I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

30 – Cataclysmic Party (3)

I thought I’d shake hands and let go, but Elianne kept holding it.

I’ve heard that it’s not imperial courtesy for a man to remove his hand first, so I’m still holding his hand….

She took three more of her drinks and said.

“Because I can’t break off my marriage anymore, so that…. I beg you…….”

Why can’t you break up the engagement any more?

No matter what the reason for her first breakup is with me, and the second breakup with Julian.

Is it just lip service she usually does?

I hope you don’t attach too much importance to it.

“I’m going to do some business for a while.”

“Oh, yes.”

It was an imperial euphemism for going to the bathroom.

Then Ellie Anne came out and untied her hand.

Now it’s time to go kill Daniel.

I spoke to Luisa in a low voice.

“Follow me.”

“Yes.”

I left the banquet hall.

I walked down the hallway, checking to see if the maid or butler of the Duke of Chablis was wandering around.

Luisa asked cautiously.

“Boss, what are you trying to do?”

On the opposite side of the toilet.

In other words, she realized that what she said earlier to Elianne was a lie.

She was going to ask her to keep an eye on her.

If the Royal Guard or other nobles interfere, everything will go to waste.

“Listen, Luisa.”

“Yes.”

She briefly explained to her.

Since Daniel will fall into the Demon, he says he must be killed before the fall is complete.

And I am the only one who knows this fact.

“It’s a secret from Eliane, okay?”

“… May I ask why?”

“You might believe me, and most of all, he will blame himself for making her younger brother fall into her demon.”

The arrows of anger only need to come from me.

If she thinks that her brother died because of her, it is unknown whether she will fulfill her role as Landau’s heroine.

If I arouse bad feelings in her from the very beginning of her existence, she will have to leave the academy on her own.

Even if I don’t become the son of the Marquis.

It is meaningless if the entire world is occupied by the Demon Kingdom while only worrying about not being banished from the Marquis.

Even if I am kicked out of my family, it is better than being ruled by the demon king.

“… Wouldn’t it be fine if Elian-sama didn’t find out?”

“That’s the best, but it’s probably hard.”

If Julian died while I was away at the banquet hall, the most suspicious person would be me.

“Thank you for serving Louisa as well.”

“Yes… ?”

As she walked away, she grabbed my sleeve.

“I will follow you. I Luisa, I will continue to wait on you, no matter what status the young master is.”

“You should live your life too.”

If she is banished from the Marquis of Jahe, the salary to be paid to Louisa is not right.

Moreover, if she said she would follow me, she would also drop out of the academy she was attending now, but I couldn’t ruin her future.

But she shook her head.

“If, really, if you are kicked out, please marry me.”

“… Huh?”

“My company and I will feed you, the young boy. So please don’t say anything about leaving me. Please.”

Luisa knelt down on her cold marble floor and bowed her head.

Being kicked out of the family means becoming a commoner, not an aristocrat.

According to her logic, there will be no big problem if you marry her.

But why with me?

When she was young, she must have helped her in something, but she went beyond repaying the favor.

“Louisa, do you like me… ?”

“… Yes?”

“Huh?”

Me and Luisa both blinked at each other.

She answered, pointing to the [Lancer’s gold ring] That I had given her before, worn on the ring finger of her right hand.

“Boss, don’t you know the meaning of the ring finger on your right hand?”

“What does the right ring finger mean? It is mental stability.”

“… ….”

Louisa stood up again.

Then she turned around.

Pair—.

She slapped her cheeks with her palms.

Why are you doing this?

“Anyway, young master, I will follow you no matter what. If you don’t like me, please don’t throw it away.”

“… Well, yes.”

It’s up to you to decide whether or not to take Luisa with you.

Now, killing Daniel comes first.

***

Joel left the banquet hall to go to the bathroom.

With Luisa, a woman.

As the prince said, if she wasn’t suddenly dragging her lover away to have s*x with her in her room, she couldn’t help but think that there was something going on.

… It’s not like you’re trying to do something dirty in the men’s room.

Eliane murmured quietly so that others could not hear it.

She threw the eavesdropping magic that had formed at the tip of her finger.

To be attached to Joel’s back.

‘It’s strange that her mother suddenly threw her a birthday party, and that she just got engaged to Joel-sama again.’

Strategically speaking, it developed in his favor.

Since the Duke of Chablis pushed him away, even the Marquis of Jahe couldn’t kick him out recklessly.

But that didn’t make sense.

Yesterday he tried to connect himself with Lando.

If he was looking for a reunion, he wouldn’t have done that.

To keep Ellie Anne from eavesdropping range, she carefully followed Joel and Luisa.

