Chapter 297

“Maybe if I touch the wrong thing, it might explode with a boom!”

Hearing it in Kaina’s voice made the warning even more brutal.

Surprisingly, the person who responded to the warning was not Sion.

“Hey!!! Why are you giving me a difficult test? After all, you know that I have a talent for black magic!”

“…This is not what I said to the Wickronon students.”

“Aha! Phew~”

Putting Demona’s nonsense aside, Sion frowned slightly and examined the two objects.

One was a matchbox on the table.

The other one was a black robe doll lying on the bed.

‘There must be some hint… … .’

Sion’s gaze became slightly sharp.

Surprisingly, Roan seemed to had predicted this.

─ Sion.

─ Yes?

─You… … Maybe I could take another test. I wish it weren’t like that.

─ Yes?

─ It’s all just a matter of what if. If that really happens, think carefully about me.

─ !!!

Sion’s face turned bright red at Roan’s shocking remarks.

‘What do you mean, think about me carefully?’

However, Roan looked at Sion, who was making a wild mistake again, tsk tsk, clicked his tongue, and corrected himself.

─ This means that you should assume that you had prepared the trap yourself. See through even the deception of deception.

─ What? Roan, did you do the test questions?

─ But even if you say that, was it possible… … .

─ Doubt everything. Even under your feet.

─ Why don’t you both even listen to what I say?!

Sion recalled that memory and thought deeply with his eyes closed.

‘Think Roan has prepared a trap… … .’

In Sion’s mind, Roan’s cold, hard, dangerous, scary, and gloomy expresSion slowly formed, but when he looked at it closely, he was still handsome.

‘… … ‘What does it matter what you look like!’

Sion shook his head.

What matters was not Roan’s face, but his personality and actions.

Always having everything prepared, breaking through head-on with overwhelming ability, yet except when lying, not showing their true feelings to others…

‘You don’t reveal your true feelings?’

Sion tilted his head and opened his eyes.

There were two powerful traps that clearly caught her eye.

And Kaina also clearly knew this and wArned Sion.

however.

‘What if even that is a trick?’

Even if the test that Kaina had declared to be difficult had hidden traps, would she had given a choice so openly?

And did they kindly tell me that it would explode if I touched it wrong?

Sion’s soft eyes became slightly sharper.

‘Think like Roan, like Roan.’

Roan’s biggest feature was actually something else.

Doubt everything!

If you think about it, Roan didn’t find it easy to trust anyone.

As his thoughts reached that point, another path hidden in Sion’s mind was revealed.

‘Aindro, who sees all things, give me the strength to find the truth and not be deceived by lies. Just like when you found the golden falcon on Mt. Bell… … .’

Sion closed his eyes, clasped his hands, and began to pray.

The holy magic she knew about was the ‘accidental discovery of believers’ that Roan mentioned earlier.

As it was a low-level holy magic, its effectiveness was inferior, but it had one characteristic.

There was a wide range of effects that can be strengthened depending on talent and sincerity.

When the name of holy magic included ‘coincidence,’ it was usually like that.

If Roan had seen this, he would had clicked his tongue.

‘Unlike black magic, you really live comfortably!’

How convenient was it that, unlike black magic, where all variables must be dissolved in a magic circle, the effect became stronger if you pray well!

… … Of course, when they heard Roan’s thoughts, there were quite a few black mages who would click their tongues, wondering if you were in a position to say such a thing.

Anyway, Sion successfully strengthened holy magic.

It was an amazing experience.

Tong─ Toong─

When Sion concentrated, his inner self was like a pond.

A vast pond where drops of water fall from the same position in the sky.

Concentric circles spread out around Sion, and the things in between were fully perceived by her senses.

At first, she also found dark magic, a doll and a matchbox.

And.

‘It really was there!’

An ominous energy can be felt under the floor where the dresser was placed.

It was completely undetectable by my normal senses, but when I used holy magic to detect it, I could clearly see the danger lurking there.

But it doesn’t end there.

Sion, who, except for Roan, can be said to had the extraordinary talent within Acherandir.

Sion was intrigued by the new sensation, so he decided to look around a little more.

According to her will, the detecting holy magic left the booth and revealed even to other people.

First up was Demona in the booth next to us.

‘… … ‘That’s enough.’

Next was Kaina, who wasn’t far away either.

‘Hi!!!!’

… … To be honest, the overwhelming power of the energy was powerful, but it was a violent and cruel appearance that could not be combined with Kaina’s cute appearance.

Furthermore, the familiar energy of friends.

and… … .

‘huh?’

Sion tilted his head.

Roan Darc’s, surprisingly, a pure and overwhelming energy that was not far behind Kaina’s.

But it was quite different from the others.

‘It’s gray…’ … .’

The divine power, which was as gray as the color of Roan’s hair – was, of course, dark magic decorated with False Divinity – and there was no need to identify its owner.

Unlike other people’s divine powers, which were just round in shape and can change shape slightly depending on each person’s personality.

Roan was perfectly formed, just as I saw with my own eyes.

