Academy Ankle Reaper

99. Interrogation

Why this happened, Buckingham couldn’t understand.

Until this morning, I thought it was going to be a very good day.

I came up with a good idea at the meeting the night before, and I brought it up as a meeting topic in the morning, and it drew a positive response.

Now, as long as things go as planned, everything will go smoothly.

But what about now?

The mouth does not move.

It was because the assailant who attacked him was covering his mouth with his hand.

I was able to force my jaw to move just now, but not now.

I felt the pain as if my jaw would be smashed because of how strong the grip was.

Among the academy, which thought it was safe from outsiders… It was also attacked in its own office.

The assailant who looked up looked like a ghost shimmering in a black mist, as he was wearing a mask that was so thick that it was suffocating.

The assailant held the sword in plain sight to Buckingham’s face.

“Eup…Up..!!!!”

He thought he was going to cut his throat, so he tried to struggle, but he was holding it back with so much force that he couldn’t move.

As if it had been painted black to prevent reflection of light, Buckingham’s eyes caught the black blade.

The fear he felt as he watched the sword slowly approaching him quickly turned into another form of fear.

‘That… That’s…????’

The sword, which had been painted black and did not reflect a single light, was shining so brightly that I could not even see it with my eyes open.

The light of the aura, which was so powerful that even a trace of the black blade was not visible, was different from the tricks that made it shine with luminous magic.

‘Eh… Why did Master come to me..??’

Buckingham remembered the Master who had visited his military academy prior to his commissioning.

As the master of the previous generation of Linda, the current greatest sword of the empire, it was hard to forget the aura blade he used.

‘The master who hides his identity… No way??’

An armor covered with a dark deterrence spell to hide your identity, and an aura blade that has reached its peak as proof of the master.

Buckingham had heard of a Master possessing such characteristics.

“Do you know what this means? Blink twice if you know.”

Buckingham blinked slowly twice.

The black armored man confirmed it and spoke slowly.

“I am the shadow of the empire under the command of the imperial family and under investigation.”

I was out of breath.

It was partly because his mouth was blocked and it was difficult to breathe, but the fact that the Master entered his office was a great fear.

The shadows of the empire refer to masters under the imperial family, but whose identities have not been revealed.

Masters announced by the imperial family and recognized by the church, but unlike the first sword of the empire, which reveals itself in a place where the light shines, ordinary people can never see a master even once in their lifetime.

A lot of opinions were exchanged about why he didn’t reveal himself after he became a master.

Someone said that they were masters from other countries who were defeated by the first sword of the Empire and should be sentenced to death.

Someone else said that he had a cruel personality that liked to kill people, so he gave me convenience so that he could do it to his heart’s content without being identified.

The benefits and power given just by being a Master are enormous, but Buckingham couldn’t understand the shadows who gave up on those things.

The shadow continued to speak silently.

“I’ll let you talk from now on. You know what will happen if you suddenly shout or talk nonsense?”

Buckingham quietly blinked twice.

Seeing that, the shadow released Buckingham’s restraints.

“Huh uh uh uh…!! Uh uh uh… Uh uh…”

As soon as the restraints that had been gripped to the point of pain were released, I took a breath of fresh air.

“Buckingham Houston.. You are accused of collusion with the Church of the Devil.”

Hearing that sound, Buckingham’s eyes widened.

The punishment for colluding with the Devil’s Church is the death penalty.

As soon as it is confirmed, there is no problem even if it is summarily disposed of on the spot.

He couldn’t understand where the rumors came from that he was in liaison with the Church of the Devil.

“To think I was in league with the Devil’s Church..!! I… I’m a former officer in the Imperial Army!! Never, never will that happen!!!”

No matter how rotten Buckingham was, he was an officer in the Imperial Army and a professor at the academy nurturing the future.

Every weekend he goes to church and holds services and pays weekly offerings and tithe.

Although he was narrow-minded and narrow-minded, it was absolutely impossible for him to conspire with the devil.

“Everyone who was fooled by the Devil’s Church said that first… Do you think they approached you as a devil from the beginning?”

But he didn’t believe me when I pleaded that he hadn’t done anything wrong.

