58 – Education
“I’m sorry I miseducated my students.”
“…… S, Master.”
Ashera bowed her head towards Teikan, and White tried to stop her master by breaking into a cold sweat.
“Write.”
“… ….”
With Ashera clicking her tongue once, White had no choice but to stop all action.
Even though it wasn’t that the word was cast this time, it didn’t have any magical elements applied to it.
If I had to say it, should I say it was a reaction imprinted on my body?
White was speechless as she narrowed her eyes sharply.
Just rolling her pupils back and forth, White fell silent, and Ashera let out a sigh.
Perhaps a little embarrassed, she touched her forehead.
“You trusted me and entrusted me with White, and I am sorry to show you these results.”
“…… No, no. Isn’t it Mr. Ashera’s fault?”
Tay Khan waved her hand, somehow quite flustered.
His gaze flinched once to Ashera, then moved to White.
“To put it bluntly, since he is my son, it is safe to say that it is my fault. There is nothing wrong with you.”
“…… Is that so, thank you.”
Tay Khan ended her speech in a very timid voice, and Ashera smiled softly.
…… And, what was White’s feeling when he had no choice but to face such a scene half-forcibly.
‘It’s unfortunate… ….’
It was just disturbing.
How could it be otherwise?
What was the reason you rebelled against Teikan, even taking a hostile attitude that you didn’t have to do in the first place?
‘It’s all for you, Master.’
White bit her lip lightly and pressed her eye area as if it were unfair.
“… ….”
Things that should not be discovered, hidden truths that should not be found out.
Of course, I expected to be caught someday, but that time was too soon.
To put it bluntly, it could be said that even White was taken aback.
The empire found out that he was the one who killed the two demon kings, the golden and the gray.
If that’s the case, if that’s what happened.
In addition to that, even the identity of his own teacher must not be discovered.
Maybe it’s only natural to think that way.
‘…… To be honest, wasn’t it right?’
White actually rested his chin on his chin, looking like he was seriously thinking.
…… To justify his own actions, to deny and ignore his own faults.
‘Yes, I did nothing wrong.’
As soon as the conclusion came out, White nodded her head with a grave expression and muttered to herself.
With Ashera streaming into her eyes, White clicked her tongue unnoticed.
‘Haa, there’s no reason to hit that hard.’
She who rebelled against Tei Kan meaninglessly until the end was White who did not think of his own faults.
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“Have you calmed down a bit, White?”
“Yes… ….”
To Teikan’s question, White responded with an expression of self-reflection.
Teikan opened his mouth again, looking at White, who was taking such an attitude, at least outwardly, with a mysterious gaze.
“You.”
…… In a very sincere voice.
“…… Do you know what you have done?”
“… ….”
With that, White’s expression naturally hardened.
Ashera, who took a step back and watched the situation, and the expressions of Friedrich and Lucifer also changed to serious ones.
“I won’t ask you about the realm you were hiding or the specific method of killing the demon lord. It has no meaning now.”
Slowly approaching White, Tay Khan continued her calmly.
“Killing the 12 demon lords is not that simple. It is not something that will end with the death of a single wizard.”
“…… I know that.”
White replied, biting her lip lightly.
Because even he didn’t have anything to say.
Facing Tei Kan’s gaze with a determined attitude, White slowly opened her mouth.
“I was clearly aware of the reason why the empire did not bother to touch the 12 demon kings whose locations were clearly identified, such as the gold demon king, and the aftermath that would occur if that happened.”
“…… Did a guy like that do something so dangerous?”
Teikan sighed and scolded him, but White did not back down.
“Yes, I did this despite knowing everything. At least in my opinion, my actions weren’t that dangerous.”
“…… What?”
Teikan’s forehead narrowed.
Not only that, but the other three figures standing behind him also frowned slightly.
Nevertheless, White did not back down, but rather continued with a more confident attitude.
“In the end, it’s all I have to do if I don’t find out that I’m a member of the Empire. Do you know why, when an assassin sets out on the road to assassinate, he does his best not to reveal his identity?”
“… ….”
Teikan didn’t answer, but White was just calm.
“Of course you know. It is rather the assassin himself who becomes dangerous if his true identity or external identity is discovered.”
Why do assassins do their best to erase witnesses?
Of course, there are many reasons for that, but what White wanted to say was one of the most important reasons.
“It is similar to the relationship between the 12 demon kings and the empire. Why did Shasar not move even though the gold demon king died? In the end, it was not clearly identified as the action of the empire, so even after the death of the golden demon king, the 12 demon kings have not yet shown any full-fledged movements.”
“… ….”
“Even though I did something so big that it couldn’t be called an assassination, in the end, I didn’t find out about my identity to the 12 Demon Kings. At least not yet.”
