Chapter 182 : Chapter 182

Chapter 182: The Devil's Seed (5)

“Wait a minute.”

“What is it?”

As I, who had been watching the Record’s video, raised my hand, Luis asked.

But instead of answering, I focused my gaze on the video.

In the video, the battle between me and Rachel was in full swing.

Due to the nature of the Record being worn on the head, the video was in first-person, so it was so chaotic that an ordinary person would have a hard time even identifying the contents of the video.

“……Why is there no mole?”

But Luis and Dayle here were not ordinary people.

Luis was a professional thief who had undergone systematic training since he was young, and the power of a demon dwelled in Dayle's two eyes.

“Mole?”

“What mole?”

“You don't know? Rachel has a beauty mark next to her lip.”

Even at my words, the two looked puzzled.

Wow.

They don't know this?

“No. It was here. Here!”

“……Was it?”

“I think it might have been.”

It seemed that the charm of a beauty mark was an aesthetic standard that only applied in the modern era where I had lived.

That's why only I seemed to remember Rachel's beauty mark as special.

Come to think of it, since the world of this place was based on modern Western Europe, all the people were Westerners.

So their skin was snow-white, and moles and freckles were also common.

In other words, it didn't seem to be a memorable physical feature.

Well, their agreement wasn't particularly important.

Because I remembered Rachel's physical features.

And that was enough, so I gave up persuading them and focused on the video again.

In the first-person view that was flipping by, I looked closely at Rachel's face, which was occasionally visible at close range.

It's certain.

The person in that video doesn't have the mole next to her lip that should be there.

‘Then what? It's not Rachel……?’

Her height and facial features were a spitting image of Rachel.

There's no way Lilith would have erased the mole just because she didn't like the look of it…….

‘……Huh?’

At that moment, a scene from the past flashed through my mind.

─‘I have a twin sister. Her name is Reina.’

During the survival game, the last assignment of the 1st semester mid-term evaluation.

In the process of persuading me, she told me about her past.

‘Come to think of it, she said the reason she infiltrated the cult and was trying to kill Bishop Lutus was for her sister's revenge. Damn it. To think I had forgotten this.’

Because her sister was dead, I had completely erased all possibilities related to her from my memory.

─‘I didn't originally have this. It appeared suddenly. They said it was transferred to me, her twin, because my sister died.’

─‘A guess?’

─‘No. It’s certain because I heard it directly from a reliable person.’

─‘Who is that?’

─‘Bishop Cristiano.’

It was a story she had told me while showing me the mark of Lilith's seed, the red mark.

At that time, she had said that Bishop Cristiano was a reliable person, so I had cursed inwardly at her poor judgment of people.

I was deceived too.

‘Anyway, this is definitely the twin sister, Reina. She wasn't dead. She must have been locked up somewhere inside the cult until Lilith's seed blossomed.’

I finally understood the identity of the strange sense of unease I had felt when facing Lilith.

When I told them what I had discovered, Dayle, who had been quiet, tilted his head and asked.

“Wait. Then what should we do about the Royal Dream's request?”

I thought for a moment.

If I hand over this video, the Royal Dream will immediately write an article as a special report and spread her picture throughout the royal empire.

If that happens, there will be a problem with Rachel's whereabouts.

“It’s been 4 days since Rachel disappeared.”

“Her, you say?”

“Right. She's not seen at the Academy either. She's supposed to come to the Lunatic periodically to report the internal situation of the cult to me, but that has also stopped.”

“You think something has happened to Rachel-yang.”

I nodded my head.

As Reina began her activities, Rachel disappeared.

I hate to assume, but if I were to assume that Rachel had been kidnapped by the cult…….

‘The Lunatic is in danger.’

Because Rachel knows the location of the Lunatic.

No matter how loyal she was and had no intention of opening her mouth, the cult had various means to make her open it.

“First, find Rachel's location. It won't be too late to hand over the video to the Royal Dream after that.”

The next day.

