The butler nodded as if he understood.
“I heard a rumor that Professor Ban is making unusual preparations again for the joint contest. Please don’t let your Excellency disappoint you any further.”
The butler coldly disappeared, and Aiden flopped down on the sofa.
‘Damn it. What great things can you do during a joint competition? Wouldn’t it be better to aim for the official exam? no. Duke Bolman, that little man won’t wait for me until then. no. ‘We can’t go back to how it was before.’
Originally, Aiden was an unremarkable professor.
Then, he received a ‘blessing’ from a being and became an Apeser, and this is how he rose to prominence after being noticed by Duke Rafalte.
‘… That ‘blessing’ one more time?’
Aiden swallowed.
A blessing that turned him from an unsightly person into a successful aper.
I didn’t know if I could overcome this difficult situation with that blessing.
I could get it again as much as I wanted.
It wasn’t difficult.
All you had to do was ‘hope’ in your heart.
Eventually, as soon as Aiden made up his mind,
-Do you need help again?
A sound that gave me goosebumps was heard.
An eerie voice as if scraping metal.
Just listening to it made me feel like my heart was falling to the ground.
Aiden moaned out the identity of the voice.
“… “Devil.”
Yes.
It was the devil who gave Aiden his blessing.
Before hitting rock bottom and being expelled from the Academy, I called out to the devil out of desperation.
-hehehe, the devil. I’m sad. Am I not your benefactor?
“Yes, that’s right.”
-Okay, do you want to receive grace again this time?
“That’s right! Please allow me to create a miracle that can overwhelm the opposing professor during the joint competition!”
devil.
Many people are confused, but they are completely different from the demons of the Demon World.
Demons are a different race on earth whose origins are the power of darkness.
On the other hand, the devil was a metaphysical being based on Gehenna, a two-dimensional hell, and embodied the evil of the world.
Therefore, a high-ranking devil could cause miracles that could not be explained by mutual understanding.
-It’s not an easy task.
“… what do you mean? “The opponent is just a weakling suffering from mana insensitivity!”
-Ha ha ha ha ha! A being who falls outside the standards sanctioned by the law of causality is inadequate? To someone who goes beyond the sixteen stars determined by the fate of the world and may be the true ‘main character’?
Is causality a sanction? Existence outside the standard? Sixteen stars? Hero?
The devil whispered to Aiden, who looked like he couldn’t understand.
-But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way. If you completely leave everything to me.
“Well, that’s a bit…” .”
The opponent is the devil.
You never know what will happen if you leave everything to them.
but,
-Do you think you have the power to choose?
“… what?”
-You haven’t paid for the blessing you received last time, right? Take it now.
“!!”
Aiden’s eyes widened.
I urgently tried to sever the connection with the devil, but it was no use.
“Oh, no! How can this be?! Wow!!!!”
Easy profit. Wow.
With a terrible sound, Aiden’s soul was sucked into Gehenna.
At the same time, something else took over Aiden’s body.
“Anti ekklesia. “It is not the sixteen stars, but the deepest, most secret star of the true world.”
The ‘devil’ smiled eeriely.
“Indeed, what kind of miracle will be shown? “It’ll be fun.”
* * *
The day of the joint contest has arrived.
A lot of people in the great hall… Not quite, but still a considerable number of people gathered.
‘Luckily the aggro worked.’
In addition to the invited reporters from Gossip Daily, reporters from other magical media outlets were also visible.
That wasn’t all.
The President of Karak was there!
‘Open your eyes and look closely. I will let you know that I am a talent that should never be missed. ‘Don’t look any further.’
A big figure from the Rafalte faction also attended.
Count Werner.
He was the younger brother of Duke Bolman and served as chairman of the board.
The two highest ranking members of Rubiness Academy were only present to watch the freshman contest.
‘The problem is one other person.’
Former President Randolph was sitting in the corner, glaring at me with menacing eyes.
A cold sweat ran down my spine, but I pretended not to notice.
‘By the way, what has Baron Aiden prepared? ‘You taught secret spells to a few students in the Faculty of Magic?’
Suddenly, I had a strange feeling.
It wasn’t a sense of crisis that I would lose the contest, but a different kind of reluctance.
therefore.
It was similar to my intuition right before it happened over the previous four months.
‘… why?’
At that time, Baron Aiden came up to the podium.
Class 1 has priority, so they start the contest first.
however.
“Thank you to everyone who attended. “I will present a specially prepared contest.”
The word ‘especially’ sounded irritating to my ears.
‘Even in the original scenario, the over-prepared contest caused trouble.’
The Karak Generalist faction, which lost out in the competition in Protossario, invites S-Pessor to the contest.
However, the tragedy is that the students at Rubiness Academy are not qualified to follow Esper’s guidance, and an unexpected accident occurs.
‘If the same accident happens this time, we can handle it perfectly. ‘There are all kinds of great professors here now.’
The reason I turned off the aggro was to get attention, but it was also to prevent any unexpected attacks.
The extent of the disaster in the original scenario could have been resolved with just the two people sitting in the corner, former President Randolph and Professor Bernstein.
However, the ominous feeling did not subside, and I had an instinctive ‘gut feeling’.
If Sadal were to happen here, it would be completely different from the disaster in the original scenario.
