I’m Just an Ordinary Clown at the Academy chapter 56

56 – Nightmare 9

I stared at the lifeless Mordor with a hole in his head.

I placed the dagger that killed Mordor into the void.

“………………”

Swoosh.

And then I drew my sword.

Swish.

And Morodor, who was already dead, was swung at.

Swish.

Swung at.

Swish.

Swung at.

Swish.

Swung at.

Swish.

Swung at.

Continued swinging.

With each swing of the sword, wounds appeared on the body of Morodor, who was already dead.

In the quiet laboratory, the sound of me swinging the sword echoed.

Swish.

Morodor was tortured to the point where his original form was unrecognizable.

“Haah…..”

I was out of breath from how much I had swung.

I know.

What I’m doing right now has no meaning at all.

Doing this won’t bring the children back to life.

Doing this won’t spare Morodor from suffering.

“……………………”

An unknown emotion dominated my mind.

It’s the emotion I feel, but I don’t know what it is.

The air was stuffy. Too stuffy.

Killing Mordor didn’t bring the emptiness I expected.

The vengeance is not over yet.

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I whispered as I held the dead children.

I will kill all the necromancers.

Killing Mordor didn’t bring joy.

I lost too much to feel any joy.

Then, a thought crossed my mind.

‘If I had been stronger back then, would the outcome have been different?’

It was then that I realized what I was feeling.

Regret.

You were filled with regret.

Regret for all my past actions.

Actions towards the children.

Words spoken to the children.

I wish I had spoken more kindly. I wish I had offered them better food.

“Sigh…”

I took a deep breath to clear my mind. Mordor may be dead, but there was still unfinished business.

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I have already set ablaze the body of the deceased Morudor.

Among necromancers, there are also those who control the dead necromancers, because they are necromancers.

I stood still, watching until Morudor’s body was completely consumed by fire.

“Well, then, shall we take care of the little girl?”

I picked up the unconscious girl in the corner of the laboratory.

Fortunately, there were no visible injuries before Morudor could do anything to her.

The girl’s closed eyes flickered.

“Sir… are you… okay?”

“Hmm, it’s a bit disappointing to be called ‘sir’ even in moments like this. You can sleep a little more.”

Even though I wasn’t wearing a mask, the girl knew it was me.

“Sir, I had a bad dream. Mom… she… strange people…”

I covered the girl’s eyes with my hand and spoke.

“It’s just a nightmare. It doesn’t exist.”

I said this, but once the girl regains consciousness, she will realize it’s not a dream but reality.

“Okay… Thank you for saving me, big brother.”

The girl left these words and fell asleep again.

“hahahaha, I’m the one who should be thankful for not getting hurt.”

After confirming that the girl had fallen asleep, I spoke.

I lifted the sleeping girl.

If I leave the child alone, they might end up in an orphanage or end up with that woman.

Neither option seemed good to me.

For now, I’ll take charge of this child as their biological mother.

I didn’t like the idea of an orphanage, perhaps due to my own bad memories.

“Well, I’ve already thought of a solution.”

I plan to take this child to the academy.

Normally, taking someone else to the academy is impossible.

“But it’s different if it’s a servant.”

The academy operates on the principle of equality, so nobles are not allowed to bring servants. However, the term that represents the academy is meritocracy.

Those with talent or skills can gain permission to bring one servant to the academy.

The academy’s servants mainly handle tasks assigned by their masters.

I plan to bring this child as a servant, but I don’t particularly plan to give them any work.

I simply intend to keep them by my side, feed them delicious food, and let them play.

In the future, even if this child leaves my side, their experience at the academy will be of great help.

Above all, no one can mistreat the academy’s servants.

Since they are brought as servants, they are strong enough that students dare not bother them.

“But is it possible to bring a young child as a servant?”

There are no specific rules limiting the age of a servant.

“If it seems impossible, I’ll ask Joden for help.”

If you’re the student council president, you’ll find a way somehow.

If Joden fails, I’d even consider asking the emperor for a favor.

“When you wake up, the first thing to ask is their name.”

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Johanna waited for Loki outside the door.

“Already an hour has passed.”

In that hour, she pondered hundreds of times.

Whether to go inside or wait.

Inside the door, the screams of an unfamiliar person continued to be heard.

If she heard Loki’s screams, she would have gone in right away.

Creak.

The door opened very slowly.

‘What if it’s not Loki?’

The brief time the door opened felt long to Johanna.

