No Dark Secrets In This Book

Episode 70

“Do I look like I’m talking nonsense right now? Don’t tell me you doubt even the fact that he loves you? Do you think Ryuseong is crazy enough to kill you just because you’re a Demillang? He’s different from you, you bastard! He’s different from you…!”

But the principal could say that with a clear conscience because he didn’t know Ryuseong was a regressor. As I just kept smiling quietly, the principal clicked his tongue.

“I have no intention of interfering with you becoming the family head.”

“More like you don’t have the ability to interfere, right?”

“Listen when your teacher is giving you sincere advice.”

“Hmm.”

“You, if you drop out like this, you’ll be assassinated.”

The principal was saying that. But it’s not like I had nothing to say either.

“You think I wouldn’t know that?”

That’s right. I had already experienced assassination attempts twice. Based on the circumstances, it means assassins sent by the family head nearly killed me twice. Rather, that’s why I’m saying I need to hurry and become the family head. If you don’t want to die, you have to eliminate your enemy first. To do that, I need to gain fame more than anything, so I don’t have time to waste at Alea.

But the principal still seemed to have more to say.

“…Yes, I know what you clearly know. I also know the corner you trust.”

“Haha, if you’re going to keep saying boring things, it’s better to just shut your mouth…”

“Your great-grandfather will protect you. But don’t you clearly see that he’ll only protect you? Is that enough for you?”

“Then what more should be protected…”

At that moment, the principal grimaced and tried to grab my shoulder. That was a strangely intense reaction. I backed away and dodged, but the principal was trying to grab me again as if he was crazy. Of course, I’m not kind enough to just take it when a sucker punch comes flying, so I just blinked twice and was about to attack…

“You! Have you no conscience?! Are you saying it’s okay if Ryuseong dies?! When he’s had such a hard life…!”

“…Excuse me? Why is Mr. Ryuseong being mentioned here?”

Suddenly a bomb went off.

“He said he’s dropping out with you!”

“…?”

What is he saying?

What the hell is he saying?

“…You mean Ryuseong? The Ryuseong I know is dropping out with me…?”

“Yes! Where are you pretending not to know…!”

Completely ignoring the principal who was shouting, I took out my phone from my coat pocket and long-pressed 1. Beep, beep, beep… Click.

[What’s up? Did you need something from me after telling me to console myself with clothes?]

“…”

The call connected, but I’m at a loss for words and can’t say anything. But it seems he understood the situation after hearing the principal’s high-pitched yelling in the background, and a sigh spread across the call.

[…Please calm down. He doesn’t know.]

“What? What the? Where in the world is there an idiot bastard who decides to drop out together with his lover without even telling his lover…!”

[….]

The principal, realizing that idiot was here, grabbed the back of his neck, trembled, and collapsed.

“…”

Although I couldn’t do it because of my pride, I also wanted to grab the back of my neck and collapse together.

After that, the principal and I summoned Ryuseong. And until he arrived, we didn’t say a word, didn’t look at each other, and just kept sighing deeply.

“Sigh…”

“…I’m here.”

Then, the late-arriving Ryuseong wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and walked into the reception room without hesitation as if it were his own bedroom.

I know he’s familiar with it since it’s a place Ryuseong and the trio frequented like a playground in the original.

But at this point, I know it’s your first time coming in here too, don’t you have any intention of not revealing that you’re a regressor?

Fortunately or unfortunately, the principal didn’t notice Ryuseong’s oddly familiar attitude due to the shock. He just interrogated him.

“…Okay, you bastard. What the hell is going on? You said you would leave school together with him.”

“I asked you to keep it a secret. But you broke that.”

“You think I would have known that meant to keep it a secret even from your lover! No, what kind of crazy bastard secretly decides to drop out together?! Are you in your right mind?!”

I wanted to give a standing ovation to such a rational remark. But Ryuseong couldn’t apologize straightforwardly and instead evasively changed the subject.

“It’s not dropping out together.”

“Then what is it?!”

“I’m dropping out to follow him.”

