After Stealing Hero's Mother, I Reincarnated in the Fantasy World!

"Thanks, Rain! See you tomorrow!"

"Yawn~ Yes, yes, you're always welcome."

After parting ways with another group of girls, Rain walked through the main square of the academy, yawning.

With everything he had said to Principal Ophelia, he could no longer ignore his duties as the Responsible Officer for the 2nd year students. So as soon as he left her office, he took some time to walk around the academy grounds, looking for delinquents or anyone who caught his eye.

Even now, his eyes were relentlessly exploring his surroundings in search.

And it soon paid off.

"Hey, Lapielle."

He spotted one of the elves near the fountain.

Rain was about to finish his rounds and was just looking for the Elven Princess to spend some of his remaining time with her.

When he approached Lapielle, she was still wearing her traditional pure white dress, emphasizing her outstanding natural beauty.

"Do you know where Ael is now?"

"I don't know!"

...Which was to be expected, this easy-going elf didn't know it.

At that moment, a transparent pouch with something in it caught his attention.

"Oh, what is it?"

"Drugs!"

Rain raised one eyebrow.

"Is this some kind of elf metaphor?"

He wasn't very well versed in elven culture, so he didn't know.

"No! It's really drugs."

"..."

He glared at her, realizing she wasn't lying. His gaze fell again on the transparent pouch in her hands, this time really seeing the white powder in it.

Should he, as the Responsible Officer for 2nd year students, deal with this?

Rain felt a bit of a headache.

Noticing his stare and deciding he was interested, Lapielle explained.

"It's called White Powder. By the way, I didn't know its name, so I made it up myself. Pretty creative of me, isn't it?"

Taking another look at the white powder in the pouch, Rain nodded as she vigorously continued.

"I'm not sure, but from what the spirits tell me, it can increase mana conduction and raise cultivation levels. Although this effect is temporary, and after it ends, there is a setback that reduces your strength for a few days, but still, can you believe it? I've never seen any herb with a similar effect in our Great Forest!"

It really sounded like the typical drugs he sometimes heard about both in his world and here.

But still, something like this didn't show up anywhere but on the Academy grounds?

It was odd, to say the least.

Rain thought about it as the words continued to pour from her lips.

"Of course, the higher your original cultivation level, the lesser the effect it will have on you, but it's still pretty amazing, isn't it? I never thought that human cultivation would be so fascinating!"

Watching her eyes shining with happiness, Rain felt concern for this sweet elf who was about to be corrupted by human civilization. Then, a wave of anger rose in him.

'How dare anyone but me spoil this cute little innocent elf?'

It was unforgivable.

"Where did you get that from?"

"Stole from one of my human classmates during some friendly sparring. Don't worry, I once saw him messing up the academy's flowerbeds, so he definitely wasn't a good person."

Having laid it all out, Lapielle nodded her head confidently, telling him not to worry about anything.

He was just now thinking about it, but did she even know how to lie?

"...What else do you know about it?"

"Hmm... I think I heard that person say that it's recently become quite popular in Haerin, and now it's even reached the Academy? Ah, he also said that it's the purest product you can get on the black market right now."

First stealing, then eavesdropping on other people's secrets… turns out this sweet elf had such a dark side.

"I got it. Now just give it to me."

"Eh...? But I don't want to?"

Lapielle quickly hid it in her clothes.

'Should I undress her and take it away?'

The thought flashed through his mind, but soon he looked around and shook his head. There were too many eyes around, and he didn't want to share the view of her body with anyone else.

With that, Rain simply lifted some of his power and, manipulating the attraction, deftly drew the pouch into his hands.

For such cases, the Attraction of All Things technique from Star Art was really useful.

"Ah? Ah?"

Realizing what had happened, her eyes widened in disbelief before Lapielle lunged at him.

"Hey! That's mine! Give it back!"

The innocent little elf went on a bloody rampage.

Holding her back with one hand, Rain reached into the storage ring with the other and pulled out his trump card – two boxes of cakes.

"I'll give you this in return, so calm down."

"Really?!"

After a moment, already forgetting what had been taken from her, she thought only of the cakes in his hands.

"Yes. They're Strawberry Shortcakes With Whipped Cream, your favorite, aren't they?"

"Yes, yes!"

With a quick nod of her head, she held out her hands.

'Why do I feel like I'm taming this elf?'

Right now she looked like a little puppy waiting for her reward.

Shaking his head, Rain handed her both boxes of cakes.

Munch munch!

As if afraid they would be stolen from her, Lapielle quickly stuffed them all over her mouth and waved her hand at him.

"Bih Shishter Myshralin will shart lookin' fer me shoon, sho I'll run!"

Still without chewing, she ran toward one of the buildings.

In that moment, all the grace of the Higher Elf race was lost, but instead it took on a charm of her own...

"Haaaa... that little elf."

Left alone by the fountain, Rain once again pulled out the pouch of White Powder.

Without hesitating, he applied the status function on it.

[Locher's Extract.]

[Temporarily increases the level of magical conduction in the body, allowing a small jump in cultivation level.]

[After the effect ends, the wielder is significantly weakened. It has no effect on the Harmony Weaver stage, and has a weak effect on the Transcendent Soul stage. Due to the high quality, there are almost no side effects.]

Upon examining it, he confirmed that it was pretty much as Lapielle had said.

'So drugs, huh?'

His eyes reflected a strange emotion before he tucked it back into the storage ring.

Rain's gaze fell to the horizon. The sun was already setting, casting a crimson hue over the academy grounds, and the moon was gradually showing its shape in the sky.

It meant only one thing – it was time to act.