The Heroines Who Have Regressed Are Obsessed Again

9 – Practical Lessons (Intermission)

I accepted the reward, but that isn’t important right now. The immediate problem is to clear up the misunderstanding. As I was about to quickly open my mouth, all hell broke loose.

“aaaH!”

A female student fled in a state of panic. However, I was too drained from dealing with the demonic creatures to chase after her. I let out a deep sigh as I watched her hurried silhouette disappear into the distance.

“Ugh…”

My reputation was about to get worse. Just as I was gingerly holding onto the side of my jaw, suddenly, an indescribable squishy sensation was felt on my arm.

Looking down, there was Siena, grinning from ear to ear.

“hehehehe. Seems like a rumors are going to spread.”

“What kind of rumors?”

“Rumors about you and me…participating in such and such affairs.”

“……..”

I couldn’t refute her words.

Because it seemed really plausible.

-“Master. Be positive. Judging by her reaction, she seems to be unaware of your return.”

“Is that so?”

-“Uh-huh. If she had known you’ve returned, she would have pounced by now.”

Considering the madness she’s shown so far, that would have been inevitable.

Hasn’t she stormed into the Devil’s Castle to catch me fleeing even before I returned?

-“It’s clear. Judging by the way she’s slowly trying to ploy with you, she’s clearly unaware.”

“Yes, she probably is.”

Agreeing with Jukchang’s words, I moved with Senna.

***

At the same time.

Following behind Elik, she glanced only her eyes to look at him for a moment.

Elik, who walks with the same unaffected motion as the previous round.

Upon seeing this, Senna became certain.

That the man in front of her has returned.

“I guess teacher has returned too.”

By this point, it would seem stranger not to notice.

He may have boldly stepped up to confuse her, but from the moment she caught sight of the spear, it was pretty much over.

‘In my heart, I want to confront him immediately.’ Had he not fled, leaving her and the other woman behind in the previous event?

Therefore, if she tried to confront him now, the same thing would happen again.

‘I can’t let that happen.’

If he decided to run away, it was nearly impossible for her to follow him with her current abilities.

In the previous event, he had even gone to the Devil’s Castle to escape.

There was no guarantee it wouldn’t happen again.

Therefore.

‘We must gradually get closer.’

She needs to grow closer to him without him noticing that she’s aware of everything.

Then, naturally, she would be by his side.

And.

‘If the Professor has returned, there’s a possibility others have too.’

Certainly, the two weren’t the only ones in the Devil’s Castle.

‘Sometime, I need to verify this.’

Thinking so, Sena softly hummed a song and followed him.

***

A few days passed since then.

As usual, I finished my lecture and, relaxing at home, gathered up my magic power.

-A deep moan.

A wavering blue power surging through my body.

The power was denser than before, this was undeniable.

‘There is some effect.’

The reward the author gave me was nothing but magic power.

Of course, it was not a large amount, but something closer to a small amount.

Ordinarily, one might say it’s hardly more than a tiny grain of rice given. But even that little was a blessing to me now. I barely managed to use my concentration spell once before I received my reward. But now, I have grown to a point where I can use it twice and still have some left. If it weren’t for the writer’s reward, I wouldn’t have been able to use it twice by now. “The key to increasing your magical power is consistent effort usually.”

So, it can be seen that I have been successful in this shortcut.

-Of course, it has hurt my reputation again as a consequence!

“Suddenly, you’ve been beaten down.”

-Literally, that’s true, isn’t it?

I can’t deny what Chukchang is saying. It’s because my reputation plummeted to the bottom again after that day. There had been rumors that I was an educated, skillful, and cool professor, but after that incident, I became a fool who made a female student an assistant.

-Master. The latter rumor is true, but isn’t the former quite an exaggeration?

“Well, if the master says it’s true then it’s true.”

-Well, I’ll grant you that. Besides, the latter part is not entirely false, isn’t it?

Indeed, the image of me spanking a butt with a fishing rod isn’t far from saying I made her my assistant. The problem is…

“I didn’t want to do it!”

-Well, that’s true.

This is unfair. It’s not a problem if I wanted to do it, but if not? If I didn’t do it, she would’ve thought I backed down after seeing my avoidant behavior. Therefore, I’m actually the victim!

-Master, it’s karmic retribution. Why do you do such things in the name of education?

“It was an inevitable incident.”

Last time, I needed to awaken the saint to defeat the devil king. However, in order to awaken her, didn’t I have to create her like an ordinary person? In the process, not just the emotions but also to stir pleasure and pain, I had no choice but to use a spear.

-It could’ve been possible without it.

“There’s no need to choose the difficult path when there’s an easier one.”

-So, what was the result?

“F*ck.”

In the end, the result was turning her into a yandere. Well, luckily I managed to awaken her. The real catch is that, the devil died, undeservedly, with just a few stabs of the spear!

-In the end, it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, isn’t it?

“Sigh.”

-Anyway, what will you do now? You’re entangled with a yandere, after all.

