The Academy’s Deceased Ate It All

Chapter 226

I knew what Lydia meant when she warned me to watch out for the people involved in the Minerva hunt.

No matter how much the Association was beaten up, it was still the Association.

A group that had the government’s permission and was nominally the place where all the heroes and hunters belonged.

Such a place could not be powerless.

It was a sign that they had enough power to dare to confront the Ten Strongest or the World Tree’s Clan.

And there was a saying that a cornered rat would bite a cat.

I couldn’t just ignore it and hope for the best after receiving a warning from Lydia.

“Where…”

Their target was me.

And I knew very well that there were many forces around me that protected and supported me.

If I were them, I would have chosen to cut off those forces around me one by one.

Han Soo-Young and Choi Hyun-woo would be fine.

They only had to worry about Nam Hyun-hwa, but she was not someone the Association could do anything to.

She was not someone that any decent force could touch in the first place.

Jin Ye-seul… The only person she cared about was Jin Ye-jeong, but she was also under the absolute protection of Evangelin Loengrin, so I thought it wouldn’t matter.

‘Besides, the other family members would rather be happy if they were in trouble.’

Thinking that, I started to erase the names I had written on the notebook one by one.

I didn’t have to worry about Lee Ye-eun or An Do-hoon from the start.

As for Cass Lyle, he wasn’t there when we hunted Minerva, and he had nothing to worry about except Alice Blessbuck.

Then the only ones left were Ivan and Yuna.

They were the only ones.

“Keep an eye on the Hunt family without Ivan noticing. If you see anything suspicious, let me know right away.”

The Hunt family, Ivan’s family, had been ruined and had barely revived since Ivan’s father’s time.

I remembered very well that Ivan’s purpose of becoming a hero was to restore his family.

He was bound to be tied up by his family’s affairs, whether he liked it or not.

-Yes, I understand.

Shin Woo-seok answered politely as always to my request.

“And Ivan… He’s a very smart and quick-witted guy, so be careful.”

-Yes. I will pay special attention.

“And the orphanage where I was with the kids for a while. You know that, right?”

-Sir, that is…

“Just answer me. You know the orphanage where Yuna grew up, right?”

-Yes.

“There’s a high chance that they’ll mess with it. I heard that they’re not doing well financially anyway.”

As I tapped the paper with my pen, the ink spread next to Yuna’s name.

“And… Yuna is my caretaker. You can find that out with a little research. And if you dig deeper, you’ll find out that she’s hired by me, that is, a maid.”

A person who had a big gap to exploit and was close to the target.

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-Yes, I think so too.

“Yuna won’t betray me or anything. But that doesn’t mean I can leave her alone when she’s in trouble.”

-Yes.

“Please, Woo-seok.”

-Don’t worry, sir. As I said before, I will do my best.

After hearing Shin Woo-seok’s answer, I put down the intercom.

And I picked up my phone and called the person I had promised beforehand.

-I answered the phone.

I bowed my head and opened my mouth at the cold voice that sounded like a knife.

“I’m sorry to call you so suddenly, ma’am.”

-Oh, it was you.

The person was Nam Hyun-hwa.

I had told her that I wanted to thank her for the help I received during the Minerva hunt and the condolence letter I sent her.

-Well, are you feeling better?

“Yes, thanks to your concern, I’m much better.”

-I should have visited you in person, but I couldn’t because of the circumstances. I hope you understand.

“Of course I do.”

Nam Hyun-hwa was currently chasing the whereabouts of the children of Milited, the enemy of her friend.

It was a great help that she persuaded her colleagues and participated in the Minerva hunt.

“As I told you before, I wanted to thank you for joining the hunt of the Seven Evils. I should have told you sooner, but…”

-I’m not foolish enough to insist and ask for that from a patient. Besides, I heard how much you contributed. I’m glad you’re safe.

“Thank you for understanding.”

-Well… Let’s stop the greetings here.

Nam Hyun-hwa spoke in a firm voice as if cutting with a knife.

-Why did you call me under the pretext of gratitude and greetings?

I was silent.

Nam Hyun-hwa.

