Became an Academy Self-Inflicted Blackmailer

28 – Infiltrating the professor’s room (3)

Aria’s momentum blocking the front was sharp, and she showed no signs of worry.

If anything, it means that she really has the will to wield the sword.

‘That’s not good.’

It was a very embarrassing situation.

There is not enough time to convince the other person.

I didn’t rob the lab with a cause, so there’s no way it will work even if I tell the truth. He wasn’t a worthy opponent in the first place.

Because it was Aria Ten, a woman with a clean appearance who was devoured by the bizarre concept of justice and cooperation.

Sadly enough, the present Arya must have regarded Beatrice and I as suspicious intruders. It means that it is not a situation where a few words can go over well.

In the first place, ‘suspicious intruder’ is not necessarily a wrong word… ….

“…… Ha.”

I can’t help it.

‘It’s a waste of time to think about it, so I have no choice but to break through.’

No matter how you call it that aria, it is still unfinished at this point.

Now that she can’t make full use of her special eyes, it’s not that she doesn’t see an angle to break through.

‘If you get the timing right… ….’

Looking at it objectively, Thunderbolt is an ability that is infinitely close to being overbalanced.

It would be impossible for us to take her down in an instant, as we have to get out of her place as quickly as possible, but we might be able to make her run away when she can’t even follow her with her eyes.

She thought so.

To activate her abilities.

Pajik-

And then, right before the flash of white falls again.

“Where.”

Arya’s sword moved.

Chain fluid!!!

“…… !”

A swordsmanship that cuts into space and seems to jump over it.

It is a single sword of the Sword Master that makes the most basic advantage of spacing meaningless.

‘Oops—.’

The response was delayed. Until my superpowers manifest, my physical abilities are just those of an ordinary boy.

It was impossible to pursue or block Arya’s sword with the most normal body vision.

Creepy!

The sensation that gripped my whole body was clearly terrifying, and made my body stiff for a moment.

Without realizing it, I was stretching my hand forward.

Hwaaak!

Before that, a golden barrier appeared out of nowhere, blocking my way.

Kaang!

The black sword and the barrier caused a collision.

Arya’s eyebrows narrowed, and I reflexively turned her head.

Beatrice, who had approached me before I knew it, was projecting her divine power head-on.

“…… You.”

She also glanced at me and muttered in her meaningful voice.

“If you don’t use your strength, you really become helpless. It was a little long.”

“…… You said that earlier.”

“I thought it was a lie.”

Beatrice, who laughed, recovered her divine power.

The golden barrier naturally collapsed, and soon after, the returned energy gently circled Beatrice’s arm before dispersing.

I tried to complain, but before that, Arya opened her mouth again.

“Divine power…… ?”

A humble word.

It was close to a voice muttering to himself.

A mysterious light began to appear in her eyes.

“…… Hmm.”

At that, Beatrice flinched and hid her fingertips behind her back.

I don’t think that’s meaningful.

Anyway, there was nothing good about Beatrice’s true identity.

She’s not the only human in this academy who can handle divine power, but she should be more careful.

I looked up and checked Arya’s expression.

She looked puzzled for a moment, but it wasn’t strange when she raised her sword again.

And the more time we drag on, the more people will flock to it.

Because that goddamn alarm sound didn’t even get tired, it was humming incessantly.

I earned a short gap. Arya’s attack was obviously fierce, but there was no reason to hesitate as long as Beatrice had blocked it once.

Paji weave…… !

I immediately caught the lightning bolt in both legs.

“Oh, wait…… !”

Arya stunned and swung her sword, but it was fine now.

It was a level that I could shake off with my own strength.

Quaaang!!!

He picks up Beatrice, and uses the lifted thunderbolt to jump out to the side.

“…… !”

As expected, Arya didn’t react. Even though she had her eyes open, she had no choice but to let us go.

That was enough speed.

It seemed like he was standing there blankly, but belatedly came to his senses and tried to follow him, but it probably didn’t make any sense.

It was only 4-5 seconds at most, but in that amount of time I was able to travel to an area where I could hear no alarms at all.

Taat!

“Whew.”

It was fortunate at a time like this that the site of the academy itself was so vast that it was far away.

There are few people around, and it is quite far from Professor Chloe’s laboratory.

After hiding in the back of a building whose purpose was unknown, I poked my head out to check the location.

After a short walk, I saw a towering dormitory tower on the street.

I looked around a bit more and then immediately canceled the supernatural ability.

I didn’t want to wait longer and get acute pain.

“Hmm.”

Raise your hands and lightly clench and open your fists repeatedly.

