I Was Confessed to by the Golden Sun

56 – 56. Reappearance

“All right, now fight each other!”

The professor explained the rules of the test as I had imagined for a while, then spoke lines that seemed like they could only appear in a manga.

Because of that, the atmosphere among the students who heard that one word changed dramatically.

In a situation where you don’t know where an attack might come from, I was wondering how to approach Dylan in this tense atmosphere, resembling thin ice.

– Whoa!

Lucia firmly placed her hand on my shoulder and slowly pushed me behind her.

“You’re weak in close combat, this big sister will protect you.”

Certainly, there aren’t many ways to deal with sudden close combat when it comes to the ability of telekinesis, but…

If this person doesn’t know, it’s that these students aren’t even considering facing me right now.

Starting from capturing the Prince of Hwang’s family, the monster with such a crazy gap that he sent him to Class E.

That’s how these students perceive me.

“Just because the matchup is a little favorable…”

There’s no need to create any unnecessary friction.

Slightly worried, I looked in Dylan’s direction, and fortunately, it seemed like he was actually targeting me.

If he had gotten scared and fled, it would have been a hassle. It’s good that he’s a guy with a strong will to win.

When I looked at Lucia, who was on the verge of being abandoned, I turned my gaze toward her.

She was tearing up grass and looking at the students like an angry rabbit.

“Whimper!”

Her appearance was cute, so I gently stroked her head, and she made a slightly relieved expression, then quickly regained her focus, glaring at me.

They’ll probably disperse one by one soon.

Fighting here right now has a high risk, so it’s only natural.

“For now, it’s nighttime, so I have to worry about sleep in my own way…”

It’s about time for them to start thinking more about the situation in this test, where it’s unclear how long it will continue and what variables will occur.

The only ones making a clear judgment in this situation are just the two of us.

Dylan, who aims for me, considered the strongest among the students, and Lucia, who tries to protect me.

– Chirp!

As I had such thoughts, Lucia grabbed the hand that had been stroking her head, lightly kissed my palm, and narrowed her eyes.

It seems like the person targeting me isn’t just one, but two people.

As I cautiously observed the standoff, those who were quick to assess the situation had already formed teams and were making their way out.

“I can’t be sure even if it’s like that…”

By eliminating students, you could gain additional points, so they probably couldn’t be completely sure even after forming alliances like that, unless it was a relationship as close as mine and Lucia’s.

“Lucia, shall we start making our way out now?”

Without realizing it, Lucia looked at the gathering place where more than half of the students had already left and then gestured to me. Lucia nodded quietly.

Pushing my back, she started walking in front of me as if to say, “Are you escorting me? It’s not necessary.”

“Yes, yes, I understand.”

Even as we moved away a bit, Lucia continued to survey her surroundings with a stern attitude.

I embraced Lucia, who continued to emit an intimidating aura, and she stopped emitting that energy that seemed to be spewing out like a lie.

“Now I can feel it a little…”

After leaving the hesitating Lucia behind, I conceNT*Rated on the direction with dense underbrush, and that’s when I could clearly feel the presence of a person.

Lucia probably felt this too and that’s why she was so vigilant.

“Dylan, right?”

“Huh? What run?”

In an instant, as I spoke, the presence that had been emanating from the vicinity completely ceased.

Hmm, what did Heidi do here? Probably.

– Kwaaah!

She bowed her head, right.

“Ugh!”

When I pulled Lucia’s head down and lightly lowered it, tentacles passed over our heads.

That was the ability of the Blue Pearl of the Sea God – the technique of pulling out tentacles limitlessly from anywhere, anytime.

“Seeing you use the pearls, it seems you were quite surprised, right?”

After touching the sluggish purple tentacles and infusing magic into them to burst them lightly, I looked at the thicket.

Dylan, who had been attacking us recklessly, had drawn a massive sword from his waist and was approaching us step by step.

It looked like several tentacles were entwined around the cutlass used by the pirates, also known as the Cutlerus.

He aimed a weapon that exuded melancholy at us, and with a voice that seemed to have sunk deep within him, he looked at me and asked, “Do you know me?”