“… “

Yeah. The situation is that the original goal of not being involved with a yandere, and killing the devil, failed.

However.

“No, it’s okay. I’m a bit involved, but it hasn’t reached a critical stage, has it?”

– That’s true. But that girl has become a true masochist!

I was ignoring Spear’s outcry.

“Anyhow, it’s better not to get involved.”

-What about the rumours?

“Rumours will die down as time passes.”

Rumours spread quickly initially, but they’ll naturally fade with time. Therefore, if I stay uninvolved hereafter, there shouldn’t be a big problem.

“Unless I get involved!”

-You poor thing, master.

“Shush.”

-“So, you’re just going to stay quiet at the academy for a while? Not get involved in any incidents?

‘Obviously, I’m not.’

Even if I don’t get involved with them, I can’t stay still.

I’m planning to challenge the demon king with the protagonist of the novel, but I need to become stronger regardless.

-Honestly, with your current level, you can beat most of the demon king’s executives, right?

‘But we must not let our guard down.’

The demons I faced last time were at a level close to executives, but who knows what can happen in this world.

Even after I defeated the demon king, didn’t the heroines run away in fear?

‘If I remain weak, I could also be an easy target.’

-Ah, that could be possible!

‘And I’m not sure about a saint, but other yanderes might also be able to take you down!’

-Eek! Please, get stronger quickly!

My words seem to instill a sense of urgency in him to become stronger.

‘Right. There’s a way.’

-Like how you’ve been drinking potions and training?

‘That’s one way. But this time, it’s a little different.’

The way I become stronger this time is through a special elixir.

There is a way to obtain the elixir that completely transforms the body.

-Eh? Is there such a thing?

‘Yes, indeed.’

I clearly remember there is an auction in the underworld coming up.

And I know they are going to present the transformative elixir there.

I wanted to participate in the auction at the time.

‘But I was too weak to participate.’

-Hmm? Does your strength have any relation to participating in an auction?

‘Yes. The demon king’s army plans on causing terror there.’

-“Ah ha. Surely, as a weakened master, if you go there, you’ll die a thousand deaths!

I have no words to refute it.

In reality, at the moment, I’m in a state where I can’t even beat a student without my spear.

Anyway, I’ve to get the needed item stealthily during the auction, which coincidentally occurs at the same time as the terrorist attack.

-But then, wouldn’t your identity be revealed?

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‘You need not worry about that. Since it’s an auction conducted in the dark, you can wear a mask to hide your identity.’

There’s no risk of being identified when wearing a mask enchanted with spell to hinder perception.

So, this time, I won’t get involved with anyone.

‘I won’t get involved with those yanderes this time!’

I didn’t know at that point.

How careless I was being.

***

At the same moment.

Jane, who was cleaning the mansion as usual.

While she was cleaning the spooky passageway.

‘That room····.’

Elic’s room came into view.

Jane momentarily recalled the events a few weeks ago.

The master had suddenly disappeared and a report had come in he had gone towards the devil’s castle.

So, they formed an alliance to track him down.

And they were just about to capture him when.

‘He suddenly came back to the past.’

She might have thought it was a dream, but the memory was too clear for that.

So, she maintained the pretense of taking it lightly and continued to live as usual.

However.

‘He was very different from the man I remembered.’

Firstly, it was Elyk’s behaviour that seemed suspicious.

Without his knowing, he didn’t miss a glance at her chest at that time.

However, he didn’t seem to care much about her chest, contrary to expectations.

Especially.

‘He even showed his habit of sweating a little when he lies.’

When he lies, he sweats a tiny bit on his forehead.

Of course, it’s hardly noticeable, but as someone who had observed him frequently, she could easily catch it.

After thinking about it for a while.

She had a suspicion that perhaps Elyk had time-traveled.

“There’s no reason for him to be sweating in my presence, actions aside.”

Elyk, who often sweats a little in front of women, including her.

How could she not question it?

However.

‘It’s not enough to make a definite assumption.’

Exactly.

Merely changing habits and behaviours is no guarantee he has time-traveled.

If anything, it would seem more plausible just to say he had a brief dream.

However.

‘If he has indeed time-traveled.’

Just like before, measures need to be taken to ensure he cannot elude us.

However, the real issue is how to go about this.

‘If he has time-traveled, the women around him at the time would likely have also done so.’

If that’s the case, they will also be contemplating how to approach Elyk by now.

The number of people to monitor is not only one or two.

As she pondered deeply, she realized.

‘Now that I think about it…’

The thought flickered in her mind.

They said the slave collar would be up for auction in the underground market this time.

A collar given to slaves.

If she could just get it and surreptitiously place it on the sleeping Elik.

-Gulp!

She could keep him beside her and stop him from ever running away again.

The only drawback was the collar was quite conspicuous.

However,

‘It’s easy to conceal it.’

One request to Matapon would do the trick.

Thus, that day, Jane’s imagination took flight with crazed excitement.

Little did she know that a few yanderes were having the same thought.