103. Appeasement
“Can we talk for a moment?”
I received a letter of resignation from the heroine.
If you look at this one sentence alone, the sky will collapse and the back of your head will feel dizzy.
I was able to stay calm.
I was able to guess why he was like this, at least part of the reason. It didn’t feel like lightning had struck a dry sky.
Therefore, rather than immediately grabbing Adela by the collar and arguing with her, asking, ‘What are we going to do now?’
Maintaining her dignity, she was able to lead the woman to her staff lounge.
Tak-
The lounge was empty,
I chose a suitable seat and sat down.
And then, I asked.
“What is the reason?”
Why do you suddenly want to leave Russell?
Actually, I was able to roughly guess the reason.
Unless you suddenly feel bored with life and act out of nowhere,
It must be because of that boy.
She had been looking for that boy until yesterday, so it means that she caught his lead ‘overnight’ after she broke up with me.
Because that wasn’t a hypothesis that made universal sense, I asked.
To hear it from her mouth.
And, if my prediction is correct…
This situation is not universal.
There is someone behind her,
It’s probably…
“A person called a nun… “He came to see me.”
“She’s a nun.”
Is this also a denomination?
What Cain said was not wrong.
The church was determined to manipulate the academy and took action immediately.
However, it is different from the original.
Is it just that the person targeted was Adella, not Adam?
“So, what did you hear?”
“… She said she found the child. “I asked him to come with me.”
To put it simply, this was an event.
A random event in the form of an ‘offer you can’t refuse.’
There is an event in which Adam, the original protagonist, is given what he needs most at that time.
At the first time, even though I didn’t know who it was, I said thank you and received it.
It didn’t end well.
An offer you can’t refuse.
A mysterious person who has both the ability and the information to prepare the things the protagonist needs most.
He was a servant sent by the cult to bring Adam to the cult leader.
In other words, there is a cult leader behind this event.
And he seems to want Adella to take the top position that would have originally been occupied by Adam.
Ivan, Cain, and the cult leader.
They are all masters of stigma.
Ivan’s ability is infinite growth,
Cain was given ‘coercive power’ to the extent of manipulating her reality through her will.
And, the original sin received by the religious leader.
Lust. Snake tongue.
Capturing humans and making them follow him,
This is an ability specialized for brainwashing.
With his ability, he brought about a tremendous revival of the church,
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Now, he has planned to make Adela, the head of the academy and the legitimate successor to Cathy, his person.
The nun who came to see the boy as bait,
She must have been a fanatic who did his will.
To summarize,
Due to the protagonist’s absence, Adela faced the hardships that would inevitably come to him.
She is on the verge of passing over.
You must be out of your mind.
It is said that it will help you meet the person you have been looking for your whole life, and there is no one who will not roll your eyes.
I was proud that he kept his final loyalty and came to see me on the spot without climbing over Russell’s wall.
But, because I knew all that.
When Adela went to the place with her puffy chest, she knew full well that there would be a future where there would be a religious leader, not a boy.
I couldn’t send it to you.
“Did you say nun?”
“He asked me to call him Evangelist…”
Be an evangelist.
It’s a play on words that isn’t even funny.
I am in a position to prevent her from being ‘forced evangelism’ by her religious leader.
I knew the easiest way.
I threw the resignation letter in Adela’s face,
All you have to do is find that nun or something and get rid of him.
However, for that…
“Instructor.”
“…Yes.”
“If I miss this opportunity, I may never be able to meet that child.”
Pride as a merchant.
Respect as a human being.
Throw away everything,
For Adela, who bows her head at 90 degrees to me.
Ivan becomes a villain.
She will remain as a person who directly interfered with her long-held wish.
No, you can’t do that.
You cannot choose the easy path right away and plunge your relationship with the heroine into the abyss.
So, another way.
‘Just expose it and throw it away?’
Right now,
I am confessing everything I know.
The church is crazy,
You can’t meet that boy.
The common goal you and I will be heading towards in the future is also,
He said he should become a religious leader.
I felt like I should take my time and persuade her.
This is a truth that Adela will have to face someday anyway.
Since Scarlett already knows, she will be able to be brought in as a witness.
It’s a good idea,
It’s a useful plan, though.
There is just one thing that bothers me.
‘What if the cult really found Adam?’
The cult leader’s intentions were clearly visible,
Even if Adela follows the nun, she will not be reunited with the boy.
However, even if you leave all that aside.
What if the church really found Adam?
I was worried. A lot.
Therefore, I decided to postpone persuading Adela by telling her the truth.
Before that, first.
