Chapter 88: Chapter 88 Inner Demon.

The atmosphere was heavy, stifling, and saturated with the scent of a sour tang of fear enveloped the room. Each breath was an uphill task for every candidate who received Soma's oppressed mana that he exuded from his body. Not only the candidates, the four main characters, and even some of the seniors in place turned their gaze at him in terror.

Amongst those gazes, there is one distinctive gaze that harbors not fear but curiosity directed at him, and that came from Mary, who is being suppressed to the floor and pretends to struggle in this situation.

Soma, who witnessed that, snorted in silence as he knew her true identity. He walked until he was in the open area, canceled the oppressive aura he exuded, and managed to liberate the room from that heavy atmosphere into a normal state where the scent of freedom was so refreshing for all of the people present.

"Excuse me, senior?".

After the sense of freedom enveloped her body. The senior who was responsible for the timid boy tensed her body once more, seeing the red eye from the candidates who could exude that terrifying aura directed at her with his serene and terrifying eyes that made her back soaked with cold sweat. Her heart was still in disarray.

It throbbed so intensely she feared the sound could be heard from the outside; her breath was disoriented, and her body was soaked with cold sweat. But despite all of that, she must maintain her dignity as a senior. She met Soma's gaze head-on and squeezed a few words in reply.

"...Ye-yes".

"Is the test over for the boy?".

"..Pardon me?".

The senior and everyone else in the room tilted their head to the side for Soma's sudden question.

"I said, Is he done with his test?".

Hearing the strong tone that came out from Soma's mouth made her body jolted, and she answered in a rapid line.

"Yes, he has done with the test rare dark element magic, and with three hundred MP. He is already clear, yes!".

The senior nodded her head multiple times and made the timid boy who witnessed that feel sorry for her because of the treatment she received.

"Hey, you two, let's go to the waiting place. If you do not, the test will never end".

The timid boy jolted his body as he jerked his head to look at Soma, who already showed his back and seemed broad despite the same age. His body was jerked once more as he felt the warmth in his hand that came from the flashy girl who always accompanied him anywhere since that fateful day.

"Let's go".

"...Yes".

Soma, who finished with his business, turned his back and tried to return to his place, but Mary, the one who pretended to be oppressed, opened her mouth.

"Wait, candidates over there".

Her melodious voice traveled through the air, entered his ear, and reverberated inside the silent room. Soma halted his steps, turned his body back, and faced the green-haired woman who called herself the senior in this place.

"Why did you do that act earlier?".

Mary, with her disheveled appearance, managed to stand upright and face Soma head-on with a brave front. Her eyes scanned his appearance and felt something abnormal in his body, but she still didn't know what it was. Also, the strength he exuded earlier was too terrifying. It was too abnormal for a candidate to hold that much power. Does he do that using some equipment?

But she dismissed the thought, for the school was being inspected by real-time high-tech magic tools installed in every corner of the room and would not let any single fly miss its radar. So there is only one assumption that seems crazy but accurate: the boy before her has that overwhelming power despite still being in his mid-teens.

If that is true, the slumbering desire she held inside her opened its eyes and began to show its true color to the surface.

"...Nothing. I just don't like the atmosphere, that's all".

"..Even so, that is not the reason for you to oppress the other candidates like earlier. I know they must be shocked and stirred by the sudden appearance of the darkness user that rarely appears in human society. So I could tolerate it, I was also greatly shaken by it. But…".

"Huh! Despite saying rarely and shaken. From what I see, you are the one who seems too calm about this. Am I imagining things?".

"...What do you mean? Don't try to change the topic".

There was a slight pause in her words, and with his keen sight, Soma could see a slight jolt in her body upon the probing he had done earlier.

Soma shrugged his shoulders as he thought it was enough probing for now. He turned his attention to the other candidates and snorted before turning to the other two, who had kept their stances ready in place from earlier.

"You two, let's go over there".

"...".

"Wait, candidates. Our conversation is still not over yet…".

"Should you continue with the test? Because I want to go to the next phase so I can go home. Let's go, you two".

"...Okay, Let's follow him".

The flashy girls took the timid boy's hand and led him toward the waiting place of the candidates who finished the exam.

"Wait!!".

Soma ignored Mary's plea as he mixed himself with the group, and he managed to reunite with Hina.

"Soma, are you alright?".

"Yeah, I am".

"Um..".

The timid boy followed Soma, and he slowly opened his mouth and said his gratitude.

"Um, thank you for earlier".

"Thank you".

Both of them bowed their heads in front of Soma, which stirred Soma's heart, for he didn't deserve this treatment for saving them. He grabbed the two shoulders and opened his mouth.

"Raise your head. I am just doing what I had to do. You guys shouldn't be concerned with that".

"But..".

"My name is Soma. If I may, what are your two names?".

To avoid getting stuck in a loop. Soma started to change the topics, and it managed to raise their attention, and both raised their brows at the sudden question Soma threw at them.

On the other side, Mary, who observed the four of them begin to converse with each other, sighed and fixed her disheveled figure and took the terminal in her hands before opening her mouth,

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Despite her lovely and beautiful appearance, she drew every male favor toward her. Her inner heart was currently in disarray for the awoken inner demon. At the same time, her thoughts were occupied by the figure of a boy with red eyes and a strong presence that caused her lower body to tingle in excitement.

Hiding in the shadow of a beautiful appearance emerged a lustful expression that was hidden behind those facade faces she had.