I Became The Academy Necromancer

50. The second trial

The execution ceremony ended in failure.

With that alone, I could immediately sense that the treatment towards me had changed 180 degrees.

Instead of the cold, dusty prison that the sorcerers guided us to, an antique private room for the royal family was provided.

However, if I could stay here freely, that wasn’t the case again.

In fact, it was just a stronger prison.

[It’s as you say.]

The Dark Spirit who approached through the wall nodded slightly.

[The Archmage and his disciples are besieging this room from all sides. Even if you move mana a little hostilely, you’ll see blood.]

The reason I was brought here was because I judged that the magic judges could not stop me.

In fact, it was because he overcame Judge Tyrin, the strongest of the judges, without a single wound.

Even considering that it was a very advantageous place for me, being able to neutralize Tyren easily was something the royal family couldn’t just ignore.

King Orpheus must have been quite taken aback, saying he hadn’t thought it would be like this.

[So what are you going to do now?]

“… … .”

As I gazed out the window without answering, the Dark Spirit asked again, correcting what I said vaguely.

[Are you really going to solve all the three trials the king of this country said? Now, I have two left, but will he really acknowledge you as a warlock if you solve them?]

“… … .”

don’t bother answering

Faith in King Orpheus is firm. He was a king who knew how to take responsibility for his words.

[Will the citizens admit it even if they listened in the first place? on the church side? While criticizing you openly, I will never accept it.]

The eerie resentment in her voice made me feel indirectly how she was treated as a warlock.

[You don’t know because you’ve just entered this road. You will regret it in the end. Do you think that if you put your heart into it, you will be persuaded? Do you think the results will prove it? Surprisingly, the world doesn’t think that’s very important.]

“Know.”

If I keep my mouth shut, I feel like I will always spit out what I want to say, so I hang up.

“Neither do I think that the kingdom will accept me just because the king approves.”

But in order for me to be active, I needed to be recognized externally.

“Also, if they don’t believe me, I can keep their mouths shut.”

Aria and Findenai were working hard to solve this problem.

You may not have arrived at your destination yet, but if it’s just the two of you, you won’t be late.

[To keep your mouth shut?]

I didn’t bother to answer. Because the door opened and King Orpheus came inside.

“Kuhm.”

He coughs awkwardly and enters the room. The archmage following me was looking at me with wary eyes unlike before.

“Did you rest well yesterday?”

“Yes, thanks to giving me such a nice room, I had a good rest.”

It was King Orpheus who opened his mouth to say something about the execution ceremony that took place yesterday, but he sighs and honestly admits that he can’t think of anything else.

“I didn’t expect you to defeat the sorcery judge so easily. The ability is certain.”

I do not deny it.

It was right to be cold-hearted in my own judgment, but there was no need to underestimate my abilities externally.

That would be less disgraceful to the Sorcerer Judge.

“So I’m thinking of giving you my second trial, is that okay?”

“I will take it.”

When he replied with a calm nod, King Orpheus, unlike before, his face darkened and his clumsy whispered.

“I have one younger sister. Her name is Eleanor Luden Griffin. As you know, I am currently being taught as a student at Robern Academy.”

“Yes, I know.”

can’t know

Even in the game, Eleanor is a pretty important character. User evaluations are sharply divided, but it still serves as a stepping stone for the growth of the main character, Aria.

“The child has a persistent nightmare. It has been several years.”

Orpheus lightly presses his eyes and complains of fatigue. Just thinking about her younger sister made her feel sad and stressed out.

“I called in a lot of people to solve that nightmare. Even the saintess came to visit us, but we couldn’t solve it.”

“… … .”

To be honest, I was a little perplexed.

Because it was the first time I had ever heard of it.

Is Princess Eleanor suffering from nightmares?

In this work, Eleanor did not show such an appearance at all.

Rather, it was a girl who was confident enough to be refreshing, yet confident enough about herself to the extent that it was exciting, and was proud of being a member of the royal family.

‘The saintess couldn’t solve it?’

It was quite disturbing information that even the only saint in the kingdom who could solve spiritual cases could not solve them.

“Yesterday, I called the child. It should arrive in a few days.”

King Orpheus spoke to me with gloom and a glimmer of hope.

