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Chapter 83: How Could Lanchi Be the Principal?
Chapter 83: How Could Lanchi Be the Principal?
Adhering to the lush green leaves of plants was an eerie layer of crimson, as drops of blood slowly slid down the petals, their acrid scent breaking the silence.
Heretic Lailite clenched her teeth, desperately suppressing the joy that welled up within her, preventing her lips from twitching.
She was certain that Shubellyan would never dare to attack the [Immortal Mercury].
For if Shubellyan drew near, she would also have to be on guard against Lailite and the [Immortal Mercury]'s covert collaboration in striking her.
Only Lailite dared to boldly go and kill the [Immortal Mercury].
For Shubellyan, this was actually an invisible death trap!
In the distance, Shubellyan, as if realizing the same thing, sat on the ground, her mind blank.
Lailite, however, had already rushed towards the [Immortal Mercury] without hesitation.
"..."
Lanci's gaze shifted slightly from the book, catching sight of Lailite as she frenziedly ravaged the summoned beast.
This lawbreaker seemed keen on staging the whole scene herself, occasionally allowing the silver aberration to counter-attack, making it seem like she was truly an enemy of this summon and exerting all her might to frame Shubellyan.
Lanci turned her head to glance at Shubellyan on the ground.
Their eyes met.
Lanci quietly winked.
It meant the plan was a go.
"..."
Shubellyan's eyes conveyed her resignation and helplessness.
She felt that even if Lanci was dragging along two demon teachers, they might not necessarily lose to Lailite.
Of course, it would be best if no blood was shed.
However, Shubellyan suspected that Lanci wanted to see the heretic's reaction upon discovering the truth and realizing that her intelligence had been played with.
...
A few minutes later, on the ravaged grass of the botanical garden, the magic department head and Lailite joined forces to finally vanquish the silver aberration summon.
Lailite breathed a sigh of relief and looked towards the principal.
She believed that the mechanism had successfully passed.
Next, the principal would help her deal with that duchess miss.
However...
This sense of relief lasted for less than a second. In the instant she relaxed, a deadly, inhuman magic attacked from her side, like a thunderclap from the sky, without any warning.
It was an ambush by the Head of the Magic Department.
Lailite's reaction was exceptionally swift. In almost an instant, she sensed the danger, her body reflexively bending to dodge the fatal attack.
Even so, her outer garment was still slashed, and blood seeped from the wound, staining her dress.
At this moment, Lailite's heart was once again filled with terror.
In the distance, the principal continued to read his book.
Shubellyan remained seated on the ground.
This harmonious scene made it seem as if the principal had no intention of fulfilling his promise to execute Shubellyan.
"Why?!”
Lailite swiftly defended against the deadly onslaught from the Head of the Magic Department, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.
If her reaction hadn't been quick enough, she might have already perished.
One of the demon teachers beside the principal had also taken action, heading straight for the second-rank Fog Sorcerer and beheading him.
"Foolish man, do you think you can deceive Principal Lanchi?"
The Head of the Magic Department sneered in ridicule.
He, of course, understood the principal's scheme and was in awe of the principal's otherworldly wisdom, akin to that of a demon grand sage.
With mere words, he had manipulated this rule-breaking student into killing the troublesome silver summon herself!
"Isn't the principal supposed to be neutral?!"
Lailite's heart pounded like an out-of-control drum, rapid, chaotic, and frenzied. The heavy sense of despair that reality brought made her brain tremble.
She couldn't understand why this shadow world was so unfair.
No matter how she had tried to manipulate the situation, it seemed that she would always be the one executed!
"Of course, I'm neutral, but it's you who broke the school rules, and now you want to frame a good student? If I don't execute you, who should I execute?"
Lanchi replied indifferently, as if he were flipping through a book in his backyard, not bothering to glance at the buzzing pest.
And Shubellyan, seated on the ground, finally broke character and let out a mocking smile, as if laughing at Lailite.
The scene before her eyes gave Lailite a momentary illusion—
It made her suspect that the principal was being blatantly unfair and favoring Shubellyan!
"Lanchi, can I tell her the truth now?"
Shubellyan turned her head and asked Lanchi.
"Haven't you already spoken the truth?"
Lanchi's fingertips brushed over the book's pages as he replied without lifting his head.
"Lanchi...?"
At that moment, Lailite, who was far away, was filled with utmost doubt and resentment.
