Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 119

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119.

“No, we never did such a thing!”

In the dim, cold interrogation room, two criminals were proclaiming their innocence while wearing handcuffs. It was Calisia and Izriel who had been dragged to the Disciplinary Committee Room.

“If you look at this magic video orb screen, you can see footage of you two mailing letters.”

A Discipline Committee Member wearing a monocle tapped the video orb screen. It was the Academy Post Office.

“We did mail them, that’s right. But we didn’t put any curses or anything like that on them!”

Calisia beat her chest in frustration.

“According to the testimony of the Alchemy Shop Owner, you two previously set fire to his store. Do you admit to this?”

“That wasn’t me, it was that man’s mistake…!”

“Please answer only yes or no.”

“…Yes.”

The Discipline Committee Member busily wrote something down in the report. Calisia, who had raised her head high, kept stealing glances at the parchment. She figured it was probably something like ‘admits to criminal facts.’

“Do you also admit to saying ‘be careful with letters for a while’ after the arson?”

“…Yes.”

Calisia held her head as if getting a headache. She hadn’t expected that sneaky Shop Owner to report that so quickly.

“The damages claimed by the Alchemy Shop and Administrative Office total 16 different incidents. Falling down in the building for no reason, stones appearing in meals, magic video orb screens repeatedly breaking, copy magic malfunctioning requiring hand transcription, reagents exploding, and…”

The Alchemy Shop and Administrative Office claimed that all this misfortune began after the ‘lucky letters’ arrived.

“What are we supposed to do if you blame us even for the copy machine breaking! And wasn’t the reagent explosion because he mixed the formula wrong!”

Unable to bear it any longer, Calisia shot up from her chair. Wasn’t it too much to blame their poor equipment performance on bad luck?

“There’s more evidence. Large amounts of sacred power were detected in the letters you sent.”

“Well said! That’s exactly what it is – sacred power! Anyone would think black magic was detected! And if we had cursed the letters, would we have sent them through the post office? We would have sent them secretly!”

Calisia shouted in an agitated tone and slammed the interrogation room table.

“Student Calisia. Generally speaking, an Apostate’s consecration is considered a curse. And Student Izriel is an Apostate who was once mentioned as a candidate for the next Pope.”

The Discipline Committee Member smiled victoriously and adjusted his monocle. It meant that further objections were meaningless. After all, there was sufficient circumstantial and direct evidence.

“…”

Calisia and Izriel exchanged glances and kept their mouths firmly shut.

-Let’s send them through the post office. Sending them openly will probably draw less suspicion.

However, overlooking public perception of Apostates was the fatal mistake. And honestly, they didn’t even know the Academy had a disciplinary committee.

“…But hasn’t a clear causal relationship been established proving that an Apostate’s consecration actually caused misfortune? I don’t think it’s appropriate to impose discipline based solely on public rumors.”

Calisia calmly presented her argument. Excitement and anger alone couldn’t prove innocence. Oh, of course, it was true that they had cast curses.

“That’s correct. But the fact remains that you sent a large number of letters, doesn’t it?”

“So what?”

“For interfering with business and official duties and causing anxiety and fear in the recipients…”

The Discipline Committee Member who had finished writing the report put down his quill pen.

“Our Disciplinary Committee hereby imposes on you two students a ‘light’ charge of business and official duty interference – a fine of 200 coins and 2 weeks of campus service.”

“200 coins and campus service? I object! This whole thing happened because of customer information leaks from the Alchemy Shop and extortion of private property by the Administrative Office. Shouldn’t that be taken into consideration?”

At the mention of 200 coins, Calisia’s eyes bulged as if they might pop out.

“That matter is a separate incident from this letter case. If you wish to pursue punishment, please formally file a complaint with the Disciplinary Committee.”

‘A lawsuit? A lawsuit sounds great. Let’s see how a counter-lawsuit goes.’

Calisia slammed the interrogation room table with a bang and trembled with clenched fists.

“I’ll write up the complaint right now. The defendants are the alchemy shop owner and the administrative office.”

Her red eyes blazed with fighting spirit. She didn’t care if the lawsuit was rejected or if she lost. When that happened, she would really attack the administrative office in a do-or-die manner.

***

“So why are we here again?”

