Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 69

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Necromancer School’s Summoning Prodigy Episode 69
Simon stared down at her with a blank expression.
‘…Yes, Nephthys?’
“Ah! Food! There’s food!”
Nephthys scampered over to Simon’s chair and clambered up onto it with a soft grunt, her eyes sparkling as she swallowed eagerly.
“Eek! Who is this?”
“She’s way too cute!”
Merin and Kamibarez shrieked at the sight of Nephthys, fawning over her without restraint.
Nephthys tilted her head, her innocent eyes wide and unblinking.
‘Could she actually not know?’
Simon flinched and reached out his arm.
“Wait, wait just a moment, you two!”
“Would you like some sweets?”
“Yes!”
The moment Nephthys nodded eagerly, Merin reached over and stroked her head with an expression of complete adoration. Kamibarez quickly turned toward Richard.
“It’s all right if she has some, isn’t it? Richard?”
“Eh? Y-yes…”
“Yay!”
With permission granted, Nephthys began stuffing snacks into her mouth with unbridled enthusiasm.
Her plump cheeks swelled up like balloons. She smiled happily and spoke, her voice muffled.
“Tasty!”
“Eek!”
“Want to try this one too?”
Merin unwrapped a cookie and held it out. Nephthys opened her mouth wide and took a big bite.
“Nom nom!”
“She ate it!”
“Me too! I want to try too!”
…The situation was spiraling toward catastrophe.
Simon spoke urgently.
“Hold on, you two! This person is—”
“You’re so adorable. What’s your name?”
At Kamibarez’s gentle question, Nephthys broke into a broad smile, her mouth full of food.
“I’m Nephthys!”
“Squee!”
“How precious!”
…They clearly didn’t believe it.
Most continentals unaffiliated with Kizen had no idea that the three-hundred-year-old Nephthys was actually a small child.
After all, she hadn’t made a public appearance in decades, operating only from behind Kizen’s name. When she did need to show herself, she took on a different form entirely.
More than anything, the name Nephthys—four characters laden with weight and dread—had spawned countless rumors and speculation.
The continentals imagined Nephthys as something transcendent, a terrifying witch existing somewhere between human and monster.
True, stories of Nephthys appearing as a young girl had circulated, but Merin and Kamibarez weren’t considering that possibility at all.
They couldn’t even conceive that Nephthys might appear here.
‘W-what do I do?’
Simon felt as if he were watching a time bomb about to detonate.
Meanwhile, Richard, blessed with sharp information-gathering skills, had already grasped the situation and was quietly shifting away from the group toward another seat.
‘Richard! Do something!’
Simon tried to communicate with looks and gestures.
But Richard wasn’t looking at him. With a rigid face, he remained seated at a distance from the others.
“…Richard?”
Kamibarez belatedly turned to look at him. He sat rigid on his chair, kneeling as he perched there.
“Why are you suddenly kneeling like that?”
“N-nothing! I’ve always sat this way!”
Richard spoke, cold sweat streaming down his face.
Even had he wanted to explain, Nephthys kept sending him cryptic glances, silencing him with her eyes.
“Is it tasty?”
Merin was displaying the kind of girlish enthusiasm she rarely showed, finally acting her actual age.
As she gently patted her head, Nephthys giggled contentedly.
“Yum! Tasty!”
“Oh my, my heart…”
“I’ve never seen such a beautiful child!”
Nephthys, who had been contentedly eating sweets and patting her small belly, suddenly bounded up from her chair. She scurried over to Simon’s side, grabbed his hand, and spoke.
“Simon! Can you come with me for a minute?”
“…Ah, yes.”
The two of them stepped out of the Lecture Hall.
Simon spoke quickly.
“I’m sorry on their behalf. They didn’t recognize you, and—”
“Hehe, it’s fine! I deal with this all the time. And the sweets were delicious.”
She laughed as she spoke, then stopped walking and fixed her eyes on Simon. He stopped as well, waiting.
He heard her hum softly.
