I Became a Demon Who Can Never Be Headpatted in the Academy?!

The magic class was taught by Professor Aiaie Hecate.

This professor, whose name had a whopping five syllables, was a powerful mage by the standards of the Legend of Academy world.

Her trademark was her shiny, crimson, curly hair and an outfit full of decorations that reminded one of a Halloween costume.

“Today, we’ll be practicing drawing magic circles. Please follow the magic circle on page 34 of your textbook.”

Professor Aiaie spoke in a languid voice and then sipped her coffee, from which white steam was rising. The liquid in that cute heart-patterned cup was definitely coffee. After all, she was a character who loved coffee.

By the way, I thought Nikea was also a great beauty, but Professor Aiaie is amazing too? Especially her chest, it seems more emphasized than in the illustrations? I can’t help but recall the people jokingly chatting, ‘Wisdom Pouch has appeared haha’.

“Wow… Esme is amazing!”

“How can you draw such a pretty circle?”

Returning from the ‘Wisdom Pouch’ to reality, Murmur.

I was currently sitting at a round table with several other students, drawing magic circles. Esme was sitting next to me, and there were about three other students with us.

“Hehe~! If you can’t even draw a magic circle of this level, you can’t call yourself a young lady of the Bloodberry family!”

Esme burst into laughter, her pigtails bobbing cutely. Sometimes, when I see this girl’s actions, she’s really~ cute, but I don’t like the fact that she bullies Murmur.

— Swish, swish!

“Huh…?”

“…Murmur is really good at drawing too?”

“Isn’t her circle bigger and prettier than Esme’s?”

How can you compare the drawing skills of 5th-grade elementary schoolers with mine, Murmur’s? After drawing a rather nice circle, I quickly followed the magic circle in the textbook.

This is more fun than I thought. I didn’t know this when I was playing the game, but people in the fantasy world learn magic like this?

“Ugh…!”

Esme, for some reason, glared at me as if she wanted to tear me apart and her hands trembled.

“Murmur!”

“Yes?”

“Why are you copying me?!”

“…Professor Aiaie told us to draw magic circles, right?”

Esme trembled and then immediately drew a bigger and prettier magic circle on a new piece of paper.

“Wow!”

“Esme is amazing!! She drew it as cool as the middle school seniors!”

“It’s huge! They said bigger magic circles are better!”

Guys, that can’t be true, can it? Even though I only read the settings, there’s no way bigger magic circles are better.

Leaving Esme, who was puffing out her chest and bragging, I diligently followed the magic circle.

By the way, is this properly raising my skill experience? This part was random in the game, but if I can choose the magic I can learn as I live Murmur’s life, that would be great!

“Mur─”

If I can learn magic myself, then I should definitely learn defense magic first. It has so many amazing effects.

What should I learn next? I can’t not deal damage, so should I learn elemental magic? If the randomly increasing stats don’t go well, I’ll be at a disadvantage in a brawl, so should I learn some summoning magic?

“Murmu─”

Come to think of it, what magic was Esme skilled in? Learning the counter to the magic your rival often uses makes strategy extraordinarily convenient, right? Just like a child with picky taste among the elemental magic…

“Hey!! Murmur!! Why are you ignoring me!”

“H-huh…!”

What is this?! Esme suddenly yelled and grabbed my horn, shaking it.

『Stress has increased by 5!』

“W-what…! What are you doing?!”

“Why are you ignoring me! Why are you ignoring me! Why are you ignoring me! You’re so arrogant for a demon!! For a demon!”

“Wh-what should I do? What should I do!?”

“Professor!!! Esme and Murmur are fighting!”

“G-guys… don’t fight…”

Did I ignore herDid I ignore her? Really? I didn’t hear anything?

“St-stop…!”

“No! You ignored me when I called you too!”

“Wh-why did you call me!”

“Quickly! Admit it! That I drew better!”

Esme dropped her hand from my horn and then drew a large magic circle with her cute and soft hands.

“You drew well.”

“There’s no soul in it!”

“Wow, amazing.”

“You’re mocking me!!!”

Esme stomped her little feet, unable to control her anger.

No, why? I praised her properly, didn’t I?

“You two… what are you doing? Didn’t I tell you to draw magic circles?”

“Professor Hecate!! Murmur is ignoring me!”

“I didn’t!”

Professor Aiaie narrowed her eyes, looking at me and Murmur, then sighed. There’s no way a woman called a genius would be interested in the fight of 5th grade elementary schoolers.

“Esme, drawing a big magic circle doesn’t mean it’s good.”

“Ugh…”

“Magic circles can even be drawn with your fingers, so you need to know how to draw them accurately with all the essential elements, no matter how small.”

Professor Aiaie stroked Esme’s head.

“Try your best. The Bloodberrys are an excellent lineage.”

“Hehehe… yes.”

Isn’t she too easy to handle? She sat down in her seat with such a happy expression right away?

Or is she just a fool who gets heated up and cools down easily?

