## Chapter 248 – An Evening With a Beautiful Sunset (1)
The academy, which had been peaceful, was suddenly struck by problems, but fortunately, it seemed the title of the best on the continent wasn’t just for show.
“Medical building, security secured.
The captured monsters have been returned to their original positions.”
“The engineering building was safe from the start.
To dare set foot in the holy ground of engineering.
I guess they haven’t tasted the monkey wrench and engine oil yet.
They’re incredibly audacious.”
“I have reached the Magic Academy.
The modification of the wide-area magic circle’s formula will be completed within half a day. Be informed.”
“Currently conducting a mass hunt in the forest.
No fatalities except for three minor injuries.
Now we just need to focus on defense.”
With the participation of various deans, professors, and passionate students, the commotion at the academy was gradually being subdued.
Now, the students of the medical building were stepping forward to tend to the wounds of students who had been injured by the monsters in various places.
In the case of seriously injured students, the priests and nuns of Sistina were stepping up to perform miracles to the extent that their lives were not endangered.
“The Heavenly God said, ‘Walk.'”
“Hey, you expect me to walk just because you say… I’m walking…?”
“Wow, that’s really effective…? Can I believe in the Heavenly God too?”
It just so happened that the people of Sistina were also taking on the role of evangelists.
Perhaps that’s why they had no reason to back down from this incident, which was ripe for publicity.
Even while their Holy Maiden was still missing, they were busy finding things they could do.
Of course, considering that she was on the second floor of the workshop, leisurely having a cup of tea with two other girls who were equally impressed by the miraculous folk medicine(?)…
It seemed to naturally show that there were no others who surpassed them in terms of ‘trust.’
“Twenty unidentified bodies have been discovered in the magic building.
About a dozen more were found in the nearby forest.
They don’t appear to be students or faculty…
Although the scene itself is a mess, several documents and magical tools have been found around the area.
The president of the Magic Society and the professors will have to take a look at the details…
No matter how I think about it… it must be…?”
“An anonymous report also came in from the academy’s main gate.
There were students caught stealing confidential documents…
Just in case, the medical building’s assistants are checking…
I don’t want to believe it, but after checking some of it, it seems to be true.
No matter how I think about it, the truth of this incident seems to be becoming clear?”
“Is there any material evidence coming out?
About that arrogant bitch named Laratina or whatever…!!
Ugh… Just you wait until I catch you, you…
I’ll make you cry your eyes out…”
“We’re currently investigating…
The commoner students who were mobilized in this espionage seem to be mere pawns.
The only ones who might know something are the people who were found dead…
But even they are likely to be unknown thugs from the back alleys…
It’s hard to see a direct connection.”
“That’s right. If someone were alive, we could interrogate them…
But there are no survivors, so we can’t do anything…”
“If they annihilated that many people in the first place, surely a similar number would have been deployed…
Besides Laratina, who else would deploy such personnel?
Maybe those guys were attacked by monsters…?”
“Looking at the scene, it doesn’t seem like monsters.
After going to the scene, I felt that it was at least a single person who dealt with those people.
The bodies are scattered everywhere, and the traces of battle are very clean.
It means they were taken down individually, and they didn’t spend a lot of time dealing with each enemy.
In particular, judging from the small number of footprints, it seems to be at most two or three people.”
“That can’t be…? It’s generally accepted that a swordsman has a hard time fighting more than 3-on-1.
Even a veteran swordsman would have a hard time against multiple opponents unless the opponents were amateurs…”
“The opponents may have been amateurs…
But what’s certain is that whoever the opponent was, it was the work of a skilled person who could deliver a one-hit kill.
The speed and instantaneous judgment to thoroughly take down each opponent individually.
And the ability to instantly kill the opponent so that they can’t counterattack in any way.
It’s easier said than done, it’s much more difficult than you think.”
“That’s right. No matter how much of a surprise attack it is…
If you face multiple people at once, you’re bound to get a counterattack.
To ignore that and kill the enemy…
It’s not like they’re disregarding their own lives and entrusting themselves to luck.
No matter how I think about it, I can’t think of anyone…”
“I can’t think of anyone with that kind of skill either…
Maybe some of the warriors fighting on the front lines…
Maybe a few of them might be able to do it.
If the chairman knows something…”
“I don’t know either. Please focus on normalization and aftercare for now.
I’ll try to think of something…”
“Yes, I understand.”
Charlotte, who had placed the communication artifact on the table, let out a small sigh and gently wiped her face with her palm.