I have to meet that nun and ask her.
“Adela.”
“Yes.”
“It is not that easy to leave the place you belong to. “You know.”
“…Please.”
She doesn’t lift her bowed head.
However, she did not tear up her resignation letter in his presence.
“I’m not saying it’s not allowed.”
“…Really?”
“Yes. But…”
All my guesses so far are:
It may be nothing more than an illusion or a delusion.
Even if it is said to be 99% heartbroken,
Unless there is physical evidence, it is only unclear.
“I would like to meet that nun.”
Ivan is not 100% trusted by the church.
However, we are not completely defeated.
Thanks to the closed nature of the academy,
The religious leader also harbors only vague feelings.
So, as long as you meet his minion, a nun.
You can deceive as much as you want.
I did not betray the church,
Rather, he is drawing a bigger picture for the religious leader.
If you gain the trust of that nun,
It’s about Adam,
The orders she received, etc.
I had the confidence to make everything blow.
The only clue that can bridge that bridge.
The woman in front of her quietly nodded her head.
“I understand. “I will make room for you.”
“No.”
You shouldn’t be there.
I’m going to tell you something you shouldn’t hear.
“Just tell me the location.”
“…Instructor.”
I know what she’s worried about.
Because it is your life’s business, you might be sensitive.
But, I told her.
I was reminded of a very simple fact.
“I could have just not accepted your resignation letter right here.”
“……”
“It means I understand you.”
I stand up quietly,
A wedge was driven.
“To be exact, I found out about it yesterday.”
“Yesterday…”
“What does that person mean to you? “I don’t really want to stop it.”
She understood what I meant,
She handed me a card that she could give to me.
“Tomorrow at 9 PM. Come to my office. “I won’t leave the door locked.”
“I understand.”
A place has been created where you can have a private meeting with a nun.
That’s how I got the minimum sketch for the big picture,
I tried to turn my back and leave.
“…Instructor.”
“Yes.”
“Instructor.”
The last question was quite unexpected.
“Instructor, are you okay…?”
To the point of crying.
I turned around and gave the answer.
“I don’t have any regrets.”
“…….”
“But, I respect you.”
Are you okay, you crazy romanticist?
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Adela returned,
I headed to the top floor.
The destination was the principal’s office.
I was able to learn a lot from talking with Adela, but those were just my strong feelings.
Unless minimal verification is done,
It was nothing more than a guess.
Because I had the authority to enter and exit the principal’s office.
She was planning to ask her secretly.
Is someone from the church here?
If my guess is correct, the answer will be no.
She said the nun pushed the permit into the academy’s front door and she didn’t make a formal visit.
The religious order is thorough and cruel.
If appeasement fails,
She must have received orders to eliminate Adela.
She is a person who can transform from an evangelist to an assassin at any time.
That’s why she must have taken the form of sneaking in.
If the principal says that someone from the church has officially arrived.
My guess is a little twisted,
You may need to think differently.
Oh, and I also have to report it to Cain.
Where else can we find that person? There’s a lot of work.
With that in mind, I arrived in front of the principal’s office.
I grabbed the door handle.
“Uuhuhuhuhuh!”
I flinched for a moment.
Because of the mournful screams heard inside.
And, the tone of that scream.
Cain… No, no.
The human played by Cain. It was because it belonged to Dane Clyde, who was at the edge of frivolity.
I stood for a moment and began to listen.
“Instructor Miho! The knife! Put the knife away!”
“If you’re procrastinating, fire me!”
The principal’s words full of anger.
“You really don’t want to cut off a person’s hand for this reason, right? Now, wait a minute! Why is my hand touching the sheath of the sword!”
“…Principal. Are you serious?”
“So you’re kidding? I’m in charge!”
“Gyaaagh!”
First of all, I know there are three people inside.
Dane. Principal. Miho.
I opened the door.
“…….”
What caught my eye was a round table.
Cards scattered all over it.
Dain’s right hand, fixed with a rope in the center.
…And Miho, who is thinking while holding the hilt of her sword,
The principal who encourages her.
That thing that made her head spin all the way.
Dain… So, Cain in disguise,
She turned her head this way and cried out as if she had met some kind of savior.
“Ah, ah! Ivan, professor emeritus, hero teacher! Let’s stop the principal! This is a mistake!”
There was no protest like this,
It didn’t even work for the extremely excited principal.
“It sounds like a misunderstanding. I guess there are two Aces of Spades in the Neg family trump card?”
“I don’t know! I really don’t know!”
He was an embarrassing older brother no matter where I put him.