“And Murmur…”

Professor Aiaie looked down at me with a strange feeling.

Ah, come to think of it. There’s no way this professor would like demons.

Mages can’t like demons.

How should I put this? To a mage, demons are like seeing a Korean person who makes kimchi with pineapple.

They both use magic, but they are too different. They even confidently use fatal magic against each other, so they can’t see each other in a good light.

“Draw the magic circle again.”

Her voice sounds a bit cold?

I drew the magic circle as I was told. Honestly, this is so easy. I just have to draw the magic circle in the textbook.

— Swish, swish

“Wow…”

“Murmur is so fast…”

The gazes of the children who had gathered around made me feel strangely like a monkey in a zoo.

“I’m done.”

“…Draw the magic circle on page 56.”

What is this? Why is she suddenly telling me to draw something else?

Is she bullying me? Saying that demons can’t even draw magic circles properly?

— Swish, swish

“Next, page 114.”

I drew the magic circle again as I was told. I don’t know what the differences are between the three, but following the drawings is really not difficult at all. There were some parts that were a bit crooked though.

“Professor Aiaie, I’m done.”

* * *

‘I can’t believe it. At this age, she’s already capable of transcribing magic circles?’

Aiaie Hecate was deeply impressed as she looked down at Murmur, who was holding a crayon.

‘To begin with, this child… she’s not using a pen, which is normally used to draw magic circles, but a crayon, and she’s transcribing it so precisely…’

The mage, known as a genius, could recognize Murmur’s genius.

‘I’ve never seen a descendant of Nectar transcribe a magic circle so seriously, and even with such crude tools, she’s following it perfectly…’

Aiaie placed her hands on Murmur’s shoulders. Because she was a genius, she could recognize another genius, and she knew how great the value of each genius was in the history of magic.

“Murmur.”

“Y-yes?”

“It seems like we need to talk separately after school. Come see me after class.”

Murmur’s face turned white in an instant. Of course, Murmur couldn’t know Aiaie’s true feelings.

“What what, is Murmur getting scolded?”

“The teacher said earlier! That bigger is not always better!”

“Esme got praised though? Esme was the best after all!”

Murmur trembled and grabbed her horns with both hands at the chatter of the innocent 5th grade elementary schoolers who knew nothing.

‘Oh my? She has genius, but she can’t properly control the flow of magic…’

Aiaie thought it was a bit cute as she looked at Murmur, then her eyes widened in surprise. Murmur, in the meantime, had grabbed her horns, which were burning up, with both hands and had folded her body in half, crouching down.

“Ugh…”

‘It’s not that she can’t control the flow, but the magic is overflowing from her body? To have so much magic that her vessel can’t contain it…’

Aiaie swallowed. To the eyes of a genius mage, Murmur was a ‘raw gem’ that was too tempting.

She was polite, good at following instructions. Even as an elementary schooler, she was perfect at transcribing, and had the perfect aptitude with magic overflowing from her body.

“Murmur, why aren’t you answering?”

“P-professor…”

“Come after class. Okay? Murmur has a lot to learn from me.”

Murmur gulped. Overwhelmed by the terrifying ‘charisma’ that Aiaie was emitting, she breathed pitifully, and eventually shook her head.

“Are you saying no?”

“M-Murmur…! W-wants to play a little more!”

At the adorable voice, Aiaie unknowingly chuckled and pinched Murmur’s soft cheek.

“Come after class!”

* * *

[ 『Murmur』]

[ 【HP 100, MP 100, Hunger 0, Stress 55】]

I’m screwed. I’m screwed.

[ 『A new event has been confirmed!』]

[ 《Private Tutoring with Professor Aiaie Hecate》]

[ 《Time: After School》]

I’m busy enough looking around the academy and seeing events after school, but now I’m caught by Professor Aiaie and I’m going to have supplementary lessons!

To begin with, in Legend of Academy, the ‘Supplementary Lesson Event’ is known to be an inefficient event! In the early stages, you have to meet many characters and open up events, but now?!

“Ugh…”

Starting with Esme’s reaction, and the other kids’ words, no matter how I think about it, I’ve been targeted, haven’t I? I must have been targeted? The probability of getting targeted with such a low likeability score is so low, how did this happen?

“Murmur… don’t panic…”

I patted my horn that was starting to heat up again, and comforted myself.

The situation isn’t completely the worst. Even when playing ‘Ironman’ mode, where you can’t save and load, situations where you can’t level up the way you want always happen.

In those cases, I always used locations where good events reliably pop up. The disadvantage is that the probability of meeting other characters is low, so there’s a chance of losing out on events, but that shouldn’t be a problem.

Because I’m hooked with Nikea, my morning schedule is fixed to have lunch together, right? If I’m with Nikea, other characters will show up like a string of beads, so it won’t be a problem.

“Then…”

I clenched my small fist and made a decision.

“…Let’s go meet the God.”

The God who always loves demons, if I meet her, the various problems that make my head hurt will be solved in one go!