I’m the Slit-Eyed Character at the Academy, but I’m not the Mastermind - Chapter 240
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Episode 240
Episode 240. Modify the rabbit (2)
After Luna performed a killing ceremony(?) towards Adonis.
“Hmm.”
“… … ?”
Adonis, standing in front of Regé, began to glare at her.
Naturally, Reze was busy avoiding eye contact.
Eyes moving back and forth behind long bangs that hang like curtains.
Adonis moved his head to follow those eyes.
That gaze is quite hot.
“Hmm.”
“Excuse me, is there anything you want me to do… …?”
“Huhhhhhh!”
“Ugh, euaaa… … .”
“Huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
pop!
There was a sound of something exploding, and Reze’s eyes began to spin.
I fainted.
‘It’s soft, it’s soft.’
I have to turn that pufferfish rabbit that loses consciousness just by looking at it into a King God Emperor General Chungmugong Majesty rabbit before the midterm exam.
My eyes went dark.
“Don’t bother my friend!”
Luna threw a decisive punch from behind, but Adonis dodged the attack by just nodding his head.
“… … .”
Luna looked back and forth between her fist cutting through the air and me.
Phew!
Within seconds, Luna’s fist hit my forearm.
“Hehe, why are you hitting me?”
“That’s right, you brought it.”
“I didn’t bring him, Adonis-kun followed him.”
“So you’re not satisfied?”
Luna’s eyes burned brightly.
Oh, I see. You’re really angry, huh?
In times like this, it’s best to stay quiet.
“Haha, that’s not true. Don’t you know? I like being right the most.”
“You pervert! Die!”
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-!
Luna’s fists began to pound my body.
Luna, I’m going to die like this. Hit me gently!
“Hmm… … We get along well. I can feel a strong bond.”
Where the hell are you looking? Isn’t this old man crazy?
“Whew… … Whoosh… … .”
Is the stress relieved?
Luna wiped the sweat from her forehead and glared at Adonis.
“What the heck! What are you going to do now? I told you not to bother my friends.”
Luna, it’s not Adonis who’s been bothering me, it’s you. And it’s been that way since long ago.
“I was just watching.”
“Is that bullying? Our Legion is so sensitive to eye contact!”
“I guess so. To be exact, it’s sensitive to the flow of mana.”
“… … The flow of mana?”
“Mana exists everywhere. It also means that mana is always moving.”
When walking, when eating, even when stretching.
Even these small actions move the mana around you.
‘It’s like air in this world.’
That guy was called ‘Mana’.
And feeling mana, moving it, transforming it, imbuing it into weapons, and strengthening your body.
This is the dream that everyone wishes for.
The problem is the first step, feeling mana. This is quite difficult.
“But that child is different. His mana sensitivity is too great. It’s hard to believe, but… … he even seems to sense the changes in mana flow caused by a person’s gaze.”
As I said before, mana is like air.
It also means that it moves due to people’s movements or actions.
I don’t know for sure, but the change in mana flow caused by gaze would be extremely small.
But to be able to detect it? To that extent, it was a ‘something’ better than radar.
“You must have felt mana since birth. That’s the level of talent. You must have felt the gaze of others as an attack, and naturally became timid. You must have thought everyone was attacking you.”
“Then hiding in a box too?”
“I guess that’s because he can avoid eye contact. You could say it’s his own survival strategy.”
Was there such a profound reason? Wasn’t it because you were a pervert with a box fetish?
I guess I thought it was a reasonable argument.
Luna, who was wagging her fingers with her arms crossed, looked at Adonis.
“… … How to overcome it?”
“The ability to distinguish hostile mana directed at you. If you develop that, it will be easily resolved.”
“How do you develop that ability?”
“You just have to get stronger. Once you reach star 9, you’ll be able to walk the streets confidently.”
“9, 9 stars? When will you achieve that!”
A 9-star rabbit… … Something I never imagined popped out.
It was natural for Luna to jump.
“First of all, it would be good to aim to become insensitive. Then, you will naturally be able to ignore small mana flows such as passing glances.”
