Surviving as a Villain at the Academy

12 – Dancing with Fairies. (4)

I skimmed through the lecture and listened to the whispers around me. Next to me, Asti was reviewing the class content with shining eyes. It’s an unusual level of sincerity.

…… So, it may have been possible to receive sponsorship in the name of Prah Lancel, but honestly, it was a bit awkward.

-Did you hear? At the front gate of the academy this morning……

-Oh, I heard that too. I’m not saying Prah did well, but Aris did too well.

-Not much. Would Prah be like that if it had been a little bit like that? After playing with people’s hearts for so many years, I have cleared my karma properly.

-No matter what, Prah is an attempted rape…….

-Of course, her actions were very wrong, but I wish she had liked Aris so much. However, I committed this out of anger because he was playing with people’s hearts.

-Isn’t Prah just pretending to be nice?

-If he was pretending to be a good person, he wouldn’t have supported students with that huge amount of money. How much money did he spend? From what I heard, he was a fan of extravagance and pleasure since he grew up, so he didn’t enjoy it even once and was willing to throw away his savings…… At that level, I have to admit that he is acting nice. It’s something that other people can’t do easily.

As expected, it was as expected. Even though Aris was her victim, she was receiving a less favorable look than her pity.

Of course, Aris is a person who doesn’t really care about the reactions of those around her, but if she listens to herself talk all day long, her mentality is bound to be shaken whether she knows it or not.

Anyway, the protagonists’ growing hostility toward me was progressing very well, step by step. In the first place, the Ruslans are united around Aris, so Aris’s burning hostility towards me means incurring the resentment of the entire Ruslans.

If they do not exert themselves, the narrative will not flow. The role that Frach Lancel must play is to serve as a foundation for their growth, and I will gladly serve as a foundation for them.

In the process, they will pass through many difficult paths, but those difficult paths will become the driving force that will allow them to endure the middle part of the novel.

So, they had to have at least the same level of strength as the original. At this point, Ruslan feels reasonably strong, but he is still just a student.

You need to lay a good foundation at the beginning so that he can grow through the chapters with ease.

So now, in order to lay the foundation, I was planning to take Asti to the Faculty of Magic and find the Secret Garden.

If you check the location of the Fairy Fruit in advance and lure Ruslanne there, Ruslan will probably be able to acquire the Fairy Fruit without any problem.

In the first place, it was a fairy fruit obtained at a similar time in the original work, but there was no problem in moving the time forward a little. Rather, it was more advantageous to advance.

Since the original work has already been slightly distorted by the variable I am, it will become even more distorted, whether we know it or not. Originally, I wanted the story to flow according to the original story, but…… It was only this morning that I became convinced that it was close to impossible.

In that case, Ruslan had to be strengthened to a degree that was as similar to the flow of the original as possible. No, maybe a little earlier.

The stronger Ruslan becomes, the closer he will be to ‘everyone’s happy ending.’ Of course, that would make my survival a bit more difficult…… First of all, since we have a strong supporter called Asti, everything will work out. In the first place, I didn’t just want to have fun.

I also had to rely on Asti’s strength to become strong to a level similar to Ruslan. That way, you will be able to support them after Chapter 3 without being killed by Ruslan.

Capture the appearance of the Department of Magic. A typical space for wizards, like something out of a movie I saw as a child.

This is a place where all the wonders of the Academy sleep, as passages that move randomly are common, and there are dozens of secret spaces, whether you know it or not.

For your information, the Secret Garden is also one of those wonders.

“Why did you suddenly come to the Faculty of Magic?”

“I have something to look for. Asty. “Is there a place where you can feel a strong magical response?”

“Where do you think this is? It’s the Department of Magic. The magical response can be felt throughout the entire faculty.”

“What is the ‘strong’ mana response? A particularly strong place.”

“A particularly strong place?”

“Yes. “It also feels like a very pure magical power.”

A fairy is a creature born with an ego embedded in the magic power condensed in the atmosphere. It shows a purity that is completely different from man-processed magic, so Asti, who is even more sensitive to pure magic because he is a demon, will be able to find it.

According to my words, Asty concentrated his mind and soon trembled. Extreme rejection reaction. It seems that the pure magical power of fairies is unpleasant to demons.

“I found it. Tsk.”

Irritability suddenly appears on my always smiling face.

“Is this a rejection of pure magical power?”