Unconsciously, she did it out of frustration, and the powder lightly smeared on her hand.
After gently wiping it off with a handkerchief, she reassured the students who had taken refuge with her and were waiting.
“They say it’s almost over.
Everyone can go back to where they were.”
“Charlotte… is it true…?
Hic… Thank goodness…”
“Of course. I would never lie, would I?
I have some things to take care of, so I have to stay for a while…
But everyone can go outside now.
It’s too dark in here because we’ve been in here for too long.
You must have been scared, but thank you for persevering.”
“Heeing… Charlotte…!!”
Although she was the chairman, she was also a friend who studied with them.
Seeing her friends relieved and shedding tears of relief, a warm smile spread across Charlotte’s face.
But apart from that, the suspicion that the academy was attacked at her instigation was certain, but the thought of Laratina, from whom no material evidence could be found, was raging like a storm in Charlotte’s head.
‘Laratina’s behind-the-scenes machinations to mess with the academy…
Another force intervened here and interfered with that bitch…
Laratina aside… why another force…’
No matter how much she listened to the story and collected information, the only result was the speculation that there was another force that interfered with Laratina.
In the first place, Laratina’s behind-the-scenes machinations were completely unexpected by the academy.
Who on earth could have known about it and stopped it, and why did they help the academy?
‘Just to interfere with Laratina…?
If that were the case, it would have been easier to attack Laratina directly…
Could it be a secret society to protect the academy that I don’t know about…?
Hmm… that seems like too much of a leap…’
She thought she knew everything about the academy.
The reality that something she didn’t know was happening at the academy made Charlotte, who couldn’t help but feel anguish, trudge to her office table and rest her chin on her hand.
“Should I just… think that a prince appeared to save me…”
The delusion that the girl, who seemed like she wouldn’t be able to sleep for a long time because of her worries, suddenly came up with, planted a bashful smile on her lips.
.
.
.
“Eungik…!! Et…♡ Heuaek…
Gat…!! Geuk… Gihit…!!
Stirring it up…♡ No…!!
I don’t like being touched…♡ Hoeet…♡”
Deep in the deepest abyss of the lair’s basement.
In the sanctuary of the Parasites located in that corner, someone’s voice, which was quite agitated today, could be heard.
The identity of that person was a woman who was the only survivor Vivian had captured among the masked men instigated by Laratina.
She was already quite excited by the tentacles that were wriggling into her ears and rummaging through her head.
She was bleeding quite dangerously from her nose, and her eyes were rolling back, twitching occasionally.
It was ambiguous to say that she was well-managed, but her seductive naked body, soaked in sweat, was creating a pitiful spectacle.
‘Extract everything you can.
You don’t need to be picky about the means or methods.’
The Parasites, who saluted as if they understood my command, were literally torturing her by any means necessary.
“Heut… Lindaat…♡
My daughter… I love youat…♡
Mom will… make a lot of money… Heugit…!!
Eh… who was that…. Hit… Ahit…♡”
Even the brainwashing tentacles that had been sealed away were mobilized, and on the surface, they were just rubbing her brain, but in reality, the tentacles were acting as if they were half-frying her brain.
However, the woman, whose ears were also bleeding due to the rough treatment, could be said to be no longer able to return to her previous state.
The brainwashing tentacles, which evenly caressed every corner of the brain and activated even a single piece of hidden memory.
However, the woman, who couldn’t come to her senses due to the excessively activated memory, had blood running down her nose again, this time flowing down to her cleavage.
“Het… Eut…♡
My ear is itchy…♡
Eungat… Heu… I walked… I walked for the first time…!!
There… Ah… No…♡”
Her eyes, which were rolled back and trembling precariously, seemed to mean that her mind was about to meet its end, but that was not important to me right now.
“Ohik…!! Hik!! Eugeuk!!
My head is burning…♡
My head is turning white!!
It’s… breaking off…♡”
With a thrilling death cry that seemed to be the happiest she could be, she finally slumped down like a doll with a broken string.
She was clearly breathing and her heart was beating.
But could this, which no longer blinked and had no reason in its eyes, be called a ‘living human’ anymore?
The woman’s brain was completely dead after the tentacles caressed her brain for half a day while the academy was being reactivated.
As the tentacles slowly began to envelop the woman in that state, she seemed to be unable to feel even the basic physiological sense of crisis that she should have as a living being, and was simply entrusting her body to the tentacles with her body slumped.