Is it because the usage time really didn’t exceed 5 seconds?

The pain I felt was almost non-existent.

Only then, I feel the tension dissipate.

I let out a sigh of relief and set down the Beatrice I was holding.

Beatrice landed on the ground with a puzzled expression on her face, and I tilted my head and asked.

“Why?”

At that, Beatrice looked up at me with a dissatisfied look.

“…… It can’t be pleasant to be moved because it’s lifted like baggage.”

Um.

That’s true too.

I smiled shyly and raised both hands.

“Still, did you get out of here well? Safely and quickly. I got what I got.”

It’s amazing that we can talk casually like now even after robbing Professor Jeong’s lab in the first place.

It would have been even more impossible if an oddball like Professor Chloe hadn’t been the target.

It was an excuse in that sense, but Beatrice’s disapproving expression was still not erased.

“If the plan had gone smoothly from start to finish, I would have agreed.”

“…… Great.”

I had no choice but to cough and turn my head.

No, I didn’t know Professor Chloe would do such a thing.

In the game, it was just described as ‘I don’t use my lab at all, neglecting it’.

I knew about it, but it seems that I shouldn’t think that all the preliminary information obtained through the game will work as it is.

But the fortunate thing is that there won’t be any more devices hanging on the brooch.

What if the process wasn’t smooth? As a result, the goal was achieved, so that’s it.

I said with a laugh.

“Okay then, let’s go back. There’s nothing good about going outside for too long…….”

It was then.

Tup!

As I turned around, Beatrice grabbed my wrist.

“…… Leechee?”

“For a moment.”

When I turned my head, Beatrice was examining my fingertips with a serious expression that is sometimes seen.

Then, before I could say anything more, she summoned her divine power once more.

Paaah!

A bright golden light neatly dyes the skin below my wrist.

I reflexively frowned, but didn’t really resist.

Because I know you didn’t mean to harm me.

“… ….”

It wasn’t long before the light faded, and my hands looked no different from before.

Looking at Beatrice’s eyes, it didn’t seem like that.

“Are there any wounds?”

I asked while examining my hand, and Beatrice shook her head at that.

“There was no visible trauma, for now.”

“Then what?”

“As I said before, internal injuries are the problem with your ability.”

With a soft sigh, Beatrice took off her mask and placed it in my arms.

What she didn’t like so much was that her expression remained calm throughout her life.

“Your body hurts every time you use an ability. How have you been dealing with it until now? What, did you even live with a priest by your side?”

“…… Hmm.”

I didn’t get any answers back.

Because there was simply nothing I could say.

I’ve been dealing with it in some way until now, and it was less than a week after I first used this ability. What can I say.

I don’t really feel the expression ‘the body hurts’…….

She didn’t know what to do, so I shrugged her shoulders, and her Beatrice’s expression twisted even more.

No, why?

“…… After, that’s it. Hey, that’s not what I know. Isn’t it? I am not sick.”

It was a distorted voice to anyone.

Are you offended?

I was about to reply, but before that, Beatrice turned around and started walking away.

I followed him, scratching my cheek awkwardly.

“Where are you going?”

“Tower, why!”

Ah, that’s right. Gotta go back to the top

I forgot what I said just a moment ago.

Anyway, opening my mouth more seems counterproductive, so I guess I’ll just have to walk quietly.

I stood beside Beatrice with my mouth shut.

“… ….”

“… ….”

A quiet, but not entirely uncomfortable silence settled between her and me.

“…… That.”

Is it unexpected that it was Beatrice who broke the silence and spoke first?

“Miss Arya, I mean.”

“Uh, why?”

I asked back, and Beatrice immediately followed her words.

“You didn’t notice, did you? Therefore… …. It is our true identity.”

“…… Um, well.”

I couldn’t help but frown slightly.

It’s because it wasn’t a question I could give a definite answer to.

‘Was Arya aware of our true identity?’

Anyway, they wouldn’t have recognized us because of that brief confrontation.

Apart from the brief encounter during the entrance ceremony, aren’t we even close friends?

Besides, we’re wearing masks, so you wouldn’t even guess…….

“It’s because I used divine power.”

“…… Ugh.”

Beatrice flinched at my words.

Perhaps that part bothered me.

Even if there are dozens of people who can use divine power in the academy, it is not common to see a thief using divine power in the first place.

It would be impossible to identify Beatrice, but it would be possible to get on the line of suspicion.

I didn’t bother to add that, but Beatrice probably didn’t know that either.

Looking at the way those eyes start shaking even more anxiously.

I averted my gaze slightly.

