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

[ 『Wisdom increased by 2!』]

[ 『Stats』]

[ 【Strength 6, Agility 6, Health 6, Intelligence 10, Wisdom 10, Charm 10】]

The moment I met the Demon God, Armonia, my stats increased just like in the game.

I was teary-eyed when I appeared, and even bled from my nose, so I thought the event wasn’t working properly, but thankfully it seems fine.

“Child of Nectar, speak whatever you desire from the Demon God.”

That line is the same too.

“Murmur wants to learn magic from the Demon God, Armonia.”

“Are you saying you wish to learn magic from this noble being?”

“Yes!! You are a great being who knows all magic.”

“And what do you wish to do with this magic?”

The Demon God gently wrapped her arms around my waist and half-embraced me against her chest. Demon God? Do you know that your soft chest is touching Murmur’s cheek?

The scent emanating from your body is also strangely sweet, making me sleepy?

[ 『Stress decreased by 50!』]

[ 『Murmur』]

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

It’s a relief that the Demon God’s head-patting effect is still the same, and if I keep choosing the right dialogue options, I’ll get the same rewards.

“I want to become stronger.”

“If you desire strength, I shall bestow a blessing upon you.”

“If I become strong overnight with the Demon God’s blessing, people will just see me as a monster.”

“The understanding of humans holds no meaning to the child of Nectar.”

This was quite an important question. That’s why I remember it well.

This story is quite touching. It shows that Murmur, who is hated by everyone, the ugly duckling that Murmur is, is more righteous than anyone else in her heart.

“Demon God, Demon God. Murmur… was saved by the Hero. By the Hero who is fated to kill every single demon in this world.”

“Indeed… unlike the prophecy given to the Saint, the humans of the earth understand the Hero as a cruel butcher. That is why I speak.”

The Demon God stroked my cheek.

“I shall give you power. Overwhelming power to dominate and control those fools.”

“Murmur doesn’t want to dominate. I want to play more with my friends. I don’t want everyone to look at Murmur with bad eyes. I don’t want the Hero who saved me to be called a ‘failure’.”

“Child of Nectar…”

I grabbed the Demon God’s hand with all my strength.

“I want to make the people who say that demons can only do bad things feel ashamed.”

“That path will be very painful…”

“But, the Hero who saved Murmur did it. Murmur can do it too.”

“That one is a Hero chosen by the hands of humans. And his end was very lonely.”

“If Murmur doesn’t walk that path, the efforts and actions of the Hero who saved Murmur will all be in vain. I don’t want that. That is very bad.”

The Demon God gave me a very faint and bitter smile.

“You say you will take the power to be understood by humans and make them acknowledge you.”

The Demon God caressed my cheek.

“A duck born among swans can never become a swan, child of Nectar. Do not try to become someone so beautiful that even the swans are moved.”

“Because the Demon God will help Murmur. I can definitely do it.”

“I thought you were a foolish and soft thing, but the light you hold is surprisingly bright.”

The Demon God held out her pinky and thumb, as if to make a promise.

“Child of Nectar. The Demon God, Armonia, promises you.”

“Yes, Murmur also promises.”

“This body will teach you any wisdom or knowledge so that you may achieve your dream.”

“Murmur can overcome any adversity or trial for her dream. I promise.”

The day has come when I’m making a pinky promise with the Demon God, rubbing our thumbs together. Maybe life at Cosmos Academy isn’t so bad after all.

* * *

[ 『A new event has been confirmed!』]

[ 《Have a secret meeting with the Demon God》]

[ 《Time: After school》]

Unfortunately, The magic I could learn from the Demon God was random.

So sometimes, when she taught me trash magic that I had no way of using, I would tearfully save and reload.

But! I am Murmur. Wouldn’t it be okay to just ask the Demon God, Armonia, for the magic I want to learn?

“Demon God, Demon God.”

I grabbed the hem of my dress, which barely covered my chest and other important areas, and pulled it down.

