A Third-Rate Villain’s Sweet Life Exploiting Academy Bugs – Chapter 24

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Claris Academy, Live Shooting Class.

Half of the academy was divided by grade, but the major classes, excluding general education classes, were taken according to each individual’s position.

I had somehow become an archer aspiring for the rearguard, so I had to take live shooting as a major requirement.

And before my eyes, a shooting show of numerous archer aspirants was unfolding.

“Next, Group 4, in position!”

Matching the professor’s words, the group two ahead of me lined up in position.

Their agile hand movements, arms without a hint of trembling.

-Swooosh!

And a clean release point without any excess movements.

The difference in talent was truly evident here!

-That guy? That crossbow guy.

-Oh, I heard he went up to a draw in the test because a demon appeared.

There were still many students behind me who ridiculed my qualifications as an archer, asking how Lev Denec, who wasn’t even worthy of C-grade, ended up in B-grade.

In fact, since the target was neither alive nor a demon race, my 3x critical wouldn’t apply, and with my proficiency level much lower, it was difficult for me to show a threatening appearance.

-I heard he’s going to have a duel with Senior Gaelon.

-What? With bows? Or just a bet?

-Bows. He’s really crazy.

Many students already seemed to know about the duel.

In the end, what I desperately needed for the future was none other than wind archery.

A simple unique characteristic of a race that only appears in “Reincarnated Hero”, acquired by elves after forming a contract with the wind spirit sylph.

Wind archery includes numerous archer techniques, including basic passives like curved shooting and rapid shooting.

In other words, it’s like a textbook for the mastery of archery, and needless to say, if I can obtain just this, I can become much stronger.

That’s why I have no choice but to steal… no, learn it from Selena.

In my conversation with Selena just now,

-I have no obligation to teach you.

Perhaps wanting to hide the fact that she couldn’t use wind archery, she left only those words and disappeared.

It’s okay. Trust isn’t something that can be easily earned, and there’s something I need to work on beforehand anyway, so I can slowly approach her.

The first thing to consider is that wind archery is not a skill that can be learned just because someone teaches it.

It’s literally a unique characteristic that only elves can use.

However, it seems there is no such thing as absolute in this world.

Surprisingly, in the closed beta of “Reincarnated Hero”, there was an absurd ability to steal skills!

Of course, if it was such a cheat-like ability, I would have tried to obtain it as soon as I possessed this body.

But the condition to acquire this skill was quite vicious.

Moreover, even after going through all that trouble to obtain it, there were numerous restrictions on stealing just one skill.

First of all, is a skill possessed by an F-grade named monster called ‘Thief’.

Thief is a boss that appears in the tutorial of “Reincarnated Hero”, so it’s very weak and there’s no problem in defeating it.

The problem is getting to where it is.

“Reincarnated Hero” and “Reincarnated Academy” have different main stages as their background, so even if I try to move using the magic tower inside the academy, it will likely require a large sum of gems.

Also, it’s not something you get just by defeating it.

When you defeat Thief, it sends you to a reward room with 100 golden chests, where the player can choose only one reward.

But only the data for Skill Stealing exists, and in reality, they’re all duds.

It’s a kind of easter egg.

Therefore, the way to obtain this reward is to clear the tutorial but leave the reward unclaimed, and then later bring a skill related to detection to specify it.

However, Aria.

Among her surveillance abilities, there is a detection skill.

If I use that?

I smiled at the situation that fit together like a puzzle.

Holding back my tingling mouth, I headed to the lecture hall.

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Aria, who was waiting to take the liberal arts required course ‘Qualities of Party Members’, was deep in thought.

“It’s too dangerous.”

Two men and women under one roof, of course, I heard Yeriel is very strong, but…

The other person is a man who might be a demon race.

These days, Aria’s mind was filled with thoughts of that man, although she didn’t want to admit it.

After carefully organizing her thoughts, there was something new she had recently realized.

“Clearly, the demons didn’t target Lev Denec.”

It was the same when catching hobgoblins before, and it was the same when we encountered the rag.

Even though demons are usually aggressive, they didn’t initiate an attack on him.

This simple fact had a very significant meaning.

It was as if he was on the same team as the demons.

But?

In the end, it was also him who cut off the lifeline of the demons.

Moreover, he didn’t seem to give much meaning to such actions without a hint of hesitation.

Rather, after defeating them, he seemed happy and thinking about something.

-Demons don’t attack Lev Denec first.

-But Lev Denec can attack demons.

-Lev Denec has inherent magic power as foreign as demons.

What connection do these facts have?

