In the conversation, I quietly took out more than thirty gold coins from my pocket and secretly stuffed them into his pocket while the other guards were not paying attention, and then I whispered in his ear. "These gold coins are for you, don't let that guy find out, understand?" "......Hmm!" He was surprised when he felt the weight of the gold coins in his pocket, but he quickly agreed.

That way, I successfully smuggled the Magic Sword into the Imperial City.

Before leaving, there was a machine that the soldiers had to pass through to inspect magic equipment. Fortunately, the Magic Sword was protected by the Magic Sword sheath, so it narrowly escaped detection.

"Ah, that scared me!" I grumbled. "It's all because of you, cursed sword. I have to be on edge just to enter the city gate."

If those guys had pulled the Magic Sword out from inside, the ominous aura of the Magic Sword could instantly make ordinary people within a kilometer feel a tremendous sense of oppression.

Afterwards, triggering the alarm and being taken away by the school... "All of this is so troublesome!" "Hmmm..." (What cursed sword? What is so troublesome? You still successfully deceived them, didn't you?) "Well, I did deceive them, but..."

With a mournful face, I reached into my pocket and took out the only remaining gold coin, asking, "Tell me, how are we going to get through this?" "Hummm..." (It's up to you. Besides, I don't need food anyway.) "But I do, otherwise... otherwise..." "Otherwise, what?" Under her pressing questioning, I revealed a desperately hungry expression and said, "I can satisfy my hunger with blood!" (But deep down I thought, Yukari's fair and slender neck must be very tempting, very delicious...)

"Pervert, you dirty wolf!" "Hey hey hey, don't be so rude, I'm just a little thirsty." It's normal for a demon without food to rely on blood to satisfy its hunger.

"Hmm, it seems like you're sexually thirsty, are you?" "...You make a good point, I'm speechless." She was right, I did have some twisted thoughts. Is there any privacy left if she knows everything I think? I expressed my displeasure with this, but she said it was an irresistible factor.

I wanted to laugh. So she had the right to hit me, but I didn't have the right to resist? However, she didn't answer back like that, but rather honestly said, "You can rest assured, I hit you because I wanted to, it's just my personal preference."

She actually admitted it...

In front of the school gate. "Hey, Paroni!" Even before entering the city gate, many people came to greet me. Sure enough, Teacher Fuyu was there too, but how did they know?

I pondered over it, and there was only one person who had complete knowledge of my whereabouts, that is... Teacher Ancestor!

I sighed. He had already anticipated my secret departure ahead of time...but...

"Is even the headmaster here to welcome me?" I pointed to the headmaster who was still wearing that peculiar golden mask as usual behind them.

Everyone (Yukari and the others) smiled at each other, and then Yukari stepped forward and explained the reason for the situation.

"In fact, the principal and Juxi... cough, I mean Teacher Juxi, they unanimously decided to form a team with the four of us to specifically carry out special missions."

"That's enough..."

The man in the white clothes protected Yukari behind him, which was Teacher Juxi who came up to me to introduce the next steps.

"Just as the principal intended, you and Yukari will form a team of four, and the specific tasks have been given to you by the Imperial City government. Just complete them and all daily expenses will be covered..."

"I'm willing!"

As soon as I heard that the meals would be free, I immediately agreed without thinking twice.

However, looking at the expressions of the others, it seemed like they thought things were going quite smoothly.

"Alright, from today onwards, you will be the first team of Beast Hunters!"

"Wait...wait a minute, Beast Hunters is the name of our team, right...?"

Looking at the somewhat annoyed look in Teacher Juxi's eyes, it seemed like my question had caused him some trouble.

Things were beyond my expectations...

"Of course not, 'Beast' refers to the noble class among the Orcs. In fact, you have been dispatched to the Northern Frontier to be responsible for the elimination of SS-ranked Beasts."

As he said this, he had a threatening look on his face.

"Remember, if Yukari is in danger, you must protect her with all your might!"

"Yes, I will protect her."

"If you encounter danger, even if it means sacrificing your own life, you must ensure her escape. Otherwise, I will personally dismember you! And then..."

Wait a minute! This tone doesn't sound like someone entrusting a person, does it?

Looking at the way Teacher Juxi gnashed his teeth, I couldn't help but feel like he held some grudge against me.

Anyway, fortunately the principal stopped him in time, otherwise I might have been torn apart for real.

Watching the principal walk away and seeing Teacher Juxi being dragged away by the ear, I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a shame..."

"What's a shame?"

