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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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The academy was in chaos.
A demon had appeared during the practical exercise in the supposedly safe dungeon created by the professors.
Even without that, a demon appearing inside the academy was a huge issue.
It was an unprecedented incident since the academy’s establishment.
But he still didn’t know why a Dullahan appeared.
“Hey. That monster wasn’t in the original story. Know anything?”
He asked Arthur, who had been inside before him.
He hated the guy, but he was still curious.
Arthur didn’t know either.
“…I don’t know.”
“What *do* you know?”
If the protagonist didn’t know, then who did?
He was considering hitting him when Arthur muttered to himself.
“Come to think of it… the instructor said the magic tool inside the dungeon had more mana than usual, so they could summon stronger undead…”
It was supposed to be a mutter, but he heard it.
So, the reason that there was a Dullahan instead of the swordsman wasn’t the reincarnator, but the additional mana in the magic tool?
There was additional mana.
That was because the professors had exerted more effort.
The reason for their increased effort?
They were inspired by the hero who saved the marquisate.
The events at the Marquisate were the cause.
Then who was the hero who saved the Marquisate?
‘Me?’
So in the end…
“It’s my fault?”
Oh well. No one would know if he didn’t tell them.
***
Right after they exited the dungeon, Arthur’s group was summoned for questioning.
Ignoring that, he left the academy.
They were just there for support, and it was Arthur who encountered the incident.
He did run into Lucia Marigold on the way out, but they just exchanged greetings.
She must’ve been busy with the demon incident.
That evening, they went to a restaurant before heading back to the inn.
He had ordered a ton of food and alcohol.
It seemed like it would take a while, so he decided to start drinking, and then…
“Luke. There’s something I’ve been wondering about.”
“What is it?”
“You said there was a demon inside, before entering the dungeon.”
“Yeah.”
“How did you know?”
“Oh! I was curious about that too!”
Yui chimed in.
“I told you, I read it in a novel.”
“…Are you still on about that?”
“Don’t ask if you won’t believe me. It’s a waste of breath.”
Luna still didn’t seem to believe him, but Yui seemed to be accepting it at face value.
Unlike Luna, who lost interest, Yui’s eyes were sparkling with curiosity.
“Are you curious, Yui?”
“Yes!”
He had to answer if she was curious.
He had nothing to do until the food arrived anyway.
He began to speak, with the same feeling as an adult reading a fairy tale to a child.
“First, you die.”
“…What?”
***
Luke is saying strange things again, Luna thought.
She was used to it. But she was curious how he knew these things.
He had suddenly told Yui that she was going to die.
That’s why I can’t believe him.
Reading it in a novel was unbelievable in itself.
“I-I’m going to die…?”
“Originally, you should have died already, but I messed up.”
Luke scratched his head.
“Yui, do you know what ‘possession’ is?”
“Um… like a soul or something goes into a body and controls it?”
“Yup. That’s me.”
“…What?”
He revealed everything.
There was no point in hiding it.
In other novels, the main character didn’t get close to the heroines because he was going back to his world.
But I don’t want to go back.
Who would send him back?
He knew the fun of possession. If he was forced to go back, he’d commit suicide and reincarnate into this world again.
“Your world is inside a novel. And I came from another world.”
The food started to arrive.
Luke took a large bite.
“It’s like… I thought it was a fairy tale, but I feel like I’ve looked into the abyss…”
“It’s just a fairy tale to me.”
He would’ve dropped it if it was that dark.
“Then, what do you mean I should have died?”
“Arthur is the main character. Originally, you were supposed to go berserk in the Count’s territory, almost destroying it, and then get sliced in half by Arthur.”
“Hiek…”
Sometimes, it was better to not know.
But since she asked, he answered.
“Arthur is also a reincarnator.”
“Is that why he tried to kill me back then?”
“Yup.”
Yui remembered her nightmare in the marquisate.
So, that wasn’t a simple dream…
She was relieved.
She was alive, and she didn’t kill anyone.
“If that’s true, why didn’t you tell us?” Luna asked.
She was curious.
Why did he hide it?
“You didn’t ask.”
“…What?”
“I only tell if you ask.”
“But such an important thing…”
It was true that they didn’t ask, but who would hide such valuable information…
Who would ask, “Are you a reincarnator?”
After seeing undead, reincarnators weren’t that strange.
They were just living, thinking undead.
Whether Luke’s words were true or not, what he said did happen, so it was difficult to not believe him.
The vampire incident, the demon in the dungeon.
“Then… do you know what happens to us in the future?”
“Don’t know lol.”
“…?”
She had been believing him, was it all just a dream?
“How would I know if it’s not in the novel? Luke either goes back to farming or dies. And you were a slave somewhere.”
“…A side character?”
“If you’re lucky.”
They weren’t even side characters.
They weren’t even in the story.
“Then… how does the story end?”
“Arthur defeats the Demon God and has sex with the heroines.”
“Sex…?”
“Yeah.”
He defeats the Demon God and sleeps with all the heroines. That was the ending.
“It’s… anticlimactic…”
A sense of emptiness washed over her.
“It’s okay. The place I came from was shittier.”
Reality was stranger than fiction, Luna.
“Arthur seems strange… are we going to be okay?”
“Someone will defeat the Demon God even without him.”
The Demon God was weak.
Arthur had been acting like a hero, but an S-rank adventurer or an elf could’ve defeated him.
The reason he was the final boss was because of his cheat abilities.
He could control monsters, and they’d swarm like zerglings in a StarCraft custom map.
Without those, he was just a strong demon.
“Then, what are we going to do?”
“Have fun.”
“Is that… right?”
“I’m leaving all the annoying things to that guy. I’m going to do what *I* want to do!”
That was the purpose of possession.
He was glad he didn’t possess the main character.
Luke chugged down his drink.
“Ugh, bitter! Why do people even drink this?”
*Thud!*
“…?”
What was that sound?
They saw Luke, passed out on the table.
“Uh… Luke?”
“Luke?”
He had a low tolerance for alcohol.
And he didn’t drink in his past life.
He was a lightweight.
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