Chapter 77: Where There Is Nationalism, There Is Duoexini (4)
The sound of the siren wailed—
Along with the sound announcing an emergency, Yumir received emergency treatment in the ambulance as they were transported.
Ah.
She wanted to see.
She wanted to see how the Goblin was acting right now.
And she wanted to know why he helped her.
That day.
The day she first revealed my identity to the Goblin.
The day she received a favor from the Goblin.
Since then, she had been indebted to the Goblin, so she thought she would help him once.
But instead of helping, she received help again.
He protected her from the entity Duoexini and saved her from the unfair ability that Duoexini held.
If Duoexini had attacked her using that ‘super-fast movement’ ability, the attack might have reached her with a high probability.
It was such a fast attack that there was no way to avoid it, and if the mana that made up her clothes were to break, Yumir would have been truly hurt.
The fact that Yumir managed a speed that was hard to counter meant there was a chance, by any means, to successfully attack Yumir.
However, Duoexini faced the Goblin.
To be precise, the Goblin drew Duoexini’s aggro, and thanks to that, Yumir was able to safely protect Ermina from demonization.
Would it be okay?
Her breathing is still stable, but she probably wouldn’t be able to return to her condition before finding the treasure chest.
Moreover, Ermina, who was ready to kill Yumir, an E-class psychic, attacked, so her social reputation would be considerably affected.
“Ugh….”
Yumir twisted her body a bit, grimacing.
“Student Yumir! Are you conscious?!”
The people beside Yumir shook her awake, and Yumir gazed blankly at the ceiling as if she had just regained consciousness.
“Where is—Hic?!”
Thud!
Immediately, Yumir hunched her body and protected her face with both arms. The bandages were tightly wound around Yumir’s arms, and the expressions of the paramedics beyond those arms quickly became serious.
“Don’t worry, Student Yumir! We’re on our way to the hospital now!”
“…Huh?”
“We have saved you, Yumir. Rest assured. There is no one attacking you anymore.”
“Is, is that true…?”
“Yes. It is.”
Despite the safety officer’s words, Yumir did not let down her guard, but she couldn’t help but smile internally.
This wound.
She had inflicted it upon herself.
To her, who could make it look as if there were no scars where the wound was by using her abilities later, this wound was really ‘nothing’.
There was no pain or nerve damage, just the trace of being cut by a sharp, magical energy from which blood flowed and hardened.
The Goblin had said.
[If you pass out in the cave, I’ll take care of everything.]
Understanding the rough meaning of these words, Yumir inflicted a wound on herself to aid the Goblin and make it seem like Ermina had attacked her.
Perhaps the Goblin thought they had fainted from a blow to the vitals, but Yumir’s self-harm and acting had a greater effect than expected.
“Ermina Sternfert… How could she do such a terrible thing.”
“Student Yumir. Ermina is not here. She’s far away, and our school staff will protect you, Yumir. So trust us and answer just one question.”
The expressions of the school staff hardened.
With trembling eyes, Yumir glanced at the nurse and the school staff sitting next to her and soon gained certainty.
“Why did Ermina Sternfert attack Student Yumir?”
None of them were on Ermina’s side.
“Well, that is.”
Yumir opened her mouth cautiously with a trembling voice.
“I, I can’t say… Sternfert, she attacked me…!”
“Rest assured. All you need to do is trust Sejong Academy and tell us what you saw.”
“Everything depends on your words, Student Yumir. Can’t you remember anything?”
“I’m really… okay, right…?”
“Of course.”
With a smile inside, yet looking frightened and resolved, Yumir opened her mouth.
“…Ermina said she was going to the restroom and didn’t come out after disappearing into the cave, so feeling lonely, I went into the cave to find Ermina, and then…”
“And then?”
“…Ermina was sniffing something with her nose over white powder.”
“White… powder!”
The expressions of the staff hardened, and Yumir shouted a cheer inside.
“What that was… I don’t know. Ermina, uh… ah!”
Yumir tapped her Taegeuk Watch.
Soon, mana flowed from the Taegeuk Watch and projected an image on the ambulance ceiling. In that image, Ermina, who had been bending her head towards a ghost-like white shadow, was turning her head and smiling broadly.
