Fated to Die in an Academy Novel – Chapter 132

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: JayM
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What the hell had she done?

Hmm, it seemed like the Succubus Queen had disappeared, but since she ultimately made a contract using Devil’s Touch, it was easy to surmise that she had moved somewhere.

And the place she moved to was probably related to the devil lending me power.

From the looks of it, the Succubus Queen and the devil made some kind of deal there, and as a result, all the lower-ranking succubi transferred their authority to me.

…But I couldn’t pretend to be unconscious like this.

I slowly opened my eyes, and saw everyone rushing towards me.

Guys, what if the ‘villain’ controlling my mind was making me act? Why are you rushing over to me so defenselessly?

Or not? Looking closely, they were all holding their weapons in one hand, so maybe they were coming to finish me off…?

“So-hyun, are you okay!?”

Ha-ni was the first to rush over and check my condition.

For a moment, I couldn’t think of what to say, but the answer quickly came from my mouth.

“Where am I? We were at the ball just now. No, my head… Ugh…!?”

Let’s just go with it.

I managed to ad-lib my way here, but honestly, I needed to calm down a bit more.

I had seen many deaths in my memories so far, but Lilac’s death this time was so unexpected, and the emotions conveyed by the dream were so different, it made my head spin.

Let’s act slowly and naturally.

“It’s okay. Don’t try to remember. You were kidnapped by a villain, and we just rescued you.”

Cheon Yoo-hak seemed to have thought of something and nodded while making eye contact with the others.

Oh, you might as well announce to everyone that something happened to me.

Lilac explained the situation to Yoo-na, who arrived last, and Ha-ni, intending to coordinate with Cheon Yoo-hak, recounted the battle that just took place while completely omitting my part.

Should I do it now?

Since the authority of the dream world had been transferred to me, let’s pretend to slowly collapse this world.

It wasn’t very difficult.

Ever since I realized that the authority had been transferred to me, I instinctively knew how to maintain and destroy this place.

As I cut off the demonic energy and Authority being consumed to maintain this world, it began to shake.

“…It seems like it became unstable because the central figure had been defeated.”

“Is this okay? Shouldn’t we escape?”

Ha-ni said that anxiously, but fortunately, Lilac shook his head.

He seemed to have a protagonist’s intuition.

“No. I can’t explain it for sure, but I think it’ll be okay.”

Well, he was right. If it simply collapsed, there might be some big problems, like the others getting trapped in the dream world, but since I had ownership of this world, that wouldn’t happen.

I would let them out one by one.

The first one to be released would be Yoo-na.

She wouldn’t suddenly awaken as a succubus, but it wasn’t good to leave her in the dream world for too long.

“Huh? My body?”

Yoo-na was flustered as she was suddenly enveloped in light, but there was no need to worry.

I would send the others out the same way soon.

Next was Lilac.

…In my memories, Lilac seemed to have died because of me.

Was that why the Yoo-na in my memories resented me so much?

The pieces of the puzzle were slowly fitting together.

Cheon Yoo-hak looked at me calmly even as he was enveloped in light.

I didn’t know what he was thinking, but there was a strange worry in his eyes.

Ha-ni and Ga-eul momentarily resisted the light surrounding them and tried to approach me, but it was impossible to interfere with the dream world once they were touched by the light.

Don’t worry. I’ll be back soon after I finish a few more things.

Lastly, Professor Cathy, who was unconscious, and my sister, who was being lectured by Sun Wukong, were sequentially enveloped in light and began to disappear.

Sun Wukong nodded with a satisfied expression, so the conversation must have ended well.

After releasing everyone trapped in the dream world, I was truly alone.

Outside, those who woke up from the dream were probably flustered that no time had actually passed.

Hmm, the dream world became unstable at once after I released everyone.

It was only natural since there wasn’t enough human desire to maintain it.

Well, this was what I wanted.

I had to get out of here too, but I still had things to do.

I would normally be in danger if this world collapsed with me still inside it, but I had confidence.

Confidence in the one who would never stand by if I was in danger.

The Authority in my heart forcibly held on to the crumbling world.

Right, you want to protect me, so you wouldn’t just watch me die here.

