Chapter 337 – Mythology Academy
“…What are the conditions? Asking for a wish? That’s a bit unfair? You risked my life without an agreement.”
『Well… I was going to ask for an additional wish from the beginning… But you’re right about that. I admit that the starting conditions are a bit unfair.”
“…Then?”
『Instead, I will serve you too.』
“Service?”
“Okay. I will provide you with a ‘route line’ that will never get caught by others for a month.』
“!!”
“Did you tell me? I can read causality. If you act within the line of movement and keep the minimum line, you will never be caught by others.”
“Hmm…”
『Instead, give me another diary as a tribute. Then, I will not only accept the penalty of the contract, but also provide you with a route and an appropriate course of action.”
The devil’s proposal is so sweet. Even though Seong-il knew that this was a proposal he had conceived in advance, he had no choice but to bite the bait.
‘Fuck… I can’t do this…’
‘I still have the last wish to take hostages anyway…’
Very good condition. In the end, Seong-il sighs and decides to accept the guy’s offer.
“Ha… Ok. I’ll take it.”
“Haha! Good choice. Could you tear up a page from your diary?”
“…”
Cursing the devil inside, Seong-il tears up a page from the diary and folds it in half as before.
『Whoops…!!』
Then the diary broke in two. One side of the half-diary starts to burn. And on the other sheet, the timetable begins to be written down along with the map.
“…This?”
『It is a movement. The contents of the safe place, as well as the time zone, are written, so you can act as it is for each day. In addition, the academy map that can be used permanently is a bonus.”
“Oh…”
『By the way, there is a magic on the map that can monitor someone moving, so if you have the map and are careful, you can never be caught by an outsider. I promise.”
“…”
“Just don’t cross the line. Only good. Cook Cook…”
“You keep talking about that line, but what the hell is that?”
“Simple. Don’t be arrogant.”
“…?”
『Humans usually go beyond the standards set by the devil and perish. In your case, it is ‘careful’. Do not forget. The causal calculation I gave you is close to perfect, but if you are greedy more than necessary, problems arise.”
“Hmm… Isn’t that too abstract?”
『What nonsense… You are also in the toddler stage, but can’t you read the ‘law of cause and effect’ lightly? If you spread your authority everywhere, it wouldn’t be too difficult to detect a crisis, right?”
“Hmm…”
The devil’s advice to actively use 『Emotion』. Seong-il asks questions about what he has always been curious about.
“…You said you were reading the causality rate, but I can only figure out the crisis or the authenticity of the conversation?”
『Hmm… It’s amazing. To have that talent and possess that much magical power and still not be able to do it.”
“…”
“Then what about this? I’ll teach you how to read causality. Of course, it’s difficult to teach you in-depth information with only one wish… Well, even that much will be of great help to you.”
“…Okay. Once this wish is over, let’s talk about it then.”
Seong-il thinks as he cuts off the devil’s words suggesting that he subtly exhaust his last wish.
‘이 개새끼 하는 꼴을 보아하니, 마지막 소원을 사용해 약점이 사라지면, 내게 어떤 개수작을 부릴지 모르는데, 내가 절대로 그 꼴은 못 보지.’
Seong-il refuses his invitation because he wants to hold on to the devil’s weakness.
“…So what do we do now?”
“Simple. It was intimidating at first, but… When it comes to ‘play’, you just have to do it according to her taste.』
“For example?”
『Ophelia denies it, but she is masochistic, and it is her nature to enjoy being dominated.』
“Hmm…”
『Explore that point, teach her, and satisfy her gloomy desire. Do you understand?』
“Hmm…”
“You already know, don’t you? Ophelia is not a woman of normal sexual orientation. You should do everything in your power to fulfill her sexual fantasies. In addition, let her constantly instill in her that the time she enjoys with you is safe no matter what.”
“Hmm…”
『In addition, you just have to indulge your desires in the process. If you do that, Ophelia will naturally lean on you, aim for that.”
The devil’s advice, which seems quite plausible. Anyway, in order to complete the quest, he has to train three of the heroines, so Seong-il nods quietly and agrees with the devil’s advice.
