“Brother, don’t even you start messing with me…” Watching Kafnir walk away, Lomew was still a bit uneasy.
His brother was his only hope, but his state just now was clearly not right.
With such worries, Lomew activated stealth and quietly followed behind his brother.
Trailing him all the way, he saw Karenina intercept Sylvia in front of the academy’s fountain square–
The latter was trying to find traces of the two.
“It’s all up to you, sigh… how did it turn out like this?” Lomew found an excellent observation point, hiding behind a row of tall ornamental hedges, ready to support at any moment.
Since he made this windfall, one god-tier weirdo after another had begun to emerge; even the most normal one like Mio Ibuki was now thinking about who-knows-what strange things.
There was actually only one person around him he could use!
“This student, are you admiring the scenery, or are you troubled by something?” Lomew’s body froze instantly.
This voice
Turning around slowly, he saw that face he had only seen once after the placement exam, a beauty that did not seem mortal.
Her pale gold hair was braided into thick plaits, and her snow-white skin was almost transparent under the sunlight.
The highest combat power of the Magic and Martial Arts Academy, Headmistress Artemis.
“Headmistress, why are you here?” Lomew’s gaze swept across the surroundings.
Only then did he realize that this place happened to be exactly where she frequently spawned in the game!
As expected of a game world, the level of restoration was high ····
Only…
Appearing at this time… isn’t it a bit too terrible ?!
Lomew performed a chest-touching salute, his brain spinning rapidly.
“Ah~ it’s you.” Artemis recognized him, a smile hooking at the corner of her mouth,
“That very interesting team from the opening ceremony, took the King, yet got the lowest score in history.” Her gaze scrutinized Lomew with pure appreciation.
Meeting a good-looking student right upon stepping out was truly refreshing.
Lately, there were too many messy things happening in the academy.
Caravans mysteriously disappearing, only to be sent back by the people of the Russell Royal Court, and supposedly someone manipulating the market……
Though in terms of scale, it was all just low-level materials.
The amount of credits involved, for the entire academy, was like children playing house.
But as the Headmistress, Artemis still had to personally come out for a visit.
Unexpectedly, on her necessary path, she would run into such an interesting scene?
“Lomew, right?” It had to be said, this child was really good-looking, with a clean temperament and a hint of unspeakable mystery; no wonder he could make that drunkard Ankart lose her composure.
“It is my utmost honor that you remember.” Lomew saluted again, but his gaze couldn’t help but glance toward the fountain.
His brother seemed to have already said something to Sylvia; the latter’s face was cold, saying something with a “just as I expected” expression.
He… should be doing a good job of ruining my personal image, right?
“Mm-hm, what are you looking at, little fellow?” Artemis suddenly leaned closer, her gaze following the direction Lomew had just looked.
“Ah~” The Headmistress revealed a smile.
Not far away, his captain, Kafnir, was confronting a young girl.
“Hmm… Sylvia the third-year?” Artemis observed the scene.
Two people talking, and one handsome boy eavesdropping?
Truly youthful, so very youthful!
“Are there any difficulties, child?“ Artemis’s tone became friendly, “I see your expression, you seem very troubled.”
“If it’s about being troubled…” Lomew’s heart cried out in bitterness.
Troubled?
More than just troubled!
A mental (psychotic) dragon riding his face, truly terrifying!
If he didn’t get rid of this woman soon, his mind was going to collapse, okay!
“It’s just some …… misunderstandings between classmates.”
“Misunderstandings?” Artemis shook her head, her face showing a gentle and cunning realization:
“If it’s just a misunderstanding, does it need to get to this point?”
“What, do you want to quit the team? Because you can’t handle the relationship with your teammates?” The Headmistress’s voice grew a bit more serious.
“Young man, escaping cannot solve the problem.”
“Since you’ve chosen partners, you must learn to communicate and resolve issues. Giving up easily because of a small emotional problem is not the spirit our academy advocates.”
“…What you say is very true!” Lomew had a mouth but couldn’t speak, only able to nod in grievance.
Mom, another one who treats me like I have a love-brain!
“Ara~ you look at you, what a troubled and gloomy expression.” Even Artemis had never truly seen such a melancholic, worry-filled youth–he was like someone who stepped out of those unspeakable volumes in her private collection!
“It seems that as the Headmistress, I cannot just stand by and watch.” Artemis sighed, took a step, and walked directly toward Karenina and Sylvia.
“Today, let me give you youngsters a lesson.”
“Headmistress !!” Lomew was shocked!
A Tenth-Tier Magister, the Elemental Empress, whose age under that appearance was likely already over a hundred!
Why are you interested in these things !!
This time things have completely blown up!
“Headmistress ?!” Artemis’s appearance similarly shocked the two.
Lomew …… he actually …… invited the Headmistress!
“It seems there is some trouble between you?” Artemis smiled slightly, clearly a gentle aura, yet carrying a sense of compulsion:
“Classmates should get along well and not hurt each other.”
