I’m Sick of the Kind Protagonist, so I Might as Well Just Die - Chapter 64

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#64
“Ah, right—ugh!”
Just as Leonas opened his mouth, struck by sudden recollection, Bilateia’s fist drove deep into his solar plexus. Unable to dodge, he crumpled with a strangled cry, his face contorting in agony. As he glared at her with narrowed eyes, Bilateia let out an exasperated growl.
“Wipe that look off your face, you absolute madman!”
“…Why are you suddenly like this?”
“Why? Why?! You! What gives you the right to look at me like that—like you’re still alive and breathing?!”
“Ah….”
I had no idea what this sudden commotion was about, so I gestured at Leonas with my eyes to explain. But he merely shook his head with a soft chuckle, as if the pain had already vanished.
“You’re laughing? You dare laugh? I’ll beat it out of you!”
“Hey, Bilateia, just calm down for a moment—”
“Are you insane too? Do I look calm to you?”
“No, I don’t understand why you’re—”
“Damn it! Aurelia, weren’t you watching me?!”
“That is….”
Bilateia clenched her fist as if to strike me as well. Hesitating, I quickly pointed to the teacup on the table.
“Leonas arbitrarily poured tea into Perenustus’s cup… and he caught me red-handed. I was being scolded by Perenustus when the Worlds suddenly ended.”
“What?”
“…I’m sorry.”
“You touched the Professor’s belongings? Have you completely lost your mind?!”
Bilateia, rigid with shock, began pummeling Leonas relentlessly.
“He left behind that precious letter! And I got tangled up in that ridiculous letter! Damn it!”
Her fury—incomprehensible to me—only subsided once her clenched fists had flushed crimson from the exertion.
“You’re all making such a fuss, such an absolute spectacle, that you’ve missed something important.”
Silpi, who had been circling around the battered Leonas, interjected sharply. As the decapitated dragon scoffed, the air in the Office rippled with an unpleasant sound, and a silver status window materialized.
▶ [Final Evaluation] Directive: Remain true to your desires
Evaluation Grade: SSS
The letters, writhing like living things, convulsed irritably, twisted together, then exploded with a piercing roar.
“…What’s the benefit of a high evaluation grade?”
I lowered my voice and asked quietly, and Silpi shrieked again.
“Did you forget why you entered the Worlds? Your task was to balance the total of comedy and tragedy!”
“No, I know we filled a lot of it—I just saw it.”
“Then what’s the problem?!”
“I’m just wondering why you’re showing it now, so suddenly.”
Silpi fell momentarily silent, her mouth opening and closing as she stared at me.
“Unbelievable. So it’s fine when he suddenly beats her, but it’s strange when I suddenly show the final evaluation?”
“A little?”
“Well, you’re a bug, so you might not understand. But these are Academy cadets, and evaluation scores are absolutely, utterly, critically important to them!”
“Ah… now I understand. You were looking out for them on purpose? Figured they’d miss it with all the chaos? You’re saying if they have time to fight and brawl, they should check their evaluations and prepare for what comes next?”
“….”
“Right? The more I see, the more thoughtful you are, dragon.”
Leonas, who had been taking the hits, froze mid-punch with his fist raised to strike again, while Bilateia awkwardly bowed. The two of them hesitated, trying to add words of gratitude, but Silpi let out a sound of disgust and raised her voice.
“Don’t you dare say anything! I don’t even know why I’m doing this myself, so just go check that thing! Some weird bug is infecting absolutely everything, I’m telling you!”
“Hmm… Well, since you’re already infected by this weird bug and helping us anyway, couldn’t you help out just a little bit more?”
Before I could even finish speaking, Silpi flew right up to my face and bared her teeth in annoyance. Regardless, I stood my ground and pointed at Leonas and Bilateia’s hands.
“The Ancient Gods shared their divine power with them.”
“I can see that too!”
“I just thought that the way the Worlds flipped so easily earlier was all thanks to that god’s power.”
As if to support my words, Leonas raised his right hand. When he applied a slight amount of force, thin white wisps bloomed from his fingertips. It seemed that most of it had been distributed to the people at the Palace Square before his execution, leaving only a small amount remaining, but it hadn’t completely disappeared.
“Right, that. If we use it well, it should give us an advantage no matter what Worlds we enter, so help us out.”
“Why should I go through all that trouble?”
“Seeing how you brought along those important evaluation results suggests you secretly want to help us.”
“…”
“To be a bit more honest, since Perenustus was captured and you’re still here, it seems like a situation where I really don’t need to worry.”
“…”
“I told Perenustus to rest, but… even so, watching the administrator get captured right before my eyes, I guess I don’t have such a clear conscience that I could actually rest.”
