Episode 31. responsibility (1)

It’s Heryl Freyl.

He was the head of the general affairs department of the student council and the head of the elemental research department. He was known for his exceptional talent for flame control, and many headhunters at magic research institutes have been eyeing him since his sophomore year.

Mina found out who the senior she had fought and won was after hearing from Princess Frill who came to visit her in person.

“Oh come on… .”

Although it was said that it was the wound he received to defeat such an opponent, he couldn’t help but feel that his arms burned by the lightning were still sore.

‘I can’t continue fighting that doesn’t fit my capabilities.’

I had to develop my strength and skills as soon as possible, but time was wasted just lying here in a daze. At a time like this… .

Mina caught the priestess sister passing by her bed.

“excuse me.”

“Mina patient? You’re awake. Do you have a lot of burns on your arms? Or do you have any discomfort?”

“Nope… . I’m sorry, but when can I be discharged by any chance?”

“You have to watch the progress for two more days. The burns on his arms are also burns, but the mana in his body was also slightly damaged due to the excessive use of magic.”

“ah… .”

“For the next two days, mana treatment will proceed while taking holy water. And the arms, though I’ll try not to leave scars. It will take some time to get completely clean.”

“Scars are fine. Thank you for caring me.”

“Student Mina is strong.”

The female priestess sister, who was busy walking around the health room, smiled and left.

‘You’re kind even though the health room is busy because of us… .’

The first match against the student council, which resulted in so many injuries that the health room exploded, was not decided, but it was a victory for Princess Frill.

Even the student council executives almost filled the intensive care unit.

“Should I sleep… ?”

Mina’s private hospital room, where Princess Frill paid for all expenses.

The sun was still setting, but Mina, who was trying to pass the time quickly, was in a quiet room ready to go to bed early.

“Do you have spearmint?”

Mina couldn’t hide her joy at the very welcome voice that broke the silence.

“Professor Ian!?”

“You seem fine just by hearing your voice. May I come in?”

“Ah, yes! But my hair is a lot of mess right now… .”

“What does that matter?”

Professor Ian, who still had a nonchalant face and came in in a stylish suit, had a paper bag in his hand.

“You seem to have regained your energy.”

Inside the envelope, the faint scent of apples was spreading. Ian placed it within reach of Mina and sat down on the chair next to the bed.

Mina, who was nervous for a moment, tried to quickly adjust her posture on the bed.

“Oh, follow me… .”

“… Are you okay? I will call the priest now.”

“No! Fine. It’s not that painful.”

The burns on both arms, which hadn’t healed yet, were just a little sore.

In that brief moment, Mina could clearly see Professor Ian’s softly collapsed expression.

‘As expected, he’s the one who acts coldly… .’

Mina covered her arms with bandages behind her back and smiled at Professor Ian, who was speechless.

“Really fine.”

“… sorry. In many ways.”

“It’s really okay… ! I fought because I wanted to fight, and if you think that I was able to protect Sepia unnie thanks to that, I’m happy with that. Never mind.”

“no. As long as I’m involved in the student council case, I’m responsible for all damages. As a professor, I intervened, and it was no longer an issue between students.”

“professor… .”

“I will never hurt you again with this. I know this is a difficult promise to keep, but at least I will definitely take responsibility for the hurt you suffered.”

Mina felt a bit depressed at the thought that she had bothered the professor by overdoing it.

“I was hurt, but the professor took responsibility, I’m so sorry… .”

“If this happens, we will be endlessly sorry for each other.”

Ian looked at the apologetic Mina, smiled a little and handed her what was in the envelope.

It was apple juice in a glass bottle.

“Let’s have a drink and talk first.”

* * *

“We have succeeded in revealing some of the identities of the assailants who have been targeting you before.”

“What a relief… . It was a tougher fight because I didn’t know who I was.”

After sending Ina away first, I went straight to Professor Dana and asked for help.

She was able to cast a fast and accurate teleport like a dragon, and Dana and I were able to join Inna in a fierce battle.

“Some Akula members who fainted at the scene were arrested, and they are currently under intense investigation into their identities.”

“Akula… . I don’t know, but my friends said they were completely out of their minds.”

“It is enough to know that much.”

They claim to be anti-aristocratic, but in reality they are just a group of fanatics.

If he is injected with the blood of a drowned body, he is completely brainwashed.

“Fortunately, there will be no investigation into the friction between the student council and us.”

“Why is that?”

“Because Princess Euryl doesn’t want that.”

The downfall of the student council was a major upheaval that everyone in Paideia would already know about.

