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◎〈666th Side Story〉 In its original form… .
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I thought that if I could just find the key, all my misfortunes would end.
The nightmare that followed.
Living with justice in mind.
I thought that if I had the key, the story would end.
"ha..."
Mikhail took a deep breath, trying to calm his troubled mind. The moment had come when he'd finally heard the answer to his hopes and expectations. He couldn't calm down easily.
Reward for your efforts so far.
With the hope he wanted to know, even at the risk of his life, right before his eyes, Mikhail nodded, letting out a trembling breath.
"I'll take a look."
The blue window whispered in Mikhail's ear with a cold voice and changed his view.
-Browsing begins.
Mikhail painted a happy future.
and.
That hope was dashed.
***
Back at the mansion, I took a deep breath in the dark room.
"...My mouth feels itchy."
[Q. Mikhail's guardian.]
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◎ Reward: You can read the 16th side story, ‘The Danger of Truth’.
I was reaching my limit on keeping the secret I'd been putting off. Caught between the hills of constraints, unable to continue playing the game of secrecy, I stared at the status screen before me with a bitter smile.
"I'm not really a good listener."
When I was young, when the young lady drew a map on the bed, the whole mansion would gossip about it, but the restrictions that tickled the lips of the possessed person made me feel a needless rebellion.
"I'm suddenly feeling irritated."
I was a little annoyed because I felt like I had lost my original intention, as I was careful with my thoughts and didn't usually listen to the status window's words even though it didn't do much for me.
"...Should I just try it?"
I thought about yelling in anger, but I just shook my head and laughed in vain.
'No, I held back because I didn't like being bothered... I guess it's okay to tell you later.'
Since I was the one who would be the most annoyed if Mikhail's awakening was delayed, I shook my head and sighed.
"hmm..."
So let's look at the constraints.
I looked at the status window and wondered how they could hide something so great, and why they kept it so tightly hidden.
-◎ Reward: You can read the 16th side story, ‘The Danger of Truth’.
The quest reward I completed while working as a short-term teacher in Hamel. Looking at the reward I'd been putting off, I nodded slightly and spoke.
"I'll take a look."
I was used to the blacking out of my vision, which contained a warning that I would blow it right away if nothing happened.
*
The vision goes dark.
Maybe because it was something I'd experienced before, I wasn't terribly surprised. The first time is always difficult, you know.
'What will they show us this time?'
Honestly, I wasn't expecting much.
It's strange to expect something like this and to have a rough idea of what would happen.
Surprise.
And regret it.
I thought apologizing was all there was to it.
Instead, I thought the process would be long and there would be problems with awakening. I raised my head, feeling my vision slowly brighten, and soon I chuckled at the sight of myself standing in a familiar space.
'under.'
A familiar building.
People who are stopped.
And me and the girl standing in the middle of their gaze.
'Fuck...'
As soon as I opened my eyes, I spat out a curse.
Because I didn't have any good memories of the space I was standing in. Naturally, I cursed at the god's vicious hobby.
Your Honor.
I was standing there, where I had met my end at the academy.
I saw the girl glaring at people with an expression that looked like she was going to explode at any moment, and my face clenching my fists and holding back my anger.
Sharltia, who was meeting the committee's moderator, and Mikhail, Yuria, the Crown Prince, and Ruin standing in the witness stand. Gathered together for the first time in a long while, they gazed at us from the past with cold eyes.
I looked at them with cold eyes, frozen in the past.
'...I don't know how to take this.'
I thought it was okay, but when I saw myself standing there from a third party perspective, I couldn't help but laugh.
'Really... like a dog.'
I stood there quietly for a while, closing my eyes tightly and recalling past events.
- Banish the evil villainess.
-Kick him out!
-Don't let me set foot in the academy again!
-Wow!
I felt a pang of sadness as I recalled that day, when the accusations, reprimands, and curses were rampant. I regretted not cursing more back then.
I haven't even started yet, but I'm feeling quite uneasy.
I lifted my head and exhaled calmly.
-10 minutes before the viewing begins.
Getting angry doesn't change anything, but I still have a long way to go before I become an adult.
Time passed.
Time, which seemed unmovable, began to take clumsy steps forward to convey the truth called 'restriction'.
