Damn Academy chapter 202

202 – Behind the Scenes (18)

The ball was still in full swing, but Cecil left it behind.

Colorful fireworks exploded and the exciting music from the ballroom spread far and wide.

Cecile was walking towards her dormitory with red eyes.

It took quite a while for her to accept her situation.

She was abandoned.

The calculation that Candy would become more and more clingy to him over time was completely wrong.

There was never a time in her life when she couldn’t get what she wanted.

In addition to solid family support, the sponsors of the society fully support him. Thanks to her unrivaled talent, she has never experienced failure.

The concept of deficiency was something she understood in her head, but had never experienced in person.

Whatever it is, if she adds her efforts, she achieves her best results.

Admission to Eternia and the achievement of becoming the head of the Department of Magic were also part of it, and the interest of the opposite s*x came naturally without any effort.

Things in the world were so easy.

She thought she could get the attention of anyone she wanted.

Along with the loss of being abandoned by her sweetheart, she also felt a sense of extreme defeat for the first time in her life.

What is wrong?

As Cecil headed to her dormitory, she thought constantly.

She is weighed down by her sorrow, and tears well up in her eyes. She thought this was unsightly and wiped it away with her forearm as if nothing had happened.

“We just have to do better next time…” Next time….”

***

“Here he comes.”

“It’s true. “I’m alone.”

“Oh my, is this really a car?”

“Who said this?”

“It looks good.”

Before the second part of the event began, several girls in her corner muttered as Damian entered the ballroom looking dazed.

Xenia and Hayley, who were listening nearby, furrowed their eyebrows in displeasure.

Unlike at the beginning of her semester, few girls now spoke favorably of Damian.

Now, there are many people who are openly aiming for it, and those who are not confident of winning the fierce competition have retreated like that. To them, Damian is no longer an object of desire, but merely a source of gossip, someone to chew on.

Xenia rested her chin on her railing and admired her ballroom. As she looked down from above, she could now see things she had not noticed when she was down below.

Although there were few people who looked at Damien openly, there were countless people who looked sideways at her, pretending not to be there. While chatting with her friend, sipping her drink, and even dancing, she glanced at Damian.

Xenia said with her sigh.

“Women are so treacherous. Right.”

Then Hayley gave a meaningful answer.

“That’s right. It’s cunning. “You too are treacherous.”

“What do you mean?”

“You know.”

Xenia spoke a little angrily at this.

“That’s not how a newcomer looks at me, right?”

“You newbie said, ‘I hate all the girls in my class because they are like children. “If I say, ‘I like a mature senior,’ and ask for a dance, you won’t accept me?”

“Yes. “Shinshin is like her real brother now, so I don’t like it.”

“Really? “I was too childish and couldn’t dance.”

Xenia opened her eyes and looked at Hayley.

“….”

Hayley turned her gaze downward, avoiding Xenia’s eyes.

“ ….”

The two were silent for a moment.

Then, Hayley looked at Damian’s movement path and spoke in confusion.

“Wait a minute. The new guy… “Are you sure you’re going there?”

Hayley pointed his finger. Xenia was equally embarrassed when she saw this.

“No, that…” “I guess not?”

Damian was walking to Sion.

After a while, Damian stands in front of Shion and speaks to him. Then Shion answers coldly.

After a few words, Damian headed to another place.

“As expected, no.”

Xenia breathed her sigh of relief.

Then Hayley opened her eyes and gave Xenia a look of suspicion.

***

After a short conversation with Shion, I headed to Luna.

What happened with Cecil was still on my mind, and I actually wanted to end the ball early, but I couldn’t hurt another friend just because I was in a bad mood.

She might also find some comfort by being with Luna.

Luna had her eyes fixed on me from afar, as if she had already sensed my location.

As I got closer, Luna somewhat folded her hands and stood up from her seat.

“I waited a long time,”

“No. Rather… “What did you talk about with Shion?”

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“I had something to tell you about Zion’s teacher.”

“I see….”

To be precise, he approached Shion like boys who were flirting with him and slyly told him, ‘The dress looks good on you,’ and was told to go away.

