I Became a Demon Who Can Never Be Headpatted in the Academy?!

This is impossible.

“How dare you… with that filthy mouth…”

Colette Bloodberry felt a shame that could tear her insides apart, more from the fact that she had been overwhelmed by a demon in front of her, than from the devastating pain rising from her back.

‘Impossible! Impossible!! How dare a brat like that…! Overwhelm me, who is soon to become the Minister of Magic?!’

Colette, who had difficulty spitting out the blood pooled in her mouth, steadied herself by placing her trembling hands on the floor and rose from her spot.

Who in the world would have imagined that she would lose to a 5th grader from the elementary division of Cosmos Academy?

She herself had only been imagining how to cruelly toy with Murmur, so this defeat was unacceptable.

“Right… that’s how it happened…”

The loser, with beads of sweat dripping down her forehead, fantasizes.

She arbitrarily dismantles the situation and reassembles it. She couldn’t accept the cold reality as it was, so she had no choice but to console herself in this way.

‘There’s no way an elementary school brat could have learned summoning magic… There’s no way she could know…’

She barely managed to pull out one cold truth,

‘That’s why she perfectly grasped the flaws of dual casting… Yes, then everything makes sense.’

She hides the result that torments her the most with the palm of her hand.

‘The reason the Crown Princess sent me to Cosmos Academy… that’s what it was. Yes…’

Colette wiped the blood from her nose and glared at Murmur in front of her.

A brat with pale white skin.

A monster with tall, red horns.

A bug with a small, soft body that didn’t even reach her waist.

“Hoo hoo hoo… As expected, I am a genius mage… It’s my destiny to become the Minister of Magic…”

With blood dripping from her mouth, Colette finally creates the truth she so desperately desired.

‘The reason I couldn’t find the sealed demon god was simple…! Yes! Yes! The demon god wasn’t awakened.’

The stiff adult, unable to accept that she had lost, formed a mean and dirty smile.

‘It’s this brat. This brat is the one…!’

Colette, having finished her thoughts, raised her right hand high.

“Apologize to Esme. An adult should take responsibility.”

“Yes… kukuku… You speak well. You, a demon brat, dare to talk about responsibility.”

Colette began to gather the mana in her entire body.

“Yes! I’ll take responsibility as you say! If you are the blood of the demon god, it’s an adult’s responsibility to kill you here and now─”

“Stop it! Aunt Colette!”

Esme, shouting in a sharp voice, pushed away the faculty members who were trying to stop her with both hands and rushed in front of Murmur, spreading her arms wide.

There was no way her small body could stop the huge fireball that Colette had created, but Esme rushed out.

To protect her friend.

“Esme…”

“Auntie… you lost! You lost in the duel!”

“…You’re saying really stupid and disgusting things, Esme. A duel doesn’t matter at all.”

Colette, while watching her niece, Esme, standing in front of Murmur, amplified the fire elements gathering on her palm even more. It was a blatant act of trying to use advanced magic, not intermediate magic that she had used until now.

“The bug behind you is the blood of the demon god. Do you know that? If you are a noble of the Bloodberry family, you must kill that monster.”

Colette giggled in a creepy way that sent chills down the spine.

“The demon god’s… blood? What’s that?”

“Is that woman’s words… is there a possibility of it being true? Balkan?”

“Demon god? Isn’t that the god that the demon race worships?”

“I think I’ve heard of it before… weren’t they all dead a long time ago?”

The people’s questions naturally shifted in the direction that Colette wanted.

“So, that’s why Count Colette lost…”

“If it’s the blood of the demon god, isn’t it dangerous?”

“”But is it real? Is it the truth? Isn’t it something she just made up?”

“If it’s a demon god, it’s dangerous! As expected, that’s why demons are no good!”

To the people whose common sense had just been betrayed, Colette’s story was a very sweet one.

There was a vile reason why a 5th-grade elementary school demon brat was able to defeat a skilled person who was about to become the Minister of Magic.

They grabbed and tore apart the sweet delusion with both hands.

How sweet is this? It was a taste that was easier to eat and more familiar than the uncomfortable and bitter truth that the little girl in front of them had done her best to defeat Colette.

“Now, get out of the way, Esme.”

“…I don’t want to.”

“Didn’t you hear what Auntie said? The trash behind you is…”

“Murmur is not like that!”

Esme shouted and spread her arms even wider.

“The demon god’s… I don’t know! I don’t know about that! Murmur is just a kind friend!”

The small, frail young lady shouted with all her might. To let people know how absurd the delusion they were currently grasping and tearing apart was.

“She’s cute…! She’s kind! She’s a good friend who cares about me… about Esme, enough to duel with Auntie for my sake!”

“Ah… yes, Esme.”

Colette nodded. A light flashed briefly in Esme’s eyes.

“You continue to… say disgusting things that throw our family into the trash. Aren’t you ashamed of your mother?”

“Auntie…?”

“If you’ve been seduced by a demon, it can’t be helped. It’s something that can’t be helped.”