She smiled at an angle.
“Finally got your hands on a proper unit, haven’t you? Simon.”
“…!!”
Simon’s heart sank. She returned to that childlike smile, squeezing his hand.
“This isn’t the place to talk. Shall we move somewhere else?”
“Pardon?”
Still holding Simon’s hand, Nephthys leaped upward.
In an instant, Simon felt his feet leave the ground and a sensation like stepping between dimensions.
When he opened his eyes, he was in a different place.
‘Where is this?’
It was someone’s room.
Cream and pink wallpaper adorned the walls, along with frilly curtains, while shelves displayed cute animal plushies and delicate decorative trinkets. A sweet fragrance filled the air.
‘Surely not…’
Simon turned his head and saw a girl whose appearance matched this room perfectly.
“You have such tastes?”
“This isn’t my room.”
“Pardon?”
Then came the soft rustling of bedsheets from the back. Simon spun around in alarm.
A delicate girl with an expressionless face, crimson eyes, and long black hair still damp appeared before him.
“L-Lorain!”
Simon’s face burned crimson.
Lorain wore comfortable home shorts and nothing above but her undergarments.
Her expressionless face crossed her arms to cover herself as she looked at Nephthys.
“Mother.”
“Yes?”
“Teleporting a boy into my room like this—that’s just deliberately messing with me, isn’t it?”
“What are you talking about!”
Nephthys planted her hands on her hips and spoke with utter confidence.
“I have something to say to both of you, so we came here!”
“Sigh.”
Her crimson eyes flashed dangerously as she exhaled deeply.
“Mother is always like this.”
“Ha! And you’re not!”
Nephthys bounced on her feet.
“You slept in again during exam week? Simon’s out here gathering study group members and holding actual Group Study sessions!”
“I’ll manage on my own.”
“Don’t you realize the professors have been complaining about you constantly?”
“A few formulas don’t change anything about my actual abilities!”
A tense atmosphere rose between them.
By the tone of the conversation, it was a typical scolding mother versus rebellious daughter quarrel, though from another angle it looked unmistakably like a sister argument.
‘…I want to go back to the Dormitory.’
Simon, suddenly caught in what must be the world’s most terrifying mother-daughter dispute, pressed himself against the wall, his face drained of color.
“Wrap this up quickly, Mother. And Simon?”
“Ah, yes?”
“Stop glancing over like that, would you?”
Simon bit back tears inside. It wasn’t as though he wanted to look.
Lorain sat up from the bed, grabbed whatever outer garment hung on the rack, and wrapped it around herself. Now Simon could see her properly.
“So, Simon? About that information you reported to me earlier.”
Nephthys dropped into a nearby chair and spoke.
“Information?”
“Yes! About the spy who infiltrated Kizen.”
So you heard it from Lorain.
Simon waited for her next words, his face tense.
“For now, I’ve commissioned an investigation with trustworthy subordinates. We’re turning up clues bit by bit.”
“Ah, that’s a relief.”
“But I came to warn you of the danger.”
Nephthys continued in a grave voice.
“That traitor seems to know your true identity.”
Simon’s heart sank. Nephthys went on slowly.
“Remember that Cyclops evaluation last time? The reason that Cyclops your team faced was exceptionally strong wasn’t due to side effects from the drugs or Curses used during Capture—someone deliberately tampered with it.”
……!”
Nephthys smiled faintly.
“You understand the intent without me spelling it out, I’m sure?”
……Disguising it as an accident.
Simon swallowed hard.
“Simon.”
This time Lorain spoke up.
“Since you said you met that person in the Forbidden Forest, the Spy is far more likely to be in the school than at Kizen headquarters. If you stay here, you could face constant threats to your life.”
“Yeah, that’s how it is.”
Nephthys folded her arms with a smiling gaze.
“Our Lorain worries about you so much!”
“Mom!!”
“Anyway, are you really sure you won’t accept Kizen’s protective measures?”
…….”
Simon pressed his lips firmly shut.