Silpi stared at me as if exasperated, then snorted and turned her head away sharply. As Silpi completely disappeared from sight, I let out a soft laugh.
“So, don’t you feel like hitting or getting hit anymore? Does that mean you two have made up now?”
“Aurelia, this is really…!”
Bilateia looked at me as if asking what I meant, her brow furrowing deeply. Her fist came flying at my arm this time. It was a soft, feather-like blow, completely different in force from when she’d been hitting Leonas. Giggling and exaggerating my pain, I crouched down beside Leonas and looked up at Bilateia.
“I wanted to say thank you, but I couldn’t find the right timing with you two fighting.”
“…What are you talking about.”
“Bilateia, I know now that the good evaluation came because you stood firm between the original Worlds’ settings and our recklessness, maintaining the balance.”
“And you know this and still act so recklessly?!”
“I did it trusting you. If Leonas and I had just recklessly charged ahead without any restraint, we’d all have been caught in that massive hand by now.”
Leonas nodded silently. Perhaps uncomfortable with our gratitude, Bilateia rolled her eyes awkwardly, then clicked her tongue and flopped down beside me.
“Speaking of which, you two can’t even imagine how foul my mood is. Having to give orders through my own mouth to behead and hang my friends… it’s really not easy.”
I took the word “friends” that came from her lips and planted it large and clear in the most visible corner of my heart, then smiled to myself in secret.
“Anyway, that’s how it was. And much as I hate to admit it, what she said is right. Divine power will be really useful if we just practice it properly.”
“Right? I don’t know much, but it seems like Perenustus is going to keep making the Worlds like this going forward.”
“…Really? Why would the professor do that?”
Leonas straightened his posture and asked. I mulled over the conversation I’d had with Perenustus in the carriage and furrowed my brow slightly.
“There’s too much I don’t know to neatly organize and convey even Perenustus’s psychology.”
“…”
“So let’s just try it for now. Bilateia, let the divine power flow like he did!”
I extended my right arm. Bilateia grimaced and glanced at the Basilect pattern that flickered with light.
“You’re insane, seriously! Using your own body for experiments!”
“Well, then. Should I do it to Leonas instead?”
Leonas clutched his chest and made a groaning sound. Even more disgusted, Bilateia hesitated for a moment, then extended her hand forward. The white wisps that had been rippling above her palm began to gather toward her fingertips.
“I vaguely remember reading records that said divine power could move mountains or something like that… but that’s really all I know. I have no idea what might happen, seriously.”
“Ugh, I can’t stand this, seriously!”
Silpi mimicked Bilateia’s tone of voice as she materialized from the ceiling.
“You don’t understand the most basic principle! You must always remember that divine power doesn’t belong to you!”
“I apologize, but could you explain it in a way we can understand?”
“It’s not about wielding it recklessly like you do—it’s about letting it flow naturally like that venom-soaked girl over there! The more you try to use divine power, the more it becomes bound to its true owner.”
“Bound to its owner….”
“You really did use it without understanding? I thought someone intelligent would have sensed it instinctively?”
Leonas clamped his lips shut, his expression clouded with unease. Bilateia, who had been watching him with concern, soon narrowed her eyes and focused on the white light flickering above her palm. Silpi, who had remained silent to give him time to think, descended toward us with gleaming eyes before long.
“Look, see? This is the log record of this world. When that red-eyed bastard distributed his power to the masses in the Palace Square, when Basilect was summoned on Aurelia’s arm—the power resonated tremendously, and it’s all recorded in the data.”
“Isn’t it dangerous to show such important data so carelessly to students like us…?”
“Ha! And divine power should be wielded carelessly?”
Silpi silenced Leonas in one breath and spun through the air. Following his movements, records of when divine power had been activated in the previous world materialized as particles of light.
“Divine power doesn’t respond to technical control like mana does—it responds to your emotions. In other words, when your mind is unstable, that’s when brainwashing works best.”
“Ah….”
“Do you really understand and just say ‘ah’? You shouldn’t be consciously ‘using’ power—you need to practice letting it flow naturally instead.”
As the three of us nodded, Silpi clicked her tongue.
“You really understand? That red-eyed one was in an emotionally heightened state when he recklessly wielded power and caused resonance, right? That means the Ancient Gods could do anything through him later.”
Bilateia and I looked at Leonas simultaneously. Silpi scoffed as if to say ‘I told you so.’
“From your expressions, you had no idea? Now that you know, keep a close eye on that red-eyed bastard.”
We exchanged glances with one another and nodded, our lips pressed firmly together.

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