Though it would be a bit much for a part of the Authority to sustain a crumbling world, wouldn’t it?

-…?

Thinking I would escape immediately if it bought me time, the Authority squeezed my heart as if urging me to leave, but my real aim was this moment, when it used its power to prevent the collapse.

As I held Devil’s Touch and shed a little blood, the Succubus Queen, who had been moved by the contract, appeared.

As if realizing its mistake, it grabbed my heart with its remaining strength, but it didn’t hurt much. Who told you to resort to violence and threats?

Perhaps still thinking this was an act, the Succubus Queen knelt before me and showed her respect.

“Consort of the Demon King, did you summon me?”

“No, the kids are gone, so you can stop acting. Anyway, you remember the contract, right?”

“Of course. And even without such a contract, I would follow any command without complaint if you were to give it now.”

…No, seriously, what happened in that short time?

As I looked at her with a puzzled expression, she answered me, as if reading my mind.

“You saved all the children who follow me, so it is only right for me to repay you with a proper attitude. And how could I dare to be disrespectful to someone whom that being has taken notice of?”

I roughly understood what misunderstanding she had, but hearing formal language from someone who looked like Yoo-na’s mother felt a bit strange.

It was fine when we were fighting with hostility, with our emotions running high, but her sudden submissive attitude and resemblance to Yoo-na made me feel a bit weird.

The Succubus Queen.

Yoo-na’s mother, the culprit of this incident. I didn’t kill her.

Because of my guilt towards Yoo-na.

Because if Lilac killed her, it might ruin his relationship with Yoo-na in the future.

Because she had abilities I needed.

I saved her for various reasons, but I still wasn’t sure if I did the right thing.

There were no deaths, but there were victims. And even if there was no malice, there was always the possibility of it leading to a disaster.

Was it okay for me to save such a person on my own authority?

“…I understand your distrust. You may still be uneasy even with the contract.”

Perhaps sensing my attitude, she began to bow her head.

Ah, stop with the guilt-tripping…!

“But please, show me mercy. If you cannot trust me, then trust your contract with the Demon King. I will never betray or disappoint you.”

Seeing her, who looked so much like Yoo-na, begging so desperately, made my heart feel strange.

Well, she wasn’t a villain in the original story, so let’s trust her just this once.

“…I’ll trust you for now, so please raise your head.”

“Yes.”

Right, it would be better to get to the point quickly instead of agonizing over it.

“I have some circumstances, so I need to look into some of my memories. You can help me, right?”

“You do not need to speak so formally to me. Please speak comfortably.”

…This was driving me crazy.

“Can you help?”

“Yes, of course. I am overjoyed to be able to assist you immediately after the contract.”

The Succubus Queen extended her hand.

The Authority, as if telling me to stop, squeezed my heart and threatened me again, but the pain was weaker than before, perhaps because it was struggling to maintain the world.

This was my chance.

The memory, blocked by the already cracked noise barrier that seemed about to shatter, flowed into me along with the Succubus Queen’s hand.

Memories began to surface.

Up until now, I denied them as if they weren’t mine, but these were undoubtedly my memories.

From the moment I first transmigrated into this world and became So-hyun from Ha-neul, to the time I regretted my decisions and regressed, returning to that day. The memories I forgot…

The memories you erased.

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“So-hyun.”

At first, I couldn’t recognize that the voice was calling me.

“So-hyun~”

Perhaps because I still wasn’t used to my new name, I could only open my eyes after she called me twice.

A month had passed since I transmigrated into the novel written by my friend thanks to the Lord of All Worlds.

…No, usually, when you transmigrate, you end up in the middle of the story or the prologue, right?

Who the hell transmigrates someone right after they’re born?

“Oh my, So-hyun looked here! What should I do?”

And the person cooing next to me was my physical mother, Yoo Ha-na.

With her ash-gray hair, silver eyes, and frail body, she had a faint and weak impression, but she seemed full of life when she was playing pranks or looking at me.

“Our So-hyun, you call Na-hyun and Daddy, but why don’t you call Mommy? I’m with you the longest. Just once, please? Mo~mmy! Mo~mmy!”

“Baboo.”

“…You didn’t just call me a fool, did you? It was just a coincidence, right, So-hyun?”

