Chapter 34 – 33. Transactions
Arthur opens his eyes in a dark space.
Unbelievably, there was a being standing in front of him who looked exactly like him.
“Who are you.?”
If you look closely, it’s a little different from me… I don’t have horns on my head and I don’t have red eyes…
The Demon King smiled broadly and answered Arthur’s question.
“That’s not what’s important.”
“.?”
“I can give you strength. “Once you gain this power, no one will be able to ignore you.”
At the devil’s words, Arthur’s eyes turned to the ceiling, and he could feel the enormous energy floating in the air.
-Gulp.
“I can have that power.?”
“Yes.”
Arthur easily succumbs to the devil’s temptation.
Arthur’s appearance was due to the use of Raum’s abilities, which the Demon King had absorbed. The power of Raum, who was one of the great dukes, could amplify human emotions or interfere with memories, and by using this, the Demon King greatly amplified Arthur’s feelings of inferiority.
Therefore, Arthur, who felt inferior to his own weakness, could not help but be easily defeated by the temptation of giving him great power.
“Instead, you have to win the bet with me.”
“What bet.?”
“It’s a bet about human nature. Would you like to hear it?”
When Arthur nodded, the Demon King began to explain the bet, and Arthur’s face grew darker as he listened.
“… “
Let’s make a bet on whether Aris will ‘betray’ me or not.
“Well. What is the standard for betrayal.?”
“What you feel is a betrayal. Let’s use that as the standard.”
Arthur breathed a sigh of relief at the Demon King’s words.
Phew… Then it’s okay as long as I don’t feel like it’s a betrayal? And since there is no way Aris would betray me, this is a fight I will definitely win! Let’s accept it right away.
“Joe… I like it! Then, let’s do that.”
“Instead, unfavorable conditions will be attached to you.”
After interrupting Arthur, the Demon King began to state various conditions, and upon hearing the contents, Arthur’s expression gradually began to harden.
“Well. I think I’m at such a disadvantage. What happens if I lose?”
“You will lose your body to me.”
“!!”
It’s so dangerous… To have your body taken away, but if you just get that power…!
“Jo. Okay, but since it’s too unfavorable to me, let’s add another condition.”
“If I am betrayed by Aris… “If you do that, I’ll assume you lost.”
After hearing Arthur’s words, the Demon King readily allowed it.
So easy.? To be honest, I didn’t expect you to accept it…
“By the way, considering what happened after her betrayal, it looks like she doesn’t trust that woman at all.”
“…”
Arthur could not say anything to the devil’s provocation.
There’s no way Aris would betray me anyway, this is just insurance. I can’t have my body taken away by a guy like that.
Yeah… If I do well in the first place, there’s no problem. Even if Aris suddenly becomes strange, you can just tell her the whole truth, right?
“Then check the transaction details.”
When Arthur looked ahead at the sound of a voice, there was a piece of paper with the words ‘Soul Transaction’ written on it.
“Definitely. There’s nothing strange.”
She checked the written information dozens of times, but could not find anything unusual. Rather, there was a lot of information that was too advantageous to him, so he was suspicious of this part.
“Do you agree to the deal?”
“Yes. I agree.”
In the end, when Arthur, unable to find anything strange about her, agreed to the deal, the paper disappeared in a bright light.
“Then let me get you out of here.”
As soon as he heard her words, Arthur felt her body disappear.
Are we going back to reality now.?
At that time, the Demon King approached him and started whispering in his ear.
“You didn’t tell me that, this is a unique space called the Mirror World.”
Mirror world? Unique space? What are you talking about all of a sudden?
“In other words, if you leave here, you will not remember what happened here.”
“.!! “Wait a minute!!”
However, despite Arthur’s urgent cries, her body returned to reality, and Arthur could only look at the demon king smiling at him.
…
“Ugh…”
Oh, no!! Uh.? What was it… It was definitely important…
“Arthur.?”
“Aris?”
When she turned her head and looked next to her at the sound of a familiar voice, she could see Aris there.
“Arthur, did you know you were passed out in the library? I thought something huge had happened.”
“Well. Really?”
That’s right, I was in the library, right? But why did you go to the library.?
“That’s right!! Demons have also invaded the academy! Really… If you got hurt, I… Ugh.”
“Don’t cry… I’m sorry.”
Arthur began to comfort Aris, who was about to cry, and fortunately Aris was able to stop crying quickly.
“Are other people worse off than that?”
“Yes, demons came in, but hardly anyone saw them, and no one was killed or injured.”
