Became an Academy Self-Inflicted Blackmailer chapter 176

176 – Devil (1)

I am aware that it was an impulsive decision. I was a bit shocked by the conversation with the dragon emperor.

Even if I suddenly disappeared, I think I should have left at least a note.

‘Well, now that I think about it, it’s a long time late…….’

Still, there is one thing that I realize deep inside.

I think I made a big mistake.

First of all, I was shocked to see Eve in tears as soon as I met her. In fact, Beatrice’s sudden intrusion into the church headquarters felt like a surprise event in many ways -.

First of all, based on what happened after returning to the academy, after Eve, it was Jibril.

I feel like I’ve said this many times, but I thought it was a very effective ability.

How did it come to me right away? Also, take Aria with you.

First of all, the status is… …. Neither looked that bad. Jibril was calm as always.

If I had to look for something unusual, wouldn’t it have been Aria’s side?

‘It seemed like something had changed.’

It’s not clear to say exactly what was going on, but what could be called a ‘feel’ responded.

The momentum is sharper than before, but the aura is well-maintained and the movements are calmer overall.

To put it bluntly, it felt like the level had been raised to a higher level. Was it just my mood?

I guess the experience with the blue-eyed man wasn’t the whole reason…….

She was brought in by Jibril in a harsh atmosphere, and when she saw him the next day, her expression relaxed only once and her eyes widened as if she was surprised.

Then, after pausing for a moment as if choosing her words, she blurts out one word.

“Well, I’m back. Dante.”

For some reason, I thought he must have been swinging a sword because he looked physically exhausted, but I was thankful that he seemed glad to see me back and greeted me as if he was happy to see me.

First of all, I was relieved that I didn’t get scolded.

I wonder if this makes me feel uncomfortable like this. As expected, the feeling that I had caused a great nuisance never went away.

On the other hand, I left in the first place because it was too much, but there was no consideration in the escape itself.

I couldn’t bear the bitter feeling, so I just hugged Aria tightly. Oh, and Jibril as a bonus.

One of them was completely red and stiff, and the other was showing a nervous attitude by flinching his body as if he thought something bad was going to happen.

Of course, the former with a girlish reaction was Aria, and the latter with a reaction full of useless thoughts was Jibril.

For me, I felt sorry and could not help but feel completely dumbfounded.

Honestly, it was a little unfair. Wouldn’t anyone see it and think that I’ve been mistreating them all the time?

While I was patting the back, I also pinched the nape of the obnoxious fortune teller’s neck.

I felt a little better when I saw her ‘hiss’ and her whole body shaking as if she had received an electric shock.

In the meantime, I felt a creepy gaze coming from somewhere, but that was probably an illusion.

At that time, the only people around me other than Aria and Jibril were Beatrice who followed me.

I didn’t think Beatrice would ever look at me like that. hahahaha.

Anyway, after a month-long reunion with my friends, it was about time I showed up to my class for a moment.

“…… Dante student.”

The person whose reaction I was most worried about finally returned to the Academy.

It was our Acting Dean Helena who informed us of the return.

He must have been the one suffering the most because he already felt like there was a big empty space, but he suddenly came to me and spoke to me with a complicated expression.

Tsumei is back.

“Hmm.”

I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t move right away. I just paused for a moment, lost in thought.

…… In fact, it was expected that the reaction of Eve and others would be mild.

They worried a lot about me and they didn’t. It’s not the same problem, but they all have a very docile personality, so I guess it was an expected reaction.

But, yes. Tsumei was different.

She is basically very angry. To begin with, the name was also Destroying Dragon. Just by looking at it, it looks ferocious, doesn’t it?

To be honest, I had no idea what kind of reaction I would receive.

What if she maintains her sense of reason as an educator along with her superhuman patience?

I thought maybe today would be the day I need to shake things off a bit.

So, when I prepared my mind and went out to meet them at the entrance of the campus.

“Oh. “There is, there is.”

What I encountered was not an angry gold dragon, but a petite blue dragon blowing on its fist as if to say, ‘I met you well.’

…… So, a girl with blue hair and light blue eyes.

Flügel looked straight at me and began to walk at a brisk pace.

