A sight I've never seen before, a feeling I've never felt before. Today was a day full of many things, but there wasn't a single thing that wasn't strange.
Look now. Isn't our academy's proud student strangling a ghost?
Director Sennus was confused and burdened by everything. His pale complexion seemed to show his emotions.
“What the hell is going on? What is that and... what is happening...”
He was worried that students would keep dying, so he called in a necromancer, but then the academy building suddenly collapsed, and a catastrophe occurred where skeletons that had been lurking attacked the students and killed them all.
The students who died, regardless of their status, are still alive. Each and every one of those lives that never got to bloom is so precious.
It is extremely painful for the Director who raised them to lose their lives so meaninglessly, and the cause of this is said to be Anasis, who was recently revealed to have been resurrected.
Even because of that, the Demon King's resurrection was accelerated, so Sennus was barely holding on while almost vomiting blood.
The reason he was able to barely keep his wits about him was because the chaos seemed to be coming to an end.
Nothing big will happen to this academy anymore. That's what he thought.
“Student Ja... It’s dangerous, so, uh, hurry up and put that, that...down...”
"Yes?"
At Sennus's words, Jace turned around with his ghost in his hand and looked at her. Sennus shuddered and took a step back.
“Hey, put that down and come here, student...”
“No. Don’t put it down.”
Simone quickly interrupted Sennus and approached Jayce.
“Just hold on tight.”
“Yes, Simone!”
Jace grabbed the ghost's neck tightly with a face that was somehow reminded of him.
Ugh...
The ghost began to swing the kitchen knife he was holding wildly as if making a final resistance.
“Oh, no! What is this to my student...!”
The moment the frightened Sennus unconsciously reached out his hand to Jace, the ghost screamed and disappeared in an instant as if it were crushed.
"...Uh?"
Where did it suddenly go? Director Sennus stared blankly at the spot where the ghost had been just a moment ago.
Jace, still with his hands in the air as if strangling someone, and Simone visible beyond him.
The magic stone she was holding gave off a strange aura for a moment, then quickly turned black.
Simone nonchalantly clenched and unclenched her fist, then put the magic stone she was holding into her bosom.
Then as if nothing had happened, he approached Director Sennus and Louis.
“What brings you here, Your Highness? And the Director.”
“Huh? That’s...”
Instead of the flustered Sennus, Louis opened his mouth.
“Didn’t you say you’d be back? I evacuated all the students and sent word to the Illeston family.”
“I heard that from Geneon.”
Louis' eyes widened.
“Has Lord Geneon come here? Already? It hasn’t been that long since I delivered the message.”
Simone glanced down at Geneon. It seemed that she was quite worried about the gentleman who was reluctant to move around so uselessly.
Louis also confirmed Geneon's existence and continued speaking.
“Anyway, I have given instructions to the soldiers in each region to monitor the condition of the Demon King’s body scattered throughout the castle. If any abnormal symptoms appear, please contact me immediately.”
“Then there is still time until then.”
“That’s right. I think it would be best for Simone to rest for a while.”
Simone nodded. Director Sennus managed to remain at the Academy.
It seems like he must have a great sense of responsibility as the director since he was so surprised by a ghost in the broadcasting room and still hasn't run away.
The Imperial Family will be watching over matters related to the Demon King, and the Academy's affairs can be left to Sennus, so now is the time for Simone to truly rest.
“Hey... what was that just now?”
Now, the truly Sennus asked cautiously.
Judging by the way his eyes are on Jace, he seems curious about the identity of the ghost he was just strangling.
Simone shrugged and said.
“Don’t you know? It was just here.”
"...Jes?"
“I suddenly heard a voice from the broadcasting station.”
Sennus's expression hardened noticeably. Simone watched her expression as she continued speaking.
“I’m not sure, but it was something like, ‘If you come to the broadcasting room, they’ll kill you.’ So I came.”
“...Then you should avoid it. They said they’d kill you.”
