I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

35 – Leaf-4

“Oh, I’m here! I’ll be out for a bit!”

“Good job, Claire.”

Surprisingly, considering my reputation, there were not many warlocks who approached me directly.

It wasn’t bad. Other people might not know, but it was more convenient for other warlocks to be afraid of me.

However, I couldn’t reject everyone throughout my life. Because it was important to create my own faction and attract quality party members.

And Claire was taking care of it.

“But, are you an important person? Wade, you don’t like talking to people.”

“Not really. It just wasn’t necessary.”

Since entering the black magic class, most people were under Katharine’s influence.

There was nothing good about being closer to them than necessary, so I just naturally distanced myself from them.

“Thank you.”

And ironically, it was Claire who made up for that weakness.

When she first became a dark priest, there were many people who were wary of her, but it is Claire who has an easy-going and harmless appearance.

There were quite a few people who were afraid of me but wanted to benefit from my power, and instead of contacting me directly, they approached me through Claire.

“It’s nothing, what!”

And Claire had meticulously checked and investigated the people who approached her.

‘I didn’t want to drag Claire in, but…’

He was even capable enough to accept my difficult instructions without any hesitation.

It was so good that it was able to immediately pick out suspicious people and people whose behavior had changed.

“It won’t take long. I’ll see you later.”

“Yes!”

After sending Claire out, I sat alone in the room and waited for someone to come in.

“Uh, ah, hello? Did I… call you?”

A boy came in through the door and opened his mouth in a hesitant voice.

‘Wait a minute. This person is…’

Claire’s judgment was clear. Certainly, his eyes were strangely open.

Although the condition was not serious yet, it was definitely suspicious. If drugs were spreading among warlocks, it seemed like this person would definitely be involved.

“Yes. Nice to meet you.”

However, of course I had no intention of questioning him openly.

The power of the student council was quite strong, but no matter what, they were only a student group and not an executive body.

There was no authority to check and interrogate other students without evidence.

“I didn’t mean to talk about something important. I just… have something to say. As a fellow warlock.”

There were many excuses prepared, but that man could have used a more special method.

“Are you being bullied? I want to solve it somehow.”

“…What?”

Scars on the face, hesitant speech and behavior, passive attitude.

‘This is the person I saw yesterday…’

Although it was not possible to clearly compare faces, there was ample evidence to confirm that he was the same person who had been beaten yesterday.

“Well, how did you do that…”

“There is a way to know everything. I’m sorry if I offended you.”

“Oh, no! That can’t be possible, right? It’s just that… I’m thankful.”

He smiled and nodded his head.

He is an ordinary person. It doesn’t look evil.

However, it looks weak. The people who bullied him probably also bullied this man for that reason.

Criticizing and attacking warlocks was an act that did not feel like a ‘sin’ to most people.

-They are evil. Even if you have a nice smile right now, one day it will destroy the community and society.

-So, it is just to harm them.

There were a lot of people with this kind of mindset, so it wasn’t strange if he was attacked for no particular reason.

“Who is it?”

“B-but… You’re an amazing person. I’m grateful, but because of me, you’re more-“

“If I were a person who cared about my status, do you think I would have been able to fight against Katharine?”

“Uh… Like that?”

Margrave Erst was basically just a count in the kingdom, but his power and status were not lacking compared to that of a considerable royal family.

Of course, I am not a person full of justice who does not care about the other person’s family. Hostility to Katharine was also an act made with quite elaborate calculations.

However, ‘what it looked like’ had some decent value.

“And, it’s not like I don’t know who I’m close with.”

It was a bit unfortunate to sell the princess’s name, but she was the person I met while moving to carry out her mission in the first place.

This level of rudeness will be forgiven to any extent.

“Tell me. If you say no, I will take care of it.”

“…”

“But, if you want my cooperation, you’ll have to tell me. I don’t want to help you fight without knowing who I’m dealing with.”

