Avoid Former Co-Workers

54 – 54. Denial (2)

Two days later.

The subjugation and sweeping of Canola Castle proceeded smoothly, and the campus became more lively.

If there was one more story, it was, of course, the defense of Osoptera.

[ The Osopteras that invaded in the evening were successfully defended by the students of the academy, and under the leadership of Aris McKenheim, there was no damage———. ]

I confirmed that the name Aris was mentioned, and that my name was not there. Perhaps Professor Dahlia handled it that way.

However, apart from Professor Dahlia’s acknowledgment of my request, a different change occurred.

“Ah…”

As soon as one of the students saw me, he ran away without looking back.

“What?”

Why are you doing that? Is there any enemy behind me? It’s not?

So, did you get anything on my face? I checked his face right away, but there was nothing strange.

“…I’ve never flirted with him.”

It must have been a classmate of class E. Even if I look through my old memories, there is nothing like that. But why does he run away as soon as he sees me?

“Is it because of rumors?”

Sometimes there are guys like that. But he’s in E class. Not even aristocrats

It’s true that I’m known for grabbing someone when I’m angry and clenching my teeth, but it won’t happen if I don’t start a fight.

Moreover, that guy from Class E should know better than anyone else.

“Well… That could be the case. There are people who only hear rumors and believe them.”

I wondered what was going on. So one or two.

Everyone who saw me started avoiding me, starting with my classmates, juniors, and even freshmen.

Just when I thought something was strange, I happened to meet Sylvia and ask if there were any rumors about me.

“Junon…”

But what?

Sylvia seemed to be trying to hide her words as well. I didn’t want to, so she asked Sylvia right away.

“Did any strange rumors spread to me?”

“That, that’s…”

Anyway, the rumors seemed to be the correct answer.

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It’s okay, Sylvia. It’s because I want to know everything, so you can just say it. Saying that, he gently coaxed Sylvia out.

Then Sylvia pondered deeply again before finally opening her mouth.

“It’s because of what happened at the Alkaid Hall…”

“Arkaid Hall? The place where we fought for our lives?”

“Yes… The place where I dealt with Osoptera. What happened there spread all the way.”

Everyone was busy dealing with Osoptera, and since their lives depended on it, they probably didn’t even have the conditions.

Not one of them cried as they watched Erica die right in front of their eyes. But why are rumors spreading?

“What did I do wrong there…?”

“I didn’t do anything wrong… You went in for surgery with Professor Dahlia then.”

“Uh… Isn’t it?”

“I don’t know what the other kids are like, but I was terrified when I saw that girl, and I shut her mouth… But you, Junon…”

Ah. That’s it.

“…I don’t have to say more. I understand.”

I felt like I knew it now.

Freshmen. Current students who have never had a proper fight with the Witchbeast.

The guys there must have thought of blood as the fluid that comes out from a minor wound or a little bit of pain.

However, I witnessed that a person was attacked by a demon beast and a large hole was pierced in the person’s abdomen.

A wound that makes you feel disgusted. The red blood that flows out as a person approaches death.

I was once like that too. For the first time, my hands and feet would tremble when I faced a real monster rather than a mock battle.

Then, when I saw that people had reached the point where they were on the verge of death, my legs felt weak.

But now? In the eyes of other guys, I’ve already become a guy who doesn’t care about things like that and has no blood or tears.

People naturally want to avoid it like Sylvia and other students. Unnaturally, I reacted too naturally.

“…That’s why you waited for me to come out, right?”

“Yes… I can’t bear to go inside…”

The reason this was only a rumor was probably because Sylvia was by her side.

Until Professor Dahlia and Erica returned from surgery, she thought of me and waited for me.

If this rumor spreads, it would be a little difficult.

“Hello, guys?”

…It’s really difficult. Not a little, but a lot.

New students, returning students.

They barely manage to fend off Osoptera’s attack and won’t even know what’s going on.

How much more, the fear that he could die because of the actual battle must have been engraved, but I’m sure he wouldn’t have time to look at the bulletin board.

However, the female professor greeting us here is not like that.

“Hello, Professor Dahlia.”

“Ummm. What’s the name of the female student here?”

“You can call me Sylvia…”

“I see. Nice to meet you, Sylvia.”

Then Professor Dahlia glanced at me, and she asked Sylvia to leave her seat for a moment.

Somehow, I ended up having a private meeting with the professor who knew me best in this case.

“Why is that?”

“It’s not a big deal. There’s a bit of a problem with what you asked for.”

“…Did I ask for it?”

Professor Dahlia took a deep sigh and handed me something.

“This is…”

It was the Bleshuar Arc, which I use as a pair with the one I was wearing.

“I tried to pass it on, but it just didn’t work. Some professors complained that it was strange that I borrowed the Bleshuar Ark for some reason.”

The document presented at the same time is an object rental permit.

In other words, I was in a situation where I had to fill in the empty space of the borrower with my name on the rental permit.

***

I thought I could understand the reason when I looked back on the past.

It was the same during the initial evaluation, but the Noble Union is facing the Grand Duke, and it is Professor Meuniher who joins the Grand Duke’s power.

‘Just now. It’s when nobles try to stand up to Professor Meuniher.’

It doesn’t seem to have much to do with object rental, but the invasion of these Osopteras was induced by the aristocratic union.

The nobles plan to take the soldiers out of the territory and make them harm the academy students, and then somehow find fault with them.

You probably didn’t get anything from the evaluation at the beginning of the semester.

So this time, I’m nitpicking about everything with the intention of tearing something off.

