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Translator: Coughing Baby
Editor: Coughing Baby
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Chapter 115: I’m Going to Meet My Father-in-Law 2.
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The headmaster’s office had an old-fashioned air to it.
The headmaster and I sat across from each other at a table.
After setting down a cup of tea for each of us, the old man got straight to the point.
“The preparations are complete. The Purgatory Raid Force can be deployed to the 71st floor as soon as tomorrow.”
“Oh... already? I thought it would take another two weeks.”
“I pushed things along as quickly as possible.”
“That’s unexpected. I didn’t think you’d cooperate so actively.”
“How could I ignore it after hearing you say all that?”
Headmaster Valter Droit answered calmly.
By that, he probably meant what I’d told him during our private meeting last time.
-I can glimpse the future.
-I didn’t hunt the master of the 70th floor because I was bored.
-I acted because it was the only way to avert the tragedy that was meant to happen.
Well, those were the kind of words that stuck in one’s mind.
That I was a prophet.
And that a great disaster would eventually strike if Purgatory wasn’t conquered.
“I heard about it. Apparently there was an incident during this school trip as well.”
“There was. Though calling it an incident is underselling it a little.”
“The deep sea... To think a Cult branch had been hiding in a place like that.”
“It wasn’t just the deep sea. It was a point where another dimension overlapped with ours. In a way, it’s only natural the academy couldn’t detect it.”
“...And Student Viktor got caught up in such a thoroughly hidden place. During a school trip activity. Along with his group members. By coincidence.”
“That would be correct.”
I gave him a shameless answer.
Valter’s expression grew more complicated as he stared at me.
The school trip incident had probably made my claim of being a prophet seem even more credible.
‘The Purgatory Raid Force was reorganized. That must be why it was handled so quickly.’
Tap, tap.
I absentmindedly tapped the mask covering my face.
Then I smiled briefly and brought up a topic that would weigh even more heavily on the old man.
“It was Oz.”
“Pardon?”
“The person in charge of that deep-sea branch. He introduced himself as the Mage of Life. I believe he was the one who created Miss Alice.”
“Wait... You encountered that madman and survived? All four students did? And how did you learn about Alice...?”
“I got lucky. As for Miss Alice, I heard it directly from those involved.”
“...The report clearly said it was a small branch.”
“Hehe, I’m only telling you this, Headmaster.”
“...”
Oz, the Mage of Life.
There was no way the headmaster wouldn’t know him.
They had lived in the same era, each active on the front lines for the Church and the Cult.
They weren’t merely acquainted. They were likely mortal enemies who had clashed several times and fought like hell.
‘So he knows for certain that Alice is a Cult weapon too.’
It would’ve been stranger if he didn’t.
The headmaster was the one who had rescued Alice from that collapsed laboratory in the first place.
He’d acted as her guardian, then had her enroll in the academy once she was old enough.
“Are you starting to believe me now?”
“...”
The theory that Viktor was a prophet.
I solved every incident that arose and possessed information no ordinary person could possibly uncover.
Prophet or not, it seemed well enough proven that I was no ordinary person.
Valter looked deep in thought before replying.
“...For now, I have no choice but to believe you.”
“A wise decision.”
“Then is there anything else you want from us?”
“Nothing in particular yet... I’d just like the conquest of Purgatory to resume as soon as possible.”
“We’ll begin the day after tomorrow.”
“I’d appreciate it if you handled the conquest as I requested before.”
The method I’d asked for was simple.
The academy’s regular assault force would handle the ordinary floors, such as the 71st through 79th.
Then I would handle the special floors with a [Master], like the 80th, 90th, and 100th floors.
The special floors were absurdly difficult, so it would be safer for me to clear them using the gimmicks.
‘And I get to keep all the items while I’m at it.’
I could set up some automatic farming, guarantee the assault force’s safety, and monopolize high-grade items.
A plan with three birds and one stone.
I grinned beneath my mask.
The conversation came to an end, and I was just about to stand up when...
“Ah.”
One last thing.
I remembered another request I needed to make.
“And... please make sure this is passed along. Issue an order to kill on sight whoever is found responsible for illegally conquering Purgatory’s 70th floor.”
“...No matter how many times I think about it, I can’t understand the meaning of that request.”
“There’s nothing to interpret. It means exactly what it says.”
“Javert will try to kill you without hesitation.”
“That’s exactly what I want.”
“Is that too an arrangement for the future?”
“Hmm... Let’s say it is for now.”
“...”
It seemed about time I paid some attention to Javert too.
Once the conquest of Purgatory resumed, we’d be getting tangled up with each other in all sorts of ways.
As I left the headmaster’s office, I said, “Anyway, I’m counting on you.”
“Yes, don’t worry.”
Before I knew it, hot summer had arrived.
A season from hell.
It was about time for the main story to begin.
* * *
After returning from the school trip, the students were given an additional two-week break.
There was the matter of the deep-sea Cult branch, as well as the reorganization of the Purgatory Raid Force, so many faculty members had left their posts.
Most cadets spent their time studying independently in the library.
As for me, I decided to hole up in my dorm room regardless.
The insane amount of activity during the school trip had ground my shut-in ego to dust.
“Ahem.”
From the first day of break, I did nothing but sprawl across the sofa.
That didn’t mean I was playing alone.