Colette grasped the huge flame gathered in her palm.

“If you like demons so much, then hold hands and burn to death together!”

Esme was still standing in front of Murmur, but Colette didn’t even care.

This woman had never cared about her niece in the first place.

“Why don’t you stop now?”

“Kuh, ugh…!”

Colette’s hand, which was holding the huge fireball, was grabbed by the hand of the ‘Cosmos Headmaster,’ who was wearing a jet-black glove, and she couldn’t move.

“Cosmos… Headmaster?!”

“I gave you as much convenience as possible since you said you came from the Magica Kingdom for official duties. But if you act recklessly like this, I’ll get angry too.”

“Y-You…! This snake-like woman!”

Colette tried to move her hand, but she couldn’t. Her hand was only twisting as it was held by the Cosmos Headmaster as if it had been frozen forever.

“Kuh! L-Let go of this!!”

“Me? I don’t think I can do that for you, Count Colette.”

“Y-You idiot!! Can’t you see?! That bug is the blood of the demon god! We have to kill it here!”

Even as Colette screamed, the Headmaster, wearing a sly smile, held on without moving her hand even 1cm.

“A bug? There are a few bugs in the playground.”

“Don’t play word games…! Murmur! That demon over there!”

“Miss Murmur is a precious student of our Cosmos Academy.”

The Headmaster lightly twisted Colette’s right hand that she was holding.

“Ah, aagh…!”

“I can overlook you spouting nonsense about being the blood of the demon god or trash, thinking you’re just a noble with a dirty mouth, but I can’t just let you try to harm a precious student of the academy.”

“H-How dare…! How dare you!”

The Headmaster smiled brightly.

“Indeed, I dare. Cosmos Academy was built on the territory granted to me by His Majesty the Emperor, and the owner of this land is the woman holding your hand.”

“Damn… it!”

The Cosmos Headmaster lightly kicked Colette’s buttocks with her knee and pushed her away.

‘There’s no way I can win a fight against this woman…’

Colette, who had consumed most of her stamina and mana in the duel with Murmur, belatedly admitted reality.

Even if she had finished all her preparations from the beginning, she wouldn’t have been able to beat the Cosmos Headmaster.

“Cosmos… Headmaster… you will regret it.”

The Headmaster didn’t even bother to reply.

“And Esme…! Don’t think I’ll just let you get away with defiling our family name as you please!”

Colette, who had started showing off her power to a child again, pointed her finger once more.

“A-Auntie! Aunt Colette!”

“You’re clutching trash and saying it’s precious! You’ll regret it!”

Esme trembled, but didn’t run away.

And then, ‘Nikea Hollimpia’ slowly walked out in front of her.

“Countess Colette Bloodberry. Shouldn’t you not speak like that?”

“Ah… if it isn’t the princess who likes to play with filthy demons?”

“Countess Colette, you are the one who is lavishly spending the inheritance that your niece should receive.”

Nikea’s voice was so cold and calm that it was impossible to feel any emotion.

“Niece?”

“What’s that story? Inheritance?”

“Hey… you idiot. Didn’t you know? Esme’s parents were all killed by demons!”

At the people’s whispers, Colette showed a pale face for the first time.

“Princess Nikea… choose your words…”

“No. I’m just telling the exact truth. The assets you’re currently using as you please are Esme’s, aren’t they?”

“Hoh hoh hoh… Well, it’s because Esme is still young…”

“Ah, so that’s how you managed it? You gave Esme the ‘Bloodberry family heirloom’ and slapped her, took off her underwear to spank her buttocks, and hit her thighs so hard that they couldn’t be covered by stockings… I guess I misunderstood the bad rumors.”

The people’s gazes quickly, really quickly, turned cold.

“That child… isn’t she still in the 5th grade of elementary school?”

“If she hates demons so much, shouldn’t she do it herself? I don’t understand…”

“Could it be that? In Britannia too! They said there was a woman who poisoned her older sister to monopolize her assets.”

“What? Then was the story about Murmur earlier just an excuse? Just to kill Esme… oh my god.”

“Certainly, Esme has been acting strangely since the morning…”

“It’s the Princess’s words, right? Isn’t it the truth?”

“Th-These… trash… You don’t even know the situation, where do you dare…!”

Colette muttered with her eyebrows trembling.

“I didn’t know that Countess Colette had such a story. I’m sorry. I heard the slander that you took away Esme’s heirloom and only gave her pocket money… I’m sorry.”

Nikea bowed 90 degrees to apologize, but it was meaningless. Rather, it fueled the public opinion even more.

“Ni, keaa…”

“I’m sorry, Countess. I mistakenly thought that my friend Esme was being harmed… I spoke recklessly about the Bloodberry family’s affairs. I apologize.”

Princess Nikea apologizing to Countess Colette.

Murmur and Esme hugging each other tightly.

The Cosmos Headmaster, who spoke the obvious common sense that no one should even dream of harming the academy’s students.

“…Does the Princess need to apologize? Isn’t that woman the trash?”

