Chapter 162 – The Heavenly Horse Must Know the Numbers

Lunchtime is a happy time for all students, but it didn’t apply to us at all.

It was because everyone in the party was in a state of mental exhaustion due to being tormented by the Heavenly Demon throughout morning class.

“… Are you okay, Xiao Mei?”

But it was Xiaomei who was in the worst condition.

Xiao Mei couldn’t keep her head up during class because her great-grandmother was not enough to attend classes and quarrel with the professors.

“Brother, how am I going to the academy now..? Should I drop out too? If I drop out, my older brother will follow me too..?”
“Calm down, Xiao-Mei! That’s what your great-grandmother wanted! Don’t be swayed!”

I tried hard to cheer him up, but the light didn’t return to Xiao-Mei’s eyes her, who were out of focus.

Everyone had a sad look on their faces. Even my lover, Cayenne, who was jealous of her ignorance of her, sympathized with Xiao-Mei this time.

“…Sorry, Artin, I… I think it will be difficult to take classes with you when the Heavenly Demon is around.”
“Yeah… I was a bit burdened too… “

Even Zorba and Violet, who have always been my strong allies, declared that they would take classes separately for a while because they were tired of the Heavenly Horse’s trolling.

“I-I…! Sorry Cayenne! I think I need to take a class with Zorba…!”
“Uh… Huh? Okay Claire..?”

Furthermore, Claire took turns looking at Cayenne and Zorba and then left after Zorba.

‘… Was that the style of choosing a man based on his face?’

I saw. Looking over the faces of Cayenne and Zorba, Claire’s expression seemed to be contemplating which heroine she would attack.

Actually, both of them are in a romantic relationship with Claire, so they don’t even think about developing it…

Anyway, so, the members gathered at lunchtime were me, Xiaomei, and Cayenne.

“How do I do it? Should I lock myself in my room for a while and study on my own? It’s a waste of my attendance score, but I don’t think I can do anything if I keep going like this!”
“Calm down, Xiao-Mei! You have to pass the midterm exam too!”
“..How calm you down! Even now, they’re just sitting over there, overhearing our conversation and pretending they weren’t!”

Xiao Mei stood up from a chair in the cafeteria and pointed to the Heavenly Demon, who was sitting about five tables apart and eating.

He was stuffing a cafeteria student-only special meal into his mouth with a lofty expression, as if he had come to the restaurant by chance, but if you’re a master at the level of a thousand horses, you should be able to hear the conversation hundreds of meters away if you concentrate.

“Even now, you obviously keep your ears perked up and never make eye contact! Are you a stalker?! Or is this villain our great-grandmother?! Then we’ll get rid of it right away!”
“..Strength, cheer up. Shao Mei.”

As Xiao Mei sat down on her seat her, her expression drained her, I patted her on the shoulder.

“Cheer up, I’ll be holding that hag in the afternoon. Xiaomei, let’s go and get some rest. Got it?”
“Hey, brother… “

Xiao Mei came into my arms. There are many students in the cafeteria, and there is Cayenne right in front, so I would have noticed normally, but…

“Is he Xiao Mei?”
“That…The Heavenly Demon’s great-granddaughter?”
“Oh my God.. What should I do with the pity… If it were me, I would n’t have been able to carry her face around her ..”

Rumors had already spread throughout the school, and instead of the scene of Agnes’ fiancé, Artin’s affair, her sympathetic gaze her was pouring in.

..As I looked at it, this situation started to make me angry. Why should the woman I love be looked upon with pity?

Xiao-Mei is a woman who shouldn’t be treated like this!

Unable to contain my anger, I got up from my seat and walked to the seat across from the Heavenly Demon and sat down in the chair.

“Heavenly Demon, are you going to keep pretending you don’t know?”
“…Five! Isn’t it Artin who will be my direct disciple? What a coincidence to meet you here!”

Even after eavesdropping on our story a while ago, the Heavenly Demon was disgusted by her shameless acting to the point of embarrassing those around her.