Simone's eyes became a little more drowsy.
“They said they would kill you, but you came here instead... It’s hard for me, a coward, to understand.”
“Is that so?”
“Of course... Of course, my situation is different from that of the bold necromancer Simone... But isn’t it dangerous?”
Does he look familiar? He looks too familiar.
Oh, it looks like I've seen that face before.
“I came here to solve this kind of thing, you know.”
Simone said lightly as if it were nothing and turned her head towards the broadcasting room.
“I heard it’s a pretty famous ghost. Do you know anything about it, Director? Oh, I already got rid of it, so you don’t have to tell me if you don’t like it.”
“Oh, no! It’s not that I particularly dislike it.”
A hint of relief appeared on Director Sennus' face.
“I see. That ghost has finally disappeared. I was always worried that the broadcast might be leaked again while our students were there.”
Sennus pointed to the exit leading outside.
“First of all, this place is dangerous, so let’s talk about it while we’re out. During the battle, the building collapsed here and there, so they say it might collapse completely soon.”
"...Sorry."
Oh my, now I'm destroying the traditional academy building.
Even Simone knows that there are situations where she has to be ashamed.
“Huh? What is...”
“No, just everything... Once it’s out of your hands, it’s easier to control...”
Simone was mumbling excuses, but then she noticed Louis's gaze openly looking at her and shut her mouth.
Louis coughed with a regretful face and avoided Simone's gaze, who was looking at him with obvious displeasure.
What's fun about Simone is that she seems perfect but is also blatantly sloppy.
“Anyway, I’d like to hear it too. Are there any strange rumors spreading in this academy?”
“Yes, Your Highness, I don’t know, but there are actually quite a few. After all, it’s a closed space and a place where children of the most oppressed age group gather.”
Sennus sighed deeply and looked back toward the broadcasting room.
“Most of them are just rumors, but there must be some that are true. The rumor about that broadcast is true, as you can see.”
“Do the students know too?”
When Louis asked instead of Simone, Sennus shook his head.
“You’d think it was just a rumor. It’s really rare for a broadcast to leak out. No, you could almost say it’s rare.”
Sennus hesitated for a moment and then said.
“But I actually heard it when I was a student. It was over 40 years ago.”
He never thought he'd ever hear this coming out of his mouth again.
Sennus began to recall his memories with a very disgusted expression on his face.
The Precia Academy 40 years ago.
You might wonder what's so different about it now, but in reality, it was very different.
Unlike today, where only students from prestigious aristocratic families attend, 40 years ago, Precia had a different reputation and students than it does now.
Of course, even back then, it was not uncommon to produce outstanding figures, but they did not have the unrivaled reputation of being supported by the royal family as they do now.
Students were also more likely to be children of lower-class nobles such as knights and merchants, rather than children of high-class nobles whose futures were already set, to gain power.
Director Sennus was also a student who entered the academy at the time. Although he was not a high-ranking noble and could not work for the royal family, he was a person who had established himself as the director of the Precia Academy.
But in fact, Director Sennus was one of those people who would shudder just thinking about his days as a student.
Why?
"Ha..."
Sennus sighed deeply with a tired face.
“If I had to describe the atmosphere of the academy at that time... what should I say? From professors to students, um.”
Could I really say something like this in front of the Crown Prince and the hero? Wouldn't it be like spitting in my own face? Sennus hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“It was a monster.”
He is not a monster that can be compared to skills and such.
It was literally a monster.
Monsters who will do anything to achieve results.
There were no nobles who were high enough to save face, nor were there any professors who would naively be pleased with the student's results.
What the Academy needs to join the ranks of prestigious schools is people.
Professors were desperate to select students to sit in the 'good seats', and students competed fiercely to catch the professor's eye.
It wasn't at the level of simply focusing on grades like it is now.
They really...really...
“I didn’t hesitate to do things worse than a ghost. Yes. What happened back then might be the hidden side of the Precia Academy.”
