‘Okay, that’s it!!’
It was the gamble of a lifetime.
I manipulated the magic written in the grimoire to destroy the opponent’s spirit.
Break down the mental connection between puppet and doll.
‘Cheer up!!! Cheer up!! Success!! Hmph, what does a puppet say?! This class is the best!’
Of course, Black Flame Dragon wrapped my room nicely.
“Dirty and vile lord of evil, the only place you belong is in hell.”
… I cringed, but so what?
I won!
“Ban Confucius!! I believed it!! Someone who will become a star in the magic world! What are you doing? Everyone does not worship the greatness of Confucius?! Uh-huh, Linden?!”
“Wow, that’s great, Professor! Ma, long live, long live, long live!!”
When even Hans’s fuss and Linden’s awkward three cheers sound familiar.
Suddenly something strange happened.
[Tsk tsk, you don’t think this is the end, do you?]
Oh soso.
A chill ran down my spine.
‘no way?’
As I slowly turned my gaze, I saw a dizzying sight.
widely. widely. widely.
The collapsed doll was being reassembled.
It was a failure.
‘… ‘It’s over.’
I felt dizzy.
There was no other way.
The moment I felt dizzy, something strange happened again.
[…] … .]
Puppet’s doll did not move.
Just quietly looking at me.
5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds… .
Over a minute.
Around the time everyone started giving me strange looks one by one.
[…] I guess I should head back today.]
“… … ??”
[Consider yourself lucky. Next time, I won’t let things go like this.]
Paaat!
The puppet disappeared along with the swirling darkness.
I looked at the spot where the puppet had disappeared with a bewildered expression.
‘Why did you just leave? ‘Did you show mercy?’
That didn’t seem to be the case.
On the contrary.
‘… Wasn’t the Puppet’s line just now a typical line spoken when a defeated villain runs away?
I made an awkward face.
‘Oh, no way. There’s no way the puppet ran away.’
Anyway, I survived.
A message came to mind as if congratulating me.
-Puppet’s doll has been ‘defeated’!
-Your reputation will increase!
-The disdain towards you is alleviated among some people!
As if to prove the message, cheers were heard.
They were the ones who barely survived.
“Waaa!! Long live Confucius Ban!!”
“I survived thanks to Confucius Ban!!”
“Ban Confucius? I’m a reporter for Gossip Daily! “The puppet returned home impressed by Confucius Ban’s courage. Please tell us what you think!!”
They weren’t the only ones.
The puppet’s barrier disappeared and security forces flocked from outside.
“Warlocks?!”
“Confucius Ban’s report was true?!”
“Abyss’ puppet appeared?”
“But the puppet retreated because it was impressed by Confucius Ban’s courage?!”
“The courage of Confucius Ban made even the puppet wonder! “Please tell us what you think!!”
That day’s events ended with a commotion.
However, an uncomfortable message remained.
-An inexplicable miracle has been achieved!
-Some ‘transcendants’ are aware of your presence for the first time!
* * *
at that time.
A decaying city far from the free city.
It was a shabby attic.
Numerous dolls were placed there.
In the middle of the doll forest, there was a little boy.
Although she had a cute appearance, her eyes were nothing short of creepy.
Eyes full of blood and no whites.
Just like the ‘doll’ that appeared in front of the class earlier.
Yes.
The identity of this boy was a puppet!
A 7th rank master level warlock.
However, the boy’s condition was strange.
“Gagging!!”
Dead blood poured out.
A lot of that too.
Internal injuries that look unusual.
“half… !! dare!! to me!!”
Amazing story.
It meant that the reason Puppet was like this was because of Ban!
In fact, Puppet originally tried to kill Ban.
However, Ban’s trick with the grimoire went beyond simply severing the puppet’s connection and caused a serious blow to the puppet’s body, so he had no choice but to retreat.
What’s even more serious is that this is not a simple internal injury.
