187 – The identity of the suspicious cadet
At the academy, which was closed due to the black magician raid incident, it wasn’t just the library and theater department that were booming at the wrong time.
Coffin of fragrance.
A place for relaxation and fellowship designed for cadets to discuss things with other cadets over coffee and tea.
At this place, the most talked about topic at the academy, or soon to be the most talked about topic at the academy, used to be dealt with by luxury experts.
Now, the Coffin of Fragrance was filled with an unprecedented number of cadets, resembling a festival scene.
“The captains have been resident at the academy for a while? Really!?”
“Then, if I’m good enough, I might be able to learn from Lord Kualin…?”
“I suddenly have a strange sense of reality…?”
“I could sell my soul to Bauer if I could share my sword with Lord Argon…!”
“What the hell do you think of Bower?”
The head of the knights of the great family resides there to repair the Ain Academy’s security system.
Usually, it was a big enough event to heat up the coffin of fragrance for a while.
“But, even thinking about it again, I can’t believe it. To think that a person called a direct master won a victory against Lord Argon.”
“Lord Argon’s flames disappeared as if blocked by an invisible wall. What the hell is that power?”
“Could that be assassination…?”
“If that’s an assassination technique, it makes sense to kill the family of the assassins and take refuge in God Hara.”
“Oh you bastard!?”
“No, that’s what it says.”
“Just in case, I hope you never think of me as your most precious bond. I’ve never thought of you that way. So, if you’re thinking of taking refuge in Harasin- leave me alone.”
“Stop talking like that, my dearest friend. How could I possibly do that? If I ever get into Harashin, you’ll be sure to kill me no matter what.”
“hahahaha, kid. Yes. Starting today, you are my dearest friend. Let’s see. You can take the entrance exam telling you where to go.”
“Ehh, Mojiri bastards. In the first place, can you say that the power of God Hara and God God Hara are the same?”
“By the way, if the direct master is that good, how strong is the right hand man above him?”
“Couldn’t he be the same as the masters…!”
A normal event would be enough to heat up the coffin of fragrance for a while, but-
Still, it was worse than the emergence of a new giant force called the true Harasin.
“No, you bastards, is the real Harasin the problem right now? I heard they’ve been living in the same place as us for a while?”
“It’s a problem… Isn’t it?”
Of course.
Even taking that into consideration, the fact that the three knight commanders resided at Ain Academy was surely an event sufficient to uplift countless cadets.
The Great Knights who protect the honor of the great family and carry out their will.
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“I heard. Even monsters who are praised as the most powerful in the regular knights are just a lot of ordinary members in the great knights?”
“To be the leader of the knights, to be the end of the great knights. Which would you choose between the two?”
“Damn it. Anything is fine, just order it.”
“Why do you ask such a thing of a boy? To him, become a member of the regular knights, or become the captain of the city guard in the countryside. Which of the two should you choose- you should ask something like that.”
“Look at the asshole talking. Anyway, whatever you want, just order it.”
“By the way, the captain of the knights is also up to the leader. Unless you’re at a level high enough to become the leader of the knights of a fairly high-ranking family- even if you ask me to accept you, you won’t accept it?”
The world of heaven and earth.
The best elite group that only a very few selected beings on the continent can belong to.
The ultimate goal of the cadets who walk the path of sword and magic.
“To dress up in such a grand squad… Wow, sir. How strong you must be. I can’t even imagine.”
“You can’t imagine such a simple thing? Why? Ah!!! You can’t believe it!!!!! You haven’t seen the duel between Ash’s sword and the smiling face!?! No way!? Really!? A person like that exists in the world. Doing it!?”
“This bastard is starting again.”
“Leave it alone, that bastard will be like that when he leaves a will to his children before he dies.”
“If you keep going like that, you won’t be able to find your children, right?”
“hahahaha, friends. Can you hold my cold coffee? It’s very hot with an inferiority complex. It’s perfect for warming up coffee.”
“Damn it. To be honest, I’m envious.”
“To actually see the sword of the sword of ashes.”
The Grand Knight Commander was the pinnacle of such a Grand Division.
“My dream was to see his sword with my own eyes.”
“Isn’t it the sword of the Red Lion?”
“I have to say that it’s too… Unrealistic.”
“Oh, sure.”
Except for the masters, who are non-standard beings, they were considered to be the most powerful beings.
When the talented people look up at the highest place, what they see is not the master of the sky itself, but the commanders of the grand divisions closest to the sky.
“Will an opportunity like this come again…?”
“Maybe it’s possible if the warlocks and the true Harasin invade the academy once again?”
“f*ck it. It’s hot.”
It’s almost impossible for most of the cadets to have one point of contact even if they live their entire lives.