She heard Shubellyan call out to the principal by name.
Lanchi.
A ridiculous yet terrifying suspicion exploded in Lailite's mind like thunder.
And at this moment, more and more doubts converged and connected in her mind.
Why was Shubellyan's teammate nowhere to be seen?
Why was this Lucent Demon's magic power so strong that it was almost imperceptible?
And why had the principal allowed the challengers to pass the mechanism earlier?
When all these questions intertwined, along with the explanation that "Lanchi is the principal," it seemed that everything made sense!
"Could it be that you are Lanchi?"
This was the only explanation Lailite could come up with.
"Indeed, it is this principal," Lanchi replied gracefully, reaching into his pocket and taking out the name tag that said, [Lanchi, Music Teacher], which he had obtained earlier in the music classroom. He hung it around his neck, seemingly indicating to Lailite that he was not only the principal but also a formal subject teacher at this demon academy.
His attitude, which had never once directly faced her, seemed to highlight the vast difference in their identities within the Demon Academy at this moment.
"Ahhh!! Lanchi!! You bastard!!!"
Lailite's shout tore through the air, echoing through the bushes in the botanical garden, carrying with it rage and despair.
Her eyes were red and swollen, and the bloodshot veins under her tearful gaze seemed about to spill forth the crimson within.
She finally realized that she had been played like a fool by this guy.
Not only had she been deceived by the clear superior-subordinate relationship between him and the demon professors earlier in the principal's office, but she had also been bewitched by his aura and words, leading her to personally eliminate her greatest reliance for escape.
And at this moment...
The corridors were already filled with countless demon teachers, waiting for Lanchi's order to spring into action.
"Teachers, please punish this student who has violated school rules, harmed her peers and teachers, and caused serious damage to school property."
Lanchi, holding a book and absorbed in his reading, raised his right hand, his index finger twitching slightly.
In the next second, the demon teachers on the back corridor stepped into the classroom together.
In Lailite's terrified gaze, she saw a thick wall of demon teachers, as if they were about to trample over the entire botanical garden.
The ground seemed to rumble in response.
At this moment, she finally recalled the nightmare-like, beyond-limit fear that humans could experience.
Until her mental state collapsed, she couldn't comprehend what kind of madman could rise from being a student to the principal of an academy full of demons in just one night.
...
"Shubellyan, it's been hard on you to keep the Great Loving Poet company." Lanchi spoke while still reading the book, racing against time.
There was less than a minute left in the Shadow World.
From the moment the Great Loving Poet was defeated, he had sensed the changes in the botanical garden while sitting in the principal's office.
So he had set off at the first moment.
It was also during the rush through the corridors that he lost quite a bit of reading time.
But fortunately, he was almost done.
"If I continue to hang out with you and the Great Loving Poet, I feel like I'm about to officially join the demon race." Shubellyan stood up wearily.
This trip to the Demon Academy had taught her a lot.
The good news was that she had learned it all from Lanchi.
The bad news was that she now felt her demonic bloodline awakening.
Theoretically, one should learn how to be human from humans, but from Lanchi, she had not learned a single human element.
As they waited for the end of this four-stage Shadow World...
"Lanchi!!!"
At this moment, from the distant place about to be engulfed by the demon teachers, a sudden voice rang out, like a final curse before death.
"You will regret helping this half-demon duchess!"
With these words, Heretic Lailite's voice was drowned in the sea of demons, along with her desperate screams and the sound of flesh being torn apart.
Lanchi seemed to have no thoughts or reaction to this.
He simply continued reading his book.
Shubellyan's face turned slightly pale.
The long-kept secret she had hidden from Lanchi was unexpectedly revealed in the last moments of the Shadow World.
Although she knew her demonic lineage couldn't be hidden for much longer, she had planned to return to the real world and find a good opportunity to confess to Lanchi proactively.
She hadn't expected it to be exposed like this, making it seem as if she had been deceiving him all along.
"Lanchi, listen to me, I... I intended to tell you earlier." Shubellyan's voice was heavy with the weight of her secret, and each sentence was interrupted by her struggle to breathe.
Yet Lanchi's gaze remained fixed on the book in his hand, as if he didn't want to hear her explanation.
"...I really didn't mean to deceive you." Shubellyan's voice grew softer, like a winter's breath, gently dissipating in the cold air.
(End of Chapter)
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