I Became a Demon Who Can Never Be Headpatted in the Academy?!

『You have acquired a new magic!』

『Skills』

【Summoning Magic Lv. 1】

【Elemental Magic Lv. 1】

【Magic Theory Lv. 1】

【Black Magic Lv. 1 NEW!!!】

【Gentle Release】

The start of the Demon King route, the reward for defeating the executioner Rowan thankfully came in properly.

I never thought I would get black magic, something you could never learn in Professor Aiaie’s magic class.

I wasn’t planning on taking the Demon King route, so I hadn’t even considered it, but now that I have black magic in my hands, should I rebuild my deck from scratch?

Of course, it’s not like I actually have cards in my hand or a ‘deck’, so it’s really just a matter of thinking about ‘what kind of magic should I focus on in the future?’, but this is quite important.

“Ugh…”

In the battles of Legend of Academy, the ‘deck’ was the alpha and omega, the light and salt, and the source of all joy and triumph.

From starting movement to landing attacks on enemies, every action in battle was done by playing a ‘card’, so if your deck was crap, you couldn’t do anything.

In that sense, many people understood getting a new ‘skill’ or leveling up ‘magic’ as the feeling of opening a new booster pack in a card game. But that’s a rather subtle analogy, isn’t it?

To be precise, it would be a genre that is really, really unfamiliar to Koreans, but it’s like buying an expansion pack in a LCG (Living Card Game). Unlike booster packs, with LCG expansion packs, you just buy it and all the cards are in your hand.

The player simply picks the ‘card they want’ and puts it in their deck. Just like that, having learned ‘black magic,’ I should indulge in happy imaginations like which cards to place in the deck for use in the future.

When magic levels up, the cards you already have get stronger or new cards are added. What a great system to prepare for ‘strategy’ in advance!

Anyway! Since I got black magic, I have to rebuild my deck from scratch, and it’s hard to do this from start to finish just by imagining it, so I want to sit at my desk and scribble with a pencil…

“… Ugh.”

“Are you feeling unwell? Murmur-nim?”

Sitri has no intention of being more than 1cm away from me.

This is the problem. I expected her to suddenly say she would be my bride and smile brightly, but I didn’t expect her to stick to me all day like this.

“Sitri, aren’t you busy?”

“Such trivial matters cannot be compared to spending a day by Murmur-nim’s side!”

“Ugh…”

She really has no intention of leaving? No, right?

“Murmur has to study.”

“I will help you from the side!”

“… It’s easier to study alone.”

“I will stay quietly behind you without even breathing!”

“Ugh…”

She has no intention of leaving at all.

《Having a fun time with Sitri》

《Time: After School》

From the beginning, the status window has been like this, and Sitri is stuck to my side, not moving an inch.

Surely, I won’t be unable to do anything from now on, right?

It’s not that I dislike Sitri, but now that I’ve learned black magic, I feel like I should talk to the demon god, Armonia, and…

I should shake Esme to raise the level of elemental magic, and listen to Nikea talk about how the world works…

“… … Ugh.”

I looked up at her butler, Balkan, standing behind Sitri, with a plea for help, but he had already given up a long time ago and was just shaking his head from side to side.

Well, there’s no helping it now. Shall I try to get as much as I can out of Sitri?

“Then Sitri, can you help Murmur?”

“Waaah… O-Of course! I will help you with anything!”

“Let’s talk first, Murmur doesn’t know much about Sitri.”

It’s not for nothing that Sitri is the main heroine of the Demon King route.

“What kind of dolls does Sitri like?”

* * *

《Having a fun time with Sitri》

《Time: After School》

『You have acquired new knowledge!』

【Oratory】

Sitri, sitting in front of me, was looking at me with a proud expression.

If it was a fun time, it was quite fun. I even gained the ‘Oratory’ knowledge, so I might be able to get through some events more favorably in the future.

“I would be happy if my story wasn’t boring for you.”

“It was fun, Sitri.”

“Murmur-nim is such a kind person.”

Sitri looked at me with sparkling eyes and took a sip of her drink with ice floating in it.

“… But, Murmur-nim. I am very sorry to ask this question after such a pleasant conversation, but there is one thing I would like to ask.”

Suddenly? I nodded.

“Are you really okay with it?”

“That Sitri is a changeling?”

Sitri’s eyes widened, then she looked around before nodding.

What other secret story could she have besides this? The fact that she is a changeling must be the most frightening and regrettable for her.

“Murmur doesn’t mind. I told you before.”

“But… I am also aware that it is a crime.”

“Sitri is a changeling, but you haven’t done anything bad with it, right?”

I know. I know Sitri’s unavoidable circumstances. So, even if she introduces herself as a changeling like the ‘executioner Rowan,’ it doesn’t really affect me.

“Still… in some ways, I think I am the same as Rowan.”

“It’s different.”

“It’s not different, Murmur.”

Sitri’s eyebrows twitched as she scraped the water droplets on the glass with her finger.

“It’s the same…”

“It’s different. Sitri has a story. There are unavoidable circumstances. Rowan is different. He was there to harm and watch Sitri.”

“Murmur-nim…”

This was something I realized after playing Legend of Academy several times.

As the player progresses through the scenario, they come to think that ‘changelings’ are quite annoying and awful. It was a kind of rail that the developer had cleverly created.

After thinking like that, when you meet ‘Sitri’ in the Demon King route, you start to ask questions.

‘Are changelings really bad?’

What if there is someone who has no choice but to live like that?

What if there is someone who was just born like that?

