Surviving as an Academy Black Magician

Three days have passed since the monster commotion.

The Empire was still celebrating, but the school declared a complete blockade of the academy.

This was to prevent the influx of outsiders.

Citizens protested against such a decision, but Ashtar, the chairman of the board, ignored all such opinions and proudly declared.

“If you have any complaints, please come to us directly.”

At her one word, public opinion quickly subsided.

Before the academy director, she was a transcendental person.

No matter how bold she was, there weren’t many people in the world who would challenge her directly.

Of course, there was a ban on going out inside the academy.

Until the investigation is completed to some extent, all humans inside the academy, including students, instructors, professors, and servants, cannot go outside. It was a pretty tough move, but it was mostly accepted.

A special search team was set up to investigate the truth, but it didn’t seem to have reaped much so far.

There were a total of 7 casualties in this incident.

If there were a lot, it was a lot, and if it was a little, it was a small number.

Among them, there were 2 students, 4 instructors and 1 professor.

Rumor has it that he had just risen to the position of professor after a long life as a teaching assistant, but when he first found the body, it was said that his whole body was cut into pieces as if it had been cut by a knife.

Perhaps because of these stories, the students’ anxiety continued to grow.

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Everyone had anxiety that there might be black magicians inside the academy, but seeing it with their own eyes was a completely different matter.

The professors worked tirelessly to calm the anxiety of the students, but the embers that had already caught fire were not easily extinguished.

The fact that the academy, which has the best and strongest reputation in the empire, is not safe is the biggest thing that comes to mind.

Could my schoolmates, my teachers, and my servants be demon worshippers? Maybe a black magician? Thoughts were sprouting in everyone’s mind.

Each doubted each other, each other was hostile to each other, and each other was wary of each other.

As the suspicion grew, the distance naturally grew between the students, and as a result, most students stopped hanging around.

Some kind of test was circulating among the students to identify demon worshipers in secret.

It was to hold hands and check each other’s mana, but it didn’t seem like a very credible test to me, a real black magician.

If you were a black magician who couldn’t handle demonic well, you could inadvertently leak demonic energy when you acted like this, but it was an error to say that a black magician who didn’t even know how to do that infiltrated the academy.

Other than that, various tests were popping up, but by my standards, they were no different from folk remedies.

Students probably know this to some extent, but the reason they do these things is to get a sense of security.

It must have been to confirm that my classmate, my friend, was doing it to feel some kind of relief that they were not black magicians, and it was also to disprove the fact that the students were trembling with anxiety.

Perhaps those who plotted this incident were aiming for these points.

Suspicion Dark Ghost (疑心暗鬼).

To instill a little doubt in the minds of students and to shatter the solidarity of those who will become the pillars of the empire in the future.

what.

All of this is just my guess.

However, my intuition is that the people who orchestrated this incident must be Goetia, a coalition of demon worshipers.

In the beginning, there were no other people who came to mind as possible suspects.

Maybe even this is an error of confirmation bias, but I decided to trust my intuition nonetheless.

I ordered the members of the 72 denominations spread throughout the academy to gather all the information related to this incident, and I told the denominations to notify me immediately when the association approaches.

Since they had already approached the church once, they were sure that they would contact them again in some way, even if it wasn’t this case.

There was probably a call from the Blue Moon side as well.

──From now on, that was the key.

The more hidden the power, the better.

My existence should not be exposed to others.

The fact that the leader of the 72nd Order and the actual ruler of the blue moon was ‘Seil Sieghart’ had to be thoroughly hidden.

From my experience so far, they were more likely to be enemies, not allies.

… no.

sure

So until the very end

My head ached as I thought about it. Even if it was only a thousand evils, I was worried a lot, but there were not one or two other things to be concerned about.

“… Sieghart. Seil Sieghart!”

“yes yes!”

“Do you know how many times I called? If you don’t want to be accused of being a demon worshiper, don’t be fooled and face it! Now it’s your turn!”

“… All right.”

And today was the day when everyone in the academy was tested to find out the demon worshipers.

“Go in.”

Now my turn has come. A lot of students were lined up behind me.

When I turned my head and looked to the side, it seemed that the professor had already finished the examination.

I opened the door and went inside.

A nice-looking woman greeted me.

“welcome. brother.”

“Nice to meet you.”

“Have a seat.”

This time, unlike the entrance exam, the examination was not conducted with a sacred stone, but rather by a priest at the bishop level, one by one.

Demons and demon worshipers appeared within the academy, so it was only natural to conduct such a test.

So, I am already prepared for it.

Since I got ‘Ars Pontium’, I was able to handle demons freely, so I had no other worries, but I wasn’t a member of the 72 Orders.

‘It’s crazy because I prepared in advance… … . I almost got caught.’

the day the incident occurred.

I summoned all the church members who had infiltrated the academy and extracted their demonic energy.

Once the demonic energy was gone, only magic power remained in their bodies, and even the bishops had no way to find out if they were black magicians.

Eden also said that he would extract the demonic energy, but he stubbornly refused. Is there a way or what?

