Episode 61. midterm exam (3)

“Mister, I think I’m going to throw up… .”

“How do ghosts vomit?”

“Do you think I’m a bit dizzy too?”

“… We are almost done now.”

Yes, there is an end to this swamp of formulas… !

“Daddy, he is a bit strange. Why did you solve such an easy problem so complicated? Even the formula added to the 1st circle magic is over half a page. It’s a little bit like calling this a magic ceremony.”

“Can’t we just give it a zero? I think this would be very inefficient. Who uses three magic circles to shoot a low-level ice spear?”

The other students’ answers had already been graded, but due to the essay type problem Carol had submitted, the grading was still not finished two days after the grading began.

The basic framework of the answer Carol submitted was obviously the 1st circle magic circle, but the added formula was so bloated that it ruined the original form, so it took a long time to review.

“Mister! I think I know now.”

“What?”

“this… . It’s a random number. If you look at it, this magic circle generates random numbers, and it substitutes those numbers into the next magic circle.”

‘If you want to call yourself a scholar, if you want to introduce yourself as a member contributing to the quest for truth, challenge the professor! Doubt their teachings, re-examine them and stare at them.’

As I said in the first class of basic magic formula class, he challenged me by writing his thoughts on the magic formula.

“Oh, so!”

I finally understood the way Carol rolled the pencil until 15 minutes before submission.

I wondered why he was doing that like Yuri, but it seems he was calculating numbers by randomly assigning them.

“Mister, can we call this an ice spear? If I wrote this… .”

“It will explode. You must be aware that the magic formula is too unstable right now.”

“right? It’s a magic formula that explodes even if one number is wrong. No matter how confident you are in your calculations, aren’t you crazy?”

“Still, if this is well polished… .”

Random numbers, I thought of bringing an uncontrollable concept to the magic circle. Did you study this yourself?

no wonder… . It seems that Carol recently cut back on her sleep so much that Rien forced her into bed.

“Well, anyway, since this question is also graded… . Did you pass the midterm exam without any problems like this?”

“Teacher, there are still practical evaluations left. Student council, they’re not joking right now. Are you just waiting for a magic duel?”

The drowned body that dismantled Akula now took over the student council. If the source of the information had not been the goddess, it was something I would not have believed.

many times since then. Elma told her everything about the drowned body, but unfortunately, she was busy preparing for the midterm exam, so she couldn’t respond properly until now.

“Actually, since I’m going to stop him now, there’s no good way.”

The biggest obstacle is not being able to publicly reveal that a drowned body is entering the body of a female student and trying to take over the school.

After all, Greyvine is a creature of the pond that is being researched in the imperial family in secret.

“What’s interesting is that they didn’t brainwash the students like Akula did.”

“Why did you change your ways? I don’t understand that. If it was just forcibly dominating the students like before, it wouldn’t have been difficult to deal with them… .”

If the mind was controlled by bodily fluids, I could somehow find a way to get rid of that bodily fluid and bring the students of the student council back to the bright world.

The drowned body was meticulously enticing the students to voluntarily fall into darkness.

“Sir, is there any chance of winning this magic duel? You and your students will be fighting kids armed with those monstrous objects.”

“… Winning or losing doesn’t matter right now. I don’t think they have to fight the student council and win.”

Drinking cold coffee, I made a sincere request to Elma.

“The most important thing is that the children do not get hurt. Keep an eye on the student council like you do now.”

* * *

In the student council room as the sun was setting, Euril smiled at Holden.

“This is the first time we have a meeting with this member.”

Unlike Eugene, who was happy sitting down and waving her legs up and down, Darby, Haril, Lize, and Holden attended the meeting with firm expressions.

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Just by looking at her appearance, you could tell what they were thinking of the filetta standing quietly behind Euryl.

There is no one here who does not know that she is a demon or equivalent.

Everyone except Holden received her mysterious invention as a gift, and even felt its unrealistic performance… . Even though they were nominal allies, it was natural for them to be wary of Filetta.

‘Still, it seems he hasn’t noticed what kind of relationship he has with me yet.’

Ironically, Auril’s relationship with the devil… . They were closer than her father, the emperor, and more horizontal than her eldest sister, the same princess.

‘… This one should never get caught. Because I’m a princess.’