In response, the fact that the school started a full-scale investigation means that the student council’s disastrous defeat is really revealed.

That would go against the authority of Princess Euril, who as student council president was aiming for a flawless student council.

as well as in the original.

Looking at it now, it’s just absurd, but anyway, her fanciful goals saved us a lot of trouble.

“Everyone must have noticed the dark side of the student council, but it has become a situation where no one can talk about it.”

“It looks like a ghost.”

The faculty would like to know more about the student council’s misdeeds and the injuries of Felix and Herril, but… . It seems that he gave up the investigation because he was paying attention to Princess Auril.

After talking that far, I looked Mina straight in the eyes and said.

“In other words, you and I have become famous figures in this school. Even if everyone doesn’t say it, it’s obvious that the student council went downhill because of us.”

“aha… .”

“I will not like it. You will now be noticed by many people, and you may be swept away by various incidents.”

Targeting Mina in Akula must have been an extension of that.

‘I must have tried to recruit her after seeing Mina’s strength and unique magic.’

Now that Mina has fully proven her unique magic through the battle with Heryl.

I’ve given up trying to guess how much of an impact she’ll have on the future as I know it, what kind of butterfly effect it will bring.

All I can say to Mina is… .

“So, don’t go alone. Night roads are dangerous. When you go to or come to the library, make sure to go with your friends.”

“Yep.”

“Be careful even at school, never overconfident in your strength. I’m not denigrating your unique magic. Do you understand?”

It’s just this nagging.

To add to that.

“I have a question for you.”

“Yeah?”

“Are you close with a student named Lethe?”

There were many things, but there was one thing that bothered me in the situation that was ending well.

The biggest reason why Princess Auril was so sure of her victory.

The elite troops and leading members who were worthy of being called a knighthood in themselves.

I expected dealing with them to be the most troublesome. however.

‘Sir, do you know Lethe?’

‘Why is he with me? no way… ?’

‘He half-killed Felix? All the knights I took.’

‘why not?’

‘I do not know… ? Seeing that they fought in front of Mina’s room, it seems like they tried to protect Mina from the beginning.’

Agoge’s demon, Lethe.

Unofficial native magic user.

Always reigning at the apex of Agoge, a powerful brake that prevents other violent organizations from openly spreading.

A supporting character who drops out after being defeated by Sepia, who uses the drowned body’s inventions in part 6.

Looking at the depiction of the Agoge Dormitory, which rapidly becomes ugly after she disappears, you gradually realize the extent of its influence.

A person of that size suddenly moves for Mina.

‘Even if I can understand the situation with Sepia, Lethe suddenly… ?’

“Are you a dangerous person… ?”

“There’s nothing wrong with being careful.”

Mina seems to have heard her name for the first time.

Well, it’s because I’m so afraid that I can’t even mention my name in Agoge Dormitory. Students who aren’t interested in the underworld may not even know her name.

It’s like a device in a novel made to emphasize the strength of sepia, so I don’t know what kind of personality it actually is.

There must be a reason why it is nicknamed the devil.

* * *

The student council was literally smashed.

It wasn’t that many people were lost, but all of the people who were in charge of the student council were hospitalized.

An empty student council room.

Princess Euril, who was staring blankly at the empty place, just laughed.

“Twenty elite knight-level leading members, Felix, Haril, Lise… . With this much power, I would have sent it to the battlefield… !”

I risked the entire student council, but on the contrary, I was miserably beaten.

‘Even if that’s the case.’

I want to know how you got hit.

‘It’s the devil, princess…’ ! The devil lives in agoge!! That stringed instrument was tearing my ears apart!!!’

‘Professor Ian… . He’s a devil worshiper. Princess, how can you do that… .’

‘I fought while being burned by my fireball, but I lost. He’s a genius, he can’t win… .’

She went directly to the intensive care unit, which seemed to be believed to be the student council room, but she only heard nonsense.

Far more than expected, Princess Frill’s supporters were strong and seasoned.

There are still a lot of guys who don’t even know who they really are… .

The genius Mina who defeated Haril.

Professor Ian, who broke Rize’s heart.

The demon of Agoge, who killed the bodies and minds of all leading members, including Felix… .

‘A devil, what the hell is that? After breaking down like that, can’t you figure out the other person’s true identity?’

‘It’s the same with the previous leader, why did everyone get beaten up by that unknown guy… !’

“Oh really… ! Are you sick people!!”

Euril couldn’t hold back her anger, and eventually started throwing everything around her.

Books were torn and glass was broken. In an instant, the student council room became a mess.

Surprised by the sound, the student members came running, but they didn’t say anything and just looked at her.