She was the family and teacher who had taken in and taught Han Soo-Young and Choi Hyun-woo since they were young, and the person who could tell her character from the fact that the two who had grown up under her teachings had a ‘good’ nature.

She was also a person who had an incredible strength that was no different from cheating, as she was proficient in both swordsmanship and magic, teaching magic to Han Soo-Young and swordsmanship to Choi Hyun-woo.

In the original work, Horizon of Clouds, there were only a handful of people who could match her.

And the only weakness she had was her old age, which she could overcome by using a unique skill called ‘Rejuvenation’ that only she possessed, and return to her prime.

‘Lastly…’

No matter which character I played as, she was a person who disappeared before the seal of Minerva was broken and died soon after.

And her death was very suspicious.

It was said that it was an attack by an unknown enemy along with the betrayal of a colleague.

• • Hmm. I expected that much.

In the aquarium, Laune shook his roots as if to tell me to look at him.

On the table next to Laune, there was a piece of paper along with a snack that I had promised to offer to Belluna.

“A letter?”

The letter was written in crooked handwriting.

To Yoo Ji-hyuk.

I’ll come and get it later because of some urgent business.

Don’t touch it, or I’ll get angry.

And thanks for offering the tribute as promised.

In one corner of the letter, there was a stamp of the tiger character she always carried around.

I carefully folded the letter and muttered.

“Could it be…”

There was only one thing that came to my mind when she said she had some urgent business.

The children of Milted.

It had to be something related to them.

***

“It’s been a while.”

The voice that reached her ears made the high-ranking wind spirit who was once called Belluna Milted show a sign of displeasure.

“I should have eaten potato chips.”

“Hmm?”

“The tribute, I mean.”

The burly man nodded as if he understood from that short word.

“So there are still people who worship you as a god?”

“Yeah. But why did you call me here for some urgent business?”

Belluna Hunt moved her head with a click.

“Don’t tell me you’re going to say something about betrayal or something like that now? I think I’ve already paid the price.”

“Pay the price for betrayal, according to whom?”

I turned my head and looked at him at the sound of his voice.

The vampire who had a bad relationship with me was standing there.

“The only price for your betrayal is your death, Belluna.”

Belluna, who frowned as if annoyed, burst into laughter with a sound that lost her breath.

“Oh, ahahaha! You, where did your ankle go?”

“…Shut up.”

“Did you lose it? Your ankle?”

“I told you to shut up, Belluna!”

Belluna lowered her hand as if she knew at the sharp scream of the vampire, Natalia Milted.

Then she covered her mouth with one hand and deliberately started to shake her body.

“Pukipuki.”

Natalia showed her threatening fangs that were hideous enough at the words that were pronounced clearly like a news announcer.

“This, bitch is really…!”

“Stop.”

In the meantime, the burly man opened his mouth in a low voice.

At his words, Natalia spat out her tongue and backed away.

“Belluna. First of all, thank you for answering our call.”

“Well, I’m not afraid of anything.”

“Yeah, I guess so. And as you expected, we didn’t call you to ask for the price of your betrayal or to take revenge.”

“Then why did you call me?”

He raised his hand and pointed to one side.

Belluna turned her head at his action and muttered in a small voice.

“People?”

“Yeah.”

“There are bones there too.”

“Right.”

They were far away enough to look like small dots, but Belluna could clearly feel their presence.

It was a scene where a lich who was not here was fighting with some humans.

“Let’s watch that first and then talk. It’s not urgent.”

“Hmm…”

Belluna nodded as if she agreed with his words.

It was because there was nothing urgent as he said.

She had left a letter, so Yoo Ji-hyuk wouldn’t touch the tribute.

There was nothing that would make her hurry.

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“No, nothing.”

Belluna answered as if it was really nothing.

It was really nothing to her.

‘That human’s energy is definitely…’

It was a familiar and strange energy.

She couldn’t confuse that kind of energy.

Where did I meet him… As she was thinking, Belluna quickly found the answer.

Yeah.

The subjugation of Minerva that happened a while ago.

She had encountered that energy then.

‘Surely…’

That energy was the human’s energy who had the ability to make his body younger, which she thought was unusual even for her who had lived a long time.

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