Chapter 32
Chapter 32
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EP11 - Professor Assassination: Illusion Magic (3)
Elise smiled brightly.
The best? Ruine, with her temper, giving that kind of praise?
She asked the other Students as well.
How they felt about today's class.
"Today's class? Honestly, I was shocked. I think it was the best class I've taken recently."
"I honestly didn't know Professor Dante was so good at even [Illusion Magic]. It was amazing."
"The rumors going around before only mentioned [Combat Type] Assassins or [Magic System] Assassins. At this point, isn't he an [Illusion Magic Branch] Assassin…?"
At this, Elise wagged an invisible tail.
Everyone's praising him?
He must have been really outstanding.
She also enjoyed the class and learned many unexpected things. But she usually dozed off in every class, so she couldn't compare it to other classes.
However, if everyone's reaction is this good…
Elise visited Gray that night.
"Gray, you know."
"Yeah?"
"...Um."
Elise, who was about to say something, paused.
With a slightly uneasy expression, she pondered for a moment, then grabbed Gray's legs and brought them together.
"You shouldn't spread your legs like that when you sit."
"…What's with you all of a sudden? But do you even care about that kind of thing?"
"Yeah."
"That's unusual. You actually have some common sense."
Gray chuckled with a cat-like expression.
"But these are my legs, right? I can do whatever I want with them."
"No, what if someone sees your skirt…."
Then Gray reflexively whispered.
"I wear shorts underneath often? …Not that it matters, why am I even talking to you about my sitting posture? Why did you come?"
Elise shook her head with an uneasy expression.
"…I'll tell you if you put your legs together."
Then Gray stared intently into Elise's eyes, got off the chair, and sat on the floor with her legs split 180 degrees. Elise clapped in amazement.
"Wow. You're really flexible."
Her shoulders lifted proudly.
"Right? I can split them even further… Not that it matters, but why did you come? Tell me before I hit you."
"Um… I'll tell you if you put your legs together…."
Whack!
In the end, she got hit.
Elise touched the bump on her head and answered.
"There's a professor who's really good at [Illusion Magic]."
"Who is it?"
"Professor Dante."
"Dante…?"
Gray, who was bad with names, frowned.
"The professor who confiscated your daggers."
"Ah."
Now she remembers.
Dante.
An interesting and unique professor.
He had also saved Elise before.
His detachment was so great that he ignored the [Swift Slash] right in front of him as if it were natural.
He was the first professor to order Gray to confiscate her weapons.
'Kaiser was probably the first one to lose to him, right?'
It's a little funny to think about.
After experiencing some kind of first defeat to Professor Dante, Kaiser completely broke down.
Whenever Professor Dante was mentioned, he would tremble with anger. At other times, he would insist that Professor Dante must be his advisor and have a fit.
That calm monster, who seemed like he wouldn't even flinch if his family died, would completely change whenever Professor Dante was mentioned.
'He was a professor I really wanted to assassinate.'
Balmung seemed to like him strangely.
Kendrake seemed to dislike him strangely.
Whether they liked him or disliked him, they liked or disliked him to an unusual degree.
He was truly an unpredictable and strange professor. That was Professor Dante in Gray's mind until now.
"…Huh? What?"
Gray, who had recalled that far, blinked.
"That Professor Dante is good at [Illusion Magic]?"
"Yeah."
"How good is he?"
At this point, Gray thought it was a pointless question. There was no way Elise could explain anything properly.
…That thought was shattered in one word.
"Better than you?"
Elise blinked her round eyes and said. There was no hostility in her words.
"…."
Gray suddenly felt quite unpleasant, because [Illusion Magic] was Gray's pride.
"Better than, me…?"
"Yeah."
"Elise. You see my [Illusion Magic] every day."
"Yeah."
"But you're saying he's better than me? Are you serious?"
"Yeah, yeah."
"…."
It was absurd. The Habanero family was a prestigious family that had been learning [Illusion Magic] for generations. Gray was an Illusion Magic Branch Assassin who was called the best genius among both the main and branch families.
Furthermore, Gray had never been told that she was inferior to anyone in her life.
"…What did he do, that professor?"
Still, she decided to listen once. Gray crossed her arms and asked. Elise, with a slightly brighter expression, explained the recent class content.
But how much can you expect from someone who confuses camels with ostriches and shouts "Doggy!" every time she sees a cat on the street?
After listening to her stammering explanation, it seemed that the professor was using plausible [Illusion Magic]. But everything he did was something Gray could do as well.
Perhaps this pink-haired idiot didn't know her true skills.
"So, why don't you go and learn from him? I can ask the professor for you."
"…."
Gray frowned.
At the level of a professor….
Let me correct that.
Not at the level of a great head professor, even by her own standards, but at the level of a mere new professor—
There is no one who dares to teach [Illusion Magic] to her.
"No, no. Stop it. It's nothing special after hearing about it."
"Huh?"
"What do you mean, 'huh'? Do you want to get hit? Huh?"
