The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 326

Chapter 326

The next day.

There was a great uproar in the ecliptic.

It was because word came straight about the battle that took place in the southern outskirts of the ecliptic last night.

A monstrous creature presumed to be a demon flew in the night sky, and large-scale destructive magic was cast that could affect the weather.

“The demons appeared!”

Of course, such rumors have no choice but to quickly reach the temple.

I watched in silence as Kono Lint spoke out loud about the rumors he had heard on the street.

“A demon? What kind of demon are you suddenly?”

“They said yesterday that demons appeared in the southern part of the ecliptic, so there was an uproar.”

“What happened?”

“I didn’t even listen closely. They say demons just appeared… … .”

Since it happened last night, the specific circumstances are not yet known. It was natural for all the children to be shocked by the sudden news of the demons that occurred during the festival.

It’s breakfast time and Ellen looks at me with a seriously hard expression.

“Are those demons from that time?”

“… … Probably.”

“What is it this time?”

“well… … .”

Ellen and Harriet Liana. All of their classmates, including them, were dumbfounded by the sudden news of the demons.

I can’t be suspicious of it.

Even if I didn’t tell you about my whereabouts yesterday, it would be too much of a leap to think that I was involved in the raid.

In the first place, it makes no sense to suspect that your friend might be a demon.

At best, Ellen would be suspicious of possible involvement in crime through the Rotary club.

There are things that are so absurd that they are not even suspected.

It is clear that Charlotte and Bertus will be busy again, and the conclusion is the same.

A state of emergency would be declared in the ecliptic and the festival would not be able to continue.

* * *

As I expected, Charlotte was away, and Saviolin Tana, who was acting as a temporary house teacher, was also absent from the dormitory, as if she had returned to the imperial palace.

It had no choice but to be because the most elite paladins were massacred near the ecliptic.

If they had attacked the ecliptic rather than the southern part of the ecliptic, they would have thought that the loss of life would have been enormous.

If the high-ranking demons used even one of the highest destructive magic used in battle to the ecliptic at a time when people were already crowded, tens of thousands of units would have died ridiculously.

So the party was over.

Now it’s time for everyone to go home.

An empty club room on the top floor of the dormitory.

I was sitting there with Olivia and Adriana.

Last night, Adriana said she stayed in Olivia’s room. Originally, it was impossible, but it seems that they were able to sneak into the temple because it was during a festival.

“How are you, junior… … ?”

“Yeah what am I… … .”

Adriana made an excuse that she had come to play, but because of her dark complexion, she had an expression that she couldn’t hide even if she tried to hide what was going on.

Olivia was not much different.

He tried to use Adriana as bait to lure Olivia out.

You must have been very shocked. My distrust of believers was growing, and I tried to erase those worries by living in a monastery. Even there, I went through something even more disappointing.

Adriana’s mentality can’t be normal.

I saved both Olivia and Adriana, but these two don’t know that.

I don’t want to be condescending and I can’t.

Olivia’s expression was gloomy and sorry at the same time. Maybe I think I cheated on myself yesterday.

Olivia looks at Adriana.

I could see Adriana giving a slight nod, as if to ask for consent.

“The story of the demon attack… … . Did you hear?”

“I don’t know the details. yes.”

Olivia believes in me.

“At the site where the demons attacked… … . We were there too.”

Olivia seemed to want to tell me everything rather than making excuses.

* * *

It was embarrassing to hear the familiar story from Olivia’s lips. It was harder than I thought to pretend to be surprised.

Of course, what I heard from the two wasn’t a long story.

The head of the Artuan Monastery, where Adriana was, belonged to a secret religious society called the Order of the Unnamed, and handed himself over to Leverrier Ranche.

Even the head of the abbot was deceived. It would have been completely unexpected that he would use Adriana as bait.

Adriana said that she had no choice but to be dragged silently because if she said something wrong on the spot, she would be in danger as well as the abbot.

As expected, the commander of the Knights Templar lured Olivia, and Olivia received the letter and immediately headed to the scene.

There, while arguing with Leberier Ranche, demons suddenly appeared.

“The strange thing is… … . Those demons are calling us… … . You saved me… … .”

Olivia and Adriana’s expressions were confused.

Olivia was thinking of the battle after Adriana’s safety was secured as she was captured by a fearful and grotesque demon.

Strangely, however, the demon left the two of them far away from the waste abbey.

Olivia and Adriana had no choice but to flee frantically when they saw a massive magic attack over the monastery.

“… … I can’t understand.”