The reason she used her divine power right away was to protect me from Arya’s attack.

In a way, I could say that I was also responsible.

“…… Well, it’s not like we stole anything great. It won’t be a problem, probably.”

“In the first place, stealing something from the professor’s lab must be wrong…….”

While Beatrice had said that, she seemed to quickly admit that there was no point in worrying any more. The look of nervousness disappeared from his face.

Instead, she turned her head and looked up at me.

“You seem rather unconcerned than that, you.”

“…… Hmm.”

“I’m not the only one in danger of getting caught, right?”

I didn’t answer, but that didn’t mean I was denying Beatrice’s words.

Rather, it was as she said.

If I was more dangerous than Beatrice, she was dangerous, but she would be no less than her.

…… Due to the nature of the person with this ability, that ability was too individualistic, and there was also a corner that was foreign to the eye.

It’s not magic. Not even come

It was not an ability to use the energy of nature as a source.

So, it would be easier to tell them apart.

Compared to many other abilities, it was inevitable to find out.

As long as I live all the time at the academy, there will come a day when I too will have to show off my abilities.

Hopefully Arya didn’t notice even then was overzealous.

‘The plan goes awry once, and things go awry like this.’

I didn’t expect the warning magic, so I became impatient.

This is why I made it my top priority to get out of the seat somehow when I was caught by Arya.

“Ha ha.”

I scratched the back of my head with a sigh.

What can I do, there was no way.

Now that it’s like this, I can only hope that Arya will dismiss what happened today as a simple happening and forget it.

*****

“… ….”

After a brief confrontation, the two masked people leave.

After that, Arya stayed there for a while.

Do not push the drawn sword back into the scabbard.

She didn’t save her stance or dissipate the aura on her sword.

I just stand there blankly.

Arya tilted her blade slightly, turning her head to look in the direction her immediate enemies had left.

Her eyes staring at her empty space seemed empty at first glance.

“…… Missed it?”

In reality, it wasn’t like that.

“I couldn’t catch up, go.”

Muttering with a serious expression on her face, Aria tilted her head.

The attitude of not understanding something.

Or, her expression as if she couldn’t accept it.

Aria’s eyes narrowed.

The situation immediately before was obviously not normal, but it wasn’t dangerous.

It was just special.

After the funeral ceremony, while strolling around her campus, she ran into her suspicious son and daughter, and drew her sword.

It’s because she was caught doing something that was not good for anyone to see.

…… As for the usual Aria, she was confident in her skills.

She had a swordsman as her grandfather, and she learned the sword under such a superhuman.

How can you be weak?

How can you not have pride?

However, despite her confidence, she did not reach the level of arrogance.

It is only that she is relatively superior when she objectively grasps her own level, but Arya has never overconfident in her own strength.

She knew that.

In this academy, she knew that she could encounter any number of people stronger than herself.

Isn’t she clearly standing on top of Aria even if she doesn’t have to go far, even if she’s just a professor.

She wasn’t so conceited that she couldn’t understand it.

But.

“…… Different.”

The current situation was slightly different from that.

If she had simply met someone superior to her, she wouldn’t have been so puzzled.

-Aria, the most powerful weapon you have is the ‘Eye’.

Recalling the words she always heard from her grandfather, Arya recalled the situation just before her.

Her ferocious energy shimmers like lightning.

In an instant, the masked man moved.

Immediately after that, Arya lost sight of the two characters in an instant. She

She couldn’t help but miss.

“… ….”

That was odd.

Even if the body couldn’t follow, the eyes should have followed.

You may not be able to react because your realm is still low.

It may be that the experience was not enough, and the response in the actual battle was insufficient.

But in all those moments, as much as the eyes.

As far as her ‘eyes’ were concerned, she had to not lose sight of the flow around her.

I wasn’t just talking about body vision.

It’s not a matter of such a flat view, but something a little higher.

For example, it is the realm of the senses.

I had to be able to chase it.

It makes no sense to miss the movement.

She has met many strong people, including her brother-in-law, and this is the only time Arya has felt this way.

“…… Grandfather.”

Recalling her past memories a little more, Arya quietly closed her eyes.

Only the Sword Saint moved beyond her eyes.

The superman, who is said to have reached the realm of myth with a human body, is the only one.

“… ….”

After a brief thought, Arya opened her eyes.

“Presence, I remembered.”

I don’t forget what I put in my head once.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t seen her face.

Read the atmosphere, remember the look in your eyes, and memorize the momentum.

Engrave her trivial aspects and feelings, and her overall impression.

To be sure that he is the person you are looking for, just in case, the next time you happen to run into it.