Surviving as an Academy Black Magician - Surviving as an Academy Black Magician chapter 82

Frey and I returned to the dormitory together.

Originally, the schedule at the mansion was over and the festival was to be enjoyed, but it was too late, so we decided to go to the festival together tomorrow.

of course.

Charlotte was there too.

On the way up to the room, I glanced at Charlotte’s room, but it was very different from the entrance to see how much it cost.

Although the school said nothing about the remodeling at their own expense, Bella Trey, the housekeeper at our dorm, was not the type to condone it.

‘I’m looking forward to what he will say again this time.’

The current time is 3:30 in the morning.

The reason I was out of bed at this hour was thanks to the information Roman brought me.

As a result of monitoring the servants in the mansion, two people showed suspicious behavior.

It was Jackson, the butler, and Layla, the maid.

According to Roman’s report, Jackson had been in charge of managing the count’s finances for quite some time, and much of that money seemed to have leaked out.

Also, the unidentified group he contacts is also said to be the one who acts as a broker in the back world.

‘… … Doubtful,’

Layla, the maid, was not as suspicious as Jackson, but she was included on the list because there were a few things that didn’t make sense.

First of all, he was the most recent member of the manor’s staff, now in his 5th year as a servant, and although he did not cook himself, he was helping as an assistant and delivering food to the householder himself.

And despite being a maid who does most of the housework, she has calluses on both of her hands.

It wasn’t conclusive evidence, but as Roman strongly recommended it, she was going to look into it as well.

“Let’s go.”

“yes.”

Roman and I headed to Frey’s mansion.

The first thing to check was Jackson, the butler. In preparation for an unexpected situation, he activated the power of Andromalius and changed his face.

Tak tok tok.

It ran rapidly between trees and trees and ran at breakneck speed. The scenery around me flashed by in an instant.

Thanks to my already strong body and acceleration magic, running with my own feet was now faster than riding a wagon.

After passing through several forests and roofs of buildings, Frey’s mansion came into view in the distance.

Enlisted soldiers who can hardly be called guards.

The number was also significantly less.

It was too small and shabby to be said to be the strongest swordsman family that once represented the empire.

There might be a few knights inside the mansion, but they weren’t comparable to other families.

This, too, must have been caused by the deteriorating health of the owner, Hilton Frey. Can not help it.

they are knights. If the lord they serve is shaken, inevitably the family is also shaken.

Sasak!

While inspecting the mansion from the top of a tree, I kicked off a branch and flew up at once.

Took.

In just one leap, he reached from the tree to the roof of the mansion. Roman, who had followed him before he knew it, said with a puzzled face.

“Isn’t there something wrong with that physical ability… ?”

“what.”

“I’ve never seen a mage who used strengthening magic that way.”

“Originally, you have to keep selling only what you are good at. I bet most wizards have an eye for enhancement magic, right? It’s because I focus on elemental magic every day, whether it’s fire, lightning, or ice. If you look carefully, there must be some enhancement magicians of the same level as me.”

“… There should be, but there is no one with this level of power.”

“Noisy. Where is the butler’s room?”

“It is over there. Please follow me.”

Roman led the way, and I followed him.

A separate building used by the users separately. The room on the highest floor was the butler’s room.

Instead of opening the door and entering, we chose to open the window and enter.

drooling.

When I opened the window and went in, Jackson, the butler who was in bed, jumped up.

“What kind of guys are they… … .”

Despite the sudden intrusion of masked assailants in the middle of the night, he had a fairly calm face.

‘Even though I’m old, I’m still a soldier.’

I had no intention of fighting in the first place.

Roman approached Jackson in an instant and threw a sword at his back.

He almost avoided Roman’s attack in that short period of time, as if his experience on the battlefield was alive, but the chain of corruption that was already prepared bound his body.

puck.

Jackson passed out.

I approached him and activated ‘Swamp of Oblivion’, the mind-type black magic I used on Daisy.

Just like then, the door was visible. However, if there was a difference, there were no locks, and there were several types of doors.

I opened the second door from the far end.

rattle.

The scenery changes.

There is a young Halton Caligo and Jax, the butler.

The two are swinging their swords with their backs to each other on the battlefield that has become a sea of blood. Enemies surround it on all sides, and it has only two allies. Nonetheless, they wield their swords without hesitation.

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They believe in each other and go on endlessly, finally winning.

Then they look at each other and smile.

Even after that, similar sights continue. Jackson was using honorifics for Halton Caligo, but even as a 3rd person, I could feel that the two were true friends who had already shared numerous bonds.

memory is over

This door seemed to be a memory from the time when he was walking on the battlefield with his master in the past.

