Damn Academy chapter 210

210 – Host (7)

The joint group of the art and instrumental music departments built a camp about 30 minutes away by carriage from the village of Luden.

After a late meal, Tami and Sierra from the art department were scouting around the campsite in preparation for a possible surprise attack.

Most of the other students were lying sound asleep in the campground.

Although he was an experienced senior and proclaimed himself to be on watch, he still could not get used to the wild nights because he had led the life of an aristocrat his whole life.

Because we were in second grade, we were just timid girls who overreacted to the sound of grass, wind, or insects.

Sierra said, wiping away the skin that had grown on her forearm.

“It’s gloomy.”

“It’s still within the Eternia area. Rest assured that the devil will never come out… Wow!”

Tammy stepped on a branch on her own and jumped up in surprise.

Sierra also flinched in surprise.

“Ah. “Even I was surprised.”

“Mr. Lee, why are the tree branches like this?” .”

Then Sierra sensed something strange about her and placed her hand on her ear.

“Now, wait a moment. Shh! “Can’t you hear anything?”

“What, what?”

As the two silenced themselves for a moment, a strange sound came from somewhere in the forest.

-Huh, huh, huh.

“… !”

“… !”

Tammy covered her mouth and was silently shocked. Then Sierra calmed Tammy down.

“Listen carefully. “Does this look like a woman crying?”

A woman’s wailing came out of nowhere in a dark place with no houses nearby. Tami grabbed Sierra’s forearm.

“Okay, let’s go back. She called other club members to go with her….”

“Oh, no. What if we go back and miss it? What if that thing is a beast? “They could suddenly attack our camp at dawn.”

“Oh, can’t you go alone?”

“Shut up, you come with me.”

Sierra held Tammy’s wrist tightly and began to carefully move along with her wails.

The source of the sound was not far from where they were.

As she continued to walk through the bushes, step by step, the sobs reached her ears more clearly.

When Sierra saw the human shape reflected in her faint moonlight, she quickly lowered her body and then slowly raised her head upward.

The thing in front of him was clearly a human shape. His hair was long, his body was thin, and his skin was so white that it was easily visible even at night.

“Sigh, sniffle, how could you do that to me…” .”

“… ?”

Sierra was taken aback for a moment when she heard her familiar voice.

“Wow, I did a good job for you… I cared for you so much… How can you….”

The main character of the sobbing sound was Cecil. She sat alone in the woods, hugging her knees, sipping her wine.

Sierra and Tammy exchanged glances for a moment. She silently contemplated what to do. The conclusion came quickly. The forest was too dangerous to quietly retreat, leaving behind a drunk girl.

Sierra approached cautiously first.

“Sniff, how did you get the candy…” .”

“Hey, Cecil?”

Cecil slowly turned her head with red eyes.

“….”

“It’s dangerous to be alone in a place like this.”

“I thought it was a real ghost. “You were bored.”

Cecil reacts coldly.

“Please leave me alone. “Sniff.”

“You really are that man… Is it because? Hubert was grinning and arguing… That.”

“…… That’s right. “Did I do something wrong?”

“Is it true? What that tactless guy kept scratching….”

Cecil’s eyes are half-open. Just by looking at him, he was on the verge of intoxication. Tammy sneaked up to her and slowly took the wine bottle from her.

Sierra sat down on her crouch and calmly persuaded her.

“If it’s a man issue… “We can listen together.”

***

Sierra summarized Cecil’s words as they sat around the bonfire in the center.

“So… “You’ve been involved in various things since the entrance ceremony, and I’ve liked you ever since?”

“….”

“Tami chewed on her beef jerky, took a swig of wine from the bottle, and said,

“No, why are you chasing those ugly-faced kids around like that? “Just find someone else and meet him.”

Sierra also helped.

“Then what on earth is so attractive about it?”

“This is such a big deal, hey…. I thought that if you had big and smooth breasts like yours, men would pick you and date you because they came with sausages lined up. I’m crying profusely while clinging to some ugly, ugly pervert. “I don’t even know what real life is like.”

“Hey, just meet someone else. I feel sorry for you. If you look at our Damien, he is a really nice person too? I’ve seen a lot of guys who have smooth faces but are empty and childlike on the inside, right? Damian is pretty good? Could you please introduce me? “There are a lot of good men in the world.”

