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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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There were some on the Demon King’s army side who noticed the anomaly.
It started with a few magical beasts that had a strong contract with Subrak.
They realized that the contract binding them had been severed.
The termination of a contract only meant one thing – the death of the contracted party.
In other words, it signified Subrak’s death.
The twisted magical beasts didn’t miss that opportunity.
Some of Subrak’s magical beasts rose up to become the ruler of that area.
They thought they could overtake the position of the Raven King, who had held powerful authority in a region of the Demon Realm.
It was a natural thing for magical beasts, who revered power, to desire.
However, not all magical beasts acted that way.
Subrak’s army, which specialized in information warfare, had many cunning magical beasts.
And there were some who delivered the news of his death to the other 7 Calamities.
As a result,
“Subrak’s chair smells like chicken. Disgusting.”
A man in frivolous-looking black clothes sat on the chair covered in bird feathers, where Subrak used to sit, and yawned boredly.
Blood, almost black, was still dripping from the bloodstains that clung to his clothes like they were scorched.
The man was playing with a magical beast’s head at his feet like a ball.
In Subrak’s audience room, the corpses of all magical beasts except that man were strewn about like a mountain.
“If it weren’t for that damn information, these weak ones would have ended up like this long ago.”
There was no positive reaction in the man’s voice about him taking Subrak’s position.
He was just calm as if it was a given.
“Subrak…”
The man lightly stepped on the head he had been playing with, as if disgusted.
Squish.
Thud!
Watching the flesh burst out like a watermelon, the man muttered softly.
“But why did that guy die?”
According to the story brought by those who had delivered the information, there were five people in the forest at that time.
Since all the crows inside the forest had died, no magical beasts knew what had happened inside.
Even if the Raven King was weak in terms of combat power, he was still one of the Calamities.
He wasn’t someone who would lose his life to mere first-year students at the academy.
But Subrak was dead.
And no one knew the identity of the being that had killed Subrak.
It was a troubling matter.
It didn’t matter if he didn’t know anything else.
But it was dangerous that someone strong enough to oppose the 7 Calamities wasn’t even properly known yet.
For the sake of the Second Incident, it was necessary to clearly identify their identity.
‘Subrak was definitely good at this part, even if he wasn’t good at anything else. Why did he do the stupid thing of moving directly?’
It was possible to guess that the Demon King was probably the cause of that impulsive action.
Unlike a magical beast, Subrak seemed to have an attachment to the Demon King, as if he had affection for others.
So when the Demon King was involved, he often got swayed by unnecessary emotions.
He had left it alone since it wasn’t particularly harmful, but in the end, it was regrettable for him that there was no channel to deliver information.
The fortunate thing was that he wasn’t inferior in information warfare if he tried.
He might not be able to conduct wide-scale surveillance using birds like the Raven King, but he had an interesting power.
In this case, he would have to use someone inside the academy.
“I have no choice but to pretend to be a constellation again.”
The man took out a long metal plate as if it was bothersome, lowering the corners of his eyes.
This object, handed over by a strange fellow, had a mysterious power to give ‘revelations’ to constellation candidates.
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One month after the First Incident.
Lucentra, the town attached to the academy.
I was sitting in a high-class cafe aimed at nobles and the upper class there.
This cafe, made by layering several layers of beautiful silk into thick curtains, was an appropriate place to have a conversation without being noticed from the outside.
Since the person I had an appointment with hadn’t arrived yet, I was sitting alone.
[Constellation Gaunis is excited, saying that looks delicious too!]
[Constellation Gaunis begs you to buy that dessert!]
[Constellation Gaunis says please…!]
However, even alone, it didn’t feel like being alone because of the noisy messages that kept ringing in my head.
I set it to be heard as a voice in my head because it was annoying to read the messages, and this was the result.
Noisy.
I replied to Gaunis through the Celestial Network’s messaging function.
Fortunately, I found a function to send messages just by thinking.
-If you want to eat it that much, give me money. You’re rich.
[Constellation Gaunis frowns as if depressed by your words.]
[Constellation Gaunis provokes you by asking if you’re a poor loser without money.]
[Constellation Gaunis says then I, the merciful constellation, will give you some money.]
[Constellation Gaunis sponsors 50 Star Stones!]
50 Star Stones, the trading currency unit of the Celestial Network, had a value equivalent to 5pt, or about 500 won in my previous life.
As the physical distance increased, this fellow’s arrogance was skyrocketing without knowing the sky’s height.
It’s not like there’s no way to punish her, but why does she become so arrogant so quickly?
-Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh!
I thought of the siren sound I had heard in my previous life.
I imagined it as a very loud sound. That sound would be ringing directly in Gaunis’ head.
[Constellation Gaunis rolls on the bed in agony!]
[Constellation Gaunis cries and begs you to stop!]
[Constellation Gaunis says sorry! I was wrong, so please!]
I realized this method was effective in punishing Gaunis right after I started having conversations with her like this.
It was to experiment with how much the range of thought was.
But this was also possible.
Anyway, it seemed that the types of messages that could be sent varied greatly depending on imagination.
But Gaunis had a terrible imagination despite reading so many romance novels, so she couldn’t even take proper revenge on me.
Thinking this was enough, I stopped the siren sound and sent a different message instead.
-Loser.
[Constellation Gaunis receives a huge shock as if struck by lightning and sobs.]
[Constellation Gaunis gloomily buries her face in the pillow and swallows the wound to her pride along with tears.]
[Too much!]
She seemed quite devastated.
I felt a little sorry, so I finally rang the bell on the table.
And I ordered a few desserts to be packaged.
[Constellation Gaunis pays attention to your words.]
[Constellation Gaunis cautiously looks at you with a little expectation.]
Yeah. I’m buying it for you.
But I didn’t feel the need to say that, so I cleanly ignored it.
Then Gaunis sent a few more messages as if she was nervous, but I ignored them too.
Just before Gaunis exploded at my lack of response.
The layers of silk swayed, and a blonde girl entered the room.
Of course, it was the person I had been waiting for.
I gently rose from my seat and greeted her with full etiquette.
“Greetings to Her Highness the Princess.”
Yuria, seeing me, hesitated for a moment and accepted the greeting.
“Yeah. Leonhart.”
Yuria was wearing a blue one-piece dress, not her usual school uniform.
I was in my school uniform.
Seeing her slightly low-cut dress, I definitely felt that Yuria was conscious of me.
‘But I was rejected.’
Although I hadn’t even confessed in the first place.
I also thought there were cases where the person who thought they had been rejected was more conscious.
[Constellation Gaunis is curious about why you’re meeting Yuria.]
[Constellation Gaunis asks if this is perhaps cheating.]
[Constellation Gaunis says you should show this to others too!]
-Don’t be ridiculous. It’s not that kind of situation.
Well, it was naturally a situation that could be seen that way.
The situation of meeting a girl alone.
Since I had left Nias and Livia behind too.
However, this was likely to be a very business-like situation.
Because it was now ‘that time’.
Sitting back down after finishing our orders, we awkwardly faced each other.
As the silence grew a bit long, I was the first to speak.
“Your Highness.”
“Yeah. You can speak. I’ll allow it.”
“You called me, Your Highness. After avoiding me for a month.”
Yuria, who was answering nonchalantly, had a surprised expression at my words.
“I wasn’t avoiding you…”
It was avoiding.
But the way she avoided me was a bit strange.
She would linger around me as if she wanted to say something, but when I tried to talk to her, she would turn bright red and run away.
That happened several times, and it wasn’t like there were no witnesses.
As a result, I somehow became one of the strong candidates for the rumor that started spreading, “Her Highness the Princess has someone she passionately likes.”
Amidst this, a note secretly arrived, telling me to meet at this cafe.
At my point, Yuria sighed while twirling the ends of her long blonde hair with her fingers, her face flushed.
“You’re right. It’s true that I avoided you a bit. I’ll apologize. But you know, something like that happened. I tried to forget, but I couldn’t, so that’s why.”
Yuria smiled awkwardly as if asking me to understand.
I felt a strong need to explain again.
“Your Highness. It’s a misunderstanding. I was asking you to let me join the student council.”
“…Really?”
Contrary to my expectation that she would still misunderstand, Yuria’s eyes brightened slightly.
“If I ask you to join the student council, will you join?”
Seeing her smiling slightly, I roughly guessed what Yuria wanted to say.
But why did she have to ask at ‘this time’ of all times?
“I thought you might refuse because it would be uncomfortable to face me.”
Yuria said with a genuinely relieved sigh.
It seemed the misunderstanding wasn’t cleared and she thought it was an excuse.
There was no way to clear up such a misunderstanding in the first place.
“Then, Leonhart Deinhart. I formally invite you to my student council.”
“What reason do I have to join Your Highness’ student council?”
At my words, Yuria’s eyes widened.
She looked like someone who had never heard such words in her life.
“Reason?”
“Letting me into the student council at this time means you want to go through the ‘election’ together with me.”