The Magic Sword on my shoulder hadn't spoken in a long time. Suddenly, it smacked its lips and blurted out a sentence that startled me.

"Why didn't he just tear you apart!"

"..."

"Just kidding with you. After all, you're the only one I can talk to now, right?"

This remark from the magic sword did wake me up!

I was the only one who could communicate with my own magic equipment, which means communicating with spirits.

If I don't interact with her more, she seems to get bored easily.

"Oh, by the way, our mentor said he didn't see us in order to give you a surprise."

Chiyori rubbed her mouth with her index finger, as if she had forgotten something and suddenly remembered to tell me.

At the same time, a familiar aura swept over from above!

"Hmph, I won't fall for your tricks!"

After taking a step backwards, I directly inserted a short sword into the ground in front of me. I easily dodged the surprise attack and then looked up, feeling quite proud of myself.

"Haha, the same move won't work on me anymore..."

Next, she'll have to pull out the sword beneath my feet and perform a Rising Dragon Slash, right?

In my memory, that was her last trick. After all, I can't just abandon my magic equipment...

"Uh oh!"

A huge object buried me in an instant as I looked up, knocking me down to the ground.

"Hahaha, gotcha, Paroni!"

Unexpectedly, this massive wave came crashing down on me, along with the frequent use of a short sword.

"I told you, Paroni, not to use the same moves... You never learn!"

It was indeed her!

Qiu Caolan, my training partner in the Underworld.

Just two days since we last saw each other, she was still full of energy. This time, however, she was wearing the pristine white military uniform of Durma College.

Lan-jei, with her three stars on the badge, indicating she outranked us.

"Hello everyone, I'm Qiu Caolan from the former Gold Class. But that doesn't matter now! What matters is that I'm your captain..."

"Hey, is that your magic equipment, little buddy?"

As she spoke, her extraordinary perception discovered something suspicious about me.

But no matter what she said now, I couldn't focus.

Why should she be the captain? After all the training I went through...

Without causing any disturbance in the air, Lan-jei vanished from my sight, only to reappear with my Demon Cloud Sword and sheath in her hands!

"Oops..."

Yukari and NIn were astonished. She disappeared for a whole 0.2 seconds without any sign of disturbance.

Of course, I was the most shocked.

I didn't sense her attack at all. It felt just like that helpless feeling I had when I fought with the snake!

"How...?"

She was at least two to three times faster than when we first fought!

Lan-jei played with the Demon Cloud Sword in her hand, as if she intended to draw it from its sheath...

In my heart, Lan-jei, being that strong, touching my Magic Sword shouldn't be a problem, right?

However, something unexpected occurred.

As the Demon Cloud Sword left its sheath, black lines formed from the blade and shot out. Yukari and NIn were blasted away by the black aura.

Only Chiyori managed to hold her ground, while Lan-jei dropped the Demon Cloud Sword in surprise.

The black aura stopped spreading and receded into the blade only after I picked her up from the ground.

"Is this really the Demon Cloud Sword?"

"Yes, that's what Ancestor-sensei said."

Suddenly, I noticed a burnt scar on Lan-jei's right hand, most likely caused by the Demon Cloud Sword...

As the school principal and others said, wounds inflicted by the Magic Sword heal very slowly, even for demons. Under normal circumstances, Lan-jei's hand should have already fully recovered.

"Oh, by the way, Lan-jei!"

"What?"

"You should go to the infirmary with that condition."

"Huh?"

Thanks to my reminder, Lan-jei was surprised to see her hand covered in burnt flesh!

"Oh my goodness...!"

It took her so long to cry out in pain, and I hurriedly approached, grabbing her slender arm and heading towards the infirmary.

Crack-!

Just when the atmosphere was particularly good, Ryo suddenly descended from the sky, holding a dagger to my neck.

"You lascivious boy, let us handle this matter. You should step aside!"

"Well, I think it's enough for my little brother to help out. There's no need to trouble you all..."

"What do you mean 'we'? Does the captain mean we are outsiders?"

"Ah! That's not what I meant."

"Then hurry up and leave, it's not good if the wound gets infected with dirt or something."

Lan-erjie couldn't argue with her and looked at me with a slightly disappointed look, then went back to school with Ryo.

"It's really annoying, what does she mean by dirt!"

Ryo's words had a somewhat mysterious meaning...

I wiped the Magic Cloud Sword in my hand and stored it away, then stood up and stretched lazily, and said to the others.

"Oh well... Let's go back too!"