However, this door was not what I wanted. I opened the door at the far end.

The background this time was the bedroom of the family head we saw earlier.

There, although not as much as now, he could see the weakened family head and the butler standing next to him.

-Jackson. How many days do I have left?

-30 years. no 40 years. I do not know. At least you will live longer than me.

-Don’t play around. I know the state of my body too.

-Do not worry. I will definitely cure the family lord’s illness. So don’t even think about it, just think about your own comfort.

– It’s pretty much the same. In the past and now, you took care of me terribly. You know what? Although we were intertwined as lords and subjects, I never once considered you as a subordinate. Because you were my true friend. So that’s what I’m saying. When I die, Frey… ask for the child Even if you look upright, you are a tender child. Ever since his brother died, I’ve pushed him too hard. I shouldn’t have done that… . cool, cool.

-Patriarch. Say no more. I’ll bring the councilor.

– Cool! Cool! promise me Even if I die, I will definitely protect that child.

– I promise. I will definitely protect the boy, no, the lady. So don’t talk like that anymore.

– Thank you. That’s it. If that’s the case, even if you die, there’s no time left.

-Halton! Why do you keep talking about death? Didn’t I say I would save you!

As they had been together for a long time, Jackson was very sad as Halton’s health deteriorated.

charrr!

Dozens of landscapes passed like a panorama, and soon the background changed again.

A deserted alley.

There was Jackson and the masked men.

Jackson seemed to hand the men a bag of money, and the men handed Jackson something like a badge with an unknown symbol on it.

‘Is that money from the Caligo family? What kind of things are you going to contact with these people, even while stealing the family’s money?’

The place Jackson headed was a mansion in a slum.

After handing the badge to the masked men, they opened the door, and Jackson walked down the pitch-dark hallway wearing an eyepatch.

What appeared after that was the auction house. Seeing that everyone was wearing masks, it seemed to be an illegal auction house where illegal trading was conducted in the shadows.

A lot of stuff came up on the auction house.

Eventually, when the last object came out, Jackson raised his hand.

that.

It was an elixir that I was familiar with.

However, when I saw the real thing, I immediately recognized that it was fake.

‘ha… … . Did this happen… .’

Jackson, who poured all of his fortune into winning the bid for the elixir, returned to the count’s house and gave the elixir to Halton Caligo, but his condition did not improve at all.

It was natural.

In the first place, the elixir he bought was fake.

Jackson, who learned the truth belatedly, screamed and went to the group that sold him the fake elixir, but they had long since disappeared.

Even after that, he did not give up and traveled all over the empire, collecting all kinds of elixirs that were said to be effective.

No matter how frugally Count Caligo’s family had lived, I couldn’t understand why their finances had become so difficult, but now that I was looking at his memories, it seemed to make sense.

He used the family’s money to save his family head.

That wasn’t all. Not only did he use the Caligo family’s money, but even the private money he had had long since turned away. He even borrowed money from loan sharks who played money.

It is only to save the life of his old friend, master, and head of the family he serves.

The debt snowballed, and despite this, Hilton Caligo’s condition showed no signs of getting better.

His memory ended with the despairing face of Jackson.

Coming out of his mental world, I looked at Roman and said.

“It wasn’t Jackson. Although he was a bit foolish, this man did his best to save Halton Caligo.”

“… Is that so.”

“okay. I think the maid was the culprit. Go right away.”

“yes.”

I put the fainting Jackson on the bed and left the room with Roman.

In fact, as soon as I heard what Roman said, I thought Jackson, the butler, was the culprit who made Halton Caligo like that.

However, the inside story was completely different.

Jackson was a person with great loyalty to the extent that he traveled all over the country in search of all kinds of elixirs to save his family while robbing himself of his own money.

Although the results were not good, his efforts could not be denied.

This is why you shouldn’t judge people by their appearance alone.

‘I’m sorry.’

According to Roman, the maid named Layla is unusually staying at a nearby cabin rather than Frey’s mansion.

Because Roman also got information from the maids, he had never entered her cabin.

Arriving in front of the cabin, we killed our presence and approached slowly.

“… … .”

No sound could be heard from inside. After exchanging glances, they immediately opened the door. Contrary to expectations, the cabin was empty.

But something was a little strange. Looking at the lights in the room, it seemed that someone had just been there.

‘Wait, this energy… … .’

It was Magi.

I felt demonic energy under the floor I was stepping on.