“Huh?”

The mask she was holding in her hand was sucked toward the door.

“Oops.”

A hand appeared and grabbed the mask.

“Phew….”

Only after seeing him did Johann let out a relieved sigh. Loki emerged from the open door, carrying the child and wearing a mask.

“Senior, have you been waiting here all this time? Being in such a dirty place for so long. Let’s go back right now!”

The title, speech, and voice were all the same as usual for Loki.

“I managed to rescue the child safely! Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be any injuries, but just to be safe, I thought of taking them to the temple.”

But for some reason, seeing a different side of Loki, his current appearance felt like a mask.

“Senior?”

So Johann hugged Loki.

“Senior, this is a bit overwhelming, isn’t it? I feel happy, but…”

He stroked Loki’s head.

“Senior? My heart is beating so fast that it feels like it might burst??”

“Are you okay?”

Even tousling his hair up to the crow’s feet, he asked.

“Hmm? Ah! The child is fine. I think they were just a little startled and fell asleep.”

Loki’s white hair moved back and forth along Johann’s snowy white hand.

“Not the child. I’m talking about you, Loki.”

“I don’t have any particular injuries. Since you’re worried, even if there were any painful spots, they’ll be fine soon.”

“Are you sure?”

Loki didn’t understand the situation at the moment.

Suddenly, he embraces her and asks, “Are you okay?” while gently stroking her.

But Johanna knows that he’s the one worried.

She should say she’s fine.

That way, he wouldn’t worry.

“………………”

The words “I’m fine” don’t come out.

“It’s okay.”

This time, saying she’s okay wasn’t a question.

It was a comforting statement.

Even though she thought she had poured out all her emotions….

Loki rests his head on Johanna’s shoulder.

“Senior, since it’s troublesome to deal with things later, can you go somewhere with me later?”

“Yeah.”

“hahahaha, what if I had said it right away? You’d know where I want to go.”

Loki’s voice trembled as if he might cry at any moment.

“It’s okay. I’ll go anywhere with you.”

“It might be a bit far, so we might have to skip all the morning classes.”

“It’s okay.”

As Johanna continues to stroke, Loki buries his head even deeper.

“Senior, can I continue to do this for just a little longer?”

“Yes, you can keep doing it.”

“hahahaha, that’s really nice.”

“…………….”

This was the second time Loki cried in this world.

The first was when he hugged the dead children and cried.

The second was when he leaned on Johanna’s shoulder and cried.

Johanna continued to pat Loki’s head.

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Johanna traveled a long distance with Loki on a carriage.

The child was entrusted to the temple.

“What is this place?”

“It’s a grave.”

At the place Loki brought her to, there were two graves.

The peculiar thing was that there were no names written on the graves.

“Can I ask whose graves these are?”

“They are my younger brother’s and sister’s graves.”

Loki said without hesitation.

Loki walked all the way to the graveyard.

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While walking to the graveyard, he took off his mask.

“Is it the first time showing your face? I haven’t been here in a long time, haven’t I? Quite a lot has happened.”

Loki said, touching the graveyard.

“It took a bit long, but I got my revenge.”

He placed a dagger and a bracelet on the graveyard.

“Now I can give you the present. It’s a bit, no, very late, but I hope you accept it happily.”

No one responded.

Afterward, Loki silently gazed at the graveyard for a long time.

Johanna watched from a distance.

“Senior, thank you for coming all the way here with me.”

Loki turned around and said.

Because he had taken off his mask, Johanna could clearly see Loki’s face.

“………………….”

Johanna didn’t say a word and bowed her head as she walked back to the academy.

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“Johanna!”

Jenna, Johanna’s friend, ran towards her as soon as she saw her.

“……………………”

If it were Johanna, she must have heard, but she didn’t respond at all.

“Do you know how worried I was? It’s lunchtime now; why are you only here now?”

Jenna, approaching Johanna, placed her hand on Johanna’s shoulder and spoke with a voice mixed with concern and reproach.

“……………”

However, for some reason, Johanna didn’t say anything.

“Johanna!”

When Jenna called out loudly, Johanna seemed to have heard only then, twitched, and raised her head.

“Where does it hurt?”

Jenna, looking at Johanna’s face, asked.

Johanna’s face was very flushed, and her eyes were hazy as if she were drunk.

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Meanwhile, in Loki’s dormitory.

“aaargh!”

Loki, pulling up the blanket, recalled the words he had said to Johanna today.