Magic Academy's Genius Blinker Chapter 243: Chapter 162

Using the information extracted from Cavern, Eltman Eltwin systematically erased the existence of the dark mages from Stella.

It was done quietly, one by one, so that no one would notice.

That way... incidents of them fleeing in panic upon realizing their comrades were dying wouldn't occur.

However, as their comrades disappeared one by one, an ergency arose for the infiltrating dark mages in Stella.

So waited in silence, while others fled, unable to determine whose identity had been exposed.

"Did you hear? The groundskeeper from the eastern garden suddenly quit his job."

"Huh? Really? He seed nice."

"Even the supplies manager from the Ninth Tower got fired."

"Everyone's suddenly quitting their jobs..."

"Is it because of the dark mages?"

The fact that dark mages had infiltrated Stella caused controversy in various ways.

Parents were outraged that despite sending their precious children to academy, they couldn't even prevent an intrusion by dark mages, resulting in harm.

Various news outlets sensationalized the issue with headlines like 'Is Stella's Security Crumbling Like This?' and many parents lodged complaints.

Most parents were nobles or individuals with significant social influence, so Stella was on the verge of faltering a bit as well.

However, about a week later, Eltman Eltwin publicly announced that he had executed the infiltrators within the academy.

Though he couldn't kill them all, the fact that Eltman, once the greatest dark mage hunter, personally took action caused the parents' dissatisfaction to gradually dissipate.

... And among those who contributed in creating such an atmosphere, Anella was also in a state of ergency.

Anella. How are things over there? Eltman Eltwin is deducing the identities of our kin through mysterious ans and executing them all.

"Hmm, I'm fine."

Anella, who was squatting in the corner stall of the first-floor communal girls' bathroom, engaged in a conversation amidst the overflowing sewage in front of her.

If you feel it's dangerous, return. Eltman... that ruthless man won't just let you die quietly. He'll likely torture you relentlessly, to the point you would beg for death.

"Oh, no! I'm fine! Should I be scared of sothing like this?"

Your confident tone is pleasing to hear. So how is the progress of your mission?

"Uh...?"

What was the mission again?

She hadn't even thought about it since the infiltration began, so her mind froze for a mont.

Well, if everything had gone smoothly, the newspaper wouldn't be reporting on Baek Yu-Seol's mysterious disappearance, right? Did you have plans to deal with him discreetly?

"Um, well...?"

It ca back to her.

Originally, the mission was to monitor Mayuseong and assassinate Baek Yu-Seol.

However, when Mayuseong returned to the main house, the only task given to her was the assassination of Baek Yu-Seol...

It was truly shaful, but she surrendered without even being able to defeat a re first-year student at the academy.

Moreover, she was exposed and had all her abilities sealed, so the mission had actually failed long ago.

It would have been normal to return at this point, but Anella didn't want that.

She wanted to stay a little longer here and find a way to return to being human.

Her heart was already determined to stay by Baek Yu-Seol's side, but she couldn't betray the organization arbitrarily.

They would send another capable assassin, and if soone stronger than her targeted Baek Yu-Seol... then it would truly be unstoppable.

"Yes. Please trust in my abilities. I can completely break soone's mind."

Okay. I believe you. If you successfully complete the mission and return, I'll consider promoting you. Hasn't it been over twenty years since you beca a dark mage? It's about ti you lived a proper life.

"...Yes."

-That's it, disconnect now.

Ssshhh!

As the shadow seeped into the ground, Anella leaned against the wall and let out a deep breath.

"Whew..."

Had she ever borne such a heavy burden on her heart in her nearly forty years of life?

Well, it was unlikely, considering she had lived her whole life without a care in the world.

Anyway, she could only stay in Stella until sumr vacation at most.

Until she went back, she had to extract as much information as possible from Baek Yu-Seol, so she had to stay sharp and act.

Click!

With a firm resolve, she opened the door of the restroom stall and stepped outside, only to find a girl standing at the sink.

"Hmm~♬"

She was humming a tune and washing her hands.

The girl had short hair which fell to her shoulders and a petite figure.

Anella's expression stiffened slightly as she confird her face.

'Edna...? This is truly unusual.'

Even though she was supposedly 40 years old, whenever she stood in front of that much younger kid, she felt intimidated and couldn't speak well. She was like a mouse in front of a cat.

Anella tried her best to pass by Edna as if nothing was wrong, but she suddenly spoke.

"Not washing your hands? I have sothing to tell you."

