I’m Just an Ordinary Clown at the Academy chapter 78

78 – Ashes by Viscount 9

A few hours before Loki infiltrated the mansion disguised as the villain Cardinal.

*Knock, knock.*

Elysia, resting in her assigned room, heard a knocking sound from outside the door.

“Who is it?”

“It’s Loki!”

“Ugh…”

At the mischievous voice outside the door, a sigh escaped involuntarily. The troublemaker had come for what today? Just thinking about it gave her a headache.

“Ouch! Did you just sigh? Just because it’s outside the door, do you think I can’t hear?”

“I said to listen. Come in for now.”

Elysia pressed her forehead with her hand and sighed.

Becoming a professor at the academy was originally part of her leisurely lifestyle.

Before becoming an academy professor, she enjoyed the life of an adventurer, but as time passed, even the adventurous life became tiresome.

Upon learning that Casten’s son was enrolling in the academy and that one of her former comrades from the adventurer days, Idra, was a professor, she used Casten’s influence to become a professor at the academy.

“Well then, if you’ll excuse me~.”

Roki, wearing a mysterious mask that always left his identity and origin unknown, entered the room.

“So, what trouble have you caused this time?”

“The trouble is about to begin now!”

Seeing Roki speak with a bright voice, a sigh involuntarily escaped Elysia.

“Alright, thanks for letting me know in advance. So, what kind of trouble are you planning?”

Roki explained his plan as if discussing what he had for lunch.

Closing her eyes and listening silently to Roki’s plan, Elysia slowly opened her eyes and spoke.

“So, you know my true identity.”

Roki’s plan was based on his firm belief that he was a dragon.

There were three main things Roki requested.

Powerful body enhancement magic, interference with Clara’s magic use, and finally, obtaining dragon blood.

Although he didn’t mention it first, this was the second time she had been exposed.

“Well, of course I know. Professor Elysia, it’s you.”

Elysia looked at Roki, who shamelessly gave a nonchalant response, and thought.

‘Did Casten mention it?’

The day before the first class at the Academy.

A message came from Kasten through the communication grid.

“It’s been a while, Lord Luska.”

“I am Elysia now. So, what brings you to contact me?”

Kasten asked for special attention to be given to Lucas and Rocky in the special class.

“Lucas is your son, that’s true, but what about Rocky?”

Kasten seemed to find it amusing as he spoke with a smirk.

He told the story of how Kasten, being a cardinal, had taken Rocky as his disciple.

But there was no need to pay special attention as per Kasten’s request.

Rocky himself may not realize it, but he is currently the center of the special class.

It was easy to see that, considering how the class was when Rocky was absent during the fight with the necromancer.

If Rocky was present, the other students would talk a little before or after fighting with him.

But in Rocky’s absence, Sefia only conversed with spirits and Clara quietly read her books.

Among the special class students, Rocky was the only one who had become close to the two.

Rocky was the only one who could confront Clara, who emitted a forbidding atmosphere, while conversing with spirits.

His skills were beyond question.

Initially, his stamina was significantly lacking compared to his other abilities, but he managed to resolve the stamina issue in a short time.

“Then, I will go to Mr. Frederick’s place.”

“Why?”

“In case the cardinal appears. Wouldn’t it be suspicious if the two of us were missing? So, I’m just letting you know in advance.”

Elysia recalled the conversation she had with Loki earlier, as she watched the situation unfold from the rooftop.

The knights who had hurried into the mansion collapsed after being struck by the two black lights emanating from Loki’s fingertips.

“Is that Casten’s shadow?”

It was an illusion created to match the movement of Casten’s shadow.

To an onlooker, it would seem as though Loki’s black light was knocking down the knights.

The students trembled as they looked at the aura surrounding Loki.

In truth, the reason the students were trembling was because Elysia was breathing out dragon’s fire from the rooftop.

The ashen aura enveloping Loki had no effect; it was a fake created by illusions.

The aura of dragon’s fire and the aura of human determination were clearly different.

However, none of them had experienced dragon’s fire before.

“Nevertheless, it’s unbelievably versatile.”

It can be used in battle and for disguise.

As long as that child’s imagination doesn’t stop, there is nothing she can’t create.

