How to Survive as the Academy’s Villain

Chapter 139

The girl, who had been grinning horrifically, suddenly froze.

She looked at me with furious eyes, her voice trembling slightly.

[What? The Spirit of Money? Are you talking about that wretched bug that followed that human obsessed with gold?]

“I think I am.”

I shrugged my shoulders and replied, finally causing her to unleash her pent-up anger.

[How dare you compare me to that worthless ‘Greed’!]

“Greed?”

[I’m fundamentally different from that foolish being.]

The girl muttered and then snapped her fingers.

Snap!

Instantly,

Buzzing!

The navy blue light connecting the people lying on the ground began to shine even more brightly.

“What are you doing now?”

[Calling my friends.]

“What?”

[Friends. All these people here have decided to become my friends.]

The actions of the corrupted spirit, spouting nonsense, made me frown as I moved the fireballs I had summoned closer.

“You…”

Then,

“Aaah!”

A sudden scream made me turn my head quickly, where I saw Princess Francia collapsed on the floor.

“Your Highness?!”

“Kamon, look over there.”

She pointed with a trembling hand, revealing a rotten corpse with a completely blown-out abdomen slowly moving.

More moving corpses soon appeared.

“Zombies?”

A corrupted spirit using necromancer’s dark magic was unheard of in the original story or the knowledge I had learned.

“No, those aren’t zombies. It’s just injecting spirit power into the corpses to force them to move.”

“……”

Frowning at the absurd actions of the corrupted spirit, I directed the floating fireballs.

And then,

Boom, bang, boom!

The fireballs started burning the moving corpses.

Whoosh!

[Hehe, attacking without hesitation.]

“Stop it right now! Fireball!”

I shouted firmly, summoning even more fireballs.

The spirit continued to laugh and speak.

[You don’t hesitate against dead bodies, but what about living humans?]

“What?”

“Damn it, Kamon!”

With Princess Francia’s alarmed voice, the unconscious people started to get up one by one.

Grrrr!

The ancient spirit Gatraon quickly moved, severing the navy blue light connecting the people.

Then,

Thud!

The people collapsed back to the ground.

However, the number of people Princess Francia saved was far fewer than those who were getting up and moving on their own.

“We need to stop that girl. If this continues, it will be disastrous…”

“But isn’t that girl possessed by the spirit right now?”

The laughing girl nodded in response to my shout.

[That’s right, this girl is still alive. Want to try saving her?]

Thud!

The navy blue light flickered once, and the girl who had been smiling creepily at us collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.

“Damn it!”

I hurried forward to save the girl.

Buzz!

[No, you can’t.]

A barrier of navy blue light formed, blocking my way.

Hovering in the air, a blue dragon-shaped entity appeared.

[How do you like my friends?]

“Shut up, you crazy bastard. Ice Spear, Magic Missile!”

Cursing strongly, I unleashed a barrage of magic at the barrier.

But,

Bang! Thud!

The spells were effortlessly deflected.

“Damn it!”

Magic and spirit arts were fundamentally different. Disarming the barrier with a spell or breaking it was impossible.

The only way was to break it with raw power.

Using stronger magic was too dangerous, as innocent living people could get caught in the crossfire.

[Hehe, what’s wrong? Can’t break through?]

Knowing this, the spirit provoked me, making me bite my lip hard.

At that moment,

Tickle.

I felt that strange sensation again, brushing through my body.

Why does this keep happening?

‘What’s the problem…? Wait a minute. Could it be…’

Then,

“Kamon, move!”

Princess Francia’s resolute voice came from behind.

Grrrr!

Gatraon’s roar echoed.

Then,

Thud, thud, crash!

The spirit charged directly at the barrier with its body.

And then,

Rip!

For the first time, the navy blue barrier wavered.

[……!]

The corrupted spirit’s smile vanished, and a slightly flustered expression appeared.

[What are you?]

Grrrr!

Gatraon roared again, as if in response, and charged once more.

Thud, thud, crash!

Thud, thud, thud, crash!

Thud, thud, thud, crash!

After multiple body slams, small cracks began to form in the barrier.

[Huh…?]

The corrupted spirit looked shocked and immediately lunged toward the fallen girl.

Simultaneously,

Crash!

The barrier, finally broken by Gatraon, shattered completely.

But,

[Hehehehe.]

The girl stood up again, her grotesque smile back, splitting her face.

[I’m impressed. You actually broke it. You crazy wolf.]