The ghost voice in the broadcasting room was caused by a murder that occurred around that time.
Look now. Isn't our academy's proud student strangling a ghost?
Director Sennus was confused and burdened by everything. His pale complexion seemed to show his emotions.
“What the hell is going on? What is that and... what is happening...”
He was worried that students would keep dying, so he called in a necromancer, but then the academy building suddenly collapsed, and a catastrophe occurred where skeletons that had been lurking attacked the students and killed them all.
The students who died, regardless of their status, are still alive. Each and every one of those lives that never got to bloom is so precious.
It is extremely painful for the Director who raised them to lose their lives so meaninglessly, and the cause of this is said to be Anasis, who was recently revealed to have been resurrected.
Even because of that, the Demon King's resurrection was accelerated, so Sennus was barely holding on while almost vomiting blood.
The reason he was able to barely keep his wits about him was because the chaos seemed to be coming to an end.
Nothing big will happen to this academy anymore. That's what he thought.
“Student Ja... It’s dangerous, so, uh, hurry up and put that, that...down...”
"Yes?"
At Sennus's words, Jace turned around with his ghost in his hand and looked at her. Sennus shuddered and took a step back.
“Hey, put that down and come here, student...”
“No. Don’t put it down.”
Simone quickly interrupted Sennus and approached Jayce.
“Just hold on tight.”
“Yes, Simone!”
Jace grabbed the ghost's neck tightly with a face that was somehow reminded of him.
Ugh...
The ghost began to swing the kitchen knife he was holding wildly as if making a final resistance.
“Oh, no! What is this to my student...!”
The moment the frightened Sennus unconsciously reached out his hand to Jace, the ghost screamed and disappeared in an instant as if it were crushed.
"...Uh?"
Where did it suddenly go? Director Sennus stared blankly at the spot where the ghost had been just a moment ago.
Jace, still with his hands in the air as if strangling someone, and Simone visible beyond him.
The magic stone she was holding gave off a strange aura for a moment, then quickly turned black.
Simone nonchalantly clenched and unclenched her fist, then put the magic stone she was holding into her bosom.
Then as if nothing had happened, he approached Director Sennus and Louis.
“What brings you here, Your Highness? And the Director.”
“Huh? That’s...”
Instead of the flustered Sennus, Louis opened his mouth.
“Didn’t you say you’d be back? I evacuated all the students and sent word to the Illeston family.”
“I heard that from Geneon.”
Louis' eyes widened.
“Has Lord Geneon come here? Already? It hasn’t been that long since I delivered the message.”
Simone glanced down at Geneon. It seemed that she was quite worried about the gentleman who was reluctant to move around so uselessly.
Louis also confirmed Geneon's existence and continued speaking.
“Anyway, I have given instructions to the soldiers in each region to monitor the condition of the Demon King’s body scattered throughout the castle. If any abnormal symptoms appear, please contact me immediately.”
“Then there is still time until then.”
“That’s right. I think it would be best for Simone to rest for a while.”
Simone nodded. Director Sennus managed to remain at the Academy.
It seems like he must have a great sense of responsibility as the director since he was so surprised by a ghost in the broadcasting room and still hasn't run away.
The Imperial Family will be watching over matters related to the Demon King, and the Academy's affairs can be left to Sennus, so now is the time for Simone to truly rest.
“Hey... what was that just now?”
Now, the truly Sennus asked cautiously.
Judging by the way his eyes are on Jace, he seems curious about the identity of the ghost he was just strangling.
Simone shrugged and said.
“Don’t you know? It was just here.”
"...Jes?"
“I suddenly heard a voice from the broadcasting station.”
Sennus's expression hardened noticeably. Simone watched her expression as she continued speaking.
“I’m not sure, but it was something like, ‘If you come to the broadcasting room, they’ll kill you.’ So I came.”
“...Then you should avoid it. They said they’d kill you.”
Simone's eyes became a little more drowsy.
