46 – Conflict (7)
After the new students entered, it was nothing special except for the first weekend of the year.
I just do my work, and I do some studying for my first job as a teacher.
There was nothing to be in a hurry with, so I was passing the time peacefully, forgetting about lollipops.
Quarrr…….
It was around the time the sun was hanging high in the sky that I heard a sound that I had never heard before.
It must have been around noon.
“… ….”
Chimei hardened her expression for the first time today. She had to harden.
Aside from the fact that it was a roar in memory, it was because the source of that roar was not on the ground.
In other words, underground.
The most secret place inside this academy.
It’s not unusual to hear something. A professor who blows away something like a precision magic tool while attempting an unusual experiment often pops up.
Professor Chloe Jane, for example.
There was also nothing special about the bursting of thunder.
As the name of the academy is, this is the place where many wizards gather.
There are more than tens of people who can create at least a thundering phenomenon even if it is not a high-level magic such as the 7th circle lightning.
Yes.
So there is nothing wrong with both.
…… If the two phenomena occurred separately, there would certainly not be a need to care deeply.
Damn it!
Chewing the chewing candy into pieces with his teeth, Tsumei jumped up from his seat.
I have a bad feeling about something.
If it wasn’t anything else, the thunder that was unique to ‘that guy’ resonated from the underground.
This is probably not a premonition that can be ignored.
“…… Dean?”
“I’ll go out for a while. I’ll be right back.”
In response to Helena’s questionable call, who was tidying up her bookshelf in a corner of the dean’s office, Tsumei opened the window and threw it back.
The dean’s office located on the top floor of the academy’s main building was quite tall, but of course it wasn’t an important issue for Tsumei.
Tak.
He kicks off the window frame and jumps.
During her brief soaring time in the air, Chimei pulled out her dainty dragon wings.
Flutter!
It was a small wing, but it was enough to make Tsumei’s body levitate.
Chimei turned her head away with the slightest hint of impatience.
The first place to go is the eastern tower assigned to the dormitory for the new riders.
You don’t know. It could have been an illusion.
So, let’s check first.
The expression on Tsumei’s face when he thought of such a thought was uncharacteristically impatient.
*****
It is not inside the tower of the dormitory.
In case you didn’t know, I stopped by the administrative office and looked at the freshmen’s outing records, but I couldn’t find the name I was looking for.
At that point, Tsumei’s expression had calmed down to the point where there was nothing more.
“Ha… ….”
Covering her mouth, she burst out laughing.
Come to think of it, she couldn’t even mistake herself for the source of her voice.
Why did it go through the confirmation process twice?
It was obvious.
‘I don’t think he wanted to admit it.’
Even though I knew it, I thought it wouldn’t be like that.
I hoped to find evidence that was so convincing that it wasn’t.
We have reached this situation.
Hasn’t it just gotten more complicated in my head?
This is how it will turn out anyway.
‘I should have checked the basement first, Tsumei.’
While reprimanding herself for herself, Tsumei let out a short sigh.
“… ….”
The worry was not long.
Tsumei started going straight down into her basement.
She didn’t use the formal entrance of the academy’s main building, she found a direct passage she had made and forgotten long ago.
She was a passage lined with countless traps and magic, but she had nothing to shy away from as she was the one who designed the passage in the first place.
She first heard her thunder and moved, and it took about ten minutes to wander the ground, including the dormitory tower and administrative office.
The time it took to finally give up looking like an idiot and go deeper.
Only 5 minutes.
Chimei was impatient, so she arrived quickly.
Introductory level.
There, Tsumei was able to find a golem I had crafted in the past.
[…] ….]
Golem does not define Tsumei as an intruder. Although she didn’t make much of a move.
“…… What is this?”
Chumei had to look more closely at the golem’s surroundings, namely the miserable state of the middle corridor the golem was guarding.
There is nothing to think about for a long time. There was a battle.
Tsumei turned her head away while holding her forehead.
She stared with her dead eyes at the gate she found right after it had been collapsed by a certain gigantic force.
I could feel the presence beyond that.
*****
“I thought my eyes were good.”
It was a calm voice.
“The eyes to see people, the eyes to see the world… …. Should I say it’s an official history? In any case, as long as I’ve lived, I never doubted the judgment I made once.”
