Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 583

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Necromancer School’s Summoning Genius — Episode 583
Simon caught sight of a blue-haired boy who looked identical to him, like a doppelgänger pulled straight from his own reflection.
The boy was flitting about restlessly, chasing after White, and there was no mystery about who he really was.
‘That’s Erzsebet! What’s she doing over there?’
She noticed Simon watching her at that very moment, turned around with a grin, and even waved at him.
“What’s wrong, Simon?”
Lorain tilted her head and approached him.
“Something the matter? You’re sweating through your uniform.”
“No, no, no. It’s nothing!”
Simon flashed a desperate smile and tried to redirect his friends’ attention.
“Hey, could you all wait here just a moment? I’ve got something urgent to take care of. Five minutes! That’s all I need!”
“Something urgent? What all of a sudden?”
Lorain blinked, confused. Beside her, Ashu covered her mouth and wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
“Have fun~”
“?”
Lorain still didn’t understand as she looked at Ashu, but she only giggled harder.
Serne seemed to catch on too and was making vague gestures, when Toto suddenly pushed his way in.
“Me too! I want to come with!”
Toto following him was awkward, but as long as Simon could slip away from here, he didn’t much care.
“All right, I’ll be back soon!”
“Yep~ Hope it’s a refreshing errand!”
With Ashu’s parting shot trailing behind them, Simon and Toto hurried into a nearby alley where no one would see.
“Ugh, I’ve been holding it so long.”
Toto began fumbling with the hem of his school uniform trousers.
“Hurry and wrap it up…”
‘I’m sorry, Toto.’
Simon unfurled a Sleep spell he’d prepared and cast it over Toto in quick succession. Toto staggered and collapsed, sinking into deep slumber within moments.
“Phew.”
Simon lifted his head.
“Come on out now, Erzsebet.”
Slip-slip!
Something dropped from the blank wall with a soft sound.
It was Simon, hanging upside down with his ankles bound in spider web.
[Legion Commander! I missed you so much!]
She let out a whimpering cry and pulled Simon into a tight embrace. He turned his head away, trying to look indifferent.
Me holding myself — the image was honestly disturbing no matter how you looked at it.
“What are you doing here?”
She stared vacantly at Simon.
[The order you gave me to track White while disguised as the girl. You didn’t forget, did you?]
“But why of all things did you have to track him while looking like me?”
[I was hoping to draw White’s attention.]
She freed the spider web binding her legs and dropped down properly, then saluted him.
[White seems obsessed with you, sir, so I thought perhaps if I showed him your face, he might follow along.]
“… That was way too dangerous.”
Simon let out a deep sigh.
Still, since he’d given Erzsebet full authority over information-gathering methods, he didn’t press the matter further.
“So, did you find out anything useful?”
[Except for being a bit slow-witted, he appeared to be an utterly ordinary student. He does resemble Magnus suspiciously, but he hasn’t done anything particularly strange.]
“Hmm.”
At that moment, Erzsebet held up a finger in a line.
[But there is one strange thing.]
According to what Erzsebet went on to explain, on the third day of his assignment, White’s body had become depleted like a drained battery—his activity level dropped significantly.
The dispatch team had been angry enough to yell at him about it, but White didn’t even acknowledge them.
Eventually, the dispatch team threatened that if White didn’t fulfill his daily quota by today, they’d contact Kizen and have him sent back.
But that night.
White, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes and bolted out of the lodging.
[The girl lost track of him for the first time.]
“Why?”
[He vanished. Just… disappeared into thin air.]
The expression on her face as she spoke grew grave.
[It seems someone had prepared a Teleport Magic Circle in advance, and she used it to move. However, Teleport Magic Circles always leave traces after use, but there weren’t any traces at all.]
Simon’s eyes gleamed with sharp intensity.
‘If it’s the Blood Heavenly Cult’s Warp Gate……!’
A powerful spatial magic capable of penetrating even the interior of dungeons.
This technique leaves no traces.
But considering only circumstantial evidence, it was premature to connect White with the Blood Heavenly Cult or the Covenant.
“So?”