I received ominous news from Luis.

[I’ve looked into it, but there are reports of seeing someone who looks similar to her getting off an airship yesterday morning.]

[Source?]

[An employee working at the station.]

Then it would be accurate.

There's a possibility that it's Reina, so Luis probably said she looked similar, but my calculation is that if it were Reina, she wouldn't have used an airship so conspicuously.

[They say it was an airship that departed from Kretan.]

That's a city right below the central mountain range.

Why did Rachel go all the way there out of the blue?

Anyway, Rachel had entered Icata yesterday morning.

But the fact that she hadn't come to the Lunatic until now.

‘It means something has happened to her.’

And my prediction was correct.

The one who appeared at the Academy on the same day I received Luis's report was not Rachel, but Reina.

Reina was looking down at the Academy grounds with an expressionless gaze through the dormitory room window.

Then she met my eyes, as I was watching the female dormitory, and her eyes sparkled.

‘Damn it.’

I, who had recognized that she was Reina at a glance, immediately turned around and returned to my room.

And I hurriedly wrote a note to Luis.

[It seems Rachel has been kidnapped by the cult. In preparation for the location being exposed, move immediately from the Lunatic to the Parnaci branch. Also, hand over the video and information about Reina to the Royal Dream and quickly publicize it.]

I opened the window and blew the whistle, and a nearby night raven flew over.

After putting the note in its beak and sending it to the Lunatic, I prepared for the next step.

Reina.

No, Lilith's strength comes from the superior power of the demon race, but the most annoying thing is, of course, the seduction.

That's right.

The seduction that Rachel also used.

But in terms of level, it's incomparable to the seduction that Lilith herself uses.

If you're a man, you can never escape Lilith's seduction.

It's meaningless no matter how much you train your body.

Once you fall for the seduction, you become her slave forever.

‘I died at first because I didn’t know this countermeasure.’

In the 'Heroes of Frey' days, the first boss battle I had died helplessly without being able to do anything was this Lilith battle.

The second try was the same.

On the third try, I was able to find a means to prepare for the seduction, and only then was I able to clear the Lilith battle.

That means it is the artifact I have, the ‘Star’s Blessing’.

A unique-grade artifact that protects the owner's mind and body from mental attacks such as hallucinations, seduction, and curses.

Originally, because of this cheat-like trait and the special ability [Starlight], you had to go through an incredibly troublesome and difficult process to get it, but I got it in the early part of the game through the deus ex machina that was Dean Bell Toro.

If I hadn't gotten the Star's Blessing, the second means was to substitute it with the ‘Saint’s Catalyst’ that can be obtained from the Grand Cathedral.

And the last, the third means, was Professor Ilai's blessing.

Of course, since I already have the Star's Blessing, I don't need the Saint's Catalyst or Professor Ilai's blessing.

However, the Lilith battle is hard to handle with just my own strength.

‘It's going to be a large-scale battle.’

Due to the nature of the mental attack of seduction, it has to be.

That's why the Lilith battle is so tricky.

The only ones at the Academy who can resist the seduction are the women and the Mage-level professors.

And in this school, there is only one professor at the Mage level, the Head of the Psychology Department, Allen.

In other words, it wouldn't be strange if everyone else became Lilith's slave soldiers.

‘If people like the Vice-Dean, Department Head Pirion, or Section Chief Baron were to become her slaves…….’

Aah.

That was an ending I didn't even want to think about.

‘So this is a speed battle.’

After finishing all the preparations today, I will immediately enter the Lilith boss battle.

So as soon as I made the plan, I left the dormitory.

I had to find the party members who would fight the Lilith battle with me.

Professors would be good, but I didn't have a plausible reason and excuse to draw them out of Icata.

They wouldn't believe me even if I told them outright.

‘So cadets who will follow my words are better.’

Among them, those with outstanding skills and experience.

Who would that be?

Of course, it’s the protagonist, Ivan, and the other main characters.

