Broken Possessors of Infinite Regression Academy

“Do you have any regrets about giving up the Demon King’s position?”

“I don’t understand the intention of your question.”

At lunchtime, I called Elysier, who was enthusiastically eating human food in the club room, and asked her. She looked at me as if to ask why I was asking such a question.

“You lost your power when you lost the Demon Sword, didn’t you? I was wondering if you wanted to regain the Demon Sword or if you wanted to become the Demon King again.”

“That’s not what I meant. I’m asking why you’re asking me that when you know I’ve been desperately hoping to get away from the Demon King’s position.”

“As I thought.”

I had already come to a conclusion on my own about how to make Nika the Demon King. It was too obvious that Elysier had no regrets about giving up the Demon King’s position.

She had endured until now only to help me. If it weren’t for that, she would have thrown away the Demon Sword and run away as soon as she found out my identity.

Just as Laura, who had experienced the most returns, still extremely avoided the original locations and tried to stay in places touched by my hands, Elysier was similar.

“And I don’t want to regain the Demon Sword either. It wasn’t my power to begin with, so why would I want it back? Explain why you asked such a question.”

“I heard about the situation in the Demon World from Nika.”

I summarized what I had heard and told her that the Demon World was in complete chaos, with the Demon King’s position vacant. Elysier burst into a clear, cheerful laughter.

“That’s a wonderful thing.”

“I was thinking of putting Nika in the Demon King’s position. That’s why I asked. If you had any regrets, I would have given it to you.”

If she ever wanted to go back, Elysier would be the first choice. After all, it was a plan that I hadn’t even told Nika about, so it could easily be forgotten.

“That’s not going to happen. I never want to be the Demon King again.”

Of course, the premise was already laid out that Elysier wouldn’t want it, as evidenced by the fact that I had already thought out the plan.

“Are you sure you’re okay with that?”

“What do you mean?”

“To become the Demon King, you need the Demon Sword, just as the Hero has the Holy Sword. The Demon King has always had the Demon Sword, generation after generation.”

“Oh, that’s not a problem.”

My answer intrigued Elysier.

“You’re very confident in your answer. May I ask why?”

“Because it will definitely appear in front of me again.”

“The Demon Sword?”

“It could be the Demon Sword, or it could be a new demon who has inherited its power, like Astaroth. Or it could go to one of the remaining Legion Commanders. In any case, it’s clear that the Demon God won’t just sit idly by.”

It had already appeared in front of me several times and failed. From the very first time it showed its power, the Vampire Lord incident, to the most recent incident where he resurrected Astaroth.

There was no reason not to try again since they had all failed. I was fine, and so was the other party. I could be confident.

“So, will you just sit idly by until then?”

“No. I’m going to go to the Demon World and do some preliminary work. I’ll just go around slicing up the guys who are trying to become the Demon King. I don’t really want to, but I have to lay the groundwork for the succubi.”

To be honest, I hadn’t accepted the succubi as 100% on my side. Even if they appeared on the battlefield solely because of Astaroth’s orders, the fact that they had killed people with their blood was entirely their own choice.

I was helping them because their situation was better than that of other demons. If it didn’t work out, Nika could always create new succubi by sacrificing her own blood.

“I understand your intention, but… are you sure you’ll be fine?”

“Of course I’ll be fine. I can easily extract my body even if things go wrong.”

“That’s not what I meant. Aren’t the finals coming up soon? I’m asking if your schedule will be okay.”

“Ah.”

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“It’s already this time.”

It felt like I had experienced all sorts of incidents, but in reality, I was just finishing the first semester of my first year. It was absurd to think that it had taken this long.

“You’ve been out and about a lot. Especially, Mira, you’ve been involved in almost every incident.”

It was hard to deny. I stroked Priscilla, who was snuggling up to my side, and looked at the lecture notes. They were Priscilla’s notes from the lectures she had taken in her first year.

Since the original story had already deviated beyond recognition, it was unlikely that the exam would be exactly the same, but it could serve as a reference. It was also a matter of courtesy to the person who had made them.

With the end-of-term exams coming up soon, Priscilla, who had confidently said that she could write the lecture notes with her eyes closed because she had studied them in her first year, had indeed written them perfectly without a single typo, with her eyes closed.

