The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 79



◈ Episode 79: Approaching night walk (1)

Terry and Ryan Howl who were walking ahead stopped and looked back.

“Captain? “What’s going on?”

“…no. It’s nothing. “I just felt like someone was watching me.”

“No way.”

Lloyd said that when he adjusted his glasses inside the hood but Enya said it differently.

“Oh my goodness. The leader has better senses than us so you never know. “That’s why we came here.”

“Hmm.”

It was just as Enya said.

The fact that the three people who had been sent to investigate the mystery of Bellbott Rickson’s death were roaming the alleys at this time of night was largely the fault of Terry and Ryan Howl.

She had a good sense of place and as if she was hooked on something she came here with her two lieutenants.

If Lloyd was dissatisfied with that he was dissatisfied.

For someone who values ​​reason and scientific thinking sixth sense was a story from a faraway country.

“Isn’t it all about fighting and killing gangsters and vagabonds in the back alleys anyway?”

“It’s a little different this time.”

“What do you mean it’s different?”

“My gut tells me so.”

“Is it again?”

Even Lloyd couldn’t say anything to Terina because she was clearly his superior and above all her senses matched surprisingly well.

We achieved a lot of results but we couldn’t say that it didn’t make sense.

Because she’s done that nonsense over and over again.

She has accomplished missions that others thought were impossible.

Therefore even if Lloyd was dissatisfied he did not show it outwardly.

“Here.”

That’s how we arrived at the scene.

There were several corpses scattered there.

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“This… there are quite a few corpses.”

“Is there some kind of war going on here?”

“There must have been a fight between organizations.”

Terina took long strides toward the corpse.

She crouched down in front of one body that stood out in particular and checked it out.

“He’s an assassin.”

“yes? “What is it?”

“This corpse. “He’s not just an assassin.”

Terina frowned as she smelled a sour smell coming from the bottle hanging on the corpse’s waist.

“It’s extremely poisonous. “This is a special poison used by the Khalsa faction’s assassins.”

The corpse itself looked no different from the others lying around but it was nothing more than a disguise to avoid being discovered by the other party.

Hearing Terina’s words Lloyd and Enya also came closer and checked the body.

“indeed. There are definitely signs of training. Rough hands full of calluses. Even the small scars on my body. “If you look at something that’s quite old you won’t find it among the gangsters in the back alleys.”

“and. If you’re the Assassin of the Khalsa faction then that’s it right? An assassination group from the southern Fatimid dynasty? “It was very famous.”

“They are fearsome guys who will not spare their lives to kill their target. But why on earth would an assassin like that be in a back alley like this…?”

Terina stood up.

“Captain?”

“It is true that he is a Khalsa faction assassin but he is probably not official. “Maybe they came here after receiving training and wandering around to gain experience or maybe they were kicked out due to lack of ability.”

“But isn’t he a highly trained assassin?”

“okay. “It’s true that they aren’t the kind of people who would hang out in a place like this.”

But that Kalsapa Assassin is dead.

It was an incredible result for a fight that took place in a back alley.

“The cause of death was probably a wound on the forehead. The thin thin blade pierced my forehead in one go. And then it falls from above and falls.”

Terina looked up.

The night sky full of clouds was blocked by the wall of the alley making it look cramped.

“I don’t know who your opponent was but you were defeated by someone of considerable skill. “I see that he finished it in one go without any minor injuries to his body.”

Just one blow.

The Assassin of the Khalsa faction was struck by a single blow.

Terina stopped performing the autopsy and moved to a more obscure part of the alley.

Lloyd and Enya followed her in silence.

Eventually when they arrived at another location what they saw was another group of corpses.

“Is this magic?”

Enya asked that as she looked at the corpses scattered everywhere.

It would have been impossible for nearly 10 people to have been cut to death by something at once in an alley like this except through magic.

“I guess so. maybe.”

“It’s amazing. A wizard participating in a fight in a place like this. “Then what about that assassin?”

“I don’t know.”

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Lloyd who discovered something at that time opened his mouth.

“Captain. “There are more bodies over there.”

In the darkness beyond the mass of corpses there were two corpses of clearly different causes.

