17 – #017 The Four Evils
“Now!! You have to get expelled immediately!!”
The atmosphere of the committee gathered to deal with the matter that had happened this morning was burning fiercely.
A savage in the plain assaulted two aristocratic students, including two great aristocrats called the four nobles.
In addition, the assault of nearly a hundred children from aristocratic families was a major accident unprecedented since the foundation of the school.
“If I leave such a bastard alone, he might harm our students someday!!”
Although the results of the committee have not yet been released, in the minds of the professors, John Doe was no longer their student.
The atmosphere in the committee was getting hotter and hotter, and there was even an opinion that legal punishment should be imposed instead of expulsion.
“It does not end with simply giving disciplinary measures! A barbarian has assaulted a hundred nobles, so he must be punished with death!!”
“I agree! It’s not like this, arrest him as soon as possible…”
“Kuhmm….”
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The professors, who had acted as if they were going to arrest John Doe and put him to death at any moment, stopped talking and flinched at Vivian’s short cough.
The incident in the morning was so shocking that I forgot about it for a while, but John Doe was a student who liked Vivian greatly.
However, no matter how Vivien was, she could not just deal with a major accident in which nearly a hundred sons of aristocratic families were beaten.
Besides, there were two people here who would stop her if it was necessary.
A courageous professor asked Vivian in the midst of everyone keeping her mouth shut to see if that fact gave her courage.
“Professor Vivian… Any complaints about expelling him….”
“Complaints? Why would i be complaining? You did this, and of course you should be expelled.”
When unexpected words came out of Vivian’s mouth, everyone was taken aback but agreed.
“Everything, of course! As Professor Vivian said, we must expel that savage as soon as possible!”
“Yes, that’s right. We have to expel everyone as soon as possible.”
“Yes! All expulsion… Yes? Mo, everyone?!”
The professors didn’t understand what Vivian was saying for a moment, but soon realized that everyone was everything related to this case.
“Mo, everyone… ! What do you mean?!”
“What do you mean… He is also him, but did you think they would just let it go after trying to kill them by pulling out their swords in the academy?”
“That, that… !”
It was true that John Doe assaulted the students, but it was also true that they tried to kill John Doe.
Violence is a serious warning, but murder or attempted murder results in immediate expulsion without warning.
According to the standard, it was right to expel all the students involved in the incident, including John Doe.
“Then, can we end the committee by expelling everyone?”
“No, that’s….”
“But by the way, it’s really pitiful….”
While the professor, who couldn’t find the words to refute her, stuttered her words, Marianne, who had been silent all of a sudden, opened her mouth and everyone’s eyes focused on her.
“A hundred swordsmen who have awakened mana attacked two magic swordsmen with arcane magic, but they couldn’t even get a single wound… If the imperial aristocrats behaved like this, I would have expelled them all with my own hands.”
“Heh heh… Marianne, can’t you help it? Since he is a weak kingdom noble, he should be considered good at this.”
“What?! What did you just say!!”
The academy’s faculty are not limited to the kingdom’s nobles. Just like the professor who agreed with Marianne’s words, many nobles of the empire were also lined up.
Of course, they didn’t have very good feelings toward the Asians, but they didn’t have as much ill feelings as the nobles of the realm they were directly affected by.
To the empire, which was not harmed by the barbarians thanks to the breakwater called the kingdom, Asians were just uncivilized barbarians who invaded neighboring countries.
But, how did a hundred or so nobles of the kingdom get killed by such a nation?
It wasn’t a matter of worrying about being ridiculed by the world, it was nothing more than a snack that made the drink even sweeter.
“Hey, since the strongest in the kingdom is a vulgar commoner, it must be inevitable.”
“What the f*ck b*tch?”
The committee deciding on John Doe’s treatment soon turned into a battle between a professor from the kingdom and a professor from the empire.
Not only that, but professors from the empire who were initially in favor of John Doe’s expulsion turned against the professors from the kingdom as a backlash against them.
While the two people who had induced this situation secretly smiled, a roar as if a bomb had exploded ended the childish fight between the professors.
“… Show no more ugliness.”
Professors, who had been talking nonstop for a moment before, suddenly became mute at Pride’s anger.
And the two people who caused this confusion also smiled and looked at Pride with nervous expressions.
