2nd Round Villain

169 – An Unsolved Case – 5

Beatrice, a swordsmanship teacher at Eden Academy, was thinking about the performance evaluation she would give her students. When the contents of the performance evaluation are being written on the paper on the desk in her office.

drooling-.

The door to the classroom was open. When Beatrice looked up, a familiar boy was standing there. Beatrice politely but firmly bowed her head.

“Hello, lord.”

“Sir Beatrice, I have filled in what I said last time.”

The boy walked briskly, as if riding a rhythm, and sat down next to Beatrice. Beatrice shook her head.

“If you said… ?”

“That’s what Kyeong said. Fill the crew. You said there had to be at least four people, right?”

“Ah, which students and crew did you decide to make?”

The boy grinned and muttered.

“The first is Aru. of course?”

“Yes, Aru. What next?”

Beatrice listened to the boy and typed on her typewriter. Black ink was engraved on the yellow paper.

“The second is Maria. Saint Mary.”

“… Are you Saint Mary? Come to think of it, these days I often see the two of you getting along very well.”

“Whoa, what a lovely child.”

“To say that the lord is lovely… ? Anyway, who is the third?”

The boy calmed down for a moment, then spoke again.

“The third crew member is the warrior Frey. The last one is me! Crew’s claim! Four people like this! are you okay?”

“Yes, that’s fine. The crew name is Magic. Is that correct?”

“My mouth hurts when I say it. proceed like that Of course Sir Beatrice will be the teacher in charge, right?”

“If it’s Myeong, of course.”

Beatrice’s tone was as steady as a strong castle wall. The boy spoke in a playful tone.

“What if it’s not Myeong?”

Beatrice pondered for a moment, then answered with the same firmness.

“It doesn’t matter. It will soon be me who stands behind the lord.”

“As expected, Sir Beatrice. Are you sure you’re okay?”

Slowly, the boy got up from his seat. The boy’s small hand patted Beatrice’s back and stroked it. It was like a superior treating a subordinate. Beatrice smiled weakly, not befitting the reputation of a Sangvis teacher.

However, as if recalling the morning’s events, the smile was quickly erased.

“Yes, my lord.”

“yes? why?”

Beatrice catches the boy about to leave.

Beatrice hesitated for a moment before plucking up the courage to open her mouth.

“The murder that took place the previous morning… Is it your master’s work?”

The boy smiled happily and brightly.

“yes!”

“… Why did you do that?”

“Are you asking me now?”

“no. I am just curious.”

“Since the dead Veronica spent three years at this academy… You must have built up a lot of friendship in the meantime? What kind of student were you, Veronica?”

Beatrice spoke reluctantly.

“He was a diligent student. He was full of passion and tenacity for his studies.”

“It seemed so.”

“I was a child with a trauma about coffee because of a scar on one side of my face. Because of that, I didn’t even open my heart to the people around me. However, the nature itself was a student who knew how to help the weak.”

“Do you rate it fairly well?”

“… If I had graduated from here safely, I would have been a student who would have a good reputation even though it would be difficult to fly like a phoenix. So sad. It was against the lord.”

“hmm… .”

Beatrice was calm.

The boy laughed and smirked, then put his arm around Beatrice’s shoulder.

“The reason Veronica died is simple. It’s because you tried to bully me. How about it, enough reasons to die?”

The boy’s red eyes met Beatrice’s brown ones. Soon after, Beatrice gently closed her eyes and then released them, revealing a light of acceptance.

“If you were trying to harass your master.”

“Hmm? Do you understand it easier than I thought?”

“Even if my lord hadn’t killed me, I would have punished him first. How dare you do such a disrespectful thing to your lord.”

“Don’t you think I made up the words?”

“God trusts the lord. Even if you are a lie, your words are my law and doctrine.”

There was not an inch of shaking in Beatrice’s voice. The boy burst into laughter.

“Ahahahahaha! Truly, you are blindly loyal! You are like a loyal dog!”

“… .”

“Honestly, I was expecting a bit of Sir Beatrice angry at me.”

It was not something a student would say to a teacher. However, the teacher responded nonchalantly.

“That will never happen.”

“hahahaha. It’s also Sir Beatrice. Loyalty is very extreme.”

As if taking care of a cute baby, the boy reached out his hand. Beatrice did not resist.