“Is that possible?”
“There was already an uproar because of that, so I’m sure he did something and disappeared.”
I see But for now, I have to be thankful that nothing bad happened.
“I probably won’t have classes until tomorrow. Do you want to go back to the dormitory now?”
Ah… Now that I think about it, this is a hospital room.
After lightly nodding her head, Arthur held hands with Aris and headed toward the dormitory.
…
Um… Where were we supposed to go from here? Is it over there?
When Arthur tried to go to a strange place, Aris stopped him.
“Arthur where are you going? The male dormitory for the ‘Magic’ department is over there.”
“Faculty of Magic?”
Faculty of Magic? What is that? Come to think of it, what kind of undergraduate student am I?
“Aris? “Am I a student at the Faculty of Magic?”
Aris’s pupils began to widen at Arthur’s question.
“.? Are you kidding?”
“Are you kidding? What is magic? “Am I a student at the Faculty of Magic?”
Uh? That facial expression on Arthur’s face isn’t the one he makes when he’s lying…?
“Now… Just stay still for a moment.”
Aris put her hand in her Arthur’s pocket and took out her student ID from her Arthur’s wallet and showed it to him.
“Read this! “It says you are a first-year student in the Department of Magic!”
“Uh? That’s right. But I don’t know what magic is.?”
“What do you keep saying!!!”
When Aris suddenly burst out in laughter and screamed, Arthur started to get scared of her.
“What’s the matter.? Is that so important.? “I’m sorry…”
No… Why am I like this? You yelled at Arthur. I guess I was just surprised for a moment. Let’s apologize first.!
“No. I’m sorry for yelling. Do you remember the class you took this morning?”
After hearing the question, Arthur’s expression began to brighten again.
“Of course! “If anything…”
But Arthur’s face began to harden again.
“I… I thought for sure! It’s strange. I don’t remember.”
Arthur doesn’t know about magic? That can’t be possible… Yes, I probably suffered from amnesia for a moment due to the shock of falling.
“I guess you were very stressed when you collapsed today. I’ll take you to the dormitory, so go to bed early and see you tomorrow. “Understand, right?”
“I understand.”
After hearing her answer, Aris held Arthur’s hand again and started moving to Arthur’s dormitory room. Fortunately, she was able to get to Arthur’s room quickly.
“Do you remember the room.? I wonder if this is my first time seeing this room.”
“No. Do you remember my room?”
Fortunately, Aris was able to feel reassured by the sight of Arthur remembering the room.
“Arthur, don’t worry too much about today and go to sleep. “I’ll remember everything when I wake up tomorrow!”
“Huh! Good night to you too, Aris~”
She smiled brightly, and Aris, who saw Arthur waving her hand, thought as she left her room. For a while she wanted Arthur to help her relieve her stress and retrieve her memories.
…
The next morning.
Unfortunately, Aris was unable to meet Arthur. This is because she threatened to kill the instructor and escaped midway, which became a big problem and a disciplinary committee was held.
“Whoa.”
Still, am I glad.? She said she would take care of me if I went through a few dungeons.
Of course, there were no casualties and the damage was not significant, and since he was able to save Arthur, who had disappeared, these factors were taken into consideration, and he could have been expelled from school, but it ended up being an ordinary disciplinary action.
“Ha… I really don’t want to do this… I guess I should go to Arthur and get some healing…”
Aris, who went to see Arthur, went on dates with her and spent time with her, relieving her of Arthur’s stress. However, as time passed, her memories of Arthur did not return, and by the third day, she and Aris could not help but notice that something was strange.
“Arthur, sit next to me.”
At Aris’s words, Arthur sat down next to Aris.
“Why?”
“Do you remember how often you went to the library when you were young?”
“Then! You lived there all the time!”
Hmm. I remember things like this.
“Then what book did you read at the Dosa Gwan.?
“In the library? Of course…! Uh…? So, did you just read any book?”
Something’s strange… Why can’t I remember anything related to magic?
“Arthur, do you remember why you came to the academy?”
“That’s it…”
“… “
Arthur clearly entered the academy to enter the Magic Tower. But she couldn’t even remember this, so her condition was very serious.
“Arthur, do you feel something strange about you? “I don’t think I’m feeling well right now. So I think I need to go to the hospital. Are you okay?”
Of course, Arthur wasn’t stupid, so she knew she was strange, and although she really hated going to the hospital, she couldn’t help but nod.
“Then let’s go right away.”
Even on her way to the hospital, Aris prayed that nothing was wrong with her.
