chapter 16
16 – When you’re no longer a slave…
“I heard the barrier was broken yesterday? A monster came in through that gap. Thanks to that, in the middle of the night, Professor Lydia, who was on duty, took care of the monsters and strengthened the barrier.”
“For some reason, that’s why you seemed in a bad mood today. Are there any victims?”
“Well? There was a male slave nearby. I don’t know what happened.”
Right before the start of the first period lecture, Eri heard the story of the class cadets and her heart sank.
She came out earlier than usual and ran around the campus looking for the slave, but he was nowhere to be found.
He snooped around the dorm, but there was no one in the dorm, and he didn’t seem to be working anywhere else.
Of course, Eri didn’t know where he was working before the first period, so there was no way he could be found.
In the end, he came to class without confirming whether he was alive or dead.
‘Oh, what should I do… I hope he is really dead… ‘
He listened to the stories of the cadets, but no one knew what had become of the male slave.
At the end, the professor appeared at the start of the first period, and Eri couldn’t concentrate on the lecture throughout the lecture.
‘I can’t… I’ll have to check it out again… ‘
When lectures are in progress, they must be cleaning the inside of the academy building.
Resolving to check inside the academy building once again, Eri slipped out of class pretending to go to the bathroom.
“Lo, Lorraine! What are you doing! It’s lecture time!”
And as soon as I came out to the first grade hallway, Eri was able to find Ian with Lorraine.
‘I was alive!’
He is not dead. He was still alive
With such a happy heart, Eri unknowingly forgot that they were in the first period and rushed towards the two with a loud noise.
“And! Are you the male slave who was said to have been near the cracked barrier yesterday?”
“That’s because I am the only male slave… “
After confirming that he was all right, Eri sighed at him again in a restored mood.
For Eri, it was something she did to please her, but from the point of view of her slave, Ian, her words and actions were very unpleasant and made her hate.
Eri, not knowing Ian’s heart, still thought him a low-level slave and continued his wrong words and actions.
“I wish I could have died yesterday!”
Of course, that was something I didn’t mean to say. Eri was just wondering if Ian had any injuries.
However, Eri’s disingenuous mouth only spat out such scathing words again.
“… I am sorry that I was fine without a single wound.”
“Behave well in the future!”
I’m glad.
Fortunately, Contrary to Eri’s worries, Ian survived without any injuries.
Perhaps the professor on duty arrived just in time to save him.
Feeling happy to hear that he was all right, Eri returned to class humming his song.
Of course, Ian’s expression was rotten as he watched her back.
‘Well, what is that woman… ! Speaking of slaves!’
However, Eri’s mood plummeted again after a while.
It was because I saw Ian having a friendly conversation with a female slave.
Having conversations between slaves was something that could be done, but Eri didn’t like it.
Because Ian’s expression was conspicuously bright as he was having a conversation with the female slave.
And the expression of the female slave was also bright enough to be incomparable to his.
Not only that.
The female slave’s facial expression and her lewd gestures.
And her curvy body that couldn’t be hidden over her thin jacket.
In Eri’s eyes, every action of Miya seemed to be trying to seduce Ian.
And that was actually true.
Of course, Ian, who doesn’t notice her, didn’t notice that fact at all.
“What? There is no punishment for touching slaves?”
“That’s right! Tell me how many times! I heard the seniors talk, but they already have decent slaves… “
“That’s right… “
Eri, who didn’t like Miya’s appearance, went to visit a cadet who was a low level girl in the same class, but had no manners, and she leaked information insinuatingly.
The cadets’ treatment of female slaves, which I heard in a conversation with seniors before.
In the academy, touching the bodies of slaves is common, and there is no punishment.
When he saw the female slave with Ian, he licked her lips again.
On the subject of ‘insignificant slavery… ‘
According to the conversation I heard earlier, the female slave and Ian always seemed to be having a tryst at Ian’s dorm alone at night.
She couldn’t stand the fact, so Eri took advantage of her bored man to do this.
I heard her worry about her for a brief moment, but her thoughts quickly faded.
