I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years

76. Witch Hunt (7)

“It’s too much…”

I apologized as I stroked Milia’s head, who turned her head away with a pouty face.

“I’m sorry. But there was no other way.”

“The experience of getting her head thrown is unpleasant, though.”

To be honest, I can’t really guess how I feel, but I felt like I was in a bad mood. Why, you get dizzy like crazy when you ride in a centrifuge that is located in a playground. If you feel it in 3D… Even people without motion sickness will get motion sickness and vomit.

Next time, ask for forgiveness first and use it.

I don’t know if there’s anything I can do again.

“John, what are you going to do now?”

As I returned to her Dawning House through the passage I had made, I looked at her at Milia’s question. Her mind was complicated.

3Rd platoon leader.

Witch.

Missing Case.

Combining the information obtained so far, those three clues are clearly intertwined.

In other words, if you dig behind the 3rd platoon leader, you can get useful information. If I add the knowledge of the original work that I remember, it may be possible to reduce the number of victims. You have to work hard to do that, but… Well, when did you not have to work hard?

“Do you remember that annoying guy you met during the day?”

“Yes! I was so annoyed!”

“It seems that the man is involved in this case.”

“That grumpy man?”

“Right. That old man… I just want to kidnap him and interrogate him, but that would be difficult.”

No. Do you really want to do it Wouldn’t it be something if I secretly kidnapped her? As there is a proverb that true support is to remove the source of damage, if you just kidnap the 3rd platoon leader, steal information, and kill him, wouldn’t the whole incident be skipped?

My heart is pounding at the attractive option that suddenly popped up, but I suppressed my heart. I’m not single. As Karina’s escort knight, I also have Milia to take care of.

In the end, the most certain thing is to kill the 3rd platoon leader somehow legally.

“Interrogation must be difficult. There is no evidence to seek cooperation from the guards.”

Realistically, the best way is to hide at the point where a missing person occurs and then attack, as I know from the original source. It’s going to be a bit of a problem, but if we can somehow rescue the missing person, that alone will give us evidence.

“…Do I have to shovel like crazy?”

“Huh?”

“I think I need to dig more tunnels.”

“…Isn’t it hard?”

A worried look scans my face. I patted Millie on the head and opened her mouth.

“You have to do what you have to do.”

“I can help too!”

“Thank you.”

“Hee hee.”

I’m tired. Let’s go to sleep first

I headed to the Dawning Hall with Milia.

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Classroom next to the cafeteria in the main building.

A remote classroom in the Faculty of Magic.

The basement classroom of the Faculty of Alchemy.

An empty lot behind the warehouse in the Engineering Department.

I made four tunnels in three days.

These were the missing places from the original work. I called Milia and Elisa and gave a rough reason and started working undercover.

Then he mobilized Elisa and started working undercover. Milia was in the Faculty of Magic, Elisa was in the Faculty of Alchemy. Lastly, I’m in the Faculty of Knights. If you mark three places at the same time, you will be able to pick up even one clue, so it was a strategy to solve the case based on that.

Of course, only if the disappearance happened exactly as in the original story.

…I wondered if this was something like the People’s Army, but I didn’t think there would be a better way than this. If you don’t have the power, wealth, or military force, you should do something like this.

I chewed on the beef jerky and waited for someone to enter the classroom. I don’t know if people will come or not, but I can’t help it because working undercover is originally a battle of patience.

I’ve been doing this for two days already, so I hope the results come out soon. How long do we have to live on beef jerky?

“Status window.”

[Johan Quartz]

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Occupation: Escort Knight

-Features-

Insight:B

Shoveling: A+

Woodworking: A

Processing: A

Pharmacy: C+

Dexterity:B

Anatomy:B

Survival:S

-Skills-

Production: A

Repair:B

Dismantling:B

Automatic translation: A

Allocate attribute points.

Attribute Points: 3

-Mission-

-Become friendly with the witch

Reward: Attribute Points 2

I turn on the status window for some reason even though I’m in a daze.

It was because that was the only thing I could do to pass the time quietly.

“…Let’s take a look at the insight.”

It was an idea that came to my mind while staring blankly at the status window.

Since ‘insight’ is usually used in situations like this, wouldn’t it be useful to film it?

At least I’ll pay for the meal.

Let’s see.

How do I get the stats?

I touched the stat window with my finger. A plastic-like texture felt on my fingers. What material is it Can anyone else touch it? Oh, I need to stop thinking nonsense. Right now, taking stats is the priority.

I carefully pressed my finger down where it said insight.

[Do you want to invest attribute points in Insight stat?]

YES / NO

“Of course YES.”

When I clicked YES, one attribute point disappeared.

…And the rank didn’t go up.

What is it?

“I’m not going to let you rank up with 1 point, huh?”

Then two more points.

[The rank of Insight has risen to Grade A.]

…What’s different?

I stared blankly at the status window, but I couldn’t figure out what had changed. In the first place, what can you know in a tunnel like this? Maybe it will show through when meeting someone or doing some research. I closed the status window and listened to the exit of the secret passage.