The moment when you start to get tired of waiting.
-Browsing begins.
A cold voice cautiously announces the beginning of the story.
"iced coffee..."
I hear Shalltear's voice.
The voice of the student council president, with his strong and cold personality, rang through my ears as I stood in the center, signaling the beginning of my reminiscence.
"Now, we will begin the 307th Academy Response Committee."
The crowd began to roar at the sound of Shalltear's voice announcing the judgment of the evil villainess.
"miss..."
"I told you, Ricardo."
"..."
"If you treat me well, I'll keep crawling up, right? I could do worse, I could just kill you, but I held back and this is what happened."
"miss."
"I'm going to kill you."
The whispering voices of the girl and me from the past echoed quietly. Our voices, the most aggrieved and the most important that day, echoed unheeded.
Sharltia silently carried out her work.
"The incident we're discussing today is the violence, verbal abuse, threats, and bullying that occurred on May 15th against first-year student Olivia. It also involves determining the level of disciplinary action for her use of black magic."
I didn't know much about it at the time.
-Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.
-Again?
-The rumors have already spread.
I didn't realize how blatant their gaze was towards us, but looking at everyone from a third-party perspective, it felt like a stab to the skin that we weren't on this court.
I knew it, you know.
I smiled awkwardly at the girl who was blushing and laughing and at my past self who was worried about her.
'ha...'
Students claiming to be victims are coming forward as witnesses one by one.
"That's right. Olivia ordered it all..."
"I told you to do it, but you guys did it too!"
"Whoa!"
"Ricardo, get on your knees right now."
The courtroom atmosphere darkened at the young lady's candid reaction, and public opinion naturally turned against her.
It wasn't unfair.
Because it was our fault. Even now, I don't believe we've been framed, and I don't want to argue. It's just that I regret not being able to curse the witnesses back then.
I had no intention of becoming a hero, so I shook off my dark feelings and looked back silently at the events of the past.
The next witness to appear was Yuria.
"First-year student Yuria. Could you tell us about the situation in which student Olivia threatened and harassed student Yuria?"
-Nod.
Next up is Mikhail.
"First-year Mikhail. Can you testify about Olivia's misdeeds?"
"Yes, and that man. I will also testify about Ricardo."
As the traces of the evil deeds piled up one by one were revealed, both the young lady and the old me naturally became speechless and kept their mouths shut.
The girl who was blinded by the bean pod called love cried at the betrayal of the person she trusted.
My past self, who had been kind to others when it was the best opportunity, waited for the trial to end with a bitter smile.
and.
"Then, I will announce the decision. The Academy Student Council officers will order Olivia, the actual mastermind behind this incident, to be 'expelled,' and Ricardo, who participated and sympathized with her, to undergo one month of self-reflection and be banned from participating in ranked matches for one year."
The moment the verdict was handed down, all the blame and criticism from that day poured down on me.
"What did I do wrong!"
The young lady's crying.
"Get out!"
Students' resentment.
And the criticism of those we trusted poured down on us.
-Don't look at it again.
-You are something I will never forgive.
-Idiot.
That day, I smiled and gave them the middle finger, but one man followed me all the way and cursed me.
"You're not going to apologize until the end?"
I stood there with a bitter smile on my face as Mikhail came to visit me just like he did in the past.
And I answered with a smile, as I always do.
[The point of view changes.]
[The scene shifts to the moment when you took my consideration as a compliment.]
The point of view has changed.
That day, the time changed to the day when Mikhail was saved from 'Yong' for the second time.
"Don't show off."
And that day, I gave a different answer than before.
"Mr. Mikhail."
"..."
"That's too bad."
"What's so disappointing? I didn't even expect help from the likes of you..."
"Lee Min-hyuk."
"uh?"
"Don't you remember?"
Mikhail's face began to crack.
*
That time.
Mikhail began to exhale into the other future the blue window showed him.
"I am..."
The boy's face, which had been covered in black, began to reveal itself.
Mikhail clenched his fists and slowly raised his head.
Under the Academy Fountain.
Hearing the man's voice calling himself "he," Mikhail clenched his fist.
"Actually, I..."
and.
'uh...?'
-Suddenly.
Tears flowed down my face.