“What is that note in her hand?”

Luna held a small piece of parchment in her hand.

Luna looked at her parchment and hurriedly hid it behind her back, as if she had forgotten it.

“… Nothing.”

Soon after, the she-wolf spirit walked up behind her and put the thing in her hand in her mouth and chewed it like it was her snack.

“… ?”

Then Luna asked an unexpected question.

“I… “Has anything changed?”

Luna twisted her hair as if she was nervous. What I saw a while ago

“The scent has changed. “Did you change your perfume?”

Luna’s eyes widen in surprise.

“Yes… ! “It’s my favorite perfume.”

“It smells good.”

“Alchemist… Rubicon is one of the witch series created by Marzini.”

“What’s your name?”

“This…” “Witch’s Lust.”

I am speechless for a moment. I guess I didn’t hear it wrong. It’s an unusual name for a perfume.

“If it’s a series… “I guess there’s something else?”

“Yes… “I personally also like the witch’s nude and s*xual intercourse series.”

The scent itself goes well with Luna, but the name of the perfume is very strange. Especially for a child with a personality like Luna to put it in her mouth without hesitation… It was a very provocative word.

When I look at Luna’s calm face without a hint of shame, I think she may have said this without knowing what the name of the perfume means.

You must have said this without knowing. Unwittingly….

Luna looks up at my face with curious cat-like eyes. I can’t quite figure out what he’s thinking.

I naturally changed the topic.

“There’s still a lot of time left until the finale. Should I go out for a bit?”

Luna nodded her head.

“… Huh.”

“Let’s go.”

I turned around and Luna immediately grabbed me.

“It is customary for partners to link arms… “I did.”

Without thinking much, I gave up one of my arms. Luna hesitated and timidly placed her hand lightly. Rather than crossing her arms, she just put her fingers on it.

It’s really strange that Luna, who was so cautious about her physical contact, came out of the mouth with something that sounded like a witch’s voice.

“There were quite a few people playing outside.”

After entering the second part, small-scale events were held to further increase the excitement.

“Yes, me too… “I want to go to the maze garden.”

“Is there anything you want to see there?”

“Just….”

***

We left the crowded ballroom at Luna’s request. And then we headed to the maze garden, feeling the cool breeze.

Unlike the quiet first part, the Maze Garden was quite crowded.

Seeing that there is a host at the entrance to the maze and men and women are lined up in pairs in front of him, it looks like some event is going on here as well.

As we got closer, we saw that several students were blocking the entrance and controlling movement.

One student stood on an apple box like a platform and shouted loudly to those gathered in the maze.

“… The product is a brass tree trunk couple bracelet produced by our horticulture department. I’m telling you again because someone is coming now. The winner of the ‘Get a partner!’ Race will be awarded a brass tree trunk couple bracelet.”

It seemed like a small event planned by the Special Activities Department.

Gardening department.

Perhaps because I was so focused on the dance and theater departments, I had almost forgotten the existence of these small specialty departments.

“If it is an ornament made from brass wood….”

There is a high probability that it is a fake product. I also worked in the crafts industry and had as much knowledge about botany as the Pension Department, so I knew its value well.

The strength of brass wood is similar to that of iron, and its unique, subtle scent is said to last for over a hundred years. Because it is a long-lived tree and grows slowly, it is traded more expensively than the same weight of gold. It was too precious an item to just be given away as a one-time event.

It was a place to have fun, and there were no signs that the horticulture club students were trying to profit from this, so I didn’t think about questioning it.

More than anything, Luna’s eyes were so bright when she looked at her bracelet that I didn’t want to wake up.

“Luna, do you want to do it?”

She nodded her head twice. It looks like they have been aiming for this from the beginning.

The host, standing on a simple podium, continued the explanation.

“We will take your partner, take him to the deepest part of the maze, and restrain him. And the remaining person must quickly find a partner within the time limit.”

As soon as the rules of the game were announced, the students waiting began muttering with their partners.

I looked at the walls of the maze. Although the wall height was high enough to match the height of the plantera, the overall area itself was not very large. It doesn’t look difficult.