“That… Opinions seem to be split in half, so what are you going to do? Isn’t it a vote if it doesn’t exceed half?”
“This issue… As there was no precedent so far, I will decide by myself rather than by voting. Professor Marianne.”
When Pride’s name was called, Marianne cast the same spell she had cast on John Doe’s interview throughout the conference room, as if she knew everything without saying anything.
Confirming this, Pride gestured to the waiter near the door and ordered the three to be brought.
After a while, three people with different appearances arrived at the conference room.
John Doe was clean with no scars, but he seemed a little nervous, perhaps because he had done something.
Louise had red bruises all over her face and abdomen where she couldn’t see, but her eyes didn’t die and she was still glaring at John Doe.
Lastly, Reina’s scars were small compared to Louise’s, but her mental shock was considerable.
“Welcome. The reason I called the gentlemen is because I wanted to hear the arguments of the gentlemen, who can be said to be the parties, last before deciding on the treatment of this matter.”
“Then may I speak first?”
As they both hesitated, John Doe raised his hand first, and Pride looked at them and gestured to John Doe to speak.
“I’m not saying I’m not at fault in this. But it’s all because of these two that things have grown so much.”
At first glance, this may sound like a transfer of responsibility, but everything John Doe said was true.
It was Louise who first threatened and used violence to provide the beginning of the incident, and the reason why it spread so greatly was Raina who used violence without listening to John Doe.
With nearly a hundred injured, they all looked like victims, but if you had to ask who was the victim, it was John Doe.
“I just raised my fist to protect myself.”
“Student John Doe!! Are you going to claim that it is to protect yourself after beating the children of the noble family so mercilessly?!”
When one of the professors who had been listening to John Doe said so, John Doe calmly retorted.
“Professor seems to be claiming that it is excessive defense, but I was surrounded by dozens of people and a sword filled with mana was aimed at my throat. If I killed them all, it wouldn’t be overkill at all.”
“The opponents of your violence are not commoners, but nobles!”
“This is the academy, not the kingdom. Why are you mentioning your status in the kingdom? You speak as if the academy is a vassal state of the kingdom.”
“Oh no, that’s not what I meant…”
Professors couldn’t help but be surprised that John Doe, an Asian who they thought was an uncivilized savage, spoke so logically.
John Doe’s speech was enhanced by his homeless appearance, with his hair and messy beard half covering his face.
“Student Louise said she heard that you insulted her family? Isn’t that what prompted her to do that?!”
“I just verbalized her threats and lowly accusations in equal measure. It is she who turns her fight, which began with her words, into her violence.”
“What kind of aristocrat would tolerate having his family insulted!”
“No one will tolerate being told that if you don’t drop out, you will make life miserable.”
John Doe’s words were a theory without lies or sophistry. That’s why I can’t refute it. Theorems are called theorems because they make sense.
After that, questions and answers were exchanged several times, but time passed without anyone getting a harvest.
No matter how long I waited, no one spoke, so Pride sighed and asked Louise and Reina.
“At this point, I think you’ve heard enough of John Doe’s words. Student Louise and student Reina, do you have something you want to say?”
“…… Doesn’t exist.”
“…… Me too.”
“Then let’s decide the disposition from now on.”
The sentence imposed is a one-week probation for all involved in the commotion. Considering the scale of the incident, it was an absurdly generous treatment.
*****
When Vivian first heard that the academy didn’t only have professors from the kingdom, she immediately thought of professors from the empire.
If the people of the kingdom fear and hate Asians, the people of the Empire tend to look down on them.
I thought there would be a way to survive if I used this well, but I wasn’t the one doing it, so I felt my shins tingle until I entered the meeting room.
‘It turned out well anyway.’
I don’t know what method Vivian used, but while he was walking thinking that good is good, a new quest appeared with a familiar sound.
[The main quest has occurred.]
[Four Evils]
[Someone is plotting to revive the evil spirit, an ancient evil that tries to stain the world with darkness by offering the body of the demon king as a sacrifice.
Defeat the evil spirits.
If the evil spirits are resurrected intact, there will be no one on earth who can stop the demons from reviving.]
[Docheol 0/1]
[Army 0/1]
[Dool 0/1]
[Chaos 0/1]
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[Success Reward: Soul of Evil]
[Failure Penalty: World End]
“What is this again?”
No, father. He said he had to kill the demon…. What else is evil?