Is it okay to just point a finger and curse at someone for simply existing?

Having played the Demon King route several times, I know. Changelings themselves are not bad.

It’s like those women who shout that computer games should be banned because a murderer played them.

“Sitri is not bad. Changelings are not bad either. Everyone has their own story.”

“But Murmur-nim, I am…”

“Sitri is the ‘adopted daughter’ of the Crimson brand Duchess, right? Murmur knows as much as she needs to know.”

“H-How? How do you know?”

Sitri covered her mouth with her hand, looking truly surprised.

“I just… I can tell. Sitri also subtly explained it earlier.”

“Um! That was just a story about how my mother and I get along well!”

“Still, I can tell. Murmur is a demon.”

Sitri’s lips twitched as she protested, ‘I am too?!’

Anyway, do you think I don’t know your circumstances?

This is a rather touching story that comes up when you progress through the Demon King route. To put it simply, the ‘Crimson brand Duchess’ knows that Sitri is a demon.

She also knows that she is a changeling. Despite knowing this, she adopted her as her daughter.

The story ends here. Who can point a finger between this mother and daughter? It’s a story that has already ended between the two of them.

“Murmur-nim is truly amazing.”

“Not really. Murmur doesn’t know a lot of things.”

“Still… I didn’t know you would understand me so well and say such nice things.”

“I just said what’s obvious.”

While there are unavoidable circumstances, if Sitri is going to stick to me all day like this, I should learn all the skills and knowledge I can.

Sitri is a main heroine, so the rewards I can get from her are huge.

『Possessions』

【Old Sword】

【Old Bracelet】

【Bloodberry Family Heirloom】

If I spend time with her this often, there will be a sparkling change in my possessions that make my eyes moist when I just look at them!

“As expected, Murmur-nim is worthy of wearing a crown!”

So that’s how she’s indirectly saying that I’m going to be the Demon King.

With Sitri smiling brightly in front of me, I grabbed the table with both hands and stood up. Anyway, I’ve been holding it in for a long time. I wanted to go since I learned Oratory, but this timing should be okay.

“Murmur-nim? Where are you going?”

“Um…”

It should be okay to say it outright, right?

“…To the bathroom.”

“Ah! Then I will go with you!”

“Huh? No. Murmur can go alone.”

Don’t people usually not go together?

“Wherever Murmur-nim goes, I can go with you.”

“So, you mean you’re following me because I said I’m going, even though you don’t want to go?”

“Yes, I don’t want to be apart from you even a little bit!”

“No, no, no. Don’t follow me. Murmur can go alone.”

You don’t usually go to the bathroom together!

I moved my small legs quickly, but Sitri quickly stuck to my side.

“I’m going alone.”

“Then I will wait outside.”

“I… I don’t like it. It’s weird. Just sit here and wait.”

“Murmur-nim… Are you trying to keep Sitri, who will be your bride, away from you?”

“… Murmur clearly said before that she would listen to anything Sitri says!”

Sparkle, sparkle!

Sitri smiled brightly and followed me all the way to the entrance of the bathroom.

No, I really feel like I need to go soon, is this really happening?

“J-Just…”

“Murmur-nim. Go and come back.”

Do people usually go together like this? I don’t think so?

I don’t think so, right?

“Oh… Murmur? Sitri?”

With really bad timing, Nikea walked out of the bathroom, fiddling with a handkerchief.

“… Sitri, are you bothering Murmur again?”

No, it’s not like that!

Nikea grabbed my shoulder tightly and snatched me away from Sitri as if she were taking away a doll.

“What nonsense are you talking about? Your Highness? If you’re done in the bathroom, then go your own way… Ugh!”

Sitri tried to grab my hand and pull me, but there was no way she could win in a strength contest against Nikea.

“Can’t you see that Murmur dislikes and is embarrassed by it?”

“Ha! Isn’t that because the respected Princess is arbitrarily burying her in her skirts!”

“It’s because you followed me to the bathroom that I dislike it!”

“It’s not like we went inside the stall together, waiting by the sink is normal! Surely, the great princess doesn’t have any friends so she wouldn’t know?”

“Friends…! I have them!”

“Everyone knows you don’t!!!”

Nikea half-knelt and hugged me halfway.

“N-Nikea… Wait, I…”

“Murmur, it’s okay. You can say it honestly here. Sitri is burdensome, right? It’s hard to be friends with her, right?”

“Don’t try to turn her against me!!!”

“This isn’t turning her against you, but giving Murmur an opportunity to express her convictions.”

Nikea! I understand your intentions, but it doesn’t feel like the right time!

I quickly patted Nikea’s thigh with my hand.

“Hah, hah! Look at that! Murmur-nim is uncomfortable in your arms!”

“T-That’s not true. Murmur and I even showered together.”

“… What? W-Why would you do such a terrible thing…”

“What did you say?!”

Nikea growled roughly, and Sitri clung to my body.

“Guys…! I-I need to go!”

“Need to… Ah!!”

“I-I’m sorry, Murmur-nim! Please go quickly.”

Only then did the two of them release me.

“Why… Why do they always fight when they meet? Ah, dangerous…”

I understand why they can’t be friends, but aren’t they still in the 5th grade of elementary school?

They could definitely get along well, right?

“Hoo… Thank you, demon god…”

This won’t do.

《Having a fun time with Sitri》

《Time: After School》

《Having a fun time with Nikea Hollimpia》

《Time: After School》

Since events keep overlapping like this, I have to make them get along a little bit to reduce my suffering!

I can’t keep bouncing between the two of them like a volleyball forever!