Cutting off once, White caught his breath.
…… He made too much of a mess to be considered an assassination, but in fact, White did not find out that he was the culprit of the death of the demon king himself.
It was said that at least the 12 devils didn’t even have a chance to get caught.
White twisted her mouth, her blue eyes shining.
“…… When you think about it, it’s really strange. For the empire to figure out the culprit that even the 12 demon kings couldn’t figure out.”
“… ….”
Tay Khan was silent, and White continued to speak to her.
“Anyway, the empire probably couldn’t have obtained clear physical evidence either. There are so many people who know my stage, so I think this is probably a conclusion based on speculation.”
White scanned the four figures with a contemplative gaze, and for the first time, a reaction came back from the side other than Teikan.
“Let me explain, Hippo, White.”
“… ….”
White flinched at the sight of Friedrich stepping forward with a leisurely gait.
Even so, he must have been more gritty than her father, Teikan.
White nervously swallowed her dry saliva, and before long Friedrich opened his mouth again.
“After the meeting, within a few days, the Marquis of Lyikanter contacted me first.”
“…… Are you in touch?”
At one word that Friedrich brought out, White frowned with a puzzled expression.
Certainly, even if you belong to the Marquis of Lyikanter, which is known as a master of swordsmanship, there will be magicians.
As such, it wasn’t strange that he had a means of communication that was faster than the carriages used by himself and his master.
“From the outside, it is said that a boy and a girl who looked only in their late teens at most destroyed the mansion of the marquis family, and from that point on, the commander of the Knights of Lyikanter disappeared.”
“… ….”
“…… Perhaps the leader of the knights was the 12 demon lords who hid their identities. Was I wrong?”
Friedrich asked White as if to ask, and White closed his mouth once.
However, did you think that you couldn’t hide it forever?
“…… The gray demon king, Afar, was his true identity.”
“… ….”
White put the knight commander’s hidden identity into her mouth, and Friedrich, as well as the Marquis Lycanter behind him, had no choice but to harden their expressions with serious expressions.
“… ….”
“… ….”
At one point, a chilly silence settled in the middle of the room.
Marquis Lii Kanter bit his lip so hard that blood leaked out, as if shocked by the fact that his brother’s true identity was actually a demon lord, and Tei Kan stood guard by his side.
And the silence didn’t last forever.
“…… I don’t know how things have changed now, but in the beginning, didn’t the Empire have no intention of going head-to-head with the 12 demon lords anyway?”
“… ….”
White opened his mouth again with a serious attitude, and Friedrich’s expression softened.
And while facing such Friedrich proudly, White continued to speak.
“Even though I figured out that the Demon King was hiding in Lyikanter and the Vamfir family with Lucifer’s information, I wouldn’t have been able to move easily. If the empire truly kills the one who occupies the throne of the 12 Demon Kings, then it will be like giving Shasar an excuse.”
A justification and reason for him to launch an all-out war by mobilizing the 12 demon lords.
“… ….”
White added in a cold voice, and Friedrich had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
Because what White said was nothing more than a boy’s bullsh*t?
“…… You are all right.”
No.
Rather, it was because his words were indisputably true.
For that reason, Friedrich couldn’t even deny the slightest bit.
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Just nodding his head heavily, Friedrich took his words off again with a distraught expression.
“It sounds like the Empire had no intention of moving, so you had no choice but to step forward yourself.”
“…… To put it mildly, that would not be wrong.”
What White was trying to say in the first place wasn’t so wrong with him.
White nodded his head in affirmation, and Friedrich’s expression became more serious.
“… ….”
“… ….”
And then, around that point, another round of silence fell all over the place.
This time, the silence lasted even longer, and as it continued, White’s expression began to frown slightly.
“…… What are you thinking?”
“… ….”
White broke the silence with a calm voice, and the expressions of Friedrich and other figures on the Imperial side hardened.
As if they were caught off guard, or as if something they tried to hide was revealed.
And the response made White more confident.
“Sir Edwald doesn’t seem to have any particular intention of punishing me.”
“… ….”
“…… Let me ask you again.”
White narrowed her eyes.
“Sir Edwald, Father, and finally, Your Excellency, Marquis of Lyikanther.”
And then, in an extremely serious tone, White asked a question.
“What are you three thinking?”
“… ….”
“…… I think there must be a reason why you carefully welcomed me through the warp, even while drawing such a grandiose magic circle.”
Of course, Friedrich and the other two people’s expressions hardened beyond that.
[Khehehehe. Ha ha ha……. You got caught. All caught, Friedrich.]
Only Lucifer let out his characteristic laugh with an eerie voice.