Jitsu wa Ore, Saikyou deshita? ~ Tensei Chokugo wa Donzoko Sutāto, Demo Ban’nō Mahō de Gyakuten Jins

Chapter 60 - If I can't leave school early.

Professor Tia took one look at me, Shiva, and then jumped into the room to confront my copy squarely.

”Hart, what’s wrong?”

“Actually, I hate school. I want to drop out of school now, so please help me out.”

What is this guy saying with a straight face all of a sudden? I haven’t even told Char about it, even though it’s a top secret! Did I have another bad day? I’m sure this is one.

“This is not a favor that I would ask a teacher to do, even if I did. If you want to quit, you can quit voluntarily.”

“If I could do that, I wouldn’t be here!”

“Haruto C. He’s a bit of a stiff-necked jerk, and I’m a jerk from an objective point of view.”

“I just want to stay indoors and do nothing.”

“You’re such a pathetic guy, huh?”

“And I don’t know why the King recommended me for that.”

“Oh, you’re proud of me?”

Haruto C. doesn’t care about me, but rather, he occasionally glares at me with his gestures and tells me how he came to attend the school, explains his ideal life as a recluse, and even mentions his early withdrawal plan.

“What could have happened to him?”

“Hmm. I understand what’s going on, but this isn’t a case where you need a teacher, is it?”

“There’s the problem!”

“I’m desperate. I’m a guy…”

Hmmm, Professor Tia crosses her arms and doesn’t glance at me?

And the sound of shoes runs down the hallway again.

“I knew you were here, Hart Zenphis!”

A beautiful blonde teacher with a pair of glasses appeared.

“Geez, Oratoria Belkham!”

“That’s brave of you to call the teacher by their name! However, I forgive you. I don’t care what you call them. I’d appreciate it if you could tell me your thoughts on the subject of auxiliary attributes.”

Professor Belkham grabbed Haruto C. by the collar.

“Wait a minute! I’m in the middle of a lesson!”

“Why do you need to take a lecture when you have as much or more knowledge than a professor? So, don’t worry, I’ve talked to the professor in charge.”

Why is this happening to me? This isn’t my day to be in charge!

It’s true that today is the fifth day of the week when I’m supposed to be in class. But sorry, I had to move around a lot today to deal with the aftermath, so I had to take a turn.

Oh, I just remembered.

On my last day in charge, I was almost caught by Professor Belkham as well. At that time, I promised him ‘next time, I’ll be sure to let him off the hook’, but oh well, she just happened to find me today, didn’t he?

…sorry. It was a seed that I sowed.

“I don’t know anything about it. I’m having a bad day!”

In vain, Haruto C. was taken away by a female teacher.

I feel sick to my stomach at the prospect of another strike.

“Well, what do you think, Shiva?”

“What?”

”From the point of view of Hart-kun’s ability, it should be easy to get rid of Ora-chan. But, even though he didn’t want to be caught, he was easy to catch. Isn’t that strange?”

“You said you were having a bad day.”

“Lisa wasn’t around today either. It was a roundtable discussion. In that sense, it can be said to be a day of repeated misfortune.”

“I’m sure you’re right. I’m sure you’ll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with this particular one.”

“There’s no point in hiding it if you’re that smart.”

Maybe I should follow that copycat’s lead and get Professor Tia on board with the early retirement plan. Yeah, I’ll do that. It’s getting troublesome, and although Professor Tia is going in a completely different direction, she and I are fundamentally in agreement that there are things that should take precedence over our current status and situation.

I quickly took off my helmet.

“Buh?”

The Lolita glasses erupted in a grand gush.

“That’s right. That’s right. Shiva was actually Hart Zenphis.”

“Don’t let the hard questions remain hard to solve!”

I don’t know why she was pissed off.

“Why are there two of you?”

“That one is a copy of me, or an alter ego. It’s a body made of warding magic, tracing my thoughts and incorporating artificial intelligence into it.”

“You’re putting it so succinctly. I need an explanation for my logic!”

“It’s just something I’ve been doing, and now it’s all coming together.”

“You’ve created an autonomous doll homomunculus that’s not much different from a human using only its senses… Aren’t you really a god or something?”

“You don’t believe in God, do you?”

“It doesn’t matter, Professor Tia.”

“Ooh!　Description!　Get it right!”

“So, I don’t have a clue either. So, I need to talk to you about something.”

“Are you still going to let me work for you?　Well, I’d like to receive some rewards first, though. Well, I don’t need to tell you all that. A copy of Hart-kun, I think.”

“It’s Hart C.”

“…you’re distinguishing between them by that designation. It’s cheap. Anyway. All you want, as C-kun. said, is to get you out of school. You mean?”

