Chapter 245
Chapter 245
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 245
Chapter Title: Harlot (1)
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Penelope sluggishly opened her eyes.
She had slept for a while, but fatigue still lingered in her body.
“Yawn... Did I overdo it yesterday?”
Penelope let out a small yawn. Yesterday, at the restaurant Demian Haksen had reserved, she had partied all night with the Class 13 students, indulging in food and drink.
Perhaps because she had pushed herself too hard, the fatigue hadn’t lifted even after waking up.
Then, Penelope realized something belatedly.
“...Where is this?”
She noticed that this wasn’t the dormitory.
The floor was covered in pure white tiles. The walls had no decorations.
Unidentifiable tools were scattered everywhere. Some objects were covered with white cloths.
Looking around, Penelope spotted Oliver Fortina asleep on the floor.
“Oliver! Oliver!”
“Ugh... Huh?”
Penelope immediately shook Oliver awake. He woke up in a daze.
“Penelope? Why are you in my room?”
“Snap out of it! This isn’t the dormitory!”
“What are you talking about...”
Oliver looked around with a bewildered expression.
“Huh? This really isn’t my room? Where are we?”
“I don’t know either. So we need to figure that out from now on.”
Penelope said with a serious face. But Oliver didn’t take it very seriously.
“Got it. It must be Demian Haksen up to something again. That’s why he kidnapped us in the middle of the night.”
Oliver got up. He wandered around the white room and said.
“Where the hell did he kidnap us to? Is there a place like this in the academy?”
“Oliver, don’t act so rashly.”
“Why is this covered with cloth? What are they hiding?”
Oliver yanked off the white cloth. The next moment, he screamed.
“Ugh, uwaaak! Kyaack!”
What the cloth had covered was a “dissected” human corpse.
Its internal organs, the brain in its head, and even the muscles and bones in its limbs were all laid wide open.
“W-What the hell is this...”
What shocked the two even more was that the corpse looked very young. It appeared to be about the same age as them, with little difference.
“......”
“......”
The two froze in place, unable to say a word.
Only now did they realize they were truly in a dangerous situation.
“P-Penelope... W-We have to run... W-We can’t stay here...!”
“I know, so calm down. Before that, we need to find something to protect ourselves with...”
It was then.
With a click, the sound of a lock unlocking rang out, and the door opened. The two stared rigidly toward the door.
Someone passed through the door and entered. Seeing them, she spoke with a surprised face.
“Oh my? You’re already awake. I used a strong anesthetic, so I was worried. You two must be healthy to wake up so quickly.”
The moment they saw the woman who entered, deep questions arose on both their faces.
They both knew who this woman was.
“...Teacher Miriam?”
The one who entered was Miriam, one of the academy’s health teachers.
Even though the two had bad relations with the teachers, they knew about Miriam.
She was the academy’s most popular teacher, selected every year.
“Did you kidnap us, Teacher...?”
“I didn’t do it myself, but I gave the order, so I suppose so?”
Penelope was bewildered by Miriam’s response.
“Why on earth... Did Demian Haksen order it?”
“What? Demian Haksen ordered it?”
Miriam burst into laughter. After laughing in a flirtatious voice for a while, she said.
“As if. Ah, but there is a connection.”
“What does that...”
“I brought you here to draw out Demian Haksen.”
Penelope and Oliver couldn’t comprehend Miriam’s words at all.
“You see, I’ve been coveting Demian Haksen for a long time. But that man has a terribly foul personality, doesn’t he? I figured he wouldn’t come quietly, so I was troubled. Then you two appeared.”
Even as Miriam’s explanation continued.
“Among the Class 13 students, Demian Haksen paid special attention to you two, right? I thought you’d make good hostages. That’s why I brought you here.”
“...Why do you covet Demian Haksen?”
“Hm? He’s handsome.”
Miriam said it as if it were the most obvious thing.
“And he’s strong too. How could I not covet that?”
It was the first time.
She couldn’t understand a conversation with someone.
“...So you’re in love with Demian Haksen?”
“In love? Not quite.”
Miriam’s lips curved into a smile. Her eyes bent like crescent moons.
Just that changed Miriam’s atmosphere. Her innocent face now felt seductively wanton, like a seasoned harlot.
“I want to possess everything about him. His body, his heart, and his abilities too.”
Why was that?
