my head back.

And around that time, I realized another thing.

My current posture, in a little more detail.

“… ….”

I opened my mouth, then reflexively closed it again and looked at Eve.

In my field of vision, Eve’s face was turned upside down, and it was not difficult to figure out why.

In other words, Eve was looking down at me right now.

So, right now, I’m sitting comfortably underneath Eve… ….

‘Ah, Mr.’

To put it bluntly, this was a knee pillow. Of course, Eve is the one giving the lap pillow, and I am the one receiving it.

I fell asleep briefly, closed my eyes tightly once, and then opened them.

Like Beatrice, I had many opportunities to have a good night’s sleep on a girl’s lap, which was suspicious.

Should I call this luck? … ?

“Well, senior-.”

But anyway, it was no use being in that knee-pillow position forever, so I cautiously raised my voice.

And then I try to raise my body.

I thought it would be better to first correct my posture and then have a conversation.

That was my thought.

Quuk.

“… ….”

Something is strange. My body can’t stand up?

I quickly realized the cause.

The pressure on my shoulder that I felt a moment ago was none other than Eve’s strength.

She was holding me and preventing me from standing up.

…… But why?

“Senior?”

“… ….”

“Hey, senior…… ?”

Although she was under pressure, I called her out to see if there was any need to force her to shake it off, especially since her opponent was Eve.

Use your voice as carefully as possible, as if tapping.

Of course, still, no straight answer was given.

For some reason, Eve seemed to be in a strange state right now.

Thinking like that, I first looked at her expression.

Anyway, her sudden appearance was to check if I had done something wrong.

“Uh… ….”

After properly observing Eve’s expression for the first time, I could only instinctively flinch.

Facial expressions and eyes for the first time.

Eve was still looking down at me, holding my shoulder tightly.

Why?

She looked like she was about to shed tears at any moment, but pursed her lips as if she was trying not to show her tears. Her expression was quite complex, to say the least.

‘…… ‘Are you angry?’

Or is he just getting irritated?

Either way, the feeling remained that it did not suit Eve at all.

In some ways, it may seem like he is simply sulking, and there is a high probability that he may be feeling all of those emotions at the same time.

Anyway, it was clear that it was something that could not be easily seen.

I took a moment to think about what Eve was up to. So why is she doing this now?

The time of worry did not last long.

“Senior, that.”

Either way, it seemed like there would be no progress in the situation if Eve, the person in question, kept her mouth shut.

I opened the conversation by trying to smile harmlessly.

“If you don’t say anything like that, I’m really embarrassed.”

However.

My cautious question seems to have had the opposite effect on Eve.

At one point, before I could even finish her sentence, Eve lit a twinkle in her eyes.

“…… Stop it.”

“Yes?”

And that being said, I didn’t understand what Eve was saying out of nowhere.

Stop, what?

It was the moment when I was about to open my mouth again to ask for additional explanation.

“Eight!”

With an unexpected sound of cheers, Eve suddenly waved her white palm.

To me, of course.

“… ….”

Huh?

Party!

“Oops.”

Before I could register the movement and react, a palm touched my face. Direct hit.

I reflexively looked up at Eve, covering my numb face.

“…… Seniors?”

“… ….”

No matter how I did that, I didn’t get an answer, and the more I did that, the more embarrassed I became.

No, really, why is he like this?

“Really, that. I don’t know how to respond. “If it’s okay, can I get a little angry?”

Still, I was too dumbfounded to remain silent, so I was trying to get Eve to react by saying something meaningless.

“No.”

“Yes?”

“I said no.”

Eve’s long-awaited response has returned. That too quite firmly.

Her red eyes looked down at me fiercely.

As if he was trying to kindly explain that ‘I’m not in a good mood right now’, his cheeks were puffed out as they were.

I was pushed by the momentum and had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.

“I’m the one who should be angry now, junior.”

In the meantime, Eve’s words continued.

Her grip on my shoulder showed no signs of losing strength.

“You have no right to be angry with me, junior. “At least not about the part where I just hit my junior.”

“… ….”

However, at that point, I had to keep a close eye on Eve’s feelings.

The atmosphere was definitely unusual.

At least, when I saw that he was telling me not to get angry about the part where he just hit me, it seemed like he meant something different.

In addition, it wasn’t like there wasn’t a whole lot of guessing going on inside.

After a moment of hesitation, I tried to say it out loud.

So, from the perspective of ‘Dante’, her younger cousin.

“…… Why.”

But it was Eve who spoke first, not me.

Spitting out her first difficult words, she looked down at me with an unchanging tearful expression.

“Why didn’t you tell me in advance? “Why did you act like you didn’t know anything and go along with the senior/junior relationship?”

“… ….”

“If I do this, it seems like I’m the only one making a fool.”

Eve bit her lip as if she was a little sad.

I couldn’t say anything.

I can’t bear to make an excuse?

No, that’s not it… ….

‘I really didn’t know anything. Me too.’

As she said, I didn’t know anything, so I just lived like a normal senior or junior. That’s really it.