The grand appearance of the Marquis and the Cardinal at the Academy was also an illusion created by Loki.

The unique magic of Joden, another unique magic user at the Academy, is quite remarkable as well.

A magic that freezes space in an instant; to others, Joden’s unique magic might seem superior to Loki’s unique magic.

But Elysia could easily block Joden’s unique magic.

However, she couldn’t block Loki’s unique magic.

Whether the opponent is strong or weak, Loki’s unique magic works equally.

No matter how sensitive a dragon is to mana, it’s impossible to immediately recognize Loki’s creations as fake.

If one is unaware of Loki’s unique magic, they are bound to be deceived. Even if one is aware of Loki’s unique magic, they can only prepare to some extent.

“If the opponent doesn’t know that Loki is involved, there’s no way to prepare.”

– Thud.

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As Cardinal swiftly knocked down the knights of Marquis, Asher, the Marquis, trembled and hesitantly sat down.

“Ask again. Did you really think you could stop me with just this?”

– Shuffle, shuffle.

Cardinal slowly walked towards the hesitating Marquis Asher.

Marquis Asher, unable to even think of getting up, remained seated, pushing the ground back little by little with his hands, but Cardinal’s approach was faster, reaching right in front of Marquis Asher’s face.

“W-what are you planning to steal this time!”

Marquis Asher’s body and voice trembled like a rabbit outside on a cold winter day.

Seeing Cardinal, the wound from their previous encounter throbbed.

“It wasn’t like this last time!”

Last time, Cardinal had not launched any attack other than stepping on their stomach.

So, they thought they could catch them as they were just a special class student.

“On the contrary. I didn’t come to steal this time, but to return what was stolen.”

Cardinal took out a bottle of drugs from their embrace and placed it on the ground.

Why is this here?

“By the way, I was surprised. I never thought the imperial aristocracy would have ‘drugs.'”

I should deny it immediately, but the words won’t come out.

The fear that if I lie, that guy might strangle his own neck.

“Well, then I’ll be on my way.”

The cardinal walked outside the mansion as if the task was done, with slow and deliberate steps.

No one inside the mansion could stop or call out to the slowly departing cardinal.

Everyone knew.

If the cardinal had the will, he could kill everyone present right here.

Everyone was exhaling rough breaths in relief when the cardinal left.

“Is everyone okay?”

Rocky ran towards the mansion from outside, shouting.

His appearance just now was the opposite of the cardinal’s, and his attire brought comfort.

“Uh, where were you?”

Sepia, still trembling, grabbed Rocky with shaky hands and stood up.

“Ah! Be careful!”

But her legs had already lost strength, and Rocky caught Sepia, preventing her from falling.

“That… I heard that Cardinal was hiding in the village, so I quietly went with Professor Elysia, thinking he wouldn’t notice. Could that have been a trick!”

Elysia looked at Rocky, who shamelessly spoke, with a cold, piercing gaze.

It was so natural that one could momentarily mistake it for being true.

“Tsk.”

Because of the influence of Dragon Pier, the students were still shivering like sepia.

“Everyone seems terrified. Pull yourselves together.”

Elysia used her hands to calm the students.

As time passed, the students also relaxed and lay comfortably.

However, Lord Ash, still trembling, as Elysia had not specifically comforted him.

“By the way, there’s a peculiar bottle here.”

Rocky, as if by chance, picked up a bottle lying on the floor.

“That!”

“Let me have a look.”

Before Lord Ash could say anything, Elysia took the bottle.

After examining the bottle a few times, Elysia raised an eyebrow.

“This is a drug. And a pretty potent one. Just in case, Rocky, keep it in your spatial storage.”

“Understood.”

Rocky handed the bottle back to Elysia, pretending to put it into the spatial storage.

Actually, it wasn’t a drug.

Just a bottle with illusions of drugs inside.

Contrary to expectations, when disguised as a cardinal, the necromancer’s subordinates did not appear.

This revealed that the combat power of the necromancer’s subordinates lurking beside the lord was not high.

“But why is there drugs here, really?”

Elysia looked at Rocky, who spoke as if he really didn’t know why there was drugs here.

The reason Loki skillfully uses unique magic might be because of his audacity.