I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

42 – Leaf-11

“I’ll explain briefly. Because I don’t have time.”

I didn’t like repeating what I had already said. Especially now that I can’t trust the people here 100%.

However, Olivia’s eyes had become so serious that it would have been funny to proceed with the story without her.

“Fabian was constantly being bullied. He was taking drugs himself.”

“Really… ?”

Olivia trailed off in disbelief, but unfortunately I didn’t have much time for her to consider her shock.

“The person who led the bullying is Conrad. Although he doesn’t seem to have taken much direct action.”

“…Why? Do you have any grudge against Fabian?”

“No. I don’t think that’s true. There must have been a lot more warlock cadets who were bullied like Fabian.”

Claire bit her lips tightly. It seemed like he was painfully aware that something like that was happening in the same class and he didn’t notice it.

However, it was not something she could do. A warlock is instinctively afraid of being perceived as weak, and even more afraid of other warlocks finding out about it.

Even if those who control the power of light feel fear from warlocks, they still have a chance to overcome it. The opposite was also true.

The fact that a warlock felt fear or looked down upon by another warlock was, to put it somewhat exaggerated, a matter directly related to life.

Even if someone bothers him, he won’t go around telling others.

“Fabian needed a lot of money for drugs, and Conrad seems to have made a huge profit by lending money to him and people like him.”

“…That.”

“I personally witnessed him beating Fabian. Of course, I don’t think that happened often.”

Conrad’s status is quite high. There is a big difference between hearing a rumor that he had someone harass someone and seeing the person who was beaten by him come forward in person.

“Considering that child’s status, it doesn’t seem like he would be happy for a few pennies, but… This is something I don’t know.”

Olivia’s eyes looked empty.

“Is that so…?”

“And, secondly, drugs. Victor from the black magic class was distributing this.”

“How can you be sure of that?”

“Because I went and bought one myself.”

I lightly ignored Olivia’s question and continued her explanation again.

“And Conrad is also involved in this drug distribution business. Victor was unaware of it.”

“…”

“To be precise, it can be said that it is a larger organization that he belongs to. Conrad probably took on the role of neutralizing the censorship of the guards and making them relax.”

Olivia, who had been listening to me in silence, asked me a question as if she were suspicious.

“Wait a minute. Isn’t that a leap in logic? I know Conrad is an asshole and Victor is an executioner. But… I don’t think there’s any evidence.”

“There is a way to obtain information. It’s a way that you can’t tell others.”

Kellyn nodded her head wordlessly. If she were her, she would have known that warlocks had countless ways to obtain information.

Of course, I was making an inference based on knowledge from my previous life, not familiars or other black magic.

“So we will interrogate Victor and find evidence that Conrad is involved in this.”

People’s anger was burning. If this conflict is left unattended, numerous incidents will certainly occur where ‘the young academy cadets’ blood overflowed’.

If the matter spreads to that extent, it will not be an incident that can be resolved within the academy. And, I knew who wanted this to happen.

“End of explanation. The sun is slowly setting. Is it almost time for the appointment? Let’s leave.”

There was no time for a long explanation. I got up from my seat.

“First, let’s go see Victor.”

/////

Olivia, who followed Wade, was thinking about his words dozens or hundreds of times in her head.

‘What you want…’

I was angry. She couldn’t admit to herself that she couldn’t fight Kelin and win.

Now, I knew what the reason was.

There was a lack of dedication. She didn’t realize what she really wanted. I’m not ready to give everything I have left except what I really want.

Ironically, he already knew her.

‘You wanted to be recognized, right?’

That one word tore her lungs apart.

He peered into Olivia’s mind as if she were a skilled fortune teller rather than a warlock.

It was an admission. Not honor or loyalty, just recognition.

What so many people in her family did not give Olivia, what she wanted to get even if she had to give up everything of herself.

It may not have mattered whether it was recognition as ‘Honorable Knight Olivia’ or ‘Undeniable Strong Olivia’.

When Olivia looked at herself again from that perspective, she was a surprisingly funny and insignificant being.

She is a woman who has filled her heart with deception that refuses to admit what she wants. She is a woman whose desires are so ugly that she cannot bear them.

However, she had no choice but to admit it.

‘If you kill Fabian in prison, do you think he will become a hero?’

She wasn’t thinking like that. That’s as much as she could have sworn.

But she couldn’t deny that the moment she heard his words, she thought, ‘Was there such a way?’

The affection of flesh and blood, the sense of identification as an unrecognized person, the belief that Fabian could not have done such a thing for no reason, and the sympathy that the innocent must be saved somehow.

She had ‘a little bit’ of all those emotions, but they were infinitely small and feeble compared to the ‘desire to be recognized.’

“But… Is this okay? Two people are already Katharine’s subordinates! It involves a warlock, so there’s no way that woman isn’t involved, right?”

“It doesn’t matter. It’s true that both Olivia and Kelin are related to Katharine, but… This incident has nothing to do with Katharine.”

And he recognized her as her.

It was funny. All the hard work Olivia has done for her, her strength, her loyalty and her ‘giving up’ for Margie have had no effect on him acknowledging her.

“And Olivia… Has rights.”

I was thinking that there would be a case where she would use her ‘family authority’. However, she never thought it would be this way.

Because her relationship with her blood relatives, which she had never considered important, brought him his approval.

“…”

It’s confusing.

When I said I would follow him, I was only halfway there.

‘I can never… Admit it.’

In her mind, Olivia had already realized what kind of person she was, but despite this, she could not accept that ‘ugly Olivia’.

I want to become a knight who acts for honor and justice, not a monster driven only by the desire for recognition.

The desire to be recognized was preventing me from facing the ‘self who wanted to be recognized.’

“How much is left?”

“We’ll be arriving soon. I tell you in advance, don’t move without my instructions.”

Wade’s cold instructions pierced Olivia’s ears.

“Victor is someone I can handle on my own, and the reason I’m moving with you now is just to add credibility to my words.”

“Because of Conrad?”

“Because of Conrad.”

Every word is full of confidence. All other party members respected his instructions, even though they each had different thoughts.

In a different sense from Catherine or the princess, she was an unusual person.

Unlike her heart, which was shaking like a wave before a storm, he was acting with a firm goal.

I was so jealous of that.

/////

“Do you have a lot of friends?”

Victor was looking at my party members with his group, his face frowning.

“I have something to talk about.”

“Is this something that needs to be done in such a hurry? First of all, a promise is a promise, so I showed up… But the atmosphere at the academy is a bit scary. I plan on staying safe for a while-“

“The drug you use.”

I spewed out his words non-stop so as not to give Victor a chance to rack his brain.

“Fabian killed a person. Of course, the murder was his will, but there must have been something that made him lose his self-control.”

“That’s…”

“That’s not all. This drug is much more addictive than I thought?”

Victor shouted as if he was aggrieved.

“Damn it, there’s no drug that isn’t addictive! It’s so addictive that you wouldn’t even be able to block it, so I didn’t warn you, and I gave it to that bastard, Fabian!”

“Yes. Whatever the reason, it doesn’t change that your drugs caused the accident. It’s also a prohibited drug.”

Victor bit his lips tightly. A moment of silence passed.

“So… Banned drug? Who banned it?”

“Of course the academy-“

Having said that, I remembered the enormous sense of discomfort I felt and closed my mouth.

“Before it was an academy, it was an empire. It’s a drug banned by the empire.”

Victor took a step towards me.

“They take the same items by theft and then sell them legally, and they are insatiable trash!”

The scent of drugs. I had the experience of feeling that flavor in this world.

From the silver tea given by the princess.