Yes, if someone asks, will you reveal that you are a snitch…

But Buckingham felt so unfair.

I’ve never really done anything related to demons in my life, but to be so entangled.

“You will decide for yourself how you will be treated. Prove that you have nothing to do with the Devil Church and that you are a victim.

Otherwise, I have no choice but to take you to the ‘Heretic Inquisitor’. “

“This… Heresy Inquisitor…!!!”

When he mentioned the Heretic Inquisitor, his complexion turned blue.

“I… Please… The Heretic Inquisitor… No…!! What the hell am I supposed to prove??”

The Heretic Inquisitor is a person who purifies the fallen souls who forsook God and held hands with the devil.

The one who returns those who have been tricked by the devil back to the bosom of the gods,

Those who sing hymns to God with the instruments of sinners,

The heretic inquisitor, whose role is to accurately single out demon worshipers among the masses, is feared by the common people.

For ordinary followers, they show angelic faces, but for devil worshipers, it is a death sentence to call them.

I had to somehow stop being dragged away by the Heretic Inquisitor.

“During the past month… Has anyone brought you an offer with an oddly favorable condition?”

“Jo…A good suggestion…??”

Desperately, Buckingham set out to find the people he was talking about.

The person who made a good suggestion in the last month… I rarely come to mind because I’m stressed out.

‘Right… Come to think of it, I was there last night!’

In the meantime, one thing that fits the condition came to his mind.

But as he was about to speak, his head hit the brakes.

‘Can I… Say this…?’

He doesn’t have to be loyal to the professor he met yesterday, whose name he doesn’t even remember, but when he tells him about it, he should also reveal what he planned on the hunt.

That was by no means a legitimate plan.

If you reveal this, won’t you end up being caught as a criminal?

But as he was refusing to do that, the shadow grabbed Buckingham by the collar and lifted him up.

“I don’t see anything coming to mind. I’m going straight to the church, so follow me.”

“This… Is going all the way to church in this state…??”

At the academy, when we say church, we mean the church that students and staff use right next to the hospital.

Going to church must mean leaving your office and passing down the hallway where everyone sees you.

Of course, I knew that the church was actually used the most for the purpose of worship, and that one paladin was standing by to prepare for the threat of unknown demons.

Going to the church in this state is like showing everyone in the academy that you are being taken by the shadows.

I was not caught by some monster, but by the ‘Master’.

No one will listen to you.

Even if you cry out, you become that kind of being the moment the Master stigmatizes you as the devil’s helper and is seen by everyone.

Even the headmaster in charge of the academy couldn’t protect himself from the Master.

‘If a rumor spreads that you’re the Devil’s Church… I won’t be able to be a professor at the academy anymore!!’

It’s not just about being kicked out of the academy.

It has the same power as if the existence of Buckingham is wiped out in all communities in which Buckingham belongs.

I had to block that fact somehow.

“Last night..!! There was one!!”

“…So who is that?”

“I’m a professor who teaches Introduction to Public Administration… I can’t remember the name…”

“What did you promise and what did you give him?”

“I… I wanted to hold an event to change the atmosphere of the stagnant academy… Whoa!!”

Buckingham couldn’t finish his sentence.

Because while he was talking, the shadow suddenly struck Buckingham hard on his stomach.

Looking at Buckingham, whose body was bent as a volunteer, the shadow said coldly.

“If it’s for a sound reason like that, there’s no way he’ll be fooled. Tell him the truth.”

“Kuk… Sah… Actually… I’ve made a plan… To remove the thorns… Naturally… From the academy…”

“Yes, I must say so. What did he say he was helping with?”

“He… Promised me two S-class materials that can lure monsters from the depths of the Black Forest…”

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Atlas was dumbfounded by what Buckingham had confided.

The most prepared thing is to call the monster in the deepest part of the Black Forest?

The monsters deep in the Black Forest are legendary creatures, so I wonder if I thought that if I summoned them, I would be able to end them without any harm.

It was so absurd.

Even if I left it alone, there wouldn’t have been any problems.

I’m sure he will… I hunted that monster??