Sion was curious and tried to focus a little more on Roan.

That moment.

Jerririt──!!!!

To his horror, Roan’s sharp, brooding eyes were aimed straight at Sion.

‘Aaaah!’

Sion’s attempts to approach Roan were in vain, and he was thrown out of the concentration of holy magic.

Kudang─!

Sion hit his butt without realizing it due to the recoil.

“Ouch….”

Sion frowned and rubbed his back, making a sound of pain.

A slightly surprised grading paladin spoke to Sion.

─ Candidate for sainthood, were you okay?

“Huh? Oh, yes. It’s okay. Thank you….”

Sion tilted his head as he thought about Roan’s strange and strangely attractive appearance while under detection.

But right now, we were clearly in a situation where we were taking a quiz.

Sion, who did not forget his duty, moved the dresser to one place and lifted out the flooring.

“Sigh.”

Surprisingly, there was a totem emitting dark magic so strong that it made you wonder why you didn’t feel it right away.

The grading expert said with a pleased expresSion.

─ After all, if you were a talented freshman, it would be natural for you to be surprised by the power of the totem.

It seemed that Sion thought that the reason he was kicked was due to the dark magic of a powerful totem.

Sion nodded hesitantly.

‘It’s not like that.’

The totem actually had no effect on Sion.

… … Sion didn’t know that it was actually because he often hung around with Roan.

Just as Demona and Hector built up curse resistance, Sion was also building up black magic resistance little by little without knowing it!

Anyway, Sion began dismantling the trap as Roan had instructed.

Wow─

First of all, the priority was to launch the same black magic group.

Sion then erased the triangle on the right, just like Rafia.

However, unlike back then when things were going smoothly, Sion’s black magic team was quite different.

Crash─

As if bound by chains, fierce dark energies began to swirl around black magic Jin.

‘It really turned out just like Roan said, right?’

… … But even that was part of Roan’s short-term breakup tutoring.

To be precise.

─ Sion, if your exam was prepared a little specially, a different method may be needed. Would you like to listen?

─ Yes, of course!

─ Good. There were ‘security devices’ attached to the traps. To dismantle them… … .

─ … … Security device? Is it a new student essay test?

─ Ah, of course it was a very basic method. Even black mages had ideas when making traps. Wouldn’t it be a bit weird if it was just dismantled after it was found?

─ Well, I see.

─ Anyway, listen carefully.

Sion slowly began to dismantle the chain-like security device.

Find the weak link and break it, direct the dark magic to another path and prevent it from regenerating… … .

After going through a series of processes, the chains disappeared like dust.

‘Is it really the same?’

Sion calmly entered the next phase.

Place the moving circle at the center of the magic circle and turn it three times to the left.

Sigh─

This time the black magic group was split into two similar but different groups.

‘This time, as Roan said… … !’

─ There may be more advanced security devices than this.

─ … … Is it a new student essay test?

─ Of course, this was very, very basic, so don’t be surprised. If black magic was duplicated in two… … .

Sion firmly believed Roan’s words about ‘basic security measures’ and took the next step.

The grading paladin who was watching from the side widened his eyes.

‘Huh, how do I do it?’

In fact, Sion’s special test was more difficult than other students’, so finding the totem was already a guaranteed perfect score.

Dismantling was not even considered in the first place.

However, since there was nothing wrong with knowing about security devices, I meant to give them a lesson and experience in advance.

Who would had thought they were actually dismantling it!

His hands were a little slow and clumsy, as if he wasn’t used to it yet, but considering he was a freshman, it was surprising.

Not long after.

Saaaa─

With all the traps dismantled, the totem turned into dust and collapsed.

“I-I did it all!”

Sion, who was already sweating, jumped up and was happy.

Sion looked back at the paladin with eyes full of anticipation.

It came out very eArnestly, as if asking whether this was a perfect score.

─ Um, uh… … Candidate for sainthood, you get perfect scores.

The paladin nodded with a very vague and confused expresSion.

I was so shocked that I couldn’t even praise him properly.

However, Sion interpreted the paladin’s expresSion a little differently.

‘What did I do wrong…? … I did as Roan told me. I guess it wasn’t enough… … .’

Could it be that he gave her a perfect score because she was a candidate for sainthood?

Sion was downcast, his shoulders slumping.

The paladin hastily waved his hand.

─ Oh, no, candidate! Well done! That’s because I was so surprised.

“thank you.”

Sion was even more depressed at the thought of making the female paladin uncomfortable because he couldn’t control his emotions properly.

While the Paladin was unable to do this or that, Kaina’s voice was heard from outside the booth.

“……Student Beatrice dismantled the trap?”

─ Yes, Professor! You did a really great job deconstructing it.

Let the paladin report with a wide smile.

“Really? …How?”

Kaina asked in a voice that sounded quite dangerous.

─ Well, yeah, I guess so?

“Student Beatrice, let’s have a brief meeting after all the exams are finished.”

“!!! Hiyak…!”

It seemed like something really dangerous!