“That’s right, you’ll feel ashamed as time passes, right? “After my heart cools down, I wonder why I clung to that kid.”

“I also want to find another man….”

“… “Do you want to?”

“But really, I can’t find a girl as cute as her….”

After hearing the complaints, Sierra shook her head as if she was fed up.

***

Even on a late moonlit night, Louis did not sleep and was absorbed in her training. Icarus, who was awakened by the waves that spread throughout the night, sneaked out and watched him.

“Senior Louis, do you really want to destroy the art department?”

Without listening, Louis was practicing his sword skills by swinging his sword in the air, then suddenly ran forward and swung his sword at a thick tree.

Sureuk.

A young oak tree trunk was cut off with a single blow of a knife. Louis caught his breath and sheathed his sword.

“You have to beat the art department executives to really crush it. “Our opponent is nothing more than a first-year bastard.”

In this raid, a total of three members of the theater club, including Louis and Icarus, deal with one Damian.

It was a foregone conclusion that the cocky first grader would be destroyed. For him, the key was how cruelly he would step on it.

“I heard that Damian came from the bottom. “It looks like he has a bit of a temper, but he won’t surrender easily.”

Louis laughed and took off her sweaty shirt, revealing her bare body.

The slim and strong upper body that has been strengthened through long-term training is revealed.

“He wasn’t the only one who came up from the bottom.”

Icarus was amazed when he saw his body.

“Hey, my body is quite…… “You are a man.”

Louis said, rubbing his abdomen with his hand.

“Yes, guys like you who only use their brains are especially jealous of bodies like this.”

“People tend to look down on invisible strength. “Wizards who are thin and incompetent are treated particularly harshly.”

“Is Luna sleeping? She thinks of me like a master who was raised with honor. “You wouldn’t think that when you look at this body.”

“It seems like it is because the tent doesn’t make any noise.”

Louis slightly turned his body and placed his hand on the left side of his abdomen.

“Do you see this?”

There remained a hand-length, incontinence-like scar. It was the only blemish visible on his perfectly proportioned, flawless body.

“What is it?”

“This is a scar created while subduing Karax with the knights of the territory. When he received this injury, he bled out a lot. “If it had been even a little deeper, even the organs would have been damaged.”

“….”

“I like this scar. Because it’s like a medal that proves my rough life. “It would be a big mistake to think that just because you wore expensive clothes and lived as a high-ranking noble, you wouldn’t have experienced the lows.”

“….”

“He’s not the only one who’s angry.”

Icarus slowly nodded his head.

“I didn’t know that senior Louis would be this crazy. Good for you. “I also plan to use this opportunity to humiliate Damien.”

“Hmm, in what way?”

Icarus brought his fist to his mouth and blew on it, as if cooling something hot.

“With this. Tomorrow, during the surprise attack, I will take advantage of the confusion and break his nose with my fist. “If you scrunch up your face, you won’t be able to get to the theater department anymore.”

“It’s a vicious plan.”

Louis chuckled. Icarus agreed and grinned.

***

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“Luna.”

“Luna.”

“Luna, are you sleeping?”

After bathing her in the stream and changing into neat clothes, Louis called Luna’s name several times in front of her tent.

But she didn’t even make a rustling sound, let alone respond. After several minutes of internal conflict, he finally gave in to temptation.

“… “I’ll go in for a moment.”

He slowly opened Luna’s tent, holding a candle in one hand. I knew it shouldn’t be like this, but I rationalized it by saying that sometimes new relationships are formed through boldness.

Luna’s light breathing could be heard in the dark interior.

Louis muttered her footsteps and she slowly approached the front of her Luna.

I felt some remorse for coming in without permission, but those worries were completely erased when I saw Luna’s beautiful face. Although her hair was somewhat disheveled and her movements were lacking in neatness, Luna was as beautiful as always, like a pure jewel.

As Louis admired her work, she muttered as she looked at it.

“… “I think I know why you were chosen by the Spirit King.”

She unconsciously reached out her hand towards her face. But she eventually lowered her arms, unable to reach her skin.

Then, Louis’ gaze turned downward.

Luna was asleep holding a piece of parchment in her hand.

Luna’s daily life was always hidden behind a veil, which aroused her intense curiosity at the moment. Reaching out her hand she slowly pulled out her note. She said and she confirmed that.

