Chapter 22: No Need to Understand

 

After a series of dungeon dives by turns, three days of tutorial …… The academy just throwing new students into the dungeon was over.

Some teachers were like, ‘Why aren’t there any deaths?’” They wondered, …… but were in agony because they could not make it public themselves that they had left an abnormal individual in the dungeon, a goblin general who is also called a disaster individual, unreported.

Al, being Al, reported the abnormal individual goblin to Yoel and others, and also submitted its drop items, a magic stone and a sword, to the Shadow of the King.

The black mana that fluttered around was unpleasant, so he pushed it onto them, but …… Joel and others Seeing Al’s such exemplary noble attitude thought, Whatever if they Hastily Judged Al’s Character wrongly.

However, my miscalculation as Al is that the black mana in his vision did not completely disappear when he let go of the magic stone.

Obviously, this is a “function” that did not exist before.

At least, Al could not visualize or recognize the mana.

There are certainly those who can recognize mana visually, such as Vera, who is the shadow of the royal family, but it is an ability that comes from years of training based on a predisposition.

My innate qualities are awakening now!

Al could not believe that he could be so naive as to believe that……

(MMM …… Is there still a law? There are many arrogant aristocrats in the capital who cannot see anything, while there are serious servants and good-natured teachers who can see black mana. Some of those who seem to be event characters can also see and hide black mana. ……Ah! That’s the guy who turns on the demons in the second half! It should come out perfectly on the regular route!!)”

As usual, Al was observing his surroundings in a daze and found a character that hit the corner of his memory.

And the black mana on that figure seizes the light that surrounds the protagonists.

(Is it something like a marker related to the event after all? I also checked with Vera, who says she can see mana visually, but it seems she can’t see it unless it is distinct black mana like the bishop’s.

It’s impossible to get the protagonists to confirm the quirk. I have to give them a lot of information, and I can’t give a satisfactory explanation to the shadows of the royal family in the first place. The black mana is only a flicker, but even if only I could see it now,… what happens if I touch that black mana? It’s uncomfortable, but I’ll try it once. …… The event characters are scary, so those are the mob teachers I don’t care about. …… will be experimental subjects.)

On a sunny day. Some teachers have chosen to be test subjects by a Madman.

****

“But what in the world does that mean?”

” Is it possible that an anomalous individual did not occur?”

“No, that is not possible. The existence itself had been confirmed.”

“So did the new students take it down then?”

Teachers of the metropolitan nobility who kept the outbreak of abnormal individuals under wraps.

They have no end of questions about the fact that the orientation ended without any problems. They don’t know.

“No way! Those hicks from the countryside beat the disaster unit without any damage! ……I believe it was the Lady of the House of Haswell who defeated it when it appeared before them.”

“Oh! The House of Haswell! No countryman could ever hope to match the demons of one of those houses!”

They do not know. They don’t know the strength of demons. They have hardly ever seen them.

They only believe the rumors of the over-decorated saga told in Royal City to be true.

Al, who has memories of his previous life, would be surprised at how naive and stupid the intelligentsia and the ruling class are. In fact, he is surprised.

“So what the hell happened to ……?”

“For the sake of the Capital noble family’s son and daughter, shall we send out another survey once again?”

“It can’t be helped. There are still disaster units hanging around, etc……. But, if it for Royal captial Childeren’s, they would do whatever they could to get rid of them!”

“Ka ka ka! I bet they would”

(Well, …… They are easy to understand ignorant people, but …… They are too stupid and I feel that they are event characters. I’m not sure if it’s a small-time villain who gets beaten to a pulp by the protagonists.)

A room where teachers gather. It is a certain salon room, but other “normal” teachers don’t want to come in contact with them, so they stay away.

A little bit of asking around by Al quickly managed to find their hangout, and all four of them had a hint of black mana.

I hid my presence and lurked in the room ahead of time, but no one even noticed Al’s presence.