The boy’s index finger pinched Beatrice’s cheek and stretched it out. The white skin stretched like a rubber band.

If another member of the academy had seen the scene, they would have questioned the boy about what kind of witchcraft he had used on Beatrice.

“Then I will leave now. I have to tell the other crew members that the crew has been registered. take care?”

“yes.”

Taking his hands off Beatrice’s soft cheeks, the boy walked out of the classroom.

The remaining woman’s cheeks were slightly reddish. It wasn’t because the silk flesh was pulled to the point of stinging.

‘My lord… He gave an order.’

There was also a faint smile on the corners of his lips. Her brown chestnut hair, neatly tied up, filled the room brightly.

Eighteen years ago, after her master suddenly disappeared one day. Beatrice crossed over to the continent with John without any connections.

Afterwards, as instructed, he joined Eden Academy as a teacher and met many people. Because of Beatrice’s natural beauty and outstanding appearance, most of the people she encountered had a crush on her. Among them, there was also a rational crush.

Male students who gave up courage, sometimes teachers, or people from outside. After meeting Beatrice about three times, he always conveyed his feelings.

But Beatrice refused all of them.

It’s not that I’m not interested in the opposite s*x at all. However, Beatrice had been waiting for her master for a long time, who had disappeared after leaving only brief instructions for her. Silently, with unfounded beliefs.

because-.

‘Does your lord yearn for me?’

Unresolved misunderstandings deepen with each passing day. The misunderstanding that has been cherished for a long time has become more solid as it has been refined over the past 18 years. Now, it’s just a fait accompli, to the extent that it’s stuck in my heart.

*****

Crew is a group and a member. Usually, students are the main players, but depending on the type, adults may create and operate a crew.

Eden Academy’s crew is also a means of proving a student’s level. For example, in the case of ＜Pantera＞, the best crew at Eden Academy, 90% of the students are eager to join the crew, and at the same time, it is a crew that no one can easily join. Being from Pantera proves that you are an elite student without having to take out your report card.

So the high-ranking people behind some of the students can’t help but want their students to join a crew like Pantera. It’s a chance to get networking, education, and fame all at once.

In that sense, it wouldn’t be unreasonable for the two paladins escorting Maria to be surprised with their mouths wide open.

“Maria, there is no turning back now.”

“yes I’m okay. Being in the same crew as Evans until graduation… lol.”

I told Maria that I had registered for the Magic Crew. Of course, the two paladins who stood behind her like ghosts also joined.

“Stop, saintess… ? What did I just hear… ? Even if that Pantera would welcome the saintess with open arms, why bother with a new crew… !”

“Ugh! Celts! Don’t you dare question the saintess’ choice! Oh, you must have an idea!”

“still… ! Eh, even if you make good connections at Eden Academy, wouldn’t it be of great help to your diplomatic relations in the future… !”

“If that’s the case with the saintess, that’s it! Is diplomacy more important than the will of the saintess?”

Fortunately, in the Holy Church, Maria is in a position that is no different from the daughter of the chief priest. Whether or not Maria joined the fledgling crew, the paladins did not dare to rebel.

“You have to make good friends… . I heard that you ate a friend with some violent beastman earlier… .”

Instead, they glared at me with resentful eyes. As if it was a pity that Maria didn’t go to Pantera because of me, they seemed to see me as a bad student who led Maria down a bad path.

I can’t say anything because it’s too accurate. Especially since I killed one of my seniors last night.

“Then I will go. I have to break this news to Frey. hi!”

“Yes, see you later at dinner!”

Fortunately, Maria who treated me was only cheerful, and Aru, who visited me for the second time, was happy to join the crew.

The third problem was.

“oh? A handsome nobleman came to visit?”

“… Evans. what’s the matter?”

As always, with Frey sharpening his blade… .

The continent’s number one sword, Liliad, exudes a strangely strong smell of blood.

“It’s nothing. I’m here to tell you that the Magic Crew has been established. however… .”

The smell of blood is so strong that I don’t know because I’ve never met him in my previous life, but I feel like he’s not human.

The kind of people who have the same origin as me. Even the energy is formidable. Since it’s the greatest sword in the continent, it’s natural to be strong, but isn’t this like the momentum of a swordsman?