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

[ 『A new event has been confirmed!』]

[ 《Taking a magic class with Nikea Hollimpia》]

[ 《Time: Class time》]

“What… what is that guy doing?”

“Why is she doing that? Is she an idiot?”

“Wow… but I’m a little jealous.”

Professor Aiaie’s magic class turned into chaos in an instant with the appearance of me and Nikea.

To be honest, I had expected this kind of reaction.

Nikea is a member of the Royal race, so she cannot use magic. Receiving beneficial effects is also a struggle; the “Royal race” has enormous resistance to magic from birth.

If I had to pick an example from another fantasy, wouldn’t it be the dwarves? It was a merit and a penalty befitting the Royal race, who have a duty to protect their people from the evil and terrifying Demon race.

“As expected, the reaction is enormous…”

Nikea’s eyebrows twitched as she sat down in her seat.

“It’s been a while since you’ve taken a magic class, right, Nikea?”

“It’s embarrassing, but I’ve been busy until now.”

“It’s your first time since your second year, right?”

“… …”

Nikea turned her head to the side in a slightly cute and blatant manner. There, Professor Aiaie Hecate stood with a surprised expression, approaching us.

“Ms. Murmur? How did you… with the Princess?”

Professor Aiaie’s face was overflowing with a dangerous mix of emotion, both touched and incredibly surprised.

“Well…”

“Nikea is also a student of Cosmos Academy. Even if she can’t use magic, Murmur thought she could learn the theory well enough.”

“… Yes, that’s right. I sincerely apologize for my lack of participation in classes up until now.”

Nikea stood up from her seat and bowed her head in apology.

“Goodness… My goodness… I never thought I’d think that I made the right decision to work as a professor at the academy…”

Professor Aiaie, who had rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, stroked my head.

Professor! Since I did so well, can you please cancel the offer of supplementary classes, as if you’re taking me to graduate school?!

Murmur needs time after school, you know?!

“However, I don’t know if Nikea will be able to keep up.”

“Nikea is a smart and wonderful Princess, so I think she will do well if Murmur helps her a little.”

“Ahem… I do have a minimum amount of knowledge.”

Professor Aiaie patted Nikea on the shoulder and walked to the blackboard.

“Did she really bring the Princess here?”

“I, I can’t believe it! Shouldn’t the Princess be fighting the Demon race?”

“But… but! I saw it! She was eating breakfast with Murmur this morning?”

— buzz, buzz!

The innocence of children is sometimes really cute, but it also has a slightly cruel side.

Well, for me, I’ve brought forward the “Taking a magic class with Nikea” event, which I can enjoy when I’ve built up enough favorability, so I’m just excited about what kind of reward I’ll receive!

There’s a lot to gain if I get close to Nikea, right? What should I ask for? Should I ask for an item that can quickly pump up my stats, just like the summoning magic I received from the Demon God?

“… So, when consuming a mana potion, you must adhere to the designated dosage.”

While I was having fun imagining things, the magic class had already started.

The fact that Professor Aiaie is writing on the blackboard with an extremely serious expression about settings that I already know is a huge gap for me.

“Um… Murmur.”

Nikea, who had been pressing her lips with a pencil, poked my arm with her elbow and then leaned her body against me.

It feels like our chests are slightly touching, should I tell her?

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t understand something… Is this the page that Professor Aiaie was talking about?”

The textbook Nikea showed me was completely different from mine. What is this? I checked the cover of Nikea’s textbook, just in case.

“Nikea, this is a textbook used by third-year students.”

“Huh? Oh… ah…”

Nikea’s face turned red, and she bit her lip tightly before rubbing her cheek with her right hand.

Our Princess, you haven’t been taking magic classes at all, have you? Hey! You can’t just skip the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades, can you?

“Murmur…”

“Let’s look at it together.”

I grabbed my chair and stuck myself to Nikea’s body, then pushed the textbook between us.

I can also smell the faint, pleasant perfume, so there’s nothing for me to lose.

“… You’re showing it to me quite willingly.”

“Of course, isn’t it? We decided to take the class together.”

“If it were other nobles, they would have asked me for a territory.”

“Ehh… silly.”

Nikea covered her mouth with her left hand and burst into laughter.

“Right? Sil—”

“Ahem! Princess? Please refrain from chattering.”

At Professor Aiaie’s words, Nikea fanned her face with her hand and nodded with an embarrassed expression.