For now, the top priority was to find out if the demons really don’t attack Lev Denec.

At that moment,

-It’s the student council president of the Magic Department!

-It’s senior Liris from 2nd year!

-Wow, what brings her here?

-Does she have business with the freshmen?

Jet-black hair. The black robe symbolizing the student council executive and the top magician added to her overwhelming presence.

It was as if an imperial magician had descended, with a quite high level of oppressiveness.

Liris stood in front of Aria.

Looking at Aria’s light purple hair, she said,

“What a cute junior.”

“…”

Was it instinct?

From the entrance ceremony, Aria didn’t have a good impression of Liris.

The ominous aura she gave off for some reason.

And…

While being kind to the juniors, the way she smiled with her eyes made it feel like there was a reason for being captivated.

“I’m here looking for someone. Do you happen to know Lev Denec?”

At her words about looking for someone, the surroundings became noisy.

“…Yes. But it seems his class hasn’t ended yet.”

“I see…”

Come to think of it, when Aria was in the temporary Class C, Lev Denec had caused a commotion as if he wanted to make a good impression on this person.

The student council at Claris Academy wasn’t an absolute organization that wielded great power, but it was enough for everyone to want to join.

It was because connections with teaching assistants and professors could be formed, and there were also supports like scholarships.

But for the student council to directly come looking for someone, it wasn’t a common sight.

And at that moment, the main character of this story, Lev Denec, entered the classroom.

Gray hair, his face still sharp.

“Junior!”

Liris called out to him as if they were close.

Maybe birds of a feather flock together.

But Lev Denec made an expression as if he had seen something he shouldn’t have, and suddenly said,

“Come out.”

He pulled Liris and disappeared somewhere.

-What’s with him? Didn’t he get kicked out of the student council after paying to get in?

-Who knows. Maybe he caused a big incident…

Aria followed the two, knowing she shouldn’t.

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Liris, who had been quiet for a few days, suddenly appeared.

I had no idea what she was thinking.

“Junior, are you okay?”

She asked about my well-being with a smile after doing what she did. What a funny person.

I answered gruffly.

“What business do you have?”

“Ah, I came from the student council today. Junior Lev, you wanted to join the student council, right? So specially…”

“I’m not interested.”

“Huh?”

“I said I’m not buying it. Go. I have to attend class.”

When I treated her with contempt, Liris’ poker face gradually began to crack.

“No way… That… Even if that’s the case! Don’t you have something to say to me?”

In the end, she grabbed my arm as I was about to leave.

At a glance, it looked like a girlfriend clinging and pleading.

I don’t like this kind of thing.

I spoke as dryly as possible, without any emotion.

“I don’t. Nothing to say.”

“…That, that can’t be…”

“Sorry, but since we’ve seen all we don’t want to see, let’s go our separate ways now. No need to meet again.”

“Wait… Junior…”

Liris, who had been eagerly awaiting Lev Denec’s demonization, loses all the reputation and trust she had built up in Chapter 2 when the corruption in the black market is exposed.

And in Chapter 3, she tries to darken but eventually gets saved by Edwin, and later, the expelled Liris helps forge the holy sword solely for Edwin.

[Holy Sword – Classis]

This absolute hero’s sword was Liris’s masterpiece, putting her everything into it.

Unlike Caeran’s sword, the reason Edwin didn’t fall into corruption was also because of her.

In other words, no matter how much I want to kill this passing villain, I have to let her live for Edwin’s sake.

“Let go.”

As I turned away indifferently like that, Liris dropped a bombshell I didn’t expect.

“I, I…! I’m the one who messed with the selection test…”

I already knew that though.

“Junior, I did it because I hated you so much, you disgusted me. But… it wasn’t you. Rather…”

“…?”

“A demon? No? You were the high-ranking demon I had been longing for and searching for… Right? Otherwise, you couldn’t have avoided the demon’s mark.”

To sum up Liris’s rambling words, I wasn’t affected by the whispers of the demon, that pendant’s effect, because I was a demon race, and therefore, Liris fully believed I was a high-ranking demon.

“So save me… Make me a demon…”

“Calm down a bit…”

From her position of worshipping demons, Liris and I were practically in a relationship of a cult leader and a fanatic.

“Junior, save me…”

There is a very easy way to make people come to their senses.

A traditional method passed down from ancient times.

-Swoosh!

-Smack!!!

With the heavy sound of impact breaking the flow, Liris stood there blankly for a while with her head completely turned.

That’s right.

I had refreshingly slapped the cheek of the senior who was like the sky.

“Come to your senses, you.”

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[gimme some song recommendations its like 3 am and im dying]