What the hell was that?
Until the next day dawned, I couldn't even fathom why Ares had tried to shake my hand.
If he wanted to express his gratitude, he could have just said so, and if he wanted to talk, he could have just talked. Why did he react like that?
In order to master Adel's secret method, I had to get good grades.
If I had someone to talk to about this problem, I would have felt better...
[…….]
After the surgery, Samuel had been sleeping soundly and showed no signs of waking up.
That's why I didn't have anyone to discuss Ares' strange behavior with.
Anyway.
Ares isn't normal either.
"......Therefore, the scores will be released right after today's class!"
As I was thinking about this and that, Idea's homeroom period came to an end.
Swish-.
I looked around.
The students were still not fully focused and were in a state of disarray.
It couldn't be helped.
Just a few days ago, they had been fighting and shedding blood, so it was only natural for them to feel relaxed and let loose now that they had returned to their daily routine.
They must still be confused by the deaths of their comrades.
Idea knew that, too, so she intended to leave them alone for the time being.
Even so, it seemed that this atmosphere would soon subside.
The final exams would start soon.
Just as I was about to get up from my seat.
"Class president, come here."
Idea called out to me.
What?
Does she have something to say to me?
I tilted my head and walked towards Idea.
Then Idea spoke to me with a stern expression.
"Tell me honestly."
"What are you talking about?"
"You're hiding something from me, aren't you?"
“……!!”
Gulp.
At Idea's words, I couldn't help but tremble.
There were countless things that I was hiding from Idea and the people around me.
There were more than a few things that could hurt me, so I couldn't help but react sensitively.
Surely not.
'My identity hasn't been discovered, has it?'
But I could be proud of the fact that I had hidden that much thoroughly...
Until my mana was almost depleted, I distributed mana to the darkness attribute to cover the tattoo on the nape of my neck.
So there was no way my bloodline could have been discovered.
In that case.
'......She's leading me on.'
She was trying to get me to tell her what I was hiding.
But I couldn't figure out what Idea had noticed and was asking me about.
Let's go back a bit.
Up until now, Idea had never suspected my true identity.
The reason she's suddenly asking me this is because something must have happened yesterday.
Soon enough, I realized why Idea was interrogating me.
'She must have seen the video recording.'
The midterm exam process that was recorded in the Angels Flower.
She must have sensed something strange there and is now asking me about it.
One thing.
There were too many suspicious details, so I couldn't possibly answer her.
For now, I'll try to dodge her question.
“...As expected, you found out.”
“President! Confess quickly!”
“The truth is, I didn't want to eat the emergency rations the Instructor gave us, so I secretly hunted and ate wild animals.”
“……!”
At my words, Idea's eyes widened as if she were looking at a traitor to the organization.
Then, she continued speaking.
“I never thought you would dare ignore the Instructor's goodwill. From now on, I'll give you double the amount of emergency rations!”
Without hesitation, Idea uttered such cruel words.
As I desperately tried to avoid her questions, Idea opened her mouth.
“Well, to tell you the truth, that's not why I called you here.”
“Then why did you call me?”
“I see that you brought an 'Animal' into the interior of Sytan without proper authorization.”
“Ah.”
I let out a sigh.
So that's why she called me.
― Hiss, hiss.
As I made a small gesture, Gu poison, who was in my arms, peeked its head out.
At the sight of Gu poison, a faint strangeness appeared in Idea's eyes.
“So this guy was the one who defeated the human student?”
“Yes, I think the word ‘defeated’ is a bit of an exaggeration. But thanks to it, I was able to survive.”
I nodded in agreement with Idea's words.
In fact, I had thought about hiding Gu poison's true identity until the end, but I decided that it would not be a good idea.
Since the Instructors had already learned about Gu poison's existence through the video recording, there was no point in hiding its identity any longer.
Rather, it could have aroused their curiosity about Gu poison and led to the discovery that I had taken it out, which could have reached Rene's ears.
Idea pondered my excuse for a moment before asking again.
“Where did you get that snake?”
“……That.”
I couldn't answer her rashly.
If I told her that I had brought it from the Bares family, like I did with Kyle, Idea would quickly realize that the snake was Gu poison.
In Kyle's case, it was possible because he saw me as Bares' secret confidant.
And the reason I sent Kyle back to Crete in Bares with a letter was that I had prepared a 'device' in the letter.
And according to the contents of the Demon God's Oath, Kyle couldn't do anything that would threaten me.
However.
'Idea is different.'
It wouldn't be strange for her to shake me by the collar.
So the answer I came up with was.
"It's a snake I got from the human instructor's lab."
"From the lab?"
“It suddenly popped out at that time, and I was so surprised that I released mana. But then, it ate my darkness...”
To make my story more believable, I fed a drop of water imbued with darkness to Gu poison.
Brrr-.
Then, as if it liked it, the guy shook his body once.
Thanks to the water drop becoming darker as its darkness attribute leveled up, Gu poison had been enjoying untimely gluttony lately.
Idea's eyes sparkled at the sight.
"It's cute."
"This guy?"
I blinked in disbelief.
Gu poison is cute.
Even if you say something nice, Gu poison's appearance was creepy.
It was creepy, so I never expected the adjective 'cute' to be attached to it.
What a peculiar taste.
As I stood there trembling, Idea opened her mouth.
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