Chapter 36
Chapter 36
Descendant of the Overlord
While the students fled outside the duel lecture hall, Crown Prince Rudolf stood at the exit and began controlling the flow of students.
The teaching assistants deployed protective barrier magic, doing their utmost to prevent other students from falling under Professor Rakias’s bloodlust and charm.
However, with the assistants’ level of skill, they could not completely stop Rakias.
“Ahh… how lovely, you lumps of flesh.
Come here and drink my blood. I shall grant you strength and life.
And Yurik… this time, I shall grant you immortality….”
“Ugh! The talismans….”
The assistants’ talismans were burning away even within the protective barrier.
“Ahh! Mine’s all burned up!”
“Damn it! Don’t you have any spares?!”
“I didn’t have money, and Professor Rakias hadn’t had an episode lately, so I didn’t buy any! I don’t have a free hand right now, help me out!”
“You bastard! Why should I waste my mental power just because you were saving money?! You should’ve stocked up beforehand!”
The assistants grumbled as they cast spells and repeatedly applied modifications.
-Protection from Corruption!
-Overcharge!
-Multi Spell!
-Focus Buffer!
Even for the assistants, these were powerful spells; sweat poured down and blood streamed from their noses.
A phenomenon that occurs when magical power is depleted.
‘Is this… because of me? Is it chasing me?’
Idnia realized that Rakias was approaching her and hesitated over what to do.
Should she run?
But what if he kept chasing her?
Should she stand and fight?
Against one of the Empire’s Five Prisoners?
But at this rate, there was no telling what would happen.
The students had not yet fully evacuated, and some were already being lured toward Professor Rakias, restrained only by the assistants.
‘This kind of event didn’t exist in the game… Come to think of it, there wasn’t anyone in the academy who had mastered the Overlord Technique. In the game….’
Was this an event occurring under conditions different from the game? Idnia took a deep breath and stepped forward.
“What?!”
As Assistant Clarisse reacted in shock, Idnia launched herself toward the window.
“This is the second floor! It’s high!”
“It’s fine!”
Idnia landed gracefully on the ground. Then, using aura, she unleashed the Overlord Technique… and Professor Rakias turned his head in her direction.
“Ah… over there, is it? Yurik. Is that you?”
“I’ll buy time! Please evacuate the students!”
“What nonsense…!”
As the assistants panicked, Idnia ran toward the bushes.
The moment she was out of sight, she released her dominance.
-Kurrrrrrr!
A thunderous roar followed, as if the sky itself darkened.
Professor Rakias chased after Idnia.
“Ahh. Overlord Yurik! My beloved body….”
“If that’s the case, then there’s something wrong with that love. I am merely Yurik’s successor, not him.”
Saying that, Idnia prepared to fight with her body instead of the broken staff.
“Do not come any closer! I will attack.”
“…Hehehe. Do you hate me that much, Yurik?”
Rakias approached, shedding tears of blood. Idnia clenched her fist and gathered her dominance to strike…
At that moment, a sharp shout rang out.
“Stop!”
At the same time, blood surged from the ground like a current and wrapped around Rakias.
And a shadow fell behind Idnia.
Headmaster Ludwig Blackblad had appeared behind her.
“The more Rakias is struck, the more he enjoys it. If you hit him, you’ll only be adding fuel to the fire.”
“…Headmaster?”
“Rakias. You seem full of bloodlust. It hasn’t been long since I drank your blood, yet your cycle is getting shorter, isn’t it?”
“Ludwig… Yurik is right before my eyes!”
“This is the daughter of Duke Betelgeuse. Yurik’s descendant. Yurik is already dead. He left you behind, refusing the immortality you tried to offer him.”
“That’s impossible. Why do lumps of flesh disappear so quickly? Why do they leave me behind?!”
As Rakias screamed with tears of blood, the surrounding trees rustled as if crying.
Idnia felt the sinister and vicious energy emanating from Rakias shake the surroundings, and she circulated her dominance to protect herself.
“This won’t do. Endure it.”
Ludwig said so and extended his hand.
His hand shattered, and from within, boiling blood surged forth, forming a massive blood blade.
The blood arms restraining Rakias turned into chains and pulled him from all directions, and in that instant, Ludwig’s blood blade split Rakias’s neck and body in a cross.
In a moment, Rakias was cut into four pieces.
As Ludwig took a deep breath, the blood and bloody tears from Rakias’s body were drawn into his blade.
Ludwig absorbed the blade into his body, completing the act of blood-drinking.
Rakias’s body seemed to collapse and disappear…
But suddenly, light descended from the sky, and Rakias was revived.
‘Automatic resurrection?’
Having lost his bloodlust, Rakias stood up calmly as if nothing had happened.
“Feeling better now, Rakias?”
“…Thank you, Ludwig. I can endure now.”
Rakias looked at Idnia, who still had not withdrawn the Overlord Technique.
“Still beautiful. The finest flesh… life of the material world, its blood and flesh.”
“…Pardon?”
“But not Yurik. I see. Yurik is dead.”
“…….”
“Daughter of Duke Betelgeuse….”
