I Became the Academy’s Time-Stopping Villain – Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Hell Kaiser II

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Mars played a passionate song on the electric guitar.
Minerva played a soft ballad on the violin.
Merck somehow sang an anime song using castanets.

“Wow, 18,270 points! I got an A!”

“That’s a hit.”

Unlike in the game, the range of instruments was much wider. It makes sense, since implementing castanets in a game would be too much effort.

I applauded Merck, who proudly declared his otaku status.

“….By any chance…?”

“Yeah.”

He looked at me as if he had found a kindred spirit. I took out a coin and flipped it.

“Railgun.”

“Comrade!”

“Yay! Wooo!”

She rushed towards me and handed me the karaoke machine.

“Hey… do you want to sing with me? Huh? Let’s sing a duet!”

Merck‘s eyes sparkled with excitement at finding a comrade. Mars, who was next to her, seemed displeased by this and forcefully stepped between us.

“Hey, can’t you see he doesn’t want to? Read the room.”

“Eh… he doesn’t seem to dislike it…”

“He does. Right?”

Excuse me, miss,
we call this kind of question a ‘threat.’
It’s a social ‘convention.’

“Then… is it my turn?”

Before the silence could settle, Juno took the machine and entered a song number.
She sang a popular idol song, livening up the atmosphere. Her instrument of choice was the microphone. A fitting choice for the main heroine.

“Now it’s my turn, right?”

Next up was the protagonist, Jupiter. He brushed back his blonde hair, confidently tapped on the karaoke machine, and

“What should I do….! What to do…..!!”

‘Oh shit.’

Even I don’t know what to do.
His husky voice, (forcibly) scraping against our eardrums, filled the karaoke room, and the heroines’ faces began to sour.

“Where are you──!! Can you hear me──!!”

The song itself was good. It’s a good song, so it can’t be bad, but
…it’s like a sacred ground that shouldn’t be touched.

“…It’s kind of… cringe, isn’t it?”

“…………”

Mars whispered in my ear.
Exactly. If he was completely tone-deaf, it would be funny, but he can kind of sing──it’s just purely cringe.

[7,846(C)]

“….Ahem.”

The protagonist awkwardly returned to his seat after the song ended.
It was a fitting score.

“Now, it’s your turn, Chrono! Let’s see what you’ve got!”

“…..Sigh.”

Mars snatched the machine and handed it to me. I pressed the start button──and at the same time, a distorted sound erupted from the amplifier.

[Difficulty: Master]
[Mode─All Perfect]
[Detroit Metal City─SATSUGAI (Slaughter)]

“…What’s that?”

Mars asked, as if she had never heard of it.

“Ahaha…..”

Juno gave an awkward smile, trying to hide her embarrassment.

“…Slaughter?”

Merck tilted her head at the unusual title.

“………..”

Ter stared intently, as if to see how well I could do. And….

“DMC….!!”

Minerva half-stood up, certain.
That bastard, he’s serious.
He was really going to do this.
The moment that thought turned into conviction──a man’s scream echoed through the amplifier.

[Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!]

It sounded like a demon’s scream from hell. The ear-splitting sound of the electric guitar. The brain-melting drum beat. The viciousness of the bass, blocking all escape routes.

“Even if it’s Master difficulty and All Perfect mode….!”

Muse‘s blessing, the stage reproduction, was beyond imagination. It wasn’t just a simple illusion, but a high-level reproduction that made you feel like you were actually on stage. Minerva, who had been standing awkwardly, now stood up straight──and Chrono‘s performance began.

Ratatatatatatatatatata!!

“I can’t… keep up. I can’t see it….!”

Five or six notes flashed by in the blink of an eye. And he had to press them with eight keys. A relentless trial that didn’t allow for a single moment of carelessness. A melody that only a death god returned from hell could play. A ‘sacred ground’ that only a master of an era, unforgiven by humanity, was allowed to approach.

俺は地獄のテロリスト
[I am a terrorist straight out of hell]
昨日母さん犯したぜ
[Yesterday I raped my mother]
明日は父さんほってやれ
[Tomorrow I’ll rape my father]

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

It reached her.
It finally reached her.
The moment from the deepest abyss of hell, where no human could dare approach, was unfolding right before her eyes. Minerva couldn’t help but scream.

