NOVEL NEXT Chapter 34
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As soon as dawn broke, I went to Professor Ilya’s laboratory.
“Here you are, Professor.”
I returned the books I had read to him. Ilya glanced at the books, only raising his gaze to stare at me.
“Any questions?”
“I studied the unknown part by looking up other magic books in the library.”
Professor Ilya raised his eyebrows at my answer that I solved it on my own. He remained still for a moment with a thoughtful expression, then took out a new book from the bookshelf and handed it to me.
“Read this for this time.”
I had an ominous hunch.
He’s not giving me a personal assignment to read a new book every time, right?
It was good to read magic books, but it was burdensome to visit the professor and spend time with him every time. But what can I do? If the professor told me to do so, so be it.
“I understand.”
I was receiving the book and putting it in my bag, and Professor Ilya spoke in a passing tone.
“Don’t stay up all night.”
It was a word that pointed out the fact that I had spent all night reading the previous three books. His expression was indifferent. His tone wasn’t friendly either. Still, I felt his kindness.
“Yes, Professor.”
Professor Ilya tilted his head at an angle and asked an unexpected question. “Why are you smiling?”
Did I smile?
I rubbed my lips with my hand. As he said, the corners of my mouth were raised slightly. Don’t tell me I looked like I was laughing at him? Theresa’s impression was so arrogant that the smile didn’t seem well-intentioned.
I desperately appealed that I had no ill intentions. “B-because I like it…?”
“What do you like?”
Is he by any chance trying to pick a pod? I rolled my eyes and answered honestly as I felt. “I like that you worried about me.”
Then Professor Ilya narrowed his forehead. He looked like he was asking me when he was worried about me.
It’s embarrassing…
He changed the subject as if he wouldn’t go along with this nonsense anymore.
“I have submitted your application for joining the student council, so the results will come out.”
“Thank you.”
After saying that, I left the laboratory because I had no more business. Then, the place I stopped by was the club room. This wasn’t voluntary. It was because I got caught by members of Clybe passing by and forced to come.
In the club room, young ladies gathered in twos and threes to enjoy tea time. Fortunately, Lumio was nowhere to be seen. The young ladies looked very excited.
“Lady Theresa, did you read the apology letter? How come Lady flattened Demisa’s nose as soon as the semester started!”
They drank a cup of tea with joy, almost like knights who won the war.
“Maybe because of what happened yesterday, the number of applicants to join the club has increased dramatically! I heard that there are quite a few people who left Demisa.”
“That’s great. We too, will follow Lady Theresa’s example and trample on them more thoroughly so that there will be no place for Demisa to appear at the May Festival!”
“Everyone calm down.”
We’re members of a fan club, not a battle club…
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A week has passed since then. I greeted the professors regularly when I ran into them while passing through the hallway.
“Greetings, Professor.”
“…Oh, y-yes.”
Whenever that happened, the professors were often surprised, as if they had encountered a carnivorous animal that had become polite.
“Professor, I have a question for you.”
“Yes? Yes?!”
A professor, who saw my diligent attitude in class, even reacted like someone who encountered an evil spirit. Well, it was fine anyway. I slowly got used to school life and found my own pace. Even if a new routine was added here, I thought I could easily digest it.
“But why is the student council not contacting me?”
The application results should have come out right away.
Considering Clyde’s number of black hearts, there is a high possibility that he will oppose my entry.
Soon it was time to end joining the club. I’d rather choose to visit the student council and settle it.
In the student council room, of course, Clyde was there.
“It looks like dogs and cows can come in and out of the student council room these days.”
He was my baby, but the way he talked was very…
Hold it, hold it in. The weak one is supposed to hold it in.
Clyde then laughed. “You said that we would encounter each other less, but don’t we see each other more often?”
Then what do you want me to do when we’re in the same school, in the same grade, and in the same major?
I pretended not to hear it because it was impossible to argue like that, so I brought up the matter. “I submitted an application to join the student council, but the result hasn’t come out yet.”
“Aah, that one?”
Clyde rummaged through the drawer like someone who remembered something he had forgotten, pulled out a piece of paper, and smiled crookedly. “That’s just right. The results of your application have just been decided.”
“What?”
At that moment, I could feel the flow of mana from Clyde. I opened my eyes at the clear magic of fire.
That jerk, he’s trying to burn my admission…!
“With the authority of the student council president, Theresa Squire’s application to join the student council—”
Before he could even finish his words, I also spread my hands wide and chanted magic.
“Paper with my name on it, summon it here!”
In the <God’s Play>, just as common as the other contents, humans were the weakest race. On the other hand, demons had tremendous destructive power. Therefore, no matter how unserious Clyde was, it was very difficult for Theresa to destroy his magic.
The application, which was held in his grasp, was covered with powerful mana. I felt an extreme backlash as my mana was added to it. However, I summoned the rune I needed with perfect concentration. The mana I used serves as a circuit connecting rune to rune.
Specify the target and move the position.
Magical particles raised instantly and took control of my field of view. It only took 3 seconds for me to recognize his mana and summon the runes to complete the magic. The paper was summoned into my hands.
“…Did it!”
I shouted,
flashing up the application like Rafiki, who lifted the baby Simba.
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