Everyone doesn’t seem to care about the value of the brass bracelet, and the mood is to just enjoy it. I felt like I would be glared at if I wanted to die.

“Okay. “If you are waiting in the deepest part of the maze, please raise your hand!”

Most female students raise their hands. Luna was one of them.

“Men are always looking for things, how boring it is! All of these people will remain at the entrance. Men who haven’t raised their hands will go into the maze together!”

As the rules were strangely twisted, laughter erupted from those waiting.

I looked at Luna. She lowered her arms sheepishly and nodded her head at me.

“Are you going to be okay?”

“Damian… “I will save you.”

“It wouldn’t be fun if we just did that, so should we just bet like other kids?”

The partners around me were talking about whether they would come back in a few minutes or what they would bet on.

“Luna, if you come in first place… “Is there anything you want?”

“Yes. There is.”

“What is it?”

“…… Wish rights?”

“Huh?”

“Wish ticket… “I think it would be good.”

The right to wish is something that is often exchanged between a man and a woman. If the relationship is tied to each other through contracts or money, there is a high risk of problems, but in a relationship with a strong bond, it is rare to make unreasonable requests.

If Trisha had said that, she would have been worried for a few days, but if she was Luna, it wouldn’t be difficult. If it were her, she wouldn’t be able to do anything that would put my situation in trouble.

“Okay. “If you come in first place, I’ll give you the right to wish.”

***

The male students followed the host and moved to the center of the maze. When I entered this in person, it felt different from what I saw above. The structure was so complicated that if you made a mistake, you could get lost for hours.

“Let’s sleep. “You can wait here.”

A rope is tied around the bodies of those waiting. Perhaps because it was a formal restraint, the knot was loose and there was little pressure.

So, one by one, they sat side by side, leaning against the walls of the maze. The host left the people here and left again.

A little while after the fireworks exploded at the entrance, a guy sitting in front of me facing me started tossing and turning.

“Damn, why did you tie it so tightly?”

A handsome guy cursed and twisted his body.

Then he looked at me and spoke to me.

“Hey, can you help me there?”

He wasn’t a guy who seemed like he would be harmful.

I took out her daggers from her waist behind her and threw them all in front of her. The guy looked surprised and cut off the restraints with a dagger.

“hehehe, it’s better now.”

“….”

The man looked at my face for a moment and asked.

“Have we seen each other before?”

Honestly, I wanted to ignore it, but the gap between the two walls we were leaning against was so narrow that it was difficult.

I shook my head, showing that I was annoyed.

“No, ah, I understand. I’ve seen you before. “Damian.”

“… Have we ever met?”

“I saw it on Rigbed. “It’s rare to find someone who attracts attention like that.”

“I’ve never done that before.”

“No, you did.”

“….”

“I am Hubert. Mutation. Different species. “I’m called by many nicknames, but my real name is the same.”

“It’s not a friendly nickname.”

“Because dwarven blood flows in my heart. “People often call them mutants or hybrids.”

“It seems far away from that.”

A quick glance shows that the guy had fairly long arms and legs, and his face was quite handsome, unlike the rough look of a dwarf’s tone. He is a guy who gives off the feel of a luxurious stallion rather than a mixed breed.

“My father is closer to a typical dwarf than me. Well, for a descendant of a race that is so despised based on my appearance, I’m pretty good.”

“….”

It didn’t seem to have anything to do with dwarves, but it didn’t seem like he was lying at all. And I don’t really dislike this guy’s unabashed honesty.

Hubert asked me right away.

“You… What?”

What do you mean? Do you think I am also a descendant of some kind of different race?

“What are you asking?”

“You… “Are you human?”

Although it was unexpected, she felt it was right to accept this guy’s honesty as is.

“My mother is human, and I don’t know my father because I’ve never seen him.”

Hubert grins sheepishly. Rather than ridicule, it was closer to a response to my honesty.

“I like it. “Who are you with?”

“Friend.”

“Are you pretty?”

“It’s one of the few in the academy.”