“Speak, child of Nectar.”

“Murmur wants to learn summoning magic.”

Summoning magic.

In Legend of Academy, it was classified as a ‘Tier 0 magic,’ the best of the best.

The reason it was Tier 0 was simple: the summons were strong. They weren’t affected by stats other than intelligence, so the faster you learned it, the easier it was to cheese.

If my summon is level 3 and my opponent is level 2, I can win with the stats of my summon! In Leoa, where you often learn skills randomly, this was a honey pot.

Even when used alone, it consistently showed good performance, something that beginners wouldn’t know how grateful it is!

But can I even learn this? Originally, this is magic that you learn in the middle school division, not the elementary school division, right? Furthermore, don’t you have to steal a grimoire from Professor Aiaie’s event?

“Summoning magic, hmm? Hohora, yes. Considering your talent, that magic would suit you well.”

The Demon God, Armonia, put her hands together and created a purple light, forming a ‘Grimoire.’ What? Is this how skills are usually taught?

Anyway, it’s a success. A fifth-grader in elementary school can learn magic from the middle school division!! I can definitely win if Esme or any other character tries to pick a fight with me now?!

“I have melted my wisdom about summoning magic here, so read it calmly.”

The grimoire was more ordinary than I expected. Considering it was made by the terrifying Demon God, it wasn’t even made of human skin.

“Won’t people be surprised?”

“Do not underestimate my wisdom. It is a book written to match the eyes of those insignificant humans, according to the latest trends in the mage’s tower. If anyone tries to find fault with it, use the grimoire to hit them.”

Then I’d get arrested. You silly Demon God.

“Thank you. I’ll read it diligently.”

Swish!

When I opened the unexpectedly thick grimoire, I could see densely packed letters, like reading a wiki page.

This feels like a setting book. Can I really use magic just by reading this?

Well, there’s a magic circle, so should I try it out?

“Eit…!”

I didn’t hold a crayon, but I drew a magic circle in the air with my fingertip.

—Crack!

“Answer my call, wisp!”

The magic circle split open, and a sphere of white electricity fell out with a soft thud.

“Demon God! Demon God! I succeeded!”

“Though it is a low-level spirit, you succeeded in summoning it right away. You seem to have quite the talent.”

The Demon God gently stroked my head.

“Well done, child of Nectar. But do not forget. The more spirits you summon, the more fragmented your connected consciousness will become.”

Does this mean there is a limit to the number of spirits I can summon? In the game, it just showed ‘2 spirits remaining that can be summoned,’ but she’s telling me like this?

“Yes! Demon God. I will remember and be careful not to get hurt.”

The Demon God, Armonia, looked at me with loving eyes as I came up with a clever answer.

I wish that affection was real.

I was just following Murmur’s lines.

If I show my true actions, that feeling will change, right?

//slw『Stress increased by 5!』

* * *

Nikea Hollimpia narrowed her eyes.

‘This sweet smell… I must be imagining things, right?’

Nikea, who was enjoying breakfast with Murmur as promised, was immediately flustered as soon as she sat down. She could instinctively sense the ‘evil aura of demons.’

As a member of the ‘Royal Race,’ she had a duty to protect the people of the Empire from evil demons, so she had been trained since childhood to sense such auras. That’s why she was so surprised by the sweet scent that made her eyebrows furrow.

‘But Murmur is different from other children of Nectar. She’s not delinquent and listens diligently in class, right?’

She hadn’t done any background checks, but Nikea Hollimpia knew.

“Nikea… Are you not eating because of Murmur?”

“No? That’s not it. I just had something I wanted to think about.”

Nikea forced a business smile, then covered her mouth with her right hand and turned her head to the side. One of the maids standing next to her knelt down and brought her ear closer.

“Yesterday, did anything special happen to her?”

“I heard that she refused Professor Aiaie’s private lesson.”

“Isn’t that a great honor? This is the first time I’ve heard of Professor Hecate trying to give a private lesson to anyone.”

