I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

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No one came to visit her. Silence enveloped her Katharine.

“Haa…”

In fact, even if she had to move, she would have issued her wedding order first.

There was someone I had to meet tonight. There was no reason to meet anyone else.

Nevertheless, it was quite painful that she didn’t even have to issue that order.

‘Cowards…’

Most warlocks, contrary to popular perception, do not crave blood and death and pursue slaughter.

It was true that a person with a motive to destroy a city and collapse a country was likely to become a warlock.

However, among them, there were quite a few who chose black magic simply because they wanted to survive, or because they wanted to make more money and gain stronger power.

‘I guess you don’t need me…’

And, the academy is a society.

Truly evil and malicious warlocks do not even try to enter this society in the first place. Most of the warlocks who joined as cadets were rookies.

Cowards who try to become strong easily and conveniently by offering up the ‘evil deeds’ that others accumulate and put into their mouths.

Even if there were heretics among them who held loyalty and faithfulness seriously, Catherine was not a person worthy of their loyalty.

I didn’t expect it, and I didn’t need it.

What she wanted was domination by force. The subordinates Katharine wanted were not those who would ‘offer loyalty’, but rather people who were like chess pieces who would only yield to her power.

A wise man will faithfully follow her orders. Her skillful nature will deftly solve any task she has given her.

She thought that that rule could not be broken. She was the strongest warlock.

I thought that was enough as long as the Lichina, who had been hiding for hundreds of years, or the manifest devil did not fall.

However, that prediction was wrong.

‘Wade…’

It was absurd. Although she was confident in her own strength, she still did not even expect to beat the princess ‘in the ring’.

After she abstained right before the fight, the best strategy she could have been to preserve at least some of her reputation by spreading rumors like, ‘Actually, there was some kind of deal behind Katharine’s abstention!’

If she uses as much of her available resources and money as she can, she may be able to ambush one or two of her party members, but even if that happens, the Princess on the Ring will be able to single-handedly wipe out Katharine’s party. Because you can throw it away.

‘In the first place, a person like that is not someone you can fight and win from the front…’

Katharine has already competed with the princess once. She knew better than anyone how strong she was.

If it is a battlefield, we will not lose. She may not be certain of winning, but she is not defeated.

She sets up her fake camp and her command post to hide where she is staying, and appropriately targets helpless enemy civilians who ‘might make her sad when they die’.

After setting up a battle situation or time pressure that cannot be won except by the princess, time is consumed by consuming the power of ‘low cost, but time-consuming’ to kill them one by one, such as hordes of zombies or untamed monsters. Earn

All you have to do is delay her defeat on the battlefield where her princess is present, and achieve greater accomplishments where she is not. That’s how she fought, that’s how she won.

The concept of ‘on the ring’ is that it is a space where a strong warrior and a strong warlock cannot compete in the first place.

‘And yet… I won.’

However, no matter what Katarin tried, he could not find the reason for his victory.

It is not a ploy.

Katharine was clearly caught off guard. But she didn’t think she could defeat that being, even if she fought ‘as best as she could’.

Unlike fighting in the ring, there are many variables in real life. But she couldn’t figure out what variables should be used to bring him down.

It didn’t seem like he was ‘dominant’.’

One could have thought that a ‘competition’ occurred between warlocks of similar level. Immediately after the defeat, Catherine also believed that.

However, the princess is different. I don’t know exactly what method she used, but if her Wade is a warlock strong enough to defeat her, there is a huge gap between her and Katharine.

A huge, huge gap that cannot be chased away no matter what you do.

What she needed now was her strength. Enormous strength that can withstand his enormous amount of demonic energy.

And the warlock must accumulate it through evil deeds and dedication.

The door was opened.

“Are you here?”

Katarin, who honestly didn’t expect them to come through the door, slightly turned her head to look at the visitor.

“Yes.”

However, she was not the visitor Katharine was waiting for.

Kelin opened the door and came in.

“Oh my. Aren’t you Miss Kellin, a member of Wade’s party who defeated the princess? What’s going on here?”