“They said they would kill you, but you came here instead... It’s hard for me, a coward, to understand.”
“Is that so?”
“Of course... Of course, my situation is different from that of the bold necromancer Simone... But isn’t it dangerous?”
Does he look familiar? He looks too familiar.
Oh, it looks like I've seen that face before.
“I came here to solve this kind of thing, you know.”
Simone said lightly as if it were nothing and turned her head towards the broadcasting room.
“I heard it’s a pretty famous ghost. Do you know anything about it, Director? Oh, I already got rid of it, so you don’t have to tell me if you don’t like it.”
“Oh, no! It’s not that I particularly dislike it.”
A hint of relief appeared on Director Sennus' face.
“I see. That ghost has finally disappeared. I was always worried that the broadcast might be leaked again while our students were there.”
Sennus pointed to the exit leading outside.
“First of all, this place is dangerous, so let’s talk about it while we’re out. During the battle, the building collapsed here and there, so they say it might collapse completely soon.”
"...Sorry."
Oh my, now I'm destroying the traditional academy building.
Even Simone knows that there are situations where she has to be ashamed.
“Huh? What is...”
“No, just everything... Once it’s out of your hands, it’s easier to control...”
Simone was mumbling excuses, but then she noticed Louis's gaze openly looking at her and shut her mouth.
Louis coughed with a regretful face and avoided Simone's gaze, who was looking at him with obvious displeasure.
What's fun about Simone is that she seems perfect but is also blatantly sloppy.
“Anyway, I’d like to hear it too. Are there any strange rumors spreading in this academy?”
“Yes, Your Highness, I don’t know, but there are actually quite a few. After all, it’s a closed space and a place where children of the most oppressed age group gather.”
Sennus sighed deeply and looked back toward the broadcasting room.
“Most of them are just rumors, but there must be some that are true. The rumor about that broadcast is true, as you can see.”
“Do the students know too?”
When Louis asked instead of Simone, Sennus shook his head.
“You’d think it was just a rumor. It’s really rare for a broadcast to leak out. No, you could almost say it’s rare.”
Sennus hesitated for a moment and then said.
“But I actually heard it when I was a student. It was over 40 years ago.”
He never thought he'd ever hear this coming out of his mouth again.
Sennus began to recall his memories with a very disgusted expression on his face.
The Precia Academy 40 years ago.
You might wonder what's so different about it now, but in reality, it was very different.
Unlike today, where only students from prestigious aristocratic families attend, 40 years ago, Precia had a different reputation and students than it does now.
Of course, even back then, it was not uncommon to produce outstanding figures, but they did not have the unrivaled reputation of being supported by the royal family as they do now.
Students were also more likely to be children of lower-class nobles such as knights and merchants, rather than children of high-class nobles whose futures were already set, to gain power.
Director Sennus was also a student who entered the academy at the time. Although he was not a high-ranking noble and could not work for the royal family, he was a person who had established himself as the director of the Precia Academy.
But in fact, Director Sennus was one of those people who would shudder just thinking about his days as a student.
Why?
"Ha..."
Sennus sighed deeply with a tired face.
“If I had to describe the atmosphere of the academy at that time... what should I say? From professors to students, um.”
Could I really say something like this in front of the Crown Prince and the hero? Wouldn't it be like spitting in my own face? Sennus hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“It was a monster.”
He is not a monster that can be compared to skills and such.
It was literally a monster.
Monsters who will do anything to achieve results.
There were no nobles who were high enough to save face, nor were there any professors who would naively be pleased with the student's results.
What the Academy needs to join the ranks of prestigious schools is people.
Professors were desperate to select students to sit in the 'good seats', and students competed fiercely to catch the professor's eye.
It wasn't at the level of simply focusing on grades like it is now.
They really...really...
“I didn’t hesitate to do things worse than a ghost. Yes. What happened back then might be the hidden side of the Precia Academy.”
The ghost voice in the broadcasting room was caused by a murder that occurred around that time.
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