“Stop it now, because I know why.”
“..What do you mean? I don’t know what you’re talking about?”
“Don’t pretend. Isn’t she doing this now that she realizes that she is at the worst bet?”
“Under! What are you talking about! Is there anything impossible for me to teach, who has reestablished the rules of Taesan Dojo?”

The Heavenly Demon smiled at me as she drank her tea with a relaxed expression, but I saw it at that moment. The tea leaves in the tea cup the Heavenly Demon was holding trembled minutely.

‘…As expected, you damn old woman!’

The bet that Senia teacher proposed a few days ago, that three people teach me individually, and then the midterm grades determine the result, seems fair on the surface.

However, the reality of this bet is that the Heavenly Horse is at a very disadvantage.

At the time of his first year, Prince Richard passed the midterm exam and took a total of 16 tests.

That means that I have to score that much in about 16 subjects… The important thing here is the distribution of subjects.

“While Heavenly Demon-nim was limited to advanced subjects, such as martial arts and combat training, where it is difficult to score high marks, Sister Marianne chose subjects that were easy to score, such as basic swordsmanship, kingdom combat, and royal etiquette .”
“… I don’t know what that means..”
“In addition, Ms. Senia was in charge of all non-combat subjects such as administration, magic, and imperial history, which are 8 out of 16 subjects. Because you took on all the tests that the two of you see with your body. Isn’t it?”
“…Kuhm!”

When Senia, who was a professor of alchemy and was called one of the brilliant minds of the time in theory, was in charge of eight subjects, the Heavenly Demon was placed at a very disadvantageous position. Even if they had the same grades, Senia who had 4 subjects or higher grades would be the winner no matter who she saw it.

“..I am every thousand! It is the Heavenly Demon who breaks down such irrationality and stands on the top of the sky, so would you be able to find fault with something narrow-minded like that?”
“Aren’t you protesting silently like this because you can’t catch the fault?”

I can teach you better. On my assigned day, focus only on my class. What the Heavenly Demon has done throughout the day would be like a silent demonstration with such a message.

How do you know the thoughts of the Heavenly Demon so well?

Yes, I can tell because there are so many similarities between Unicor and the Heavenly Demon in the second playthrough that it gives goosebumps. Dealing with gangsters is also an experience.

What I can be sure of in my theory is the Heavenly Demon’s reaction right now. Although she is still pretending to be relaxed, the tips of her thin eyelashes are trembling slightly.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but sitting in front of me means you’ve got enough willpower to learn my teachings, right?”

Look at this ugliness, even after seeing through all of his own shallow schemes of his, the Heavenly Demon secretly invites me in the form of a master who has reached a noble state.

However, I will never be the type to just raise the white flag.

“Before that, apologize to Xiaomei and my friends. No, apologize to everyone in class and to the professors.”
“…What?”

At my words, the Heavenly Demon’s eyebrows began to twitch. The mask of the absolute supreme master Chunma, which he had been using well until now, is coming off.

“The Heavenly Demon’s behavior was more rude than necessary. Not only for me, but also for Xiao-Mei and the professors. Besides, you disturbed the children in class with you, so please apologize properly.”
“..Do you know what I am talking about? How dare I, the absolute supreme, ask the Heavenly Demon to bow down to others?”

──Parrrr!

The water cup the Heavenly Demon was holding rippled. Soon after, the weak deception that rose from the body of the Heavenly Demon caused the surrounding buildings to vibrate and crack the glass.

“I am the most unsalted supreme being! He who bows his head to nothing under the sky and rises against everything above! Are you telling me to look at others and lower my head right now?..!!”
“Yes, isn’t it right to apologize for something that needs to be apologized?”

I clenched my fists while answering firmly. Cold sweat broke out on his hands his, and his throat his burned.

This is evidence that the body feels fear. When I, who had just entered the initiation of awakening, faced the wrath of the Heavenly Demon, who had reached the state of transcendence, my body was frightened on its own.