“It’s a quick explanation,” I nodded

”I understand that you don’t fit into the confines of the academy. Honestly, Hart, I don’t think it’s any use for you to stay at the academy.”

“Oh!　We can talk about this even faster!”

“But, I can’t.”

“Why?”

Professor Tia crossed her arms and looked troubled.

“You really don’t care about anything other than your own interests, don’t you? That’s funny, if I do say so myself.”

“Can you give me an explanation, please?”

“Yes, yes,” said Professor Tia, holding up two fingers in the air.

“For two reasons. Firstly, you underestimate the meaning of the ‘King’s Recommendation’. That’s why there are still many people who support him, even though he’s lost a lot of authority, and the King’s Word is much heavier than you think.”

“Hmm, you mean?”

“Even if they don’t expect it, they’ll go for it. They won’t let you stay in school, they won’t expel you, they’ll let you move on to the next grade until you graduate in five years.”

Professor Tia nods at me.

I’m going to be a bit of a flattened forehead.

“There’s only one reason!”

“No, no. The other reason is what really binds you. Suppose the King admits he’s wrong and withdraws his recommendation.”

“Oh! So, that’s how it works!”

“You can threaten him as Shiva and it’ll be a one-shot deal. You can make up all sorts of reasons.”

“Just hear me out. You don’t want to get your parents in trouble, especially Lord Zenphis.”

“If the King recommended it on his own and withdrew it on his own, it wouldn’t matter, would it?”

Professor Tia shook her head from side to side for some reason.

“I told you.　The King’s words is still heavy. Moreover, Sir Zenphis is the head of the king’s faction. How would people look at his son if he had been nominated for the king’s office and didn’t shake it, right?”

“What does it look like?”

What, and then you let out a disgusting sigh?

”Lord Zenphis will be less of a centripetal force within the King’s faction, giving him an opening to take advantage of rival factions. His relatively high reputation in the public eye might also suffer. Even if the latter doesn’t have much of an impact, Sir Zenphis’ position in the aristocracy is certain to be shaken, and that would be fatal.”

“Why is it that my son dropped out of school just because I dropped out?　And you’re the law.　And it was a mention of being a magic level 2 clunker from the beginning.”

“That’s the way these aristocrats are pulling each other down. In fact, the quality is worse because they don’t go after the person directly.”

“It’s so annoying…”

“I’m not going to be able to do anything about it. I’ve got to admit, I was a bit skeptical when I first heard that the King had recommended you for the job. It turns out you’re an ancient wizard of the gods’ monster class.”

“A conspiracy… yeah, a conspiracy to discredit your father by having him recommend me to the King for my incompetence?”

“Yes. But, well, as expected, I don’t think the King would overlook that. He’s no fool. So, I thought I’d find out more about you before you enrolled.”

“So, that means the King thought I wasn’t incompetent, right? I don’t know him in person, you know?”

He’s my own father, but he doesn’t know it. I’m sure my father has been careful to keep him in the dark.

“You can only count on the fingers of one hand the number of people you could convince to speak to the King. Or rather, the situation narrows it down to just one. Have you ever played your cards right in front of Princess Marianne?”

Sister?

“Ah, when I was about ten years old, I beat up Rias, who was so cocky at the time…”

So, my sister did something unnecessary for me…haha…

“I’m sure you’ve figured it out. However, you don’t have to get down on all fours to be devastated. We still have a plan.”

“What did you say?”

I get up quickly.

“What do you want me to do?”

Professor Tia looked a little uncomfortable as I moved my face closer to her, and she was on her back. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to get a good idea of what to do, but I’m sure I’ll be able to do it on my own for a while.

My first goal is to drop out of school early. However, according to Professor Tia, that’s almost impossible to achieve now.

“No, wait. Don’t get it wrong. What you want to do is ‘stay indoors’, right?”

I reaffirmed the premise, and the little guy’s glasses are in front of me, looking blank.

By the way, this guy only had one class a week. Other than that, he’s been in this research building all the time…

“Ah!”

“You don’t think so?”

He’s figured it out.

“Yeah, I get it.”

“If you can’t escape the shackles of school…”

“You should just go back to school!”

“That’s right!”

This is a revelation. It’s a Columbus-egg turn of mind!

As Professor Belkham just said. “Where’s the need for you to be lectured to when you’ve got as much or more knowledge as a professor? And…”

If I can get them to admit even more emphatically that I don’t fit into the confines of this academy, I might not have to attend classes while still enrolled in the school.

“I mean, seriously, is that even possible?”

I wondered from the bottom of my heart-.