I reflexively took a step back, but it was no use.

When I took a step back, she stretched her legs two steps forward.

The sound of the wind breaking and the spinning fist really bothers me.

“If you’re that fine, you should at least write a letter. How have you been so bad that you haven’t even had time to share any news? It’s a bit annoying. Is not it? Aunt.”

It was a look that somehow resembled a street gangster. Even though the facial expression itself was meant to be grim, it didn’t mean much since the original was a pretty girl.

Anyway, Flügel glanced at Tsumei behind me for a moment and then shook her head.

Tsumei didn’t reply, and Flügel grabbed my shoulder with her cheeks puffed out as if she didn’t like it any more.

Tap! Do.

A moment of silence.

It was quiet.

Soon, the moment she looked up at me and smiled, I awkwardly smiled back and opened her mouth.

“Yong Yong.”

“Don’t call me that kindly. “The intention is so obvious that I feel like the severity of the punishment will increase without me even realizing it.”

But I was stopped at the first word.

No, how could you say that?

I was trying to say something nice, reminiscing about the times we spent together, but Flügel shook his head left and right despite my friendly nickname.

She just smiled sincerely and squeezed my shoulder so tightly that it felt like it was crushing it.

“First of all, Dante. Thank you so much for coming back. I was really worried. “I’m really glad it doesn’t look like you’re hurt.”

“… ….”

“But, well. Know? It’s too long to just say, ‘It’s okay, it’s okay,’ and just pass it by. If I were to be picky, I would have ended up wearing mourning clothes. hahahaha!”

Flügel burst into laughter once, but then she erased her laughter in an instant, as if she had never done that before, and then stared at me with scary eyes.

…… All my bones were numb.

“Dante, Dante. Say something. I think if you die suddenly, you’ll develop a mental illness that never existed before, but don’t you think so? How can you be so unaware of other people’s feelings? Huh? Yes?”

I felt like my whole body was shrinking, and I forced myself to avoid Flügel’s persistent gaze.

Instead, I just say it with a lot of guilt.

“Well, I was sorry…” ….”

I also feel sad that all I can say is a few words of poor apology, but I said it anyway. I’m sorry for causing you worry.

Flügel raised one eyebrow and asked back crookedly.

“How much?”

“…… “I’m very sorry.”

“Really?”

“Really… ….”

I continued speaking almost as if I was crying, and only then did Flügel’s expression relax slightly, as if he was satisfied.

Puck!

“Oh my.”

However, that did not allow the tightly clenched fist to loosen. What a pity.

I half-crouched, clutching my stomach, and Flügel calmly turned his head.

“But since I’m not trying to make excuses, I’ll end this with this. “Thank you, right?”

“Bitter, hmm… ….”

“Thank you?”

“…… “Yeah, yeah.”

I guess Flügel was satisfied with the answer I was forced to give him, when he finally let me go.

It seemed as if they had taken into account the fact that I was a dragon, and it was a force worthy of exquisite suffering.

No matter how much he is a dragon, he can’t compete with the combination of that crazy body and blue dragon heart…… ?

Suddenly, complex and subtle emotions flooded me. It’s like a bloody golem.

‘Hmm.’

It was when I was thinking of a thought that was almost like a joke.

Suddenly, I felt the presence of a person who had not said anything until now.

Of course, Flügel also kept his mouth shut and turned his head.

Tsumei was there.

‘…… Something.’

I frowned without realizing it. The reason was simple.

This is because the facial expressions were different.

The expression and eyes may feel a little foreign. It was that kind of feeling.

Tsumei was looking at me now, but she didn’t show any signs of getting angry.

The anger passed the critical point, or the anger was so high that the expression sank again. It wasn’t that kind of talk.

It was more like his face had become cold due to some kind of worry.

It was right to keep her rather light attitude towards her.

At least you shouldn’t treat it like you’re dealing with a flugel. That’s what I thought.

“…… “Dean?”

I called carefully, but there was no answer right away.

But Tsumei was clearly looking at me.

He probably heard my call as well, so he frowned slightly and his eyes became even more stuffy than before.

Both Flügel and I did not understand the English text, so we briefly exchanged glances.

