I’m Just an Ordinary Clown at the Academy

108 – Disciplinary Committee 7

Contrary to Loki’s thoughts, Darun was neither an idiot nor a fool.

From the beginning, Darun was the closest figure to the position of the head of the merchant family, Marquis Leveden.

Even though Sepia did not continue the bloodline, and Rania’s health was not good, making it easily achievable.

If he had forgotten the words he spoke just a few hours ago, it would have been impossible, even for Darun himself.

If it were the usual Darun, he would have remembered the words he uttered.

Yes, only if it were the usual Darun.

From the moment Darun suggested using the artifact, he was not in his right mind.

Loki’s continuous provocations, his subordinates losing, the gazes around him.

Moreover, he received blows from Loki to the extent that it couldn’t be counted within the mist, and even from the men.

After receiving treatment from the priest, only anger towards Loki dominated Darun’s mind.

Darun recalled Loki’s actions, but he couldn’t recall the words he uttered.

‘…If I stay like this, they’ll find out that my words earlier were lies.’

Darun silently lowered his head.

He lowered his head, but he could feel the chilling gazes of the people.

The people looking at Darun had a lot they wanted to say, but the video had not yet ended.

“””……………”””

The onlookers thought there was nothing more surprising here, but the following video was even more shocking.

There was only one word that could express the video that followed.

Overwhelming.

Loki overwhelmed everyone.

He overwhelmed the student who tried to crush him with force,

and he instantly found the student who tried to hide and attack.

Loki overwhelmed his opponent in the field where they were confident.

As the video ended with Loki defeating a student who used magic,

“… Is he really that strong…?”

Someone broke the silence in the space, but everyone silently agreed and didn’t speak up.

“Of course, I’ve never thought he was weak… but.”

The strength that people thought Loki had was his skill in hand-to-hand combat and handling magical tools.

However, the Loki there overwhelmed a second-year student who used magical tools without using any himself.

After seeing Loki easily overwhelm the second-year students, Jena whispered to Johanna beside her.

“Johanna, is there any way to keep Loki in the leadership position?”

“… I want that too.”

But Johanna had already given up halfway on trying to make Loki join the leadership.

“Still, we can see him every morning.”

Johanna thought that way as she stroked her thigh.

“It feels empty.”

Until I arrived here, I didn’t feel the weight and warmth on my knees, making it uncomfortable instead.

* * *

‘Surely it’s Professor Elysia.’

She accurately noticed what I wanted and edited the video.

The video paused before insulting Sepia.

“Roki.”

The professor in charge of the disciplinary committee called me.

Unlike other club representatives and professors behind me, there was only fatigue on my face, not surprise.

“Yes! I’m Roki!”

The professor, still staring blankly with wide-open eyes, glanced coldly at the bewildered Sepia.

“Normally, I should ask him about the lie he told. But he seems clearly out of his mind, so is it okay if I ask you first?”

For a moment, I wondered how he would react if I said, ‘Ask gently.’ But I didn’t say it out loud.

“Feel free to ask. I’ll answer sincerely to the best of my knowledge.”

“Thank you,” said the professor in charge of the disciplinary committee.

“From watching the video, you could have easily subdued the opponent in an instant, but instead, you spent time tormenting. Is there a reason for that?”

Hmm. Did I do that?

I recalled my actions shown in the video just now.

‘Surely, having a perfect form doesn’t end like this, right?’

‘Come on, cheer up! I haven’t taken my hand out of my pocket yet. Even if I’m abandoned by the owner, I won’t know.’

‘Right! This is how I should come out! Seeing the commotion trying to capture a first-year like me, struggling to get the artifact, clapping naturally comes out.’

It seemed a bit like that.

‘The reason for fighting while teasing…’

I just thought it would be nice if the other person got angry.

There wasn’t any particular meaning.

Probably, there won’t be a big problem even if I tell the truth.

After all, it wasn’t me who started the argument or attacked first.

The professor’s tone of asking was more inquisitive than interrogative.

But telling the truth felt a bit like…

‘Let’s just not lie.’

Yeah. Even so, lying in a place like a trial goes against my conscience, ethics, and morality.