At this point, when I thought I should stop him because the principal looked like he was going to die from high blood pressure, Ryuseong abruptly blurted out.

“I’m going to follow Cassice. So if you don’t want me to leave, stop him.”

…What is this crazy bastard saying?

But the principal seemed intrigued by those words. I was dumbfounded for a moment by those eyes that seemed to believe without a doubt that Ryuseong would stay if only he could hold me back. Even though they weren’t proper eyes but just a golden glow.

What makes him think Ryuseong is speaking the truth…?

“…Hey, listen. You don’t necessarily have to drop out to become the family head, right? For example, field experience learning! Yes! I’ll push everything as field experience learning! Huh?! Hunt monsters or demons to your heart’s content! Then it works, right?!”

Ryuseong is a liar. He pretends to love me, acts kind, but inside he’s a bastard trying to kill me. But… I thought I had no idea what Ryuseong was thinking.

The premise that Ryuseong is a regressor naturally made me expect his murderous desire towards me to be fully charged. If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t be able to forgive the bastard who killed all my relatives using the nonsense of world destruction as an excuse, so I thought that no matter what intention he had for acting kind, all of it would be an act of dreaming of my misfortune. Even his kind smile would be with the intention of trampling on me…

But these words the principal threw keep lingering in my ears.

‘He’s different from you!’

So, what if…

‘What if Ryuseong doesn’t intend to kill me?’

What if, according to the original setting, his determination not to kill people is so strong that he can’t kill an enemy like Cassice Demillang even when faced with him?

If this premise is true, then are you now keeping a murderer who killed all your friends and family-like people alive just because you shouldn’t kill…?

“Just attend important events like school trips or academy tournaments! I’ll acknowledge your attendance even if you spend the rest of the time raiding! Is this enough! Huh?! Give me an answer, you bastard!”

…Even for me, who is ridiculously selfish, I thought that was too cruel…

***

When Cassice received the call, Ryuseong carelessly thought that Professor Damyeon couldn’t be trusted either. It was too harsh of a conclusion for Damyeon. It was because he acted this way only because he cherished Ryuseong more than Cassice.

But Ryuseong’s mind was too complicated for unknown reasons, and his nerves were too on edge to accommodate Damyeon’s misplaced consideration.

It was probably because of Cassice.

‘Last night…’

Ryuseong spent the night with him. And Cassice, cold-heartedly, not only didn’t enjoy the lingering feelings but left just like that. Wondering if he was the only one who enjoyed it, his head was complicated, and now even the story he wanted to keep secret was discovered…

Therefore, it wasn’t because of Professor Damyeon that he hurried his steps. Of course, he was his mentor, but he had a somewhat hot-tempered side, so he was worried he would say unnecessary things to Cassice Demillang, which made him rush so urgently that beads of sweat formed.

Then, when he witnessed Cassice Demillang saying this with a pale face,

“…Yes, I’ll retract the dropout. The principal’s words are right. If I can get attendance acknowledged during raid periods by applying for field experience learning, that’s more rational than dropping out…”

Ryuseong blamed himself for coming too late. Because Cassice Demillang was definitely not a mild-mannered person who would talk like this.

But Cassice’s purple eyes were now trembling, distorted by shock. Something must have happened.

‘What have you done, Damyeon!’

…Ryuseong didn’t know. As someone who thinks preserving one’s humanity is a natural human duty, he never imagined that Cassice Demillang would view him as a pitiful being bound by meaningless restraints, spending futile days.

Therefore, he also never anticipated the future where Cassice Demillang would go wild, saying he would liberate him from worthless humanitarian love.

‘I’ll become the family head. But it seems I need to reform that bastard’s mindset before dropping out.’

Of course, Cassice Demillang also thinks it’s a good future prospect that he can avoid being a murderous bug.

But!

‘How are you going to live in this tough world being so mild-mannered…!’

Cassice Demillang, who argues like that, didn’t realize that he had rose-colored glasses on and was self-filtering Ryuseong’s temperament.

That was the beginning.