My school trip group members had come to visit my dorm room again.
It had already been pretty lively with just the princess and Lua around, but now that more than five people had gathered, there wasn’t a second to get bored.
“Miss Caitlin.”
“...I told you not to.”
How was it noisy, you ask?
Nothing much.
Just the sound of everyone kicking invisible blankets in mortification.
[You fucking bastard... You son of a bitch... Always with the barking, woof woof, that’s all you ever do... You little...]
[You’re always... picking on me... What the hell even are you...?]
A crystal ball sat in my hand.
Familiar drunken rambling leaked out from it.
I’d recorded every bit of it at the time so I could humiliate them one by one later.
“Stop playing that already...!”
“Just a moment. This is the best part.”
“Hey!!”
[Do you, like, really like me or something...?]
[I hate you, hate you, I hate you so much... Die... All you stuck-up people, die.]
“...”
Tremble, tremble.
Caitlin clenched her fists and shook.
At least she still had enough shame for a faint blush to spread across her face.
“I told you to stooop...”
Fat chance.
Did she think she could hand me that kind of ammunition and not get teased?
I picked out the crucial part and put the crystal ball on repeat.
[Why are you being like this to me? Do you like me?]
[Why are you being like this to me? Do you like me?]
[Why are you being like this to me? Do you like me?]
[Why are you being like this to me? Do you like me?]
“Aaaagh!!!”
In the end, Caitlin snapped, grabbed me by the collar, and started shaking me.
The others weren’t any different.
My crystal ball didn’t discriminate.
[Even though you’re my retainer. My retainer alone...]
[Even though you’re my retainer. My retainer alone...]
[Even though you’re my retainer. My retainer alone...]
“Viktor! Didn’t I tell you to stop...!”
[Viktor might, like, run away the moment I let him go...]
[Viktor might, like, run away the moment I let him go...]
[Viktor might, like, run away the moment I let him go...]
“Viktor! Th-that one is not okay...!”
The princess clung to my back while Alice’s eyes spun with embarrassment.
Better than expected. Every one of them had a truly delicious reaction.
Recording it at the right moment had definitely been worthwhile.
Of course, I had edited out all the serious things they’d said in the recordings.
‘Stuff like this should be brushed off lightly.’
Teasing them like this was best.
They had discussed some heavy matters too, and if I reacted too carefully, it could make things awkward instead.
It was better for them and for me if I responded like this.
It absolutely wasn’t because I wanted to tease them.
Anyway, that was how it was.
“Seriously! You found one thing to hold over me, and now you just keep going! What are you, a girl or something...!”
“Oh... Isn’t that you, Miss Caitlin?”
“Want me to make you the same gender?”
“Hmm. It might not be bad to live as a woman once.”
“Are you insane?”
“Ahem.”
Calling me insane because I said I wanted to try TS?
What was that, discrimination against niche tags?
Good children loved every tag equally.
“Miss Gay Tlin won’t be getting any presents from Santa this year.”
“There you go with your bullshit again.”
For the record, I was a philanthropist.
I loved every tag without discrimination.
NTR, BL, and TS alike.
I could even explain what each one really meant.
First, NTR.
NTR stood for Natural True Romance.
It meant natural, true love, or pure love.
BL stood for Bitches’ Love.
It meant love between women, or yuri.
TS stood for True Socialism.
That’s right. A true socialist paradise.
It meant taking up the sickle and hammer to paint the whole world red.
‘TS really is the greatest of the three.’
A pointless monologue.
I spent a noisy, cheerful time with the girls.
As evening approached, Ranne suddenly spoke up.
“Um... everyone.”
The girl had seemed a little strange all day.
Her usual cheerfulness had faded, and she looked as though she’d been lost in thought the entire time.
Even while I was humiliating everyone with the recordings earlier, she’d been sitting blankly on the sofa.
“L-Lady Kihano...?”
“Miss Ranne? Is something wrong?”
Her purple eyes blinked calmly.
After hesitating for a moment, the girl parted her lips as though she had made up her mind.
“Would you... come to my family home with me tomorrow? There are still plenty of days left in the break!”
Ranne’s family home.
The north. She meant House Kihano.
The others were taken aback by the sudden invitation and asked in return.
“S-Suddenly? To your family home, my lady...?”
“Yes! My father said he really wants to meet all of you!”
“What? Even me?”
“Of course, Miss Caitlin is included!”
Ranne spoke clearly.
It was an abrupt turn of events.
Unlike the others, though, I was smiling.
The event I’d been wondering when it would happen had finally arrived.
‘A visit to House Kihano.’
It was an event the original story only touched on briefly.
But there was a ridiculously overpowered item that could only be obtained here.
Grateful for the fruit that had ripened after so much waiting, I answered Ranne’s request without hesitation.
“Of course. If Miss Ranne is inviting me, I should go.”
I accepted the invitation.
At the same time, a blue screen appeared before my eyes.
Ding!
[Sub Quest]
-Title: The Road Home
-Details: Accept House Kihano’s invitation. Earn Count Kihano’s recognition. Discover the hidden dungeon in Kihano County, ‘Temple of Lumiera.’
-Penalty upon Failure: None
-Reward upon Success: Count Kihano’s Favor, ???
[Time Limit: Before the break ends]
Now then.
Let’s go meet my father-in-law. Not really.
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