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Chapter 47: Garulik & Manre of the Slayers
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Professor Glinbert.
One of Grandia Academy's longest-serving faculty members.
By both experience and ability, he was a true veteran.
He was friendly toward players, and perhaps because of his kindly appearance, he was popular as well.
Your mom.
(I mean Ngme, the game. Obviously.)
He had held a solid place in the original game, too.
Then, as the story progressed, a shocking twist came to light.
[Title: No, Fucking Way]
[Author: BeGratefulThatWeExist]
What is this???
I'm progressing through the <Identity of the Mole> storyline.
What the fuck, Professor Glinbert is the traitor?????
He was one of the few professors at Grandia I actually liked??
He taught me magic, barrier techniques, ways to counter demonic energy and curses, and supported me in every possible way throughout my third year. And he was actually the mole???
This bastard was working with the Cult to massacre the academy?
Most of the major incidents at the academy were actually planned by this bastard?
He was the one who summoned the fucking Red Knight and the White Knight too?
You're asking me to believe that bullshit right now???
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
[But it's reality. What can you do if you don't believe it?]
-> What else can I do besides deny reality, you bastard lol
[Have you deceived another student... Glinbert.]
-> That's
-> how
-> the
-> world
-> works.
[Ngmer! Wake up! Wake up from your fantasy of a kind, competent advisor! That isn't reality! Your mentor isn't real! There is no teacher's kindness, no old professor's mercy! Wake up, Ngmer! Wake up and join us as we spend the rest of our lives crossing mountains of corpses and seas of blood in this hopeless dark fantasy world, a game that only looks like an otaku game, filled with disaster and betrayal! Wake up, Ngmer!]
-> BeGratefulThatWeExist) Fuck.
Just like that, the truth that Professor Glinbert was the mole came out.
He had been behind the academy's major incidents.
Naturally, the players' reactions were intense.
The mentor they had trusted to watch their backs had actually been an agent of a hostile faction...
‘The boss stage was seriously difficult, too.’
By the latter half of the original game, Glinbert had long since crossed the line of what a teacher should be.
As the story advanced, he had steadily grown stronger.
Players had occasionally accepted quests from the old professor.
By procuring various research materials for him, they had been strengthening Glinbert.
In the end, Glinbert completed an enhancement drug and became something truly beyond human.
‘Even the headmaster had been pushed back by Glinbert...’
He might have been a mid-boss, but there were still levels to these things.
Since he appeared in the latter half of the original game, he was absurdly powerful.
Students and faculty alike had to join forces to hunt him down.
[Title: This Bastard Glinbert Is Seriously Strong]
[Author: PersonWhoseFaceTurnedWhiteFromPullingTheirNeck]
You absolutely can't clear this if you just throw a party together, can you?
I don't think we can beat him without bringing in faculty.
This bastard was fine even after taking Ranne's full-power attacks.
Wouldn't max-level Ranne normally one-shot most mid-bosses?
Glinbert keeps dodging, then lands critical hits in return.
I finally managed to deal with him after dragging in faculty members.
[That's because he has the Divine Immunity option.]
-> Even if Ranne's max level, you probably didn't hit the potential ceiling, right?
-> PersonWhoseFaceTurnedWhiteFromPullingTheirNeck) Yeah, reaching the potential ceiling costs way too much.
-> That's normal. You need to reach the potential ceiling to break through the Divine Power Immunity option.
[Big Bro Glinbert really is strong.]
-> He felt about as hard to take down as most Calamities.
[I can't even imagine Glinbert losing...]
-> PersonWhoseFaceTurnedWhiteFromPullingTheirNeck) He went down once I brought in several faculty members, though?
-> Glinbert's spiritual pressure... vanished...?
He couldn't have been a more troublesome opponent.
A boss that grew stronger.
On top of that, there were no bugs I could exploit in the field where he stayed, [Glinbert's Laboratory].
Like the Red Knight I had faced during Lacquer Night, he was an especially difficult opponent for me.
‘Well... I thought about it for a while.’
Then I realized I could just wreck the whole thing.
If the game looked shady, couldn't I simply flip the board?
Come to think of it, there was no reason for me to follow the original game so faithfully.