At my words, Adriana and Olivia also nodded.

It was also hard to pretend to be surprised while pretending not to know. However, it was not difficult to take it seriously because the situation was serious.

I’m glad you told me. Because I can discuss alternatives together.

“I don’t know anything else, but I think it’s best not to tell anyone.”

“… … We think so too.”

“I don’t know why the demons acted like that, but once the fact was known, they might hear that they were in liaison with the demons… … . If that’s the case, there shouldn’t be any surviving paladins… … .”

There are no survivors. There might be some who saw demons flying from afar, but those caught up in the battle thoroughly instructed not to leave a single survivor behind, and all the fleeing paladins were dealt with.

Rumors spreading in the ecliptic right now weren’t from people who saw the battle, but only eyewitness accounts of demons flying around and large-scale magic attacks from afar.

The fact that those involved in the battle were paladins was not known to the public yet.

“I don’t know that much.”

Olivia and Adriana also don’t know what the exact battle is like, so it’s natural for them to say this.

“But for now, let’s think about it under the assumption that the Paladins were wiped out on the spot.”

But there are no eyewitnesses to the battle. I see Adriana.

“Would other people know that there were seniors there?”

It would be a problem if members of an anonymous religious order in another area knew that Adriana and Olivia were there yesterday.

There is no excuse to explain how you guys are alive when the demons attacked and everyone present died.

“I do not know… … .”

Olivia said so while biting her lip.

“I don’t know anyone else… … . The abbot… … . You know that I was with a group of anonymous priors… … .”

Adriana says so with a dark expression.

The one who handed over Adriana to Leverier Ranche himself.

I don’t know now, but knowing that the nameless religious order was destroyed by an attack by demons, I would have no choice but to have doubts about Adriana’s survival.

Everyone is dead, but you will surely face the question of how you came back alive.

“… … Senpai, you shouldn’t go back to the monastery.”

“… … I guess so.”

The incomprehensible situation of being protected by the demons is a bad thing for the investigative agency to know about.

So, if she chooses to remain silent, Adriana must not return to the monastery.

Adriana would rather be known dead on the spot.

We should be thankful that this world has not developed communications and media.

It was inevitable that the news of the zodiac reached the Artuan Monastery in the Principality of Saint-Ouan, slowly. It would take a very long time for this news to reach the provincial cities of the Principality of Saint-Ouan.

Without real-time information sharing, Adriana would not have to live in hiding, but it would be enough to keep quiet, away from public power and influence.

“It’s not a good thing to stay at the temple all the time, so senpai, let’s go somewhere with me. I can find out where to stay.”

Rotary club headquarters.

We have to think about Adriana’s future while briefly putting her under Loyar’s protection.

“How is your junior?”

“… … I know?”

Neither of them know that I belong to an organization called the Rotary Club.

“I think it’s just because it’s annoying to explain.”

“… … huh. Thank you junior.”

Neither of them knew my background, because I didn’t have to brag that I belonged to an organization close to, if not criminal, either.

Come to think of it, only Harriet and Ellen and the prince and the princess knew about my association with the Rotary club.

And even to the three brothers who made fun of me as a beggar.

“It moves.”

It’s not a good idea to keep Adriana at the Temple longer.

I immediately led the two of them out of the temple.

* * *

The atmosphere in the imperial capital was turbulent.

People were busily going somewhere.

– Demons appeared… … .

-I have to go back soon.

-The queue at the gate is long overdue. It’s not even a fuss.

-Aren’t the demons also attacking the ecliptic?

– Maybe.

Rumors that demons had appeared in the southern part of the ecliptic had already spread.

Because it was the festival period, there were more people on the magic train, which was so crowded that it couldn’t even be considered as a means of transportation in the first place.

“I will have to walk.”

“huh.”

“I guess so.”

There was no uproar like this.

It wasn’t the crowds that wandered around the imperial capital during the festival.

As a large-scale movement to get out of the ecliptic as quickly as possible occurred, there was a commotion near the super-large warp gate as well as the magic train.

– Get in line for the queue! There is no such thing as priority!

A lot more troops than usual were controlling the gate queue, and it was the same that people flocked to small and medium-sized warp gates as well as super-large ones.

-Let’s stay away from the ecliptic and come back when it’s quiet.

-huh.

There seemed to be a significant number of people trying to move to a place far away from the ecliptic.

When the turmoil subsided, he seemed to be thinking of returning to the ecliptic and going home via a super-large warp gate.

Because of the uproar that happened yesterday, all the tourists in the ecliptic were panicking.