“Oh, right, Nikea. You see this magic circle?”

This problem was also a problem that came up during the promotion exam later, so it will probably come up when I actually take the exam in this world, right?

It was easy to just memorize the multiple-choice answers for the really crappy questions.

“You’re talking about the magic to cure mana poisoning, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. This magic, you see. Professor Aiaie didn’t tell you because it’s such common sense, but there’s a key point you must remember.”

“Murmur knows it well, doesn’t she?”

“Magic is like a mathematical formula. If you do the wrong calculation, you’ll always get the wrong, unintended result. You have to remember what you need to remember.”

The magic of Legend of Academy was a bit like computer programming. That’s why you had to memorize the “magic formula” more accurately. If you want to know the result of 1 plus 1, you have to use the correct addition.

By the way, this textbook is unkind. Shouldn’t they at least draw a picture of a person? This is the key, isn’t it?

I reached out and was about to bring my index finger to Nikea’s chest, but then I stopped.

“Huh?”

Even if we are both girls, I can’t just poke her chest. Even if it’s okay between us, let’s consider the gap between Murmur, a Demon, and Princess Nikea.

I grabbed Nikea’s hand and pulled it to my chest.

“M, Murmur?”

“The beginning of mana poisoning always starts from the heart. Here, can you feel my heart beating beyond Murmur’s chest?”

“Ah… yes, I can feel it properly.”

“You have to place your finger on this heart and draw a magic circle to resolve mana poisoning. No matter how big a magic circle you draw, no matter how precious the material you use, it’s meaningless.”

Was my explanation too childish? Nikea’s eyes, which had widened, were strangely flushed.

* * *

“From now on, please complete the cooperative task on page 67 with your friends. The methods are written in detail, so everyone can easily follow along.”

“Professor Aiaie!! Do you give points for this too?”

“That’s right. Since it’s a very easy task, I will give points if you succeed, so please proceed slowly.”

Professor Aiaie, who had finished a very kind class, began to watch us while sipping coffee.

The content of the cooperative task was very easy. There was even a mini-game when playing Leoa, and no matter how high the difficulty, it was famous for being a freebie mini-game, wasn’t it?

Anyway, it was a simple task where you just had to create an illusion after connecting your mana with each other.

“Ugh… I’m sorry, Murmur.”

But why is our Princess apologizing to me right away when she hasn’t even started the cooperative task?

“Did Murmur do something wrong?”

“No, it’s not like that. Murmur definitely didn’t do anything wrong. It’s just…”

Nikea looked down at her hands.

“Nikea is a coward.”

“Pardon?”

“The Royal race just has excellent mana resistance, not immunity.”

Looking at Nikea, I felt a little sorry for her. Her face was so pale, it made me wonder if she had eaten something wrong. Her fingers were also trembling.

“Nikea, please hold Murmur’s hand.”

“D, don’t do it. Murmur. I’ll tell Professor Aiaie. I don’t want Murmur to get hurt, ah…”

How can I just leave her like this?

I grabbed Nikea’s cold hand tightly and interlocked our fingers to prevent her from running away.

“Murmur!”

“Nikea… close your eyes. Slowly, slowly… feel Murmur’s hand. Feel the warmth, and realize that our body temperatures are the same.”

“Y, you’re definitely going to get hurt. I’m going to make you get hurt, and…”

“It’s okay. Murmur is a Demon, after all.”

Nikea stopped breathing and looked at me with wide eyes. Her long, pretty eyelashes fluttered, and after biting her red lip once, she gripped my hand very tightly.

“Nikea’s hands are cold right now.”

“Murmur’s hands are so warm.”

“If Murmur keeps touching you like this, they’ll be warm soon.”

“If my hands become as warm as Murmur’s, does that mean our mana is connected?”

I nodded carefully. As we fiddled with each other’s hands, I could feel Nikea’s immensity.

The Royal race has enormous resistance to mana, and although they cannot use magic, they possess a vast amount of mana within their bodies. Although they can only use it in a very crude and primitive way… this immensity was truly amazing.

It’s like, what should I say? It’s like looking at a vast ocean that fills the horizon.

“Murmur’s… I can feel it. Your mana…”

“You did well, Nikea. Then, let’s imagine something now.”

“What kind of imagination would be good? I… it’s my first time using magic.”