“….”

-Damian eats oat porridge well, but he doesn’t like it. He is very interested in apple pie.

-Damian never mentioned his family. And considering what the spirits told him, it is highly likely that he has no family.

-Damian hates being compared to other men.

-He is very cold to people who are not on his side.

*10 A.M. Class in the Art Department. Act as if you just ran into each other in the student square.

It was all a note containing special information about Damian. Among them were seduction know-how that seemed to have been excerpted from a book.

“What is this…?” .”

Feeling her strange sense of betrayal, Louis bit her lip. Damian wasn’t chasing him, but rather the opposite. She was greatly embarrassed to have her faith denied.

While he was biting his lips and confiding in his thoughts, he suddenly felt a presence behind him.

Heavy footsteps.

“Krrr-“

Low tremors that make the floor vibrate. Louis immediately got up and checked behind him.

At the entrance to the tent, a wolf spirit the size of an ox was baring its fangs and drooling.

A fearsome life. When we first encountered it, it looked like a large dog, but now it looked like a wild beast hungry for slaughter. The spirit considered Louis an intruder.

“Now, wait a minute…” !”

When Louis opened his mouth, the wolf barged its fangs without giving him a chance.

***

Cecil slinged a stone at a tree early in the morning, hungover and sweltering.

“Mr… Why doesn’t it fall like this? “I’m starving to death.”

With the addition of the instrumental music club, the number of people eating doubled, so it was necessary to procure some of the food locally.

No matter how hard we threw stones at the ripe fruit, only the leaves fell and there was no benefit.

Unable to bear it any longer, she took out her dagger and plunged it into the pillar of her fruit tree. She then began climbing the tree, using the handle of her sword as a stepping stone.

Cecil, who had risen to her dizzying height, struck her fruit with the sheath of her sword.

Then, before I knew it, a bystander came up and shouted.

“Hey! What are you doing there? “Dangerously!”

“Have you sobered up yet?”

It was Sierra and Tammy who had been talking together all night the previous day. Tami jokingly shouted at Cecil.

“You didn’t go up to die because of a man, did you?”

“No! “I’m picking fruit!”

“Kuuu, more than that, are you going up there wearing a skirt? “I can see your underwear!”

“What’s wrong with women?”

“But how can you wear such tiny underwear? “Aren’t you cold?”

“No, just don’t look!”

As they were looking up the tree, muttering to each other, Cecil urgently asked for help.

“Hey, can you help me?”

She picked some fruit and tried to get down, but she couldn’t find a place to put her feet and was clinging uneasily to the tree branch.

“Don’t go there, stretch your foot further to the right.”

“W-here?”

“A little further to the right, no! More!”

Sierra and Tammy urgently shouted after realizing the seriousness of the situation after watching complacently.

“Wait, just hold on. “I’ll bring someone!”

But the situation progressed in the blink of an eye. Cecil mistakenly held on to a branch wet with morning dew and slipped sharply.

“Kyaaa!”

In an instant, she lost the support of one of her hands and hung on, holding on to the tree with her free hand.

Roof height of a typical house. If you fall, you could be seriously injured.

“Please help!”

Before Sierra and Tammy could react, she lost her strength and fell.

Just before she plummeted to the ground, in a split second, something jumped out and grabbed Cecil.

Then they fell together onto the bushes with a loud noise.

Sierra and Tami, startled, ran there.

Cecil and another man were lying there, their bodies tangled in the bushes.

Sierra shouted after seeing the man.

“Damian!”

“What would have happened if it wasn’t really Damian? Oh my, Cecil, you b*tch. “I’m getting old. I’m getting old.”

Despite his great accomplishment, Damian was lying down with a dry expression without any significant change in his emotions.

Cecile said, blinking her eyes with a blank expression on her face.

“I… “What happened?”

“It’s heavy. “Come out.”

Cecil was still lying on top of Damien, unable to control her body. For a moment, it seemed like he had no idea what was happening.

“… What?”

Cecil turned her head and blinked her eyes blankly when she saw Damian sitting on her.

“You… “Why are you here?”

“….”

“Did you snatch me up?”

“If you understand, come out quickly.”

Only then did Cecil come to her senses and half-stand her body with a trembling expression on her face. Then she suddenly sensed something strange about her and she said.

