Chapter 560
Anglago got angry when his friends cursed at him.
"I told you, the goat looked so pitiful at that time! It was hanging upside down!"
"So you got caught instead?"
"I told you, you can't trust animals in Einroguard either."
The chattering students finally came to a conclusion.
It must be a false rumor for sure!
Wardanaz and Moradi were definitely not the type of friends to have leisure in a situation like today.
***
"...!!!"
Yi-Han and Jijel looked up at the villa from the street below with shocked eyes.
Evening was already approaching the city. The mana lamps along the street were emitting light, and the number of people, which had been so many, was gradually decreasing.
And along with the evening, the Death Knights had arrived.
In front of the villa's main gate.
'We're late...!'
Yi-Han looked at Jijel. Jijel nodded her head as if she had already made up her mind.
"Wardanaz. I have a favor to ask."
"Tell me."
"Since you're close with the principal, ask him to assign us separate punishment rooms. If I'm locked up seeing your face, I think I'll be twice as pissed off."
"We're not close, you know?"
The Death Knights wore luxurious and colorful outer garments to try to look like imperial citizens, but it wasn't very effective.
Just by breathing, the yin energy spread out, so how could they not be noticed?
-How did this happen...?-
-The prisoners have escaped!!-
-What the hell is the master doing? He told us to trust only his magic! The prisoners have escaped! He should have just kept watch!-
-You should bear with it. The master pursues his own aesthetics.-
-What is that?-
-Originally, prisoners shouldn't be powerless. What kind of boring thing is that? Prisoners should keep struggling and raging in vain. For that, you have to give them a little bit of hope.-
-Hmm... I think I understand now that you say that. My anger is dissipating. The master is truly a deep thinker.-
'What do you understand.'
'What's dissipating.'
Yi-Han and Jijel, who had approached carefully with invisibility magic, cursed inwardly as they heard the Death Knights' conversation.
What kind of crazy conversation was that now!
He didn't post Death Knights as guards on purpose to torment the prisoners.
But ironically, the skull principal's bad taste came as a stroke of luck for the students.
If the Death Knights had been keeping watch, the escape would have been several times more difficult.
They might not have been able to escape at all and would have been caught in the villa.
"Moradi. It's not over yet."
Yi-Han's eyes burned with determination.
Seeing the Death Knights gathered at the main gate now, it was clear that they hadn't fully grasped the situation yet.
They would think the prisoners had escaped by their own power, so they would prioritize pursuing them.
Then they could sufficiently break through them and reach the gate on the upper floor of the villa to return to the academy.
-But how did the prisoner bastards escape? They shouldn't be able to open the main gate with the magic items they have. Could there have been one with magic talent?-
-Even if they had talent, they shouldn't have been able to open the main gate...-
-Could it be that the master's successor came and went?-
"Who is the principal's successor?"
Jijel asked in puzzlement.
Yi-Han felt an ominous premonition sweep through his entire body.
-Young Wardanaz is not the type of person to do such a violent thing. Why would such a kind boy release the prisoners?-
-That's true.-
"..."
Jijel glared at Yi-Han with an indescribable look in her eyes.
Yi-Han had nothing to say even if he had ten mouths.
"That Death Knight is a weirdo, so..."
"Get lost, successor."
-Search.-
As one of the Death Knights clenched and unclenched his gauntlet-covered fist, a blue energy spread around.
The traces left near the main gate of the villa mansion surfaced.
Numerous footprints and traces of magic.
-???-
-?????-
The Death Knights were confused.
-What...?-
-Were the mercenaries attacked?-
-Was there a mage among the mercenaries?-
-Could they have had some bizarre grimoire? Maybe they invoked a demon on their own body...-
"Yeah! That's true honor!"
When Dolgyu spoke, the other friends thought it was a good thing to say and added a word each.
Jijel was really happy with her friends' encouragement.
"Everyone, shut up."
"..."
"..."
'I told you to stay still...'
An awkward silence lingered for a while.
Dolgyu coughed and spoke.
"Still, if it weren't for you, the damage would have been great."
"I found out later that the defense of that staff craftsman's shop was no joke. I wonder if that would have really happened."
"...St-still, not many people would have seen it like the mercenary did. There's still hope!"
"That's right! If the testimony is few and inaccurate, even the principal won't be able to put you in the punishment room for that. Let's all point out the flaws together!"
"Anything else?"
"What kind of unlucky question is that? What else could there be? There's no way there's anything else, right?"
***
"...I saved an injured person from an accident."
"..."
"Priestess Siana? Why are you avoiding my gaze?"
"Well, that's..."
Priestess Siana avoided Yi-Han's gaze, unable to look at him.
No matter how she thought about it, it seemed like he would just go to the punishment room at this point.
It seemed like there would be about a hundred witnesses if they gathered them...
"If you go to the punishment room, I'll visit you every single day."
"Thank you... But you know the way to the punishment room is complicated and changes every day, right?"
"...I'll definitely visit at least once every 3 days."
The priests were genuinely saddened at the thought of Yi-Han going to the punishment room.
"I'll confront the principal about this. How can you go to the punishment room for saving someone else?!"
"That's right! This is strange!"
Yi-Han quietly shook his head.
Because it was a cry that would never work.
-Are you there?-
"!!!"
When the Death Knight knocked on the door of the lounge, the priests jumped up as if the time had come.
"He's not here!"
-Lord Wardanaz. The master is looking for you.-
"I said he's not here!"
"Just try coming in! I'll set Lord Aphar's fire on your face!"
The Death Knight was hurt by the priests' reaction.
Unlike other towers, the Immortal Phoenix Tower had always been filled with kind and friendly priests, but weren't the priests of this year too harsh?
"It's fine. Thank you, everyone. I'll be back."
Yi-Han stopped his friends and got up from his seat.
It was something he had already prepared for anyway.
***
-I'm really proud of you two!-
"??"
"????"
When the skull principal shouted to the two in a bright voice, they sent a wary gaze and shrank back.
A skull principal who praised was scarier than a skull principal who cursed.
Why?
-As expected, it's the top students who bring honor to the tower! Is there anything you want to eat?-
"Are you going to put it in the punishment room as a meal?"
The skull principal laughed heartily at Yi-Han's question.
The skull principal, who had transformed into a human form (Jijel was startled and almost screamed), patted Yi-Han and Jijel's shoulders very hard.
-Hahahahaha! How could that be? What a joke. If others hear it, they'll misunderstand!-
"...?"
"...??"
Yi-Han and Jijel shrank back even more.
What?
-Of course, you ruined the textbooks you prepared for the final exams, broke my villa, went out without permission and roamed the city, and even sent out other guys in groups to wander around, and the Death Knights chased you two around to find out how you set the spatial magic coordinates, but how could I put you in the punishment room? Don't misunderstand!-
"...Should we just go to the punishment room and come back?"
Yi-Han raised his hand and volunteered at the malice he felt in the skull principal's voice.
It seemed better to just go in and come out.
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