Someone’s words were perfect for igniting a land that was already soaked with oil.

“Uuu! Colette Bloodberry!! You should be ashamed!”

“Come to think of it, she lost in the duel!!”

“Bark like a dog! Crawl on the ground like a dog!”

“How can you educate a young niece like that! It’s just venting your anger!”

“Apologize! How can there be trash that tries to kill their own niece in the first place!”

“Th-This…”

Colette Bloodberry, whose face had turned white, took a step back, but there stood the Cosmos Headmaster with a sly smile.

“Hic…”

When she turned her head to look ahead, she saw Princess Nikea, who had stepped aside with a smile.

“I… I…”

Colette, trembling, finally bent her knees at the fierce jeers coming from all directions.

“Apologize to Esme.”

At Murmur’s words, Colette put her head on the ground.

“Esme… I-I’m sorry, Auntie was wrong.”

“Countess Colette. Is that all you can do for an apology? When I saw you at the Imperial Palace last time, you spoke very fluently to my older sister, didn’t you?”

“E-Esme… I’m sorry for tormenting you, for being mean toyou… please forgive me for using your inheritance as I pleased, I was really wrong.”

Colette’s apology had only just begun, and Esme had no intention of forgiving her.

“The apology Esme wants to hear is not that. Say it again.”

Colette Bloodberry eventually had to apologize to Esme again and again in front of everyone for over an hour until Esme was satisfied.

* * *

“You must have been very scared. I’m sorry! Both of you! I’m really sorry! I wanted everyone to know all of Colette’s dirty secrets…!”

Nikea, with her nose red, hugged me and Esme, one in each arm, and rubbed her cheeks against ours.

She said she wanted to talk in her room, but what is she doing? Am I a teddy bear?

“Ugh! Still, th-thank you! Princess Nikea. I didn’t even know there was such a secret.”

“I also looked into it just in case… and there was a proper will left by Esme’s parents.”

“Huh? A will? There was such a thing?”

“That bad woman hid it.”

Nikea finally put me and Murmur down on the ground.

I can finally rest a bit.

“If she hid it… then…”

“Yes, Esme. As you’ve just thought, everything in the Bloodberry County is Esme’s.”

I already knew that, so it wasn’t really surprising. Even if I were to say this, no one would care about or believe the words of a ‘5th-grade elementary school demon child’.

“Then…! Then! Do I get the mansion too?”

“It was originally Esme’s.”

“The garden too? And Mother’s room?”

“Yes. Haven’t you been able to go in until now?”

“They said it was dangerous and told me not to go in, ah! Come to think of it, I can go into the storage room too?”

“Of course, it’s Esme’s house, isn’t it?”

Hey, what kind of life did you live under Aunt Colette?

“Then… then… I can give Pearl a proper salary too?”

“…You haven’t given it until now?”

“I was always told that I couldn’t receive the young lady’s pocket money.”

Pearl was Esme’s maid, right? She had a story like that too.

Esme smiled brightly and began to laugh, spreading her fingers one by one. She must be deciding what to do first from all the things she couldn’t do until now.

“Huuuahm… Murmur is tired. It’s too hard, it hurts. I’m going to sleep in my room.”

“You really worked hard today, Murmur… Shall I take you to your room?”

“W-Wait a minute! Murmur!”

I’m really sleepy, tired, and hungry.

Esme grabbed my hand tightly with sparkling eyes and spoke to me.

“Murmur… my mom said that if you receive help from a friend, if you are indebted to them, you must repay them.”

“It’s okay, Murmur. It’s enough for me to just be friends with Esme.”

I don’t want to make the already tangled situation even more tangled by saying I’ll get this or that and giving and taking.

I’m still very anxious.

“Don’t say that! Ahem! I, Esme Bloodberry, would like to officially invite Murmur, who shed blood and sweat for me, to the mansion.”

“Invite…?”

“Umm… it means let’s eat cake together, have a pajama party, laugh, play, and chat. We don’t have to be at the academy on the weekends, right?”

What is this? There wasn’t an event like this.

“Congratulations, Murmur. You get to eat your favorite cake.”

“Ah! I want to invite Princess Nikea too, would that be okay? I think it would be more fun with three people rather than two.”

“Oh my… that’s…”

Nikea was extremely happy but her eyes were strangely shaking.

“…Because Nikea is Esme’s friend too?”

“Yes! That’s right! Princess Nikea is a friend now too, right?”

“Ah! If that’s the reason, then anytime, you’re really welcome! What kind of pajamas should we wear? Should we buy new ones? I think it would be nice to wear matching ones!”

Nikea, smiling brightly, gently grabbed my shoulder.

What, why? What is it?

“Esme… imagine it.Murmur’s pajamas with fluffy wool would be so cute.”

“I don’t want to wear that ki-”

“Okay! Let’s do that! Murmur! We’re going shopping too? That’s great, right?”

Do I really have to wear something like that? Is this for real?

Is this an April Fool’s joke?!