“Thank you for saving me… Wait a minute, what does this smell like?”

Damien then pushed her back as she tried to stand up, pushed her down, grabbed her shirt, and nuzzled her.

In response, Damian indifferently pushed Cecil aside and immediately avoided her as if he was suffering from her myelopathy.

In the meantime, Sierra and Tammy rushed over to greet him.

“Newbie! “What did you do to show up now?”

“What about the favela?”

Then, instead of answering, Damian focused his gaze in one direction. There, Fabella was walking, holding her bulging belly.

“Oh favela! But are you still playing pregnant?”

Fabella smiled and took out what she had put in her stomach. It was a large piece of rye bread wrapped in cloth.

“Now I know that there are many things to take care of when you live as a pregnant woman. “I wonder if I’ll just live like this from now on.”

***

[Old Philip, I don’t think I’ll be able to repay the sack of wheat I borrowed last time. As you may have heard, a maniac who has been wandering around our village with a sword for five days has kidnapped my son Ian. Damn you son of a b*tch. You must have heard that the Presbyterian Church banned outsiders from entering. My wife went to Rigbed to ask for help, and I called a mercenary… ]

The content on the back of the parchment remained blank, as if it had been written.

Sierra asked, chewing on the roughly sliced bread with her dagger.

“Where did you get this?”

“I got it by searching through the trash can of an empty house. “Looking at the messy handwriting, it looks like the ink kept smearing, so I threw it away and rewrote it.”

“Hmm, maybe it was rewritten because the plan changed. What did Favela find out?”

“I asked the villagers directly. “She said she wanted to know if it was an environment where she could settle down and raise a child, so she told me without question.”

“What is it?”

“The gunman stopped by Luden Village to order a new sword. But I guess that wasn’t the real purpose.”

“For what purpose did you kidnap them? Are you from a wealthy family? “Did you even have mining rights?”

“When I looked at the house, it wasn’t like that. One side of the roof was leaning, and there was mold on the floor. “It was a long way from wealth.”

“Hmm, do you have some great talent? “Something like a magic genius.”

This time, Fabella answered.

“The kid named Ian who was kidnapped this time is just a 17-year-old apprentice blacksmith. “He didn’t really stand out in anything.”

Sierra bit her lip, thinking.

“There is almost no age difference between us. “Poorly, indeed.”

When the meeting reached a lull for a moment, Cecil reminded us of the purpose.

“It may sound a bit harsh, but our job is not to solve problems. There is no need to save this poor little boy from the outskirts, nor is there any need to capture the gunman alive. “What we need to do is figure out the full story of the case and retrieve the evidence.”

Hubert added, quickly swallowing the bread in case it was taken away.

“… Okay. Let’s leave the righteous work to the brilliant Gale. “Looking at the confident way you take the lead, it looks like you’ll achieve something big.”

***

Without further delay, we boarded the carriage and headed to Poron Village, our second destination.

The surrounding scenery changed in just a few hours, and the members exclaimed in exclamation as they saw the majestic mountain range unfolding before their eyes. Cecile looked at that innocent look and said as if it was amusing.

“You know what? “To get to Poron Village, you have to climb that mountain range.”

Hubert said with his brows tightened.

“You’re kidding, right? “On the map, it just looked like a small mountain range, right?”

“I didn’t expect it to be this difficult. “Furthermore, if you go just a little further, you will be outside the area of Eternia’s seasonal magic circle.”

Everyone held their breath for a moment at Cecil’s words.

That meant going outside of Eternia’s territory and making it difficult to receive protection from Plantera scouts.

Even though he has more experience than his peers and is a student at Eternia, the most prestigious university on the continent, he is still just a flower in a greenhouse. For those who have enjoyed a prosperous life as civilized people, the wilderness is still too much for them.

Tami asked anxiously.

“Is there Plantera around here too?”

“Yes, but since the area is so large, it will be difficult to clean the entire area.”

Of course, Plantera did scouting outside the area, but because it was slower than the monsters, it was unable to block the magical beasts coming from all directions.

If you are really unlucky, you may encounter a demonic beast.

Cesil calmly looked at the map carefully and continued speaking further.

“I’m looking for an easy way, but there’s no real breakthrough.”

Sierra, who was sitting next to her, joined together and interpreted the map.

