The Only Male Student in the Academy

091. Malice (3)

“You have successfully subdued Ariel Beheritt.”

“You know when you see it. Go quickly before you see anyone else.”

“Four!”

My vision is dizzy from the shock as if I was hit in the head.

I can hear the voices of the people in front of me, but I can hardly concentrate on them.

I can’t move my body and I can’t even speak properly. In this situation of being deprived of physical freedom, most of my senses were focused on my brain.

Can the sense of betrayal be defined as anger?

This feeling resembles humiliation, and you can also feel pitiful.

Although the instinct as a beast seems to be leaking out, in the end, the weight of reason is put on it because it is a human being.

Calm down.

Don’t be fooled by emotions.

Suppressing the emotions that are about to boil,

I strain my eyes to grasp the situation.

“Della, stay bound. Genis, keep . Viina leads the way, Melves takes Ariel Beheritt.”

The four named student knights surrounded me and were about to start moving.

Della on the left.

On the right is a wizard named Genis.

In front, a thief named Biina is walking in the lead.

Finally, a warrior named Melves lifts me up.

‘… It’s stuffy.’

Recognize that it is a situation where you can’t move.

The Activated by Della. Unfortunately, I have no crowd control immunity, so running away will be impossible.

Even so, it is impossible to request rescue. Triggered by Genis not only steals the voice, but also blocks the skill activation in advance.

I don’t think I can get away from the warrior Melves,

Even if you manage to escape, the thief Biina will soon chase you.

Since I can’t escape, I give up running for now.

Perhaps they don’t have any plans to do anything to me right now.

“Senior Della, I will pass here.”

Biina, who was walking in front of her, pointed to a place.

There was a hole in the wall. A hole narrow enough for two or three people to pass through.

It was a byway in my memory. I’ve been through it a few times when I was playing Unknown Saga in my previous life.

Commonly known as ‘Road to Tunnel Hell’.

‘… Are you going to the nest of the tunnel hell?’

Tunnel Hell is the name of a named monster that appears in the Catacombs dungeon. It’s a monster that looks like a giant ant hell, but it’s a guy with level 60 strength.

Basically, it’s a monster that doesn’t leave the nest, so you don’t have to run into it, and it doesn’t give you special items, so it’s also a monster that has no reason to hunt.

The student knights who kidnapped me entered the entrance without hesitation.

‘… What is the purpose?’

I don’t think it’s a situation where you can simply say that Della betrayed you.

It seems that this situation itself was not planned by Della alone, and it seems that Evans and other student knights are taking the initiative.

Could it be that the whole raid meant to trap me?

‘No… , That’s not it.’

It’s hard to imagine that people like Lapisca or Belairam would have collaborated on this,

Above all, I don’t think Jainaka Jean Kartix would have allowed this to happen.

So that’s probably what some student knights are doing unilaterally.

‘The ringleader… Is it Evans?’

Siegfried might have been involved in that, but on the contrary, that would be all.

It is a situation where you feel a sense of incongruity.

They are kidnapping me. For what?

Although he is the son I gave him, he is still the second son of the duchy.

It’s not an ordinary thing to try to harm me like that. Since it is also a matter of hurting the pride of the duchy, if this leaked out, Evans would not be able to avoid the death penalty.

Even so, the fact that he is doing this means that he has a back stomach.

“I have arrived.”

The thief Biina, who was guiding the way, said so.

It was only then that the bonds that had been holding me down were released and I regained some freedom from my body.

The stifling pressure of Disappeared and I was able to speak out.

If you slowly raise your head, you will arrive at a dead end.

A space that is as spacious as the previous boss room.

Originally, the named monster ‘Tunnel Hell’ would have been living here, but the monster seems to have been eradicated a long time ago, so I can’t feel its presence.

There was a large hole in the center of this place that could easily accommodate about 100 people, and the depth was quite far.

If you fall, you won’t die just in the nick of time, but if you throw it wrong, you’ll get serious injuries.

What you see other than the holes are the figures of people.

Surrounding me are Della and the four student knights who have brought me here.

But besides that, about 5 student knights had come here first.

It was easy to guess who they were. Probably 5 out of 14 injured in the previous raid.