“Is this a stopgap measure? Well, it’s not a bad solution.”
“On the other hand, you should be able to feel a little.”
“huh?”
“You’re too dull. No matter how good your swordsmanship is, if you can’t control mana, you can’t be among the best. You know that, don’t you?”
“… … .”
Luna closed her mouth. Every word of what she said was so true that she had nothing to say.
“I happen to have a great training method that you two can do together.”
“Really? Oh, no. Why are you teaching us that? We’re enemies.”
Luna’s reaction to the sun.
Adonis spoke calmly to Luna.
“Because that’s what I have to do. That’s the only reason.”
Adonis’ words ended there. As he closed his mouth with his arms crossed, Luna came up to me and whispered.
“What should I do? Can I trust him?”
“Haha, isn’t it better to lose than to gain? If it’s weird, why don’t you just quit halfway?”
“… … Really? Are you a genius?”
Luna, you’re not a genius, that’s normal. You’re weird!
“Okay, I’ll give it a try. How are you going to practice?”
“If you try it, you will naturally realize it.”
“huh?”
Kwarung!
It’s so slippery!
“Hot?”
As soon as Reje, who had been unconscious, came to his senses.
Lightning struck where Luna and Regé were standing.
It was literally a bolt from the blue.
“Kwaaak!”
“Squeak!”
Luna and Regé rolled from side to side to avoid the lightning.
“Tsk tsk, it’s like static electricity, but you’re pretending to be sick… … .”
“Hey! How is this static electricity! And it really hurts!?”
“Really? Then I definitely have to avoid it.”
“What the heck are you talking about… … Huh?”
Kugugugugu-!
Mana flowed across the ceiling of the training hall.
Even though I couldn’t feel mana, I could clearly tell. Why?
‘It’s only natural, since a huge amount of mana has been gathered that is visible to the eye.’
In fact, clouds made of mana were floating around on the ceiling of the training hall. They were mysterious dark clouds with a golden aura.
“Eww! Reje! Run!”
“Hee, heeeeeeek!”
Luna and Regé started running.
Kwakwang! Kwakwakwakwang-!
A golden lightning followed behind.
Is that training? Not bullying?
“Haha, wasn’t it too hard from the start?”
“That’s hard? When I was young… … I climbed a mountain with lightning striking down with my bare hands. Do you think that’s all? I used the lightning magic that the wizard used with my whole body… … .”
Mumble, murmur-.
Only then was I able to recall once again that Adonis’s essence was that of an old man.
A level of old-fashioned power(?) that is even higher than Rodelin’s waterfall training.
It was unfolding before my eyes.
“Kwaaaaah!”
“Kkieeeek!”
Luna and Regé screamed after being struck by lightning.
… … Is that really okay?
‘The deployment will start soon. It would be a problem if I get injured.’
Not only was his specs low, but he could also be excluded from the dispatched team if his injuries were severe.
This means that the plan to capture Marvel may end up in vain.
‘Is this a trick by the developers to prevent us from taking stronger companions?’
That was very likely, because that’s the kind of game it is.
And breaking that trap and overcoming it.
That’s what we, the users, were supposed to do.
“Haha, isn’t that too strong? You’ll get hurt if you keep doing that.”
“It’s okay. I’m just giving a strong stimulus to the mana you’re holding. It might hurt a little, but… … you won’t die. Probably.”
I feel like there’s a word at the end that shouldn’t be there. Am I mistaken?
“Don’t worry too much. That girl named Luna has a similar constitution to me.”
Similar?
I looked back and forth between Luna and Adonis.
Yes, there was something in common between the two.
‘Small.’
Unlike me, who was tall and tall here and there, those two were short and small.
I understand perfectly!
It was while I was nodding like that.
“… … That’s not what I meant. The Leicester family’s mana basically has an electric nature. So it won’t hurt as much as other people.”
Aha, I see.
The nature of mana. It was a theory I was familiar with. I had seen and heard it thousands of times while playing games… .
“… … ?”
No. The Leicester family? Why is that here?
I couldn’t help but be surprised.
