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Chapter 22
The name that came out of Whiton’s mouth made Maxwell stiffen up completely.
‘Leon... Jodrick?’
“Wait... What did you just say?”
Startled by Maxwell suddenly grabbing his shoulders and asking again, Whiton answered once more with a confused expression.
“I’m telling you, it was because of that bastard Leon Jodrick. That bastard stole the pendant...”
W̄е́bn ôṽēl Ё ňù m ӑ
“Tell me in more detail.”
Seeing a side of Maxwell he had never seen before, Whiton nodded and started to tell him everything he knew.
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That Chloe had left her pendant in the self-training room, that Leon had secretly broken in during the night and he had witnessed it, and that the next day, Chloe’s pendant had disappeared.
“No matter how I look at it, it has to be Leon Jodrick.”
Since he was basically caught red-handed at the scene, Maxwell also agreed with Whiton’s opinion.
“It does seem likely.”
W̊ e b̌ ňо̄ v̄ ẽ l Е nům а̃
“Well, even so, there’s nothing we can do since the pendant has already been found.”
The pendant had already been returned to Chloe, and the incident had come to an end for now.
Still, Maxwell couldn’t shake off a strange discomfort.
Chloe’s pendant, the Cribel twins.
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Leon’s attitude, as if he were hiding something.
“Yeah...”
Ѐ n̈ ûm̈_à
Without saying anything more to Whiton, Maxwell quickly finished cleaning up the training grounds and immediately headed to the girls’ dormitory of the knight class.
His goal was Chloe Hendel.
When he arrived in front of the dorm, he realized he had no way to enter, so he asked some nearby female students to call Chloe out.
Because of this, rumors spread throughout the academy that there was something between the greatest genius in academy history, Maxwell Willard, and Chloe Hendel, but it took quite a long time for the actual people involved to find out.
“What brings you all the way here?”
At Chloe’s question, Maxwell naturally continued the conversation.
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“I just wanted to ask you something for a moment. I heard you lost your pendant...”
“Oh, this? I found it.”
“Who found it for you?”
Although Chloe only said she found it, Maxwell already knew that someone had returned it to her.
“Well...”
Knowing that Whiton didn’t think well of Leon, Chloe had been hiding the truth to avoid causing conflict.
Еnů m̈а
“Who was it? It’s important.”
Sensing the urgency on Maxwell’s face, Chloe unconsciously opened her mouth.
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“Leon...”
“The thief class, Leon Jodrick?”
“Yeah... that’s right.”
When she answered again to Maxwell’s words, Maxwell let out a big sigh.
W е bńо v̄ еl Еn̂ u m̄à
‘Leon Jodrick stole the pendant and then returned it?’
“I see... Thanks for telling me.”
Maxwell nodded and continued.
“Just in case, let me say this. Be careful of Leon Jodrick.”
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Maxwell left after delivering the same warning he had given the Cribel twins.
“What is he talking about...?”
Е̃ nûm̀а̃ . і̌ d́
Chloe could only stand there, not understanding the situation at all.
***
“So, big bro, I’m asking you for a favor.”
Raiz Jodrick asked me with an awkward smile, but unfortunately, I wasn’t in a position to grant him that favor.
“I don’t think I can do that.”
“What are you talking about? You said you’d definitely do it last time. You just said you needed money.”
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Back then, Leon probably didn’t even know his own situation and just wanted to drink expensive liquor as much as he wanted.
“I did try, but the target is Chloe Hendel, you know.”
A descendant of Cled, one of the five heroes.
It was a fact that Chloe’s skills were so outstanding that you couldn’t ignore her bloodline.
The previous Leon was only able to steal her pendant because she had been careless.
Having lost it once, she would obviously guard it much more thoroughly now.
Е n ǔ mà
I had no intention of stealing it again, and even if I did, it would be practically impossible.
“No... You can do it.”
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“It really seems impossible.”
After hearing my answer, Raiz made a sincere face, lowered his head deeply, and started mumbling.
“I can do it, I can do it... I can do it... I can do it... I can do it...”
This was different from how he had been before.
Ẃ е b̊ń o v̀êl Ё ǹu m_а̌.
He just kept repeating that he could do it, not even bothering to look me in the eye as if he didn’t even want to hear my answer.
‘What’s with him?’
I was quite flustered by his sudden change in demeanor.
“Big bro?”
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When I cautiously approached him, Raiz suddenly grabbed my shoulders tightly and continued.
“No... I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it,”
Е num â
“Ugh...!”
He was squeezing my shoulders so hard that pain shot through me.
“What’s wrong with you?”
“I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it, I have to do it,”
[Danger detected]
[Activating the trait ‘Isaiah’s Prophecy.’]
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Along with the blue window, a green light circled around my shoulders.
It meant there was a risk of minor injuries.
“Calm down!”
I had no choice but to shout as I forcefully shook off his hands.
“I have to... do it...? Uh...”
Finally seeming to come to his senses, Raiz looked around and then held his head.
W̄ eb̊n̊ o̊ v̄ѐ l̆ Е́ n̂ūm̂ā
“Sorry... I’ve been out of it lately.”
Saying that, he pressed his forehead hard with his fingers.
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“You okay?”
“Yeah...”
He didn’t look okay at all.
“Anyway, I told you it’d be difficult. And I think you shouldn’t trust those people so easily.”
Wе̃ b nо́vе l̀ Е̂n̈u̇mа
I brushed off my shoulders as I spoke.
“No matter how much they say they support you, they’re the kind of people who make you do things you don’t understand.”
This rebellion was bound to end with Raiz’s death anyway.
