Chapter Chapter 48: 6. Hell is just beginning. (9) (1/2)
RATH 48
TL: Eevee
6. Hell is just beginning. (9)
#13 Their story: The story of someone still secret.
“…Really?”
“Indeed.”
A darkened room.
Two people were talking with each other in the middle of an atmosphere that screamed “this is a suspicious situation!”
“Victory in this year’s imperial festival is all but certain. In that case, is it not better to look after your own profits?”
“But my comrades…”
“Some of your comrades have already decided to side with us.”
“Kurrgh…”
My comrades had already sold out!
Only recently we had vowed to aim for the same goal together.
But for this, just for this!
‘Or maybe it’s not something you can call ‘just’ this…’
The opposition’s conditions were very tempting. They had that much value.
I was a fourth year this year, and soon to leave the academy.
And because of that, the opposition’s conditions were even more tempting.
And just like a devil the opposition aimed perfectly for that group of people.
I could understand just how my comrades were bought out. Because I wanted to make the leap so badly as well!
“Now, what will you do.”
“Krrrrk… wha, what if I don’t agree to these conditions…”
“Well, you will not be penalised. I just hope you would keep it a secret.”
“Why so?”
I couldn’t understand. This strategy worked the best if it was kept secret.
And if I was to reveal it?
‘…He’s a devil!’
Even if I spoke out it wouldn’t change anything.
No, if I did then everyone would fall into doubt hell where everyone suspected each other.
I don’t know about anyone else, but if it’s this person, this person that was more demonic than demons who came up with this plan then there was no doubt that this was what he’d aimed for right at the beginning when he first made this offer.
It could even be the case that I was the only one to be offered this in order to use me to spread distrust around the entire school.
No, it could even me a plot to make me think of all this in order to keep my mouth shut.
“Now, this is your final chance. Your choice?”
“Kuuuu… I’ll do it!”
And so I only had one choice.
To become another traitor, and to at least make my own profit from this!
And so, another traitor was born.
#14 Their story: A certain student council president’s story.
“Yesterday’s strategy was good. We finally managed to beat Professors Maroon and Aruhan.”
“The other kids’ resolves have changed, after all. At this rate, we might even be able to find ways to beat Professor Muam or Professor Harian before the holidays.”
“But there’s so much more they can use since they’ve got a Spirit King of water and the God of wind.”
“Yes. They have more aspects under their realms of authority and hence are a lot freer in their capabilities compared to our god-class summoners.”
“Risen and Miss Aris’s gods are too specialised, and unaffiliated with nature, after all. And aside from Lady Aris, the fact that the other first-year god-class summoners can’t use their powers very effectively is also a large factor.”
“Hey, it can’t be helped. Even with spirits the difficulty of controlling them as you get higher up the ranks is like the difference between heaven and earth, these are gods you’re talking about here. Even spirits that don’t express their opinions all that much are that finicky, asking for someone to control a god and their stubborn personalities within just half a year is asking for the impossible.”
“True, that’s pretty much impossible unless you’ve contracted a god that perfectly matches your personality like Risen did.”
“Hey, now that you mention him, where is Risen?”
“Ah, he got called to the disciplinary room earlier. Probably did something stupid again…”
“Again? Does he have some disease that makes him do dumb things at least once a month or something?”
“Let him be. He probably got caught peeking in the girls’ changing rooms again.”
“Damn, talk about convincing.”
“That’s not it, you lunatics!”
Risen slammed the door open as he entered the room.
The student council vice-president and the Trickster! Born as the youngest son of a baron, but once hailed as Yugrasia’s greatest hope after having the talent to make a contract with the god Loki!
Although now he’s the greatest enemy of the girls of Yugrasia!
“Risen, why were you called to the disciplinary office last month again?”
“Because I peeked on the girls’ changing rooms.”
“And the reason you got called up two months, and three months ago?”
“Of course, it was because I peekd on the girls changing rooms…”
“Die, enemy of women!”
At Risen’s shameless words, Karen, the female vice-president finally exploded and her fists swung through the air.
“Hey, I didn’t peek the month before that!”
“Ha? You think this is the first time I’ve fallen for your bullshit? The month before that was the holidays, you asshat!”
“Tch, this is why I hate sharp kids…”
Like myself, both of them were fourth years of Yugrasia as well as the same age as me.
But the place where Risen’s eyes addressed as a ‘kid’ was her very flat chest.
And at the familiar gaze, Karen’s face turned red as she quivered in anger.
“Die!”
Boom!
The claws of the giant dragon she summoned blew away Risen along with the door to the student council room.
“Here we go again.”
“Pres, where do we send the bill to this time? Risen’s family or Karen’s?”
“How have we split them so far again?”
“Hmm… 7 times where we dealt with it as a student council expense, Risen’s place 27 times, Karen’s place 20 times, and 5 times where they split it half-half.”
The treasurer pulled out the records and flicked through the pages with long-practiced movements before reading from a particular page. Now that I’ve heard everything, I should deliberate as the student council president.
We even have a regular craftsman we go to for this thanks to the two vice-presidents, but even so, the teachers had warned us previously about using the student council funds for this so most of the time we decided it with a single vote by the student council.
In the first phase we would decide on the cause, and vote in the second.
“One vote to Karen this time.”
“I vote Risen.”