"Huh? Oh, yeah... I should wash them..."

Even though she didn't want to, she reluctantly washed her hands at the sink.

"You were in there for a long ti. Constipated?"

"Ugh. No, it's not constipation."

"You react sensitively. Or maybe not."

"... I don't know."

"Then why were you in there for so long?"

With 'Shadow Barrier' installed in the restroom stall, there was no chance of the conversation leaking outside.

Eavesdropping was impossible for a re Class 4 like Edna, so there was no need to be nervous, yet even lying beca frightening for so reason.

"... Well, actually. It's... true that I have constipation..."

"Take so probiotics."

"... I'm already doing that."

Inside, Anella shed tears.

She felt embarrassed enough with her split-end hair and high school makeup, and now she was afraid of a high schooler.

'Should I just die...'

As she was seriously contemplating that, Edna suddenly spoke up.

"Why are you so scared?"

"...Huh?"

"Who's going to eat you?"

"Aah, no one? I wasn't scared at all?"

Co to think of it, there was no reason to be scared.

No matter how notorious Stella was, in the end, it was just an ordinary academy for seventeen-year-old students, wasn't it?

"Yeah. Don't worry. I was originally going to eat you, but now I'll let it slide."

"... Uh."

For a mont, chills ran down her spine.

As Anella turned her squeaking head to look at Edna, she looked at herself in the mirror and said, "I'm tired these days, my skin is getting worse. I hope I'm not getting pimples."

"Uh, well..."

"Yeah? Oh, right. That guy's not here right now."

"Is that so...?"

After the Academy Battle, Baek Yu-Seol accompanied Florin to the cradle of the Heavenly Spirit Tree.

Since it had beco quite a topic that even the Elf King personally invited him to her carriage, there was no one in Stella who didn't know about it.

"So, I have a favor to ask of you."

"A favor?"

"Yeah."

Thud!

Edna turned off the faucet, and finally t Anella's eyes directly.

This incident was quite important as it was related to the event [Dark Magic Corruption] which occurred in the original novel.

In the original story, Professor Maizen Tyren used dark magic, causing significant harm to many.

However, in reality, due to Baek Yu-Seol handling Maizen Tyren, it beca unclear who would be the instigator of the dark magic corruption.

Originally, Baek Yu-Seol intended to investigate it himself, but due to Florin's matter, he couldn't, so he directly asked Edna to investigate.

And... It was the first ti Baek Yu-Seol, who always solved everything himself, asked for sothing, so Edna was quite serious about it.

"While that guy's not around, help out a bit."

"... Huh?"

Perhaps because she heard such shocking words, Anella was dumbfounded and couldn't even respond properly.

———-

Most students rushed back to their hotowns during the break, but Eisel Morph didn't.

More precisely, she couldn't go back.

She had no hotown to return to. So Eisel took the seasonal term classes.

Of course, she was a strange case.

There were many students who didn't go back to their hotowns besides Eisel, but what was the point of going through all the trouble if they had enough credits?

But Eisel listened.

The reason was simple.

Because she could study more.

Exactly... Since she could study for free.

Since Stella's seasonal classes didn't charge tuition fees, it was a great opportunity for money-strapped Eisel.

To think they offer free education, it was unbelievable.

'Everyone must be idiots.'

But talk about bad luck.

"The professor is unexpectedly absent, so the class has been canceled."

"... Huh?"

Of all tis, the professor for the subject she was taking suddenly vanished.

The course was famous for its extre unpopularity, with fewer than twenty applicants, so the class itself was simply canceled and they didn't even bother to find a replacent.

"My classes..."

Still, it was okay!

The titable was filled with plenty of courses she could still take.

"The instructor for Logic Education has left, so the class is canceled."

"The Advanced Mathematics Level 3 class is canceled due to the professor's personal circumstances..."

"The Basic Design Theory course is..."

However.

Eisel's enrolled classes began to be canceled one by one.

Most had the sa reason.

'Because the professor disappeared.'

Why were the professors disappearing one after another when it was not like they were preparing for a special sumr edition?

Of course, not all classes disappeared completely.

For classes with many students enrolled, substitute instructors ca and fortunately, classes continued, so Eisel managed to keep up with her studies by attending those classes.

However, it was not very pleasing to her that she couldn't take classes with the professors she wanted, and sotis the subjects themselves changed, which she didn't like.

She originally planned to spend the entire sumr vacation attending classes, but her schedule was now riddled with holes.

"Ughhh...."

