Avoid Yandere Constellation - Chapter 38-1

Somewhere in an underground space.

There, men in black robes and grotesque masks knelt on one knee, their eyes looking down at the ground.

The high level leader of the Church, Ashard, who appeared to be some sort of martial arts master, looked them all over and slowly opened his mouth.

“So. Have you heard the news?”

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“Judging by your reactions, you haven’t. Birg’s assassination has failed and he’s been killed instead. Never did I think he would fail to kill David von Kane.”

At that, the members of the Church are all shocked in unison.

They should be.

Birg might be the weakest member of the Church, but his assassination skills were top-notch.

To think that he had failed to assassinate a single weakling noble, and worse, got his ass handed to him.

Ashard ignored their reactions and continued.

“Alright. Now, that being said, this is not why I called you here, so let’s get to the point: in a few days, the Royal Academy will be evaluating the students’ performance, and we will be carrying out the attack on that day.”

At that, members of the Church laughed harshly, their faces full of greed. Ashard ignored their reaction and continued.

“So. Don’t travel for a while, stay out of trouble, and take good care of yourself. That way, you won’t disappoint him.”

“”Roger that!””

“Then each of you may return to your posts.”

With those words, the members of the Church, except for Ashard, returned to their respective duties.

***

And so the weeks went by, with no unexpected crises.

In the meantime, several things have happened.

Firstly, the status bar.

David von Kane.

Age: 20 years old.

Talents: Game setting ability, death regression.

Talents: Magic, Delusion.

Points: 500.

Magic and Delusion were added naturally to my talents out of thin air.

No, Magic is understandable, but what is Delusion anyway?

Since I’ve been practicing Magic, I don’t find it strange that it’s been added, but why did Delusion even appear?

… Is it because of the image imagination?

That certainly makes sense.

That’s right, I image more efficiently than normal mages, so it’s not strange to have that trait.

In a way, imagining images is included in delusions.

But why is it called a delusion?

One would think he was a morbidly ill man who fantasized about beating his opponents before going to bed at night.

Well, talent aside.

The points are also down.

For obvious reasons, I earned a whopping 1,000 points after turning Ortin into a eunuch.

With that, I accumulated a total of 2,000 points, which I used to buy an item in the cash shop.

A permanent item!

In fact, it’s like a top-tier item on the Leiston Continent. It’s an item that’s rarely seen, let alone obtained.

It’s not even close.

In my heart, I want to take it out and lick it with my tongue right now, but unfortunately, I can’t because I’m in the middle of a lecture.

While I’m thinking about it, William yawns with an annoyed look on his face.

“Ha, ha. Then let’s talk about the performance evaluation.”

Finally. It’s been a long time since I was possessed.

It’s been almost two months since In fact, and the main episode of the game has finally started.

Hmmm. It’s a strange feeling, by the way.

I’ve been aware of the game world for a while now, but now that I’m about to go through the main episode, I’m even more aware of it.

When I’m feeling complicated inside. William said with a grim face.

“The performance evaluation will be viewed by the entire first year. Of course, it’s not done all at once, but in two parts, the first part and the second part, and it’s done in pairs, not individually. Does anyone have any questions up to this point?”

At his question, Jenny raised her hand.

“Me! Me!”

“Yes. Go ahead.”

“If you take the first round of assessments, do you gain any advantage over those who take the second round?”

Oh…a probing question.

Usually, Jenny is a prankster, and a bit of a talker, but this was an unexpectedly sharp question.

I’m the only one who’s surprised, and everyone except William looks at her in surprise.

William nods and answers.

“Well, of course there will be advantages. First of all, the ones who take the first assessment are doing a performance evaluation without any information, so to be fair, I’m going to give them extra points than the ones who do the second part.”

When the students heard his answer, they made faces like they were going to do the initial assessment anyway.

With a knowing look on his face, William continued.

“But that’s not necessarily an advantage. Sure, the first performance assessment will give you more marks, but it won’t make up much of a difference.”

Well, that makes sense.

Honestly, if you give a lot of points, students will be scrambling to get through the first performance evaluation.

Then the ones who are forced to take the second performance evaluation will complain to the academy that it’s not fair.

So if you’re going to give them extra credit, it’s best to do it in moderation.

In William’s words, most of the students let out a wistful sigh and looked troubled again.

Unlike them, Eileen remained expressionless and raised her hand to ask a question.

“I’m Eileen, Professor. And where do we take our performance evaluations?”

“Well, there is a training ground specifically arranged by the Royal Academy. Beyond that, in the interest of fairness, I can’t tell you.”

“Okay. I understand:”

“Okay. So that’s pretty much it, and from now until the end of the lecture, you can form your own teams with anyone you wish. When the evaluation date and groups have been formed, the group leader can report to my lab.”

With that, William bowed and left the room.

…That’s so raw.

As the professor in charge of the teaching staff, William was supposed to be in the classroom to give us a tutorial, but he quickly stomped off to his lab in the name of performance evaluation.

I bet that guy is probably drooling profusely and sleeping in his lab.

As William left the room, the students rose from their seats as if they had been waiting for this moment.

They turned to their best friend.

I guess it’s the same wherever you live.

In fact, even when I was in school on Earth, this kind of group performance evaluation was a national rule.

And here, too, people are doing the same thing with their friends, either because they have already completed the group or because they are short of one person.

But unlike them, I…

Why, Damn It, is no one coming?

Of course, students might be scared of me because of the fact that I’m Kane, but it’s been a month since school started.

It wouldn’t be strange if my first semester image had faded.

While I was fidgeting like a common nerd in class.