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

『To the esteemed Headmaster Cosmos,』

Headmaster Cosmos, after reading the first part of the letter, tossed it into the fireplace without a moment’s hesitation.

This woman, with a sly expression, watched the blazing red flames, mechanically checked the next letter, and threw it into the fireplace after reading just a few paragraphs.

“If you were going to burn them all anyway, why didn’t you just ask me to burn them from the start?”

Sylvia, the headmaster’s silver-haired elven secretary, grumbled with a voice full of discontent. A scar that could be described as somewhat gruesome remained on her right ear.

“I couldn’t do that. How could I burn letters that were written with such care from the ends of the Empire and the Allied Kingdom without even reading them?”

“You’re joking, right?”

“It’s obvious what that greedy fool would have done to the letters. First, he would have put a spell on them to check if I read them or not. He wouldn’t have just randomly engraved ‘runes’ on the sealing wax.”

Sylvia sighed deeply. The aftermath of such a mountain of letters was always the same.

“Shall I prepare to welcome the guests?”

“I don’t think of them as guests, but rather as bumpkins, thugs, and gangsters… We can’t have them sleeping on the floor, so we should clean the Neptune Hall where Count Collette stayed once more.”

Unlike Sylvia, who was full of worries, Headmaster Cosmos still wore a relaxed expression.

“Are you sure it’s alright? Count Collette was a truly despicable and trashy woman, but even the Magic Kingdom recognized her skills, and she was supposed to become the Minister of Magic.”

“That’s why the letters are flooding in.”

The headmaster shrugged.

“I give you an ultimatum! Headmaster Cosmos! If you do not expel the wicked and treacherous demon race, we will do whatever it takes for the safety of our kingdom’s students!”

“Headmaster Cosmos! Have you heard the news? They say there’s a dangerous demon race in Cosmos Academy? Ah… Our guild doesn’t want to invest in such risks.”

“Headmaster! What is the meaning of this! Isn’t my eldest son in danger! You must do something! If you continue to act like this, we cannot provide any more donations!”

Sylvia rubbed her forehead with her right hand at the headmaster’s playful impersonations.

“…It’s always the same. The king’s son who threatened to invade the duchy with an army became a king after all these years.”

“It happened last year too.”

“Last year, he said that, but he came to the cultural festival and got drunk and caused a ruckus, saying how could his daughter be so pretty.”

The headmaster checked another letter and immediately threw it into the fireplace.

“But Headmaster, you know this time is different, right?”

“Hmm, it seems like a similar story. If a demon race gets good grades, they get bullied out of spite, and if a human bullies a demon race, letters come in threatening to cut ties…”

“Didn’t Count Collette say that Murmur was ‘a descendant of the Demon God’?”

Sylvia perked up her ears and looked at Headmaster Cosmos.

“Do you think that’s possible?”

“I’m disgusted by the audacity of humans who piled up a mountain of corpses and shouted that ‘the descendant of the Demon God’ was still alive, but I don’t think it’s impossible.”

“Even at this moment, the Demon King is introducing himself as ‘a descendant of the Demon God’ and uniting the demons who are scattered and wandering on the ground, but that’s why it’s even more impossible.”

Sylvia clenched her fist.

“Even when I was attending this academy, the descendant of the Demon God was a dangerous story.”

“That’s why humans piled up a mountain of corpses. Fortunately, apart from Murmur’s outstanding talent, there’s no possibility that she’s a descendant of the Demon God.”

“Do you really think so? I’m sorry about the failed… Wasn’t Murmur the child that Seren held in her arms, covered in blood?”

Headmaster Cosmos still wore a sly smile, but she didn’t reach for a new letter.

“Seren only saved a precious life.”

“From that mountain of corpses? From that hell? She only saved one person.”

“Seren wasn’t a hero who weighed the value of life. She did her best and could only save one person, and that happened to be Murmur.”

“And surprisingly, she’s showing magical talent that completely ignores the academy’s curriculum, something that will never happen again.”

“And admirably, she threw herself in the way for her friend.”

Sylvia sighed.

“So, in the end, Headmaster Cosmos, you’re going to say that Murmur is just an ordinary student at the academy?”

“Of course. She’s a very admirable and cute child.”