“If you really want to see his sword, why don’t you try challenging him to a duel?”
“You are the one I want to challenge you to a duel with.”
“Don’t be too sad. It’s an honor to see them in person, after all.”
The current situation of living in the same space with them for a while was truly an extreme honor.
“Hey, did you guys hear that?”
“The captains said that cadets who have information or clues related to this incident and the true Harassin should not hesitate to come to us?”
“What is that? No way.”
“Is this an opportunity to spend some intimate time with them?”
And it was an opportunity.
The true god Hara and the three knight commanders.
The theme of the coffin of fragrance, which had been divided into two, was unified into one.
Dozens of cadets at the location started talking about clues or information related to the true Harasin.
“Wouldn’t it be nice to hear that the food in the dormitory was particularly bad the day before the attack?”
“Are they not only collecting information, but also collecting suicide victims?”‘
“No, listen to me. At that time, the feeding conditions were really, almost like black magic? I almost wanted to choke myself after swallowing it. Isn’t this the black magic that the black magician used?”
“The pie with the fish head sticking out was over the line.”
“Now. The fish head pie is here. Does anyone have more suspicious information than this? Is this really our best?”
“I wanted to die because it was trivial.”
“Oh, come to think of it. You were at the scene at the time. Any guesses?”
“Hmm. Does the person who witnessed the duel between Ash Sword and Smiling Face need help?”
“I’m so f*cking pissed off. You just get out of here. Hey, come on with your friends. They said they were at the scene at the time, too? What, do you have any useful information or clues?”
Some cadets want to catch the eye of the three knight commanders.
I came to squeeze out information and clues related to the true Harasin, or the Black Root Church.
“Oh right. Come to think of it- you guys. Isn’t that right? Then, right before the right-hand man, the true leader of Harasin, appeared. That guy suddenly disappeared.”
“Who?”
“You know, that guy. The new head of the swordsmanship club-“
“Ah, that- what was it? I opened my eyes at that stupid impression-“
“Narrow eyes? Oh, yes! Ceylon!”
That’s how his name was mentioned.
“Ceylon? Why is he?”
“I don’t know about anything else. I clearly remember the one thing he showed up with the ladies of the great family.”
“The lady of the great family? Who?”
“Who are you? You said ‘they’. All three.”
“Such crazy. You barely got a top spot, you get all their attention?”
“You are saying things like “Brief chief”. Anyone who sees you will think you’re the kind of guy who takes the top grade. A guy who barely avoids failing grades every semester.”
“No, I also had young ladies like that among my classmates, and if I had been able to get attention from them, I would have clenched my teeth and won the top spot. What I lack is not my ability, but my motivation?”
“Why does Ain Academy keep this bastard alive? Ain Academy, is it okay as it is?”
“So. What. Ceylon, he suddenly disappeared right before the true Harassin appeared? What is that?”
“No, what is that? Isn’t that strange? Right after he disappeared, right arm appeared?”
“Is it true that he really disappeared in the first place? Isn’t he slandering you out of envy?”
“Ah. What does this bastard look at people for? Hey. How are you? I heard you were there too.”
“Come to think of it… From what I remember, it seems that he disappeared from around the ladies before I knew it.”
“Oh, that’s right. Come to think of it, I think it was.”
“What kind of demonic man could he be? It’s not enough for the young ladies to take all of their attention. Now even the mushroom growers. In that dire situation, she said he was the only one staring at her?”
A lot of attention was drawn to him because he was such a hot topic, and he appeared on the scene with the young ladies of three families at the time.
Perhaps that’s why a considerable number of cadets witnessed Ceylon’s sudden departure-
“So, in the end, what do you want to say?”
I was suspicious again.
“No, I have to pick this up and tell you so you understand?
Suddenly, not only the cadets around him, but all the cadets in the Coffin of Fragrance were focused on the 4th year cadet who mentioned Ceylon – Dawina.
Her students stared at her reassuringly, her cup in her hand.
“At the time, the field was cut off from the outside world by the barriers of the black magicians. But how did the right arm manage to invade and intervene without breaking the barrier? And at the right time! At the perfect moment! Just like on the field. As if I was watching you!”
No way. You don’t want to say that the new cadet is your right hand, right?
Someone pointed out from a distance with a raised hand.
Awesome!
Davina’s body trembled.
-In the first place, if that guy was your right hand man, there would have been an uproar from the time of the mana sensitivity test in the first test at the entrance ceremony?
-Is it possible that he hid his identity?
-If that’s possible. Assassins and warlocks are all good enough to have entered the academy.
– I guess.
An assassin with transcendental power hid his identity and sneaked into the academy.
Even that is ‘Ceylon’.
It was a story no one would believe.
Dawina rolled her eyes while pouting at the opinions of the cadets passing by, and finally opened her mouth.