No one was impressed because they all knew how much time was behind those words, except for Priscilla, who was snuggling up to me and asking for praise.

“Have you heard the news, Mira?”

“What news?”

Laura, sitting next to me in my outerwear and shirt, suddenly spoke up.

“It seems you haven’t heard yet. Good. I can explain it to you.”

“So, what is it?”

How could he tell me if I hadn’t heard the news?

“The Chairman herself has instructed that all the magic theory lectures you attend and the sparring practice sessions be given a perfect score.”

“……Why?”

“The entire Magic Tower insisted on it. They said that someone who should be looking far ahead should not be burdened with studying intermediate magic theory. The Chairman accepted the proposal as soon as she heard it. As for the sparring practice, you’ve done so much that I don’t need to explain.”

“When I hinted at mana breathing last time, it seemed to be because of that. They were already pestering me to teach it to them as soon as possible.”

If there wasn’t enough time, she said she would make it, and it seemed that’s what she meant.

“Don’t spread this information around yet, as it’s still top secret.

Of course, the dragon would be like that. Ever since he agreed to take care of me, she’s been so anxious to take care of even one more thing for me.”

“Wait a minute. Then I only have two subjects left to take?”

With the exception of one, all the theory lectures were related to magic, and the wide-area annihilation magic that I had traded with Ingrid at the beginning of the semester had already been given the top score, so naturally, it would be just one theory and the dungeon practice.

It was like a final exam that wasn’t a final exam.

“That’s a good thing, isn’t it? If you get perfect scores in those two lectures, you can take the top spot as you declared.”

Laura chuckled at my incredulous expression.

“If we trace the cause, it’s wrong for you to be treated the same as the other students in the first place. You killed Mahbat alone, you can stand up to the Sword Saint, you wander the Demon World as if it’s your home, you hold you own against a Demon welding the Demon Sword that have been given the power of the Demon King, and you killed the Succubus Queen who received the power of the Demon King. It’s a serious lack of conscience to expect to be treated equally with them.”

“……That’s true. My purpose for coming here was to escape, not to graduate. I intended to graduate at an appropriate time, but I ended up here because I met another possessor that I didn’t expect.”

If things had gone as originally planned, I would have graduated at a reasonable time and ended it. It was a huge butterfly effect.

“Then early graduation wouldn’t be a bad idea. If we mobilize all the Grand Mages and the Magic Tower Masters, it could be possible as early as next semester. What do you think, my dear? Don’t you want to rewrite the history of the Academy?”

“Are you trying to graduate with me? Your intentions are too obvious.”

“Oh, I’ve been caught. What a shame.”

Laura smiled shamelessly even though her true intentions had been exposed.

Rosalia shook her head and finished the last piece of chocolate on her plate, then headed to the refrigerator to get a new one. It was a typical action of the number one dessert finisher.

Leona was second, but Elysier had taken her place a few days ago. Still, it could be understood that Elysier had not tasted human food for hundreds of years as she had repeatedly returned to the Demon King’s position.

I didn’t know about Rosalia.

-Wooooooong……

Time passed, and Laura demanded my clothes because the smell had faded, and Priscilla, who was snuggling up to my side, was  slowly sliding her hand up my thigh, and Elysier and Rosalia were enjoying tea time, the communication magic tool from the Magic Tower vibrated with a blue light. Rosalia chuckled.

“You should put your phone on silent mode in the library. That’s rude.”

“Do you have no one to contact, so you keep it on sound?”

“Hey!”

Laura, who had burst out laughing at something that seemed so funny, and Rosalia, who had turned her target to Laura, were left behind as I brought the magic tool to my hand.

There was no need to hide anything from the reincarnators, so there was no point in going out to receive the call. Aria and Leona would have been there if they weren’t training with the Sword Saint.

“Speak.”

“Am I interrupting, Miss Mira?”

“If you were interrupting, I wouldn’t have answered. I would have broken it and asked for a new one later. Get to the point.”

“One more thing before that. Is Priscilla Agnes there with you?”

“Yes.”

She was happily rubbing her cheeks against me.

“That’s good. Please tell Agnes that the decision about her sister, Gloria Agnes, has just been made.”