Terina realized that the two corpses were also assassins from the Khalsa faction.

“This one is the same as the first one. One died from piercing the heart. Judging by the size of the wound being the same as the first one it was inflicted by the same person. “Were you ambushed from behind?”

The Assassin who was supposed to carry out a surprise attack was actually ambushed.

How?

And in the case of the second body the throat was cut with something sharp.

“The second body had the same weapon but the last one was different. It’s not magic it’s a dagger or a magic weapon. Lloyd. “Check near your feet there.”

“Yes yes?”

“There are marks left nearby.”

What do you mean by marks?…

Although Lloyd was skeptical he carefully examined the ground near his feet.

Indeed as Terina said there were subtle traces of metal scraping the ground.

“This is…”

“It must be traces of the weapon that killed the first two Assassins falling to the ground. If so a rough picture is drawn. “Khalsapa’s Assassin and these corpses joined hands to kill someone.”

However the opponent was also an ordinary person and the Assassins of the Khalsa faction were the ones to take the hit.

The last remaining Assassin succeeded in taking the opponent’s weapon but was ultimately defeated.

“The thing that cut off the head was a sharp weapon. It specializes in cutting rather than stabbing. I must have been memorized. Judging by the extent of the wound it must have been a dagger. In that case it would be the black sword stick that was used in the beginning.”

“Why are you so sure?”

“You might think it’s a rapier but look carefully. The body here has been memorized. The person who killed the Assassin was a person who specialized in exploiting other people’s weaknesses. “If such a person used a stabbing sword he would have used a sword hidden in his staff.”

“I see.”

“And this trace. Assassin did not dare to engage in close combat with his opponent from the front. If the other person was a swordsman using a rapier he wouldn’t have tried to do something like that. I guessed that this was an opponent that we had to fight against. But the result was not like that.”

“You have great reasoning skills.”

Lloyd couldn’t help but admire Terina’s reasoning ability to grasp the flow of this situation in an instant.

Enya didn’t need to say anything. Because she was already staring at her boss with mesmerized gaze.

“It’s no big deal. “Because I have only learned a little bit from people I know.”

“no. Leader who did you learn reasoning from?”

“Rather than reasoning it is simply a way to quickly find clues around you. “He immediately told me that I had good senses and that I would be able to learn easily.”

“Who is that person? And when did you learn it?…”

“It’s been a few years. “It was a chance encounter when I visited another country not the empire.”

“What are you doing?”

“I’m a private investigator.”

“yes? “Just a detective?”

Certainly a detective is a person who specializes in finding clues and making inferences so he would be a great person.

Even so was it possible to teach Terina whose senses were far beyond those of an ordinary person?

“Because she is a worthy person. He’s a detective but he’s quite eccentric. That’s how confident his skills are. “Sometimes I was surprised by her absurd reasoning skills.”

“I can’t believe the leader would say that….”

Terina who has always maintained her composure and charisma would never have thought that words of surprise would come out of her own mouth.

“Anyway looking at the corpses scattered around here it doesn’t seem like there was an ordinary fight. Considering that they even hired an assassin from the Khalsa faction the attackers must have risked their lives.”

“Could it be connected to the death of Bellbott Rickson that we are investigating?”

“I don’t know that yet. Because there aren’t enough clues. However it is certain that quite a bit of trouble will occur in the back alleys of Lederbelk.”

Terina looked around carefully to see if there were any other clues.

‘hmm. What I roughly found out is that there are only two people who created this whole situation.’

One man and one woman.

It seems clear from the shoe prints and traces left on some of the corpses.

‘One side is close and uses a sword. The other is a wizard who knows how to use magic.’

Terina approached the wall of the alley and traced it with her fingertips.

Then I rubbed my fingers together and smelled it.

‘A subtle scent hidden among the stench of this place. Traces of that smell still remain in the alley. This is the smell of diffused incense.’

Diffusing incense is famous for increasing the conduction rate of magical power but she knows exactly what it is used for.

When dealing with a wizard.

It is used to seal the opponent’s attack magic.