If I was going to worry about butterfly effects and all that, things had already gone off the rails the moment I enrolled.
‘The fact that Glinbert is the mole comes out in the latter half of the original game...’
More specifically, it happened after <Alice's Nightmare> ended, right before the fourth Calamity, Crimson Night, arrived.
It was probably the second semester of third year.
In the original game, Glinbert shamelessly kept up the act until then.
‘Why should I wait for that?’
I decided to beat him up instead.
First, I would plant a trap in the nearest upcoming incident and secure clear evidence proving he was the mole.
Then I would use the suspicions Javert had built up to bring her in as the joker of this game.
Without lifting a finger, I would win with ease.
The plan had worked perfectly from start to finish.
“Ughk, uuuugh...”
And that brought us to the present.
Glinbert rolled across the floor, battered beyond recognition.
A red-haired woman stood impassively before his miserable form.
“S-save... me... p-please...”
His shattered jaw mangled every word. Perhaps he was barely conscious, because only his body twitched.
Unscathed, Javert removed her blood-soaked gloves.
‘Brutal.’
Javert had been utterly overwhelming.
Even considering that Glinbert had yet to enhance himself, they were on entirely different levels.
Glinbert was still a veteran professor who ranked among the academy's best in experience.
Even if a group of students rushed him, he was strong enough to wipe them out with a single gesture.
‘And she took someone like that down in an instant...’
Yet it had been completely one-sided.
Every time Javert threw a punch, the old professor's limbs twisted.
Even then, perhaps because she meant to capture him alive, she avoided his vital points.
She had merely neutralized him by folding his bones and muscles in every direction.
Crack, crunch.
“Guhk, guuurgh...!”
Glinbert finally fainted, foam spilling from his mouth.
His bones had been broken and folded in every direction, leaving him in the shape of a cube.
Was this that Transformer thing or whatever?
“Grrk, ngh...”
Even so, she had made sure to keep him alive. His pained groans echoed through the long corridor.
It was a rather violent scene, but I couldn't help feeling satisfied.
More than a few people had suffered at this bastard's hands in the original game.
I looked at the old professor's rolled-back eyes, the whites exposed.
Then I smiled regretfully and quietly offered him a farewell.
“Well... I wanted us to part with smiles, but you won't even grant me that.”
Sniffle.
I pretended to cry a little.
After teabagging him for a while, Javert approached, shaking her hands clean.
“Student Viktor.”
“Ah... Professor Javert.”
“The target has been subdued.”
“Thank you for your work.”
Her usual emotionless gaze.
Green eyes stared back at me.
She had spent several years with him as a colleague. Until just hours ago, they had been discussing work together. Yet even after turning him into a half-corpse, there wasn't the slightest hint of agitation in her eyes.
“...Are you all right?”
“I am only handling this according to protocol.”
I probed lightly, but as expected, she gave only a brief answer.
Javert spoke with a lifeless expression.
“We faculty will take Professor Glinbert into custody. After extracting information through several rounds of torture, we will dispose of him so there are no future complications.”
“Please do. Will you be handling the torture personally?”
“It seems the headmaster will step forward this time.”
“Ah...”
Inside, I felt nothing but joy.
A slaughterer of Cultists, a living legend in that particular field.
With someone like that torturing him, Glinbert would probably be better off biting his tongue and dying.
‘The quest isn't complete yet.’
There was no news on my status screen.
It would probably appear once Glinbert had been detained.
‘It should be completed by tonight.’
All I had to do was wait a little.
As I sorted through the situation, Javert suddenly spoke up.
“Are you all right, Student Viktor? Any injuries, dizziness, anything of that sort?”
“I’m perfectly fine, not a scratch on me. It's thanks to you arriving in time, Professor Javert.”
“Even so, you should receive an examination, just in case.”
“Hehe, don't you think that's a little overprotective?”
“This is also only protocol.”
Her usual blunt way of speaking.
Still, I knew her concern was genuine.
“Thanks to you, we were able to arrest the mole. Grandia Academy owes Student Viktor a great debt. The faculty will definitely repay you in the future.”
“I didn't do this expecting a reward...”