There is only one reason why the Student Council, which is nothing more than a self-governing student body, was able to wield so much power that it could even interfere with professors’ decisions.

It was because of the perception that Euril was the actual ruler of Kiruna, who even the principal kept an eye on her, so her identity should never be blurred.

If the student council executives are afraid of the filetta, Euril said that even such a filetta needs to look like a monster moving on its own.

‘In this school… . I have to be more fearful than my older sisters and older brothers.’

What if, when the older sisters and older brothers approached the student council officers to find Auril’s weakness, they would even confide in the devil?

Or if the story spreads that Filetta came to Euril’s bedroom to get a recording of Professor Ian’s lecture… . I still can’t get it back.

If anyone else doesn’t know, the eldest sister, who still sees Euril as a potential political opponent, will mobilize everything the moment she sees a gap and finally reveal the identity of Piletta, and will put herself in the sunlight on the charge of collaborating with the devil. I will confine you to a church where you can’t receive one for over 10 years.

Filetta agreed that the relationship between the two should be kept secret and Auril’s authority should be protected.

‘In order to achieve the purpose of Filetta, you will need my power… .’

I don’t know if you know what I’m thinking or not. Filetta, the clerk, pricked her finger with the nib of a fountain pen and wrote down today’s date in black blood.

‘I told you not to do that… .’

Before the executives’ eyes were drawn to her unsocialized figure, Euril deliberately spoke to Holden in a bright voice.

“Now, let’s start the first meeting. You know the subject even if you don’t say it, right? Holden, announce yourself first.”

“Carl’s skills, which are unusual in the speed of building magic, are obviously excellent, but it seems that he still hasn’t compensated for the weakness of rapidly consuming mana in his body due to his low mana sensitivity.”

Holden had dealt with Carol in the duel evaluation last year as well, and at that time, the fight between the 1st place and 3rd place in the entire school became a hot topic, so Lize and Heryl, who were seated right next to them, also watched the duel.

Because… . Holden did not bother to explain the incident in which Carol, who had been unreasonably using magic at the time, collapsed due to exhaustion of mana in her body and was taken to the health room.

“… Maybe this year, it will flow like last year.”

“Still, the speed at which high-ranking magic is built is intimidating. So, in this magic duel evaluation, I set a limit so that you can only use up to 3rd circle magic, so make sure you win. Holden, on the contrary, I didn’t forbid the use of Aspect Magic, but it could be said later, so use it only when it’s really dangerous… . Next, Rize?”

A few days after Holden joined the student council, Lize, whose complexion had brightened up before she knew it, handed over some data to Euril.

“… We have received reports that Lewis Sepia degrades the mana in her body, allowing her to create a Greater Igniter explosion without a magic circle. However, it does not seem to be a threat that exceeds the power of the ‘invention’ bestowed on me.”

“great. Darby, how are you?”

“I will win no matter what.”

Darby gnashed his teeth as he recalled Mina’s face.

“I don’t know if I can get to class B without my own magic, but if you climb up with free magic that doesn’t work, I’ll trample on you.”

“… Eugene, are you ready to fight Yuri?”

“Please, please let me fight.”

Eugene shuddered. There were deep scars on his left wrist that would never be erased no matter how much Holden bandaged them and sprinkled them with holy water, and his eyes glowed with madness.

“I have worked really hard so far. I bleed, learned, and fought every day until I was about to die… !”

“Don’t kill me.”

“Yeah… !”

Euril took her eyes off Eugene, who was going mad, and smiled as she recalled Frill’s face.

“I will destroy it myself… . Then there is only one of these people who is not ready yet.”

Heryl flinched as her eyes met Auril’s.

* * *

A genius at flame control.

The nickname didn’t suit her, Harrill thought.

Many called her a genius, but that was only for idiots who didn’t know how hard Harrill had worked to get her to this level.

‘Heryl, can you do it? You’re a genius.’

“Genius is an asshole.”

Haril burned the recruitment proposals sent from numerous magic labs at once without even reading them.

While many of the magical research institutes that wanted her were considered dream jobs for many students, she did not aim for a researcher or anything like that.

“I’m going to somehow get into the Imperial Academy… ”

A weak monologue leaked through the window.

“I’m sure I didn’t worry about this until last year.”

“worry?”

“yes. At that time, I was sure that I would be able to pursue my dream at the Imperial Academy as soon as I graduated… .”

