Travel to another world and become a monster messenger

Inside Valfermion College, in the room of the founder, Adre.

Just as Culler and Esther were about to open the door and rush in happily, Nelson and Douglas hurriedly stopped them. Then Roland walked to the front, cleared his throat and knocked on the door.

"Sir Adley, excuse me!"

When Roland entered the room, there was another guest sitting there besides Adre. Roland was surprised by the beautiful woman, and Douglas, who followed closely behind, was also surprised when he saw the identity of the woman.

"Who are you……"

"What's the matter, Douglas? Is that beautiful lady someone you know?"

"Not only do I know him, but he is Lord Eugrias - the wise man of the forest, a god!"

"What!"

Douglas answered hurriedly, and Culler's eyes widened. Then Roland hurriedly straightened his posture and bowed his head to apologize: "I'm sorry. I didn't know there were guests..."

"It's okay." It was Euglias who answered. She stood up and said to Douglas with a smile: "Long time no see, Douglas. It's great to see you so energetic."

"Me too. I didn't expect to meet Lord Eugrias here. Let me introduce them to you."

Then Daglas introduced her to Nelson and others. When Euglias heard the name of Culler, her expression blossomed with joy.

"Are you Ms. Culler? I have heard a lot about you from Xu Zhen and others."

"No, no, we just met those children. I also heard that you traveled with them. Xu Zhen and those monsters seemed to have received a lot of care from you..."

"No, it's me who is being taken care of by them."

Douglas and the others were involuntarily infected by this atmosphere that sounded like a conversation between parents, and their hearts warmed up. But now was not the time to relax. Roland's expression tightened, and he gently raised his right hand and spoke humbly.

"Sir Culler, I'm sorry, but we should talk about business..."

"Ah, that's right."

Kuler smiled, as if he had completely forgotten about the business, and looked at Adre who had been silent. For some reason, his face was pale and sweat was pouring down.

Regarding Adre's obvious unnaturalness, Kuler asked in confusion: "Adre, why are you so nervous? There is no need for you to be so nervous about our arrival."

"…How ignorant. Talking so carelessly to a god-like being is really a waste of time."

While Adre spoke as if he had bitten a bitter melon, Euglias frowned slightly, his eyes became cold, and then he turned around.

“I’ve said it many times before, I’m not that great. Besides, don’t you see that I was the one who initiated the conversation? I don’t think you have any reason to complain here.”

There was no gentleness in Euglias' voice, but a cold one. Although she seemed a little annoyed, she continued to speak, and everyone present felt tense.

"Or... is there a rule here that says we have to listen to you, the founder?"

"No, no, no, absolutely not! I will never restrict Lord Yuglias' actions!" Adley shook his head hurriedly. Yuglias seemed to be waiting for him to answer like this, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Then please take me to Valfermion's underground research institute."

“…What on earth is this? I don’t understand it at all.”

As if in total denial, Adre laughed.

"I want to make it clear to you that there is nothing suspicious about this Valfermion. In fact, the students in our academy are all excellent and good kids. They are steadily making achievements and are obviously contributing to peace."

"Yes, I think so too about the students. There is no room for doubt." Euglias nodded and recalled. He once took the opportunity to collect information and visited the interior of the college.

Students not only had discussions and practical exercises, but also actively carried out independent training. Most of them were very serious. Some naughty or mischievous children were also seen, and the situation of being chased by the teachers after being discovered also came into sight. But this may be a characteristic of the school, Yuglias thought.

At least there was no sign of any malicious intent deep down. Even if there was, it was mostly minor mischief that could be solved with a stern rebuke.

How wonderful it would be if everything was really like this. Euglias thought so, but still cast a suspicious look at Adre.

“But what I’m saying is that there’s an invisible part of this academy… that is, there may be something hidden beneath the surface.”

At that moment, Adre slammed the table and stood up.

"Even Lord Eugrias is exaggerating! Just making such a random guess like this puts me, the founder, in a difficult position... I can't really call it a good interest!"

Adre raised his voice and stared at Euglias breathlessly. His obvious panic even stunned Nelson, Esther, Douglas and Culler.