“Why puppetry? “Kaaa!!”
The puppet moved its hands.
However, the doll on the floor did not move.
I don’t know what kind of trick Ban was doing, but the mental connection with the doll was lost.
It was a serious blow to the origins of puppetry.
In an instant, Ban’s face came to mind.
-You are a coward.
Extremely arrogant.
When you look at it, it’s like you’re turning into an insect.
“Do not be ridiculous. I am a puppet. Great puppet… “Gagging!!”
The puppet’s eyes flashed eerily as it coughed up blood again.
“I will never leave you alone, Ban. never!!”
like that.
A dangerous ember began to grow in a place unknown to Ban.
* * *
The incident that day had quite a repercussion.
The merchant association associated with Duke Rafalt was actually an organization of black magicians.
Even the Empire’s infamous puppet appeared.
Coincidentally, it coincided with the recent incident where Balik became a demon, so rumors began to circulate about this.
-Didn’t Duke Rafalt and the warlocks collude?
I clicked my tongue.
‘It’s going to be a bit of a struggle to sort things out.’
I too was struggling on the other side.
I received a commendation from the security guard.
“Applause to Confucius Ban for his great contribution!!”
Clap, clap, clap.
The knights of the guard clapped their hands.
“Now, take it. “Here is your commendation.”
– Awarded in recognition of Van Ecclesia’s achievements.
I frowned inwardly.
‘There’s no need for this commendation?’
I’ve said this many times, but I became a professor to quietly suck money.
However, even before I became a professor, it seemed like I was only attracting useless aggro.
‘The phrase on the citation is also unpleasant.’
This was written at the end of the phrase praising my achievements.
-I hereby declare that the security guard is your eternal ally.
What is an ally?
Fighting together with the enemy is an ally.
In other words, if the guard is my friend, I also have to fight the guard’s enemy.
… Of course, it’s just a formality and doesn’t have any coercive force, so it’s a far-fetched idea, but I just didn’t like the whole thing.
‘They only give me a small reward. ‘What is 500 pena?’
While I was internally complaining, a rugged-looking man approached me.
“Ban, I can’t believe you’ve changed like this. I am truly moved. “It seems like only yesterday that we were out cleaning up the accident you caused.”
He was famous.
‘Sir Gordon, Captain of the Guard!’
He was powerful as the head of the Free City Guard, which had the highest crime rate in the empire.
A knight of the 6th sword rank, a graduate level.
For reference, wizards’ Lv. is expressed as ‘star level’, and knights’ level is expressed as ‘sword level’ number.
“Please continue to take good care of me.”
What do you wish for?
Because I don’t like it?
I wanted to, but I changed my mind.
My sales instinct came back to life.
‘If he is a guard captain-level person, he will always be of help in the future.’
“I am truly asking you to take care of me. “I know that the safety of the Free City is all due to the hard work of the guards.”
The guard captain looked greatly impressed by my words.
It was a style that impressed people and gave one’s heart as easily as an impression.
“hahahahaha! You’ve really changed. Thank you for your words. “Let’s have a drink sometime!”
When I left the security station, an unexpected person was waiting for me.
“… “Talk to me for a moment.”
It was Emily.
* * *
I headed to the upper office where I came from before.
I tilted my head to see that something had changed in the scenery.
The furniture was bare and missing.
“Should I at least move?”
“Our top company went bankrupt. So, I need to unpack.”
An unexpected story.
I quickly realized the whole story.
‘I cut off my tail at the Rafalte duchy.’
Someone had to take responsibility for this incident.
Even if it wasn’t the intention, the collection work was left to the warlocks.
“I’m not going to just irresponsibly step down. “As an apology, we will forgive the debts of those who owe us so far, use the power of the family to find missing people, and if we cannot find them, we will provide corresponding compensation to their families.”
“… “Are you okay?”
Emily gave me a strange look for a moment in response to my question.
“… Van, you have really changed.”
