111. New Semester (3)
There are three monsters in Philea Academy.
The first among them is Elpis Bamir.
A monster commonly known as a ‘tactician’, the staff member of the remnants of the Demon King’s Army.
She left the floating island with the terrorist incident as a starting point, and is probably working in the County of Findelnerca by now.
The second is the watcher.
A monster that has been hiding in Philea Academy for a long time, and is also a member of the remnants of the Demon King’s Army.
Her original mission was to monitor the seals in the Faol Dungeon, but her mission changed somewhat after the seal was broken by Lucius.
She should be spying on Lucius and Tia by now, and will reveal her true identity next year.
Lastly, Muri, the ‘traitor’.
A helper of Lucius who betrays the demon army even though he is a monster.
“That, the book…Isn’t that the b, the book from the Blatta Dungeon…?”
Marie asked in surprise after reading the third book of the witch’s book.
Then Mu Li nodded her head loudly.
“That’s right. It’s the book that Gongjanari and Miss Ruhelif got together.”
“Ha, but… Uh, at that time it was only the two of us…”
She looks at Mary with eyes asking how the hell does she know.
Muri’s true identity is a devil.
An angel stained with corruption is called a fallen angel, but what to call a devil who has become religious?
I don’t know anything about him. The only thing that is certain is that she has betrayed all demons and sided with the hero.
[Muri] “Do you know what gods, demons, and merchants have in common?”
[Muri] “It exists everywhere in the world, but it exists nowhere else.”
Well, that’s roughly it.
Muri has Cheshire Cat-like abilities,
In the original work, the reason why Muri appears wherever Lucius goes is because of Muri’s ability.
That’s why Meuri knows that Marie and I cleared the Bleta Dungeon and acquired the Witch’s Book 3…… Theoretically, this is not strange.
“Isn’t it more surprising than I thought, Gongzanari Beheritt?”
Myuri sneakily looks into my face.
“Miss Marie Ruhelif is so surprised. Because I have the Witch’s Book 3.”
“…….”
“As expected, Gongjanari Beheritt, do you know about me?”
I was immediately detected.
I wonder if I should have taken a more surprised reaction.
At the same time, she also thought that even if she acted clumsily, she would have no meaning. Maybe because she’s a merchant, even in the original work, there were cases where Myuri showed quite sharp insights.
“You must have been suspicious of me. That you watched me acquire the Witch’s Book.”
An ability that exists anywhere, but cannot exist anywhere.
It’s an incredibly powerful ability, but it has its limits. That’s because she only has one body.
After all, there is only one place that can exist at the same time.
Nevertheless, she knew about me because she was observing me at that time, and she was probably stalked quite a bit without me knowing.
When I asked that, she gave a fishy laugh.
“I don’t know how much Prince Beheritt’s master knows, but she’s worth noting, isn’t she? She took the placement test with Lucius and Miss Tia, and was attacked by the Shadow Wolf left behind by Elpis Vamir.”
“Are you suspicious of me?”
“I thought so at first. But I also thought maybe not~?”
– Whiik
Myuri throws the witch’s book at me.
After reflexively accepting it,
“Did Gongjanari Beherit receive an ‘oracle’?”
… What? Trust?
What is it?
“Oh, judging from the reactions, it looks like you’ve never received an ‘oracle’. If so, that’s very strange.”
“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Isn’t it strange that he would be like that? Prince Beheritt seems to know quite a lot, he knows about my abilities, and above all… He came to buy this, right?”
Saying that, Myuri takes out another thing of her own from her bag.
Witch’s Book 1.
“…….”
“Judging from the reaction, I knew that I had the Witch’s Book 1.”
Exactly as he said.
I knew that Myuri was selling Witch’s Book 1.
[Muri] “Oh, Lucius. Have you heard the rumors about the secret shop?”
[Muri] “But we don’t sell it to just anyone. We’ll only let people with tickets in.”
[Muri] “How do you get tickets? Of course you have to pay for them.”
Secret shop system.
Myuri is a little different from other NPCs. First of all, even if you raise your bond level, you cannot be welcomed as a party mate. Also, there is no dedicated route or ending.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth raising the bond level. From the 4th level of the relationship level, you can receive item discounts, and from the 7th level, you can enter the secret shop.
I knew that they were selling Book 1 of the Witch there.
“If you knew, the story would be faster. Sell me the Witch’s Book 1.”
“Oh, you’re coming out hard?”
Muri snorts.
However, the witch’s book goes back into the bag.
“I knew the location of the Witch’s Book 3 and the Witch’s Book 6, and in the case of Book 6 in particular, it was necessary to memorize the cipher text. I knew that Elpis Bamir had entered the Faol Dungeon and even chased after it. I know that I have the Witch’s Book 1 and I know about my abilities… What would Gongzanari think if I were in my position?”
“Do as much as you want to doubt. To sum it up, I can’t be trusted, so I can’t sell the Witch’s Book 1.”
I threw the bag of gold coins at Myuri’s feet.
