All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 69

◈ Chapter 69

35. I’ll Just Beat You Up – 1

“Myaa~.”

“Myane~.”

Myane, who was in Ian’s bag, peeked her head out.

Seeing this, Oerina reached out her hand.

But when there was no snack in her hand, Myane pushed her head back into the bag.

“Tch. Anyway, I heard the story. You two explored the Curtid Ruins? Did you catch that monster too?”

“That’s right.”

“You’re amazing as always.”

As Oerina exclaimed, Matri smiled at Ian and Grajin.

“It was nice meeting you. We should be going now, so could you come to the Magic Tower later? I heard your body isn’t in good shape. I’ll take a look at you.”

“Yes, I’ll visit when I have time.”

“Hehehe. Okay. I’ll prepare some good tea and cookies from the witch and wait. Oerina, let’s go.”

They couldn’t spend too much time since they weren’t here for leisure.

She waved her hand at them with a regretful expression.

“Then let’s go get what we need to get.”

“Let’s do that.”

They received the Full Moon Necklace from the Archaeological Society.

They were told that the rewards for the corpses and the first clear were being prepared, so the two went straight outside.

“Hey, what are you going to do with the remaining time? Should we go to another ruin or something?”

There were about two days left until the prayer meeting held at the main branch of the Sun Church.

As Grajin asked in a subtle tone, Ian picked up a magic book.

“Ah, that’s right. Have you mastered the Unlock magic?”

At that moment, the magic circle of the Unlock magic appeared in his hand and quickly changed its form.

“I can pick any lock.”

“Good. Then shall we move on to electric magic? Lightning Bolt is…….”

As Ian created the magic circle he had memorized last night, Grajin got up from his seat.

“Then let’s practice the rest at the Baradis Mansion. There are some good magic books and tools there too.”

So they stayed at the Baradis Mansion and practiced magic.

Two days later, Helid and Leila came to visit as they were about to leave after being treated with utmost care.

“I heard you’re leaving today? Do you have a moment?”

“Of course. But are you feeling better now?”

“Yes, thanks to you.”

Not only was the tiger dead, but she was also recovering quickly after receiving treatment from Ian.

But she was still like a block of wood.

She smiled awkwardly and hugged Helid’s arm.

“Thank you.”

“I don’t know if you know this, but they say thank you with gifts.”

“Hehe. I’ll give you the relic. I told my father, so don’t worry.”

“Okay, then.”

“And there’s one more thing I want to give you.”

What she gave was a notebook.

Ian, who received the notebook that seemed to be written by her, tilted his head.

“What do you want me to do with this?”

“I thought you might be curious.”

The notebook Leila gave contained a detailed map of the Academy.

No, it wasn’t just that.

It was filled with the relationship charts and investigation details of several instructors of the Academy that had happened so far.

“I found out something while investigating Hastings. He had been in control of the Academy for a long time.”

“So?”

“But there’s one unsolved question. He made quite a lot of money as an Academy instructor.”

But that money was flowing to strange places.

“He was in frequent contact with a small trading company called Pandemonium. But after investigating, there was no such trading company in the continent.”

‘Pandemonium? A word that means the City of Demons. That guy, is he related to demons? Kirke, investigate.’

‘Related records?’

As Ian kept his mouth shut, she continued to speak.

“Isn’t it strange? It’s connected to Hastings, a senior instructor at Fredon Academy, but it doesn’t have a name…….”

“So? What do you want to say?”

“Aren’t you curious about where Hastings was sending the money he earned from the Academy?”

“He sent it to that person or whatever behind him.”

Leila only tilted her head, as if she didn’t know that.

“Hastings told me when he came to kill me.”

That there was someone behind him.

He said he was someone with the power to rule the world, but he didn’t seem that special.

“I think this is a very important matter… An encounter with an unidentified secret force. Doesn’t it excite you?”

“Not really.”

‘That’s right, because the second condition to become a hero has been met.’

To become a hero, you need powerful strength, but that alone was not enough.

What fills that deficiency is the adversary.

So, if there is a secret force that seems to have something, I am grateful.

By defeating the adversary who brought the crisis, you can become a hero.

“I see. When I heard it from Helid, I thought you and I were similar.”

“It’ll be different. I don’t do things like reasoning like you do.”

Why do such reasoning?

If you move based on the information that Kirke has learned by connecting to the truth, that’s it.

If not, you can move directly and find out.

“There’s a saying that if your body is uncomfortable, your head suffers.”

“Ahaha, that’s a funny story. Well, if there’s overwhelming power… it might be better.”

Because she didn’t have the power, she was attacked even though she had revealed the truth.

As she said bitterly, Ian got up from his seat.

“And stay quiet if you can. Don’t make Helid or Count Eldan worry.”

“I should for the time being.”

She doesn’t say she’ll stay quiet when she’s come back from the dead.