-Luisa, listen carefully.

She swallowed her saliva as she listened to Joel’s words.

Louisa also seems to have doubts about his recent behavior.

What are you aiming for?

I held my breath and listened.

-Eliane has a younger brother. Sick now

-Are you talking about Daniel?

-Uh. It’s because that pain is actually in the process of degenerating into a demon.

-Yes… ?!

-That’s why you have to kill Daniel before he completely degenerates into a demon.

At the conversation between the two, Ellie Anne stood still with her mouth open.

Daniel degenerates into a demon.

What the hell are you talking about?

Until now, the principle of human degeneration into demons has not been revealed, so how does he know that?

Crowded brain.

Luisa asked Joel.

Why did you keep it a secret from Elianne?

-You might believe me, and most of all, she’ll blame herself for making her sister fall into a demon.

‘… !’

If everything Joel says is true, he is deliberately trying to be hated.

Why?

He said he never liked him.

Why is he willing to sacrifice himself for the woman he truly loves?

The conversation between Luisa and Joel continued.

One more thing I found out was that Joel had no intention of making Luisa his lover.

I would have laughed at other times, but now I couldn’t laugh at all.

Anyway, he’s going to kill Daniel even at the risk of being banished from his family.

‘Daniel…. Joel…….’

If the real Daniel degenerates into a demon, it is clear that he, who is gifted with magical powers, will become a threat to the empire and even the entire world.

As Joel said, killing before becoming a demon is the best.

But Daniel is not a stranger.

Your little brother.

The best of his family.

‘At times like this, I’m not decisive.’

Should I ignore Joel’s words and stop him from killing Daniel, or would I believe Joel’s words and turn a blind eye to killing Daniel?

I couldn’t choose.

Just tailing Joel as he goes to kill Daniel.

***

I arrived in front of the room where Daniel was.

Originally, it didn’t seem like this was his room.

Perhaps the Duke of Chablis quarantined it in a corner of the castle out of concern for the possibility of an infectious disease.

It may be a wise decision in its own way, but….

“Look out for Louisa here.”

“Okay.”

As she placed her hand on the doorknob of her door, she added another word.

“You and I are accomplices. So please don’t think you’re alone.”

“… Thank you.”

He opened the door with his arm.

A luxurious bed in the middle of the room.

On the bed Daniel opened his slender eyes and turned his head to look at me.

It was a handsome, silver-haired young man.

It seemed that there was a part of her that somehow resembled Elianne.

I slowly approached the side of the bed.

“Brother-in-law, long time no see—.”

Kuluk kuluk.

Daniel coughed badly.

His voice seemed hoarse.

“You still call me brother-in-law.”

“I think that a brother-in-law is the best for my sister.”

“I broke up my marriage.”

“I know. But even later, your sister will know that your brother-in-law is a good man.”

He smiled.

It was an unadorned, sincere laugh.

He is a very good younger brother.

I immediately knew why Elianne cared for her.

“Daniel, do you know what disease you have?”

“I don’t know. Still, it looks like I’m going to die soon.”

“… Okay.”

I took out a dagger from my chest.

Then he opened his eyes wide.

“Brother-in-law.”

“Uh.”

“May I know the reason?”

“… ….”

Daniel doesn’t try to resist.

If I had resisted, my hands wouldn’t have trembled.

I let out a sigh as he calmly accepted his fate.

“Daniel, I met a middle-aged blond man.”

“Yes.”

“I got an apology or something from that man.”

“Yes.”

“It is the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It corrupts people who have feelings of wealth into demons.”

Daniel smiled at my explanation.

He looked like he finally understood everything.

“I told him everything about my situation as if he were bewitched by him. His mother was poisoned, everything he kept getting beaten up at home. That day made me strangely angry.”

The demon’s temptation.

Daniel ate a fruit he was not supposed to eat.

“Even now, someone keeps ordering me to take revenge in my head. I’m suppressing it somehow, but the voice gets louder and louder.”

“… Maybe tomorrow the flu symptoms will go away and you will completely degenerate into a demon.”

He slowly unbuttoned his shirt.

Then he pointed to his left chest with his hand.

“I’m sorry, brother-in-law. For making me do this.”

“… Are you okay.”

He gripped the hilt in his right hand and raised it over his shoulder.

Then, putting all his strength into his arm, he swung it down.

f*ck—.

“Ugh!”

The dagger was stabbed right into Daniel’s heart.

He complained of pain.

Still, he smiled and told me one last time.

“Take care of my sister, brother-in-law… ….”

“I do.”

I nodded and answered falsely.

The role of comforting Elianne is not me, but Lando.

[The demon has been killed.]