“If you’re worried about being expelled from Kizen, we could put you on academic probation like your roommate Cazan. You’d go home until the case is resolved, and start again next year.”
“……I’m truly grateful for your concern, but my mind hasn’t changed.”
Simon slowly lifted his head.
“I believe my current life is worth protecting even at risk. Please let me stay at the school. I’m searching for clues on my own too, so I can help.”
Lorain bit her lip with a complicated expression, while Nephthys nodded readily.
“Actually, I figured you’d say that! You’re Richard’s son, after all.”
She drew a silver necklace from her Pocket Dimension. Simon was wondering what it was when she gestured for him to lower his body.
Simon quickly knelt on one knee, and Nephthys rose on her toes to fasten the necklace around his neck herself.
“What is this?”
“An Artifact.”
She said.
“Lately there have been unsettling incidents happening across the continent, so I can’t focus entirely on you. So I’m giving you this. The power contained in this necklace will protect you.”
Simon gazed at the luminous light flowing from the necklace and swallowed.
It wasn’t hard to tell it was more valuable than anything he possessed.
“If this Artifact warns of danger, you must immediately stop whatever you’re doing and leave that place. Do you understand?”
“Yes, I’ll remember.”
“And.”
Nephthys turned to look at Lorain.
“You look after our Simon too.”
“……I know, Mom.”
Lorain replied petulantly. Then Nephthys suddenly bounded up onto the bed.
“Wake up! Get up right now!”
“Ow, it hurts!”
“Simon.”
Nephthys grabbed Lorain’s arm and turned to Simon.
“I’ll send you back to where you were studying, so take this lazybones with you!”
“Mom!”
Lorain cried out in bewilderment.
“Why would I go there!”
“Hmph! If I don’t do this, you’ll never leave the house!”
“It’s supposed to be a study session! If I tag along, I’ll just feel awkward and be a nuisance to Simon’s friends!”
Lorain shouted this while forcefully shaking off Nephthys’s arm. Nephthys tumbled back onto the bed.
Sniffle.
Suddenly her eyes began to glisten with tears.
“Sniff. Wah! Waaaaahhh! Having a daughter just eats away at me! Idiot! Idiot! Lorain is such an idiot!”
Nephthys thrashed about and cried—the picture of a small child throwing a tantrum.
Simon could only exchange glances nervously, while Lorain pressed her forehead with a slight wince and heaved a long sigh.
“……Fine. I’ll go.”
“Yes, yes! Then take good care of our Lorain, Simon!”
Nephthys abruptly stopped her whimpering and bounced down from the bed. The seamless shift in mood caught Simon slightly off guard, but Lorain, accustomed to such antics, grumbled as she opened the wardrobe door.
“Once you’re both ready, come outside!”
Nephthys hummed to herself as she stepped out of the room. Lorain pulled her uniform from the closet.
“Sorry—I’ll just sit quietly for an hour or so, then head out.”
“No, no. If anything, we’d be thrilled to have more people join the Group Study.”
Lorain suddenly stopped moving and fixed her gaze directly on Simon’s face.
“……Why? Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Are you planning to watch me change?”
At those words, Simon’s face flushed crimson, and he bolted from the room.

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A moment later.
Lorain had joined Team 7’s Group Study.
“…….”
“…….”
Merin, Kamibarez, and Richard recognized the renowned Lorain and their faces went pale.
The five of them sat facing one another in the Lecture Hall, and an awkward silence settled over the room. Their eyes darted about, restless and uncertain.
Merin was studying Simon’s face as if demanding an explanation, while Richard was privately wishing he had ten hearts instead of one.
They’d just seen Nephthys, and now Lorain of all people!
“This is Lorain from Class L,” Simon said, introducing her with an easy smile as though nothing were amiss.

“She’d like to join us for Group Study today if that’s alright with you all?”
The three of them nodded quickly. Whether it was alright or not, it had to be alright.
Lorain’s expressionless gaze swept across the room, and she spoke in an even, measured tone.

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