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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 26: Apparently, a Terrifying Incident Happened Overnight
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I gradually stopped understanding what was happening in front of me.
Just when I thought I had been kidnapped by scary upperclassmen, Lord Alphys appeared.
For an instant, I felt relieved, thinking he had come to save me.
Then one of the upperclassmen was cut down and vanished into darkness.
Huh? He killed him? What am I watching?
From that moment, I felt as if I had fallen into a dream.
"Is Roguid dead?"
"Yes. Like the rest of you, he is not needed at this academy... no, in this country."
Seeing Lord Alphys smile like that in front of the second-years made my spine freeze.
It was as if he were staring into empty space, as if he did not recognize the people standing there as people.
No, he looked as if he saw them as something that was not even human.
His eyes were dark and cold, as though infinite blackness spread deep within them.
I even began to think he was something born from the bottom of an abyss.
Maybe the upperclassmen sensed it too, because they attacked Lord Alphys.
With that many of them, surely even Lord Alphys could not win.
I closed my eyes without thinking.
"Gyaaaah!"
"Guh!"
"Agh!"
When I opened my eyes, the upperclassmen were collapsed there, bleeding.
Blood poured from all over their bodies as if they had been pierced by countless invisible weapons.
Something stirred in my chest.
Something cruel and frightening was happening, so what was wrong with me?
The desire to run from this place did not appear at all.
Instead, the urge to keep watching swelled inside me.
"How's that?! You are stuck defending! This is not all I have!"
It was too fast. I could not tell what was happening.
If I moved even one more step, I would probably get caught in the attack and die.
But why?
I found myself wanting to get closer.
I wanted to keep watching from the very edge.
It was frightening, but it felt as if something were crawling up my spine.
It was both unpleasant and pleasurable.
If Lord Alphys lost, what would happen to me?
Surely something beyond imagination.
What kind of face was Lord Alphys making now?
"You showed me something decent enough. I do not know if this counts as thanks, but I will reveal one more of my cards. Shadow Entry."
Lord Alphys vanished.
The next instant, a blade thrust up from below and pierced the upperclassman's stomach.
Blood splattered onto the floor like a waterfall, and the upperclassman finally collapsed.
I had no idea what had happened.
So much blood was flowing, and the upperclassman looked like he was going to die, but something had gone wrong with me.
I could no longer suppress the pounding in my chest.
"It is gloomy magic, after all. I guess it is not as flashy as lightning magic."
"Do not... want..."
After saying that, the upperclassman stopped moving.
The upperclassman died. Lord Alphys killed him.
Was that allowed when this was the academy?
Was Lord Alphys actually a terrible villain?
I could feel that common sense slipping smoothly out of my head.
"Are you hurt?"
The instant I saw Lord Alphys hold out his hand, my thoughts stopped.
Standing there was a bloodstained prince, a dark nobleman.
Yes. I was extremely excited.
* * *
House Balfont's special cleaning squad would deal with the bodies here.
What happened today would be cleaned up as some kind of accident.
"Can you stand?"
"Eh? Ah, ah..."
"What is it? Can you not walk?"
"No..."
Her face was red. Maybe she had a fever.
For now, I took Esty's hand and supported her.
"I am sure you have questions, but hold them in."
"Lord... Alphys..."
"Hey, what is wrong with you? I will take you to the girls' dorm entrance, so let that be enough. I cannot go inside."
"Fahii..."
She must have been very shocked.
However, the fault lay not with me but with the delinquents playing mafia, so I felt no guilt.
I did not know what she was aiming for, but in a world like this, she would probably have chances to see people die.
I wanted her to endure it as practice.
After that, Esty did not say a word until we reached the girls' dorm.
"See you. You have class tomorrow too, so rest early."
"Um..."
"Hm?"
"Th-thank, thaaaaank..."
Esty made a sound like a broken radio while still bright red.
As expected, the shock must have been great.
Well, if she rested for a night, her feelings would calm down.
"What is it? I cannot enter the girls' dorm, so go back on your own from here."
"Y-yeshihihi..."
"Apparently, someone who once snuck into the girls' dorm was marked by the student council and expelled. So, see you."
"Ah, ah, um..."
Continuing the exchange like this would get us nowhere, so I decided to retreat.
When I glanced back, she was still standing there in a daze.
At this point, I was not responsible anymore.
* * *
The next day, the academy announced that Dale, the other two, and the second-years including Deniro had snuck into the magic tool warehouse and caused an explosion accident.
The cause was apparently an explosion that occurred when they carelessly operated a magic tool requiring careful handling, causing mana to swell all at once.
As a result, all of the second-years died, while the first-years were critically injured.
Dale's group had been rescued, but their injuries were severe, and even the treatment clinic could do nothing for them, so they would apparently go through withdrawal procedures soon.
"Lord Alphys. This cafeteria has quite good food."
"They even have specialist teams for ingredient procurement and cooking. Tuition is high and difficult to afford, but the treatment is good."
In the dining hall, we were eating cafeteria food instead of the five-tier pagoda lunch.
This cafeteria was much tastier than most restaurants.
After all, nobles with refined palates attended this academy, so they seemed to prepare food of a certain level.
Despite the food being so good, it seemed we were the only ones calmly eating here.
"Whisper, whisper... Lord Dale was born into a count house, and he did something that stupid."
"That condescending attitude had been annoying for a while. Serves him right."
"Gaz and Keter were getting pretty full of themselves too, so this feels refreshing."
Everywhere I walked in the academy, people talked about nothing else.
What a terrifying incident.
Some magic tools could cause mana to swell and explode all at once if handled incorrectly.
"Playing pranks with magic tools at their age, huh? Luchel, you agree, right?"
"Absolutely. There are loooots of things in this world that become fatal if you touch them carelessly, right?"
"Why are you looking at me?"
"It is such a major accident. Scary people might visit Dale's family homes too."
This girl understood properly.
Of course, when it came to Dale's group, there was no way it would end with a little punching and kicking.
Later, someone in the family would investigate their homes and decide their treatment properly.
House Brooks had grown rapidly through lightning magic, but was that the only reason?
Like House Demaseka, there was a chance that plenty of dust would come out if someone beat the rugs.
Hopefully that dust would not catch fire this time.
"U-um..."
"Hm?"
The one who spoke to me was Esty.
She was not holding anything, so it did not seem like she wanted to eat with us.
"I-I need to talk to you..."
"Talk?"
What could she possibly want, the day after yesterday?
Judging from Esty's expression, it seemed like a fairly serious conversation.
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