I heard that I couldn’t return to this raid due to a serious injury, but I guess I came here on purpose to see my end here.

What is important is not the student knights.

On the other side of the hole, countless boys and girls were waiting.

Among them, there is a familiar face.

“Welcome, brother.”

Students wearing black uniforms.

Among them, there is a handsome man who looks like a nobleman.

“…Joshua.”

“I told you, I’ll see you soon. I’m glad I was able to keep my promise.”

He looks at me with a really glad smile.

I didn’t see any hostility in his eyes.

Sitting cross-legged on a chair and leisurely arms crossed, his arrogance pierced the sky.

Seeing that, I understood everything.

Were you born as the eldest son or the second son?

Was he also born as the third son?

If you were born as the eldest son, you will become the head of the household and lead the family.

If he was born as the second son, he would be the one to assist the family head in case something happens to the eldest son.

If you were born as a third son…… Have to get out of the house

Moving to the center and taking an important position would be a way.

Training in martial arts to become a knight would also be a way.

Of course, not all three boys in this world will be like that, but

Compared to the eldest son or the second son, it was clear that the options were narrow and the peak was low.

If you are ambitious, your brothers will undoubtedly stand in your way.

Joshua Beheritt was such a man.

-Okay, Ariel. This is my last mercy

For Joshua, it must have been a good thing that Ariel was kicked out.

No, maybe Joshua tricked Ariel into coming to Philea Academy…… It’s good. What happened before being possessed?

Anyway, Ariel, who was second in the ranking, was pushed out,

Joshua, who was ranked 3rd, rose to 2nd.

With this, Joshua took on the role of assisting Vincent, the next lord.

It means a lot.

What if something goes wrong with Vincent, who is number one in the hierarchy?

For example, if Vincent falls ill or loses his life due to an accident.

It was about Joshua becoming the next lord.

‘Maybe.’

Perhaps Joshua tried to kill Vincent in the future.

… However, variables are created.

-“I never expected to see Miss Claire and my little brother in a place like this. I was surprised.”

A newly discovered catacombs dungeon in County of Findelnerca.

There Joshua met me, and then Claire.

Although he didn’t express it, Joshua must have felt uneasy from then on.

-“Hey, does it take a long time to talk?”

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-“Joshua’s colleagues. Everyone seems to be waiting, right?”

-“Even us. We’re about to get up and finish the attack. Wouldn’t it be better to settle down later?”

At that time, Claire broke some manners to help me.

Perhaps Claire might have a crush on me, Joshua must have thought so.

If Claire and I get along…… Perhaps an engagement between the two may be promoted.

After all, Claire has a relationship with the crown prince.

Since she is her youngest daughter, it will be difficult for her to occupy an important position, and as her first wife, she may be a bit out of place.

Rather, because of that, she might get engaged to me, the wretch of the duchy…… You must have thought so.

If that happens, I will return to my family again.

Not only did he deepen his relationship with the Marquess of Entirus, but he also created a link with the crown prince…….

Joshua must have judged that it wouldn’t be an easy task to return to the second place in the family hierarchy.

The pain of losing something you barely got is greater than the pain of not having it in the first place.

Even if it wasn’t originally his.

-“Sorry to startle you. There’s a rat in there.”

-“It’s a monster called ‘Dive Bat’.”

So at first, he tried to assassinate me using a diving bat.

However, the operation failed spectacularly.

As long as Nina is guarding Count Findelnerca’s house, she must have realized that a clumsy assassination would be useless.

Eventually, Joshua must have come to a conclusion.

Killing me isn’t easy.

To kill on the ground, you have to break through Nina’s surveillance net, but it’s virtually impossible.

Then the only choice is to kill him in the dungeon.

That would have been what Joshua had hoped for too.

You must have wanted to decorate my death as the monster’s doing.

But even that had a problem.

Clerda.

If it was just me and Marie, Joshua could have easily killed him, but

In Claire’s case, it’s not easy because she has an auto barrier called .

Of course, if you use poison gas or something like that, you might be able to kill it enough, but in that case Claire will use To call for outside help.

More than anything else, the problem is that if you kill Claire, you’ll be in trouble.