It’s a common occurrence among slaves anyway. That b*tch coveted Eri’s things without even knowing the subject matter.
Because I’m a worthless slave anyway. Whatever it was, it didn’t matter.
That’s how Eri did something she couldn’t undo.
However, the next day.
“No! The male slave calculated seven Lightning Spears!”
The male cadet, who thought he would go to school excitedly after eating the female slave, was found early in the morning on the roadside with his pants very tired.
Then, when asked why, the answer is something like that.
Jilinnam continued to speak nonsense about male slaves threatening him by calculating 7 Lightning Spears.
‘No way… That doesn’t make sense.’
Jirin-nam left out the fact that he had been raped by a female slave, so his story was completely implausible.
The reason why the male slave would threaten him, and the statement that a slave could use a Lightning Spear were nonsense.
But Eri, who knew his purpose, couldn’t easily ignore the nonsense.
The female slave and her Ian were related, and they met nightly.
What if Ian really calculated 7 Lightning Spears?
‘… Nonsense. That’s impossible No matter how second-level magic it is, calculating 7 of them at the same time is impossible with mediocre calculation skills. There is no way a slave could use magic in the first place… ‘
However, those doubts were quickly erased.
Common sense, it didn’t make sense for him to use magic when he hadn’t learned anything.
And there was no way that Jirin man would be alive after being hit by 7 Lightning Spears.
It was a situation that couldn’t be explained by any words, but that’s why Eri had no choice but to bury this case suspiciously.
“Transfer… ?”
However, after a while, Yulia heard that he was transferring to the academy.
At the same time, all the pieces of the puzzle began to fit in Eri’s head.
It was a really impossible possibility, but he really had a talent for magic.
Since it was the words of the princess, Yulia, they were certainly reliable.
In addition, Yulia tends to have an extreme dislike of Ian, so her reaction, which seemed to oppose his incorporation, added credibility.
“Even one male slave will participate in this subjugation. If he successfully passes the subjugation system, he will also be transferred to the academy as a cadet. It is to let them know in advance not to panic even if there are non-cadet participants in the subjugation festival.”
And the rumors surrounding Ian were sorted out with Professor Lydia’s remarks.
The male slave takes the entrance exam by subjugation.
Someone was dissatisfied with the news, someone secretly expected the news of his transfer, and someone was not even interested in who he was.
However, Eri’s heart was so complex that it could not be expressed in one word.
‘Really transferred? Then you will become the same cadet… Anymore. If you are not a slave… ‘
Actually, in this case, there was a high possibility that he would get good grades in the subjugation system and transfer.
Magicians are a group that values skills, so it meant that his talent was outstanding enough to have him participate in the subjugation system to enlist slaves.
Perhaps that’s why most of them were expecting Ian’s transfer to the academy, and several stories were coming out.
Of course, those are the stories that come out because we don’t know the detailed conditions contracted between Lee An and the princess, that if they win the subjugation system, they can be transferred to the academy.
Of course, no one would think that a former slave could win the first subjugation system.
And since Eri didn’t know the condition of winning, I was thinking that he would be transferred to the academy unconditionally.
‘When you are no longer a slave… It can’t be brought into the family, and it can’t come to respect me.’
So Eri thought based on the assumption that he would be transferred to the academy unconditionally.
And also the fact that once he escapes slavery and becomes a cadet, he will not be able to have him.
‘Uh, I have to get eliminated somehow… I have to block admission… ‘
Eri had to keep Ian as a slave. And in order to do that, I had to interrupt him in the subjugation.
Of course, there was a condition that if Ian did not win the subjugation ceremony, he would have to give up his life to the princess, but such detailed conditions were unknown to the general cadets.
Unbeknownst to me, Eri was making the choice to kill Ian.
“Okay… ! Because there is no way that a slave can defeat me!”
In fact, Ian’s skills were so outstanding that he couldn’t even compare to his freshman year.
This time as well, Eri’s thoughts were heading in the wrong direction.
And then, a few days later, on the day of the subjugation festival.
“… b*tch.”
Eri was caught by the collar in Ian’s hand, listening to his disgusting eyes and swearing.