Of course, even if I told it like it is, I don’t think they would believe it.

In the end, I was in a neutral state and couldn’t say anything in return, just keeping my mouth shut with a serious expression on my face.

Because it was the best.

I just rolled my eyes and looked around.

I didn’t notice it until now.

‘…… You’ve made quite a mess, what a mess.’

At this moment, Howard’s lab was in a miserable state.

Bookshelves, tables, and even crystal balls rolling around on the floor.

Everything, without exception, was burned in the flames.

If you were to ask where that flame came from, you would be able to find out the circumstances not from anything else but from the white brain energy that fills this space.

I slapped my forehead, which was itching for no reason.

I guess this means rebuking the real Dante who may still be around.

It seems like he was really trying to use me as he pleased while I was trapped in my memories, which is unfortunate.

That guy’s attempt was blocked by Eve.

I don’t know why Eve visited the stone tower on the outskirts at such a late hour.

No, I don’t have any rough guesses…….

‘The situation has gone wrong for once.’

Anyway, I guessed that Eve had just found me, who had lost consciousness, activating my supernatural ability and screaming in the middle of the stone tower.

Should I call this good timing?

‘No, no matter what, I don’t think that’s the case.’

After thinking for a moment, I quickly came up with a negative answer.

I can’t say that the timing is good at all, but isn’t it because Eve has suppressed me right now and is crying silently in the world’s sorrow?

I’m really grateful that you stopped me, but at the same time, I was embarrassed.

I think I’m misunderstanding something, but I don’t think it will be easy to find a way to explain it.

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…… I could roughly guess what Eve was thinking.

In fact, it would be even weirder not to know.

I reluctantly and cautiously looked up at Eve, who was still crying and holding me down.

My shoulder hurts a bit, but I don’t think I’m in the mood to talk about it.

‘This is it.’

After the banquet the day before, Eve probably heard about me through the emperor.

If you look at the fact that I came to this stone pagoda at the right time, I guess it’s almost 100%.

The problem starts after that. What did Eve, who visited the stone pagoda like that, think when she saw me shaking as if I had lost my mind?

You will know the correct answer when you look at Eve, who is sobbing without being able to do either this or that.

She’s probably angry at me for hiding the truth all this time, but I can’t bear to say anything since she’s probably heard about paradise.

But I was too shocked to do anything, so even though I tried to scream, he ended up understanding me, or to be precise, ‘Dante’.

It could be said to be empathy.

If we were to guess roughly, wouldn’t it be appropriate to say that the emotions Eve is feeling towards me right now are very complex?

In the first place, he faced me again without even giving me time to think about whether he should see me as a junior or a younger brother.

Let’s imagine that your mind is in turmoil, but your hidden younger brother is trying to commit destruction.

‘I don’t know, but I guess it’s just mental.’

I wonder if Eve would shed tears in front of her junior. She’s cried a few times, but this feels different.

I thought about it for a while.

So what is the best way for me to deal with this situation now? What response will lead to the best results?

For that, I first needed to examine my thoughts.

It might sound a little funny, but I don’t know.

The person I am today is just as complex as Eve. It had to be complicated.

Confirmation of all of Dante’s memories.

To put it another way, it would not be wrong to say that I experienced Dante’s life without exception, even indirectly.

Even so, his mind is in a state of confusion due to the brainwashing attempt, which is not brainwashing.

To be honest, right now, I haven’t been able to properly establish my own identity.

I am not Dante, but I feel like I have become Dante to some extent. In short, should I say that I am a mixture of 70% myself and 30% Dante.

I tried hard to hold it in, but I still feel it clearly.

Dante hated the outside world.

My family was no exception, but I think they harbored even more hatred because they were family.

In fact, if it is natural, it is natural. Wasn’t it none other than my father, Howard, who led the suffering of himself and the children around him?

If you are family and trust the royal family, it will be a strange story.

“… ….”

Amid the occasional cries of Eve, I concentrated for a moment to sympathize with Dante’s feelings.

To conclude, Eve could not escape Dante’s revenge.

Right now, Dante’s feelings, which fill 30% of my mind, are speaking. Don’t listen to nonsense, and shedding tears won’t change anything.

Punish the bystanders immediately…….

I was silent and realized at the same time.

Now I understand Dante.

No, the expression ‘understanding’ may also be a bit ambiguous.

Dante’s feelings were also my own feelings, at least now.

‘Ah.’

I let out a small sigh inside. A vague sense of discomfort.

Until now, I have lived purely as ‘me’, not as Dante.

Even though I borrowed Dante’s body, the spirit was mine, and everything I thought and felt was mine alone.

The situation has finally changed.

It was something that would come at some point anyway, and might be a very natural process.

This current sensation was an assimilation with Dante.

Eve was still shedding tears as she laid me down on her thighs.

Perhaps it was because of her pride, but she didn’t seem to want to make a sound -.

Actually, that didn’t matter.

The Dante in me said.

I can kill you now.

It’s really not that difficult.

Stretch out your hand and make lightning strike. That alone was enough to kill him.