Penelope felt an unpleasant revulsion toward Miriam. An instinctive disgust crawled up her limbs like ants.
“...What do you plan to do with us?”
“Hmm? Honestly, I only need Demian Haksen. You two are unnecessary.”
Penelope felt a little relieved. Maybe they could return safely after all.
“But this time, I went to a lot of trouble to bring Demian Haksen here. I don’t think I can return to the academy anymore.”
Miriam said with a regretful face.
“It’s incredibly hard to obtain high-quality experimental subjects like academy students. So it’d be a waste to just let you go.”
Miriam added with a bright smile.
“So you’ll have to help with my experiments.”
Penelope felt a chill. She immediately shouted toward Oliver.
“Oliver! Find a weapon!”
“......”
But there was no response. Penelope looked at Oliver in panic.
Oliver was staring at Miriam in a daze. He was so engrossed that he didn’t even notice drool dripping from his mouth.
“Oliver!”
Penelope grabbed Oliver’s shoulder and shook him wildly. But he still didn’t snap out of it.
“Don’t scold him too much. That’s the natural reaction for a man.”
“W-What did you do...”
“Nothing dangerous. I just sprinkled some perfume like this.”
Miriam brushed back her long hair. A flower-like fragrance wafted out.
The moment she inhaled the scent, Penelope’s heart began to race.
She couldn’t tear her eyes from Miriam. No, she didn’t want to. She wanted to rush over and bury herself in her embrace. She wanted to give everything to Miriam.
“Ah... Ahh... Uuuh...”
Resistance? The thought didn’t even occur to her. At that moment, they craved only Miriam’s attention.
“Penelope and Oliver, right?”
Just hearing their names made their hearts pound even harder.
“There’s an empty experiment table over there? Could you lie down on it?”
They knew they shouldn’t, but Penelope and Oliver headed toward the experiment table as Miriam said.
“Good, well done. There are scalpels nearby. Use them to cut the tendons in your limbs appropriately. Lots of kids writhe in pain during experiments. If it’s too hard, help each other, okay?”
Penelope and Oliver gripped the scalpels. They brought them to their own wrists.
As they applied pressure, the scalpels pierced their skin. A stinging pain came, but neither paid it any mind.
Right now, the only important thing was obeying Miriam’s command...
It was then.
With a boom, the ceiling collapsed. The sound startled Penelope and Oliver.
“W-What? W-Why am I doing this?”
“Uwaaak! What’s this!”
Thanks to that, the two escaped Miriam’s command. They dropped the scalpels. With shocked faces, they looked at the collapsed ceiling.
Someone jumped down through the gaping hole in the ceiling. They landed on the pile of debris on the floor.
The moment they saw the man’s face, tears welled up in Penelope and Oliver’s eyes.
“Teacher Demian...!”
A massive sense of relief filled their bodies. Penelope and Oliver ran toward Demian, voices choked with sobs.
But the moment they saw Demian Haksen’s face, they had to stop in place.
Demian Haksen wasn’t looking at them. He was staring only at Miriam.
“Found you.”
A smile appeared on Demian Haksen’s lips.
It was a feral smile, like a beast that had found its prey. His torn-wide mouth and dilated pupils even exuded madness.
At that moment, the two realized.
Demian Haksen hadn’t come to save them—he had come to kill Miriam.
“Penelope, Oliver.”
Demian said softly. Unconcealed glee seeped thickly from his voice.
“Escape through the hole I made. Tell everyone at the academy to run—it’s dangerous for others.”
They wanted to say something. But their mouths were frozen shut.
In the end, the two couldn’t respond. They jumped up through the hole as Demian Haksen had said and fled.
“Demian Haksen. You’ve finally come!”
As the two students vanished, Miriam shouted at Demian.
“Didn’t the others come with you? Looks like they all died by your hand in the end.”
Miriam said with a regretful face.
“It’s a shame, but unavoidable. Still, you came, so it’s fine. To get what you want, some sacrifice is...”
“Sla.”
Demian Haksen cut off Miriam—no, Sla—mid-sentence.
“You can’t even imagine how happy I am right now.”
Demian Haksen drew his longsword. In that instant, killing intent poured out.
It filled the basement like a dam bursting in a flood.
“I’m going to tear your flesh into ten thousand pieces and trample every bit of it right now.”