“…You’re arrogant, you’re weak enough to kill with just your fingers, and you’re so arrogant that you don’t know how to do it. Do you think I won’t be able to touch you because of my great-granddaughter?”
“I don’t think you’re going to take in an idiot who doesn’t even know what’s right or wrong.”
“Ha, other than that, your appearance is unattractive! Isn’t it a rat in front of a tiger that trembles in fear!”

Seeing my trembling hands and constricted pupils, the Heavenly Demon laughs madly. However, it didn’t matter. This kind of intimidation? Rather accustomed to it.

I couldn’t even become a superhuman, the next stage of awakening, but when I faced the black dragon, the 4th generation, it was even worse than now.

When he wandered to find the Demon King alone, he crossed the line of death hundreds of times, and when he faced the Demon King alone, it felt like his soul was rotting just by facing the sleeping Devil King.

So, that’s pretty damn easy.

“Anyway, the Heavenly Demon-nim seems to hate bitter things. Or has there been no one to say the right thing for a long time.”
“..What?”
“So, I will try to prevent the teacher from going astray by the principle of being a disciple who receives the teachings.”
“Under! What are you going to do? Are you going to try to knock me down?”

Unfortunately, that’s impossible. It’s impossible for my fist to touch, and even if it did, my arm would be broken by the Heavenly Demon’s self-defense device.

..But, as always, there is no way. Especially if you’ve ever dealt with the same type of opponent.

I stretched out my arms toward the Heavenly Demon as fast as I could. But, of course, the Heavenly Demon blocked my arms. Using only the chopsticks he used to eat, not his hands his.

“Under! Did you try to teach me like this! 10,000 years is too early, disciple!”

The Heavenly Demon smiled viciously at me, but at this moment, it was as if I had won.

At the same time, I glanced at the plate. There is one dessert that doesn’t go well with the special lunch set, which is almost finished.

According to Xiao-Mei, it is Yanggaeng, which is said to be the Heavenly Demon’s favorite dessert. I heard that Unicor is a snack you can never give up, just like carrot cake.

Did you say that even when his grandson his, Musin, was young, he never gave up on yanggaeng?

“Heonma-nim confiscated sweet bean paste for 3 months.”

I snatched the yokan from the tray with my magical hands, the magic I had memorized in both of my grasped hands.

“..Uh?”

The Heavenly Demon, not expecting that appearance, widened her eyes. That’s right, he couldn’t have coveted his dessert in over a hundred years. It’s time to erase the situation of losing yanggaeng from your brain.

Before the Heavenly Demon could react, I stuffed the whole yokan into my mouth as quickly as possible and started chewing.

“Umm, this is delicious.”

Mmm, this yokan is really good! It is the highest quality yanggaeng, but the sweetness that spreads softly and the chewy texture are excellent.

“…Aaaaa!!! My, my Yanggaeng!!!!!!!!!!”

And when the Heavenly Demon saw me, she broke her dignified expression and cried out like a little girl.

“Spit it out! Spit it out! My yokan! It’s a precious yokan that I can only eat once a day!”

The Heavenly Demon immediately opened my mouth and rushed at me as if to steal the yanggaeng, but I chewed lightly and swallowed moderately, showing my clean mouth as my purpose was to confiscate it, not save it.

“I ate it all, how are you going to get it out? Can you smell it?”
“…You damn bastard!!!!”

When I shrugged my shoulders and exhaled the sweet scent of yokan, the Heavenly Demon rolled her eyes and grabbed me by the collar and began to shake it wildly.

But I saw Even in the midst of shaking, Xiao-Mei’s expression her was moved by me for avenging her.

‘Heh, is this the sweet taste of revenge?’

However, confiscation is not something that should end once and for all. I began to think about how to confiscate the Cheonma’s yokan in the future, even as I was whipped around in the air.

Aren’t you afraid of the Heavenly Demon’s wrath? Do I have to do more than just die? I don’t get angry with me who rejected the proposal of the status window.

“My sheep dog!!!!”

That day, the empty screams of the Heavenly Demon filled the cafeteria like a pleasing orchestra.