‘The Assassins moved because they knew their opponent was a wizard. But I failed. Didn’t you know that the opponent was using a sword?’

no.

Because both the man and the woman were wizards.

However one of the two used magic but was also good at wielding a sword. The Assassins suffered because they didn’t know that.

‘He is a wizard who is good at using a sword….’

Terina’s eyes shone sharply.

Because there was a similar guy in her memory.

A man who walked around wearing a black shadow and stealing all kinds of expensive items.

The most famous thief that she tried to catch several times when she was not yet a knight commander but failed each time.

The phantom thief Arsene Lupine.

‘The safe in Bellbott Rickson’s mansion also disappeared. Could it be that guy?’

At some point I thought he disappeared without even a mouse or a bird knowing so he gave up on this work and went into hiding.

That wasn’t it?

‘A phantom thief suddenly reappeared. A cryptid werewolf suddenly appeared. Even a secret abandoned factory where there was something.’

Terina was sure.

All these clues are connected as one.

“Confirmation is complete.”

“Already?”

“okay. “I got everything I needed here.”

“Then what do we do with this body?”

“Leave it alone. “Anyway the corpses in places like this will be taken care of by the cleaners in the back alleys.”

Terina knows the rules here well. No one is surprised or questions the corpse.

This is that kind of place.

A place where even if dozens of people die it is not even reported in the newspaper the next day.

It is a world where it is natural to disappear into the back of nothingness without being able to participate in the great flow of the times.

“So what are you going to do now? “Does the investigation end here?”

Terina shook her head in response to Lloyd’s question.

“The investigation continues.”

“But the proper results haven’t come out yet. Continuing like this is….”

“okay. So this will actually be the last time.”

“yes?”

“So let’s go to the place where the last clue might be.”

Terina turned her head and looked in the direction of the place.

“I’m going to Seorn Academy.”

* * *

It’s early in the morning with birds still chirping noisily.

Ludger usually goes to the teacher’s office even on days when there are no classes but today he decided to rest at his private residence.

It was due to accumulated fatigue due to a lot of work recently.

The <All-powerful Stone> incident and as soon as it was over the events in the back alleys of Lederbelk were also sorted out.

Even so he couldn’t help but feel a little tired.

‘Still it’s a very fortunate thing.’

Ludger sighed while lying down on the soft sofa.

Because it was the first test period I was able to use the excuse of asking test questions.

Thanks to this it was a time when I stayed at the dormitory and rested without having to go to the teacher’s office.

dripping.

A knock on the door woke him up.

Who is it? I tried to pretend that he wasn’t there but if he came all the way here I guess he came because he knew he wasn’t in the teacher’s office.

I can’t help it.

Ludger immediately got up from the sofa and opened the front door.

“ah! “Mr. Ludger!”

“Miss Selina.”

When he wondered who had come to visit him it turned out that his fellow employee Selina had come to visit him.

“What are you doing here?”

“ah. “I heard that Teacher Ludger didn’t come to the teacher’s office today.”

“yes. “Today is a day without class and I was having a hard time with the exam questions.”

“ah. “I see.”

Selina stared at Ludger trailing off her words.

This was because it was the first time I saw Ludger wearing comfortable clothes for home as he was usually dressed neatly.

Of course she was properly dressed in suit pants and a dress shirt but that alone felt new to her.

‘You also let down your hair.’

Maybe it was because my hair which I usually tied up was completely undone but it looked different.

There are slightly dark circles under the eyes as if he didn’t sleep well but even that gives him a sense of decadence.

Even if no one decorates it it becomes a picture like this.

Selina quietly admired herself but then remembered the reason she had come here.

“Oh indeed. Mr. Ludger. “The reason I came here is because there was a customer looking for Mr. Ludger.”

“You mean customer?”

“yes.”

“Why didn’t you send someone? Teacher Selina herself…”

“Ehehe. Since I could stop by on the way anyway I just decided to go. “That’s good for both sides right?”

“okay. So what kind of customer has come to visit me?”

Selina responded with a bright and innocent smile.

“Security bureau technicians.”

“….”

Ludger’s expression hardened but Selina did not notice it.