(EP-99.2) Cannot Be Buried #2

099 – The Truth Cannot Be Buried #2

Stella’s attitude was strangely passive, which made me feel kind of sorry for being so aggressive. Thus, I tried to tone it down a little.

“Then tell me the truth. I am busy, I don’t have time for games.”

“Alright, I’ll be frank. Your guess is very close, good enough to be ‘correct’. And it’s the most accurate I’ve heard so far.”

‘Oh, I see.’

I felt a refreshing sensation as if a jumbled ball of thread finally got untangled. Perhaps, it was because of Calm Thinking, but I seemed to have a knack for guesses.

However, one question remained.

“Then why didn’t it happen? Where is Isaiah Angmar?”

Actually, I knew where he was.

He was probably dead.

Just that, how did he die?

This was what I wanted to ask.

But Stella shook her head.

“I don’t know. Isaiah Sunbae just dropped out and suddenly disappeared one day. The club disbanded right after, shifting responsibilities to and doubting each other-.”

“I see.”

“Is that all the questions?”

I said, “Just a moment-,” in response as I organized my thoughts.

Professor Stella then looked up at the ceiling again, “I miss those days.”

“It felt like they’re just yesterday. Dungeon crawling with the Sunbaes and searching for the Demon King’s treasure….”

Then, a shadow casted over her expression.

“We don’t know where he is or what he is doing. We have searched all over the continent to find him, but couldn’t. He might have gone beyond the barrier….”

That was the end of Stella’s story.

It had a lot of weight behind it, but there wasn’t a lot of information. Still, this was a considerable harvest. I’d confirmed that my guess was more or less correct.

“But you managed to deduce what we had kept hidden. How did you do it?”

Then Stella veered the conversation towards me.

Well, I had enough information to go off of because of my involvement with the different families. I also knew that there was an Angmar survivor in advance.

However, from an outsider’s perspective, it might seem like I had deduced something out of nothing.

As I was thinking, Stella scrutinized me from the bottom-up and continued in praise.

“Theo Gospel, Angmar’s Demon Monk. It seems that the rumors aren’t just rumors. Do you want to be my assistant? Or do you plan on going to graduate school?”

“No, thank you.”

“Hmm. Well, anyway, that’s the end of the story. The Adventure Club building has also been long closed.”

“Ah.”

Speaking of building, I remembered something. I then took out a book from my bag and showed it to Stella.

“Do you know any of the names here? Priga Nightfall and Theo Gospel. They seem to be around the same time before the Wish Hall got closed.”

“Priga-. It’s the Saintess’ name. And Theo Gospel-.”

Stella started reminiscing with her slender eyes.

“I do remember one instance. It was during the time when I was away in search of Isaiah Sunbae, but the Saintess definitely joined the club with a strange man.”

“By strange man, do you mean Theo Gospel?”

“Yes.”

Was it me?

I really wanted to ask this. However, Stella beat me to it.

“Come to think of it, his name is the same as yours. Of course, you two look completely different.”

“Do we?”

“From what I remember, he was tall and handsome. And every time he passed by, everyone would look his way.”

It was then.

Bang, bang, bang-.

Someone was banging on Professor Stella’s door like they were going to destroy it.

━Professor Stella! I know you’re in there! We need to talk about the people you brought in. Come out here!

“Heuik!”

Hearing so, Stella opened the window and literally flew outside…

* * *

I left Stella’s lab and headed back to the dorms. Meanwhile, I organized the information that I just obtained from her.

First things first.

Isaiah, the Demon King’s son, was supposed to be the next king, but he suddenly vanished.

The question here was, why did he disappear? Was there some kind of danger threatening him?

So did he die and I, his son, was the only one who survived?

Thinking of this, I might be in danger if I couldn’t figure out why Isaiah went missing.

Now for the second one.

There was a high chance that the Theo Gospel staying with the Saintess was not me. As Stella described, the fella was a tall and handsome looker.

I was a Half-Fairy so my looks could meet the criteria, but I was not very tall.

Moreover, if we were the same person to begin with, Stella would have recognized me.

Anyway, I guessed we could call this a good harvest?

With quite the fruitful day, I turned and headed towards Aira’s dorm. I thought she might want to hear some kind of report.

But I didn’t know how Aira, the current Queen, would react if I told her that her family was involved in trying to make Isaiah Angmar the king.

Should I hide this part?

But if I got caught hiding it, I could get in deep shi†.

As I was thinking about said dilemma, I already arrived in front of Aira’s door.

Knocking-.

“Aira-nim, it’s Theo.”

The door then swung open.

In the sun lit room, which was coming through the open window, I could see other people drinking tea at the table.

Elga and Mirna were here.

Seeing the two of them together made my whole body tingle, as if hundreds of ants were crawling on my back. I couldn’t even catch a glimpse from these two before, so why were they suddenly here?

Then Aira said.

“Ah, Theo, we were just talking about you. I’ve heard a lot of interesting stories about you, but I think it’s best if you’re the one explaining it.”

Interesting stories?

Those words made a lot of things come to my mind…