Chapter 74 – Midnight Tutor
Four months have passed.
In the place of Undine who disappeared along with the foam, teardrops that had lost their owner spread and left dark marks on the sofa.
It’s a teleport. Even with her space-time magic, her DCs cannot catch up with her. Since she normally used teleportation as if she were breathing, no one could detect her extraneous skills while she was casting. It would have been nice if I could have used the magic traces as a reference to backtrack, but I didn’t even dare to try because of Undine’s resolute warning that she left no traces, as if she was complaining that I should not follow her.
“What should I do with this…” ….”
Right now, I didn’t have time to think deeply about why those underwear, the ‘women’s bra’ that Undine had mentioned, were lying around under my sofa, covered in dust.
If you think about it like that, it doesn’t mean much.
What’s the point in guessing the identity of underwear that even I have never seen?
Aren’t you saying you hung out with a girl?
If that were the case, it would have been a long time since he was assassinated by Cecilia, who ‘accidentally’ infiltrated the lab. A more probable guess would have been that I wore that bra as a hobby.
Trying to track magical power is a waste of time. The only way left would be deduction. I desperately wondered where Undine had gone, trying to figure out where she was going.
In her school, those who do not wear the mask of ‘honor student Undine’ are very limited. Although there were some people who made predictions, it was difficult to judge even those.
First of all, although Undine occasionally talked to Freya, the two were not seen together much. The same goes for Professor Aegis. Rin and Ran easily followed Cecilia, but Undine often seemed a bit difficult. When you look at Undine from afar, you may not recognize her, but when you get closer, she has a personality that creates a sense of distance.
…… Undine, is it true that her only friend is me?
You are a loner. Poor guy. hahahaha
No matter how much blood relatives have in common that they have no interest in anything other than their family, there is some degree of flexibility. To put it bluntly, Undine’s interpersonal relationships were somewhat extreme.
So what’s left is family? Even if I told Ignis, I didn’t think he would be interested in such a thing. It’s just that he would do well not to fall into the ears of Washi Dish, especially Mrs. Dish…
Before leaving, Undine cried bitterly and shouted, ‘Everyone will come,’ and the one word that kept ringing in my ears.
Doesn’t it sound like he’s going to speak directly to Mrs. Dees?
On the day when this fact is told to Mrs. Diss…………… It was clear that another tombstone for my son would go up next to his deceased parents’ gravesite.
“Or is it really Cecilia?”
I immediately cast Teleport as the possibility crossed my mind.
Normally, I would not have used teleportation even if it was a bit far away, but now it was a situation where everyone was competing. There was no way to differentiate between cold and hot water.
The destination is the women’s dormitory.
A place like a forbidden sanctuary for men.
If I were caught by the dormitory director, the anatomy of my five organs and six parts would be dramatically distorted, but I was already pouring out my magic power through my spinal cord.
Visibility is distorted and space is distorted.
The disgusting feeling of my body being pulled from top to bottom never changes.
I barely suppressed the nausea that came over me and came to my senses, and before I knew it, the faint scent of perfume reached my nose.
Standing upright fox ears. Cecilia was sitting on the soft bed with her legs loosely stretched out, trimming her tail. Now she had just applied her balm, the moonlight reflecting off her, and her full, shiny tail fluttering.
As I stood still without saying anything, Cecilia was the first to say hello.
“… Ah, teacher, hello. “Good evening.”
“Cecilia. Sorry for being late at night. “Are you surprised?”
“No. It’s okay.”
It must not have been empty words. Cecilia was not embarrassed at all and she laughed quietly.
… Strange.
It’s really strange.
It’s vague to pinpoint exactly what part it is, but if it had been in the past, the reaction would have been a little different.
Was the shock that great? Is it really broken?
I have never raised such a calm and polite fox.
After a little more kneading, clinging, and severe separation anxiety, the slightly breathtaking girl who had stretched out her arms and rushed at me had gone away, and there was a mysterious young lady who gave off an aura like a calm storm that made it impossible to foresee the future. There was.
“Ho, you didn’t disturb me while I was trying to sleep, right?”
“No, sir. “It can’t be.”
“I feel like the number of times I come to the lab has decreased a lot these days.”