So let’s do it that way.

It was Dante’s idea, but it was also my idea at the same time.

“… ….”

So I am.

I stretched out my hand.

Kkuuk-

The moment his outstretched hand touches Eve’s cheek, he separates her lips.

“Sister.”

“………… “Eh.”

It was a short word, but it had the destructive power to completely stop Eve’s movements for an instant.

An earthquake occurred in Eve’s eyes.

As she looked down at me, many emotions came to mind, but it was difficult to explain them all into one.

Still, if I had to pinpoint one thing, it would be obvious confusion.

I guess it’s like embarrassment about being called by a sudden name.

I expected it though.

I really liked the response, so I spoke again with a satisfied smile.

“Don’t cry. “I understand what you’re worried about, but it won’t happen.”

“…… Junior, sir?”

With a gentle flick of her outstretched hand, she wipes the area around Eve’s eyes. Still, she was a character I loved on the outside, and as of now, she is my closest senior at school.

Seeing her cry like this did not make me feel at ease.

…… Going back to the story, now I have assimilated to Dante and am sympathizing with his feelings.

But. Isn’t that 30% anyway?

No matter what, it was impossible for a guy who only had that much of a stake to move as he thought.

But I still have pride, hmm.

So I decided to think differently.

I agree with Dante, but that doesn’t mean I agree with Dante’s resentment.

So, I value the kind and pure attitude that Dante had for children in the same situation as me.

It brings back the Dante of his younger days, not the Dante who lost all his children and was left with nothing but anger.

It wasn’t easy to suppress Dante’s extremely heavy emotions, but it was possible. Could.

I’ve adapted to this world and am living well, but I didn’t want to get caught up in the obsession and ruin my relationships.

‘Phew.’

I take a short breath and look at Eve again.

She was frozen with a confused expression on her face.

I thought it was a more funny reaction than a satisfactory one, so I burst out laughing for a moment.

And they continue talking.

“Howard is dead.”

For now, not only Dante’s body but also her spirit is possessed as if possessed.

“I finished it with my own hands, and even though it wasn’t a very exciting ending, that’s it for now. Because what happened in paradise ended that day.”

Eve didn’t respond to what I said. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that I don’t have the energy or energy to respond, but…

More than that, she just looked at me with a trembling expression.

The eyes are constantly shaking, but somehow they keep their gaze fixed on me.

Her slightly trembling lips and her hands resting somewhat on her chest seemed to let me know about her nervous state.

She smiled at me like that.

As always.

“Your Majesty the Emperor and your sister are also thinking about something wrong.”

Like a friendly junior, just like always.

Because I just wanted to take that attitude for now.

“I have no particular regrets toward the imperial family.”

I said that, but of course I knew.

Dante would not think like this.

But what can I do? I was the owner of this body now, and at least I had no intention of worsening my relationship with Eve.

So, I will tell you.

“I dealt with you as a senior at the Academy, and of course I will continue to do so. “No matter what the blood relationship is, to me, my older sister will always be my senior.”

It’s okay to decorate it a little. I guess it would be forgivable if I added a little fact that I didn’t think about deeply.

Anyway, isn’t it important to reassure Eve now?

“Don’t worry, senior. “I like you as a person, and to that extent, your position as a princess is not particularly important.”

At about that time, I paused for a moment.

And with a mischievous smile, he quietly asks a question.

“Or did you feel uncomfortable because you were my cousin who didn’t even know I existed?”

At that very word, Eve, who had been silent until now, was startled and shook her head.

I pretended not to notice the playful playfulness and continued speaking.

“If you feel reluctant to treat me as a junior now, I can understand and be considerate.”

“…… That!”

The moment he quietly said, ‘I will break off the relationship if you want,’ Eve showed a strong reaction without even hiding it, as expected.

She screamed once and then looked at me with her wide eyes.

“Well, don’t say that… …. There’s no way I would want that…… !”

Her expression was literally miserable as she let out a voice with difficulty.

Of course, I expected it, but I was very satisfied.

But enough of the teasing, I soon opened my mouth again with a serious look of my own.

“…… Because of some of the records I saw here, bad memories came to mind for a moment and I lost control of my abilities for a moment. “Thank you for stopping me.”

It was a crude excuse, but it might work.

Because it wasn’t completely wrong.

“I’m sorry for hiding it all this time. It’s natural for you to be angry, and I’ll accept as many complaints as you want later. Therefore… ….”

I stopped talking briefly and moved my still hand once again.

This time, to gently pull Eve’s cheek.

It was a playful touch, though. So it was meaningful.

I said with a nonchalant smile.

“For now, let’s stop crying. Yes?”

Whether it was a fairy tale with Dante, or the memories were too vivid, or whatever.

Anyway, nothing else is important to me.

Anyway, I am quite weak towards people around me.

Once again, whether it was a friend or a senior, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy when the other person was crying.

“…… Seniors? Why do you want to cry more when I tell you to stop crying? Seniors?”

Of course, it was difficult to confidently say that my attempt worked well.