“This is the second trial, Deius Verdi. If you can truly heal the hearts of the people like the saintess and heal the hearts of those who have been damaged by black magic.”

“… … .”

“Please, heal my sister.”

* * *

Rumbling.

Rumbling.

“Hmm?”

After waking up, Princess Eleanor slowly looks around. what is the situation now

I needed to water my brain parched brain from sleep. Take out the water bottle in front of you.

I sip the lemon-scented water in one gulp and establish my thoughts.

Since it was the time of admission, he was continuing his busy academy life.

I was embarrassed by the sudden disappearance of the chief Aria Rias, whom I thought of as my rival, but anyway.

In order to maintain the appearance and grades worthy of the name of a princess, she is working hard until late every night, but suddenly her brother, the king, Orpheus, orders her to return to the royal family.

I couldn’t refuse the king’s order, so I explained the situation to the professors and left.

He was in a carriage heading to Greypond, now the capital.

‘Because I often forget like this these days.’

When you wake up, there is a momentary gap in your thinking. Every time that happened, I needed a little time to ruminate.

‘I didn’t even wake up.’

It’s still a long way to go.

Eleanor opened the book out of boredom. Since reading in the wagon would cause motion sickness, I intended to read only until right before I got motion sickness.

‘Well?’

Surprisingly, I didn’t get motion sickness no matter how many times I read the book.

Besides, it was really strange that the contents of the book came into my head.

It felt as if I already knew this from the beginning.

‘what?’

Sensing something strange, Eleanor’s eyes slightly wrinkled.

Looking around, the scenery was changing every moment. He takes out his water bottle again and sniffs it.

The scent of lemon tickles your nose.

check the front

The back of the coachman driving a horse outside was a coachman who remained in memory.

‘No way.’

Eleanor slowly puts herself on the cushions of the wagon. I smile self-deprecatingly at myself for being too sensitive.

‘Maybe it’s because I just woke up.’

After putting away the books, Eleanor thought that she would rather practice magic, so she collected mana with her fingertips.

“uh?”

Mana does not manifest.

No, I only noticed it now.

I couldn’t feel any mana in the air.

bang!

Knowing the situation, Eleanor is in a hurry and kicks the carriage door, but the carriage does not receive any shock other than regular rattling.

“open it!”

bang! bang! bang!

I try to get out of the wagon somehow, but it won’t open.

At that time, through the window in front of me, I could feel the coachman’s gaze looking this way.

Clink!

He breaks the window with his forehead and stumbles inside. Then he smiles softly.

“Is it mana this time?”

“That, stop!”

and also.

I found a way to recognize that it was a dream.

“Stop it now!”

“Kick.”

Eleanor is in a hurry, so she shouts.

“Kick-kick-kick-kick.”

The shape of the coachman gradually begins to deteriorate. The coachman, who has changed like slime, soon takes on the same shape as Eleanor.

“I practiced, would you like to watch it?”

“What?”

I wanted to say something, but the fake Eleanor smiled and beckoned.

“Hello, I’m Eleanor Luden Griffin.”

“… … !”

This is the first day of the academy.

Her lines and gestures were the same as Eleanor’s at the time of introducing herself.

“I’m the princess of the kingdom, but I hope you don’t mind that.”

“Ha, don’t.”

“Let’s just do our best as friends and competitor.”

“Don’t do it!”

thud!

“Go, princess?!”

Pain is felt in the forehead.

Eleanor awoke from her slumber, her whole body drenched in sweat and wet, and her forehead stained red as if she had hit her head somewhere in the wagon.

The carriage stopped and the coachman looked at him with worried eyes.

“princess! Gwa, are you okay? It looked bad, so I stopped first.”

“Huh! Huh!”

I remember the coachman’s appearance.

Even the smell of his own sweat stings his nostrils.

But it doesn’t end there.

I try to handle mana with trembling hands.

The blue light formed naturally at the tip of the finger, reminding her that this place was reality.

‘Is it Mana this time?’

The terrifyingly muttered voice that I realized was still clearly in my head.

“Huh, big!”

Tears form in drops and run down Eleanor’s cheeks.

The coachman is surprised and says he will take him to a nearby doctor.

Eleanor crouches down in fear, unable to answer anything.

“Please, please who… … .”

The words to be saved are clogged with tears and cannot come out of the throat.