“……… ….”
“Cecilia?”
“…… No. You’re right…. Party… “I was busy preparing for the party.”
“Party?”
“Yes.”
A party commemorating Ran’s surgery. I wondered for a moment whether there was that much to prepare for the party. I was planning to just set up a barrier with silence magic in an inconspicuous area on the outskirts of Middle Garden and enjoy the music while eating and drinking drinks.
“…… “Have you seen Undine?”
“I didn’t see it.”
“You mean you didn’t come here?”
“Yes.”
Cecilia tilted her head and asked back.
“What’s going on?”
“No.”
“Do you have any?”
“It’s not like it doesn’t exist, but…… “
She stormed into the dormitory unexpectedly to look for Undine, but it was too shameless to say that nothing had happened here. When I gave a vague answer, Cecilia silently smiled as if she knew that would happen.
“Something is wrong. “Let me guess, sir.”
The hand combing her tail stretches thinly. A faint flowery scent rose from the softly sunken tail and filled the room.
She spoke her words coyly.
“Hmm, Undine may have stumbled upon something under the sofa that shouldn’t have been there and ran out in shock…… “
“Has Undine already come and gone? “No matter what he said, it was all a lie.”
“No…… “She came and never came.”
Cecilia smiled softly.
“There is no need to panic, sir, because you already have an idea of what the situation is.”
“…… Uh?”
I froze at those words.
It’s strange. Cecilia is broken. He wasn’t the kid who played with me like this….
“Oh, of course it’s not mine. It’s not even something I left behind. It has been there from the beginning. “They didn’t even change their location.”
“I never misunderstood…” “But why do you know it’s under the sofa?”
“I saw it before.”
I wondered when that past was and why no one said anything.
Has he misunderstood my reaction? Cecilia added her words with a short sigh.
“Nothing was touched in the lab, sir. We decided to only play near the bed when no one was around. “Cecelia is a good girl.”
“You can touch anything in the lab as you like, so sneaking in is a bit… Isn’t this a bad thing….”
“I understand.”
You’re probably saying you don’t know.
“It’s Cecilia.”
But she decided that this time she had to take a stand and speak clearly.
She is an upright child. She’s just getting used to her loneliness.
She was going to tell him clearly that it wasn’t the right thing to do by secretly picking the lock and entering an unattended house.
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As I grabbed her shoulders like that, Cecilia trembled greatly.
“Hey! … Hi!”
Her eyes widen, hiccuping as if embarrassed, and her tail curls stiffly.
“Cecilia.”
“…… Yes.”
“That is a bad thing. “You can’t do it.”
“Seup… …. Phew… ….”
But instead of answering, Cecilia started taking deep breaths.
“Teacher, I…… “
“But… for a moment. “Is this the margin on the desk?”
“………… Ah!”
“Hmm? “This is the sealing margin I taught you in the last class.”
Cecilia rarely let out her laments, and it sounded as if she had discovered some kind of secret diary.
“……… “It’s a review.”
“Review? “Besides, I’m learning deeply outside the scope of the class?”
“… Yes. My signature is strong killing power… “I thought it would be good to learn this kind of binding and sealing magic, so I was looking into it deeply.”
“Good posture. Let’s see… Hmm…. Is it being applied? It strengthens its power even more… Enhancing power is based on enlarging the central margin and multiple anomalies in the auxiliary team. Because of the placement of this part, it may go wrong while casting. But it was a good try. Would you like me to take a look? “Do you have any questions?”
“What if…” “If this is cast as is, what happens to the person under this spell?”
“What happens?” ? I just can’t move. Ah… “I heard that sometimes there are cases where muscles contract a little too much and there are aftereffects.”
“There will be no aftereffects.”
Cecilia answered firmly.
The mindset of not wanting to use even the slightest inhumane method. I was moved by my student’s upright attitude. Maybe I want to become a police officer who catches bad people in the future.
There was no way Cecilia could abuse this magic, so there was no reason she couldn’t teach it as a teacher.
“…… So let’s change this a little bit. Actually, this magic is a bit poorly optimized. If we change the way here…… ….”
Until then, I didn’t know.
It would be a little later that I would find out who the target of the magic was.
…… Why did I come here anyway?