“Do you mean you do not need one?”
“I mean I'll gratefully accept it if you offer.”
I matched her pace, speaking gently.
Before long, Javert hesitated in a way that did not suit her.
Those pale red lips finally parted.
“...You knew. About the tailing.”
“Yes.”
“How did you notice?”
“Who knows? That's my secret.”
“Since when did you know?”
“That too.”
“I see.”
Javert nodded calmly.
Then she bent forward at the waist.
A precise ninety-degree bow.
“I apologize.”
She offered a formal apology.
“Until now, I suspected that Student Viktor might be connected to the unauthorized clearing of Purgatory's seventieth floor. In addition, I connected that suspicion to this practical training as well. That was why I tailed Student Viktor. I apologize.”
“Oh, Professor.”
“I will accept any rebuke.”
“I'm fine, so please raise your head.”
“This is not something to dismiss lightly. I clearly treated a student as an enemy.”
“Didn't things work out well because of it? I received your help as well.”
“That's just hindsight.”
Even when I asked her to raise her head, Javert stubbornly remained bowed.
I could only smile awkwardly.
Chief Investigator Javert.
The headmaster's foster daughter and only successor.
She was effectively the academy's second-in-command.
“This is a lot of pressure...”
“I also promise compensation for tailing you. During your time at the academy, if there is one thing you desire, tell me at any time. I will do my best to grant it. This is compensation for the mental stress Student Viktor must have suffered, so please do not refuse.”
“Oh?”
In short, I had received a wish ticket.
A reward from the academy, and a wish ticket from Javert.
It was quite a haul.
I nodded.
“Very well. I'll tell you when we meet next.”
“Understood. I apologize once again.”
Bow.
Only after apologizing one last time did she straighten up.
Maybe it was my imagination, but Javert's expression seemed slightly softer.
Of course, her emotionless gaze remained unchanged.
“Then, as it is late, I will take my leave. If you have no other schedule, please report to the consultation room in the main building this afternoon. We need to take a brief statement regarding the arrest of the mole.”
“Of course. I'll cooperate fully.”
“Thank you. Then goodbye.”
Javert coolly turned her back.
Dragging cube-shaped Glinbert behind her.
Perhaps it was the wind brushing past the window, but her uniform coat fluttered.
“Hehe.”
I smiled in satisfaction as I watched her leave.
Plan successful.
Not just successful, either. It was a perfect clear.
‘Easy-smooth... smooth sailing.’
Humming to myself, I left the research building.
As I walked, the front pocket of my uniform wriggled.
The princess, who had quietly watched everything unfold, poked her head out.
[Viktor.]
“Your Highness.”
[You have worked hard. You moved until this late at night to capture the mole...]
“Professor Javert did all the work subduing Glinbert anyway.”
[Even so. You have worked hard.]
“Hehe, thank you.”
[Then... are you returning to the dormitory now?]
“No. There's somewhere I need to stop by first.”
[Hmm? But didn't that professor tell you to return directly to the dormitory?]
“Surely you didn't think I would keep that promise?”
[Of course not.]
It wasn't time to rest yet.
Unfortunately for Professor Javert, I still had something to take care of.
When cutting down a tree, one had to pull out the roots as well.
Ding!
[Chain Quest]
-Title: Tie Up Every Loose End?
-Details: Destroy the Cult branch that collaborated with Professor Glinbert. Rescue the civilians held captive as research materials.
-Penalty for Failure: None
-Reward: A clue about ■■■
[Time Limit: 6 hours 29 minutes 47 seconds]
I had cut off the branches and felled the trunk. Now it was time to pull out the roots.
A quest that would put an end to the long, sprawling practical-training saga.
I intended to destroy a Cult branch.
“Are we leaving at once?”
“We should.”
At some point, the princess had returned to her true form.
She wore the red mask I had given her before.
I rummaged through my clothes as well and pulled out my soulmate, the Absolute Balloon Sword.
Moonlight poured down.
“Ah, this light, squishy feeling...”
Had it been a while?
“It is time to return as the Sword Saint, Garulik.”
Garulik & Manre of the Slayers.
This time, we were deploying in ver. Cult Exterminator.
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