Katharine’s eyes became wary.

Having confirmed how strong a warlock he was, she could not be confident that her control over Kelin was being maintained at a meaningful level.

He is an outsider. And, there is no reason for her to come visit her.

This is the same reason why her numerous visitors, who continued to bother Katharine, do not come to visit her.

‘The warlock who is currently in power in the Academy is Wade, no matter what…’

Warlocks instinctively worship the strong. Not only was it impossible to resist anyway, but there was no reason or reason to reject the powerful.

All events were telling us that ‘he is stronger than Katharine.’

Moreover, he did not have any of the negative rumors that Katharine had. He wasn’t even on guard.

It was an act of great risk to openly say ‘I respect Cadet Catherine’ in front of knights and wizards who follow the power of light.

But if it’s Wade, whoever hears him will reply, ‘He’s a good guy.’

It seemed like he had no intention of meeting people, but that didn’t mean he was belittling people he met in the hallways or on the streets.

Contrary to his cold appearance, when I say hello to him, he responds well. He is not obsessed with what others fear about him.

‘As needed…’

Katharine recalled the conversation she had with Claire.

He and she are people with the same way of thinking. It’s just that he handled things more wisely and skillfully.

He was a necessary person, and Katharine was an unnecessary person.

“I have continued to serve Lady Katharine. It was not my will to fight with that man.”

“I see.”

Katarin slowly looked into Kelin’s eyes and gave her order to congratulate her.

“Within the academy, please don’t get involved with each other.”

“B-but! Miss! Please!”

Kelin shouted desperately. However, Katharine did not believe her until that moment.

There is no reason for Kelin to serve Katarin.

She has her wade. Even if she was only following the orders of Katarin of the Tournament, her defeat of Khazot is proof that her wade trusts her.

Common sense tells us that there is no way we would share a great cause or share honor with someone we do not consider to be a companion in life and death.

When one silver coin and one gold coin fall on the floor, if the person ahead ignores the gold coin and takes only the silver coin and disappears, there is a good reason.

Kelin’s intentions are not pure. Kelin’s actions do not reveal her desires.

That was enough reason for Katarin not to trust Kelin.

“There’s nothing good about a comrade who defeated Khazot with the great Mr. Wade hanging out with a warlock like me who has many bad rumors, right?”

“But… Please leave. And, I hope you don’t come back.”

It hurts. Catherine made an important decision.

Mocking and torturing the ‘wavering Kellyn’ and weighing her loyalty was something close to leisure.

But considering Wade’s skills, there was no way she could have freed Kelin’s spirit.

During that time, she would have forcibly ruled Kelin. The facial expressions she showed him now, and her cute face as she withstood the torture, were all probably an act.

This is too dangerous. Currently, Katarin cannot afford to play around with Kelin.

It is a variable. She needs to be cut out.

At the very least, we need to prevent Kelin from casually entering Katharine’s room and digging up her information.

“But…”

“Please, tell Mr. Wade my regards.”

“…”

After standing silently for a while, Kelin trudged out of Katarin’s room with her heavy and slow steps.

Kelin left. After drinking her cup of tea, Katharine realized that someone had tampered with her surveillance spell.

“Ah…”

It is not violent.

Her surveillance magic is like an alarm made of thread. Anyone trying to open the door and come in will inevitably have to break it, and it takes a lot of effort to restore it.

But the visitor was polite and only slightly touched the magic. The alarm of the surveillance magic does not sound excessively loudly, but softly with enough magic that it can be used again at any time.

This is not a declaration of war by her or her opponents.

It’s a knock. A polite greeting asking if I could come in.

“Please come in.”

“Excuse me.”

Katharine tilted her head as she looked at the polite gentleman.

“You’re fearless, coming into the lady’s room on a night like this.”

“I didn’t want to be rude like this, but it was my official job.”

The gentleman with a smile on his face lightly lowered his head.

“It is truly an honor to move with such a precious person as Lady Erst Catherine.”

His eyes flashed for a moment.

“Kazot welcomes the daughter to join.”