The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy - Chapter 288



Chapter 288 – Side Story: Time Gate – 1

The final exams are over, the grades are released and the correction period is over, and the last lecture of the 16th week, which is meant to supplement the curriculum that was not completed, is also coming to an end.

And the second most fitting graduation ceremony in the world.

As always, Erestica came forward as the representative and gave an appropriate speech, and then Laura followed up with another appropriate speech. The students prepared to go home with cheers.

Unlike during the summer vacation, there were hardly any students left in the dorms this time. Not to mention the nobles, commoners from all over the empire also packed their bags and returned to their hometowns.

It was because I would have to move to a new dormitory next year when I moved up a grade. Rather than staying at the academy and moving rooms in a hurry, it would be better to pack my bags, return to my hometown, and then move into a new dorm.

Thanks to this, the dormitory was bustling for a while with servants coming to greet their master, carriages to move luggage, and dimensional magic for easy movement.

We, who were almost the only ones who weren’t in a hurry, gathered in the club room and waited leisurely, and only after the students, carriages, and servants had all left did we start to pack our bags and prepare to leave.

“This time, I chose the peach flavor. Aren’t you excited?”

“… … Yes. That’s right.”

Except for me, who stopped by the chairman’s office for a moment and got caught.

Erestica hugged me and flailed around like a child who doesn’t know what to do while holding her favorite doll. The pressure from the arms that wrapped around her body was so strong that even the most skilled knights couldn’t withstand it and their bones would break.

In a nearby cooking utensil, a slightly pinkish pudding was being made, just as I had said it would be, with a peach flavor. One of the ingredients I had just squeezed out of Erestica myself.

“They say that the fresher the ingredients, the tastier they are. I think I can look forward to it this time too.”

It’s been like that for a while now, but recently she’s become even more open about using her own breast milk to make desserts. She’s even gone so far as to ask me to separate the containers for different uses.

And then I get excited when I see them quietly accepting what I give them.

Sometimes, instead of homemade desserts, bread would come out. I deliberately chose only the dry kind. I was sure he was a criminal because he would slightly unbutton his white shirt and ask if my throat was blocked after eating moderately.

‘Eres… … Where are you… … .’

I’ve felt this way since long ago, but how wonderful and good of a daughter must she have been to make a dragon with such a personality when she didn’t care about her surroundings to the point of knowing that a human woman was 2.3m tall?

A person who treats a person like a son but cannot release maternal love and s*xual desire for that son, is a s*xual person who is desperate.

“Are you going back to your hometown now?”

After carefully feeding her each mouthful of dessert containing freshly squeezed ‘milk’ and then giving her a full glass of the same freshly squeezed milk as a palate cleanser, the meal was barely over.

Of course, the arms that were embracing me had no intention of letting go.

“I plan to do that.”

“continue?”

“No. We’ll only be staying for a week or so, and then we’ll move to another mansion where we can live together just by ourselves. If you have time, Erestica, you can come too. There are plenty of rooms. Oh, and before that, let’s visit Earth as well.”

Even if you give each person three and even give Beatrice her own room, there will still be a few left over. This is literally a mansion.

Anyway, it’s practically impossible to stay with my parents in this world for the entire vacation. It’s not like the top is resting just because it’s vacation, and the people around me probably don’t want that either.

“Just between us, huh… Are you the kids I know?”

“Yes.”

“Huh… … .”

Erestica’s eyes widened slightly. A desire that could be called lust or some other special emotion welled up in her gaze directed at me. I instinctively felt a chill and asked back.

“Why are you doing that?”

“I think the child is really bold. Don’t worry. I’ll bring a little, no… a lot, of elixirs that are good for recovery from fatigue and the male body. You can drink five or six of them a day. I guess I’ll have to stop by the palace after a long time.”

“… …Why does everyone only think that way?”

This wasn’t the first time I’d heard that. Laura, Nika, and even Beatrice had all said they’d bring the elixir with them as soon as they heard that they’d be staying at the mansion together.

Even the first two smiled sinisterly.

“So you’re not going to do it?”

“… … .”

I became a dumb person who ate honey. It doesn’t mean I won’t do it. That’s a very hypocritical answer, even to me. It was just a matter of the number of times. If I did what I wanted, I felt like my body wouldn’t last.

Not to mention Nika, the succubus, but also Laura, Elisier, Rosaria, Priscilla, Leona, and even Latina. It wasn’t just that she thought so, it was as if she was certain that it would happen.

“If you don’t like it, just say so. Your child isn’t the type to force something on you even if you say he doesn’t like it.”

“That’s about all I can say.”

