Episode 29. Time between dog and wolf (1)

Rize had no intention of using force against Princess Frill.

It would be a problem to collide with the escort knights protecting her, but it would be unimaginable for an imperial citizen to dare to touch the imperial family before that.

So, I thought of going to Princess Frill first and persuading her through a conversation.

‘If you don’t listen… . I have no choice but to accompany Princess Euryl and visit her again.’

No matter what happens, in the end, there will be no blood on Rize’s hands.

‘I’m not bad. Why are my steps and my heart so heavy?’

‘Rize, why are you in the student council? let’s go out too I can’t be there any longer… !’

‘or… . it’s because you don’t know what this is our way Human society.’

‘What… ?’

“There’s no way anyone can criticize me for being silent and bowing my head in front of the imperial family… .”

After rationalization, Rize, who was contemplating how to make Princess Frill understand, quickly moved on.

“You look busy.”

And, as if Rize knew that she would come here… . Professor Ian approached me in the twilight by the window.

Even in the red-hot flash, his composure did not fade.

Prof. Ian said in a cold voice, with a posture that was not disturbed as if it had become one with the military uniform.

“Are you going to visit Princess Frill, Lize Indigophera?”

“You must have been at school a few days ago, but you know me. Professor Ian.”

“After hearing about the disgusting evil deeds of the student council from Princess Frill, I investigated the number of people in advance. Maybe it’s because they don’t know honor, so they memorize it quickly.”

“Even though you must have found out that the leader of the student council is Princess Aulil, I didn’t want to talk about that… .”

Rize shot at Ian with a defensive attitude.

“Also. I already guessed to some extent after taking the class, but you seem to be challenging the great authority.”

“Does great authority mean water-torturing a helpless student by throwing it into the toilet?”

Ian said in a low voice to Rize who was speechless.

“It’s hard to hear nonsense.”

“… .”

“No matter what you say, in the end what you do is like a dirty hypocrite. Don’t justify your actions. Rize. Even though you know it’s not right on your own, is it really the job of the main axis leading the proud student council to make fun of it and cover up the pain of sepia?”

“under… . hahahaha… . IM jealous. Professor Ian doesn’t seem to care about his family or his future… .”

Ian by the window was extremely bright, and Rize in the corner became endlessly dark.

He was always upright, and Rize had always been stooping.

Covered in the shadows, Rize justified herself.

‘Yes, this is me. A bystander who is more evil and cowardly than Princess Auril.’

However, that is normal. Everyone has to see a little bit of dirt in order to survive.

Professor Ian is a strange person. Geeky, out of the norm. He is antisocial and irrational.

‘I’m normal.’

‘Oh, you’re stupid. You alone have mistakenly assumed that we would all be nice, and then you said you would leave the student council right now? It’s all because you’re bad, that you don’t have thoughts or responsibility… !’

‘I… . You’re wrong… ?’

Covered in black with remorse and regret, Rize opened the portable magic circle.

Ian was not even surprised and looked at Rize like a bug.

“The vice president is attacking the professor… . Is it possible to cover the back?”

“Princess Euryl will take care of it.”

“… Do you think that undergraduate students can be opponents of professors?”

“Nope?”

‘Yes, he already knows everything about me. What am I going to do by pretending to be good or suffering?’

Rize laughed at all.

“However, the professor cannot use magic against students. At least it’s a defense magic… . Aren’t you?”

There was never a student who dared to challenge a professor, but there was no professor who seriously attacked a student.

‘If I did that, the professor would be dishonorably dismissed as well.’

Above all else, in a safe location, Rize quickly prepared anti-personnel killing magic.

‘A magic arrow that can be fired once every 5 seconds, even a professor-level wizard can’t block it all-‘

“I would have told you to shut up.”

“What… .”

For a moment, I felt a chill, and then my face became hot as if it had been burned.

Rize finally looked back at what had passed by her cheek.

ice window.

Black colored ice pierced the left wall and crashed into it.

“Lee, Professor Ian, you are a student… .”

Rize, who was about to shoot Ian, couldn’t bear to speak, and began to doubt her own eyes at the sight in front of her.

The area around him, which had obviously been blurred by the red twilight, was now even darker than where Rize was standing.

Even though there was obviously a window around him, something flowing from Professor Ian continued to feed on the light and grow.

Oddly enough. Oddly enough… .

It’s still bright outside the window, but the hallway is getting stained with something dark. It’s a strange sight.

In the shade where even the sun couldn’t shine, Professor Ian did not hide his cold anger and savagely.

“If you dare to take on the challenge, just shut up and attack.”

* * *

‘after… . That’s what I said.’

When I faced school violence in a novel I edited, I got so excited about the kid without even realizing it.

The princess is a student, but since she is the emperor’s daughter, she behaves that it’s okay to ignore everything.

Even though he pointed out his mistake, instead of being ashamed, he laughed at him and tried to use force against the professor by abusing his student status.

On that subject, Rize’s contradiction when the professor asked if it was okay to hit the student and demanded the appearance of a teacher naturally made me angry as well.

However, anyway, it is also inappropriate for a teacher to press a student who is close to 10 years old with force.

‘Because I’m a teacher, I can’t just do what I like. And.’

Seeing the blood trickling down Rize’s cheek as she sat down in surprise, she felt a bit of remorse.