“That’s right. Ugh, I feel dirty.”

Asti trembled. It was a huge rejection. You may not know it, but you will probably have a similar reaction if you meet the saint in person.

“What on earth does this place do that has such magic?”

“It’s a garden of grumpy fairies. And at the center is the essence that created them.”

“If it’s an integer, it’s definitely…… Fairy fruit? “How on earth do you know such things?”

“Well.”

“Isn’t this too mystical?”

“I said it before… ….”

“Is it because I’m sloppy?”

“Okay. “If you want to hear the details from me, make sure I trust you.”

“Tch. It’s okay. So why on earth?”

“Besides, I wish you could open the magic mirror.”

“Magyeong? Why?”

“Don’t talk nonsense and do as you’re told.”

Asty’s expression was strangely distorted by his somewhat coercive attitude.

“I will make you pay someday.”

“Do whatever you want. I don’t care what you do to me. “Can you really make me pay before I die in the first place?”

“… ….”

“You just need to not ruin my plans. “Just like the chess pieces on the chessboard, if you don’t complain and do what you’re told, you’ll figure it out someday.”

Asti listened to me and sighed, looking strangely helpless.

“Okay. “I just need to open the magic mirror over there, right?”

“This time, though, a little stronger than the last time.”

“Strongly?”

“Okay. So that I can fight really hard with the fairies. “We need to take away the power of the fairies.”

“Relaxing your strength? For what…… Oh, you’re not going to tell me anyway, right?”

“I know very well.”

“Ha. Okay. And what else should I do?”

“Tell me the location of the flower garden in detail. “Because there’s a lot to do.”

“Location…… Okay. “Can I at least draw you a map?”

“Then thank you.”

With a reluctant expression, Asty spread magical energy in the air and drew a map. The location is…… The second basement level of the Department of Magic. This is where a warehouse containing all kinds of magical items is located. And the door hidden deepest among them.

It was also buried in a deep place. If you think about it, it’s natural. As fairies are spiteful, they have the potential to embarrass people, so they have no choice but to seal them deep in a place where people can’t see them.

2Nd basement floor…… It’s okay.

Now all we have to do is take them there. It is not difficult to call them to the flower garden. Because of this, I said harsh words to Aris earlier.

If it’s Aris, and our righteous protagonist will do anything for Aris, she’ll definitely be planning on hitting me in some way.

So what I plan to do is to have them approach me when I have a class at the Faculty of Magic.

If I tell Asti that I need to find a certain item on the second basement floor under the magic professor’s instructions, and Asti leads them to my location while I am away…… In a nutshell, the whole situation is created.

Just at that moment, Asti opens the magic mirror and all I have to do is sneak out of the place where the fairies and demon beasts are fighting.

In order for them to be safe in the battle between witches and fairies, the power gained from the fairy fruit is essential.

And Diana, a student at the Faculty of Magic, will recognize the power of the fairy fruit with her sensitive magic sensing ability and will try to feed it to Ruslan, the strongest of them all.

The process of reaching the fruit may be difficult, but if Ruslan eats the fruit with the help of several people, the first hidden piece will fall into the protagonist’s hands.

I told Asti about the plan I had made and told him that he could implement it during the magic class tomorrow.

“Is it really okay to just do that? What more to do?”

“Nothing.”

Asti nodded his head as if he understood with a somber expression. It wouldn’t be good if things continued like this, so I decided to offer a reward that would satisfy him.

“If this ends successfully, I will let you eat my emotions.”

“Ah.”

“I guess it’s about time I got hungry.”

“…… That’s right.”

This clause was written at the end of the contract before I changed it. Every month, when Asti asks for an emotion, give it to him.

Actually, that content was erased when I wrote the contract, so I didn’t have to offer my emotions, but I could use it as a reward.

“You should work harder because you will be rewarded, right Asty?”

“Ha. Yes, I would rather die than get sick.”

Asti nodded her head. But there was a strange joy on her face as she sighed. Since it was my feelings that caused him to approach me in the first place, I would feel quite satisfied just by eating them.

Asti’s proactiveness must have been secured, and I just hoped that no unnecessary variables would arise this time.

I returned to the mansion with Asti, hoping that Ruslan would be able to eat the fruit. When Aris saw me riding in the carriage, her eyes flashed from afar, but she did her best to pretend not to notice.