52 – After party – 1
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Max woke up, and Cordelia and I were dragged around as observers and investigated. I thought there would be some consideration because it was the exam period, but there was no such thing. You will have to take a separate test later. The academy seems to see this as a pretty serious issue. Well, it was only natural that Geum Ok-yeop of the duke’s family almost ran away screaming during class. Cordelia grumbled, whether she knew it or not, that she wanted to get rid of her exam quickly.
An inspector from the security guard was using one of the disused classrooms as an investigation room. Just before she interviewed him, Helford, who had a rather drawn face, walked out of the hair and hair investigation room. His eyes went blank as if he had suffered for two days. He’s probably one of the people who will be most tired from this. I cautiously asked him how he was. I wonder if he is alive.
“Are you okay?”
Halford stared at me with dark circled eyes and shook his head. Looks not good It’s the first time I’ve seen him so weak. I was thinking of saying something to cheer them on, but I decided to stop because I felt like I was setting a house on fire. He looked at me, sighed, and opened his mouth.
“Thank you for your concern. If it hadn’t been for you, things would probably have happened.”
Helford thanked me behind my back as I entered the interrogation room. I got a bit embarrassed and just scratched my head.
“Come in.”
A low, gloomy voice called to me from inside the interrogation room. I took a deep breath and opened the classroom door. I didn’t do anything wrong, but it’s an investigation, so I’m nervous.
I have lived an exemplary life to the extent that I have never spoken to the police in my current life or in my previous life. Suddenly being involved in such a big case and being investigated, my body stiffens.
“Sit there. You don’t have to be that nervous. The Archduke is not a suspect now, but a reference to the end. I swear there will be no coercive investigations.”
The investigator was a man who appeared to be in his 30s or 40s. Sunken eyes, a dark aura radiating from the whole body, and a gloomy voice and expression. I felt as if I could believe that I couldn’t find any vitality, no matter what undead it was. Truly a slave to work. Just by looking at his appearance, you can see how busy and hectic he is.
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My body, which had already been stiff because of the tension, stiffened even more. He laughed awkwardly, probably intending to ease my tension. The impression was made all the more grotesque by the forceful smile peculiar to people who don’t usually smile.
I sat on the chair with a hesitance. Sitting in the middle of a large classroom, facing such a terrifying man with only one desk in between, consumed more energy than I thought.
“Everyone reacted like that when they saw me for the first time. Earlier, Lady Deneb almost cried.”
I thought it was a joke, but it didn’t sound like a joke at all. There was little difference in pitch in the investigator’s voice. It mingled with the low voice and sounded even more frightening. When you say that you made Cordelia cry, it smells like a real crime.
“Nothing really special. Please describe in detail what happened that day. As I said before, the Archduke is a reference person, so there is no compulsion.”
“Nothing special. I felt mana from the other student who was sparring with Cordelia for the midterm exam, and I arbitrarily decided that it was dangerous, so I crashed into the middle of the exam and collided with him. After that, his condition seemed a little unsettling, so I took Cordelia and ran away.”
The inspector twitched his chin, lost in thought. It seems quite rough that the lead of the sharp point protrudes darkly, probably because he was busy and couldn’t even shave properly. The investigator, who had been lost in thought for a long time, opened his mouth.
“Why did you decide it was dangerous?”
“First of all, it has to be said that it was a prayer, but the atmosphere it gave off has changed. It’s complicated to explain….”
It’s troublesome to explain the feeling to someone who can’t feel mana. There is a sense that you can feel when you have the will to use mana. Is it something like living? I chose my words carefully.
“Oh, that’s fine. First of all, I am not an outsider. I know.”
The investigator lightly raised the mana and said. He nodded his head as if he understood what I was saying.
“Mr. Helford said he felt the same, so it seems certain. Then next, what does it mean that his condition seemed uneasy?”
I described in detail how, after being hit by my blow, he managed to shake off Helford, stand up, and attack him.
“His eyes were red and bloodshot, and his muscles were abnormally larger than before. Blood vessels all over the body were also protruding and running excessively.”
The investigator listened to me, muttered something, and scribbled something eagerly in his notebook.
“Yes, thank you very much for diligently responding to the survey. You may go back now.”
“Are you finished?”
Is there anything more special than I thought? It’s been less than 5 minutes since I’ve been seated, and I’m already a bit embarrassed to leave. The investigator added an additional explanation to my bewildered expression.
“Anyway, we don’t usually have a point of contact, we just got caught up in the incident together. You can see it as a kind of formality, simply for cross-validation of testimony.”
It’s just a show-off survey.
“Well, since it ended quickly, would you mind if I ask you a few questions?”
Since the investigation was over, I decided to ask a few questions. It is the main battle that must come down. When I see a movie or something, I ask him persistently, so he says he can’t help it and teaches me a little.
“Good. Feel free to ask.”
He readily accepted. I didn’t think he would let it go so easily.
“Uh, it’s funny what I say, is it okay to say things like this carelessly?”
“Of course not.”
He declared.
“But aren’t you a victim who just got caught up in the incident? A friend of mine almost got hurt there. In such a situation, I was not shameless enough to wipe my mouth after forcibly asking for cooperation in the investigation. Shouldn’t people be flexible?”
The investigator grinned. I decided to reflect on what I thought of him as undead or grotesque. Contrary to his appearance, he was a very human person. I decided to ask what I was curious about without hesitation.
