## Chapter 234 – The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
234. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated into the Baek Family
“Tsk.”
I took a deep breath, tensing my muscles. Lowering my stance as if lying on the floor, I swung my sword in a semi-circle.
The clean, red line drawn in the air sliced through their bodies.
“Thunderclap.”
A beat later, the red lightning that spread in all directions pierced their wounds. They trembled silently before collapsing to the floor.
‘They say demonic beasts are more tenacious than monsters, so it’s best to make sure they’re dead.’
After stabbing the fallen beasts in the neck one by one, I ran towards the library. A few orangutans jumped out, but they were just sacrifices for my sword.
***
Harvis swung the staff in his hand. Four thick ice spears shot forward, piercing the heads of four demonic beasts.
“Professor Priscilla…! Isn’t there anything we can do?! Too many demonic beasts are pouring out! At this rate, the academy is in danger!”
Priscilla stood with her arms crossed. Despite the hostility directed at her, her blue eyes remained fixed on the magic stone gate.
“Professor Priscilla!”
“……Quiet. Headmaster. Can’t you see I’m busy?”
“What are you busy with?! All you’re doing is standing still!”
“……”
Priscilla narrowed her eyes and looked at Harvis.
Harvis was startled and took a step back when her gaze fell on him. He then remembered Priscilla’s true identity, which he had forgotten due to the emergency. An Ancient Blue Dragon with the power to easily erase a city if she so desired. That was Priscilla.
“Headmaster. This is a rare opportunity.”
“…Opportunity? What are you talking about? Could it be… related to that stone emitting magical power?”
“That’s a magic stone gate. We need to observe how it works.”
“……Could it be that you came to our academy because of that?”
Priscilla nodded, her gaze returning to the magic stone gate.
“That’s right.”
“What is that thing?!”
“……A few months ago, it first appeared on Mlobod Island. The red one found it. But it was too late.”
“What do you mean by too late?”
“The island was undergoing demonification. The red one called us, and we decided to destroy the magic stone gate rather than observe it. If we had left it alone, a high-ranking demon would have emerged, so we had no choice but to destroy it quickly.”
“Demonification…!!”
“The problem is that a huge explosion occurred after we destroyed it. Half of Mlobod Island turned to sand.”
“……I don’t know about Mlobod Island. How powerful was the explosion exactly?”
“Powerful enough to blow away not just the academy, but an entire city.”
“This is insane!”
Harvis turned his head to the front. There, a professor was floating in the air, attacking the magic stone gate.
“If we destroy this stone, the demonic beasts will no longer appear!”
He shouted as he cast a spell.
“Professor Nerik! Stop right now!”
Harvis yelled, his voice strained, but Professor Nerik’s magic had already been activated.
Behind Professor Nerik, a giant snake made of flames was baring its fangs.
Flame Snake. In terms of attack power alone, it was a top-tier spell.
Harvis’s face turned pale. It was too late to do anything. The flame snake rushed towards the magic stone gate.
Kwaang!
The Flame Snake exploded, and the shockwave spread in all directions.
But the magic stone gate was unscathed. Not a single part of it was broken.
“I-It’s fine.”
“To smash that, you need an aura blade or magic on the level of hellfire.”
In other words, you needed an aura blade and the magic of an archmage.
“If Professor Priscilla and I stay still, the magic stone gate won’t explode. ……But the demonic beasts keep coming out. Isn’t there any way to stop them?”
“……”
There were plenty of ways.
Destroy the magic stone gate and contain the explosion with magic, destroy the magic stone gate in a place where the explosion wouldn’t matter, or seal it with magic.
As a Grand Archmage, Priscilla had many options.
“Professor Priscilla…. Say something!”
“I told you I needed to observe it.”
“Many lives are at stake! I’ll kneel if I have to, so can’t you help us?”
“I have no interest in your old knees.”
“Do you have to observe the magic stone gate right now?! Using a barrier to seal it temporarily is also an option! And are you going to leave the demon who left that magic stone gate here alone?! Isn’t it faster to capture and interrogate that demon than to observe the magic stone gate?!”
“I missed it.”
“……What?”
“I was careless. It took out the magic stone gate and ran away immediately. It’s a demon with spatial abilities, at least of the high-ranking level.”
“High-ranking… Isn’t that the worst?”
“The contractor used the demon to exert power.”
“There was a demon contractor here?! Do you know who it is?”
“There’s one professor who’s not here.”
Harvis quickly looked around.
As Harvis said, one professor was missing.
“P-Professor Bezel is missing…. She was a demon contractor….”
Harvis felt the urge to tear his hair out.
To him, Bezel was a rather special female professor. They met secretly two or three times a month and shared their bodies. They had even undressed and indulged in pleasure in the historic headmaster’s office.
“How many times do I have to tell you to be quiet.”
Harvis flinched. Cold sweat ran down his forehead. Come to think of it, he had been quite rude to Priscilla. If she hadn’t been the most rational and merciful of the blue dragons, he would have been beheaded immediately.
“I-I’m sorry….”
“It’s fine. Don’t talk to me any….”
“…What’s wrong?”
“……”
Priscilla stared in the direction of the library. She could feel the demonic energy that had disappeared. And the energy of that arrogant silver-haired maid as well.
‘…Indeed. The grimoire was the goal.’
Now that she knew, she couldn’t just leave the demon alone.
Priscilla reached out towards the magic stone gate and muttered.
“Ten Directions of Glacial Prison.”
Ten blue magic circles were drawn simultaneously around the magic stone gate.
Harvis swallowed hard. Even he, an archmage, could only understand a fraction of the high-level sealing magic. It would take at least three years of research to understand that magic.