‘It’s because of me.’

Originally, there was no way that Professor Meuniher would get caught up in object problems here.

The nobility alliance says they are arguing against Amman, but this time they win completely and succeed in replacing the local lords.

That’s the development I knew. Then.

“I’ll write it. Give it to me.”

“…Are you okay?”

“What’s so hard about writing my name here?”

“I’m not asking that. Just in case someone else might find out what you were trying to hide…”

I know. Contrary to known facts, if I say that I succeeded in defending by giving orders at the Alkaid Hall, the attention will surely be drawn to me.

Nevertheless, we cannot hesitate to make this choice.

Things that have never happened before are all because I changed the future, so it is not a proper love affair for the damage to go on to the principality and Professor Meuniher. Of course, I was willing to accept that much.

The first, as always, is not to damage the principality.

It must be the principality, not the alliance of nobles, that must win in this messy faction and political battle.

“Is there anything else I need to write?”

“…No. This is enough.”

Since Sylvia will be waiting outside, Professor Dahlia said it’s okay to leave.

“It seems like he wants to hide it, so I’ll try my best not to let the students know about it.”

“Thank you for that alone.”

On the way out, Professor Dahlia’s face, which I caught a glimpse of, didn’t seem to be very relaxed.

***

Aris was hospitalized due to the aftereffects of her first mana exhaustion and spent time suffering from headaches and muscle pain.

Thanks to Dahlia’s measures, the aftereffects that had to go through the day, fortunately, subsided within 3 hours, and she was even able to leave the hospital immediately.

But she couldn’t leave the hospital as she was.

‘It’s there today too.’

The entrance to the hospital, seen through the curtains, is lined with numerous reporters and reporters.

This was the reason Aris extended her hospital stay with a tired expression on her face.

For some reason, such reporters and reporters came, and it seems that this time, it was posted on the bulletin board saying that it made the biggest contribution to preventing the Osoptera at the academy and reducing the damage to the students.

“By the way, why are there so many of these?”

The second reason for delaying discharge procedures. That’s just this pile of papers.

The fact that the files arrived because the hospital was refusing all interviews with reporters and reporters, saying that Alice and Erica needed physical and mental stability.

In addition, within the academy, there was a bar where they said that they needed to report the situation and write a detailed report.

I’ll try to do it alone, but Erica can still move, but she can’t take care of the papers.

In other words, Aris remained in the hospital to lighten her load, as well as her co-worker’s share.

“I don’t know what this is all about, really.”

One Osoptera infestation has quadrupled, not doubled, the work to be done.

In the midst of being busy sending back all the letters from the teams I belonged to, this time I put a wedge in properly and even bought the attention of the previous team members.

Annoyingly, Aris was greeted with letters and her files that made her shoulders stiff.

“I’m sure this won’t work.”

I made up my mind. It really wasn’t this.

Let’s have a cool interview and get rid of all the papers and reporters. And if you say that there is a team to join, it’s all over.

It’s much better for Erica than wasting time buried in these hellish papers.

That’s how Aris decided to go out of the hospital and face the crowd standing there.

“Huh? Look over there. He…!”

“Miss Aris! Please explain the Osoptera battle this time!”

“Aris-sama! Please do an interview! How did you lead the students!”

Aris felt dizzy at the feast of questions she was already hearing.

“After.”

I was dizzy at the voices of reporters rushing at me, but with one exhalation, I regained my composure. Let’s answer as we promised at the beginning. It was the moment when I was thinking about that and trying to get lucky.

“Did Miss Aris make the decision to sit-in at the Alkaid Hall?”

“For what reason did you take Hasirt’s ternary form?”

“Did you decide that it would be possible for Professor Dahlia to hold out until she reached the academy by herself?”

Alkyd pipe. Holding a castle. Hasirt 3rd Form.

And finally, Professor Dahlia.

The voice of the reinforcements she heard right before she closed her eyes was clearly male.

The answers Aris had prepared for those few words had no choice but to go into it.

“…Could you tell me how this case is known?”

Sentences far from the situation Aris knew began to pierce her ears.

***

Something was strange.

She

She just said what she had prepared for the interview, and she tried to get rid of the paperwork and the interview, but she couldn’t help but change her mind.

After giving them the necessary answers, Aris immediately picked up her files again and began to check them carefully.

『The person who led the Siege of the Alkaid Hall in front of Osoptera was Aris McKenheim in the 4th year.』

“…”

『Hashirt 3rd Formation, Passing Time and Going to the Alkaid Hall───』

“…No.”

『By the time Professor Dahlia arrived———』

“I didn’t do it…”

It is true that the system was established in the Osoptera war, but it was not a farming campaign with the intention of wasting time.

She had never even used a Hasirt 3 formation. All she wrote was Kennik’s hexadecimal form, which had always been universal.

Professor Dahlia? He was the only person I saw when I opened my eyes after suffering from mana exhaustion. He should have seen it arrive.

When she double-checked the documents she had been skimming through, the facts were completely different from what she knew.

Someone manipulated it. To receive credit for this defensive battle.

Then who the heck? What could be gained by manipulating it that way?

“Here it will be. A list of the students who were at the academy at the time.”

Look at the list and check the names of students you don’t even know. To do something like this, you must be a person of your age.

And then, Aris’s eyes stop at the name of a person passing by Erica, who was never going to do that.

“…No way.”

-‘Everyone, ─────!’

She denied it, but Aris pointed out that the voice she heard at the end was vaguely similar to his.