It will be even more terrible and vicious.
‘We have to stop it first…’ !’
I tried to move urgently, but it was no use.
“Okay then, I hope you enjoy it to your heart’s content, kekeke. “It is a contest prepared by the owner of this body, Baron Aiden, who sacrificed his soul.”
At the same time.
Wow!!
Baron Aiden’s head exploded.
My intestines were frozen.
Because it happened so suddenly, no one was able to understand the situation.
But, that too for a moment.
“aaah!!”
“W-what?! Why suddenly?”
“Look over there!! “There’s a black energy coming from Baron Aiden’s neck!!”
It was the energy of the devil!
‘Baron Aiden was a devil contractor? what? There was nothing like that in the scenario!’
What was even more terrible was what happened next.
Bulging.
Baron Aiden’s body began to swell like a bubble.
‘Self-destruction magic. If that explodes, it’s over!’
Originally, self-destruct magic exerted terrible explosive power.
Since it contained the power of a high-ranking devil, it was difficult to imagine how enormous the destructive power it would be.
‘We must stop it immediately.’
At that time, there were people moving quickly.
“dare! Such a dirty devil!! Do you think I’ll let Rubiness Academy be harmed?!”
It was former President Randolph!
Professor Bernstein and other magic professors who came to observe the contest also attended.
However, the situation was still not good.
‘If former President Randolph was in his prime, it would be impossible to completely prevent a self-destruction imbued with the power of a high-ranking devil.’
Even if the explosion was suppressed as much as possible, it was inevitable that the surrounding area would be swept away to some extent.
The problem was that there were a lot of new students here.
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I had no idea how many casualties there would be even if only 10% of the explosion’s aftermath leaked out.
‘There is only one way. If an explosion cannot be avoided, it must be delayed as much as possible. In the meantime, evacuate the students.’
Perhaps he was thinking the same thing, but he heard a magic message from Professor Bernstein.
-Me and the former president will delay the explosion as much as possible. Meanwhile, class, please evacuate the new students to a safe place.
I nodded.
However, a difficulty arose.
“Why, why does my body do whatever it wants?!”
“Save me!”
Rattling!
Students engulfed in demonic energy blocked the entrance to the hall.
Everyone screamed as if it was not their intention.
‘These are students who received secret magic from Baron Aiden in preparation for the contest!’
The secret magic is a trick.
It was the devil’s work!
‘What should I do? ‘If you don’t get rid of those students, you can’t go out.’
If there were only 1 or 2 people, I could have dismantled the devil’s control with my magic Grandmaster ability, but there were more than 5 people.
‘It’s not impossible, but if we wait that long, an explosion will occur before all the students can be evacuated.’
It appeared that former President Randolph was overexerting his power.
There was no time.
I had to find a way quickly somehow.
At that time, a low voice was heard.
“Oh ho ho. This is troublesome. “There are so many students who have sold their souls to the devil.”
It was President Karak.
Despite his peacock-like appearance, he had cool eyes.
Chaang!
He manipulated the handle of the parasol he usually carried and took out his sword.
An aura, the symbol of the Sword Master, was formed.
“It is sad, but devil worship is an unacceptable and serious crime. “As the president in charge of the academy, I must immediately dispose of him.”
“Oh, no! “We worshiped the devil?!”
“Ahh! Help me!”
However, President Karak did not even pretend to listen.
It wasn’t that I didn’t trust the students.
‘President Karak knows that those students are not guilty. Since we don’t have time, we plan to punish those students as devil worshipers and evacuate the other students.’
It was a very President Karak-like response.
In the first place, he was a person who only wanted to take over the Academy for his own ‘purpose’ and did not have any ‘affection’ for the Academy.
However, in the current situation, it was difficult to criticize.
Dozens more could have been sacrificed while trying to save a few people.
It could have been seen as a reasonable decision.
but,
‘This is the only way?’
At that time, I heard a very creepy whisper in my ear.
-Disappointing, anti-Ecclesia.
‘!!’
It was the voice of the devil who caused this Sadal!
-I wanted to see how great you really were, so I put on a show while being restricted by causality, but I am truly disappointed. Not funny.
I clenched my fists.
‘You’re causing something like this and it’s just not fun?’
Anger rose up.
That was why.
Suddenly, my rebellious temperament rose up.
“Stop it, President Karak.”
“Professor Ban?”
President Karak tilted his head.
“You don’t know that one o’clock is urgent right now, right? Let’s quickly deal with the students who are serious sinners who have been seduced by the devil’s temptation… .”
“Those children are also students we must protect.”
“!!”
President Karak frowned.
Contrary to my usual light attitude, a tingling feeling weighed down on me.
“Oh hoho, I know Professor Ban is just, but this is not the time to talk about ideals. “It’s impossible to save everyone.”
“I guess that’s what the president says. Not me. “My greatness is on a different level from that of the president.”
“!!”
ah.
This was not the case, but the Black Flame Dragon lost his temper.
No, maybe it was the annoyance I had built up in my heart toward President Karak that exploded.
“Since the President has such an attitude in everything, he is being pushed out by the Lapalt operatives and the like.”
“Bah, Professor Ban?”
“Just stay there and watch.”
I turned my back.
“You will see this anti-Ecclesia work miracles.”