The magic stone gate, which had been emitting ominous energy and summoning demonic beasts, was sealed. The demonic beasts no longer appeared, and the surrounding environment was not polluted.
“I’ll be back in a moment. You keep a close eye on the magic stone gate. If you touch it, I’ll kill you.”
“Y-Yes, I understand.”
***
What I saw when I arrived at the library was Yuria and Professor Bezel engaged in battle.
They were fighting so fiercely that one side of the library wall had collapsed, and torn pages of books were scattered in the air. They looked like people from a different world.
‘Professor Bezel…! That bitch is the one I had sex with while waiting in line at the burger joint!’
Her loose, light brown hair fluttered in the wind, and the black pupils in her sharp eyes sparkled with murderous intent.
Bezel was almost naked. Her top was torn, revealing her firm C-cup breasts, and her lower body was torn enough to show her light brown pubic hair. She had many minor injuries on her body, but none that were life-threatening.
Yuria, who was fighting Bezel, was not in perfect condition either. Her maid uniform was torn here and there. However, she was in much better condition than Bezel.
‘Bezel. That magic circle on that bitch’s sole….’
A white magic circle was engraved on the sole of Bezel’s left foot. That was proof that she had made a contract with a demon. Demon contractors had proof of their contract, a magic circle, somewhere on their body.
“Haa~. I’m tired~. Why is a woman like you doing a job like a maid? Don’t you have any pride?”
“……”
“Oh, right. There’s no reason for you to answer, is there?”
Bezel flicked her palm. Three black magic circles were completed in an instant, and they shot purple beams at Yuria.
Yuria’s body entered the shadows on the ground. The shadows on the ground moved at high speed, approaching Bezel.
“Tsk. That magic is so annoying!”
Bezel jumped into the air to avoid the shadows. Yuria emerged from the shadows and swung a dagger at her.
The dagger grazed Bezel’s thigh.
“Kyaa!”
It was a playful scream.
“That hurt~. My thigh is bleeding. If this leaves a scar, will you take responsibility?”
“Yes. I will take responsibility and bury you in the ground.”
Yuria swung her dagger. Crackle. A sword aura imbued with lightning flew towards Bezel. A translucent barrier appeared in front of Bezel, blocking the sword aura.
“Hehe.”
Bezel flicked her finger. Kwaang! An explosion occurred where Yuria was standing. However, Yuria used the explosion as propulsion and jumped towards Bezel.
Kwaang! Bang! Keeing!
Explosions, beams, sword auras, lightning, and all sorts of things were flying around in the battle.
‘……This isn’t a level I can interfere with.’
Honestly, I don’t think I could last 30 seconds without using an instant. Maybe running away from here would be helping Yuria. Judging by the situation, it seems like Yuria has the upper hand.
‘Wait. Over there….’
There was a hole in the ground where the bookshelf had collapsed. I could see the bookshelves below the floor.
‘It looks like the barrier is also deactivated since it’s open like this…. Should I sneak in and take the grimoire?’
Bezel and Yuria were too busy fighting each other, so it seemed possible.
I started to walk slowly.
“Oh my, both the maid and the master are so annoying~.”
Bezel shot a beam at me. I was startled and used an instant to dodge to the side.
“You knew…!”
“Of course. I’ve been watching you guys for quite a while now.”
Yuria appeared behind Bezel and swung her dagger. Bezel disappeared and reappeared behind me, reaching out and grabbing my shoulder.
“Got you! Now that woman will be quiet too… Kyaaa?!”
Crackling!
The blue lightning that erupted from my body attacked Bezel. Bezel was surprised and took a step back, creating some distance.
“Master! Please step back for now! That woman’s demon is not ordinary!”
I tried to run away at Yuria’s words, but my legs wouldn’t move. Bezel must have done something to my legs.
And a new figure appeared in the library. A tall, beautiful woman with long blue hair, Priscilla.
“Ha, to think you were actually in the academy. It’s a disgrace as a dragon. I will erase this shame by killing you.”
Dozens of magic circles were drawn in front of Priscilla.
“Haa…. This wasn’t my original plan… Where did things go wrong?”
Bezel sighed and waved her hand.
My body floated into the air and flew towards Priscilla. Priscilla didn’t stop the magic circles. Sharp ice spikes were slowly appearing from the magic circles. She was planning to attack Bezel even if it meant killing me.
‘That crazy bitch!’
I changed my plan. I would avoid vital spots as much as possible, pretend to be dead, and then use complete recovery to escape with a normal body when I saw an opportunity.
However, a black hole appeared between me and Priscilla. It was like a small black hole that was pulling me and Priscilla in. My consciousness was being sucked into it.
“Master!!”
Meow.
I thought I heard a cat’s meow behind Yuria’s urgent voice.
***
“Master!!”
Yuria reached out urgently towards Eugene, but she missed him by a hair’s breadth. Instead, she grabbed the clothes that Eugene was wearing.
Priscilla also disappeared, leaving behind only her clothes. The dozens of magic circles she had deployed shattered and disappeared like snowflakes.
Meow.
Yuria bit her lip until it bled and glared at Bezel.
Bezel was smiling, dripping with cold sweat. On her left foot, a black cat with a total of three eyes, including one in the center of its forehead, was sitting and wagging its tail.
Yuria felt a strong demonic power from the cat.
“Where did you send my master?”
Bezel looked into Yuria’s blue eyes and flinched involuntarily.
“……Don’t release that murderous intent. It’s really… hard to even breathe.”
Bezel rubbed her arms with trembling hands. The goosebumps on her skin wouldn’t go away.
“Answer me.”