Hubert shrugs his shoulders as if he expected it.

“Well, I guess so. Are you the first one to him?”

“….”

I didn’t reply at all. The guy nodded to himself, perhaps because he felt an internal sense of unity with me.

“Ah. Is it like that? “I am against it.”

I couldn’t understand what this guy was talking about.

“What are you talking about?”

“Well, I don’t like virgins.”

“….”

“I know that’s your inclination, but it seems like you have less experience than me. Then you get burned. Women’s obsession with their first man is frighteningly strong. “Can you handle it?”

“And you?”

“I like women with experience. It’s not sticky and it’s easy and hassle-free to cut it off. It has to be clean so there are no problems… Know?”

“Not at all.”

I shook my head.

This guy is a typical playboy type.

What was strangely infuriating was that this guy was treating me as if I were the same type of person as him.

“You have to experience this and that person to improve your perspective on people. Isn’t that right?”

“If you meet the best person, there is no need to wander around.”

Hubert laughed.

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“That’s okay too. You are kinda funny I’ll invite you to a party later, so come. “I’ll introduce you to my friend.”

“If I have time.”

“By the way. Have you ever attacked senior Isilite?”

“Who?”

“My partner. According to my senior, he was in trouble because you were actively courting him. “

I shook my head as if I was bored.

“I’ve never seen it before.”

“Oh, I’m not suspicious, so don’t worry. I already knew it was a lie. “I was just asking to confirm.”

“Why on earth are you lying like that?”

Hubert said, rubbing the back of his neck.

“What can I do? Because the relationship is insecure. Isn’t it obvious? I want to take the lead, but I feel anxious because I think the other person will fall somewhere. So, you’re provoking me by bringing up other men.”

“….”

“Ha, that senior is acting like he’s skilled. When you look at things like this, you seem clumsy and inexperienced. “Like first love, the obsession is terrible.”

“You have to handle what you choose.”

“I just want to have some light fun. The other person has such a burning will to do anything… I’m even looking at getting married… Do you know what it feels like? You too will be breathtaking when you see it. “The obsession is so strong. I assure you, you are a person who will take first place by any means necessary.”

Hubert tied a rope around his neck and pretended to be strangled.

And that was then. A sound like a fight between female students was heard from one side of the maze.

“aaah!”

“What is this!”

“Ah, ah, wait!”

The loud sound is getting closer.

Hubert said as if he had guessed.

“I told you, right? “It’s coming soon.”

The guy and I guessed that the end was near, so we got up and looked at the road leading to where the sound came from.

Soon after, someone walked hurriedly from there.

Familiar blonde hair.

The first to appear was Luna, not Isilite.

She and the white wolf spirit next to her ran straight up and tore off my restraints. Then he lay down straight away, showing his belly to me.

“… Hmm?”

Hubert opened his eyes wide and looked at Luna and me alternately, as if he had made an amazing discovery.

Luna ran straight to me and grabbed my hand. She timidly squeezed my index and middle fingers.

I asked Luna first.

“Why was she making such a fuss?”

“There is something in the way… “I cleaned it up.”

“….”

“1St place… “It’s 1st place.”

“… Huh.”

“Right to wish. “The right to wish is mine.”

Luna dragged me back the way I came.

And then, belatedly, a girl jumped into this place.

“Hubert!”

It was Isilite, Hubert’s partner.

She ran over excitedly and threw her body towards Hubert in a hug.

“You waited a long time, right? “This senior will save you!”

As Isil Rite passed us, she did not even glance at me. Her eyes were fixed solely on Hubert. It was clear that he had no interest in me.

Looking at the affection-filled eyes towards Hubert… As he said, my name seems to have been thrown around just to fight for dominance.

For just a moment, Cecil’s image flashes in my mind.

Hubert and I made eye contact for a moment while being held by our partners.

Hubert looked at me and nodded his head silently.

Now that I see it, it doesn’t seem like there are any similarities with that guy.

I turned my head again and asked Luna.

“Luna, what is your wish?”

“…… “Please increase the number of wishes to three.”

“That’s not possible.”