‘Let's recruit Ivan first.’

When I went outside, it seemed Lilith had also started to act.

I could see her heading to the training hall in the distance.

Around her, kids who seemed to have already become slave soldiers were surrounding her.

‘The speed of encroachment is faster than I expected.’

If she goes to the training hall like that, all the male guys there will become slave soldiers.

And if Ivan is there, it's a major accident…….

It was when I was thinking that.

“Hello, Gerard-senior?”

Ivan appeared from behind me.

“What. Why are you here?”

“……Because my dorm is right next door?”

Hmm, I see.

Come to think of it, it wasn't something to be surprised about.

I felt awkward for no reason and let out a dry cough.

“Ahem. Anyway, what are you doing now?”

“I was going to the training hall. I saw you on my way, sunbae, so I came over.”

“You saw me? Why?”

“Well, I wanted to apologize.”

“Ah, that again? I’m really fine, you know?”

“Still, my heart is still uncomfortable. I’m really sorry, sunbaenim.”

I let out a frustrated sigh.

Ivan's apology was nothing special.

He had been completely fooled by Rainz's fake picture trick and had doubted me a little, and he was very sorry for that.

No matter how much I say, ‘It can happen, it’s in the past, so it’s okay,’ he keeps apologizing every time he sees me, and honestly, it’s getting annoying now.

‘Huh? Wait a minute.’

A good idea flashed in my mind, so I called Ivan again.

“Hey. If you’re that sorry, why don’t you buy me a meal.”

“……Pardon? A meal?”

Ivan tilted his head, as if it was a sudden request.

“Right. A meal. Why? Is it difficult?”

“It's not that, but I'm a bit taken aback.”

“Just buy me a meal and get it over with. Isn't that more comfortable for you too?”

Ivan thought for a moment and then nodded his head.

“Okay.”

Good.

“Then wait here for a moment.”

“Pardon? Why?”

“I'm going to get the other kids.”

“……The other kids?”

“Right. Since you’re treating, treat some more. Why? You don't want to?”

“No. That’s fine, but are you really going now?”

“Yeah. Let's strike while the iron is hot, let's go now.”

And so, I made Ivan wait in the dormitory's backyard in a headstrong manner and then went to find the other members.

“Hey, Gwyn!”

“……Gerard-senior?”

“Come here for a moment.”

The first was Gwyn Gaiard.

“Hey! Karina!”

“Damn it. So unlucky, first thing in the morning.”

The second was, of course, Karina Zain.

She frowned as soon as she saw me.

“Ah, what is it?”

“If you haven’t eaten, let’s go eat together.”

“……Eat?”

“Why? Are you busy?”

It was quite an interesting sight to watch a person's expression change so colorfully right in front of me.

Karina was like that.

Then she suddenly shook her head vigorously from side to side, and then, thud, she crossed her arms.

“Are you kidding me? Do you think I'm as free as you?”

“Ah, you're busy?”

“……That's right, but, well. I'll eat with you just this once, specially.”

“Damn it. You were going to accept anyway, so why act all high and mighty.”

I'm so busy.

Karina seemed to be about to snap something at the end, but when I ignored her and grabbed her wrist to pull her along, she shut her mouth and was dragged along quietly.

“What. Weren't we going, just the two of us?”

And she asks, seeing Ivan and Gwyn gathered in the yard.

“Yeah. We weren’t.”

She had a look on her face as if she had been deceived.

With this, there was only one left.

Yuria.

Finding Yuria was also easy.

Because she always came to the main gate of the male dormitory to wait for me when it was time to go training with me.

It would be the same this time, so this time, I decided to go and wait for her first.

And so, I wait in front of the female dormitory.

It was then.

“……Excuse me?”

Someone called me.

And as soon as I heard that voice, I tensed up.

“Hee-hit.”

A creepy laugh.

In my eyes, as I turned my head, Lilith, who should have been at the training hall, was standing there, smiling.

‘Son of a bitch.’

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