No one cares if I die or not because I am the child I gave her, but Claire is the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Entirus.

If Claire goes missing or is found dead, she will lead the enlisted men to investigate why Claire died.

“So you must have wanted to keep Claire away from me.”

All of this was planned for that one thing.

Strange enough…… I wasn’t angry.

There were moments when I felt angry, but at some point it subsided and my mind became quite peaceful.

Instead of…… It was absurd.

… You said you were going to kill me and went this far?

“Did you instruct the raid to fail?”

“Hmm. Since you already know the answer, why bother answering?”

Joshua responded by stroking her chin.

If you look around at the student knights around you, they all look straight ahead.

Everyone, including Della, averted their eyes from me,

They are making faces that seem to feel strangely uncomfortable.

Ha.

Laughter leaked out involuntarily.

“You guys made the boss fight a failure to kill one of me. Thanks to you, your captain is still bedridden.”

In order to drop me and Claire, a large-scale monster raid was necessary,

That’s why they made me participate in this raid.

In order to do that, Jayka must first go through a failure.

Only then can new raid groups be organized,

That’s how you can bring me to the 6th floor of the Catacombs Dungeon.

The fact that Della did not participate in the capture under the pretext of her period,

The fact that the 3rd party led by Evans deliberately collapsed,

Della’s joining my party in the name of feeling responsible,

All planned.

“…Prince Joshua promised me that only you, Prince Ariel, will die.”

Did he decide to become a bullet catcher?

Biina answers my question like that.

“I don’t understand. Why do you want to kill me while doing this?”

“You’re a male student who pollutes the historic Philea Academy… You’re an idiot who even seduces Claire-sama….That should be enough.”

“You say one thing well. Why are you saying that you work for money?”

Since this world is the world of lilies, there may be people who sincerely want to kill me, but most of them were just bought with money.

In the first place, I am an idiot who is highly likely to be banished from the ducal family within the next few years,

On the other hand, Joshua is the second-in-command of the Duke of Beheritt, who assists the next lord.

Some might have tapped the calculator and thought it would be better to stick with Joshua.

“But it must have been a very cheap price to sell the pride of the Student Knights. Or are you saying that you guys were prideless b*tches from the start?”

“…Be quiet.”

“What if I don’t keep quiet. Are you going to kill me? I entrusted it to someone else because I didn’t want to get my hands dirty?”

“Shut up that mouth…!”

-f*ck!

At that moment, my back was pushed.

I fell down and was sucked into the pit.

“Kuh….”

It was a fairly deep pit, but I was able to prevent it from falling head first. My shoulder hit and it hurts quite a bit.

It’s more bearable pain than I thought.

There was no problem with something happening, but I couldn’t say it was fortunate.

Cries of beasts are heard.

Looking around, diving bats pop out from the ground.

They were turning into zombies.

“…That’s f*cking crazy.”

When I stretch out my arm, there is nothing where the bag should be. …… It looks like they took my bag when they knocked me over.

Zombies will come if you click your tongue.

“Uhhh…”

Zombies approaching to bite me.

Knock down zombies approaching from the front by kicking them, then pull out a sword from the waistband and cut down zombies approaching from the side.

It seems that the only thing taken away is the bag.

Even taking the bag would be enough to kill me…… You must have thought so.

‘… It’s not wrong.’

It’s quite deep to climb. Even if he could go up there again, it was meaningless as Joshua and the Beltark students were waiting.

I didn’t know if there would be hope if I made use of the alchemist’s ability to create variables.

After all, the weakness of an alchemist who has to rely on items has just come out.

“Whoa!”

Avoiding the attack of an unknown number of zombies, I swing my sword once more.

Cut down zombies and increase their corpses.

But.

“You’ve trained quite a bit while I haven’t seen you, brother. I’m really looking forward to seeing how long you can endure.”

According to Joshua above, diving bats appear again everywhere.

Far from decreasing, the number of monsters continued to increase.

“That’s what I said.”

My vision was blocked.

A wall that suddenly appeared blocks my vision, and also blocks the invasion of zombies.

-Chin.

A girl stood on the wall.

“It’s too early to say thank you.”

Claire was smiling and looking down at me.