The problem was food. This was because in order to eat, I had to leave the dormitory building and go to the dining hall located halfway between the academy faculty buildings.
Fortunately, three meal tickets were issued per day, so I could eat as much as I wanted. Most of the meals sold in the dining hall were quite luxurious and of a level that could be eaten by the wealthy aristocracy, so they were quite popular.
“First of all. . . I guess I should make a plan.”
There were five people in the academy who worshiped the devil. They were guys who worshiped the evil god Diablo, the blood god Bahamunt, the Plague God Pleg, the truth god Horus, and the allure god Lust.
Of these, the devil of the allure god Lust was currently with the second princess, and the worshiper of the truth god Horus was with the third prince. The others were each in their own place.
“The first guy I should target is. . . the worshiper of the Plague God Pleg?”
Augustin Penicillin, the eldest son of the Penicillin Earl family, who had made a name for himself in alchemy and medicine for generations, was chosen as the first target. This was because it seemed like he would be the easiest to attack in terms of compatibility.
‘𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘨. . . 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.’
Like Vatican City, this Central City also had a huge sewer system like a labyrinth. And there were several underground areas that had been remodeled from such sewers, like the skaven undercity.
In particular, there was a slave market there that sold slaves, which was prohibited by law in the empire. . . and the Penicillin Earl also frequented that slave market.
‘𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭. . . . . . .’
🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸
𝐚𝔴𝕖ʙ𝕤𝔱𝚘𝘳ɪ𝚎𝔰.𝘤ᴏ𝘮
The next day, the full-fledged academy life began. Oswald, who had packed his eclectic academy uniform, left the dormitory. Fortunately, Oswald knew where his class was from the various games he had played, so he was able to find his way to the class skillfully.
The bustling classroom became instantly cold. However, Oswald didn’t care. No matter what they did or said. . . he didn’t even bother and just went to the empty seat at the very back where no one was sitting. . . . . . .
A moment later, Oswald’s homeroom teacher for Class B entered.
‘𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘬.’
The eldest daughter of Marquis Bismarck, who currently holds the position of Imperial Chancellor, and a woman who is also a Platinum Knight. Of course, her current official rank was gold knight.
She had been a military officer in the empire, but after being discharged, she took up a teaching position at the academy. Her subject was ‘Swordsmanship and Close Combat’, and she was an object of admiration and respect for girls who dreamed of becoming knights.
She took one glance at Oswald, then began her lesson without saying anything.
Swordsmanship theory and close combat theory lessons. . . they were incredibly boring. Originally, these lessons were more focused on practice, so the theory was boring, and since the exams were also evaluated by duels, the theory wasn’t very important.
‘𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭. . . . . . .’
A boring time. . . Oswald just spent the time by lying down and sleeping.
Normally, someone who was sleeping would have been woken up. . . but. . . the professor, Rosen, and the other students around Oswald didn’t even pay attention to him.
After listening to several other theory lessons, having lunch, and so on, the lessons were finally over. As soon as the lessons were over, Oswald headed out of the academy instead of going to the dormitory.
‘𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘨.’
To do that, I needed to gather evidence. No matter how much I knew who the culprit was, I couldn’t just expel them. Especially since they didn’t have any demonic power, I needed even more related evidence.
‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵. . . . . . .’
As soon as he left the academy, Oswald immediately entered a suitably dark alleyway. He took out a black robe that he had prepared in advance and put it on, then took out his magic communicator and contacted Hecaton’s Arkhini.
━Have you already started moving?
“I’ve found some suspicious circumstances. . . I plan to gather evidence to be sure.”
━Hmm. . . . . . . What do you want me to do?
“I need a map of the sewers. I plan to find the slave market. . . . . . . “
━Then come to District 13. Go to a teahouse called ‘Breath of the Wind’ and ask for a tea called ‘Eye of the Mandala’.
“I’ll do that.”
After finishing the communication, he immediately started moving towards District 13. However, there was a presence that caught his heightened senses.
Oswald entered an alleyway as he felt the presence that seemed to be following him, and then he jumped up from the ground. Thanks to his level 40 strength, he jumped up to the roof of a four-story building in one breath and landed on it.
A moment later, the one who appeared in the alleyway after Oswald was none other than. . . . . . .
“Ha. . . . . . . It’s Elsa.”
Elsa Nightwalker. She had been looking for him everywhere after Oswald disappeared, but. . . it would be difficult to find Oswald, who had soared into the sky.
‘𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨.’
For the sake of her own justice and beliefs, she would do anything. She was probably following me to catch me in the act, since a bad guy should be a bad guy to the end.
However, thanks to his high sensory level, he had noticed her tailing him in one breath, and thanks to his high strength level, he had been able to shake her off in one breath.
‘𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴.’
Moving around in the middle of the night while wearing a black robe was very suspicious. In an ordinary city, it would be impossible to tell if you moved around like this. . . but this was the imperial capital, Central. There were also outposts on the rooftops, so Oswald was bound to be spotted by Sword officials before long.
‘𝘏𝘢, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.’
A magic searchlight began to shine on Oswald, and soon Sword officials began to leap across the rooftops.
Oswald, who had no choice but to jump back down to the ground, immediately took off the robe he was wearing and stuffed it into his magic backpack. Fortunately, he was wearing his academy uniform underneath, so there probably wouldn’t be a big problem.
𝔸𝚍𝘷𝕒ɴ𝐜𝚎𝙙 𝐶ʜ𝙖𝙥𝕥𝙚𝐫𝙨 𝚔𝑜-𝑓𝚒.𝚌𝐨𝕞/𝑎𝐰𝑒ʙs𝘵ᴏr̉̉𝐢𝘦𝚜 𝐩𝕒t̉̉𝘳𝕖ᴏ𝚗.𝙘𝐨𝘮/ᴀ𝐰𝘦ʙ𝐬ᴛ𝘰r̉̉𝘪ẻ̉s