[I had the girl mark White’s body with her scent for tracking purposes. The girl waited near where White disappeared, and shortly after, White appeared.]
Her expression as she spoke had turned icy.
[The missing time was only five minutes. The scent mark I had left on her disappeared without a trace. When White returned like that, she walked perfectly fine and completed all the backlogged work in one go.]
“…….”
The dispatch team was satisfied with White’s performance, and she completed the Dispatch Evaluation without incident.
Simon folded his arms after hearing the explanation.
“Suspicious. Definitely suspicious.”
He couldn’t help but wonder how he’d gotten entangled with such a suspicious person.
[Is that really so suspicious?]
“Of course!”
[If we’re talking suspicious, there’s disappearing from the Dormitory all the time, being the Legion Commander of Betrayal, being able to use Sacred Magic, and being able to merge Sacred Magic with Darkness. And most of all,]
A meaningful smile played at her lips.
[I believe the Legion Commander who has connections with an active Saint is in a league of his own when it comes to suspicious.]
…….
He had nothing to say to that.
I’m the most suspicious person in Kizen.
“Understood for now. We’ll discuss the details after we get back.”
The team members and Serne would be waiting.
“Keep watching White. And if she does anything strange again, report it to me immediately.”
[Understood, sir.]
She suddenly brushed away the spider web and returned to her original form, spreading both arms wide.
[Then what about the reward for this job?]
“……Ugh.”
Simon’s face flushed red.
“D-do you really have to do this right now?”
[Yes!]
He turned his head away and shuffled forward hesitantly, then closed his eyes tight and approached Erzsebet, giving her a light embrace.
[You have to pat my back too, right?]
Simon obediently did as she commanded.
[Hehehehe.]
Her mouth gaped wide open and drool dripped down in streams.
[Ahhh~ this embarrassed expression, something you can only see at this age—it’s the greatest reward for this girl.]
“That’s enough!”
Simon quickly stepped back and spoke.
“Keep doing the job I gave you, okay?”
[I shall obey the Legion Commander’s orders.]
Erzsebet bowed respectfully and then flew away along the spider web.
Simon let out a sigh and turned his head back.
Snooore… snooore…
Toto was still sleeping without a care in the world. Her pants had come undone when she fell asleep under the Sleep spell, leaving her lying face-down in her underwear.
‘I feel kind of bad about this.’
Simon approached her.
Just then, Toto’s mouth curved into a goofy smile as her head swung side to side.
“N-no, Ashu……! That’s not allowed……!”
What kind of dream was this girl having?
Simon clapped his hands together sharply.
“Gasp!”
Toto’s head snapped up and she wiped the drool from her mouth with the back of her hand.
“S-Simon?”
“You okay?”
Simon crouched down. Toto blinked at him with a somewhat dazed expression.
“Huh……uh, what happened?”
“You came rushing in here and hit your head over there, then collapsed.”
Simon pointed to a pipe that was creaking at a plausible spot. Toto nodded without hesitation.
“……Oh, I see. How long was I unconscious?”
“About five minutes. Are you okay?”
“Y-yes! I was knocked out, but now my head feels clearer and I’m in much better condition! It’s amazing!”
“That’s good.”
“And it felt like I was having a pleasant dream…….”
Toto’s face flushed crimson as he furrowed his brow, struggling to recall something.
“N-never mind!”
He flailed his arms and cried out. Simon fixed him with a steady gaze.
“Ashu’s name came out of your mouth a moment ago.”
“!!”
Toto’s mouth fell open, and both his cheeks burned like a furnace.
The reaction was far too obvious, and Simon couldn’t help but laugh.
“I’ll keep it secret.”
“Really? You really mean it!”
As they slipped out of the alley together, Toto gripped Simon’s arm tightly and asked him to swear to secrecy several more times over.
Phantasus’s Sleep spell caused its target to dream pleasant, comforting dreams—or whatever dreams they desired.
Which meant.
“Do you like Ashu?”
Simon asked suddenly. Toto’s face flushed red again.
“N-no, no, no, no! How could I possibly……!”
They say excessive denial is its own confession.