[You saw it?]
Then Yumir was attacked.
The ‘recorded video’ in the Taegeuk Watch ended there.
“……What on earth was that that made Ermina attack me?”
Yumir shed tears with a face that seemed unable to understand.
“Student Yumir. We’ll tell you the details later. Now… let’s concentrate on treating the wounds first.”
“Remember, Sejong Academy is on your side, Yumir.”
Yumir covered her face with her hands.
Now.
Ermina Sternfert was finished.
She was alive, but in a state where you couldn’t really say she was living.
“…….”
It wouldn’t be strange if she were dead.
If it weren’t for the nuisance of killing a member of the Sternfert family, she would have been killed for just this little annoyance.
But…
“…….”
In front of the Goblin, she didn’t want to show the sight of killing a person.
Because it seemed they wanted her to be a hero.
Did the Goblin wish for Yumir to be a hero?
If so…
For the next ‘promise’, Yumir decided to wait.
She decided to ask all her doubts and suspicions on that day.
There was not much time left until the full moon.
‘It’s about time.’
By now, Yumir would have been safely moved to the rear.
As the situation where the faculty, starting with Snow White, pointed their weapons at me continued to escalate, I stretched out my hand to the side.
“Be careful! The Goblin is trying to do something!”
One of the staff members, in other words, one of the people who rushed in to suppress the villain, gave out an order.
They didn’t look strong enough to give orders; they didn’t feel like they emanated any magic power at all, but under their command, the ability users aimed their abilities at me to pressure me.
“Goblin! Surrender quietly!”
[Why should I surrender?]
“We have Snow White!”
[I know you have her, but that has nothing to do with my surrender.]
“Snow White! Are you planning to let the Goblin off the hook again?!”
One of the faculty members made a comment that crossed the line.
I was slightly displeased, and imagined how Snow White, who heard it directly next to me, felt.
[It’s ridiculous that they turn the arrows on Snow White and blame her when they can’t catch me. Are they shifting their own incompetence onto others?]
“What, what did you say?!”
[What an unpleasant thing to say.]
I raised my Goblin Bat towards the person who spat out those disgusting words, but an ice wall was created at the end of it.
[Are you protecting that kind of person?]
“Goblin. Why did you show up here?”
[I saw it while passing by.]
Strictly speaking, I saw it all while chasing after them, but since I really saw it while passing by, I decided to vaguely handle the situation with those words.
[A true strong one should know how to protect the weak. If you take advantage of the weak just because you’re strong and try to kill the weak when you get caught, then you’re not a hero. You’re just the trash of society trying to benefit yourself by using your superpowers.]
“You, you bastard! Are you talking about the student Ermina!”
[Not just Ermina.]
I pointed my bat at the faculty member beyond the ice wall again.
[Superpower, physical strength, wealth, political power. Those who possess ‘power’ that encompasses all of those things. I don’t expect them to use that power for social justice at the cost of their own bodies, but those who try to benefit from that power, well, that’s one thing, but I will not forgive those who use that power to harm or kill others. That’s my rule, as the Goblin.]
“Shut up! You’re just a villain!”
[Just a villain? Do you really have the right to say that? Isn’t it just that it hasn’t been revealed yet, but you’ve also done something that would get you called a villain if others heard about it?]
“There’s no such thing!!”
Whatever the truth was, it was fine.
While saying this, I collected my remaining mana and calculated all the positions.
[Well… whatever happens, it doesn’t matter. I just follow my beliefs.]
“Even if a villain claims to have beliefs…!!”
[I punish the wicked. Even if they are known as heroes in the world.]
I pointed the end of my bat at Snow White, at Baek Seol-hee.
[Snow White. Listen well. The moment you commit an evil act, the moment you become a villain, I’ll come after you.]
“So, are you saying I should commit evil deeds to meet you?”
[It would be difficult if you took my words that way. Well, it does sound fun.]
I swung the bat over my head as if brushing it.
[Don’t expect too much. When that day comes, I’ll dye the pure white snowfield with blood using this bat.]
Materialization.
Goblin Cloak.
[The execution is over.]
I left the scene as a spirit.
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