Chapter 37.2
As we walked back to the dorms, I lowered my gaze discreetly.
She had on a rather short pair of shorts.
Beneath it, her milky thighs and calves were on display in all of their unabashed confidence.
Her legs originally looked smooth without a single blemish, but after being waxed, they somehow shone brightly.
To the researcher in charge who had asked her to wear short pants for today’s session, I wanted to buy him a meal.
“How do they look? My legs…?”
Was I too obvious while stealing a glance?
Hye-rin’s head was slightly turned to the other side as though she couldn’t face me, but her eyes were looking at me from the odd angle.
“They’re so thin that it looks like they will break. How the hell do you have as much strength as you do with these legs?”
“...Hmph. Well, that was actually the second research question- ‘Comparison of mana concentration in muscles’?”
That was definitely something important to research—
How could the power she had come from such thin limbs and a narrow waist?
If Hye-rin lost this perfect body of hers because of the training she was going through, I would be very sad.
In this world, there is no one with better proportions than her.
With a dissatisfied expression on her beautiful face, she continued to explain the details of the research question.
Two knights suddenly approached us as we crossed the main square of the academy while having a conversation on the topic of her research.
“Are you two teachers? I’m sorry, but I will have to conduct a brief check-up. Could you show me your IDs?”
……
What’s going on?
Judging by the familiar patterns embedded in the knight’s armour, it was clear that they were knights working at the academy.
Looking around, there were mages and knights in a tent placed at the corner of the plaza, looking our way and humming.
We ended up showing him our academy student IDs.
“You’re students?! Heh… heh... Even the students now have this much magic...”
With admiration lacing his tone, he went on to explain everything.
“We were just checking the levels of mana of the people crossing the plaza at the checkpoint you see there. However, a huge amount of mana was observed from the two of you, and you weren’t on the list of professors or guards, so I had to check you two out.”
“No worries, that’s fine. Thank you for your hard work. Did something happen?”
This was the first of these ‘checkpoints’ I had seen.
“Ah, haha... We’re just doing regular checkups. Yes, haha, regular checkups. Pickpockets are on the rise these days. Alright, well, that’ll be all.”
As soon as the knight finished speaking, he hurried back to the checkpoint tent.
His hastened tone and the momentary trembling of his pupils suggested that he was lying- which he was not very good at.
The inspection was probably because of the Celestial Dragon incident, which was hiding somewhere in the ecliptic.
Perhaps not only on the academy grounds but everywhere in the ecliptic, they were searching for beings with mana levels that were beyond the norm.
I wondered what this undoubtably friendly Celestial Dragon looked like and how strong it was.
It was said that the dragon would come to find me when the time was right...
I could only hope that day would come soon.
***
Time flowed without pause without any special events taking place.
It had been quite a number of days since having started classes at the academy, spent time at the research centre/clubs/library, played with Jihye or Hyerin, and slept with my slave.
Besides the last one, it felt like a pretty normal schedule- like that of a high schooler’s honestly.
There were none of those adventures that I had read about in fantasy web s.
I didn’t know if they were to come sooner or later, but right now, I was busy learning magic and building my strength.
Still, thanks to a new hobby I had recently developed, I didn’t get bored with each passing day.
This new hobby of mine was the Jeon Ji-hye observation records.
I had begun the process for her complete submission.
The process was rather simple actually.
I would ask of her some unreasonable demands that would be unacceptable in the eyes of a normal person, and evaluate her reaction accordingly.
So far, Jihye had been performing flawlessly.
By now, she has allowed me to look over and adjust her daily schedule and reported to me any new acquaintances she made.
Before going out, she would always come over to have me check on whether her clothes were appropriate, and she never attended drinking parties or other social gatherings without me.
She accepted all these unreasonable requests without hesitation.
On the contrary, she seemed to be glad that I was interfering more and more in her life.
‘Finally, Jihoo is interested in me!’— it was probably such a sentiment that she got out of my meddling.
I could never come to hate such an obedient bitch.
However, her maid, Anna, seemed to have a slightly different take on what was going on.
“Master, this is not normal!”
This was what I had heard from the wiretapping necklace and the hidden camera obtained with Soniel’s help.
And observing through them, I was able to witness Anna’s passionate rejection of my demands.
The brown-haired maid couldn’t help but watch as the chain gradually appeared to grow tighter around her precious master’s neck like a collar.
“This is not a romantic relationship, nor an equal relationship like that between lovers or husband and wife, but a kind of coercion that would only happen between a master and a slave!”
“Ah, thank you for your concern, Anna. I know this isn’t normal, but that’s no problem! You’re right that the relationship between me and Jihoo is something special!”
Everything was going according to plan.
From Anna’s heartfelt advice to the iron wall defences of Jihye’s.
Anna couldn’t break through the wall Jihye had set up, but she may have succeeded in shaking it.
Later, when the shaking reached its peak, I would personally tear down those walls and use the remaining debris to build an everlasting wall in Jihye’s mind.
At that time, my Jihye would be perfected, and on that day, I would finally eat her. [Sex]
My toy.
My pet.
My slave.
My shadow.
My experiment.
My Jihye.
I wished that time would come as soon as possible.
That was what I thought as I looked at Jihye on stage.
In the middle of the podium, under the dim lighting, only two people were moving.
One was Jeon Ji-hye, who held a dagger dripping with blood in one hand.
The other one… could I really call it a person?
“Geuh, uh uh uh...”
He was a human before, but now he was not a human being.
It was an undead—
The corpse of a criminal who had been stabbed in the heart and subsequently reanimated.
“This…! This is...”
Everyone at the scene, including the professor in charge, the security guard, Minho, and myself, were left shocked.
What should I have called that zombie?
A ghoul?
A walking corpse?
We were in the ‘Murder Practice’ class on Friday afternoon.
This oddity happened when Ji-hye, who volunteered to execute the heinous criminal on stage, stabbed him with a sword coated in elemental magic.
After taking only two steps backwards from the force, the corpse rapidly decayed and fell to the floor, motionless.
“……”
While no ones mouth moved in response to the scene, Jihye’s eyes met mine and she smiled while drawing a V in the air with her hands.
But with regard to the true value of the epic [Death] Attribute…
The potential for necromancy had been revealed to the world.
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