Dumb and out-of-control mana, a sloppy body and a sign. A picture-perfect bad guy’s face, and a small one at that. He is a fool who has an electorate’s idea that he is superior without any basis, and even practices on the wrong side of the line.

He has all the “conditions” that make it understandable for Al to be suspicious of him. In game terms, he is a typical villain who we call a small fry.

(I thought one experimenter would be enough, but …… is fine by me. Even if they were event characters, these guys would be free quests or something like that anyway. It is true that I was the one who took care of that abnormal goblin, and that they gave me a lot of trouble. It would be impossible to dispose of them through regular procedures, so let’s just go with the Falconer way here.)

The future of these people is decided with certainty. (While thinking some irrelevant thoughts) “What should i have for the dinner tonight?” with a light consideration.

However, even madmen are capable of making calm decisions.

I think I can do it without leaving too much evidence.

Even if they resist, it won’t be a problem.

They are not important personnel for the academy.

The family name is a concern, but a fool of this caliber cannot be the head of the family. In the first place, the head of the family would not be a teacher at the institute.

Even if they belonged to a faction, it would not be a big position anyway.

The amount of mana is only a little high. It doesn’t seem to be an old family with a long history like the old aristocratic families.

Even if a war were to break out, they would not be much of a force to be reckoned with. In fact, they are likely to be a drag.

The decision solely based on these considerations.

In fact, it could be said that Al’s feeling of “I don’t like it” was the most important factor in his decision.

****

One day, a man, a teacher at the academy, disappears.

The People’s District of the Royal Capital. His home is located in a section of the city where many aristocrats and wealthy people live. He did not return to his home, where his wife and child were waiting for him.

His family did not care, saying, “Is he sick again as usual?

However, after three days of not being seen at the institute, the family thought it was strange, and it was discovered that the man was missing.

On the day he was supposed to have gone missing.

After leaving the academy, he went to a bar, drank alcohol, and spent the rest of the night at “that kind of restaurant,” which included sexual entertainment, and his later whereabouts are unknown.

The case is now being investigated as both an accident and a crime, but no new findings have been made.

Incidentally, the family is said to be anxious to “find the body as soon as possible” because they have to go through the inquest procedures. The family does not seem to want the man to be alive, and those investigating the case are also looking into the family’s involvement.

In addition to the missing person case, a teacher at the school died in an accident. It is also a suspicious death.

It is unknown why, but it seems that he entered a dungeon alone and was tortured and killed by goblins on the second level.

Although he was not a particularly powerful mage and had been away from actual combat, it is suspected to be some kind of …… incident that a teacher at the academy would be beaten by goblins without being able to do anything about it, but there are witnesses who say that the victim was `Very drunk’ on the day of the incident.

The victim is said to be of bad behavior and has a bad habit of disappearing and drinking alcohol even during the working hours of the institute.

Although the mystery remains, the family did not want the investigation to continue, as the victim had it all to himself after all, being beaten by a two-tiered goblin.

The disappearance and suspicious death of a teacher in rapid succession.

However, most of the people in the academy who heard this only reacted with an “Oh, really?

They may not be happy about it, but there are plenty of alternatives. In fact, there are many people who are happy that there is now a vacant teaching position at the institute.

However, there are those who are naturally suspicious. Especially those who had been in contact with them quite often.

****

“What happened? to have those two of them in this at the same time.”

“Yeah, come on! Don’t give me that pungent talk! It’s just a coincidence! …… But then again, it’s a shameful thing to be killed by a goblin with such a big mouth!”

The usual salon room.

But there are two people gathered. The remaining two will never come here again. No, since one of them is missing, perhaps there is a possibility.

“I have heard that the next one in the academy, but could we be the next? There are rumors such as! and there are even bets on which one will be next.”

“What the hell is that? What rudeness! What impudence! They are gambling with human lives!”

It is now like a comedy of poor quality.

They didn’t realize it.

They do not realize that they are only doing what others are doing to them. They are the same.

They never reflect on their own actions.

Because they are convinced that they are different. Because of their distorted beliefs.