“Well, why did Max do that?”
“Speaking of which, it is rather long. First of all, the superficial cause is the side effects of the drug.”
“Medicine?”
Of course, I roughly knew the identity of the drug, but I acted surprised as if I had heard it for the first time.
“It is said to be a medicine that awakens people who cannot use mana so that they can use mana. Side effects include excessive aggression. According to Max, he swallowed the pills out of urgency when he started fighting with the pills under his tongue. I borrowed the power of medicine and used mana, but I couldn’t control myself because of the aggression that came as a side effect.”
“When you say superficial causes, do you mean there are other causes?”
The inspector scratched his head as if he couldn’t answer.
“I’m looking into that. That medicine is not something that an academy student, especially the youngest son of a poor baron, can easily obtain. It’s clear that there’s something behind her back, but she didn’t open her mouth.”
He lowered his voice and whispered quietly in my ear. The youngest son of a poor baron. It would be very easy to seduce the sons of poor, low-ranking nobles who were certainly not capable of inheriting a family, and who did not have a lot of money at home. Commoners enough to enter here have a corner that is rather better than poor and incompetent children of nobles. Rather, it is much easier to attract people who need to be independent, but have no money, ability, or future. Later on, your family will write you as a knight or vassal, so if I told you to follow what I was told, would you not accept it and leave?
“Anyway, since I’m a student, I refrain from using head-opening magic, but since the other person is a duke, sooner or later… Yes. I think that will happen.”
It’s mind magic. Everyone in the know knows that the Duke and Duchess of Deneb are negligent in their daughter’s education, but I don’t think they intend to let go of this direct threat. I don’t know, but I think I’m pretty angry.
I thanked the investigator for passing on all the information, even the most confidential, and stood up.
“Thank you for telling me. Then I will leave.”
“Yes. Please go in.”
The door to the interrogation room was closed.
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“The midterm exam is over, let’s go somewhere to play!”
It wasn’t until Wednesday because of the investigation, Cordelia shouted that the exam was over. Usually, in the first semester of the first year, all the exams are finished by Tuesday, and Wednesday and Thursday are just relaxing, so she said that she lost a day and was very sorry.
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Maybe that’s why, as soon as her exam was over, she called me, Hestia, and Seol-ah together. She said she was sorry that she must have been uncomfortable in many ways because of him, and invited her to play with him as well as to apologize.
This is the first time I’ve been with Cordelia since that conversation on Monday. Eventually, that day, I opened the door and yelled at Hestia that the conversation was over, so I managed to escape. Cordelia was very dissatisfied, perhaps feeling that such a finish was incomplete combustion.
So, I was quite nervous before today’s meeting, but fortunately, she seemed to be no different than usual.
“Good idea. Where shall we go?”
Hestia agreed with Cordelia’s words. She is also a person, so at least during the week when the exam is over, she seems to want to play comfortably. Seol-ah also agreed. It wasn’t that I didn’t particularly like it, so she didn’t object.
“Alcohol!”
“It’s dismissal.”
Hestia cut off Cordelia’s words like her sword.
“Why?!”
“I don’t like alcohol. In the first place, it is not good for the body and is useless. And drinking in broad daylight is also strange.”
Hestia turned her head away with a jerk. Cordelia clung to her and began to tease her.
“Of course I am not drinking right now. Let’s go to the dormitory and get ready, then meet again in the evening for a drink.”
“I don’t like it.”
“Oh, don’t do that. Hestia can just go and drink tea.”
Despite Hestia’s sweet pumpkin, Cordelia continued to beg as if she had no regrets. Hestia peeked at Cordelia over her head as if her heart was a little shaken by her plea.
“I want to have a drink with you guys too.”
Here is Seol-ah’s support shot. Her Cordelia’s expression brightened. In contrast, Hestia’s expression distorted. At the same time, all three heads turned toward me at the same time. Six pupils pierce my face at once.
“It’s two to one. It depends on Mikhail’s choice. How is it?”
Seola asked me. What to do Since she honestly thinks she’s drinking with this member, it’s true that she’s worried. First of all, Cordelia is Hestia official and her drinking habits are not very good, and Hestia doesn’t seem to drink very much either. I’ve never drank alcohol with this body, so I don’t know how much I drink.
Cordelia’s glowing eyes filled with aspirations and Hestia’s eyes mixed with anticipation that she would definitely take my side. I turned my gaze to Seol-ah.
‘Don’t you want to see Hestia drunk?’
While thinking about it, Seol-Ah didn’t make a sound and just opened her mouth. It’s Hestia drunk.
“Let’s go.”
I can’t stand that. I want to see you honestly On her eve, she refrained from drinking, and at meals she did not even touch alcohol. She would never have had her drink with her yet.
“Mikhail!”
“Then this is 3 to 1.”
“Roughly prepare and meet at the main gate by 6!”
Hestia screamed at me. I tried to avoid her eyes. While she was yelling and screaming in anger, the other two quickly came to the conclusion that the porridge would fit, and rushed into the dormitory with an appointment to be at the front door by 6 o’clock.
“Then see you at 6.”
“I don’t know, really. Whatever happens, I never know.”
Hestia went into the dormitory in a rage, as if it was quite a shock that I didn’t take her side. I stood dumbfounded, looked at her back, and hurried back to the dormitory. She pretended to be a little sorry in front of her, but she honestly couldn’t stop her hum.
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