In the original story, Raiz’s appearance was just to show the ruthlessness of the Jodrick family head — a single execution scene.
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‘His life or death didn’t really affect the main story anyway...’
This was the last bit of kindness I could offer, giving Raiz a chance to live, since he was Leon’s flesh and blood.
Е̄ ňú m а
Because I couldn’t save my own brother.
“Okay... so you’re saying you can’t do it, right?”
When I nodded, Raiz put down the food he was eating and stood up.
“Then, I’ll handle it myself.”
Before I could stop him, he left, leaving only those words behind.
The Jodrick family’s rebellion and Chloe’s pendant.
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‘This is bad.’
When he said he’d handle it himself, he probably meant he would steal Chloe’s pendant himself.
Visitors to the Argen Academy could stay in the dorms inside the academy for up to five days.
‘Five days, huh...’
With my mind growing more complicated, I stuffed the now-cold food into my stomach.
***
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The next day, after the infiltration class with A ended, I was planning to head to the student council room, but my plan was interrupted.
“Please understand even if the tea isn’t to your taste. I’m not really interested in tea.”
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“It’s perfectly delicious.”
A nodded slightly at my words.
“So... why did you call me?”
After class ended, as I was on my way to the student council room, A stopped me.
Е.ńů_m̃ а̊ .іd̃
‘I have something to talk about.’
It was just a simple phrase, but a teacher’s call always weighed heavily on a student.
Above all, there was still tension lingering because of the Iblis’s Coil incident just a few days ago.
‘Did they notice...?’
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The reverse scale of Iblis hanging on my left arm felt especially heavy today.
A took a sip of tea and slowly opened his mouth.
W е̌b̌n ȯvе̂_l̂ .Ӗ n u m а̀
“How has school life been for you lately?”
It was a question very different from what I had expected.
“Huh?”
“I asked how school life has been.”
Was this one of those typical counseling sessions between a teacher and a student?
“Well, I guess I’m adjusting in my own way.”
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I couldn’t exactly say it felt awkward, since it was my first time attending school in almost ten years.
“I see. At first, you caused quite a bit of trouble, but lately, you seem to have improved. Did you change your mindset?”
Although “lately” only referred to a period of less than ten days.
“Yeah… well…”
I couldn’t exactly say I was a different person from back then.
“That’s good then. There was a student who reminded me of you.”
W̊еb̃ nо̌ v̂е̇ l̃ Ѐnû ṁ a
A set down his teacup and continued slowly, as if finally getting to the main point.
“At first, it seemed like he couldn’t adjust to academy life, but little by little, he got used to it and eventually graduated without any problems.”
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I was a little surprised by the sudden mention of another student, but I nodded.
“I see.”
“Seeing you made me think of him... Is he doing well?”
“Huh?”
Ė n ǔm а
“I saw him yesterday at the shopping district. He was with you.”
Raiz Jodrick.
“The student I’m talking about is your senior, Raiz Jodrick.”
Raiz Jodrick was also a graduate of the academy, so I should have realized once A started talking.
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“Oh…”
“Is Raiz doing well? He needed a lot of attention, so I still worry about him from time to time even after graduation.”
Ŵе bnо̌v е̇ l̃ Е n̈ um а
At A’s words, I shook my head and replied.
“I don’t think there’s any big problem.”
“Well… he’s always been a timid guy, so I doubt he’d cause trouble anywhere.”
A let out a light laugh as he spoke.
“Even during his school days, he couldn’t even express his own opinion properly.”
“What?”
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“He was the complete opposite of you. It would’ve been great if the two of you were mixed together halfway.”
Raiz Jodrick was a timid character?
The Raiz Jodrick I knew wasn’t like that at all.
If anything, he had a bold and cheerful image.
“Well, it’s good to hear he’s doing okay. I was worried about him, and since I heard he came to see you, I just wanted to ask.”
A continued speaking in a calm tone.
Ẇĕ bńо̄v̆ el̇ En u m̀ ā
“If I met him directly, he’d probably shrink back again, so I’ll get going now.”
If the Raiz Jodrick A was talking about really was that kind of person…
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Then who in the world was the guy I met yesterday?
“It’s hot.”
***
Argen Academy’s guest dormitory.
W е̌b n̊о v̆е l̇ Е.ǹ ūm а̇
Though the season was finally warming up, the pitch-black night still held a lingering chill.
“It’s hot…”
Raiz Jodrick was lying on the bathroom floor, having thrown off his clothes.
“I can do it, I have to do it, I can do it, I have to do it.”
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His eyes were so red that it looked like blood would gush out if he strained them even a bit more, and the veins and muscles all over his body were swollen as he panted heavily.
“Me…? Why…?”
Е̃n ŭ m̆а̂
He couldn’t even swallow the drool that spilled from his mouth as he muttered in a grotesque state.
At that moment, Raiz suddenly seemed to regain his senses, springing up as he opened his mouth again.
“Already broken?”
However, the voice that came out of his mouth then was different from any voice Raiz had used before.
It was an alluring, extremely delicate, and high-pitched woman’s voice.
“How disappointing.”
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And as if in response, Raiz’s voice came out again.
“N-no… it’s not.”
“Right? You can’t break already. You still have to achieve your goal, don’t you?”
“My goal… the Jodrick family…”
“Goal.”
Like a puppet show, the two voices went back and forth from Raiz’s mouth.
Е̄nu̇ m а̃ . i ď
“Do your best…”
“You don’t have to do your best, just do it well.”
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“Yes, understood.”
As he said that, a small mark on the back of Raiz’s neck began to shine brightly.
A hexagram, and within it, a small inverted cross symbol.
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