Surviving as an Academy Black Magician

After looking around for a while, I asked her.

“… … me?”

She clicked her tongue as if she was dumbfounded, then said with a soft smile.

“You said Seil Sieghart. Who else is Seil Sieghardt here besides you?”

“Yeah, it’s not like that. But why do you and me… ?”

“just. Must there be a reason?”

“Yeah, yes.”

I reluctantly stood up holding her hand.

Charlotte was looking at me with her mouth open in disbelief, and Frey… … .

hmm.

I will omit it.

… It was just that it was an eerie face that I couldn’t bear to say.

She took my hand and headed for a seat outside the gymnasium. It was a place with very few people.

Arya Valentine slowly moved her feet to the rhythm.

For me, who had never danced other than manual gymnastics, just following her feet was daunting.

Worried that someone might step on her foot, he moved his body.

“how is it? It looks like you’re dancing for the first time.”

“… yes. It is difficult.”

She smiled softly.

The warmth that I felt in the hands that were held together somehow made me feel relieved.

“Originally, everything is like that at first. I used to be like that too. Give your body a little more strength.”

As she said, I relaxed.

Then the stiff body movements seemed to soften a little.

“yes. move slowly now follow me.”

Is it because you have a partner?

As time passed, I felt that it was gradually becoming a form of dance.

She held her hand and moved her feet in the rhythm of the direction she was leading.

one step. one step.

slowly.

softly.

I imitated her gestures as much as possible and matched my breathing.

“Is the culture of dancing like this natural?”

I followed her feet with a much more natural motion than before.

I had some dating experience, but it was the first time I’d ever held a woman’s hand and danced together, so I thought it was manly.

However, as if it were only natural to dance like this in this world, the other students except me were dancing with familiar movements.

Everyone seemed happy.

Oh sure. Except for S class personnel.

As if the nobleman couldn’t do it, Eden, who woke up before he knew it, was pulling him up to grab Sylph’s hand.

Is it good friendliness, lack of notice, or both?

I guess he’s just a shameless guy.

“Why do you ask me that? Aren’t you human? On the contrary, shouldn’t you, the half-man, half-man, know better?”

Embarrassed, I quickly evaded.

“ah. I’ve never danced like this in my village.”

“okay? I don’t know if you do, but where I live, this is natural. At a glance, it seems that humans here are like that too. Speaking of festivals, most of them end with dancing. I don’t think there is any act that expresses emotions as openly and honestly as dancing.”

Come to think of it, I remember dancing at the festival in the Drents’ village.

It’s a world I envisioned and created, but looking at these cultures I don’t know about, I realize that this is a different world, not the world in the novel.

That they are not just characters in a novel, but a living person.

“Are you wondering why I suddenly asked you to dance?”

I nodded.

“yes. I didn’t think he asked me to dance simply because he had a crush on me.”

She laughed.

“I don’t feel like it. So, I will keep you alive.”

She was the one who let out a bloody sound without blinking an eye.

“That is fortunate.”

“I called because I had a question. can’t we talk over there? That’s why I can’t find you at dawn. I feel like this is a good opportunity.”

She must have been thinking the same thing as me.

“What are you curious about?”

“How did the priests of the Church of Raphael not find out that you were descended from demons?”

“Looking at it from the outside, it’s no different from a human, right? It doesn’t even have horns.”

“You know very well that I’m not saying that, right?”

Even if there were no external characteristics, there was no way that a high-ranking priest would not be able to feel the demonic energy.

“I don’t have many characteristics as a demon, perhaps because I inherited more of my mother’s blood. Although there is magic within the body, it seems that I have been assimilated to the point where I do not know what is magic and what is mana, perhaps because I have been using mana since childhood.”

“Even if he has been assimilated, there is no way that a person at the level of a bishop of the church would not be able to feel that feeble demonic energy, right?”

“Yes. I thought so too. So the day after the unfortunate incident at the academy happened. I extracted the demonic energy from my body.”

Her feet stopped. She looked at me with a very surprised face.

“They extracted the magic… ? How is that possible… ?”

When I stepped back, she resumed the dance.

“One of the things I am confident in is the use of magical power. I can handle mana like this, but I wondered if it would be possible to handle magic as well, so I’ve been practicing for a long time, but it worked? Oh, it’s not permanent. 3 days at most, maybe 4 days at most? I couldn’t stand it any longer. Because extracting demonic energy doesn’t make you human. Anyway, thanks to that, I was able to get through safely without getting stuck. I don’t know where I would be today if I hadn’t mastered this ability.”