Strictly speaking, it was me, Murmur, who was actually casting the magic. It was like a giant auxiliary battery being connected to a smartphone called Murmur.

But Nikea’s feelings were not wrong. From now on, we had to match each other’s thoughts as much as possible.

“Let’s create a cute animal as an illusion.”

“What kind of child does Murmur like?”

“Hmm, how about a rabbit?”

“A rabbit? What color would be good? Black?”

“Isn’t white prettier?”

Nikea slightly raised the corners of her mouth. As she gently tickled the back of my hand with her index and middle fingers, Nikea nodded.

“A white rabbit. I like a white rabbit.”

“Murmur will also imagine a white rabbit.”

— Fluffy, crackle!

From our tightly clasped hands, a pure white light and a purple light began to emanate.

“Wow… it’s pretty.”

“Can Princess Nikea also use magic? How?”

“I, is that illusion magic?”

Between Nikea and me, a pure white rabbit had appeared, really quickly.

“W, why did you think of a hat?”

“I remembered a novel I read before…”

Nikea couldn’t help but burst out laughing. When we slightly lowered our hands, the rabbit illusion, which had been floating in the air, disappeared into stardust with a crackle.

“Thank goodness… I didn’t get hurt this time.”

“Murmur is a Demon, after all.”

Nikea raised the corners of her mouth and showed her ears by smoothing her side hair.

“Then… let’s talk to Professor Aiaie and get points—”

“I, I can’t accept it! You coward!!”

Esme, who appeared shouting, pointed her finger at me.

“Cooperative tasks are, at the very least! A task that should be done with 3 people! Connecting mana is more difficult the more people there are!”

“That’s true… The Princess did it with Murmur.”

“Maybe… Murmur did it all?”

“Maybe! Maybe!”

Esme’s eyebrows twitched as she glared at me.

“Murmur, you stay here alone! Princess? Let’s do the cooperative task together! We are all excellent students, so you just have to hold our hands!”

Esme held out her hand to Nikea.

It’s just the jealousy of a child. She’s angry because she sees someone she wants to be well with and someone she dislikes doing well.

“Murmur tricked the Princess! You only pretended to do the cooperative task to get close to the Princess and hold her hand!”

“… Esme’s words are not wrong.”

This was the truth. Connecting mana between two people and connecting mana between three or more people was a different story.

“Hmph, looks like you know your place?”

I’m familiar with this flow. Esme always picks a fight like this.

This child was a kind of device. She was a child who showed how negatively the world of Legend of Academy viewed the Demon race.

Esme also has her own story.

Esme is a young child.

In the end, she will pick a fight with me again, and I will end up fighting with her. Is it wise to leave it as it is?

“Princess, don’t play with this dirty Demon and play with us.”

“Esme, refrain from saying such things.”

“But she tricked you, didn’t she? Pretending to do a cooperative task to get close to the Princess and hold her hand?”

Nikea’s eyes became strangely flustered. Okay, if I know the wave is coming, I can’t just stand still.

“Anyway, Murmur! Don’t you dare wag your tail at the Princess, you dirty Demon… Ah, what’s with that expression? Do you have a complaint?”

Esme tried to make a venomous expression. It looked a bit cute to me, though.

“If you have a complaint, I, Esme Bloodberry, will properly—”

I know the next line. Whenever I take a magic class with Nikea, Esme always barges in like this and picks a fight with me with a certain probability.

Okay, let’s do it. There’s a way for children to deal with children.

We’re still soft.

We’re not stiff.

We can change as much as we want.

“Esme!”

If a wave comes, you just have to avoid it!

I grabbed Esme’s hand and brought her to the table where Nikea and I were sitting.

[ 『A new event has been confirmed!』]

[ 《Taking a magic class with Esme Bloodberry》]

[ 《Time: Class time》]

“Y, you! Wh, what are you? What are you doing?!”

“If you want to play with us, just say you want to play with us. You can do the cooperative task with Murmur and the Princess, the three of us together, right?”

“… Uhh?”

Esme, who had been thinking of having a great duel with me, looked back and forth between me and Nikea with a blank expression.

“Ah, were you jealous?”

“I’m… I’m not jealous!”

“Murmur thinks Esme needs to learn how to be honest.”

“J, jealous! I’m not, I tell you!! I hate Demons!!”

Esme, who was crying cutely, still didn’t want to miss the chance to hold the Princess’s hand, so she sniffled and sat down on the chair!