The investigation revealed that Bathesia possessed an incredibly powerful magical power, the kind that only appeared once every ten years.

Upon hearing the news, the prestigious Concretia family recognized Bathesia as their daughter and sent her to the Demon King Academy.

Bathesia lived there. If you were the child of a prestigious family, everyone welcomed you with smiles. It was a reception that couldn’t be compared to her previous life, but the more she received, the more her heart twisted.

She hadn’t changed from before. But now that she had the title of a prestigious family, people welcomed her.

So what about my mother? Is being without a title useless? Who will appreciate her love?

But she couldn’t bring herself to say it out loud. Surely, they would reject me. Bathesia huddled in fear. She loved her mother, yet she couldn’t even express it properly. She became more and more guarded against her own self-loathing.

During that time, she heard news. A boy, born without any prestigious family background, had entered the academy.

Others displayed hostility, but she was different.

They were the same. She went to meet him with expectations. And Bathesia faced Karos.

Seeing Karos, Bathesia became excited. Whatever others said, she would follow her own path. She would erase the clumsy plots and act with dignity. She had everything she admired. Bathesia wanted to become close to him.

So, she approached and spoke.

“Are you a wretched lowborn?”

That was Bathesia’s first sentence to Karos, and her excitement caused her words to stumble. She realized her mistake but couldn’t take back what she had said. Bathesia stood there, dazed, as Karos glanced at her and walked away, ignoring her.

“Oh, Bathesia, I see you don’t like that person either?”

“Well, yes. How can such a lowly person dare to enter this place? Let’s make sure he leaves immediately.”

Karos passed by, and her followers spoke. Before they could say anything, they each began tormenting Karos in their own ways. As a result, Bathesia became the one actively tormenting Karos.

“…This isn’t right.”

She regretted it, but the damage had been done. However, she still hoped that with time, they would have a chance to talk again. The more she tried to approach, the more Karos avoided her. He even threw bombs at her reluctantly, but Bathesia didn’t give up.

“You’re quite persistent.”

“Am I?”

Bathesia replied awkwardly with a smile to Borcania’s words. Borcania was the only demon who knew her thoughts.

“Now might be a good time to give up. You seem to make him really uncomfortable.”

“But I can’t. Lately, it feels like he’s been letting his guard down a bit.”

Bathesia said, pumping herself up with determination. She wanted to get closer to him.

One day, when Bathesia came out of the academy, the surroundings seemed uneasy. She didn’t pay much attention, thinking it was nothing important. But then Borcania approached her.

“Have you heard, Bathesia?”

“Heard what?”

“Rumors are circulating about your birthplace.”

Bathesia’s face turned pale. Her frozen face slowly moved her lips.

“What is that…?”

“I don’t know. Rumors have been going around since I came here today. I traced the source of the rumors, and that’s what I found.”

Borcania spoke with a concealed smile.

“They say Karos has been spreading it.”

Bathesia rushed to confront Karos. He looked at her coldly. Bathesia struggled to speak.

“Is it true that you’re spreading rumors about my birthplace?”

“Why are you suddenly asking such a question?”

“Answer me!”

With a roar, her magical power surged. Karos frowned and considered. He didn’t have many close demons, and they hadn’t informed him about Bathesia’s situation.

“Are you talking about the magical power outburst incident?”

“Why are you only mentioning it now?”

Karos responded, annoyed by her sudden inquiry.

“That’s old news.”

Bathesia began to intensely resent Karos from that point onward.

After graduating, they didn’t see each other for a long time, but now they were reunited.

Bathesia grumbled, “I don’t know. Well, it doesn’t really matter now. When I’m about to die, does it even have any meaning?”

With the certainty of impending death, resentment had faded away. She just had one question: Why did Karos spread rumors about her? She wanted to understand why he would do that after starting those rumors.

However, her thought was interrupted by the sound of footsteps.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

It must be goblins; the sound of their footsteps was familiar. Bathesia muttered with annoyance, “They’re here? Kill me quickly, you little brats.”

“Don’t be so harsh.”

A leisurely response came, and Bathesia was taken aback. It was Karos. He appeared with an antidote in one hand and the head of the village chief in the other.

“Are you okay? Take this. It’s an antidote.”

Bathesia stared at him in confusion. Karos scolded the village chief while muttering to himself.

“Why did you hide like this? I had a hard time finding it.”

The village chief stammered, “M-Master.”

“Anyway, take it. Your magic power will return quickly after taking this.”

However, Bathesia kept looking at him without taking the antidote. She had a strange feeling about this situation, especially since Karos seemed genuinely clueless about the rumors he had spread. She wanted to find out why he was pretending not to know. But her curiosity couldn’t continue. She heard footsteps approaching.

“What’s wrong?”

“…I don’t know. What happened to you? Why are you restraining the village chief?”

“Oh, that? I’ll explain it to you later, step by step. First, take this.”

“Alright…”

Reluctantly, Bathesia accepted the antidote from Karos. At the same moment, a gust of wind blew away. She looked at her hand in astonishment.

“My magic power… it’s back.”

It wasn’t perfect, but it was enough to control her body. Bathesia clenched her fists, and the dampness on her clothes evaporated instantly. The returned magic power warmed her body.

“That’s it.”

“Now, then.”

She didn’t know why Karos was here or how he had brought the antidote.

But those questions could wait for later. For now, there was something she had to do.

“These damn goblins!”

Her magic power spread. To her, it was a level of power that couldn’t be resisted by goblins. The village chief clung to Karos in terror.

“Master! P-Please, spare me!”

“Don’t cling to me, you fool.”

Karos scolded him and took a step back.

Bathesia, who was about to unleash hell on the goblins, had noticed something strange. Behind Karos, the goblins were gathering, but they seemed uneasy, not fearful of death.

Bathesia lowered her hand.

“What’s going on?”

“It’s simple, Bathesia.”

Karos pried the village chief off and explained.

“I became their master.”

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