In ＜Merchen’s Magic Knight＞, student council president Alice Carroll’s end was not good even with empty words.

 

After committing suicide, he received all kinds of curses and curses as an infiltrator and criminal. It was purely a villainous treatment, and her tombstone was poorly erected in the corner of the mountain.

 

Paladin has not been heard from since he was captured by the Empire. However, when exploring the map, there were clues that could infer that they committed suicide after being tortured.

 

In the community, it became an established theory that the Paladins remained silent despite the torture and interrogation of the Empire and eventually committed suicide.

 

‘In the end, it turned out like this.’

 

Alice and Paladin lived, and became my subordinates.

 

It was an unexpected result. What I was thinking of was a cooperative relationship of equals, not a master-servant relationship. It was good for me.

 

Also, Alice summoned Trump soldiers and received a report that the Heart Kingdom was safe. Alice and Paladin were relieved.

 

Since the evil spirit will be resurrected in about a year, Mephisto of the contract must be staying somewhere in this world to prepare in advance. Since I appeared after defeating the bottomless pit, I had to assume the possibility that I had escaped.

 

He informed Sangui-Merbul and some soldiers about where Mephisto might be, his characteristics and appearance. After that, he gave instructions to find Mephisto.

 

They left the academy with strong will, perhaps because they were happy to receive an order from me.

 

「Act 9, Alice Subjugation」 ended just like that.

 

The next day, the sun naturally rose over the horizon. as if nothing had happened.

 

The punitive force remained at the academy along with the Imperial Knights. It was because of the imperial order to remain there.

 

The Bartos building, which was the center of the Alice Carroll case, became an off-limits area. It was to preserve the scene of the incident. A few other damaged buildings were also repaired directly from the academy.

 

With the return of academy students and faculty, Hegel Magic Tower wizards, and islanders, the campus has regained its former mood. However, the academy had to deal with the Alice Carroll case, so it spread a notice to all students that it would be closed for a few days.

 

I took the time to have a brief interview with Principal Elena Woodline. She explained in detail what had happened while I was in the abyss and the background of Dorothy’s runaway.

 

‘Why did that happen?’

 

Until Dorothy’s death in ＜Merchen’s Magic Knight＞, there was no runaway of starlight magic. In other words, it was the first time.

 

First… That was something to figure out later with Dorothy. Rest first now.

 

After the incident, Dorothy, Luce, and Kaya went straight to the dormitory to sleep, probably tired. Second day already. It was just a good sleep.

 

Since it was meant to save me, I couldn’t help but feel sad.

 

After discussing with Principal Elena and Vice-captain Magrio, they decided to temporarily occupy one of the buildings in the Academy Detention Center. Its purpose was to keep Alice Carroll and Paladin there with restraints.

 

Alice said she would stay in the detention center of her own will. He seemed to want to organize his thoughts. I respected that will and gave him a room in the detention center.

 

Anyway, some Dupendorf troops were deployed to the academy detention center to stand guard in shifts.

 

The rest of the force was sent back to Dupendorf. They said they should prepare for the enthronement ceremony after conveying this good news to all the people.

 

He looked very happy.

 

Since the contract was signed after summoning them, they could not be summoned back to Dupendorf. It was also the reason I was able to keep them here without wasting magic power. I’m sorry.

 

by the way.

 

‘Duppendorfer… .’

 

For my purposes, I was shouldering a great responsibility, like a heavy weight. I didn’t feel it at all.

 

Of course, he had no intention of avoiding that responsibility. On the contrary, it was only good for me to say that they would honor me as a king.

 

I’m going to have to stop by Dupendorf during the vacation to hold the coronation ceremony. As much as they have been waiting for me, I wanted to repay that expectation.

 

Bingtoeung-Barbatoma and Taedongak-Tugaros each returned to somewhere in nature. Thinking that these big, scary-looking guys became my minions, I felt pretty cute now.

 

Saint Bianca Entourage said she had something to tell me, and asked me to come to the church when things went well and I had time to spare. He also said he had something to talk about.

 

‘What else is he?’

 

Saint Bianca. It’s a person I don’t want to get involved with, but I replied that I would know first because I noticed that there was no shady intention.

 

Students sighed in front of the academy bulletin board. This was because there was an important announcement besides the cancellation notice.

 

The notice contained the content that ‘the informant has been caught, and the case is being investigated in cooperation with the Imperial Knights to reveal the truth of the case’.

 

In the end, it was a natural flow for all the students to talk about the insiders.

 

Students who gathered in front of the bulletin board argued that the president of the student body couldn’t do that or looked at the objective facts.

 

‘Are there any dropouts at this time?’