Then, Dylan, with a mischievous tilt of his head, assumed a position that suggested he could rush at me at any moment.

In truth, Dylan had hid his true identity so well that no one had noticed him entering this academy.

He had come upon hearing the news that his extraordinary brother, who could be considered his ultimate rival, had hidden himself here.

“And, considering his ability in disguise, he is a genius in disguise…”

Perhaps he is currently misunderstanding me. No, he must be misunderstanding me.

I had seen right through his disguise, even though he had hidden his true identity so well. It was a fact that left room for suspicion.

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“But, he is overlooking one fact.”

Dylan naturally assumed that he, a genius in disguise, had disguised himself as a student his own age.

In a way, it was inevitable; the easiest disguise to pull off within the academy was that of a student.

Professors required specialized knowledge, and they were also quite high-ranking individuals, making it perfect for getting caught.

“Now, let’s reconsider this.”

Half of this academy has been swallowed by pirates, who are trying to kill Dylan and reclaim the throne.

His ultimate rival, his brother in all but blood, has hidden himself within this academy, and Dylan is oblivious to this fact.

Can’t you picture it?

“I can prove that I am not your brother right here and now.”

The one who engulfed this academy was his extraordinary brother.

He has hidden himself as a professor in this academy and is planning to kill Dylan.

“I have Heinz’s recent actions and a compilation of them in this file. Read it and judge for yourself.”

I tossed him the file containing all the information.

It was not profitable to let someone like Grayson, a high-ranking individual, rot away.

Although it was difficult for me to act as a student within the academy, I had to absorb him to the core in order to fulfill the necessary task.

“The information I just gave you is evidence that Heinz is targeting you.”

This is based on the premise that I can no longer be suspected.

Because Dylan’s brother, Noah, can only disguise himself once per person.

This weakness is exposed if that one disguise is undone, and he cannot return to that appearance.

“This is…”

What I handed him now was a file containing images of a professor with wrinkles engaging in various suspicious activities.

And it included multiple pieces of evidence and supporting material to back it up.

These things, when gathered together, eventually led to one conclusion that made it impossible for me to escape suspicion as the culprit.

– Bang!

At that moment, Dylan’s body twisted greatly as a familiar sound could be heard somewhere in the forest.

He was the one who narrowly avoided the bullet that literally flew through space as he twisted his body.

Avoiding bullets in the first place is beyond the realm of human capability, but this shooting was different.

It was truly a perfect attack filled with deadly precision, an attack that should not be attempted by a student hoping for a high score on the academy exam.

“..Who the hell are you?”

Why would someone launch such an attack when Lucian, who is known for being a skilled fighter, and even Dylan, gathered together?

“If you won’t come out, I’ll make you come out.”

Soon, Dylan irritably summoned his tentacles there, and the tentacles summoned from the air began stabbing the densely forested area with a grumbling sound.

The tentacles moved in all directions, searching for the opponent’s location, causing doubt even in Lucian and me whether we could completely evade the fierce attack.

‘..Even an ordinary person would die if hit.’

Since a low-level individual would most likely get crushed by those tentacles.

I tried to move my body to stop him from attacking, using excessive force to pull out the tentacles.

– Taang!

Along with a short gunshot, several tentacles that were rummaging through the bushes were ripped apart in an instant.

Not to mention the green-colored mucus that spread in all directions like slime.

After that, several more gunshots rang out, and the sound of tentacles falling to the ground could be heard. Then, smoke rose from the bushes due to the impact of the tentacles falling.

‘…’

And at that moment, I vaguely realized who the opponent was, but I didn’t want to believe it.

That’s understandable too, since there was only one person in this world who could produce such powerful force with a gun.

But how is this person here? It would be more believable if they came to the academy, but there is no reason for them to be on this island.

While thinking such thoughts, amidst the smoke rising from the fallen tentacles, I caught a glimpse of a figure.

“..Insane.”

Not only that, but the figure started aiming the gun at me with nervousness as they got closer and closer.

In my bewildered state, I vaguely saw something I had seen before.

It was the all too familiar black suit that I had seen before.