“That’s why… I respect you, but please understand that this time is a little dangerous. I’m telling you this out of concern. The Holy Kingdom is also in an uproar, saying they’ll send people.”

“Don’t worry, Sylvia. And you can go home early today.”

At Headmaster Cosmos’s gentle words, Sylvia barely managed to ease her worried expression. She knew the person she had served for a day or two wasn’t someone without ulterior motives.

“Don’t drink too much.”

Sylvia bowed and walked out of the room to go home, which could no longer be called ‘early’.

As soon as she saw her leave, Headmaster Cosmos took out a bottle of alcohol from under her desk.

“A descendant of the Demon God, huh…”

The headmaster muttered softly and poured a generous amount of the green liquid into a glass.

“She knew the location of the Demon God, who was sealed under the curse of knowledge… She learned magic that can’t be learned by herself, and she saw through the magic of the woman who was going to become the Minister of Magic in an instant…”

The headmaster took a cool gulp of the fragrant liquor and exhaled a hot breath.

“Even I can’t help but think you brought a ‘descendant of the Demon God’, Seren.”

In the headmaster’s trembling eyes, a slightly dusty frame was reflected.

A photo of a smiling young woman with green hair and Headmaster Cosmos.

The headmaster stared at the photo for a long time before closing her eyes.

“We need a test to shut up the noisy nobles.”

She needed evidence that even she could be convinced of.

* * *

“Ugh…”

“Was the motion sickness that bad, Murmur?”

“No, it’s just that Murmur’s horns are hot.”

The weekend, which I hadn’t anticipated or wanted, had arrived.

The voices of the two young ladies shouting about having a pajama party at Esme’s main house and eating cake were showing no signs of stopping, so it was an unavoidable fate.

“If you’re not feeling well, please tell me, Murmur. Is this your first time riding in a carriage?”

“It’s okay. It’s not hot now.”

If I knew the criteria for when it got hot, I could at least prepare myself.

“Anyway! It seems like Murmur’s condition has improved, so let’s get out of the carriage.”

Esme made a humming sound and jumped out of the carriage first.

Outside the wide-open door, a large number of servants and maids from the ‘Bloodberry Family’ were gathered. A count is a count, I guess.

“Miss Esme… It is an honor to see you again.”

“We are truly relieved that you are free from that devilish woman.”

Collette’s infamy was well-known here as well, and everyone greeted Esme with genuinely bright smiles.

“Is that child… really? She’s a demon race, isn’t she?”

“What does it matter if she’s a demon race? They say she fought a duel for Miss Esme!”

“Really? A duel? Count Collette is incredibly strong, isn’t she?”

“Aww… she’s so cute and admirable, I could die. Let’s take good care of her.”

And while I couldn’t tell if it was out of favor or not, my reputation wasn’t at a level where they were openly insulting me.

There was even a butler who reached out to half-carry me as I tried to get out of the carriage.

“Thank you.”

Esme, after confirming that Nikea had gotten out of the carriage, smiled and took our hands, leading us inside.

“I’ve been preparing hard for today. This weekend is going to be a lot of fun!”

It was an experience I had never had before, but even in this chaos, I had a goal.

At first, I thought it would be a waste of time to wear sheep pajamas and sit between the two young ladies, but thinking about it, that was too leisurely of a thought.

In the first place, if I defeated Collette Bloodberry, I could get a ‘huge reward’, right? I couldn’t claim it in the last duel, and I thought I wouldn’t be able to, but if I come to the Bloodberry family like this, things change.

“Pearl? Are you preparing the meal?”

“Yes, Miss. I am working hard to prepare a delicious meal.”

Watching Esme talk to the maid with a blooming smile was a bit heartwarming, but I also needed to prepare well for the coming future.

“We’re sharing a bed tonight, right?”

“Of course! Princess Nikea! We’re going to sleep together in our pajamas, right?”

“Murmur is fine sleeping alone.”

“Absolutely not! Let’s sleep together!”

It didn’t seem like I’d get any free time, so I should naturally look for the reward I could get by defeating ‘Collette Bloodberry’.

It was quite good, wasn’t it? It was a grimoire that allowed me to learn ‘Dual Casting’ knowledge.