He’d been on the receiving end of teasing from the considerably older Erzsebet just moments ago, and now the chance to tease his same-age roommate felt refreshingly new.
‘Serne’s courage trial must have been the catalyst.’
The two of them had apparently been frightened and clinging to each other as they ran about, and when teenage boy and girl experienced something like that, feelings were bound to develop.
Simon felt positive about this new side of his roommate.
—Simon, you don’t know Toto well yet. His weakness of character has always held back his potential. I believe that having this kind of experience will be a great help to him.
That was Fitzgerald’s assessment of Toto.
In truth, when Toto was a 1st Year, his self-esteem had been critically low, but throughout this club season he’d been gradually becoming more proactive—handing out flyers to students, even taking on the role of military discipline officer to manage the 1st Years.
Toto had further room to grow. Perhaps his opposite-sex phobia, which had been holding him back, could be overcome through romance as well.
“I’m rooting for you, Toto.”
“W-what are you rooting for! Don’t say stuff like that!”

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By the time Simon and Toto returned, the situation was careening toward catastrophe.
Lorain was shouting furiously about something, while Serne stood with her arms crossed, grinning, though an ominous aura radiated from her.
And caught between the two of them, Ashu was desperately trying to mediate.
Suddenly burdened with the grave mission of preventing a war between Kizen and the Ivory Tower, she was sweating profusely. But even with her friendly disposition, Ashu couldn’t seem to bridge the gap between them.
“What, you two were fighting again?”
Just then Simon approached with a bright smile.
The murderous intent that had been about to manifest in the two girls’ eyes vanished as if it had never been, and they smoothed down their hair or smiled awkwardly instead.
“Honestly, they’re being so childish I don’t even know what to say~”
“……Just wait till later.”
Once again, Simon had saved the continent.
Ashu stared at him in utter disbelief, as if asking how on earth he’d managed it.
“Well, gentlemen’s business seems to be settled, so shall we head out?”
“Sure!”
Returning to the matter at hand, there were two things they needed in this city.
Food supplies to eat during the training camp period.
And various undead supplies for this Durahan creation.
He wasn’t sure if this city had a necromancer supply shop, but there would certainly be places that dealt in monster corpses.
“Let’s split into teams.”
Simon suggested.
“Two people go for food supplies, three go for undead goods.”
“Then I’m going with Simon~”
Serne giggled adorably and clung to Simon’s arm. Lorain’s eyes flashed with lethal intent.
‘Just as I expected.’
In fact, Simon had been planning from the start to handle both Lorain and Serne himself. At the same time, he wanted to give Toto and Ashu a chance to be alone together.
Serne would try to come with him, and Lorain would follow as well, if only to keep her rival from being alone with Simon.
Now he just had to make the departure seem natural…….
“What if we just drew lots? Doesn’t that sound more fun?”
Ashu abruptly volunteered the idea, and the other students nodded in agreement.
Disaster.
“How should we do it? Flip a coin? Or rock-paper-scissors among the losers?”
Simon’s pulse quickened.
At the very least, he needed to control the terms of the wager.
“What if we drew lots?”
Simon opened his Subspace and withdrew some wooden skewers left over from class materials when they’d worked with Durahans. He closed his fist around them so their ends couldn’t be seen, then spoke.
“Whoever draws the short straw goes together.”
“That sounds fun!”
The other students readily agreed, indifferent to the method.
Simon delicately manipulated the Dark Element, gathering it into the hand holding the skewers.
‘I’ll have Lorain and Serne draw first in order, then I’ll shave down the remaining two with the Dark Element….’
“Then I’ll go first!”
Ashu suddenly lunged forward and drew a skewer. The other students immediately grabbed theirs one after another, and the order fell into complete chaos.
And then, a moment later.
‘…How did it come to this?’
Simon sighed inwardly.
“We’ll be back!”
Ashu waved her hand while keeping it planted on Simon’s shoulder.
Lorain and Serne stood glaring openly at each other with undisguised hostility, while Toto stood between them with a miserable expression.
‘…It’s all gone wrong.’

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