"You're really harsh, aren't you? Just because you're good at studying doesn't an you have to nag others about it."

During lunchti, Eisel's friend, Marilene, who spent most of the ti in the dormitory instead of returning ho, appeared occasionally during lunchti.

She always chuckled at the sight of Eisel, who was absorbed in her studies.

"Studying is about accumulating knowledge. It's very crucial, so you shouldn't be lazy."

"You're really like a mom.... Are all top students like you?"

"Well, I'm not sure."

Eisel was a genius and hardworking student.

Everyone around her acknowledged that.

But what about other top students?

Hong Bi-Yeon couldn't be figured out because she rarely studied in places with people, while Haewonryang and Edna were occasionally seen at the library but weren't as persistent as Eisel.

Mayuseong and Baek Yu-Seol... They always fooled around.

But even so, they always received top grades, which made many students envious.

"No matter how you think about it, you're the most stubborn."

"Then what should I do? I'm not even a first ranker."

"... Aren't you third ranker this ti?"

"That's right."

"Tsk... You know, if you get stabbed with a knife soday, I'll bet the culprit is ."

They exchanged jokes.

Eisel thought about the other students in class S.

Co to think of it, there didn't seem to be any students who studied properly during the sumr vacation.

Even Baek Yu-Seol received an invitation from the Elf King for the sumr vacation and went to the Cradle of Heavenly Spirit Tree.

By now, he must be enjoying dinner at the White Castle.

'No matter how you think about it, it's strange....'

Baek Yu-Seol was smart even without studying.

He was a regressor, after all.

Normally, one could just overlook it with the attitude of 'he's a regressor, so let it be,' but this incident was a bit strange.

'The Soul Orb shone white....'

While the thousands of spectators who witnessed the spectacle seed to not fully understand it, Eisel had considerable knowledge of the Soul Orb, so she felt a chill run down her spine.

The fact that the Soul Orb shone so white ans that Baek Yu-Seol has a 'noble soul' like the celestial angels or spirits.

'Noble soul....'

While it might seem like an easy word at first glance, having a noble soul required quite strict conditions.

However, sentient beings, including humans and extraterrestrial beings, violated most of these conditions from the mont they were born.

They must not commit sins, harm any living beings, beco tainted with filth, or even entertain any impure thoughts.

To put it a bit more extre, even the act of seeing a piece of trash on the street and ignoring it or entertaining lewd fantasies involving the opposite sex corrupted the soul.

No, that didn't make sense.

As long as one can think, how can they possibly not violate all those conditions?

Therefore, sentient beings couldn't be noble.

That was the norm.

...That's how it should have been.

Until Baek Yu-Seol shattered common sense once again this ti.

'What could be the cause?'

Baek Yu-Seol hadn't lived an ordinary life.

He must have hard and sinned countless tis by turning back ti hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of tis.

Yet, if his soul was noble... there must be a clear reason.

'Hmmm....'

Eisel was inclined towards inquiry, and when curiosity arose, she delved into it until the end.

After lunchti.

"I'll beco a worm again~!"

"Yes... Hang in there and wriggle around."

"Okay! You too!"

Sending a cheerful Marilene, who was excited about taking a nap, back to the dormitory, Eisel headed back to the library.

Originally, it was ti for Class, but since it was canceled, she planned to browse through so old records or docunts.

"Let's see... Noble soul, noble soul..."

The most pure and beautiful souls.

She rembered there were papers or research materials on them in the library.

'Ah, found it.'

And coincidentally, she stumbled upon a thick book titled 'Noble Souls Throughout History,' and Eisel reached for it.

However, from the opposite side, a white wrist popped out, grabbing the sa book.

"..."

Eisel checked the person opposite her.

With crimson-tinted silver hair cascading down to her waist and eyes shining like rubies, she was none other than Hong Bi-Yeon.

It happened to be her who grabbed the sa book as herself.

"What's this? Are you reading this too?"

"... Forget it. You read it."

As if caught doing sothing she shouldn't, Hong Bi-Yeon quickly withdrew her hand and turned to leave, but Eisel grabbed her.

"No, let's just read it together."

"... What?"

"If I borrow this book, you won't regret it for a week... You won't be so curious that it drives you crazy, right?"

Why would that princess be so curious to the point of seeking out such a book?

It was obvious, wasn't it?

Probably for the sa reason as Eisel herself.

Moreover, Hong Bi-Yeon was quite intelligent too, so if they put their heads together and ponder the sa questions, they might co up with quite plausible answers.