Princess Francia frowned and shouted at the corrupted spirit.

“Who are you? What kind of spirit commits such horrendous acts?”

[Me?]

The spirit responded leisurely, laughing slyly.

[I’m ‘Jealousy,’ a being far superior to that foolish ‘Greed.’]

“What? Jealousy?”

Hearing the familiar names associated with the Seven Deadly Sins confused me.

‘Were such spirits mentioned in the original story?’

But that wasn’t important now.

‘We need to draw out the spirit and eliminate it immediately.’

The spirit’s true form seemed weak, which was why it kept hiding.

First, we needed to get the people to safety so they wouldn’t be used as shields.

‘We can’t let it use them as its meat shields.’

I gestured discreetly to Princess Francia and began to speak.

“Hey, you. You said you’re Jealousy?”

[Yes, I am Jealousy.]

The spirit replied, radiating navy blue light. I tilted my head and remarked,

“You say you’re different from Greed, but you look quite similar.”

[What? I look like that idiot? In what way?]

My taunt seemed to work, making the spirit rage.

[That filthy, despicable creature tried to cover himself in gold and even turned his thoughts into gold. I’m an elegant, magnificent coral-colored spirit, completely different!]

Watching the spirit stroke its body, I chuckled and shook my head.

“No, you still look too similar. Gold or blue, it’s just a color difference. The form is identical.”

[You dare…!]

“And both of you are obsessed with something. Greed with gold, you with friends. Are you really different?”

[Of course, we are different. I am of noble lineage, and he is trash rolling in the gutter. That’s why he is drawn to gold.]

“But it’s strange. If you’re such a great ‘Jealousy’ spirit, why are you hiding in a place like this? An old, crumbling mansion.”

[Hmph. I can’t leave because of an ancient pact. I must stay here.]

“So you abduct people and bring them here?”

[Abduct? I told you, they all came to me willingly. They’re my friends. I can’t hand them over to anyone else.]

“Friends, yet you drain their life force?”

[Of course. They sacrifice for me, offering their delicious life force. For their one true friend.]

Whether Greed or Jealousy, these spirits associated with the Seven Deadly Sins had one common trait.

‘They are more foolish and insane than expected.’

They spill their secrets after just a few conversations.

“……”

I glanced behind me, seeing that Princess Francia had managed to save most of the people connected to the navy blue light thanks to my signal.

‘She should be able to handle the rest.’

“Hey. Should I call you Jealousy?”

[No, my name is ‘Airsya.’]

“Alright, Airsya. I’m a bit confused. You said you’re different from Greed, but could I see it again? I want to compare your blue coral light to his golden light.”

[……]

The girl went silent, her eyes darkening as she stared at me. Then she smiled slyly and said,

[You…]

I thought she wouldn’t fall for it. These spirits are foolish and crazy, but surely not this much…

[You know a thing or two. Fine, I’ll show you.]

Thud!

The girl’s body collapsed to the floor again, and the navy blue light coalesced into the shape of a dragon.

‘It worked?’

Without hesitation, I shouted,

“Francia!”

“Call me Princess! Gatraon!”

Grrrr!

The prepared ancient spirit Gatraon lunged at the spirit of Jealousy, Airsya.

[You wretched tricksters!]

As Airsya tried to return to the girl’s body,

Slash!

The navy blue light connecting them was severed by Gatraon’s sharp claws.

[No, no!]

Airsya screamed in a panicked tone, but the girl was already being carried back to Princess Francia on the wolf’s back.

“Sorry, my friend can be a bit impatient.”

[You dare deceive me?!]

“Yes, and it’s not over yet.”

I replied lightly, turning to Princess Francia.

She nodded slightly and whispered,

“I’ll be right back.”

With that, she tore the parchment in her hand, and everyone around her was enveloped in a bright light, disappearing to somewhere else.

[No, where did they… Ugh!]

“They went home. You kidnapped them.”

[They are mine. My friends, my possessions! You stole them from me!]

“Didn’t you say you were Jealousy? You sound more like Greed.”

Provoked by my words, Airsya’s eyes rolled back in rage, and it screamed,

[I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you all!]

The spirit of Jealousy, Airsya, sprayed navy blue light everywhere, thrashing about.

[I will kill you!]

Watching the spirit thrash, I smiled faintly and muttered,

“No, it’s you who will die, Airsya.”

And then,

“Gladys Sector Caelum!”

The entire area was enveloped in the light of a sword cutting through the sky.

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