The Principal's Trembling Confession
Fresia...? Not a bad title at all...
Fresia brought me coffee, then reached for my waist.
I dodged her hand.
Doing this to squeeze the distance... isn't allowed, Winter?
What scheme is this?
Winter really is cold...
Fresia gave a pouty expression for a moment.
Biting her lip slightly and looking thoughtful was both alluring and dangerous.
I heard you took out the Black Star Society's leader.
My heart sank.
At that time, there was no presence watching us in the underground library.
They must have designed the Watcher’s Room so we couldn’t be seen there either.
How did they know?
Don’t think too weirdly. I know everything that happens at the school.
Stop dodging the question.
I scolded her, and Freisa smiled with an overwhelming aura.
Hehe. As expected, Winter is adorable.
She paused for a moment.
Have you heard anything about the Evil Gods?
Evil Gods.
They were entities I had encountered a few times while playing the game.
They affected people or monsters and caused them to act problematically.
I had also dealt with incidents caused by students or monsters affected by Evil Gods at the academy.
Beings possessed by Evil Gods would lose their original identity and behave as if they had another personality.
Then, once the Evil God lost interest and left, they would return to their original self.
The Black Star Society is an organization that acts on the revelations of Evil Gods.
Fresia said.
They expressed it as revelations of Evil Gods. But in reality, they were just briefly caught up in the Evil God’s whims.
She came close to me and stroked my hair.
This time I couldn’t dodge her hand.
Fresia’s touch was warm yet somehow dangerous.
Even the academy terror incident had Evil Gods behind it. Among the captured Black Star Society members, some didn’t remember at all what they had done, and some committed suicide out of regret.
She lowered her gaze for a moment.
Of course, there were also those who cooperated out of genuine conviction. But they were few. And you know it too?
The fact was confirmed by Elenora’s judgment.
If Elenora, who can see into a person’s true nature, had judged them that way, it was certain.
She stroked my head and continued with a lonely expression.
Eid. The academy thought you might be a being possessed by an Evil God. Because your soul had two parts.
I bit my lip.
So you were going to use me as an experimental subject to research Evil Gods?
That’s right.
Fresia didn’t deny it.
If you had shown signs of being possessed by an Evil God, I would have arrested you and conducted research.
...
But you proved it yourself over the past year.
Her voice grew softer.
And today was no different.
Fresia looked straight at me.
You are not a being possessed by an Evil God.
...
I’ll guarantee it.
I kept my distance from Freisa and spat coldly.
Prove it.
I had been active at the academy for a year now.
And this fact would have been revealed on the day the DLC was released.
Even if everything was the game’s script, it didn’t mean Freisa hadn’t been deceiving and using me from the beginning.
Although she had told me honestly.
But she might still have regarded me as a being possessed by an Evil God and kept me on guard.
I lowered my voice.
Up until now, you were enjoying tricking me?
For a moment, the ease left Freisa’s face.
After a short while, Freisa spoke.
If I prove my faith, will that do?
At that moment, magic activated.
My body stiffened.
Stay still.
Fresia slowly approached me.
And pulled me into her arms.
Her body was as soft as fresh white cotton.
The sensation of her thighs and legs brushing strangely clouded my mind.
The magic had already worn off, but I couldn’t move.
I trust you enough to give you my first time.
She breathed shakily and whispered in my ear.
So let’s make a contract.
The strength of a contract between a man and a woman grows stronger the deeper the contact.
Then...
Fresia looked at me.
Then you can trust me...?
Her pupils were trembling.
Only then did I realize.
She was the one pushing too hard.
The principal of the academy.
A woman standing above countless people.
She looked like a girl who was afraid she might be abandoned.
I looked into her eyes.
Tears had welled up in them.
I could push no further.
I kissed her.
The sweet fragrance spread through my mouth.
Fresia’s face began to flush red.
I watched her.
And waited for the moment she stopped trembling.
Slowly.
Slowly.
Her trembling subsided.
Only then did I slowly pull my lips away.
Say it.
I slightly lifted her chin.
That you trust me.
Fresia avoided my gaze with a flushed face.
I trust you...
Again.
She swallowed her breath.
I believe that Winter Rain is not a being possessed by an Evil God...
At that moment, the contract was formed.
I quietly hugged her.
Fresia trembled in my arms for a while.
And slowly began to calm down.
After a short while, she asked cautiously.
It’s not... doing anything weird...?
No.
I smiled and said.
You were trembling the whole time.
***
Fresia had been too busy with research at the academy to meet any men.
Her only pleasure was caring for the freesia-filled garden and secretly watching late-night love plays at the city theater after research ended at dawn.
Every time she saw a young man and woman whispering their love and ending with a passionate kiss, Freisa would tremble.
She had fantasized that she would one day have such a love, but she had become a virgin in that way.
She had lived her life doing only research without much stimulation, but one day a turning point came.
Right when she received an order from the academy to manage and supervise Eid, the boy.
She had liked the cute boy, so gradually she developed feelings for him.
Because plays featuring young boys and adult women in love were often shown at the theater.
Every time he solved academy problems and shared stories with her as a secret agent, her heart grew in a different direction.
But a crisis came.
After the academy terror incident, suspicions about the Black Star Society grew, and voices began to arise questioning Eid, who had two souls.
Claims that Eid, who might be possessed by an Evil God, needed to be removed.
She used all her political connections to convince the academy’s operating committee members.
That Eid was not a being possessed by an Evil God.
Even if he had attracted the Evil God’s interest through the terror incident, he should just operate by putting another soul forward as planned.
After countless under-the-table operations, she barely managed to save him.
The problem was that he had become Winter.
Unconsciously, she had started regarding him as a man.
In fact, the fact that she had told Winter about Evil Gods and the academy’s internal affairs was clearly a mistake.
Because Winter had not yet been fully proven to be safe.
She thought she had told him out of necessity, so she believed it.
But the unconscious was different.
She had already been captivated by Winter, who pushed her away with cold eyes.
So she had spilled everything about what Evil Gods were, how the academy viewed him, and rationalized everything she shouldn’t have.
Fresia sat in the research lab chair with her lips pressed together.
The smile never left her face.
She had no idea that someone in the Watcher’s Room was secretly watching her through a crystal ball.
***
Lately the principal’s expression has been strange. Like she’s been possessed or something? Could it be the Black Star Society’s doing?!
Elenora narrowed her eyes and pointed toward the principal’s research lab.
Don’t bother with some weird woman.
Whoa, calling the principal a weird woman... as expected! Winter is ruthless!
I looked through the crystal balls.
Recently I had received reports from students taking herbalism classes that certain herbs in the academy’s garden were disappearing.
Roton Herb, Suregrenade, Mana Salt, Explosive Flower Petals...
Aren’t all of those materials for making bombs? But other materials disappeared too...?
After judging with mana crystals and securing the herbalism professor’s testimonies, I found that more of the crops I mentioned were missing. The reason the remaining crops disappeared might be to hide something.
Sophia had run around tirelessly to find that out.
She was well-liked by students, so she could easily approach both students and professors.
Thanks to that, I got the information.
Really? Speaking of which, my heart is about to explode like a bomb from someone I like?
She clung to me.
It was annoying, but I had to focus on the screen anyway.
Are you pushing me away? It’s getting embarrassing...
When Elenora’s face was blushing.
At that moment.
A door opened.
Elenora hurriedly pulled away.
The door opened and Sophia entered.