“… Going to be?”

“…Kun.”

I can’t hear well. I know it’s a female and male voice though. Is it a win or a loser? What was going on with Milia and Elisa, who were at the back of the Knights Faculty’s storage room and in the basement lecture room of the Alchemy Faculty?

“…Break up.”

“…Tina!”

Oh.

Uh…

I pricked up my ears and overheard a conversation between a man and a woman who I didn’t know if they were a couple or not.

“Why is that!”

“…To a first grader…”

“That was…Nyang-like…Li so we could get to know each other!”

I was more alert than ever at the exciting story and watched the love and war unfolded by lovers in crisis one by one in my head. Love and War in 3D Dolby Surround was the most exciting thing I’ve heard in 10 years of being possessed.

That bastard was caught cheating on me.

Look at them brazenly shouting, “Oh, you must!”

The repertoire that cheaters do all the time is to claim that it’s a misunderstanding. Come up with some creative excuses. Like, ‘She was actually my half sister!’ Of course, the end would be catastrophe.

“…Uh!”

“…Iron! Cristina!”

I hear sobs. It was evident that a girl named Cristina was crying.

…Christina?

Where did you hear that name? First of all, it’s not a heroine. Where did you hear I was lost in my thoughts beneath the shaking ground.

It’s a name I’ve never heard before.

…Ah.

It wasn’t until the sound died down completely that I remembered the owner, Christina.

Cristina de Esteng.

She is the eldest daughter of Countess Cristina, who is famous for her commerce. She was a character who gave a sub-quest near the end of the first part of the main story. As a daughter of a merchant family, she is a character who gives her a lot of money, allowing her to breathe in tight play. Not a heroine.

But did you ever have a lover?

…That’s not what’s important now.

I stood up. First of all, this place is empty, so I thought of joining and exchanging information.

“…I hope there will be a harvest on the other side.”

I took out my magical engineering communicator from my bosom. It was something I bought with all my money. What happened not only to me but also to the other side? With uneasy anticipation, I pressed the power on the communicator.

“Ah, can you both hear me?”

[Listen well!]

[Now, I can hear you…]

“Is there a harvest?”

[No one is coming here! Bored!]

Is Millia a fool? So, Elisa…

[My, my side…Nothing yet… Uh, who’s in… ! Boo, ominous…This way… !]

“I’ll be there soon, so wait quietly!”

An urgent voice.

I immediately stuffed the communicator into my pocket and kicked the ground.

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‘No, I’m scared.’

Elisa listened to the conversation on the other side of her wall, covering her mouth.

“…Who are the gods?”

The voice of a wary woman permeated Elisa’s ears.

“I don’t know if it’s…”

The sound coming through her wall was faint, but Elisa, who had listened to her conversation with her ear against the wall, her body trembled as her cold sweat wiggled through her hands.

‘What if I get caught? If caught…’

A gloomy future was pictured in Elisa’s head.

The one who collapsed in a pool of blood, the one who was kidnapped and suffered badly,

She herself, like the witches of old, she was tied to a tree and burned at the stake.

All sorts of delusions of persecution swirled through her head. It was a normal thing. After she was nearly killed by her parents for being ‘sinister’ at a young age, she has been best friends with delusions of damage that often pop up in her head.

“Do you think you will be safe if you do that!?”

“…You have to take risks if you want to do business.”

‘…This is Cain.’

It was a voice she had only heard once, but she immediately recognized the identity of her opponent. Because I couldn’t forget that eerie voice.

“…Now that you’re here, you won’t be able to escape.”

“Buy, buy…”

“It won’t do you any good to scream. I put a soundproofing spell on it.”

Several footsteps echo. Multiple opponents. There is one female student who will soon become missing. I haven’t heard the sound coming from the tunnel yet, so at this rate, the student will be arrested first.

‘Uh, what should I do?’

I’ll have to buy some time before John comes. But what can she do, hiding behind her walls. She knows how to get into John and open the door to her secret passageway, but she can’t even put her hand on her doorknob and trembles.

‘I might die…’

When she opens the wall, she’ll be able to turn it off.

However, the probability of being harmed increases exponentially.

‘If I stay still…’

He is a student with no one-sided expression. Wouldn’t it be okay if I let her get kidnapped even though she’s not even my friend?

An evil heart ate some of Elisa from her toes.

If you keep quiet, that girl will be kidnapped and the situation will end. At that time, as long as she picks up evidence that she may be away from, she is done. That alone will make progress in solving the case.

Yes.

That’s it.

“Don’t come!”

‘I hate it!’

A scene from the past flashes before your eyes. People who tried to kill themselves, saying that they were evil because they inherited ‘witch’s blood’. Professor Lennon, who accepted him who desperately ran away.

What did he say?

‘If you do good, you will become a good person, and if you do evil, you will become a bad person.’

I don’t want to be a bad person.

Recalling the words of her real father, Professor Lennon, she quietly put her hand on the doorknob of the secret passage.

‘I can do it.’

Elisha opened the door with all his might and screamed.

“This way!”