It was a meaningless exchange of glances since neither of us knew why she was acting like this.

“…… Dante.”

Soon Tsumei’s lips fell.

I hesitated for a moment and answered late.

“Yes, Dean.”

And to me, after a little hesitation, Tsumei added a word as if she was talking to herself.

“We had a conversation, right?”

“…… Yes?”

It’s just that the words were a bit difficult to understand because, to put it bluntly, they seemed to have cut off the entire back and forth that should have been connected.

I asked back blankly, and Tsumei continued her words in a somewhat detached tone.

“In the face of time, an individual’s willpower is usually not very powerful. “Because it deviates from the normal laws of physics itself.”

“… ….”

If you think about it, it wasn’t much different from what I said a little while ago.

Words that are hard to understand, words that are just a little longer.

As evidence, Flügel still had a puzzled expression on his face. It must be true.

But I was a little different.

I felt like I vaguely knew what she was trying to say.

“If he puts his mind to it, he can ruin the flow of the world at will, that is.”

She was now referring to the one who holds the power of time.

“No matter what I heard, it’s all to control you to my liking. Either he decided to use you for a while, or he just got a little interested. Actually, that doesn’t matter at all. I must not be fooled by the clever words of this guy who must have been alone for a longer period of time than me, Bahamut, or her sister. “This is advice I give as a dragon slayer who has known that guy for a long time, Dante.”

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“… ….”

“I don’t know why you chose to disappear… …. However, I can be sure that in that brief moment, there actually existed a longer period of time than I or the others realized. That’s why I especially hope you don’t listen to what I’m saying.”

After pausing for a moment, I let out the breath I had been holding. Tsumei, who pressed down on her eyes as if her feelings were very complicated, looked at me and continued to let out her earnest voice.

“I’ve seen a lot of guys like that. Mortals who are overwhelmed by the transcendental power that it displays, abandon all worldly status and ties, and come to worship him as if possessed. It’s not their fault, but it’s definitely wrong. Because all those words themselves were not good.”

In no time, Tsumei walked right in front of me and took my hand.

There was a desperate, pitiful trembling.

Tsumei immediately looked up into my eyes and lowered her head and muttered helplessly.

“I hope you don’t follow in the footsteps of those unfortunate people… ….”

A voice that seems to have given up on something. Contradictorily, a voice that seems to not want to give up.

It felt as if I had already seen something through Yongje and decided that I had changed my mind.

Although I felt slightly embarrassed by this sudden remark, it was a moment when I organized my words to let them know that although it was not completely wrong, there was still a misunderstanding, and then carefully tried to separate my lips.

Quaaang!!!

My voice calling Tsumei, ‘He, Dean’, was drowned out by the louder roar.

Suddenly, there was a shock that shook the entire academy campus.

Everyone in the room turned their heads in surprise, and as they instinctively followed the source of the sound, their eyes landed on none other than the outskirts of the academy.

It was the ‘Hummingbird Forest’ in the west that I had now become accustomed to.

A dark red pillar was landing right there.

*****

Approximately a few minutes after I half-intuitively realized the seriousness of the situation, stopped the conversation for a moment and headed straight to the Hummingbird Forest.

“…… “That one.”

We are in the middle of the hummingbird forest. So, we were able to arrive at the place where the dark red pillar was presumed to have crashed down.

The ominous colored pillars have long since dissipated.

But traces remained.

And that too in an absurd form.

I was dumbfounded and made a subtle expression on my face, and Tsumei frowned with obvious discomfort.

If I were to be honest, Flügel had a similar reaction to me.

Anyway, regardless of such reactions, in the end, the direction we are looking at is fixed to exactly one place.

This is probably the exact center of where the pillar fell.

Inside the crater, as if a meteorite had fallen, a girl covered in blood lay down.

…… No, is it really correct to call her a girl?

Someday, the entity that appeared before us in the body of another devil or a bat’s nickname was Yurin.

I held a thunderbolt on my arm with a truly subtle expression.

This girl, who is breathing lightly as if she will die at any moment, is one of the Three Kings of the Nine Heavens.

In other words, it was the main body of the demon of Yurin.