"No. But the professor was really good…."
"I can do that much too? Okay. If you came to say that, then leave."
Due to her vehement refusal, Elise was soon kicked out.
She won't watch.
What a shame.
He was really good, even better than Gray….
'Hmm….'
But, wouldn't her thoughts change if she saw it herself someday?
* * *
I had a lot of personal concerns about how to prepare for the [Illusion Magic] class. This is because the fact that I can handle [Illusion Magic] quite well is already known.
Since [World Fabrication] is a Taboo of the continent, an Superpower that must be hidden, I had to be careful.
'Only clergymen with high Divine Power can detect [Taboo], but if I arouse suspicion, the professors might bring one or two people from the religious order….'
Here, I had two choices. To teach well. To pretend to not teach well.
This was also a choice between 'revealing' and 'making disappear' as a method of hiding.
I chose 'revealing' among them. Rather, I decided to pretend to freely handle numerous [Illusion Magic].
As I have said repeatedly, due to the high proficiency of [World Fabrication], I am at the top level in [Illusion Magic], surpassing the academy and even the continent.
Thus, the first lecture was successful, and there were no problems in the following days either…….
On the afternoon of the fourth day of class, it was unavoidable that the expected threat followed me.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: "Professor's here." 】
The place was the indoor gymnasium on the first floor of the Battalion Hall.
I was planning to meet Adele in about 20 minutes for some simple training, but uninvited guests came first.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: "Confirmed." 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Hwaru: "Confirmed!" 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Dominic: <Ah— Confirmed.> 】
……A review assassination had begun.
There were a total of five people. All of them were guys taking my class. For some reason, 'Dominic' and 'Hwaru', whom I met in my first assassination, seemed to be included.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: <Communication activated.> 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: <Everyone, you've memorized the plan, right?> 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: <Confirmed.> 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Hwaru: <Confirmed!> 】
Five red figures in the Minimap spread out in all directions. This meant it was not a simple assassination, but an 'assassination operation'.
'…This is troublesome.'
The difference between other professors and me is that they can break through assassinations with pure force, but my pure force itself is very low. I could die at any time.
But I don't want to burn the eyes of innocent children. I don't want to give them mental trauma either.
If I have to be a professor in the Assassination Studies, it's something I have to deal with in the future.
———
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Dante: An assassination came, so let's see each other later.
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Adele: Again?
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Adele: Professor, you get assassinated so often ㅠㅋㅋ
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Adele: (Crying squirrel emoticon)
———
First, I decided to cancel the appointment.
I decided to get out of here.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: <The professor is moving. John's team, follow him first.> 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: <Confirmed.> 】
The professor assassination begins.
Fzzzt!
Lightning flashed in the middle of the wall, and the door disappeared. The guys had covered the door with a wall using [Illusion Magic].
If I go to the spot where the lightning flashed, there is a doorknob inside the fake wall. But I don't grab it.
According to the Minimap, there are two red dots behind the fake wall. So, it was a double trap.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: <What's the situation inside? Is the professor coming?> 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: <Not yet! He's stopped!> 】
First of all……. I have to get rid of their eyes first.
『 World Fabrication: Phenomenon Fabrication [Smokescreen] 』
Poof!
Smoke filled the ceiling of the auditorium.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: <Ugh! My vision is blocked!> 】
In the midst of the confusion.
I threw open the door behind the illusion wall.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: <He's here! Charge……!> 】
However, the guys who were trying to charge from behind the door couldn't.
『 World Fabrication: Space Fabrication [Wall] 』
This time, I created a wall in front of that door.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: <……What, what is it? It's blocked!> 】
While the flustered guy was desperately melting into [Stealth], I heard footsteps from behind. Derek, who was [Stealth]ing on the steel frame structure of the building's ceiling, jumped down.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: <Snap out of it! That wall is an illusion too!> 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: <Damn it, when did he…!> 】
The two Students behind the door entered the interior while passing through my [Illusion Magic]. They shouted, 'Where is he!' and looked for me.
However, there was a reason why I used 'Space Fabrication' instead of 'Shape Fabrication' when I created the wall earlier.
The fake wall I just created was not a 'shape'. It was 'space' itself.
While the guys passed by me, hidden in the wall, and entered the auditorium, I moved to the hallway.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year John: <Where did the professor go!!> 】
However, the guys seemed to have prepared a lot as well.
【 Assassination Studies 1st Year Derek: <It's okay. Calm down! I'll keep tracking him with the "Remote Control Ring"!> 】
"Remote Control Ring". As the name suggests, it is a [Rare] grade magic tool ring that remotely controls Mana.
They brought that.
……They brought that expensive thing?
Anyway, expensive is expensive. For now, I decided to only think about surviving the assassination.
'There is a chance of dying if I face them head-on…….'
The probability would be less than 0.5%. Because I will use all sorts of [World Fabrication]. But even that 0.5% was threatening.
How often does a 0.5% chance happen while playing games?