Looking back, he must have passed the entrance exam, so he must have prepared something.

He was terrible at taking his own life, so it never occurred to him that he might get caught.

‘How did the cubs passed through? ? Didn’t they test it at all because it was the offspring of the duchy?’

As I heard later, not all freshmen took Shin Seong-seok’s test in the entrance exam.

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-Prosecutor Shin Sung-seok? why do you do that My status is to prove that I am a follower of Raphael. Do you know how much my family donated to the church?

I said.

It means that the starting point is already different from the identity.

‘I hope that Sardin, that bastard, gets caught this time… .’

The woman sitting in front of me smiled softly.

“What is your name?”

“This is Seil Sieghart.”

“oh! It’s such an honor to meet the descendant of a legendary hero here. Ho Ho.”

“It is an honor for me to meet the Bishop of Raphaelism.”

“Ho-ho-ho! He has a good-looking face and a great way to talk.”

I smiled lightly without answering. She put her hand on my shoulder and spoke cautiously.

“From now on, I will inject my holy power into your body. It can be a bit ticklish at first, but don’t worry. It’s just looking inside the body.”

I nodded and answered.

“All right.”

“Then let’s begin.”

Holy energy emanated from her body. Soon, it began to seep into my shoulder through her hand.

“… … .”

About 5 minutes passed.

The bishop’s expression began to darken.

The two Heretic Questioners who were seated in the back reached their hands toward the scabbard. They were people with a strong work ethic.

If the bishop said anything, he was ready to draw his sword. It was a sensitive time for everyone.

The bishop with a serious face tilted his head.

“This is so strange… … .”

One of the Heretic Questioners shouted harshly.

“no way. Are you a heretic!”

The bishop removed his hand from my shoulder and spoke slowly.

“In conclusion, I can feel the weak magic.”

That moment.

One of the Heretic Questioners drew a sword and put it to my throat. Suddenly, the memory of the entrance exam came to mind.

“You damn heretic!”

At the same time, the bishop shouted at the Heretic Questioner.

“for a moment!”

The Heretic Questioner gritted his teeth and looked at her.

He seemed like a guy who just wanted to kill me.

“However, the feeling is different from the magi felt by other demon worshipers. A little more heterogeneous, dark… … .”

Her eyes turned to mine. It was clear eyes that felt a sense of stability.

“Brother. If there’s anything I don’t know, can you be honest with me?”

“… … .”

“I haven’t decided yet. I also feel something and bring up these things, so I want you to be honest.”

“actually… … .”

With a hard face, I told her about the curse attached to Sieghart’s clan.

A curse of blood obtained by Shion Sieghart after defeating the evil dragon Fafnir.

In fact, I don’t know if such a curse actually exists. It’s just that the chairman of the board said such a thing during the entrance exam, so I’ve been using it ever since.

In fact, the fact that the bishop felt the weak demonic energy in my body was something I had prepared in advance.

If you set your mind to it, it wouldn’t have been difficult to make Magi completely undetectable, but this choice was made to take advantage of the chairman’s setting.

Taking advantage of their psychology that if I were a real black magician, I wouldn’t show my magic so confidently.

After hearing everything I said, she nodded as if she finally understood.

“okay. Can I just check it one more time?”

“of course.”

This time she held my hand.

After closing her eyes for a moment, she opened her mouth.

“I am sure. This magi takes on a different form from what I felt from other black magicians. It must be a curse.”

“… Sorry for not telling you in advance. I just wanted to validate myself without prejudice.”

she said with a thrilled face.

“Excellent… … . Despite being under such a terrible curse just because you belong to the clan of heroes, you risked it all to prove yourself. I’m sure Raphael will bless you too!”

Then, suddenly, he put his hands together and began to pray.

The Heretic Questioner, who pulled out his sword at her sudden action, also bowed his head to me once, then went back to his seat and closed his eyes with his hands together.

‘what. Is it prayer time?’

I also closed my eyes, holding my hands together.

Satisfied that things went well as planned, and the moment I prepare to go out soon… … .

smart.

A knock was heard.

The bishop frowned slightly because the flow was broken.

“who are you.”

“It’s me.”

The door opened and an old man in a bridal robe entered. The moment they saw him, everyone bowed their heads and expressed their respect.

“Mr. Cardinal!”

“Meet the noble one!”

The old man called Cardinal smiled and waved his hands.

“You don’t have to be so polite.”

I looked at him.

‘cardinal… … ?’

From the outside, he looked like a helpless old man, but his eyes were full of guns.

“What are you doing here?”

“This student has business to come. I’m sorry, could you please leave for a minute? There is something I must tell the descendents of heroes.”

“ah. All right.”

The bishop and the Heretic Questioners immediately left the room. The cardinal naturally sat down in the chair where the bishop had been sitting.

Then he looked at me blankly without saying anything.

“… … .”

heavy static.

An awkward air lingered in the room.

The moment I couldn’t stand it and tried to open my mouth to ask something.

“you. What demon god’s apostle are you?”

Unbelievable words came out of his mouth.