“Where did you go?”
Idea asked as she saw Ares entering the staff room with a dejected look.
For some reason, he looked completely drained and depressed.
That’s why Idea couldn’t help but ask him with concern.
“…….”
Idea tilted her head when Ares didn’t answer.
Soon, she realized why Ares was so dispirited.
“Did you go and meet our president?”
Twitch-.
Ares’ eyebrows twitched violently.
Our president.
Ares rubbed his forehead at the flattering choice of words.
But he couldn’t refute Idea’s words.
Because it was true that he had gone to meet Adel.
“Tsk, tsk, you should have just done that from the beginning. Why did you have to go and bully our ‘president’? A teacher who catches students. That’s unbecoming of a teacher.”
“…….”
“On the other hand! I recognized the class president’s talent and helped him grow like this. Unlike a certain foolish senior.”
Idea, who was relentlessly tormenting him.
Ares sighed and sat down next to Idea to organize the documents.
And he thought about Adel.
‘He’s stronger than I thought. That could also mean he’s more dangerous.’
Ares had judged Adel to be under Baltan and Diana.
Even if he had highly evaluated Adel’s strength, he had only thought he was at the level of the Child of Gluttony or the Child of Greed.
However.
‘……His potential for growth is enormous.’
He was not inferior to Baltan or Diana at all.
Perhaps he might even show strength that surpassed the two of them.
Perhaps.
He might have already obtained it.
Because Adel seemed to be hiding a lot of things that suited his sinister aura.
Ares acknowledged Adel and recognized that he did not abuse his strength despite his murderous nature.
But he did not let down his guard against Adel.
No.
To be exact, he could not let it down.
‘Because that guy is hiding something.’
Adel’s strange behavior during the entrance exam was not limited to one or two instances.
He had covered parts of the Angel Flower’s Crest so that they would not be recorded on video, and he had even perfectly conquered the artificial labyrinth by using abilities that he had not revealed before.
Now, it was even questionable whether the Bares family was backing Adel.
But to say that he was a spy from the human world, it bothered him that he had killed the human instructor who was his target.
‘He was wearing the Imperial Crest.’
The human instructor who was Adel’s target was a member of the Imperial Family.
Killing such a man meant turning the Imperial Family into a complete enemy.
If he were a spy from the human world, he would not have been able to do such a thing.
Then.
Was Adel truly someone who would become a ‘gain’ or ‘poison’ to the Demon Realm?
That was unknown.
The students would know better than Ares himself.
Samuel, Luna, Fron, and all the other students had been influenced by Adel’s actions.
Ares had only seen fragments of Adel.
But the students must have seen his true nature while living with him.
That was why.
‘……How complicated.’
He was grateful to Adel for disobeying Idea’s education and throwing his own body to save the students.
However, It was impossible to let down my guard around Adel.
This was a natural feeling for a Sytan instructor and guardian of the students.
Idea must have known this as well.
I’ve known her for a long time, but it’s not easy to figure out what she’s thinking.
Originally, Idea was a gentle child…
But at some point, she started acting aloof, which didn’t suit her at all.
“Is there something on my face?”
“No, nothing.”
Ares quickly turned his head at Idea’s question.
The instructors would have a lot to do for the time being.
Up until now, the Sytan side had underestimated the Imperial Academy’s strength.
However, through Adel’s recording, their power had been revealed.
‘The guy who overwhelmed Adel and Samuel was impressive, though.’
The mastermind that appeared at the end of the video.
He wasn’t captured because he was too far away from the Angel Flower.
If he wasn’t a student but an instructor, that would be fortunate.
Because if it was him, I would be able to defeat him.
However, if he was a student…
The Imperial Academy’s strength would have to be reevaluated.
‘For now.’
…Let’s think about what kind of punishment to give ‘that guy’ who broke Sytan’s rules.
Ares muttered to himself as he turned his gaze to the pile of documents.
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