Because it made no sense for Adonis to know Luna’s secret.
‘Adonis wasn’t in the Empire when House Leicester fell. It makes even more sense knowing that Luna was the last survivor.’
I was so surprised that I almost screamed, but nothing bad happened.
It was the power of [Mental Defense].
‘Let’s calm down.’
First of all, there’s no way Caron would have said that. He cares for Luna more than anyone else.
It’s Adonis, the Emperor’s Sword. Luna could die, but there’s no way he’d tell her that.
‘The next highest possibility is… … .’
Luna used the sword, and because of that, Adonis found out Luna’s secret.
But it didn’t feel that way. If something like that had happened in the first place, Luna would have told me.
He said he had another accident.
‘Information is lacking.’
In times like this, being quiet is the best.
“The Leicester family? Why did that traitorous family come out here… …?”
“Wow, there’s no change in pulse at all. Well, I guess that’s to be expected, considering that you’re fooling Charon.”
It seemed that Adonis was already convinced.
That Luna is a survivor of the Leicester family.
‘No, isn’t it okay to let this slide? We’re allies!’
Day by day, my blood dries. I feel like a mayfly. No, even a mayfly would live a happier life than me.
As expected, this game is not easy at all and you can’t find an ounce of cuteness in it.
of course.
Even I, a veteran of this game, am not that cute.
“Haha, you’re pretending to be a nice person while using a strategy to extract information. For a hero, you’re a bit lethal.”
“Is that so? But that’s not important right now.”
Adonis’ eyes lit up.
“What you know, why you’re with that child, what your ultimate goal is. Isn’t that what’s important?”
“Well, I’ve never thought about that, so I’m not sure.”
“How cheeky of you. You know full well that you could die if you do that, right?”
Snap-!
A golden spark rose from Adonis’ hand.
I could feel that it was different from the lightning that had struck during the exchange meeting.
It means that if you just brush against it, you’ll die.
“Haha, you want to kill an ally who has received the Holy Sword’s approval? Is that possible?”
“There is nothing that cannot be done.”
“That’s scary. Okay. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I’ll try to answer as best I can.”
“I know you dreamed of the Leicester family’s rat. What does that have to do with Lenia?”
“You are the one who gave me hope to live.”
“If such a person died, it would be natural for him to harbor a desire for revenge. For example… … His Majesty the Emperor, who was deceived by the sweet talk of the nobles and issued an order to destroy his family?”
“Maybe so, maybe not. People’s minds aren’t always the same.”
“You may or may not commit treason. That sounds like your answer. Is that correct?”
“As expected of Adonis. You are so smart.”
This may be a dangerous answer, but it’s not.
This is the ‘correct answer’.
“I am the one who dreamed of being the house rat of the Leicester family. So my thoughts are not important. What is important is the will of the master.”
“Master’s will? If so… … .”
Adonis’ gaze turned to Luna, who was running away from the lightning.
Yes, the last survivor of the Leicester family.
It was an expression of his intention to act according to Luna’s will.
Why did I act like this?
‘I also know that Adonis has feelings for the Leicester family… … .’
Because Adonis is a person who likes ‘romance’.
That’s why I showed this attitude.
A vassal who, despite his young age, remains loyal to the Leicester family, and to the successor of a family that was exterminated after being accused of treason.
Where else can you find a story as romantic as this?
“… …Do you know that child?”
I dreamed of the Leicester family’s rat.
That he was secretly helping Luna from behind the scenes.
That from now on, I will move according to her will.
The question was how much Luna knew about me.
My answer to this is, of course.
“Haha, it’s a secret.”
– It was. It was a lie that I dreamed of being the house rat of the Leicester family, and it was also a lie that I would move according to Luna’s will.
“… … I see. It’s romantic.”
Well, Adonis seemed to have taken it in a completely different sense.
“I will prove that I am an ally later. For now, I will be satisfied with confirming that you are related to the Leicester family and that the child is Lenia’s daughter.”
Adonis burst out laughing.
It was a smile that seemed to relieve a deeply held worry.