俺に父さん母さんいねえ
[I have no father or mother]
それは俺が殺したから
[Because I killed them]
俺にゃ友達恋人いねえ
[I have no friends or lovers]
それは俺が殺したから
[Because I killed them]

“Hell Kaiser! Hell Kaiser, oppaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

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Three death gods gradually appeared on stage.
Vocalist and electric guitarist, Hell Kaiser II.
Bassist, Alexander Krauser.
Drummer, Crimson Devil.

The moment the three demons, who dominated an era, appeared, Minerva no longer cared where she was.

“Kyaaaaa! Agh! Aaaaagh!!!”

It didn’t matter who was around her.
It didn’t matter how she looked or how she would be perceived.
This place was now a sanctuary for worshipping Hell Kaiser. Minerva raised her right hand and prepared herself.

殺せ殺せ親など殺せ
[Kill kill kill your parents]
殺せ殺せすべてを殺せ
[Kill kill kill everything]

“Ah…. ah….!”

It’s coming.
Now.
At this very moment.

サツガイ サツガイせよ
[Slaughter, slaughter]
サツガイ サツガイせよ
[Slaughter, slaughter]

“KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!”

Raise your voice.
Raise your hand higher, so Kaiser-nim can see you.

サツガイ サツガイせよ
[Slaughter, slaughter]
サツガイ サツガイせよ
[Slaughter, slaughter]

“KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!”

Minerva.
The Paladin, the exemplary student of Class A,

“Kyaaaaa! Fuck! FUCK YEEEEEEAH!!!”

was actually a hopeless death metal fanatic.

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[98,120(SSS)]
[Full Combo!]

“….Hoooo….!”

I did it. I finished it. It was awesome.
Having finished the song flawlessly, I removed my hands from the keyboard and dusted them off. I was a bit nervous since it had been a while, but my muscle memory was still there. I flexed my tingling hands and leaned back in the chair.

“…You, why are you so good?”

“Heh.”

Mars stared at me blankly. The achievements and Easter eggs you could get from karaoke were so good that I practiced even though I hated it. I know a few other Master level songs, but I wasn’t confident I could full combo them.
‘Anyway, they should be coming soon…’

When will they arrive?
I glanced at the karaoke room door and was about to hand the machine to Mars──

“Chrono-ssi.”

“….Minerva?”

──but Minerva, who had been on the other side just a moment ago, was suddenly right in front of me.

“I have something to tell you.”

“…..Huh?”

Minerva looked down at me. She grabbed my hand and said,

“Won’t you… become a god of the new generation with me?”

“Huh?”

A death flag out of nowhere?
Seeing me speechless with surprise, Minerva grabbed my shoulders and shouted,

“You can do it… you can do it! The second, no, the third Hell Kaiser! The only demon (Lucifer) who will inherit his legacy and conquer the corrupted death metal scene!”

“…………Um.”

I just remembered.
In one of Minerva‘s affinity rank side stories, there’s an event where you go to a death metal club and sing death metal. If you get a high score there, her affinity increases significantly, and you get a choice to sing death metal with her during the ‘school festival’ event──but that’s beside the point.

“That pipsqueak over there, and now you? What’s going on?”

“….Outsiders should stay out of this.”

“Outsider? You’re the outsider. Can’t you see he clearly doesn’t like you? Are you messing with him?”

“Don’t pretend your claims are his true feelings. Chrono-ssi, are you truly uncomfortable with me approaching you?”

“Extremely uncomfortable.”

“………………”

“Yes!” Mars grinned and pulled Minerva away.

“The demon lord… Hell Kaiser-nim… rejected me….”

Minerva returned to her seat, dejected. Her affinity probably decreased, but I’m not the protagonist. Go ask the blonde protagonist over there for affinity points. Why are you asking the NTR villain for NTR?

“Oh.”

Quest complete. Now, all that’s left is….

“Excuse me~~”

“”””….?””””

Someone opened the karaoke room door and entered. A woman with light blue hair, who appeared to be a staff member, approached me and asked,

“Are you the one who sang that song just now?”

“Yes, I am.”

I raised my hand and stood up.
The staff member approached me and──

“Marry me.”

──confessed.
Ah, no need to be surprised.
This person, no, this goddess is…

“You don’t have to worry about anything.”

One of the nine Muses of scholarship and the arts. Known as ‘Ur,’ named after Euterpe, the Muse of music.

“I’ll make sure you’ll hold a microphone in your hand for the rest of your life!”

The very person behind the achievements and Easter eggs I mentioned earlier.

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