She pointed to a book in the closet.

“But it seems like Colomb is going to be difficult now, so I’m going to do Epsilon.”

She will become someone who reads the world with only the information that comes in from a small room.

She smiled leisurely.

“If you have any unsolved problems, come and find me anytime. Leila Baradis Detective Agency is…”

She tapped the wall.

“It’s next door, so Detective Leila Baradis will cooperate for free anytime.”

“Okay.”

As Ian answered, she smiled awkwardly.

It was because she noticed that he didn’t expect much.

Leila went into her room because she needed to rest more.

After that, when Ian was preparing to leave and came out to the garden.

Helid, who was in Leila’s room, came over the window.

“Are you leaving now?”

“I have to go.”

“Um, well, thank you, Ian.”

“It’s a settlement of the promise. Don’t worry about it.”

“It seems like I received too much for a settlement.”

“Then give it back.”

“I should. Look forward to it. But what about your sword?”

“I melted it to catch the tiger.”

“Melted? What did you do? Anyway, I’ll give you as much change as possible. Of course, it’s a bit difficult right now.”

I have to go back to the family to bring something.

Helid smiled bitterly as he adjusted his glasses.

“When I first met you, I thought, what kind of guy is this?”

“What, you bastard?”

“Li, listen to the end. Anyway, I didn’t know it would be such great luck. Thank you so much. Giving you the notebook, I think it’s the second best thing I’ve done in my life.”

The first was meeting Leila.

As he said with a smile, Ian became serious.

“Why are you suddenly doing this? Are you regretting it? I’m not going to give it back.”

“That can’t be.”

He glanced at Leila’s room.

Through the open window, she was bowing her head in the warm sunlight.

“I wouldn’t spare anything for her.”

“Okay, well, have a beautiful love.”

As Ian said indifferently, Helid smiled on his handsome face.

“I will. You’re going to the Sun Church? What about Grajin?”

“He said he’ll stay at the Archaeological Society a little longer and then return.”

Helid nodded at Ian’s reply.

“Okay, then let’s see each other when school starts.”

After being seen off by him and Leila, Ian packed his bags.

As he went out of the mansion, Eldan, who came out to see him off, got in the carriage with him and handed over the things he had prepared.

“I don’t think I took care of you properly since you came to Baradis Territory. I’m sorry about this.”

As he shook his head, Eldan smiled brightly.

“Please come again next vacation. I’ll throw a big party for you.”

“It’s okay, so please put it away and give me relics or artifacts.”

What party is he talking about?

Ian refused firmly, and Eldan was very embarrassed.

* * *

When they arrived at the gate, Eldan paid for Ian’s travel expenses.

The destination was Light City near Over City, the capital of the Overwell Kingdom in eastern continent, where the main branch of the Sun Church was located.

As he came out through the gate, he saw a city that was bigger and more splendid than the Academy.

“Welcome to Light City. Is this your first time? Please take this map. If you came to attend the Great Prayer Meeting… Huh?! Ian?”

The voice of the guiding knight is familiar.

As Ian looked, the knight took off his helmet.

Like his voice, his face was also familiar.

“Blanche? What are you doing here?”

Blanche shrugged his shoulders at him.

“I’m on guard duty.”

“Why?”

“The Sun Church’s Great Prayer Meeting is an important event in the Overwell Kingdom, so there are many requests for escort or defense from the military.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah. Many nobles come, and if a murder happens, the prayer meeting will be stopped.”

As Ian nodded, Blanche smiled.

“Hey, that’s great. Let’s hang out together while you’re here. My shift ends in a bit. I’ll introduce you to the guys I know.”

“The guys you know?”

“They’re the sons of nobles from the Overwell Kingdom. It’ll be helpful to know them.”

Ian looked at the people who were dressed similarly to Blanche, far away.

The way they were acting cocky to the soldiers with women next to them didn’t seem like it would be of much help.

“Don’t tell me it’s them?”

“…Would I introduce you to the idiots who acted up at the Academy and got kicked out in a month…”

“That’s a bit surprising. Who is it?”

“The guy in the middle, right? The blonde.”

He seemed the most arrogant among the group leading them.

Blanche quickly explained, pointing to the boy who was playing with two women next to him.

“He was at the user level and almost close to expert…”

He is the third son of Count Ohara of the Overwell Kingdom.

He is arrogant, conceited, and has a bad personality.

However, he was good at swordsmanship and the family’s aura training method, so he was a promising talent.

“But he got into a fight with the son of a viscount of a similar level and lost. After that, he caused trouble with his status and got disciplined, and then he caused more trouble and got caught by former Chairman Rakid and was expelled.”

To be kicked out of the Academy after paying a lot of money.

Ian expressed his feelings about him honestly.

“In other words, he’s an idiot.”

“That’s the perfect answer.”

Blanche quickly agreed with his opinion.