Balak, who had been dragged to the Academy Monster Ranch without knowing why, looked down at himself. Given that they had provided iron shovels and protective suits, it didn’t seem like ordinary hard work.

“Weren’t you two the only ones who received disciplinary action?”

“Just how many letters did you send to get disciplinary action?”

Raktar and Ian, who were rarely on the same side, let out deep sighs. Not only were they arrested by the disciplinary committee, but they even received punishment. It was quite a radical move for freshmen.

“Comisae is family. We should share both joy and sorrow together.”

Calisia encouraged the team members while distributing today’s schedule. She said it wouldn’t take very long.

“Of course it wouldn’t. Five people are doing what two should do.”

Raktar waved the schedule back and forth sarcastically.

[Monster Ranch Daily Schedule]

1. Wyvern Breeding Ground cleaning and manure scooping

2. Griffin Breeding Ground cleaning and manure scooping

3. Steel Wing Wolf Breeding Ground cleaning and manure scooping

“Well… We’ll be doing practical training during Monster Flight Class later anyway. It would be good to get friendly with the kids in advance. Building rapport, rapport.”

Calisia nervously watched the team members’ faces, which kept contorting endlessly. Izriel completely buried his nose in the parchment to avoid reality.

“…Scooping manure?”

The gritting Comisae members glared at the two of them to death. Even if they looked like this, they were imperial royalty and nobility. They had lived their entire lives far from manure.

“Manure? Scooping manure? I’d rather face a flock of giant turkeys! Do you think I built these muscles just to scoop manure?”

“Hehe. Thanks to choosing our leader well, we get to see all kinds of monster manure. Valus. You must remember this one thing. As noble royalty, I have never even witnessed common dog droppings. The price for showing me such a fine sight will have to be paid dearly someday.”

“Calisia Valus. This is what happens when you uselessly hang around with the Apostate – you end up scooping ‘manure.'”

“…”

Calisia and Izriel covered their ears at the pouring criticism.

“Ugh, urk!”

Lightning strike from a clear sky. The Comisae members, covering their mouths with cloth, scooped out the mountain-like pile of wyvern manure with shovels. The children dry-heaved at the stench that was on a different level from human waste.

“Wyvern manure enriches the soil and is often used as fertilizer.”

The Monster Ranch Worker added an unsolicited explanation to the Comisae.

“The downside is that the smell is terrible and doesn’t come off easily.”

“Yes…”

The children, whose faces had turned ashen, answered in dying voices. They felt depressed thinking about going to class reeking of manure.

“Since the schedule is tight, please just clean up to the Steel Wing Wolf Breeding Ground and we’ll ask you to do the rest in the afternoon. Just do it like this for the other places too. Oh, but please be especially careful when cleaning the Griffin Breeding Ground. The kids are sensitive these days.”

The worker, who had been listing the benefits of manure for a long time, smiled and left.

***

“Sigh… Why are they acting like this lately?”

The Griffin Ranch Worker set down the rabbit meat with a worried expression. It was because of several griffins that had been stubbornly refusing food for the past few days. They wouldn’t eat or move at all, causing disruptions to flight lessons.

“…Excuse me. Can we start cleaning?”

Just then, the COMISAE members appeared covered in feathers and filth, radiating a gloomy atmosphere.

“Oh, yes, yes.”

The worker unconsciously nodded at the five pairs of soul-drained eyes. They looked like they had suffered some unknown humiliation somewhere.

“Everyone, there’s something I need to tell you about the griffins…”

“What? Is griffin dung also used as fertilizer?”

The COMISAE members turned around with utterly fed-up expressions. They were sick to death of the worker’s previous lectures on excrement theory.

“No. It’s not that. Please don’t clean near the iron cages where the griffins are. The kids seem to be under a lot of stress.”

The worker said while firmly locking the iron cage locks. He was worried they might attack the students. Griffins were eagle-type monsters to begin with, possessing characteristics of both birds of prey and beasts. No matter how tamed they were, they still retained wild instincts.

-Stress my foot! It’s constipation! You ignorant fool!

At that moment, an old man with a half-bald head smoothly passed through the breeding ground wall.

‘What lesser spirit?’

Calisia, who had been rubbing her back under the team members’ piercing gazes, rolled her eyes upward.

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