As long as they are under the assumption that they can do whatever they want and that they are pure and righteous, they will never understand those who do not conform to their distorted beliefs.

Al also will not talk to them. Because he knows that they will never cross paths.

Unlike with Vince, there is no affection exchanged.

(I even felt like it was a trap if they were this stupid, but … Well, I didn’t realize they were really just bottom-feeding idiots.

Well, that’s it for today. (I’m a bit suspicious of Vera-dono, so let’s get this over with.)

Missing and suspicious deaths.

Naturally, it was Al. However, he suspected a trap of some sort and targeted the two first as a check to be sure.

I don’t have much information.

One of them was crying and incontinent, begging for help and spouting information that was not asked. But all that information was unimportant to Al.

As for the black mana in the example, there was nothing wrong with his body or mana when he touched it. But it was not without its problems.

The moment he touches the black flickering mana of the teacher who brought him into the dungeon, Al senses something like a strong will …… to ‘harm the divine child of the oracle’.

(After all, that black mana seems to be a sign of some kind of event of hostility toward the protagonists. The only thing is that the word “godchild of the oracle” was so strong that it was not a game, but an original existence in this world? (It might be a good idea to tighten up those with a flicker of black mana to the extent that they don’t get involved in the main game.)”

Al determines that the black mana is caused by the hostile presence of the “Oracle of the Divine Child.”

Whether this decision was a good or bad one. …… It is definitely a bad one, at least for the two teachers who are not aware of Madman hiding in the room. …… Big madness.

“What an outrageous bunch! We need to get a heads up from the factions!”

“…… No, no,…… the bets are placed by the head of our faction, the Marquess of Waddingham,…… which means that we are no longer,……”

“What? Impossible! We are not risking our lives ……!”

That they have already been cut off and are missing or wanted dead.

These two are ‘just like us! They will not admit it. But the faction to which they belong has relatively common sense. At the very least, they would not do anything to cover up the fact that an anomaly had occurred in the dungeon.

If they do, it is only to the extent that they choose their opponents clearly, formulate a strategy, and take advantage of it by hitting the target with the abnormal individuals.

They do not indiscriminately harm those who are related to aristocratic families for no reason, even if they are a frontier aristocrat group. They are, so to speak, an act of treachery that reduces the kingdom’s strength.

What is even more appalling is that they left the abnormal individuals alone when they meant nothing more than just harassing a group of frontier aristocrats.

If this is an act of hostility, such as being in touch with the enemies of the kingdom, it is still a …… harassment, but to do such a trivial thing as leave evidence of the harassment is also a degree of …… incompetence.

It is fine for the city nobility to be prejudiced against the frontier nobility. Discrimination and harassment are fine. But don’t leave evidence that would invite retaliation. The rule is to keep a low profile.

That is the way of thinking of the faction to which they belong. The unity of the faction is not so lenient or lukewarm as to protect the incompetent who cannot follow even the minimum rules.

Above all, even the shadow of the royal family is investigating this case, and the four incompetent teachers were already in the line of investigation. It was only natural that those in charge of the faction would dismiss them as “people who have nothing to do with us anymore.

(They finally know that they have been abandoned by their faction and don’t even know why they are “this way”. …… They are truly a bunch of pathetic people, including the first two.)

****

The bet failed.

Because the other two were found dead at the same time in the salon room where they always hung out.

Illegal drugs were scattered around the area, and it was determined that they died of drug poisoning due to an overdose.

There were also marks as if they had beaten each other, but they were put away as drug-induced delirium.

The faction members and investigators did not investigate either of them until after the fact.

A purge by the factions, or a shadowy absolution of the royal family? Rumors were circulating on …… And elsewhere, but many were not particularly interested. And even these rumors died out quickly.

As expected, the vacant teaching position was immediately assigned to another person. Smoothly, without any particular problems or confusion.

Although Al had no way of knowing it, his prediction was right.

In the game, they were the fringe players in a free quest.

However, the teacher who replaced them was actually an event character, and the free quests involving them were a flag for a later hidden scenario route.