She was quick-witted. She was right, I called her a fool. I wasn’t even your real son, yet you could tell?

…Actually, I honestly felt sorry for her.

It wasn’t my fault, but I had essentially stolen this body from the Kang So-hyun who should have been born as her son.

But despite that guilt, I particularly didn’t want to call this person ‘Mom.’

Unpleasant memories would surface whenever I heard her voice.

-Ha-neul~ Mommy loves you!

Her face, and even her voice, weren’t even slightly similar.

Yet, hearing her affectionate gaze and voice brought back memories of that day.

So, the thought that this person might also abandon me and leave surfaced in my mind, and I couldn’t bring myself to say the word ‘Mom’ as a result.

“Euboo…”

My young body made it difficult to control not only my movements but also my thoughts.

Memories I thought I had overcome would resurface whenever this person was in front of me.

But those feelings were fleeting. The moment she turned her body and started coughing, my mind went blank.

Right, there was no need to wonder if she would leave.

Judging by her absence in the original story, she would die.

I didn’t know the exact cause, but her illness would probably worsen, or maybe there was some other reason.

“…Mommy’s sorry she can’t hold you more. I need to get healthy soon so I can hold So-hyun a lot.”

The moment she held me in her arms, even though I thought I shouldn’t, my heart warmed at the gentle touch.

I wanted to struggle, but my body wouldn’t move.

“Ah! But I’m feeling a bit better today, so maybe I can try!?”

“…Euboo?”

Ominous.

Whenever she had that sparkling look in her eyes, there was always something she wanted to do to me.

“So-hyun, let’s eat!”

Breastfeeding.

No. No. Don’t…!!!

“You like it that much? Hehe! Maybe it will come out today!”

I struggled desperately, but she seemed to interpret my resistance as a child’s playful giggles and began to remove her top with a smile.

A huge mass of flesh approached my face.

Save me.

Uwaah! Uwaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

…Well, like that.

Days passed where I, who transmigrated into an infant’s body, couldn’t even resist and had my mind toyed with.

I definitely hated it at first, but ironically, the more it happened, the less resistant I became, and I started getting used to it.

I even felt strangely at ease, and I would smile whenever she approached me.

…Huh? Was this… infantile regression?

No, it wasn’t.

I didn’t know what it wasn’t, but if I said that it wasn’t, then it wasn’t.

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A child’s body was inconvenient in many ways.

Not only actions, but even thoughts couldn’t be controlled, and it was difficult for me to regulate my bodily functions, making it impossible for me to resist sleepiness.

But among all those inconveniences, the most troublesome was the inability to resist anything.

“So-hyun, you like this too, right?”

“Aub…!!!!”

“Yes, you like it!?”

I thought it was admirable that a child was trying to hold another child, but hey, babies couldn’t support the weight of their own heads, so holding them like this could kill them.

“Ah! Right! They said that I shouldn’t hold him like this!”

Fortunately, she noticed it quickly, so I avoided dying right after transmigrating.

“Ah, look at the time! You must be hungry. Noona will make you some formula!”

…And babies were sensitive to temperature, so feeding them hot formula could seriously harm them.

Could anyone please save me?

“Na-hyun, babies can’t drink something this hot.”

Fortunately, a savior appeared.

Kang Hyun-woo gently took the bottle away with a soothing tone, as if reasoning with a child, then put the bottle in ice… Huh?

“If he can’t drink it hot, then giving it to him cold should be fine, right?”

…Was he crazy? Did he have no common sense?

In the end, after I resisted drinking the formula, Yoo Ha-na appeared and scolded them both, and I survived.

…Would I even survive until I could walk upright?

Seriously.

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T/N – Damn! What a fun family. Though it probably wasn’t fun for the person personally experiencing it.

Also, the MC’s trauma surfaced due to his body becoming a baby again, huh? I can imagine what had happened after this. He probably got too attached to Yoo Ha-na, failed to save her, and vowed to stay more detached when going through the story, leading to how cold he was when he went to school and collaborated with the novel characters like Lilac. He stopped caring, and as we all know, work done without care usually leads to mistakes.

If you find any mistakes, feel free to point them out in the comments.