The reason I was convinced that there was a clear reason for coming at ‘this time’ was precisely because of this ‘election’.
The student council president election period was approaching.
The student council president election was a rough position where one had to prove both leadership and skills.
It was a dangerous election where one’s life could be at risk if not careful.
Since there was a tremendous newcomer in this year’s second year, she must have been worried too.
It was natural to try to recruit me.
In Yuria’s eyes, I must have been a considerably capable talent.
“I am the most promising student council president candidate this year too. Of course, I will…”
“No. Not that.”
I leaned my body slightly towards Yuria.
“The reason I should join the president, not oppose her. That’s what I mean.”
In fact, I had to join the student council led by Yuria.
Because there was an achievement I had to accomplish for my permanent peace.
However, I found her misunderstanding annoying, so I wanted to tease her a bit.
After luring her to lower her pride and confess to me because she couldn’t stand it herself, this time I would reject her.
“You rejected me, Senior. And now, you want me to be with Senior?”
Yuria swallowed her breath for a moment as if frightened.
I could see strength filling her slender body.
“What… do you want me to do?”
Blue eyes moved, gauging my mood.
I lightly grasped Yuria’s chin, which was trying to avoid my gaze, and forced her to look at me again.
And while holding her in place so she couldn’t escape, I smiled slightly.
“Who knows?”
I pretended to think deeply and playfully lowered my eyebrows.
It was because I wanted to see Yuria’s reaction more.
I squinted my eyes at Yuria, who was looking up at me blankly.
“Ah, let’s do this. I feel a bit awkward calling you Your Highness now. Can I call you by your name? And speak casually.”
As expected, Yuria’s breath broke as if startled.
Her reaction was cute, so I decided to tease her more.
I slightly raised my upper body and gently brought my face close to Yuria’s.
As I brought it close enough for our breaths to mix, Yuria’s warm breath became even more irregular.
Yuria half-closed her eyes, trembling her long, dense eyelashes.
I smiled teasingly at Yuria like that.
“That’s not it. You were expecting it, I see.”
The slightly parted lips and dilated pupils that looked like they had been tricked were pleasing.
I passed Yuria’s lips by a hair’s breadth and brought my lips to her ear.
And I whispered very slowly.
“Don’t think it will end with just calling your name.”
Yuria’s shoulders twitched slightly.
I laughed loosely, finding Yuria’s reaction amusing.
She raised her hand as if to push my shoulder away, not knowing what to do.
There wasn’t much strength, though.
And it wasn’t like she was trying to completely push me away.
That’s when moisture gathered in Yuria’s eyes.
Transparent droplets were pooling, making her blue eyes even deeper.
“You can c-call me by my name. So now… stop it. My heart hurts too much.”
When I was flustered, thinking I had teased her too much, right then.
Click!
The sound of a magic camera’s shutter was heard from outside.
The layers of silk swayed, and the silhouette of a person running away disappeared.
Yuria and I both jumped up from our seats in surprise.
I wondered if it was because I was too focused on teasing Yuria, weakening the performance of Sensory Expansion, but there was no way I wouldn’t have noticed this much.
If it was magic, I would have quickly sensed the mana.
Yuria would have noticed it too.
‘The power of a blessing?’
It must have been an academy student using a blessing that erases presence.
Anyway, if a photo of the princess and the young lord being close was leaked, it was only a matter of time before it developed into a political and public issue.
I was the first to run out.
That guy was already running out the cafe door.
It wasn’t an advanced blessing like invisibility.
As I opened the cafe door and ran out, I saw a quite tall boy in a pulled-up hood hurrying down the street.
I drew up mana and flew like an arrow.
The next moment, the guy also drew up a faint aura all over his body.
He was someone who knew how to use his body quite well.
If I used my head, I could have caught him with magic, but I didn’t want to unnecessarily prolong the chase.
‘If it’s a speed competition…’
I summoned the strongest sword and activated its ability.
Ding!
The next moment, the world looked slow.
One step.
The moment I kicked the ground, I was moving faster than anything around me.
The gust of wind that rose behind me caused the flags to flutter violently.
The carriage that was running lost its balance against the wind and tilted for a moment as if it would fall.
“Eek!”
“What wind all of a sudden…! Grab the goods!”
People crouched against the gust, and those selling fruits or vegetables at stalls hurriedly grabbed their goods so they wouldn’t be blown away by the wind.
And slightly faster than all that commotion, I arrived in front of the guy and checked the face inside the robe.
“Huh?”
Seeing an unexpected face there, I widened my eyes slightly.
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