 

In the game, there were several people who dropped out after 「Alice Subjugation」. There were a few guys who gave up on receiving a diploma, saying they couldn’t go to the academy where accidents like this happen anymore, right?

 

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Maybe several? It was a fairly small number. It was because there were many students who predicted that the ‘infiltrator’, who was considered to be the culprit, had been caught and would be fine now.

 

It was a relief born of ignorance.

 

‘If you know what [Eternal Tombstone] is, you won’t.’

 

If you knew the [Eternal Tombstone] effect that Alice was trying to activate, you would be able to deduce that something scary would be resurrected here.

 

Very few people know what that magic is. When I asked Alice, she said that she also knew through Mephisto.

 

In the game, after numerous investigations, it is only later revealed what the magic was, but the upper line immediately kept the information top secret.

 

It was a reasonable decision.

 

Thanks to that, I was able to minimize confusion, evacuate people at the right time, and prepare for the battle against the evil spirits.

 

In other words.

 

‘It would be better to keep quiet.’

 

Otherwise, it will lead to great confusion.

 

I didn’t have the confidence to deal with the ill effects of the chaos.

 

Alice, it would be necessary to align the words with Paladin in advance.

 

Since there were no classes, students lived their daily lives as if it were a holiday. But as I walked the campus, the students passing by gave me awe-inspiring glances.

 

It was worth it because he showed the whole school students the act of [Destroyer] in real time, and he also obtained the status of Wonwang.

 

Even with the news that Emperor Carlos was going to visit the academy, my story became a hot potato among all students.

 

Who else besides me is the reason why the emperor personally visits the academy?

 

Because of that, I used a road with less people as much as possible. It was because the excessive attention was burdensome.

 

I was afraid of the day class started again.

 

‘This… It’s still a bit far.’

 

While walking on the campus, I took out a pocket watch from my pocket.

 

Snow White’s platinum-colored watch that has unlocked the bottomless pit.

 

It had turned pitch-black until “Alice Subjugation”, but was slowly regaining its platinum color.

 

Just before the bottomless pit was summoned and eaten by it, I grabbed this pocket watch with magic. Because he promised to return it to White.

 

But I didn’t intend to return it right away. I will have to tell the story of this watch to Emperor Carlos.

 

… …

 

[ state ]

 

Name: Isaac

 

Lv : 150

 

Gender: male

 

Grade: 2

 

title: ice

 

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Magical Power: [ ※ Magical power is depleted. ]

 

– Magical recovery speed (A+)

 

– Stamina (A+)

 

– Strength (A+)

 

– Intellect (A)

 

– Spirit (S)

 

Potential ＜＜Details＞＞

 

[ Combat Ability ]

 

Elemental Class 1: Ice

 

– Elemental firepower (A)

 

– Elemental Efficiency (A+)

 

– Element Synergy (A)

 

Elemental Class 2: Rock

 

Elemental Firepower (A-)

 

Elemental Efficiency (A-)

 

Elemental Synergy (B+)

 

[ Unique characteristics ]

 

– Destroyer

 

– Weapon technician

 

– Magic Knight’s Ultimate

 

– Ilchwiwoljang

 

“I’m here.”

 

“Welcome, baby.”

 

It was still before Emperor Carlos came.

 

I visited Alice’s room in the academy detention center every day. She asked Paladin to keep the fact that she was imprisoned in the detention center secretly, so she was secretly imprisoned.

 

The academy detention center is a place where students who have had major accidents are detained, and there was no bloody feeling at all.

 

I must say it has an old fashioned look. It was because the opponent was a student, so it was a place that focused on rehabilitation rather than punishment.

 

We talked a lot, as if the time we spent in the abyss was not enough. We played and laughed together, and I cooked and ate together.

 

“I don’t know if I can accept such luxurious treatment from my master.”

 

“What’s your name… .”

 

“Are you right, master?”

 

“It’s awkward.”

 

“Then did you like being called baby, baby?”

 

“You didn’t call me so cute.”

 

Alice treated me like before, playing around with me. He seemed to understand why I came every day.

 

When we ran out of words, we sat side by side against the wall and passed the time. At that time, holding a magic device, he trained his magic management ability even with a small amount of magic power, guarding Alice’s side.

 

Alice spat out a pun, and I accepted the joke.

 

It must have been a really thought-provoking time for Alice. So, I wanted to be with her. Now that you are my servant, even more so.

 

‘Should I check the status?’

 

I decided to organize my thoughts next to Alice.

 

This 「Alice Subjugation」 gave me a tremendous achievement.

 

The level is 2 up after winning the match against Alice, 8 up after beating Mephisto’s alter ego and the demon army, and 15 up after winning the abyss. A total of 25 levels have risen.