There is no trembling, and no emotion is shown.
However, I could confirm the unconcealable passion in Tsumei’s voice. It doesn’t match the front and back, but it’s true.
Now, Tsumei was in a state of unprecedented anger and disappointment.
“I have many things to hide, but I ‘judged’ you as someone you can trust… ….”
A contradictory golden gaze pierced me with a chilly look and heat at the same time.
“…… In the end, the result looks like this. Oh, I’ve never been so out of touch.”
Tsumei squeezed her lips, and her laughter flowed out several times.
Her despondent expression is evident. It was such a laugh.
“If you had come to steal the academy’s top-secret documents, or at least to hide in my treasure house. If that was the case, at least I wouldn’t have gotten this heated.”
Tsumei, who quietly twisted her head, looked at Beatrice and me alternately.
There is no way she doesn’t know Beatrice’s face.
Once again, a lethargic laugh broke out.
“To think that the religious people behind you were the Holy Church. hahahaha, I really had no idea. Yes, there are quite a few guys who know my face over there. It’s not very nonsense.”
“…… Dean. That is.”
I reflexively tried to say something, but.
“Stop.”
As if he didn’t want to hear any excuses or clarifications, Tsumei ignored my voice.
“…… You keep your mouth shut I’m talking right now.”
“… ….”
“Whoa.”
Tsumei puts aside my right to speak in a cold tone.
She bit her lip softly with her low sigh.
“Beatrice Louise.”
Then she looked at Beatrice behind me.
Calling her name in a not gentle voice, Tsumei stretched out her hand.
“Get your hands off that sword right now.”
“… ….”
Beatrice was silent and looked at me. However, before that, Tsumei’s next words continued.
“I don’t say it twice. If you ignore the warning, there will be no more leniency.”
Whether it’s face-to-face in person or conducting a class in a classroom.
Compared to any other moment, Tsumei’s voice now was colder than ever.
A literal frozen voice.
We had to feel extreme tension just by simply spitting out each sentence.
In the end, Beatrice carefully removed her hand from her demonic sword, and only then did Tsumei’s gaze soften.
Having regained her composure just a little bit, Tsumei turned her body around.
“…… Ha. Let’s go upstairs, you guys. Let’s talk about it later, let me share it in a calm state…….”
No matter how much you encounter a situation that you can’t just ignore, at least the feeling of trying to talk after subsiding your anger to some extent.
Certainly, it was a rational response that could be called a role model for educators.
“Lice.”
I had no intention of ending the work in such an halfway manner.
It shouldn’t be like that in the first place.
I came down here at the risk of being out of sight of Tsumei for some reason.
It didn’t make any sense to stop now.
“Start purging.”
“…… Yes?”
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Beatrice opened her eyes wide at my sudden words and asked in response.
“Because I will try to convince Tsumei.”
In a short word that was added next.
Fuhuaaagh!
Tsumei reacted.
“…… Hey, Dante.”
Compared to just a moment ago, the voice is definitely more subdued.
Now the leaking anger can’t even be hidden.
The heat was constantly flowing out and heating up everywhere, and just before that, it got even worse.
The eyes that have lost their light stare at me coldly.
“Let’s go upstairs first and talk about it. Wasn’t that difficult to understand?”
“… ….”
“I can’t figure out how the dragon felt to say such a simple thing?”
Turning her body back and now trudging towards me, Chimei glared at her fiercely.
“…… You’re enduring Right now, the two of you are gritting your teeth and enduring it in order not to tear it apart somehow.”
Her fingertips trembled.
It wasn’t a factor like tension or fear, it was because, as she said just before, she was suppressing her emotions as hard as she could.
Forcibly holding on to the string of reason that seems like it could break at any moment.
“Do I look stupid? Can’t you guess why you guys are here right now?”
As if lava was boiling, heat rose from Tsumei’s whole body.
Emotion moved the energy, and the energy that moved was shaped according to the emotion.
Her mouth twisted coldly.
“Or was I that funny? Yeah, that seems right.”
“…… Dean.”
“If you knew this space, you wouldn’t know the meaning of that sword to me. But even then, if I touched that, it would mean that I only showed a very good personality until now.”
I kept my mouth shut.
Even if I said otherwise, it doesn’t seem like I’m in a good state, and in fact, it was quite natural.