“Have you lost that certainty now?”

“right… . Wait, why are you here?!”

“Is that strange?”

“It’s not strange!”

When Haril hurriedly turned on the light, the demon hiding in the darkness appeared.

Heryl was speechless for a moment at the shameless expression of Filetta sitting on the floor.

“no… . This is my personal room. It’s not your living room.”

“Good find.”

“Yes, I am crazy. Can you expect human manners from the devil… .”

“As you said, I’m a demon, but I’m quite interested in humans.”

Filetta said to Haril, who was sitting on the bed.

“Especially people your age are the most attractive. You are the only ones in the world who rejoice or fear imagining the far-distant future.”

“Imagine the future, are you afraid?”

“You can be anything, yet you are nothing. I am full of longing, but I am always trembling with anxiety like this.”

“… Are you talking about me?”

As Filetta said, Haril was always anxious that he would not be able to reach the future he dreamed of, the Imperial Academy.

The reason why he struggled to somehow rise to the rank of General Affairs Director of the Student Council was only to get into the Imperial Academy.

“If Princess Euryl says a word or two, the conference will just pass.”

“Is the Imperial Academy a place where everyone joins like that?”

“It’s a place you can’t even dream of if you don’t know anyone in the imperial family. So the professors are trying hard to impress Princess Euryl.”

How hard she struggled to get close to perfect grades in all assignments while doing her best in the student council under the fierce Princess Euril.

Filetta, who had been silently listening to the story of Haril’s exhausting efforts without talent, asked her.

“If you were so desperate for your dream, last winter. Why did you leave the student council?”

“that’s… .”

Her fierce efforts have been rewarded with high grades and Euril’s recognition.

All of that was denied at once by losing to the overwhelming talent, Mina Spearmint.

Rumors about the confrontation with Mina spread, and the experience of the results of the efforts accumulated so far being degenerated into a means to show off one’s brilliant talent… . It was enough to break Haril’s heart.

“I couldn’t help but stay in the student council. I wanted to hide away. To the point where even the Imperial Academy gave up… .”

“By the way, Haril, didn’t you come back to the student council after all? I gave you the strength to achieve what you want, but why are you still shrinking? Was it not enough?”

Filetta stood in front of Heril and smiled. Haril pulled herself back, but her shadow remained in place as if chained by a demon.

“You are too scared. Seeing how I was overpowered by Ina.”

“I… . excuse me?”

“I don’t know what Ian did, but I’m sure Ina has grown explosively in a short period of time.”

The power of free magic differs from sharpness. To embody the images and mental images in your head so clearly, you must develop that sense… .

‘Well, let’s do it anyway.’

“Even though I don’t know how Ina, who is not even a human and is a half-Lang race, was able to use that level of magic… . Considering your magic skills and my invention, you weren’t at the level of talking tails. Rather, if you had used the magic tools I gave you well, you would have won in the end… . Haril, are you afraid of losing?”

At Filetta’s ridicule, Haril’s eyes lit up.

“okay… ! who wants to lose? Who would want to be defeated!”

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Just as you need to study much more than normal to get a perfect score on the exam without any worries.

In order not to suffer a bitter defeat during the magic duel evaluation, Haril devoted himself to training more than anyone else and analyzed the duel opponent.

It is because of his personality that he hates losing to the extent that he avoids facing opponents who are likely to lose, so the crushing defeat from Mina left him with such a great trauma.

“good night. As I promised you, I will make you achieve what you want most.”

“how… ?”

A dark fog began to roll in around Filetta. Haril made eye contact with something on the other side of the creepy darkness and held his breath.

“Now, pick one of these.”

“What is all this… !”

“They are children who will make you a completely different being.”

Like a fire spreading across a canvas, Heryl’s private room gradually turned black. The sound of creaking and swallowing echoed in Haril’s ears.

“Eugene was also anxious to beat E-class Yuri, and he suffered because he was not sure that he would be able to win. But now, I am more confident than anyone else in the student council.”

“Then Eugene too, this… ?”

“If you want to develop the strength to trample on someone, you have to endure the pain that follows. Can you prove your hard work here?”

Heril’s trembling stopped in front of the creatures hidden in the sticky pitch darkness and unable to feel the distance.

“Forget your anxiety now.”

Darkness came and hugged Haril.