Professor Aiaie Hecate was a genius, but she wasn’t very interested in teaching the children of the Academy.

Her perspective on magic was so different from ordinary people that the students always complained of difficulties. In the end, Aiaie had compromised with the world and had long adhered to the method of reading textbooks and teaching as they were written.

“Why did she refuse?”

“That is… she said she wanted to play after school…”

“Huh? That’s… really?”

Nikea was surprised and looked at Murmur. Murmur was cutting an evenly cooked steak with a knife and fork. She held the knife in reverse, which looked a bit cute.

“In other words, she secured her after-school time…”

“But I can understand why she wants to play.”

Nikea cut a bell pepper and put it in her mouth.

‘Murmur is the first demon I’ve ever met who is so well-behaved, polite, and refined. I thought she was someone who could prove that my father and I were not wrong…’

Nikea twitched her nose. The sweet scent that stung the tip of her nose was still emanating from Murmur. Since Murmur was receiving the Demon God’s ‘love,’ it was natural for Nikea to feel this sweet scent, and if she hadn’t felt it, she wouldn’t have been qualified to be a princess.

“Nikea, you seem to be worrying a lot since a while ago. Are you okay?”

“I said we’d eat together, but there hasn’t been much conversation, has there? I’m sorry, Murmur.”

“You seemed to have a big worry.”

“I can’t say I don’t. If I, a princess, were to say that I am carefree, it would be an insult to my father, who is always working hard.”

Nikea brought a knife to her potato.

“I thought Nikea was having trouble because of the magic class after breakfast.”

“Cough…!”

“Y, Your Highness!”

Nikea, who had choked, quickly emptied a glass of cold water.

“Me… gulp, how could that be?”

Murmur knew. Nikea was a princess who was famous for skipping every single magic class. She even knew the reason.

“But Nikea… you didn’t attend magic class yesterday either, did you?”

“I had to talk to an adult who came from far away, so I couldn’t help it.”

“If you don’t attend every day, you won’t be able to keep up, will you?”

“Ugh…”

Nikea clenched her teeth. For a princess who always wanted to appear ‘perfect,’ magic class was an insurmountable wall.

The reason was simple.

Nikea couldn’t use magic.

It was a given for her, a member of the Royal Race. That’s why she had no interest in magic. Like children who didn’t like bell peppers, she thought learning magic was a waste of time.

“I don’t think it’s Murmur’s place to meddle…”

Even though her body looked like a middle schooler with budding breasts, Nikea’s inner self was still a fifth-grader. She spoke a little coldly without realizing it, and Murmur looked very nervous.

“…Murmur will teach you a little.”

Murmur was confident. She had the grimoire given to her by the Demon God, and the textbook that was visible to her eyes was too easy, like teaching basic arithmetic.

“Help me?”

Just as she had chosen the magic she wanted to learn from the Demon God, Murmur was trying to choose an event that she could enjoy with Nikea.

“I think Nikea is having a hard time because Professor Aiaie’s class is difficult. And the class is conducted in groups. If you take the class with me, you’ll get good grades too.”

Nikea recalled her report card, which had a clean failing grade. She also remembered her own disgrace of having to shut her mouth at social parties because her stomach hurt when talking about magic.

‘…She must want something.’

Sadly, Nikea had a slightly twisted thought.

“I can’t just let Nikea keep lying and running away from magic class every day.”

“…Is that the reason?”

“And… aren’t we friends who have breakfast together like this?”

Nikea blinked her eyes. Her hands had completely stopped moving.

“Is it not because I’m a princess?”

“If it’s because Nikea is a, a princess, then Murmur is a demon, so I should run away.”

“Okay, Murmur, I’ll accept your help for now.”

Nikea, who spoke with a slightly dazed expression, swallowed her saliva.

‘She just suddenly called me a friend… She’s a demon, but why do I find her so cute?’

With a strange feeling rising in her, Nikea unconsciously stroked her lower abdomen.