Chapter 21.2
Splash!
Holy Bless
In my hands, a 1st-tier Holy Magic unfolded.
“Ha!! Foolish! Are you trying to resist a demonic energy with such a pathetic blessing spell?!”
It was the moment when he sneered.
Suddenly, his eyes widened as if about to burst.
He belatedly realized what I was up to.
“I don’t know who’s the foolish one here.”
Swishh
My blessing penetrated his demonic energy.
Into the most vulnerable gap.
Like pouring a solvent into a weakened link.
The result was fatal.
“AARGHH!!!!”
He let out a horrific scream.
‘Did it work? No, not yet. It’s still not enough.’
I dealt a strong blow, but he wasn’t completely incapacitated.
Indeed, he unleashed an even more violent force.
“You bastard!!! I’ll really kill you!!!”
Whrrr!
A vivid demonic energy burning like flames.
The reporters who were lying down were startled and shouted.
“Dangerous!!”
“Be, be careful, Young Duke!!”
But.
‘It went as planned!’
Internally, I cheered.
<Life and death win probability against the Warlock who lost his sanity>
100%
It was an absolute victory.
“As commanded by Duke Ecclesia.”
A confident voice flowed involuntarily.
“Kneel before the great majesty.”
“…What?”
His eyes shook.
A sense that something went wrong.
But it was too late.
An unseen sword, ‘Shadow Blade,’ manifested.
Shuk!
“AHHH!!!”
In his haste to raise his power recklessly, the Warlock’s mana core was exposed.
It was over.
‘Haa. He was supposed to be mine. What a mess.’
It was when I was catching my breath.
Click! Click! Click!
The sound of shutters echoed.
The reporters who had fallen down were showcasing their determination.
“It’s a scoop! Young Duke Van caught a Warlock!!”
“Lord Van, you caught a Warlock, how do you feel?!”
And not just them.
“Wait, what’s going on?”
“Isn’t that Young Van over there? Why is Professor Valic behaving like that?”
“demonic energy? Could it be that Professor Valic was a Warlock a Sorcerer?”
Pedestrians passing by, drawn by the commotion, gathered!
“Duke Van, please share a few words on how you feel about defeating a Warlock!”
…How did it come to this?
Everyone stared at me, as if I had become the MVP of a game.
“Let’s keep it simple.”
“Don’t make a fuss. In the face of the greatness of Young Duke Van Ecclecia, a Warlock is nothing. I just did what needed to be done.”
…Of course, thanks to the adorable Dark Flame Dragon, any semblance of humility was out of the question.
“What’s with that crazy arrogance?! Is he really Young Van Ecclecia?”
“But somehow, he’s cool!!”
“Wow, he’s handsome!!”
Click! Click!!
With the commotion, the uproar was coming to an end.
The next day.
Ruby Academy was turned upside down.
* * *
Van Eclesia, defeating the demon!
The identity of the warlock is Professor Valic, from the Rapalt Duchy?!
Young Van: ‘Such incidents mean nothing to me!’ Excited to see what lies ahead!
Yesterday’s incident has flooded the newspapers as breaking news.
“Argh! I should have protected Master in that situation!! It’s so regrettable!”
“…What’s the point if you were just going to stay watching in the background, shivering your timbers?”
“How can you say that! My loyalty is solely towards Master! Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty!”
…It was a completely untrustworthy appearance.
‘Anyway, it was resolved well, but there’s a problem.’
Firstly.
‘Why did Valic become a Warlock?’
It was strange.
Moreover, Valic lost his life after being arrested.
As if someone silenced him.
‘Even Johan has already turned into a demon, and the progress of the storyline is different from what I knew.’
I swallowed saliva on a single assumption that crossed my mind.
‘Wait, is this perhaps not the normal mode?’
The ‘Hero Academy’ allowed difficulty selection.
‘It can’t be on hard mode, can it?’
I broke into a cold sweat.
If it’s on hard mode, while the main axis of the scenario might be similar, the detailed difficulty of the events would increase dramatically.
There could be events that I’m not aware of.
‘In hard mode, there are also many hidden episodes that the developers have hidden.’
However, I soon shook my head.
‘No, it’s not certain yet. Let’s not make baseless assumptions. Even if it’s hard mode, the protagonists will be the ones dealing with it, and it won’t affect me.’
Yeah.
Everything I’ve been through so far was just to be appointed as a professor.
From now on, I could quietly enjoy the life of a professor, savoring the honey.
However, even that had its problems.
‘The Board of Directors is being dissolved.’
It was because of this incident with Valic. They had appointed a mine as a professor, after all.
‘It’s probably just a superficial reproach. They’ll likely form a new board of directors with the influence of the Laft noble faction once again.’
I furrowed my brows.
‘My temporary professor appointment approval is up to the chancellor.’
As I mentioned before, the chancellor was not just a simple greedy person.
He was the final villain of the first-year arc.
‘Should he smoothly allow my appointment?’
Was my ominous feeling correct?
The chancellor summoned me, and I heard an unexpected story.
“Do you mean I have to take an additional test?”
“Oh, no, please don’t misunderstand! I trust Young Van. However, there are still students and professors who view Young Van with caution. We need a justification to convince them.”
It wasn’t an incorrect statement.
Despite recent events, the majority still considered the reputation of Van as the worst.
‘The problem is, what kind of additional test it is.’
I narrowed my eyes.
Something didn’t feel right.
It didn’t seem like an easy test at all.
Indeed.
“Please save one graduate who failed.”
“…What are you talking about?”
“We have a student who met the graduation requirements but refused to take the graduation exam, so the student couldn’t graduate. If Professor Van successfully convinces that student to graduate using his leadership skills as a professor, then the students will see Professor Van differently.”
Seeing the name of the failing student, I swallowed my saliva.
‘Why is this guy involved here?’
Lindon.
Later on.
He would become the worst, the strongest first-named villain who would become a 10th-ranked dark mage.
In other words, I had to save the worst villain as part of the additional test.
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