Chapter 253 244: Devil's Trill (5)

A white light swallowed us up.

With the blood of over 70 demons, the spell to return to the mortal plane activated.

The white light slowly started to fade away as a woozy feeling spread through my head. And in the blink of an eye.

We were back in the academy, right at the club island.

"Hm, we're truly back."

My eyes fluttered open. Everyone except the principal was splayed on the ground like deadbeats. I turned my gaze further up and saw the night sky of the academy city.

The same dark sky, its lack of stars and the moon that were covered by clouds were made up for by the abundance of light emerging from the Elysium Tower. Auroras formed in the sky to the point one could feel they'll grasp it.

The many colors from red to green and blue to pink filled my sight.

For the last two months, I had been seeing the same sky every day. But even then, it felt hopeless, colorless, and pointless.

But now…

I looked around and found Noa right near my feet. I nudged her cheeks and forced her to wake up.

"Noa, Noa."

"Argh… my head…"

"Look up."

Noa heard my voice and plopped down on the ground. She turned her gaze up and froze. A smile spread over my face.

The night sky was pretty spicy tonight.

***

"Now then, how should I punish you two."

Principal Lushan's voice echoed through his office. Standing behind him in a formal suit was a lady with blonde hair tied up neatly in a bun and sunglasses. She was his personal assistant.

On both sides sat the two other teachers that had followed us to hell.

Noa and I were forced on our knees.

I didn't do that shit, though, so I was simply on my toes, lifting myself up just enough to not let my knees touch the ground. I would chalk it up as a form of squats and bear it for now.

"You shouldn't punish us," I said. "You should be rewarding us, we foiled many plans by taking such a great risk."

"I agree," Noa chimed in. "The damage that could have come was enormous. We have done you a favor honestly."

Both of us nodded.

Lushan crossed his arms and hummed.

"I agree with the girl. We should punish this lech anyway."At the perfect time, Irina Lester yapped again. "I am sure it was all Noa's plan anyway."

"No. It was all Eugene's plan," thankfully, Noa was having none of it. Reliable as ever, she took my side without needing to make a story up at all.

We avoided a lot of details. Especially about how I was from another world and Noa was living this life again. We simply chalked everything inexplicable up to a coincidence.

"You still did kill a group of students," Lushan spoke now.

"They were devil worshippers!" Noa said.

"And that's better how? Murder from students, and Eugene has counts of blackmail, multiple. Taking in what Miss Irina says, there's also harassment."

"It was all the demon's doing," Noa said again.

Unfortunately, that wasn't going to work.

"We know that, but do the others? What about the other students and faculty? What about different churches with strong anti-demon views, do you think they'll believe someone who openly claims he was manipulated by demons?"

"Oh…" Noa hummed as if she realized something.

And I nodded.

"We're going to strike a deal."

It would be more than troublesome to let the world know that demon worshippers invaded the school. But what if we say it was let happen on purpose? It becomes a grand conquest.

"We'll keep our mouth shut and give you all the credit," I said.

"And in return, we will hail you as promising students who not only helped us but also sweep everything about being manipulated under the rug."

A win-win situation.

"Wait, I can't agree to this!"

True to her character, Irina Lester spoke up to bully me.

"This child is still brazen and both of them have also missed a lot of classes. We have to punish them."

"Um…" Lushan tilted his head. This was certainly difficult.

"It doesn't have to be punishment," Irina said. "Remedial classes, yes. That would be good. We'll need to show the students some repercussions or they'll jump on a chance to be a hero. How about two hours with Rio and me twice a week?"

Poisoning the city and almost burning it down didn't happen without wits, huh?

The principal covered his mouth.

"That's the cruelest punishment I can imagine. Let's do it."

"Excuse me?" I said.

"It's not punishment, it's remedial classes, remedial classes," Irina muttered.

"Student, don't worry. I'll take care of you." And Miss Swordsmanship Professor was on a different tirade.

In the end, we had to settle for this.

***

Noa separated from me for the night when the Miss Swordsmanship Professor told her to board with her for the night.

Miss Swordsmanship Professor was a regressor too, after all. When I informed Noa of the same, she went along. Well, that and since she was proclaimed dead and all she had no room anymore. I would have let her crash, but there was something else waiting.

In no time, I was back at the Island where our faction had taken its spot.

At the entrance of the island, right past the translucent bridge and in front of the many white structures that made up the houses of the island, were two familiar figures.

The brown-haired boy leaned against a wall while the redhead sat atop it, both of them staring straight at me.

Footsteps rang out.

And I stopped before them.

Should I mess around?

"Eugene Hall…"

"Yujin."

Luka and Albert spoke at the same time.

I put on the same refreshing smile that I had been with the help of Dantalian and looked at them.

"Hey—"

"AAAH!"

"He's going to kill us!"

"Devil! That's the smile of the devil!!"

"Albert! Run! Run!"

These cunts.

The smile broke apart on its own and I sighed.

A long, long sigh.

The two screamers stopped trying to run away and approached closer. I raised my head at once and spoke to them.

"Killed Dantalian."

Those were all the words I needed to say.