Surprisingly, it ended up like that because of a compromise. At least I wouldn’t do something crazy like someone suggested, like telling me to take off all my clothes and live without them for a long time.

I wondered who the hell had first mentioned it, but all seven of them worked together to keep it a secret. Not even Priscilla.

“Huh… … I see.”

An alluring smile appeared on Erestica’s face. The smell of milk wafted around her, and her white shirt became damp.

I thought that if I stayed any longer, it would really be dinnertime before I could go out, so I pulled out of her arms. Erestica looked at me with an expression like a wet puppy.

“What are you going to do, Erestica?”

Judging from the way his expression cleared as soon as I asked, it seemed like it was an intentional expression.

“There are things to prepare separately. For example, early graduation for the child and the warrior.”

“… … So I ended up doing it for real.”

“Of course. Then does that mean it was a lie? The justification has already been perfectly established, so it’s something I can’t take out now. I think everyone, even children, will understand.”

I felt a little strange thinking that I was the first to do something that had never happened in the 130-year history of Bellium Academy. It was something I had done many times before, but now it felt strangely strange.

It could be that my old self was dragged into another world without graduating from college.

“Don’t worry too much since nothing will change anyway. Ciel will stay until that kid graduates.”

Even after graduation, I planned to remain at Bellium Academy. I had to wait for Priscilla, who would be a third-year student next year, Elisier, who would be moving up to a second-year student, and Karna.

Early graduation was only allowed for me and Leona, not the rest. Even if they were by my side, I couldn’t give that level of special treatment to someone who wasn’t involved. It was something that had already been agreed upon by everyone.

“It would be a good thing for the kids, too. They wouldn’t have to worry about missing class time like they used to, and they’d be able to be with their kids as soon as they got home from class.”

It was at that moment that I was about to nod my head, unable to refute anything.

-Tingle.

Suddenly, I began to feel an ominous energy. I got up. The air in the quiet chairman’s office shifted to one side, and golden particles floated in the air.

As my expression hardened at the sight of the familiar golden particles, Erestica’s expression also hardened.

“Why is that, child?”

“Don’t you feel something?”

Erestica’s eyes widened at my words. Her dragon-like vertical pupils tore up and down as she scanned her surroundings fiercely. However, judging from her expression, she did not seem to see any golden particles like I did.

If that were the case, I would have recognized it right away without even having to look around.

“Mummy! Mummy!”

Suddenly, the dimensional gate opened and Rosaria thrust her upper body in. If it had been normal, Laura would have said something like Hitomi Tag, but her expression was not very good.

“You just felt it too?!”

“you also?”

I looked beyond the dimensional gate. Elisier shook her head.

“We didn’t notice anything. Only Rosaria and Leona noticed. I guess the difference was caused by the presence or absence of divine power.”

Leona, Rosaria, and me. They all had something in common: they were all connected to the divine. It was quite surprising that Latina didn’t see anything.

‘It’s also the case that the Heavenly God and the Demon God don’t appear… … .’

It was also concerning that the two goddesses, who should have jumped out of their castle and made a fuss if something like this had happened, were silent.

It means that either the situation is so serious that you can’t even make a fuss about it, or it’s really nothing. But at least in my opinion, it wasn’t the latter.

“Let’s go to where Aria is first.”

In the increasingly thick golden air, everyone nodded silently.

As expected, the Heavenly God and the Demon God had already escaped from the Holy Spear and gone to another location. It was the very place where Aria’s fragments began to appear in time.

We stared blankly at the golden gate that had appeared where Aria had once been. A gate that was neither blue nor purple, but golden.

The flow of air and the golden particles were all flowing into the gate. The Heavenly God and the Demon God, who had expressions that said something was not going well, approached me hesitantly.

“What happened? What about Aria?”

“That woman… is in there.”

The demon’s long, graceful finger pointed to the golden gate.

“What is that?”

“The by-products that were floating around in time have gathered together and attached themselves to Aria. You could say that this is a kind of purification process. Once all of those by-products are destroyed, there will be no more time to mess with them.”

“That’s great… … Are you okay?”

“If they’re all destroyed without a hitch, then it’s fine. That gate is powering Aria as a core, so if we just get her out, there’s no problem. It wasn’t created by her own will, so there won’t be any resistance.”

“It sounds like there are some conditions.”

I looked at the gate that was shaking as if it would explode at any moment and cause a dungeon break. The power flowing out from within was unusual.

“Yes. We took care of everything else, but we couldn’t get the nuke out.”

“It means that it cannot be taken out from the outside… … .”

“That means I have to go inside myself.”