 

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Magic power was still depleted, but considering the growth rate so far, the maximum amount of magic power would be around ‘95,300’. From level 151, the rate of increase in magic power will rise again steeply.

 

The title had changed to ‘Bingje’ before I knew it. Presumably, it seemed to have changed after using Sanghwa’s sword.

 

I wonder if the system bestowed titles on my situation… I couldn’t tell.

 

In addition, there were two achievements achieved.

 

You succeeded in breaking the phantom clock against Alice and achieved the achievement [Guardian of Time]. As a reward, I got 15 bonus stats.

 

Defeated the bottomless pit and achieved the legendary achievement [Eternal Transcendence]. The reward… .

 

‘This is… .’

 

Checked the skill list. A new neutral property magic was created.

 

8-star magic, [Create Labyrinth].

 

As the name suggests, magic that creates labyrinths. It was his power that flowed into my head as soon as I defeated the bottomless pit.

 

[Labyrinth Creation] can be used in combination with area-dominant magic such as [Ice God]. In other words, you can create an ice labyrinth.

 

The amount of magical power required would be filthy high, but it was enough to use it as it became stronger with [combat power against races].

 

‘It’s a pity.’

 

Originally, by defeating Mephisto and the demon army, the legendary achievement [Supreme King] could be achieved. However, it seemed that the conditions for achieving the achievement had not yet been met, probably because he had not defeated Mephisto’s body.

 

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Mephisto would face a cruel end as soon as he was found. When that time comes, the [Supreme King] achievement will be achieved naturally.

 

‘[The combat power of the race] is… .’

 

[Combat power against humans] was still stuck at stat 80. [Combat power against Elyos] was 0. [Combat power against heterogeneous races] was unnecessarily marked as 1.

 

The current remaining stat is a whopping 115. It was an achievement obtained thanks to subjugating Mephisto’s demon army and the abyss first. Thanks to this, I was able to alleviate the anxiety of the next semester.

 

Now, the ones that will appear in the next semester are the Elyos, the fairies, and the Demons, Kalgart of the Dead Spirit and Thanatos of the Death.

 

Thanatos of Death will not work unless Ian hits [Exile from Paradise]. Therefore, Ian’s role will become important.

 

‘It’s a problem with Elyos and fairies now.’

 

In order to prepare for the Elyos and the fairies, I was thinking of putting the stat distribution on hold for now. I don’t know how things will turn out again.

 

Therefore, maxing [combat power against humans] should be postponed until later.

 

Anyway, if I really want to fight against humans, my temporary level rises to 190, and my stats get stronger.

 

‘That’s enough.’

 

Of course, in case of emergency, there could be a situation where [combat power against humans] had to be maxed out.

 

Such cases were to be avoided whenever possible.

 

“ah.”

 

It was time to slowly leave. It was because Emperor Carlos would soon arrive.

 

“It’s time for the emperor to come soon, so I’ll go.”

 

When I got up, Alice got up too.

 

“Yes, be careful. Thank you for coming.”

 

“… And.”

 

Before leaving, there was something I wanted to give Alice.

 

“Is this okay?”

 

“yes?”

 

I took the accessory out of the wrapping paper in my pocket and handed it to Alice. It was a black choker.

 

I bought it last night because the clothing store had reopened.

 

I chose the most acceptable design, but if I just didn’t like the design, I was thinking of buying a new one later.

 

“I bought it for now because I can’t go around showing the stigma. If you don’t like it, tell me.”

 

I waited for Alice’s reaction without putting the choker on myself.

 

Because it might stimulate trauma. If so, I was going to apologize and throw away my choker. I just bought it because I thought chokers were Alice’s taste.

 

Alice stared at the choker without saying anything. I put on a blank face for a while as if I was thinking about many things.

 

It was an uncomfortable silence. Is it right to put away the choker right now… ?

 

“… he.”

 

Before long, Alice accepted the choker with her characteristic kind smile. Then, he put his hand inside the alchemy hair and wrapped the choker around his neck.

 

The choker covered the pale blue brand on Alice’s neck. It fit well.

 

“I’ll write well, baby.”

 

Alice’s cheeks flushed slightly.

 

I was relieved to see that gentle smile, and I was able to smile and leave.

 

* * *

 

The place where Isaac left.

 

A thick silence lingered.

 

Alice fiddled with the choker around her neck as she stared at the mirror hanging on the wall with a calm face.

 

The texture was soft.

 

“Ah, my… .”

 

He was still bound by someone.

 

But it was no longer a resentful and cursed bondage.

 

Alice bowed her head.

 

“I’m glad… .”

 

Unbeknownst to me, the corner of my mouth went up.

 

Alice really liked the feel of the choker and the faint pressure she felt on her neck.