Just then—

"Excuse me. I also have some questions for Lord Adley." Only Roland remained calm and asked, "Regarding this founder, some questions have come to my mind in recent years."

Roland began to state his doubts.

He received a report from the knights in the capital of Oranje that they had heard Adre's speech in Valfermion, but the content did not match what he had heard before.

A subtle difference that might not be noticed if one does not listen carefully. However, out of caution, Roland reported the situation to the king and sent a reconnaissance team to investigate deep into Valfermion.

As a result, doubts about Adler's founder surfaced.

"Normally, it should be Lord Adre who would consider founding Valfemin, right?"

“Of course. I’m the creator!”

"Yes... but it's a bit strange. Because Lord Adley should not have been born at that time."

Roland's point made the confident Adre's expression stiffen. Roland glanced at his expression and continued, "Obviously someone has tampered with Lord Adre's birth record. His actual age is very young. Probably about the same age as me..."

"But, that old guy's face, no matter how you look at it, is much older than ours."

Nelson expressed doubts about Roland's words. Esther answered his question: "It may be that special magic was used to change the face. I also know that there are studies on this kind of magic. Although those studies caused serious harm to the subjects, they were finally sealed..."

Esther narrowed her eyes at Adre.

"Perhaps you were the subject of that kind of experiment before, Mr. Adley. I was told that I would restore your face and let you stand out as the founder. Is that the case?"

Adre was sweating and remained silent. In response, Roland sighed softly: "Hey, this incident doesn't matter to us now. The problem is that the real founder is someone else. Someone is behind Lord Adre. These two possibilities are very high."

"And behind what you said, is it closely related to the secret of Valfermion?"

“That may well be the case.”

When Roland nodded to Nelson's question, Adre lowered his head and began to tremble. Roland and the others thought he was going to start yelling again -

"Hahaha! Are you satisfied with the guesses? But unfortunately, all your ideas are wrong. Because I am the true founder of Valfermion!"

Adley laughed happily, but his expression was obviously forced, and the cold sweat running down his face made it even more obvious.

Roland and the others were completely stunned, but Adre didn't notice at all and continued to talk with a smile: "Except for me, the old men who wanted to create Valfermion don't exist at all. This is an indisputable fact!"

“Hey, there are still old people here.”

"……ha!?"

Nelson muttered with a smile on his face, and Adley froze again. He tried to say something, but his mouth wouldn't obey him. This made Roland and the others narrow their eyes even more.

(You have to say something anyway. It would be bad to remain silent.)

Just as Adley was about to speak,

——Boom boom boom!!

A heavy sound, accompanied by vibrations, spread all around.

“Was that…an explosion?”

"It seems to have happened from within the academy..."

Euglias and Culler showed puzzled expressions. Knight Leader Roland looked at Adre in surprise, and he himself was also surprised.

It seems that this was not done by Adre.

Just as Roland and the others were thinking this, Esther proposed a hypothesis: "Did he get too carried away during the magic experiment and ended up failing?"

"Don't be ridiculous, there aren't that many people like you...right?"

Nelson began to lose confidence in his words halfway through, and finally he asked Esther as if seeking confirmation, but no answer came back. Then -

"Ah, Lord Adley!"

A young wizard in a black robe rushed into the room without knocking.

"Something bad has happened! The wizards from the underground research institute, they...they attacked the students of the academy..."

The wizard seemed to have noticed the situation in the room, and his voice gradually became lower. He came at an inopportune time and said inopportune words. A pale expression appeared on his face.

"Now, I'm afraid there is no room for escape."

Culair smiled as he looked at Adre. He, like the wizard, turned pale and broke out in cold sweat again.

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Let’s go back in time a little bit—

After separating from Xu Zhen and the others, Alicia and the other two came to the academy, where they unexpectedly met Sylvia.

Alicia panicked. Recalling the incident two years ago, she was worried that she would get into trouble again. However, Sylvia calmed Alicia with a gentle smile. At least she didn't seem to be out of control at all.

They were allowed into an empty classroom, where Alicia and the others started a conversation with Sylvia and another female student.

Sylvia apologized to Alicia. She was wrong at that time. Now she really regrets it.