“… … .”
“Actually, I wanted to apologize to you so I asked to see you. From the past to this event. “I’m sorry everyone.”
“You’re not the one to apologize for what happened when you got engaged, right? “I think I made an immature mistake.”
“No, I found out about this incident. That you were crooked because of people who didn’t recognize your genius. “I didn’t try to look at you like that at all.”
Emily said, looking straight at me.
“I am truly sorry, and thank you for this.”
I was in a cold sweat.
‘… ‘Isn’t this a flag?’
Emily is an important character in the scenario.
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It shouldn’t be deeply entangled.
‘You have to do well here!’
It was difficult.
Don’t get close.
But what if they treat me coldly? It is a flag as it is.
I said after thinking about it.
“No need to worry. It’s true that I did something wrong. Above all, aren’t we strangers now?”
“… that.”
“Don’t misunderstand. I’m not doing this because I have any ill feelings toward you. Quite the opposite. “I don’t think we need to be tied down by our previous relationship for the sake of our mutual future.”
Draw a line so you don’t feel bad!
This was the best.
However, Emily showed an incomprehensible reaction.
“Ban, you really… .”
“… … ??”
“Are you being considerate of me because you’re afraid that if I stay close to you, I might get in trouble with my family?”
no?
Are we just literally going to stay away from each other?
Emily sighed.
“Our family is gnashing our teeth at you over this. As a result, a great disgrace was brought to light because of you. “My father was especially angry.”
Duke of Bolman.
He was a very cruel person after all.
“I will try my best to stop it, but I have almost lost my family’s power through this incident, so it won’t be of much help.”
I made a troubled face.
‘No, they did something wrong, so why do they blame me?’
It was an act befitting the narrowest family in the empire.
‘I guess I’ll have to come up with something.’
Soon I had a good idea.
“Emily, are you going to sit down like this?”
“… No, you can’t do that. “It will definitely make a comeback.”
“I will help you. “Let’s investigate the Lihel Mine.”
“This is a place the family acquired this time, why is it there? if?”
Emily’s eyes widened.
During the bidding process for the Richel mine, the members of the Rafalte family committed major corruption.
‘We are going to poison the Rafalte duchy through Emily! Don’t worry about me for a while.’
“Ban, you… .”
“Don’t misunderstand. We are South and South. “I only spoke for my own benefit, not for your benefit.”
“… … .”
“If you’re grateful to me, please help me get one of the items I mentioned.”
“which?”
“Heartstone of the Ice Sea.”
“!!”
It was an S-class elixir.
‘You have to be strong.’
I felt this way while going through this incident.
No matter how much the future of the world is entrusted to the protagonists, they need the power to protect themselves.
‘That’s not all. I also need strength for the upcoming entrance exam.’
I plan to reject troublesome protagonists and send them to other academies.
However, there was a problem.
Looking at the list of those who applied to the Faculty of Magic, there were as many as three main characters.
‘Two of them are fine.’
first,
-Catherine.
This is the Jinju artificial intelligence I met before.
Regardless of what I was thinking, I applied to Rubines Academy.
Okay. Since there is nothing special about it yet, you can fairly reject it and send it to another academy.
second,
-Joanna.
‘Best carcinogenic character.’
He was such an irresistible protagonist that he was ranked first in the list of people who want to feed him honey chestnuts.
Still, it was okay.
What is important to me is not personality.
‘Joanna has fewer curves.’
Compared to other main characters who experience all kinds of big events and accidents, the main character is relatively ‘calm’ in terms of what he will experience in the future.
Exactly what I want.
I plan to pass.
The problem was the last person.
‘Why him?’
I swallowed my sleep.
-Libel.
The second Jinju Artificer of the Hero Academy and the strongest Munchkin protagonist.
A person who later became a living legend, called the one and only, ‘The One’.
The nuclear bomb that needs to be avoided the most has applied to Rubiness Academy.