“Of course not…!”
“So what?”
“So… I mean! Yes! Helpers!”
Perfect!
Daveena snapped her fingers.
“At that time, the helper who was stuck in the middle of the cadets! He helped from inside the barrier so that the true God Hara could intervene!”
-A helper?
“Yes. Helper! The true Hara god, who is hostile to God Hara and the Black Roots, planted a watcher in our academy just in case of a situation like this! That’s why we were able to intervene just in time as soon as the incident came up!
I feel ecstatic when I see the stories I bring out from other people’s mouths.
Davina was that kind of person.
Dawina’s tongue and hands, intoxicated with the situation, danced as if possessed.
-You mean. You mean that helper/watcher is Ceylon?
“Yes! Now, look! Don’t you guys think it’s strange? A commoner of unknown origin, as well as the children of all high-ranking families, took the top spot in the entrance exam, beating the Rebringer and the ladies of Hanahan. . And even that wasn’t enough, I won against Leolian in the representative match. Even!”
Their eyes followed the arm that Darwina swung.
“According to the story, the sword that Ceylon used to win the top prize at the entrance ceremony is Bower’s sword. The base is Bower’s sword, which is based on assassination! Doesn’t it fit perfectly?”
-Bauer’s sword?
-Why Bower’s sword?
– Dude. That’s not what’s important now.
-I knew it first.
– Definitely…
This moment.
A possibility was imprinted in their minds.
‘Ceylon may be a true Harassin!’
Woong-goo-go-go.
The crowd started to stir in earnest.
The possibilities imprinted in their heads become seeds and grow roots.
-If he really is a true Harasin. What will be his position in the group?
-If the guy called out his right arm, doesn’t that mean it’s directly connected to his right arm?
-It is directly connected to the right arm, and the right arm trusts it and entrusts it with the watcher role. Isn’t it the least direct disciple level?
-Could it be the direct line master?
Dawina looked at the reaction of the cadets who were immersed in the story she unfolded with a happy face.
She opened her eyes.
That’s it!
“Smile!”
A smiley face?
The attention of her cadets was once again focused on her with that name that any cadet at Ain Academy could not overlook.
She continued her words with a flushed face.
“In the place, there was another true Harasin other than the right arm. That is, the smiling face of the direct master. Everyone. Let’s imagine it? The right arm – the identity of the person inside that overwhelming transcendent is Ceylon. Yes. I know. It’s ridiculous. Voice, atmosphere, size, presence. Everything is different! Then how about this. A smiling face! The identity of the person hiding behind that mysterious actor’s mask is Ceylon. How about it? Isn’t this pretty plausible?”
If Ceylon was indeed the true High Assassin of Harassin.
His true identity must have been discovered during the entrance exam.
Unless he completely hides his identity with absolute power close to authority.
Because it’s impossible to fool the faculty and the academy system.
Although it was possible for someone who was already a cadet to go astray and become an assassin or warlock.
It was impossible for assassins or black magicians to enter the academy as cadets.
This was unprecedented in the history of the academy.
Therefore, the possibility that Ceylon was a smiling face was extremely slim.
-Really…Is it?
-No, isn’t it completely different?
-The voice and atmosphere were completely different, right?
-What is the real atmosphere of a guy named Ceylon?
– Dumb and clumsy- Feeling like a commoner?
-Your smiling face is like the crystallization of your dignity! Absolutely different from that guy!
– Mr. Smile? What else is that?
-I heard that there are true followers of Harassin, but was it true?
-Honestly, it doesn’t seem impossible at all if Ceylon decides to act?
But none of the cadets considered such an essential part.
Why?
It’s a much more interesting story if Ceylon is the true Harasin, and by extension, a smiling face.
Most of the people gathered in this place were rich people.
They prioritized interest over logic.
And that’s why the power of their voices was enormous.
Of course logic was more stimulating than interest.
-Isn’t this a joke?
A few cadets left the coffin of fragrance with excited faces.
It was a sign that the series of stories from the Coffin of Fragrance would quickly spread throughout the academy.
– Huh?
At that time.
A new wind blew through the open door of the Fragrance Hall.
The new thugs who just came in brought another story.
– What? Ceylon called? To whom?
Is there such a coincidence?
As if the coffin of fragrance was heating up with the story of Ceylon.
The cadets outside the Coffin of Fragrance were also heating up with the story of Ceylon.
-Lord Argon?! What’s the matter!?
It was because Argon, the sword of ashes, had been witnessed personally marching to the dormitory building and taking him away.
The door to the Coffin of Fragrance was still open.
Many cadets came and went through it.
[Ceylon is a watcher planted in Ain Academy by the true Harasin. Maybe it’s a smiling face.]