Of course, my ultimate goal was not to help him, but for now I had to hide my goal.

After thinking for a while, the boy opened his mouth in a hushed voice.

“Urwid Conrad. Heir to the Urwid family.”

“Aha.”

Among the people who enjoyed this game, he was quite a famous person. With a sense of hitting.

Although his status is high, he is not an enemy that the protagonist, who has established some level of communication with other high-ranking nobles, cannot be hostile to.

Players who choose a profession that deals with demonic energy have no choice but to fight that man no matter what they do.

And, he’s not a particularly strong guy. Because he absolutely loved fighting, and contrary to his inclination, his and those who followed him were not very strong.

There was no need to worry about repercussions as long as you moderately beat him out or humiliated him, as if you killed him outright.

“It’s fun.”

“Well, he’s a dangerous person. He said his father was a high-ranking official in the empire, and there were a lot of kids following him around…”

“It’s not that important.”

Of course, his father is a quite capable human being. He was an official trusted by the emperor, and his power was not weak.

However, there was no reason why he had to take Conrad’s side.

It is no different from a child given away. As capable as Conrad’s father was, he had the eyes to clearly distinguish between public and private, right and wrong.

If he is at a certain level, even if you treat him a little roughly, he will treat you like he is.

“Hee, hee hee…”

I can feel that he is afraid.

I could understand. The boy, who must have felt that the power of the nobleman and the violence of the people he led was greater than anything else in the world, must have felt scared of me treating it like it was nothing.

“Don’t worry.”

Moreover, there was another reason why I smiled when I heard that name.

‘Obviously… He was also involved in drug distribution, right?’

When taking the route of becoming a knight or a priest, you had the option of either making the person repent for his mistakes and surrendering, or forgiving him on the condition that he never commit those mistakes again.

On the other hand, when I took the warlock route, I had the option of using that information to threaten others or, conversely, using the drug suppliers and sellers to make a profit.

‘I didn’t know I could find the answer so easily.’

I knew that, but I couldn’t just arrest him without any special evidence.

Drug crimes occur like an annual event at the academy. A nameless major criminal, the son of a prestigious imperial noble, and a warlock trying to make a lot of money in a short period of time.

‘A large group of warlocks’ who had ‘a fairly large amount of money’ were the best sales outlets in the eyes of drug dealers. Naturally, crimes continued to occur.

Conrad, too, was not guaranteed to commit a ‘drug crime’.

Depending on the episode, s*xual crimes or assault crimes could occur, and there were also times when crimes such as smuggling, theft, or robbery occurred inside or outside the academy.

However, now that his name has come out from the victim, that variable has disappeared.

The real culprit in this drug case was Conrad, and all I had to do was seize the opportunity and catch him.

If you think about it, there weren’t many things that this boy, an ordinary warlock, needed a few gold coins or had to borrow them from other students.

He apparently became addicted to drugs by chance and was living a life dependent on them.

“Uh… Wade? I’m really grateful for your help, but… No matter how much I think about it, I want to solve this problem myself.”

“Really?”

“As for my status… I have no way of dealing with Conrad’s family, so I have no choice but to accept your help.”

‘Hmm…’

He may be a more serious guy than you think.

“If you help me, I’ll get better right away… But if I stay in my weak state, I’ll have to keep begging for your help. I… Don’t like that.”

“That’s right.”

It was a good idea.

For me, it was better for the ‘victim’ who just got my help to take down Conrad rather than stand in opposition with Conrad myself and catch him.

There is a feeling of darkness, and my authority is not shaken for no reason. It wasn’t a bad idea because I didn’t have to take any risks even if things went strangely wrong.

But the method is the problem. The method I used on Claire was a method that only she could use.

“So… Please. I’m not forcing you, but please…”

The boy trembled and opened his mouth.

“Can you tell me where you buy the drugs you are using?”

He spit out something I didn’t expect.