076 After Dark with Dekan
“Ah, if only Chloix were here. I could summon the Ruined Bard, he could cast a powerful spell to knock everyone unconscious, then we could pick them up one by one for interrogation. Wouldn’t that allow us to pass the mission at light speed without endangering the lives of innocent Challengers?”
Dekan said this with a somewhat forlorn expression.
Teacher Cat’s eye twitched.
Your plan indeed poses no threat to the lives of the other Challengers.
After all, Chloix’s magic wouldn’t even leave a mark on the skin, and no matter how much healing would be needed, it wouldn’t count as harming others.
Performing such actions within the Shadow World is also not illegal.
But it’s certainly not something a normal person could do!
Teacher Cat couldn’t help but feel relieved that Chloix isn’t currently able to team up with him.
Otherwise, Dekan would absolutely do this!
In the observation hall outside the arena, almost all the students turned their gaze towards Chloix.
Since Chloix met Dekan, his reputation at school has completely changed.
He went from “waste of a noble” to “the most evil interrogator.”
Even though Chloix hasn’t actually demonstrated a session of interrogation in the Shadow World,
Everyone could already picture how fierce the trio would be.
Amidst the meaningful gazes of everyone, Chloix suddenly felt the urge to lower his head.
His original dream was to become a Great Sage.
Later, given the realities, he thought becoming a Great Healer would be fine too.
It now seemed that everyone identified him as the destined interrogator.
His heart was a mix of many emotions.
“What’s wrong with being an interrogator?”
Claire, Chloix’s straightforward childhood friend, coldly said as she sat next to him.
“Don’t you think the job of an interrogator is… cruel?”
“Hmph, certainly better than your good-for-nothing, cowardly self.”
…
In dormitory number 204.
Teacher Cat escaped Dekan’s embrace, leaped onto the bed, and eyed Dekan and Cornelia warily from a distance.
“I now seriously suspect that you two are anti-Challengers, you’re too bizarre!”
“Suspect me if you must, but Cornelia is absolutely innocent, she has the only standard Challenger identity certification.”
Dekan said helplessly, standing up to try to bring Teacher Cat back.
Cornelia knew Teacher Cat was just joking.
Even if she and Dekan had the 【Sinful Partners】 trait, it only increased the chances of gaining evil alignment.
But in this scenario to become anti-Challengers, there was still a missing critical condition: the target endangers the world.
Teacher Cat seemed unwilling to be embraced by Dekan again, skillfully dodging around the room, evading Dekan’s grasp.
Dekan sighed.
He looked at the time, it was already nine thirty, and it would soon be the Werewolf’s active period.
“Cornelia, if the three of us stay in the same room, the blessings will cease to exist. We should separate for the night.”
“Alright.”
Dekan: “So, please take Teacher Cat to another room.”
Teacher Cat: “???!!”
Shouldn’t it be you taking me and separating from Cornelia?
“Are you an animal, Dekan?! Do you wish me dead?!”
Teacher Cat shouted, trembling in fear.
Even if they were chosen by the Witch or the Werewolf, there was no way it would end well.
“You’re afraid of us, right? So go stay alone.”
“No, absolutely not, never!”
Teacher Cat leaped onto Dekan and clung tightly to his clothes.
No matter how Dekan tried to shake it off, it wouldn’t let go.
Teacher Cat cried and cursed.
The sight of the playful cat and human made Cornelia sigh with envy.
What a good relationship.
Then she thought about Little Gray, and it didn’t feel so bitter anymore.
She sat on the sofa, propping her chin with her hands, her face involuntarily displaying a joyful smile.
She really wanted to see Little Gray soon.
Eventually, after some ruckus between Dekan and Teacher Cat, both seemed a bit tired.
So Dekan let Teacher Cat cling to him.
“You can’t abandon me!”
“You’re such a fickle cat.”
“I don’t care, meow meow meow!”
“Snort.”
Dekan clicked his tongue but had a crafty smile on his face.
“Actually, I found a loophole.”
After spending a lot of time with Dekan, both Cornelia and Teacher Cat understood the meaning of the word ‘loophole.’
If more than two Challengers enter the same room, the blessing would temporarily disappear, right?
Dekan had been investigating the structure of this ancient house all day.
The walls of the ancient house were fortified with complex barrier spells, making them indestructible.
The bedrooms were safe because the doors and locks had similar protective spells.
You can only enter the room by using the key,
Or it requires the Witch’s power to disable the spell on the door, allowing the Werewolf to forcibly break the door.
After the three entered the barrier together, the spell on the door also failed temporarily.
“!”
Cornelia instantly understood something, and before Dekan could explain more, she pulled out her hammer.
Although she didn’t know exactly what Dekan intended to do, she knew he would need a hammer and her unmatched strength.
“What are you two going to do?!?”
Teacher Cat became alarmed again and immediately jumped onto the sofa.
It knew that Dekan had some mischievous plan in mind.
Dekan walked to the door, and with his finger, outlined a section.
“Cornelia, help me make a hole in the door. Tonight, I’m going to entertain the werewolf.”
Cornelia immediately picked up her hammer, aimed the end of it to the door.
Thus, the corridor echoed with several loud “boom” sounds.
The winding layout of this large villa’s corridors did not make efficient use of space, similar to a labyrinth.
With each bedroom being spacious and having exceptional soundproofing, unless someone shouted in the corridor, it would be hard for people in other rooms to hear anything.
However, Cornelia’s few hammer strikes were so loud it sounded like someone was renovating upstairs.
Even the people downstairs could hear it.
Other Challengers were perplexed but dared not go out to investigate, because it was almost time for the werewolf’s actions.
It didn’t take long for Cornelia to open a hole a meter high in the thick wooden door.
“Alright, Cornelia. Teacher Cat and I will stay in 204, you go to 205. You can rest well tonight; we still have two more days to play around. Also, remember that when we separate, we have to confirm our identities with a code when we reunite.”
“Alright.”
Subsequently, Cornelia left the room and took her key to the room at the end of the corridor.
Dekan stood in the room staring at the hole in the door.
Even though the door was breached, after Cornelia left the room, the barrier spell reactivated.
An extra layer of invisible barrier formed over the breach.
Dekan tapped it with his hand, it felt like there was a layer of invisible steel safety glass.
So Dekan crossed his arms, stood in the room, and stared out of the hole in the door, observing the corridor.
He looked exactly like a teacher supervising students from behind a rear classroom window.