It was the only way to learn ‘Dual Casting’ knowledge in Legend of Academy, so I absolutely had to get it. There’s a reason why I painstakingly beat hidden bosses with annoying tactics.

Whether you learn Dual Casting or not made a two-tier difference in character, so it was definitely beneficial to learn it. My academy life would be much easier.

Considering the promotion exams, joint monster subjugation, demon race subjugation, and minor duels that will happen in the main story, it would be good to learn it.

“There’s still some time until dinner… Esme? Didn’t you say you wanted to go to the storage?”

“Ah, that’s right. There are things I want to check. Collette told me I should never go there though.”

“Why do you want to go to the storage?”

“Hehehe! Our Bloodberry family’s precious grimoires are kept there? There are many rare magics that can’t be learned at the academy. And I want to check if my mother’s precious things are still there. I’m a young lady too, you know?”

Collette didn’t want Esme to learn them and become stronger than her, I guess.

“Pearl, do you have the key?”

“Yes, Miss. I have secured it with the help of Princess Nikea.”

Nikea coughed awkwardly and blushed. Did Collette run away after being a pain until the end? How pathetic.

“Well then, please come this way.”

Esme, who received the key from Pearl, hummed a tune and led us through the mansion’s hall towards the ‘storage’, which was built separately outside the main building.

— Clank!

The key with the rune engraved on it fortunately worked without any trouble. The large steel door opened with a strange sound, and my eyes were greeted with items of unknown use and bookshelves filled with precious ‘grimoires’.

“As expected… there are more difficult and complex things than the magic you can learn at the academy.”

“Can you understand them, Esme?”

“Hehehe! I’m not an idiot? A child who can’t run can’t ride a horse. I plan to learn them step by step as my mother and father organized them.”

How great would it be if I could read all the grimoires here?

Maybe I could come here every weekend to read them? If I could level up just one elemental magic to LV. 5, I’d be confident that I could beat anyone before entering the high school division.

Should I ask about it later? Anyway, I can level up elemental magic to LV.5 even at the academy, so let’s not be greedy. The important thing is ‘Dual Casting’.

“Oh my, Murmur. You seem interested in that book?”

Esme is perceptive at times like these.

I was planning to quickly read the book with the black leather and red jewel, the grimoire that gives you ‘Dual Casting’ knowledge, get the knowledge, and put it back.

“What kind of grimoire is this?”

“I remember it being a rather difficult book. My mother got it from the Tower of Mages a long time ago? She said it was a precious thing given to her by a friend.”

“A precious thing?”

Ah, I’m doomed.

This is definitely a situation where they won’t lend it to me, right? She wasn’t being perceptive, I touched her mother’s keepsake, didn’t I?

“Can Murmur read it?”

“Can you read it? You can read it as much as you want while you’re staying at the mansion! But you have to read it carefully, okay? It’s my mother’s precious, really precious thing.”

Okay, as long as I can read it! I won’t break it!

“Ugh…”

With a joyful heart, I opened the ‘Dual Casting’ grimoire, and there was a language engraved on it that I had never seen in this world.

“Oh my… this grimoire isn’t written in the common language?”

“That’s right. I don’t know what kind of friend she got it from, but we can never read it.”

“It kinda looks like demon language…”

If it’s demon language, there’s no way I can’t read it.

『Knowledge』

【Demon Language, Common Language】

Just in case, I checked my knowledge in the status window, and I do know demon language?

If this isn’t demon language, then what is it? There’s no knowledge or wisdom restriction on this grimoire either?

“Ah…!”

That’s right. This is highly likely to be 【Ancient Demon Language】.

Nikea didn’t say it looked like demon language for no reason. When I look at it closely, I can read one or two characters.

If it was the Demon God, Armonia, she would be able to read it for me…

Even in the game, if you bring the grimoires that are classified as ‘etc’ items that can never be deciphered to Armonia, she would transform them into readable grimoires.

Should I ask, shamelessly?

“Esme, can you lend it to me for just one day?”

“Absolutely not. It’s my mother’s precious keepsake. I’ll allow you to come and read it every weekend.”

I guess not.

Then how am I going to borrow it? I need to borrow it to show it to Armonia.