“As a captain, instead of being emotional, why not look more at those around you, at how your team members are doing?”
“…..”
Karenina looked at the approaching Headmistress and suddenly realized the deep meaning behind this.
This was the test a royal heir should undergo!
To even involve the Headmistress!
In order not to fail the proctor’s trust, she had to play the villain to the end!
Karenina took a step forward, blocking Lomew’s front, facing the approaching Headmistress:
“Good day, Headmistress.”
Artemis looked at this scene and paused her steps.
She looked at the firm Kafnir in front of her, then at the “wronged and helpless” Lomew behind him.
Hmm?
This positioning, this神情…..
In the long-buried library in the Headmistress’s mind, several forbidden collection items with certain covers instantly surfaced.
So that’s how it is.
She let out a sigh of realization.
“Young people nowadays are truly becoming more and more diverse.”
“Fine, boys should also have the right to pursue their own happiness.”
Artemis turned her steps and actually left just like that, leaving only a faint sentence.
“Solve your own affairs yourselves. Youth should be passionate and intense to be good.”
Tonight she would go back and flip through those treasures to properly console her spirit worn down by various affairs!
Feelings between boys, it sounds really useful.
The Headmistress’s sudden arrival and departure made the atmosphere very strange.
“Own affairs” ….…. “Passionate and intense”……?
“You guys, you actually !!”
Sylvia could no longer maintain her emotions!
The person she vowed to protect, yet even the Headmistress already knew that there was a dirty deal behind this!
Even turning a blind eye to it!
This appearance, how could it be just a coincidence!
The Headmistress was hinting to her that behind Kafnir, there was an even larger power she couldn’t touch backing him up!
Lomew was actually choosing to fight against this massive power under such heavy pressure, just to win a chance of survival for her !?
Sylvia’s eyes instantly turned red.
“Time is almost up.”
Looking at the clock in the square, Lomew let out a long sigh.
Although it was different from the plan, the Headmistress’s appearance would undoubtedly set the final tone for this farce.
She wouldn’t go as far as to not listen to even the Headmistress’s words!
It was dusk, and only the last few minutes remained.
As long as Sylvia spoke the oath, everything would return to the right track.
He earned money and didn’t have to take on troublesome responsibilities —
Such a beautiful future was about to be realized.
“So, please dissolve the contract, Senior.”
Lomew reached out his hand:
“I voluntarily dissolve the Witness Contract, I will not pursue any contract-related content, I will discard the memories, and never mention it again.”
Ripples of magic emerged from the depths of his soul.
Fluid-like mana ribbons formed starlight, like growing and spreading vines, surging toward Sylvia.
As long as she spoke.
All the confusion, all the mess, would have nothing to do with Lomew anymore.
Sylvia suddenly reached out and grabbed his hand.
Her eyes were as hot as fire, her voice trembling yet incredibly firm.
“I agree!”
“That’s right.”
Lomew breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, at the last moment, her brain finally approached that of a human once and made the choice she should have…
“Lomew, from now on, I, Sylvia Valentine, am your person!”
Buzz —
The pointer passed exactly over the last second.
【Remaining Time: 0】
【Contract has taken effect】
Golden contract patterns lit up on their joined hands, instantly branded, turning into eternity.
The smile on Lomew’s face froze.
He stared blankly at the brand of the contract, then looked up at Sylvia, who had an expression of “devotion” on her face.
The world, in his eyes, lost its color.
“Motherf*cker, why?”
Lomew could no longer hold back a curse.
“What did I do wrong, why is it like this?”
From starting to avoid trouble, to being backstabbed by teammates, to being pestered by the dragon maid, and then to the Headmistress herself coming down to mess things up……
Every step, he had made the most rational choice, the most reliable choice to avoid the fate of a villain.
“Why, why do you have to force me? Why!”
Lomew felt something snap deep in his mind.
An indescribable disappointment, like cold water filling his arteries, stung so much that not even a hint of a smile could grow on his face.
Was this the extinction of humanity, or the price of making money?
Anyway, in this world, there simply isn’t a single normal person!
In that case……
Lomew slowly let go of his hand, head lowered, shoulders trembling slightly.
When he looked up again, the confusion and collapse in his eyes had vanished, replaced by an unprecedented calm.
The conquest route has changed.
To hell with the plot and fate!
Thinking of this, Lomew only felt his whole body relax, and a smile began to return to his face.
Only this time, the smile was somewhat cold:
“By the Witness Contract, I command you, Sylvia Valentine.”
“Yes! Master!”
Sylvia looked forward with anticipation, staring fiercely at Karenina.
She had already gripped her magic card, ready to explode against the opponent at any time.
“Give me all your money and credits.”
You like delivering yourself to the door, right!
Senior, I really have to let you experience properly what a life of a beast of burden is like!
“As expected of the proctor.” Karenina was not at all surprised.
“?”
Sylvia’s mind, a question mark slowly surfaced.
Is this right?