『Square Square』
“…?”
The sound of writing next to me while having a writing conversation with the devil. Seong-il looks to the side with a puzzled expression on his face.
『Looks like you got an answer.』
“!!”
The sound of writing, probably from Ophelia. Seong-il quickly checks the contents.
“…If you strictly keep the above contract. Also, if I prepare the contract magic ceremony myself, I will agree to the contract.”
“Oh…”
Ophelia unexpectedly agrees to the contract. To her attitude, the devil giggles and replies.
“Look at that. Because she can’t deny it. However, she can play tricks on contracts, so I will keep an eye on that.”
“Hmm? You?”
“Then. It’s my plan, so shouldn’t I be responsible for that?”
‘Damn it. But since her life is held as collateral, she must be helping.’
Secretly pretending to help himself, Seong-il thinks that the essence of kindness provided by the devil is because it is a contract enforced by mortgaging his own life.
“Are you confident about your magic contract? You’re not even from this world.”
“Does not matter. To us demons, magic and contracts are like breathing. No matter how much Ophelia does her tricks, she will never deceive me. Moreover, if she is the gap between her and me, even more so.”
“…You can ask for help.”
“Does not exist. I’ve already calculated that much causality. Besides, she doesn’t have that guts.”
‘What do you believe in…’
Seong-il was a bit puzzled by the devil’s resolute attitude, but even though it was an act of risking his own life, he was so confident that he decided to just drop his doubts.
‘If it’s necessary, I’ll jump out with the determination to abandon this world. In the worst case, there is an inner plane, and there is a way to escape to reality.’
While Seong-il was thinking about it, it seemed that the devil had already made an appointment with Ophelia.
“Tonight at midnight. Move near the library I wrote down. She will be waiting Put on her mask.”
“Can we just go there?”
“Okay. When you get there, she’ll pull out one of her contracts and show you. You just have to mess with the contract. But, before that…”
“…Previously?”
“Would you like to look through the diary torn on your index finger?”
“…?”
A demon that encourages unknown actions. However, instead of asking questions, Seong-il obediently follows his instructions and looks around at the fragments of the diary with his index finger.
“!!”
Interestingly, the diary begins to cling to Seong-il’s hand while emitting a strange red light. It melts naturally as if it were Seongil’s finger, without showing any signs.
『Jijang-I, take a picture with the index finger wrapped around the contract. Then the penalty of the contract will be transferred to me.”
“…By the way, did Ophelia know how to prepare a magic contract and prepare in advance? Did she read the law of causality?”
“About half? Also, part of my body is in her room. With that, I stole the magic contract she had on hand. It’s a non-trivial level of magic. It is easy to prepare for such magic.”
“Hmm… Is that so?”
“Okay. It seems to be used when borrowing family power… Although it has a fairly strong spell, it’s not a big deal to me as a demon.”
‘Is that why I prepared so quickly?’
Thinking so, Seong-il calmly takes out the soul mask from his inventory, puts it on his face, and prepares to move.
『Ho… It’s a very good-looking mask. Are you thinking of selling it to me? I’ll pay you the right price.”
“Go away.”
When asked to trade a 100,000-point mask for the 10,000-point diary subject, Seong-il lightly cuts off the devil’s request and moves to the promised place by covering her body with a shadow in the dark.
‘It’s convenient because I don’t have to use stealth magic because it’s night.’
Late at night, when shadow hiding is perfectly acceptable. Since it was a night without even the moon, the holy day arrived at the meeting place comfortably without any disturbance.
‘Oh! It really is.’
A woman in a robe standing cautiously near a lamppost. Seong-il sees her and quietly asks the diary.
“…A while ago, you said you could figure out a ruse through a torn diary? How is it?”
『Don’t worry. Because she is alone.”
A diary entry that reassures Seongil. Seeing this, Seong-il puts her diary in her arms and approaches Ophelia in hiding.
“Whoa…”
Ophelia sighed as she looked around her, feeling nervous.
“Hi.”
“Kyaaak!!”
“Shhh. Are you going to be misunderstood for nothing?”
“Everything… You…?”