I broke out in a cold sweat.

I was afraid that so many people could be affected by my actions.

I killed Leberier Ranche.

I still don’t think it was necessary, but it felt like it was unfolding right before my eyes that my actions could literally turn the world upside down.

Asmodian.

and the demon king.

I realized how much influence it had in this human land.

The Demon World War is over.

After that, people would gradually have to forget about the demon king and the demon tribe.

-The Demon King… … . You’re back… … .

-Don’t say anything stupid, you bastard!

-The Demon King is taking revenge! That he wasn’t dead yet! That Artorius couldn’t kill the demon lord!

-no… … I don’t think… … .

However, because of my actions yesterday, people were making arbitrary assumptions and making it a fait accompli.

The demon king is not dead.

Or, the next great demon king is taking revenge.

Otherwise, the remnants of the surviving demons will continue to throw the continent into chaos like this.

Numerous gossips grow and proliferate arbitrarily.

Fear paralyzes people’s reason.

If the demons really carried out this raid for revenge, they should have attacked the imperial palace or the imperial palace, not the abandoned monastery in the southern part of the imperial capital.

But no one talks about it.

-If the Demon King is really resurrected… … . Who will kill the demon king?

However, he had to kill the new demon king instead of someone, and he was worried about who it was.

Adriana and Olivia silently follow me. From the perspective of being saved by the demons, these two must have felt the biggest confusion in this situation.

* * *

It took quite a while because we moved on foot.

It wouldn’t take a day or two for people to escape like the ebb tide in the crowded ecliptic.

People gathered on the side with the gate, so the other side didn’t feel relatively empty.

“however… … . Why do the demons… … . Did they attack the Templars?”

“… … I don’t know.”

At Adriana’s question, Olivia shook her head with a firm expression.

I don’t know why the demons saved them, and I don’t know what their purpose was. It’s so strange that I can’t even guess.

It is not possible to speculate that I, who is walking ahead, is actually the son of the demon king, and that I used my subordinates to save them and attacked the nameless order rather than the Templars.

“The demons attacked the Templars last time too.”

“yes… … . Yes.”

“Did I have a grudge… … .”

Adriana may not know, but Olivia knows the truth about the last raid.

Corruption and corruption of the Temple Knights, including the demon prisoners.

I know that the demon’s attack was to rescue the succubus prisoners. It was not an attack on an unknown religious order, but revenge on the previous leader of the Knights Templar, Le Verrier Ranche.

You don’t even have to go there. The former leader of the Knights Templar, Leverrier Ranche, is a war hero in the Pandemonium War, and therefore an enemy of the demons.

He has lost real power and is in a state of weakening power. So, in a way, it was very reasonable to attack at the timing when Lebarrier Ranche was away from real power and its power was weakened.

“plural… … is it.”

Olivia’s reasoning is logical in its own way.

Olivia understands that yesterday’s incident was not an anonymous order, but a raid to kill Leberier Ranche.

The reality is completely different.

If Olivia could interpret the demons’ intentions in that way, it would be good for me.

Of course, even if you think so, rescuing Adriana and Olivia is a strange thing. Olivia muttered as if she had realized something.

“This is a leap, but… … .”

“What?”

Olivia looks at me and Adriana and says.

“The demons… … . If you did that yesterday to get revenge on the Templars… … . What left us alone… … . Was it because he was an outsider?”

“… … yes?”

Adriana tilted her head at Olivia’s words.

“No, it is. The place itself is a difficult condition for outsiders… … . Why did you take us out… … . Outside of that, it’s to prevent targets other than the target from taking damage… … .”

Olivia makes a different inference. Like raiding first and rescue second.

If it was for the purpose of harming humans, there would be no reason to attack the Templars. So, the original intention was to attack the Templars.

However, he finds out that there are outsiders there, and he infers that he took them out because he didn’t want to get them involved unintentionally.

“The demons… … . You care about that?”

To the demons, all humans must be enemies. Adriana didn’t seem to understand what Olivia was saying.

Isn’t that the attitude of talking as if the demons were kind?

It is common knowledge that demons hate humans unconditionally and try to kill them.

But the demons saved them.

“also… … . It’s a bit strange.”

“… … I don’t know either.”

Adriana and Olivia too.

Overcoming deeply rooted prejudices seemed difficult.

Of course, saving the two came first, so no matter what Olivia inferred, everything was bound to be wrong.

That’s why Olivia just thought it would be cute if she tried to make an impression as she pondered why such a thing had happened yesterday.