‘Let’s try talking first.’

“Rise.”

The moment I approached Rize to try to resolve the situation through conversation, the dark fog around her began to flow in following me.

* * *

“Rise.”

“Hey, don’t come any closer! monster… . You devil!”

‘Devil… ? Oh, is it because of this?’

Greyvine’s invention, the mana respirator.

This object, in the form of a cube with three black sides and three white sides, converts the user’s internal mana into water vapor with a composition similar to that of a water pressure liquid in a pond and blows it out to the surroundings.

I only knew that using the mana respirator creates black steam around it, and the magic turns the pond black, but… .

‘Is that enough?’

I just used the mana respirator in the way it was in the original, but I didn’t know there would be such a side effect.

Originally, the mana respirator would have been a device that produced steam mixed with high concentration of mana so that Grayvine could breathe outside, but in the novel, Sepia uses it a little differently, and its utility value is revealed.

The water vapor generated by the mana respirator is the manifestation of the materialized mana of the pond in the world.

So even those who couldn’t detect mana could easily use the mana in the pond that was visible and felt through their skin.

Building an environment that maximizes the user’s mana sensitivity, powerful magic that utilizes high concentration of mana.

That was the secret to a warlock, Sepia, appearing as the final boss of a chapter.

Of course, even if I could perceive mana with the aid of a respirator, that didn’t make me a wizard right away.

In order to use magic, it was necessary to understand the minimum magic language and magic system.

As a modern high school teacher, I knew nothing about magic other than the basic concepts and settings I knew as a novel editor.

‘So I stole this too.’

Another drowned body’s invention stolen from the pond yesterday, a magic engineering calculator.

The actuation itself was also simple. If I put my blood on an ornament that looks like the scales of an unknown fish, it works, and on the contrary, if I wipe off the blood, it stops working.

It was more burdensome to use because I only used the mana dissolved in my blood out of the mana in my body, but the performance was outstanding as well.

The magic engineering calculator boosts the user’s intelligence and concentration to the limit. While memorizing and understanding magic, as well as using calculators for insight and judgment in battle, you will be able to show performances that are close to fraudulent.

“Asane.”

Rize desperately threw anti-personnel killing magic as if her life was at stake, but all three magic arrows were accurately intercepted by my ice spear.

I raised my hands to show that I had no intention of attacking.

However, Rize saw that and started screaming again, and another attack attacked me.

‘He’s a student who needs repeated learning.’

“Asane.”

Black ice covered the flames and streamed lightning.

“how… .”

Looking at the magic fading in vain, Rize spoke with a trembling voice.

“How do you know everything? From orbit to the moment the spell is cast… .”

“There is such a difference of class between you and me, that you are a student and I am a professor.”

I didn’t want to excite Rize, who was bluish, so I stopped and stayed still, but I had to put an end to it soon.

The magic engineering calculator is clearly showing excellent performance, but there was no time to admire it.

The burning of mana in the blood, which is the raw material of the acid generator, was a pain I could not have endured if it were not for Professor Ian’s well-trained body and mind.

Maybe that has reached a dangerous level now, because my eyes are getting blurry little by little… .

“Lize Indigofera.”

I didn’t even turn off my mana respirator on purpose, and moved closer to Rize, who had forgotten to speak.

“Ahh… .”

A pale white face.

In the original work, Rize was a person who tried to do all the tasks of the student council perfectly in order to meet the expectations of the students, but was exhausted physically and mentally.

‘From the book, he’s a good kid. I thought he was a character who was so dedicated that he didn’t know how to take care of himself.’

“Lize, do you really think that everyone rationalizes evil deeds like you do?”

It is understandable that he could not approach Sephia because he was afraid of Euril’s power.

Even in the actual education field, the majority of students said that they could not help victims of school violence because they thought they might face the same thing.

But even among them there is a clear division between sympathizers and whistleblowers.

If there are children who inform teachers of the situation of the victim even anonymously.

There are also sympathizers who condone the actions of the perpetrators, thinking that there is a reason for being bullied.

“Is there really no way for you to help sepia? If I knew violence against Sepia was wrong, shouldn’t I at least not have empowered the student council?”

Sympathizers who create an atmosphere where it is natural for victims to suffer are no different from perpetrators.

“Even though she felt guilty towards Sepia, she probably didn’t want to step down from the vice president. Nothing could have been as sweet as the power wielded right under Princess Auril.”

“No, I… .”

“Others may not have helped Sepia out of fear of Princess Euryl, but you are not like them.”

“eww… .”

“No excuse can cover your ugliness.”

“… .”

“If you understand, disappear from my presence. I don’t even want to see you.”

Rize, who had a miserable expression on her face, hesitated, then turned around and ran away in a miserable manner.

It is true that students who show courage for the weak like Mina and Frill are rare, but that is not an excuse to defend sympathizers.

It was only that there was no direct bullying, and in the end, Rize also participated in school violence.

“after… . Anyway, the most urgent Rize was blocked. Elma?”

“Yes, teacher!”

“What about the other kids?”

“I was going to tell you, but sir, you have to run to Princess Frill right now! I’m with Mina near Alley No. 2.”

“What? Weren’t you in your room right now?! Obviously I told you never to come out, but why… !”