“Yes. Nice to meet you.”
With her pale face, Ophelia looks at the man in front of her.
A man wearing a plain black robe and a strange mask. The mask was not an ordinary object, and the man’s voice was strangely mutated.
“Hey… Hey.”
“…?”
“Fuck off that strange contract! Can’t there just be other conditions? If you get rid of them, I’ll give you another reward…”
“You don’t need it?”
“…”
“Don’t try to bribe me with money or anything like that. I’m not interested in that kind of thing.”
“Huh… Heh…”
Ophelia even slightly weeps at Seongil’s resolute attitude. Seong-il felt a little weak at that appearance, but since he couldn’t undo what the devil had already done, he calmly spoke out.
“If you don’t like it…?”
At the same time, Seong-il took a step back. As he moves away from the light of the street lamp, a shadow engulfs Seongil, and he disappears from Ophelia’s sight in an instant, assimilating with the darkness.
“Now… Wait…!!”
Ophelia is horrified when Seong-il leaves in an instant without saying anything. She yells, quickly reaching her hand in the direction of her missing holy day.
Swoop.
“Why. Changed your mind?”
“!!”
Seong-il comes out like a ghost from behind her. Ophelia is frightened by the ghostly movements of such a holy day and begins to tremble.
‘As expected, a wizard of a level beyond imagination…?’
Hey, it’s natural for a high-ranking wizard to be rich financially, so I think his proposal must have looked ridiculous.
“Come on… Let’s not waste time. Are you going to use the magic contract or not?”
“I… Really after a month…”
“Haa… It’s an oath that I risk my life, but why do you keep asking me?”
“…”
“You said that you would do it with the magic contract you prepared.”
“…Great.”
As if Seongil’s snappy answer had an effect on Ophelia, she took out the contract from her arms with a slightly calm expression.
“Contents is?”
“…I wrote it down like I said earlier.”
“Can I take a look?”
“Now… Wait a minute.”
“…?”
“Cow… Please do not touch it and read it.”
“Under…”
Ophelia seems to think she’s thinking she’s an unimaginably strong wizard. Her Seong-il nodded her head as she ate inwardly at that figure.
“Hmm…”
Seong-il reads the contract carefully. Not only that, he uses 『Emotion』 To carefully check that there are no additional tricks.
‘I can’t just trust the devil’s words.’
When something goes wrong, the only thing she can trust is her own skills, so she carefully checks the contract Ophelia has prepared.
“Uh… Until when are you going to read it?”
Ophelia is afraid that Seong-il pretends to read the contract, fearing that he will cheat on the contract. Seong-il, who read her emotion as “Reaction,” Stopped his actions and nodded.
“No problem. Let’s fulfill the contract.”
“I… Really… Would make a contract to risk my life on this strange thing? This contract is enchanted with my family’s arcane magic! No matter how good your skills are, I… I really promise If you break the rules, your life…”
“It’s my life, so I’ll take care of it. Let’s fulfill the contract.”
“…”
Ophelia stands blankly with an absurd expression on her face on her holy day, talking about her own life as if it were someone else’s.
“Don’t you like it? Then let’s go…”
“Ah… No…!! Now… Wait a minute… Here…”
Ophelia, overwhelmed by the spirit of her holy day, as he looks about to leave, she quickly grabs hold of him and hands her the contract.
“This… After putting on this ring, apply this magic reagent to the ringed finger and get in trouble… I… Really?”
Ignoring Ophelia who subtly dissuades him, Seong-il puts on her ring without hesitation and smears reagent on his index finger, interfering with her contract.
“…!!”
“It’s your turn.”
“…Wait.”
Ophelia puts reagent on her index finger, shaking her hand. She closes her eyes tightly and clench her teeth, then she lets out her sigh lightly.
“Ha…”
And she, with a slightly weeping expression, takes a picture of her jijang. Then, intense magic power emanated from the magic contract, and it began to flow into the two.
“Hmm…”
To be precise, the mana flowing through Seongil’s index finger. Seong-il realizes that the devil really took the penalty.
“This… Now we have a contract.”
“Really? That’s great. Take it off.”