[Lord Argon, the sword of ashes, personally took Ceylon for some reason.]
In the process, rumors from inside and outside were mixed.
Rumors mixed up like that give birth to new rumors.
[The three knight commanders suspect Ceylon with a smiling face and are investigating him.]
“Ceylon… what? Oh my god.”
The rational vice president of the student council.
“Ceylon County… ? Oh my god. It was somehow extraordinary.”
The strict instructor of the swordsmanship department.
Can’t go against that tremendous flow and gets swept away.
Destructively provocative rumors hit the academy.
People flocked like ants in front of the main building where Argon took Ceylon.
***
“I will say it again. Cadet Ceylon. At the time of the attack. There was a common testimony from many of the cadets involved with you. According to that testimony. You held your ground until the warlocks arrived on the scene and launched a full-scale assault. However, at some point he suddenly disappeared. At the same time as you disappeared, the leader, the true right-hand man of Harasin, appeared. Then he disappears, and a smiling face appears. Until that smiling face disappears. You didn’t show up.”
According to the information of the Great Council, Ceylon has information about the true Harassin.
So he clearly showed suspicious movements at the scene where the real Harasin appeared.
At this point, the three knight commanders were almost convinced that Ceylon was a true member of Harasin.
Now the problem.
It was Ceylon’s position within the true Harassin.
Currently, the Great Council has designated the true Harasin, an unidentified giant, as the highest level of vigilance.
They apparently saved the cadets from the warlocks, but-
Because they were represented by two high-ranking assassins.
The true Harasin may be an ally.
However, as long as their essence lies in assassins and warlocks, it is extremely dangerous to blindly trust them.
In that situation.
The situation is that Ceylon is a true member of Harasin-
Moreover, it suggested the possibility that it could be a smiling face or a right arm.
The odds were extremely slim.
Nevertheless, it was a clear possibility.
Smiley face.
The three knight commanders who witnessed his power right in front of their eyes knew it.
If you are an assassin who can fully handle the power close to that authority, it is not impossible to cheat the academy’s system and confidently hide through the main gate.
In fact, didn’t the bishop of the Black Root Church break through the system and cause all these incidents?
“I will ask. For what reason were you absent, and what did you do while you were away?”
What if Ceylon can’t completely clear its doubts?
In that case-
Ceylon’s personal affairs will be handed over to the Great Council.
And that’s where you’ll be subjected to a full-scale investigation.
Enemies or allies.
And where did their powers of assassination and black magic come from?
It was a great council that had been confronting assassins and warlocks for a long time.
In order for them to trust the assassins and warlocks, thorough verification was necessary.
“… “
The momentum of the three knight commanders waiting for Ceylon’s answer. Outwardly, it was calm.
A cadet would feel that way.
However, if you are a strong person who has reached a certain level, you can feel that they are on alert.
“If you are thinking of saying that the warlocks were afraid to run away and hide, you’d better reconsider and answer carefully.”
The three knight commanders took that into consideration, observed Ceylon’s appearance, and urged him to answer.
“After… This is won.”
Ceylon let out a deep sigh and said.
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“Once it happened like this. It would be too much to hide. You’re right. As you might have guessed, I am a true member of Harassin.”
“No, Cadet Ceylon. You know that too.”
Kualin shook her head.
“That’s not what we’re asking. Ceylon. What you did as a true Harassin in this case – your position within the true Harassin.”
“A job title-“
Ceylon scratched his cheek awkwardly.
“What kind of position does a guy like me have? I am the lowest of the lowest.
“…”
Dazed impression. Messy atmosphere.
Ceylon’s words, “It’s only the end,” Have persuasive power.
But why?
Their superhuman intuition told them not to take Ceylon’s word for it.
“Exactly how did you help the true Harasin intervene!”
Taran asked.
“I reported the situation at the time through the artifact I received from the true Harasin, and helped to summon the right hand man.”
“What a convenient artifact! Such an artifact exists. Can I see it!?”
“Oh… Unfortunately, right-hand man collected it the moment he arrived at the scene. Just in case of this situation. But to my dismay, in the end, I was found out that I was a true member of Harasin.”
“Gee! That’s too bad! But, then, does that mean there is no evidence to support Cadet Ceylon’s claim?”
“Hey~ Is the story going to be like that? This is embarrassing… In this case. What should I do?”
The three knight commanders exchanged glances.
Soon they nodded.
Leolian Knight Commander Taran spoke in a cheerful voice.
“Go to the Great Council together. Go, prove your innocence!”
“You mean right now?”
“Right now.”
“Hmm…”
After a moment of thought, Ceylon smiled bitterly.
“I’m sorry, but that seems difficult.”
Ceylon pulled something out of his bosom.
It was a mask with a smiling face.