Tomorrow is an important day that will decide most future events.
Does Ruslan eat the fairy fruit at the beginning of the novel or not? This difference is bigger than you might think. This is because there is something called growth efficiency.
The longer this period lasts, the more difficult it becomes to move on to that chapter. Although it is a hidden work, it is a must-eat if you are the main character. And that too as quickly as possible.
There is no problem if Ruslan becomes stronger than usual. Rather, it was good. As long as I have Asti, I won't get beaten to death by Ruslan until at least chapter 3. Because Asti's power is strong.
As much as I cried out for a fairy, I also felt a little anxious.
Will Aris encourage Ruslan to find me?
It is true that, considering Aris's personality and Ruslan's personality, it is very likely that they will come looking for me.
But nothing is certain. So I had to consider the possibility that they might not find me.
What should I do if they don't come to me? I don't think it's right to leave everything to gambling.
There was a simpler way than I thought. A situation arises where Aris and I can be alone. Long story short, after magic class is over, Aris and I can move textbooks back to storage.
And creating such a situation is not that difficult. First of all, I was going to move the textbook tomorrow. I can do this on my own before class, or after class, I can ask additional people to move the textbooks back to the warehouse.
Usually, textbooks are more difficult to dispose of after use than before use, so I always added one more person.
But the professor might not like me coming forward. Because of this incident, the number of professors who do not trust me has increased. But fortunately, that won't happen.
Of course, there were some among the faculty who harbored resentment towards me, but there were also those who could not easily refuse my, or to be more precise, Lancel's request.
Magic professor Elaine Avaritia is entirely the latter, and she cannot rebel against me because I have a long history of helping her in Lancel's name when she is in trouble.
So I have to bribe her. All I have to do is to ask her a favor.
When moving textbooks before class, I can do it myself, and after class, I can ask Aris to move the dirty textbooks.
Even Elaine might be against me being alone with Aris, but that's all I have to do to convince her.
I am sure I will never do anything to Aris.
I also plan to add that if creating such a situation itself becomes a problem, I will take full responsibility. That way she won't say no. She owes Lancel a great deal.
First of all, even if Aris doesn't come to visit me, I have made a plan, so I can just continue like this.
After thinking about it, I immediately visited Asti. I knocked on it a few times.
"who are you?"
"it's me."
"Come in."
A slightly sleepy voice rings in my ears. If you think about it, unlike ordinary demons, Asti is very strict about sleeping time. The same goes for waking up time.
It seems like the lifestyle she had when she was an angel continues to this day, but in many ways, I feel like she is a devil living the right life.
"what's the matter?"
"I have further plans."
"Additional plans? What is that?"
"This is a plan in case they can't find me. Because there's nothing that needs to happen."
"hmm."
I immediately told Asti what I thought.
"...Did the professors also receive bribes?"
"Because it's Lancel."
These are magic words that can be used at Selus Academy. Status and wealth are more effective than most magic.
I can silence a significant number of faculty members... The most powerful power I can wield. In some ways, this is more effective than Asti's power. There are too many risks to use Asti's power openly.
"Okay. Anyway, if something like that happens, there's nothing I can do, right?"
"great."
"But even if Elaine shows up like that, I don't think Ruslan will stay still. Oh, so that's what you were aiming for?"
"Exactly. If I were to be alone with Aris, he would start a fight."
"It's a simple but good method. No one wants to leave an attempted rape and a victim together. But will the professor accept it? If this becomes known to the outside world, it will be difficult for the professor to receive a good evaluation," She said.
"I was thinking of telling others that I threatened her. And I said I wouldn't let any harm come to the professor."
"Still, don't you find it unpleasant to have a bad reputation among students?"
"That's because you don't know much about professor."
"what?"
"The students' reputations are not that important to them. What is important to them is the academic achievements they can present. Wouldn't some professors be tempted if I offered to fully support their work?"
"this?"
"... That too. Anyway, okay. If they do ask me where I was, we're going to go make two plans. Yes?"
"Exactly. Speak clearly when I ask."
"great."
"I hope it's the first."
"But if we stick to the first plan, won't we run out of time?"
"It's not that tight. Did you forget? The magic class is after lunch. That time is enough. Did you forget that lunch time is two hours?"
"Oh, I see. First of all, the only class tomorrow afternoon is magic, so we have a lot of time, right?"
"Good. Anyway, good luck for tomorrow ."
"By the way. Frax."
"What?"
She suddenly called me and secretly asked me.
"By any chance, the reward you said you would give me if this incident ended safely."
"Oh, my feelings?"
"yes."
"Why are you asking for an advance payment?"
"I saw it exactly. Can I take half? Then, I think we can make the magic mirror more elaborate tomorrow."
She was giving me a quick look and saying, 'I think I'm very hungry.'
"Don't just say things like that, be honest. You are starving."
"This is it. Just like you said, I'm starving to death. If I make a contract, I can only eat the heart of the person I made the contract with. You have to express your feelings at the right time, okay? It means I can use my power properly. Especially tomorrow. Do you want the demonic scene to be quite large?"
I noticed this for the first time. Can you only eat the contractor's emotions? Maybe it was the influence of the haphazardly planned setting, but this world somehow seemed to fill in the empty setting.
In any case, Asti's request was quite reasonable.
Opening the magic world is an easy task for Asti, but it is also an act that consumes an enormous amount of magical energy. So it makes sense for her to ask me about the emotions that are the source of her strength.
But how do we share our feelings? There is no set amount of food to eat, and I don't know what my total amount is... What if she eat it all to get paid in advance?
When I expressed these concerns to Asti, she said she knew intuitively.
"Can you feel it intuitively?"
"Okay. The way I can eat your emotions is by sucking your blood. It's not a problem because I know right away how much power is leaving your body. You just have to do your part. So that's the amount. I only eat half of it."
...Please wait a moment. what? vampire?
Now that I think about it, while narrating the story of Frax and Asti, I never clearly explained how Frax communicates his feelings to Asti. If you just give a rough emotion, Asti will accept it on her own... I remember setting it up like this.
But I didn't know that the method was blood sucking.
"I don't think you understand."
"It should be impossible. You're not a vampire or anything, right?"
When I asked her a question, she frowned.
"Are you comparing me to that lowly bat? That's rude. And the reason why eating emotions is a way to suck blood is because blood is the medium that forms the basis of all existence. Because it is the source of life. And reaching out to the source means you can learn a lot just by doing so. I especially focus on emotions."
I nodded at her words. I was harsh on her. Vampires were often a subordinate race among demons unless they were leaders.
And I nodded at the explanation that followed. Indeed, the blood that spurts from the heart and circulates throughout the body can be said to be the source of life itself...
"I think so. Anyway, you are not a vampire…."
"Then did you give permission?"
"yes."
"Then can I eat now?"
"eat."
"Then sit here."
Asti patted the bed. She followed and sat down on the bed, and she slightly loosened my collar.
"Then I will eat well~"
Her face turned red and she bit my neck.
But even when she bite so hard, I couldn't feel anything other than a tingling sensation.
After that... I felt like my body was losing strength little by little.