“It must be dead.”

“Perhaps? If they find out that I’m half-man, half-demon, they won’t listen to me no matter how much I tell them I’m not a black magician, right? Even if you claim your innocence, they won’t believe you anyway… … .”

Her complexion darkened.

“Humans are like that. Except for the gods they believe in, they accuse all gods of heresy, rejecting them and hating them just because they have blood from other races.”

“… … .”

“what. Anyway, great. Personally, I was wondering how you would deal with this incident. If you needed my help, you would have come to me long ago.”

“Can I ask a question too?”

“say.”

“How did Aria get over? I’m half man and half horse, but… Arya is a pure-blooded demon… That’s also the devil’s lineage, right?”

she smiled mischievously.

“It’s pure blood… … . okay. It seems to you.”

I asked with the most innocent face.

“Did I make a mistake?”

In fact, you already know everything. what is her true identity?

Why is she smiling like that? He asked me to dance and said this to me in order to solve his own curiosity, but the biggest reason was because he was worried about me, who was half the same, but still his own kind.

She shook her head.

“no. I just suddenly thought of the old days. You asked how I, a pure-blooded demon, didn’t get caught?”

“yes. If you don’t want to talk, it doesn’t matter if you don’t. Because I don’t want to bother Arya-sama.”

she chuckled.

“I wonder if I’m quick-witted when I see it at times like this… Or is it dull… I don’t know. Not so great. I’m half-man, half-horse just like you.”

This time I stopped.

I came to a sudden stop and the steps twisted and I almost fell, but she supported me. Of course, these actions were also thoroughly calculated.

I knew right away that she had human blood.

I looked at her with a shocked face.

“Half-man, half-horse like me… ?”

“okay. You wouldn’t believe that I, the daughter of the demon king, had human bloodlines. Just do it. Because few among the demons know this fact.”

“Why are you telling me such an important secret?”

“… Could it be some kind of sympathy? When I look at you, I keep thinking of me. Well, you think you know why I was able to pass the interrogation safely?”

I nodded.

“What are you doing. Come on, move your feet. people look at me weird We are talking secretly. Are you going to spread rumors?”

Even though he said so, he could feel the subtle flow of mana around us.

It seemed that she had already used noise canceling magic before we could talk.

I started dancing again. This time it was changed to a slightly more upbeat song.

As the music changed, she led me more furiously to the beat.

“To be honest, I was quite surprised. I still can’t believe what I’ve been told is really true.”

“It is natural. If the fact that the daughter of the demon king is half-human, half-demon is known, the country will probably turn upside down. That’s why I’ve been hiding it thoroughly until now.”

“… … You must have had a hard time so far?”

She giggled and laughed.

“Are you pitying me now? Now that I know that I, the daughter of the Demon King, was also half-human, half-horse like you, I’m kind of friendly now, right?”

“… It’s not like that. Because each person has something they are hiding, and each person has their own circumstances. I just understand how hard it can be to live with something hidden. I’ve lived like that my whole life.”

“… … .”

She stared at me without a word, then suddenly stepped on my foot.

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To say it was a mistake was obvious because she had never made a mistake until now.

“evil! Aria… … ?”

“I have no luck. Don’t look at me with eyes that understand everything. Because I didn’t tell you hoping for understanding. I don’t even know why my father fell in love with a woman like that, or why demons loved humans. Why did he love a woman who would eventually abandon her children and her husband… … foolishly… … .”

“Is Arya-sama’s coming to the human academy possibly related to her mother?”

She stared at me with cold eyes.

“You never asked me to ask you a question? Aren’t you too arrogant that I talked to you? Are you just crossing the line?”

“… I made a mistake. sorry.”

Looking at me as I lowered my head, she sighed.

“Whoa. What the hell is a guy who gets so upset about just being scolded for wanting to change the country and people… … .”

“All the things I said to Arya at that time are sincere.”

“okay. okay. you’ll be tough From what I can see, you seem to have good luck.”

She kept her mouth shut for a while, as if thinking about something, then started talking again.

“The reason why I took a risk and entered the academy… … .”

Her eyes, red as the setting sun, flashed eerily.

“It is to erase all human races from this continent.”