I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

37 – Leaf-6

The night is dark.

“Well, I already contacted you to buy it, so just wait a little while and it will come.”

There was no wariness in the boy’s eyes. It was a look in his eyes that he never imagined that the same ‘warlock’ would betray him.

Maybe it wasn’t trust, but resignation. The resignation that if I were to decide to use him, there would be nothing he could do anyway.

“Yes.”

As he said, we waited a little longer, and several people wearing dark robes slowly walked out.

His face was covered with a mask. But as soon as I heard the voice of the man in front, I knew who he was.

“Hey. Where did you get the money again? Have you repaid the money you borrowed from Conrad?”

“That’s…”

“Once I got the signal, I came, but if it’s not important, you can just call me from the classroom. It’s not easy to call the kids and have them come out here…”

Only then did he notice my presence.

“…Wade. Why are you here?”

“Because the buyer this time is me.”

Victor was standing in front of me.

‘…’

To some extent, I had my doubts.

Just as I had no reason to come out in the darkness that day, Victor and his group had no reason to come out to that suspicious place.

Leaving the dormitory is not that difficult for a warlock, but sneaking out without a clear goal is inefficient.

“You?”

Victor tilted his head for a moment, then nodded as if he understood.

“Well, there’s no need to use my medicine for strength. It’s a bit expensive, but it’s not bad for leisure.”

It’s routine. He was telling this story in a relaxed manner, like someone who has done this a lot.

His attitude was that of a merchant, as if he were selling high-quality alcohol rather than medicine.

‘…I don’t think there’s any need to move in a hurry right now.’

Before I started working, I thought that a fight would break out the moment I came into contact with a drug dealer.

But as things turned out like this, there was no need to act hastily.

It doesn’t matter if I report the drug I found to the princess, wait for them to be more relaxed, and then attack them.

Or, it might be okay to hide my existence altogether. Victor is a decent warlock, but his skills have limits.

“Anyway… I’ll get the money first.”

“Here.”

I handed a gold coin into Victor’s hand. After examining the gold coin closely, he took the item out of the bag he was carrying.

It is a wooden box small enough to fit in the hand. I took the tightly sealed box and put it in my small pocket.

“It looks like a pretty expensive box.”

“Well, it’s cheaper than the price of the medicine, but the box isn’t cheap. The next time you make a transaction, if you return the box, it will be cheaper, so please use it a lot in the future.”

“How do I use this?”

“There will be white powder inside. Some people inhale it right away, but I don’t recommend it. You can just drink it in hot water or burn it and enjoy the smoke.”

“Thank you.”

“I’m a customer, so thank you.”

“Can I check it right away?”

“Of course!”

I unlocked one of the boxes and opened it lightly.

“Do you need light?”

Victor created a small light using black magic. White powder was inside the box.

“Hmm…”

I lightly lifted my nose to smell the scent and felt a deep sense of déjà vu.

I don’t know. I have never used this drug. You must not know.

However, this scent was deeply embedded in my head. So deep that I can’t forget it for the rest of my life.

‘…What, ji?’

For a moment, I wondered if the memory of the ‘original owner of this body’ was causing me to feel this emotion, but no matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t true.

It was a feeling I felt recently. It was a feeling that remained in my memory.

‘…I see.’

The work may not be light. Maybe there is a good reason why I took on this job.

The princess is definitely a good person. But that doesn’t mean she’s a good person to everyone, anytime, anywhere.

“This is the best product available right now. Where else can you not get something like this?”

“I see…”

This is really a drug. There is no doubt.

In fact, after hearing what the boy said, I was in doubt.

Like other people, warlocks can also become stronger through drugs. However, they are mostly inefficient or have little practical effect.

Those who use the power of light can receive ‘mana chunks’ into their bodies through noble elixirs.

However, the energy source of a warlock is magic. That too, a level of demonic energy that enters the human body and does not repulse.

There were limits to growing it through drugs. There are plenty of easier ways than that.

For example, there was ‘outsourcing of evil’.

Causing pain, drawing blood, slaughtering life, and bringing shame, sadness, pain and grief to someone.

Most of the time, the warlock had to do the work himself, but sometimes other warlocks took care of the evil.

Materializing the symbol of the evil committed into an object and handing it over to others.

‘If that kind of product had been sold as ‘medicine’, things would have become more serious…’

If that were the case, numerous murders could have been necessary to supply the drugs, or even more terrible crimes could have been committed.

“I heard you’re getting stronger.”

“It’s useless for a warlock like you. It’s just that kids who can’t concentrate will be able to concentrate better… It’s just a medicine.”

“Really?”

“Well, there’s nothing wrong with that. You can do this much advertising, right?”

This drug, at least, was not made in that way.

It may be addictive, and it may bring pleasure that cannot be obtained through ordinary means, but it is not the type that strengthens the power.

“Me, to me…”

The boy shouted as if he was aggrieved.

“Hey, you’ve gotten stronger, right? You and I can barely reach a level with the help of medicine, but Wade can just breathe.”

‘…’

With a sane and clear mind, what did you do? Knowing what evil has been committed and what one wants in return.

Ordinary people would have needed quite a bit of time just to reach that point, so saying they would become stronger was not a lie.

‘Is this really it?’

“Thank you. Thank you for your hard work. I can’t keep contacting you through this friend. I would appreciate it if you could tell me how to order separately.”

“Ah, have I gained a regular customer? It’s good for me.”

Victor smiled sinisterly and told them their means of contact.

The secret message was hidden in a place where people did not pass by and was not cleaned well, and later Victor’s group read the note and came out.

Although it was overly simple and analog, there was nothing good about engaging in espionage warfare with the academy’s professors at the level of their magic in the first place. It might have been a wise choice.

‘…I have to ask.’

The transaction was over, but my thoughts did not stop.

It was a case with too many people and motives I didn’t know.

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“I didn’t expect you to find me so early in the morning.”

“There were no morning classes.”

As always, the student council room was empty. The only thing here was the princess and the scent of silver tea that filled the room.

‘As expected…’

I was not mistaken. The sense of déjà vu I felt was not an illusion.

“Is this place always empty?”

“He’s been avoiding you. It seems like he’s worried that you might cast a strange spell on him.”

“I see.”

It’s not a strange thing. I am the warlock who defeated Katharine.

There was a possibility that the cadets whose status was high enough to join the student council already viewed me as a ‘villain on the same level as Catherine.’

If you think about how those people treat warlocks, you could say that the princess’s attitude is strangely similar to me.

“We secured the goods. We figured out who was distributing the drugs, and we set up the next transaction.”

Either way, betraying trust is not a very pleasant thing.

But, it has to be done. Have no choice but to.

“It’s amazing. I never thought they would do this so quickly and so passionately.”

“I think it would be better if investigators or professors, not me, come to the scene.”

“It would have been okay if I had taken it down directly?”

“You will need clear evidence.”

The princess’s legitimacy is solid. However, for people in such positions, no matter how many achievements they accumulated, they were always insufficient.

“…Can I ask you one question?”

After taking a sip of her tea, I asked a question to the princess who was smiling kindly.

“Why do you trust me so much?”

When I think about it, as always, her trust was excessive.

No matter how much she was at odds with Katharine, there was no reason for the princess of the empire to do something like this.

“Ah, that’s such an easy question. Is there any other reason?”

Yurishia smiled as brightly as the sun and as innocently as a child.

“I believe because I want to believe. I believe because it makes me happy to believe.”

A feeling of bliss emanated from her.

She has the flawless confidence of a person who can make the world what she wants, who can make herself what she wants.

“Besides that, what other reason would you need?”

Just like that, the princess laughed.