“Hmm, that’s right. “No matter which route you take, it is impossible to enter with a carriage as the mountain is so steep.”

Cecil asked.

“Sir, why did villages in this Syntagmer area become so difficult for people to enter and exit? “Is this even a disputed area?”

“It’s probably not because of people. Since they do not have the fence of a nation, they must have had to live in hiding somehow.”

“….”

Cecil seemed to have nothing else to say, so she kept her mouth shut and turned her head towards me.

“Damian, you are the leader. They say carriages cannot enter Poron Village. Because we have to climb up and down a mountain, the schedule may be delayed longer than expected. “What are you going to do?”

Although there was no direct expression, Cecil was demanding that the group be split up.

Is there anything else to think about for a long time? The investigative mission does not require that many personnel. Plus, there are only three days left. You cannot achieve your goal by moving leisurely and wandering.

“Let’s split the group. “We will split into Poron Village and Marbas Village to investigate and then join again.”

Everyone nods as if in reasonable agreement.

“How are you going to divide the meal?”

“Does anyone want to go to Poron Village?”

They only look at each other and do not raise their hands readily. This was the expected result. Who would want to climb a steep mountain range?

Tami said with a sigh.

“Everyone knows it’s hard.”

“Then I will go alone.”

Then Lilith suddenly raised her hand.

“I’ll go too!”

Cecil looked at me and Lilith alternately as if suspicious. Cecile’s eyes seem a bit unusual today. Ever since I rescued it from falling from the tree, it has been looking at me with strange eyes from time to time, and I feel bad.

I cut off Lilith’s request.

“If you want to move quickly, it’s better to go alone. Moreover, it is said that a group of Gaels are staying in Marbas Village, so it would be better to have as many people as possible moving with the carriage.”

It’s not just the Gale group. There are enough enemies targeting us. Weak and small animals survive only when they move in groups.

“Uh, yeah….”

Lilith slowly lowered her arms with a despondent expression.

Favela asked me carefully.

“Are you okay? Not only is the road to Poron Village difficult, but other members may be ambushing you. “I think either me or Lilith could join.”

Although there was a brief conflict, he soon made up his mind and rejected her offer.

Going alone was much more advantageous in responding to unexpected situations.

***

If you climb up the steep ridge to the end, the plateau finally unfolds. A place where the sharp wind sweeps deep across the ridge. The place was nicknamed ‘Evil Spirit’s Breath’ because the clouds hanging on the rocks created a gloomy atmosphere.

The strangely shaped rocks on the plateau that looked like rolled out rye bread stood upright, and when seen through the fog, they looked like giants standing there.

On the road leading to Poron Village, a three-member theater group was camped out there and waiting.

Icarus asked.

“Do you see something?”

First-year Crude, who was examining the lower ridge through a telescope from a high rock, expressed his dissatisfaction.

“The sky is blue and bright, so what is fog?”

Every time a sharp wind blew along the ridge, moist dew formed on their hair.

Louis, who was next to Icarus, said.

“It’s not fog, it’s clouds passing by. “I guess this is what the breath of the soul means.”

“Have we come that high?”

“Stop shouting and look at the entrance road. “Do you see anything?”

At that time, Crud shouted loudly.

“Oh, I can see it! “A black carriage passes by towards the southern plains.”

Louis slowly stood up from his seat. He then spoke while admiring the scenery below the mountain.

“If it’s a black carriage, there’s no other one than the one from the art department. “Hurry up and install the magic circle.”

“Now it’s almost done. “All we have to do is allocate magical power and build a stabilizing force.”

“If it goes as predicted, Damian will come here. Of course, it is not certain, so you must be thoroughly prepared.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. “Other access roads are too rough and you will end up here.”

“… Okay. “I will lure Damian.”

Louis looked at his colleagues and faintly raised one corner of his mouth. Everyone has anticipation rather than fear ahead of the battle. The male students in the theater department secretly harbored antipathy and hostility towards Damian.

“But… Is your arm okay? I was fine until last night… Did a demonic beast come out in the middle of the night?”

Icarus looked at Louis’ forearm, showing her anxiety. He had his left arm wrapped in bandages as if he had been seriously injured. He looked so different overnight that his colleagues were puzzled.

Then Louis slowly caressed his forearm and smiled.

“This is nothing.”