“I didn’t mock the seniors for no reason at all.”

Not only the disciplinary committee professor but also other professors and club representatives stared at me, curious about why I said that.

Since there was a reason to make the other person feel embarrassed, it wasn’t exactly a lie.

“I am weak.”

People’s eyes widened, and their mouths hung open after hearing my words.

Compared to Professor Elysia, it’s true that I am weak, so this isn’t really a lie either.

“So, by saying that, I excited the seniors and made it easier to avoid the attacks.”

Since the attacks were too slow and simple, avoiding them was easy, so this statement isn’t a lie either.

Suddenly, I felt impressive for not lying and only speaking the truth.

‘Can a person be this kind and sincere?’

I’m too good, to the point of being a pushover.

Living in this harsh world becomes difficult if you’re only kind, diligent, ethical, and moral. But I had no choice if I wanted to uphold my conscience.

When I was feeling proud of myself, the professor asked me, “Why didn’t you choose a way to avoid or ignore without fighting?”

Well, if I run away, I can’t hit back.

Saying this sounded a bit off, so I packaged it a bit this time too.

“I thought that if I ran away, Sepia behind me might get hurt.”

“…..Huh?”

After I finished speaking, there was a moment of silence, broken by a stifled sobbing sound coming from the side.

Looking in the direction of the sobbing, there was Sepia, covering her face with both hands, bowing deeply.

“Oh my!”

“I told you, right? Clearly, there’s something going on between Sepia and that student.”

“So, is Loki protecting Sepia…?”

“Considering that Deulun and Sepia have a bad relationship, it makes sense.”

Although the murmurs of the professors could be heard in the distance, the distance was far, and the voices were not loud enough to accurately discern what they were saying.

‘Could it be that they’re cursing at me?’

Of course, I don’t really think the professors are cursing at me, but for some reason, as the conversation among the professors continued, Johanna’s expression gradually became colder.

At that time, when I was trying to avoid Johanna’s gaze as much as possible, Deulun, who had been maintaining a neutral posture, spoke.

“….. Actually, I, I told my friends to attack Loki. Maybe because I forgot for a moment due to the severe beating earlier…”

” Ouch! I’m sorry. Please continue with what you were saying.”

Without realizing it, an exclamation escaped from me.

I never thought I’d be claiming a mental breakdown here.

“Anyone watching would think I got a severe beating.”

Of course, no one believed in Dallun’s mental instability, and everyone looked at Dallun with cold eyes.

“He didn’t appear in that video, but that guy who subdued my friends, he, he severely beat me and made me get raped by a man!”

“”””……………..””””

For a moment, there was silence.

Everyone stared at Dallun with incredulous eyes.

“Sigh… I know you made such claims before coming to the disciplinary committee. Bring the priest.”

The professor, exhaling deeply, spoke to a student next to him.

A while later, a man dressed in priestly attire walked over.

“I’m Raymond.”

Apparently, this Raymond person seems to be the priest who treated Dallun.

“I was able to find out that someone severely slapped Dallun’s face during the process of treating Dallun. Fortunately, there are no visible wounds, possibly due to the use of a potion.”

Dallun’s face showed a glimmer of hope upon hearing Raymond’s words, but that hope turned into despair as he continued speaking.

“However, we couldn’t find any traces of being raped by a man. We even checked for any signs of magical interference, but there was no mana residue.”

“What nonsense! I experienced it, and you’re talking nonsense!”

Upon hearing that, Dallun completely lost his composure and started shouting at the priest.

Illusions do not interfere with a person’s mind.

“If we speak a bit grandly, it’s accurate to say that interfering with the world is what they’re talking about.”

No matter how high-ranking the priests may be, they won’t discover the fact that I, as long as I handle it, show nightmares using illusions.

Of course, academy professors have some knowledge about my illusions, so it can be understood that illusions leave no traces.

However, they still cannot find evidence that I did those things using illusions.

“In other words, during the disciplinary committee, it’s a matter of whose words the professors believe.”

During the disciplinary committee, Darun lied multiple times.

Handsome, kind, sociable, cool, and good-looking me.

I wonder whose words the professors would believe more.

Curiosity makes laughter want to burst out.