I suddenly became curious.
How are Beatrice and I reflected in Tsumei’s eyes now?
‘There’s nothing to think about.’
A scoundrel who threatens his nephew, a danger he may need to rule out right now.
Even if it’s like me, I’m going to subdue it with question and answer dance.
It’s amazing how Tsumei endures that with superhuman patience.
“The dean.”
So I made a decision and opened my mouth.
It’s been a while since I could say anything about this.
“Let me tell you one thing.”
I open the status window and take out an item I was looking for beyond the blue window.
-1 4-Star weapon option.
Paat-
A ticket fell onto the palm of my hand with a faint halo of light.
It’s like a train ticket, and it’s also like a ticket to somewhere.
I looked at the ticket for a moment and then said to Tsumei.
“I won’t hurt ‘Flugel,’ I swear.”
A short word.
But at the same time, the name of a young dragon was mentioned, and Tsumei’s eyes widened.
“…… What now?”
Before she could say anything, I tore the ticket in half.
Hwaaak!
“…… !”
The burst of light covered my vision in white, but ironically, another bright window appeared before my eyes.
────────────────
-Greatsword-
Dinesleif, Charlemagne’s Staff, Stormbringer…….
-Byeonggi-
Sorrowful Blade Point, Venomous Spear, Penetrating Shard…….
-Staff-
Black Skylight, Ice Fire, Abraxas…….
────────────────
The names of countless weapons appear and then disappear.
I might be taken aback by the speedy transition, but I calmly scrolled down.
It’s a penalty mitigation potion. Even if it’s only for ‘Dante’, this is an item I’ve used several times in the game.
In other words, I know everything about which item is at which point and what effect the item has.
‘I found it.’
If you’ve found the weapon you’ve been aiming for, there’s nothing to hesitate about.
I immediately made my choice, and the blue window disappeared just like that.
What appeared instead was a dagger.
It might be more accurate to call it a slightly sharp stick rather than a dagger.
‘Vajra.’
Whether it’s mana, aura, or supernatural energy.
A Tier 0 weapon limited to the berserker class that has the effect of bearing the burden of the body to some extent by storing it inside the blade.
‘Originally, I was going to use it as a material to activate the magic sword’s unique ability, but… ….’
Since the situation has become like this, there is nothing we can do about it.
I can only hope that the durability will last even after using it once to avoid this crisis.
“Lice!”
“…… Yes? Ah yes!”
Beatrice, who had been unable to keep up with the situation at my sudden call, raised her head in surprise.
In order to relieve her tension, I deliberately smiled and winked at the magic sword.
Did you notice the meaning of my glance?
Beatrice, who took turns looking at me, the demonic sword, and Tsumei for a while, turned her complexion white.
“…… No no. Are you serious? Isn’t it? Are you kidding me?”
Spitting out a trembling voice and glancing at Tsumei, it was like a frightened kitten.
Sometimes when he confidently raised his voice while dealing with me, it was very funny to see him doing this now.
Even now, she looked at me as if I was lowering her head and wishing for her words to be corrected.
“Oh, I’m really serious.”
I casually kicked her hopes away.
“…… !”
Beatrice, with a shocked look on her face, unable to say anything, only pursed her lips.
I giggled at that ridiculous reaction and took a step forward.
The voice came back around that time.
“Is the strategy meeting over?”
Now Tsumei is covering her whole body with flames.
‘I think there was a time when he ran amok, saying that he wasn’t a red dragon.’
That looks more like a red dragon than a gold dragon in every way.
No, considering the nickname of a dragon, does it fit perfectly?
I nodded with a good idea.
“Thanks for waiting.”
“Yes… ….”
Also, in response to my answer, Tsumei slowly dragged her tongue down with a determined look on her face.
A fleeting silence flows.
“It will sting a little, Dante.”
Flame!
Tsumei raised the flames and held them in her hands.
Pajik-
The lightning that started from my pupils flowed through my whole body and was absorbed into the Diamond River.
Beatrice, who had her eyes on all of that series of processes, was crying in the background.
“…… Now i don’t know Let it be.”
Paaah!
The moment Beatrice’s divine power, which shone brightly, began to interfere with the demonic sword.
“You guys ignored my last advice.”
Tsumei moved.