Receiving everyone’s fear, Euril thought.

Of course, this immature outburst of anger right now won’t change anything.

I know that, but I felt like I was going to fall over with a vase if I didn’t vent my anger right now.

To have to wait for a semester with blood gushing out like this, to have to hold back anger and prepare to break frills… !

“Hey, what are you looking at?”

“Ah yes! I’ll get it right away, sorry… !”

“Don’t just talk, move! Oh, and.”

“Yeah… ?”

“Professor Ian, when is the next class?”

Auril, I have never left anyone who dared to challenge me.

‘I’ll be a stumbling block in everything you do in the future.’

Euril smiled meanly.

* * *

The morning after visiting a Mint student in the hospital.

“Meriel, I am a liberal arts student.”

“what is that?”

“He’s a useless person.”

“… ?”

“therefore. tell me one more time How do you control the ice window temperature? No, if you just freeze water to make a spear, isn’t that an ice spear? Why is this so difficult?”

“ha… . Are you an idiot?”

I am learning the basics of magic from Meriel.

Of course, if you borrow the power of the magic calculator, you can learn anything at a high speed.

‘Mister, do you know that every time I use it, my soul gets blurrier?’

‘Because mana in the body has a close relationship with the soul… . Do you know how much I should spend to make sure my life won’t get in the way?’

‘Hmm… . Anything longer than 15 minutes would be dangerous. Let’s drink holy water first. When the soul is weak, the body is also weak. I’ll catch a cold.’

For safety, the use of the magic calculator was limited to 10 minutes a day.

Those 10 minutes a day are so precious to me.

I thought it would be inefficient to spend those 10 minutes just reading a magic book without any plan, so I set up my own magic learning plan.

“Meriel. Even if I don’t seem to understand anything right now, I’m different when I turn on the magic calculator. you are doing well now Don’t lose hope.”

“Once I have memorized as much information as possible and put it in my head, I will use the arithmetic to understand them… . First of all, you want to get the big picture and learn it completely with an arithmetic machine?”

“Wouldn’t that be more efficient? Rather than simply ignorantly grabbing any magic book and reading it.”

“Your hair rolls well… .”

“Your hair. This is an effective study method.”

Taking the endless instructions from Meriel and Elma, I created my own curriculum.

Even if you hit your head with magic knowledge all day long, and turn on the calculator tonight and recall everything you’ve learned… .

‘Just thinking about it makes me feel good.’

It was a peaceful morning, listening to Meriel’s nagging and calming my excitement.

smart… .

A weak knocking sound interrupted my happy study time.

‘That gloomy feeling is somehow familiar, doesn’t it?’

“Is it spearmint?”

“This is Ina. Ina light blue, Professor Ian.”

Ina’s weak voice came from across the door.

You’re the one who saved Sepia, why are you so depressed?

“Come in at once.”

“… thank you.”

Her tail and ears were drooping, and she looked pretty depressed even if she didn’t say anything.

In the suffocating silence, I was wondering if I should ask what happened first.

As if deciding something, Ina raised her head.

“Professor Ian.”

“What?”

“… I know it’s a difficult request. However, I thought that the only person in this school who would understand me would be Professor Ian, so I came here to meet him.”

I felt uneasy, but I decided to listen.

“I will listen to the request and judge.”

Ina handed me a letter of voluntary expulsion.

“me… . Please expel me. Professor Ian.”

It seems like just yesterday that I was embarrassed because of the kid who asked me to expel him from the first day.

‘What’s wrong with you?’

I had a lot of thoughts and a headache at the moment, but I answered immediately.

“You should have read the paperwork straight before coming back. Those who can sign it are the professors of your department. Ask the Commander Department professors.”

“I have already applied for transfer to the Department of Linguistics in Mado.”

what?

“… Are you serious? Did you even do that to get me to sign the expulsion papers?”

“Yeah.”

Then I have nothing more to say.

Ina must have been the second-in-command of the special warfare department. Before the professors over there shed bloody tears, we have to cancel the criminal record.

Everyone in the Command Department must be looking forward to Ina’s future, but out of the blue, Ina is transferred to the Magical Linguistics Department, which has nothing to do with it. If I expel her, the second-in-command for undergraduate integration, with my own hands… .

I don’t have the confidence to endure that backlash.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the professors from the special warfare department came to assassinate me.

I looked at the wounded wolf girl, whose former vitality had completely disappeared.

I was thinking of rejecting Ina’s proposal, but I decided to listen to her thoughts first.

“Explain it. Why do you want to leave here?”