“Ah, yes. Headmaster.”
“A truly splendid and magnificent Overlord Technique.
I did not expect someone your age to have trained Yurik’s technique to such a degree. Indeed.”
“You flatter me.”
“But I would recommend not taking that form in front of Professor Rakias.”
“No. I am fine. Though those sturdy cheekbones, fists as large as a human head, thick muscles… everything is such fascinating flesh…”
“You heard him? Withdraw the Overlord Technique.”
At those words, Idnia immediately suppressed the technique and returned to her appearance as a duke’s daughter.
“…Ah.”
Rakias visibly showed disappointment as Idnia returned to her beautiful form.
“By the way, you infiltrated the alchemy lecture hall the other night, didn’t you?”
“…Ah, you knew?”
“Yes. Ah, don’t worry. I have no intention of punishing you for that. The rules say you’ll be punished if caught, but that’s merely to instill caution in students wandering around carelessly. Being caught by me is unavoidable.”
What overwhelming confidence.
Headmaster Ludwig Blackblad was saying that being caught by him was inevitable.
In other words, being discovered by him did not count as being caught under school regulations?
“Rakias especially adored Yurik, so it’s best not to use the Overlord Technique in front of him. He’s already mentally unstable, so it would be difficult to handle.”
“…Is that so?”
“Yes. Well, it seems you usually suppress it well. After all, while Rakias and I appreciate Yurik’s form, if a woman masters the Overlord Technique, it would be hard to receive favorable opinions in high society. Those trash don’t look at a person’s inner self, only licking the rind of a watermelon like flies.”
Listening to the headmaster speak with undisguised disdain for others, Idnia felt a sense of unease.
‘If this man hates the Empire’s people this much, that’s troubling.’
As she thought that, Ludwig made an offer to Idnia.
“Ordinarily, I would reward you for luring Rakias here alone to save the other students… but if I reward you through the shop, I would have to explain the Overlord Technique and why Rakias went berserk. I dislike such bothersome things. Instead, how about I give you 100 Aka Coins and a magic staff as a gift?”
“You mean money instead of the shop?”
“Ah, was that too unreasonable for a young lady of a great noble house? It might feel unpleasant, as if I’m silencing you with pocket change. Should I go through the trouble of using the shop instead?”
“No. Thank you very much. I’ll take it. In cash. That’s excellent.”
“…….”
Ludwig let out a small chuckle at Idnia, who suddenly held out her hand.
“You’ve learned the Overlord Technique, so suppressing it must make it difficult to control your strength. I’ll give you a Black Iron Staff. It belonged to your father, Duke Betelgeuse.”
With a wave of Ludwig’s staff, another staff appeared in midair.
True to its name, it was made of black iron.
When Idnia took it, it felt less like a staff and more like a heavy mace.
It was extremely sturdy; even without magic, simply swinging it could shatter a person’s bones.
“Ah, this is my father’s staff? But my father….”
“Rakias targeted your father and even intruded into his dorm room, so he hastily withdrew from the academy. This is the staff he left behind. It has found its rightful owner. Not only is it durable, but it contains a dragon’s claw in its core, making it far superior to the Empire’s standard staff.”
“Professor Rakias… targeted my father?”
“You misunderstand. Flesh… I merely, for research….”
“Whatever the case, a student felt threatened and left the academy. Ah, don’t worry. From what I see, you handle the Overlord Technique far better than your father did back then. I will keep a close watch on Rakias, and you should continue suppressing the technique. Also, I pay extra attention to defending the women’s dormitory floor. We cannot exactly make the daughter of Duke Betelgeuse into a teaching assistant, can we?”
‘As if that’s reassuring.’
She wanted to reply that way, but Idnia clenched her teeth and held back.
Still, if even the headmaster spoke like that, what exactly were the academy’s teaching assistants?
“Well then, I’ll take Rakias with me. I’ve transferred the Aka Coins, so check them.”
“…Ah, yes. Thank you.”
Idnia accepted the Black Iron Staff and expressed her gratitude to Headmaster Ludwig Blackblad.
“Then! Inform the assistants that class is over!”
The headmaster and Rakias disappeared beyond a teleportation gate.
“Are you okay?! What happened, Miss Idnia?”
Led by Assistant Clarisse, the other assistants and students rushed over.
“Ah, well, the headmaster came and took Professor Rakias away.”
At Idnia’s words, the assistants all nodded.
“The headmaster, huh.”
“Then it’s fine. So? What about the class? Are we continuing even after this?”
“He said to inform you that class is over.”
“Really? Hmm, good. That’s a relief.”
“Ah, then let’s take a break too.”
“Whew. That took ten years off my life. Why did he have an episode today of all days, right in front of the freshmen?”
“His blood reserves shouldn’t have been that low. It hasn’t been long since they were drained, has it?”
The assistants spoke as if Professor Rakias’s episodes were a regular occurrence.
The expressions of the students who had followed them darkened.
‘This kind of madness happens often?’
‘My god. This place is insane! It’s a den of monsters!’
At that moment, Isolde Polzen approached Idnia.
She spoke to her in a serious tone.