“Then I’ll buy that credit first. How much will it be?”
Claire was walking down the hallway on the first floor of the dormitory.
‘Hmm…. The two of them started dating, that’s it.’
Claire smiled nonchalantly.
Because that was what Claire wanted.
“There are so many interesting things these days.”
It was also impressive that he brought down Joshua, the third son of the duchy, with these hands,
It was also quite pleasant to beat 25 people involved.
But I guess I’m tired of it now.
I watched Yoshua fall with my own two eyes, but it wasn’t as fun as I thought. Wouldn’t it be fun if Joshua crawled on the floor and howled?
Sure, it could have been fun, but…… I guess it probably didn’t make sense.
Even when the 25 people involved groaned in pain, only that moment was a little enjoyable.
Also…… Compared to what I personally experienced and felt, everything was too pale.
‘I mean bullying Ariel seems like a thing of the past.’
Apparently, back then, I got pleasure from pushing others.
It’s as if what was fun as a kid lost interest as you got older.
Just like the food you liked when you were young, as you get older, it doesn’t taste as good as you thought.
Now let’s inflict pain on others…… Shall we say that there is no message?
I never thought that the day would come when I would surrender to the man called the duke’s madman.
He never expected that sweet pleasure would be born there, and he never dreamed that he was a masochist.
I want to be driven into ruin a little more.
I want to receive more pain.
I want to enjoy a little more thrill.
That’s why I’m glad that Ariel and Marie are dating.
That’s why Claire didn’t like ‘this incident’ very much.
Right now, there is a note in Claire’s hand.
[Claire Entirus-sama, if you don’t mind, please come over to my room. – Rachel -]
That was the note Claire received from a follower earlier.
Seeing that, Claire clicked his tongue.
“It’s not fun.”
Claire crumpled the note.
-“I am reflecting on this incident. I never thought that my negligence in management would cause a dispute with Philea Academy.”
-“However, the cause of this incident ultimately lies with my younger siblings. It has expanded into a dispute between Beltarq and Philea, but this incident is fundamentally a factional quarrel within the Duke of Beheritt.”
– “So there’s no reason for me to apologize to Ariel. It’s Joshua’s fault, so Joshua should apologize to Ariel for her.”
-“Therefore, Joshua was punished within Duke Beheritt. Some of Joshua’s property and position were confiscated, and some of them were to be delivered to Ariel.”
-“And I decided to take steps to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
-“I completed the safety device with Joshua’s property, and I will give it to Ariel as a reward.”
Said Vincent.
As a result, Rachel came to Philea Academy as an exchange student.
The reason…… Do you think I understood it? It would be accurate to say that she found it difficult to refute.
Should I say that she was convinced from the beginning and didn’t go to bed?
Claire’s will wasn’t important to Vincent sending Rachel.
Ariel’s willingness to receive the reward was also not important.
Even the will of Rachel herself, the person in charge of her, didn’t matter.
By sending Rachel, I will finish the other day.
That was the intention.
‘If I’m wrong…… Are you trying to take my place?’
There is an opportunity to have fun, but it may be taken away.
That was Claire’s fear.
However, there was no reason to refuse Rachel’s coming, and it ended up like this.
Fortunately, I can still use my hands.
“I’m sorry, Marie. I dragged her around today.”
At that moment, I heard a familiar man’s voice in my ears.
If you look behind you, you can see Ariel and Marie there.
“Oh, no…! Me, me too, going out with er, Ariel was fun…”
“Then I’m glad.”
“My, are you going to see Ms. Muri tomorrow too…?”
“That’s how it should be. I can’t help it in order to buy the Witch’s Book.”
It seems that the two of them are concentrating on having a conversation. As evidence of that, he had not noticed his existence until now.
If you look closely, you can see two people holding hands.
Seriously, it’s nothing short of fresh.
Claire whistled.
“Look at how they walk hand in hand without anyone. Are you going to spread rumors in the neighborhood that you’re dating?”
“Hee, hee…?!”
When Claire talks to her, Marie hurriedly lets go of her hand and distances herself from Ariel.
Ariel also looked this way.
“Claire? What are you doing, in front of my room?”
She glared at me suspiciously.
Claire trembled slightly at the feeling of being stabbed.
“Did you come to see me?”
“Well, she didn’t come to see Ariel, but she prefers Ariel with her.”
“What? What the hell are you talking about?”
“A present from Ariel’s brother must have arrived in Ariel’s room.”
“In my room?”
Ariel stares at the door to her own room with her eyes wary.
Claire crossed her arms and moved out of the way in front of her door.
“Open it, Ariel. Open it and you’ll know everything.”
“…….”
Ariel looks at Claire suspiciously, but she can only hold on to her doorknob.
Ariel turns her doorknob,
“It’s open. …I should have locked it when I came out.”
As she muttered that, she opened the door.
Then, a girl in a wheelchair appeared.
“Welcome, Master Ariel. I’ve been waiting for you.”
Rachel was there.