After I Stopped Sponsoring, the Female Leads Began Obsessing Over Me

120 – Emilia’s Conspiracy

Meanwhile.

A physical training room in the outermost part of Liechten.

Emilia Raymond crossed her training room under the gaze of sweaty men.

A large iron door placed in one corner of the training room.

—

When you push it, a dark staircase leading to the basement unfolds with a rough clanging sound.

— Ttogak Ttogak

Emilia went down the stairs without hesitation.

Soot sticks to her white blouse, but she doesn’t mind because it’s a familiar occurrence.

As she went down like that for a while, a sudden red light appeared in her vision.

A vast, ruin-like space with the building’s original elements exposed, as if two floors had been forcibly removed.

— Ttogak

At the sound of Emilia’s footsteps, a huge shadow crouching in one corner raises her body.

“… What is your year?”

The bright yellow eyes unique to a wild beast born with barbarian blood.

Giant, Jan Victor.

“Is that the giant new student, Jan Victor?”

“Every time you open your mouth, the smell of a woman fills my nose.”

“I have a story I want to tell you.”

“I don’t listen to women. Even if they are female.”

— Coo!

He closed the distance at once and immediately pushed Emilia into the wall.

But Emilia has a calm expression.

“Well, you probably won’t be able to turn me into a female.”

“… Huh! Contrary to what I heard, she is not a well-bred young lady.”

“I’m honored that you know me. More than that, I’m gathering people to join me in the promotion battle. I heard there’s no tank like you.”

“Don’t say it’s ether. Do you think this body will fall under someone else’s hands so lightly?”

“I know. I know. Some of you didn’t enter the ether.”

“What do you mean?”

Emilia’s eyes widened at Jan Victor’s words.

“I don’t know how your medicine business is doing well.”

— Quaaang!

Emilia turned her head to the side.

Huge blood vessels resembling wriggling snakes.

If you follow the end.

— Push shoo shoo!

Along with her harsh acting, the pillars of the building are dented by her fist, which is as big as a pot lid.

“Next time, I’ll punch you in the stomach. If you don’t want your insides crushed, you’d better answer right away. Where did you hear such a damn rumor?”

Jan Victor growls.

But Emilia just snorted, as if she was used to threats like this.

“How did you think that drug was imported?”

“… Could it be you?”

The surprise in Jan Victor’s eyes.

Emilia smiled as she looked at that.

“No way. Would Raymond Sang-san import drugs so openly? Well, I’m just watching and listening.”

— Patter patter

Jan Victor removed his fist from the pillar and shook off his hand.

“I’ll take a look. Go up. I’ll pretend I didn’t hear you.”

“I can’t go?”

“What?”

Emilia takes a step forward and strokes his pillar-like arm.

“I heard that you also quite dislike Black Angus, Ian.”

That was true.

Because he took away my closest companion.

But Victor’s doubts lay elsewhere.

“…Where on earth did you hear that?”

“Because it’s the same for me.”

Even though Emilia’s voice was gentle, Jan Victor flinched without realizing it.

She slowly opened her mouth.

“Promotion battle. Shall we talk about what we should do?”

◆

With the announcement of the promotion match, the atmosphere among the new students at the academy heated up.

When more than two people gather together, the academy becomes even more noisy as they talk about the promotion battle.

“… Are you really okay with me?”

Danya cried as if she was moved.

I smiled at her reaction without realizing it.

“Of course. Why not team up together?”

“Is everything obvious?”

“So you thought no?”

Danya’s cheeks turned slightly red.

“Oh, no. It’s not like that…”

Danya, after wiggling her fingers for a moment, opened her mouth.

” My grades are always in the bottom half, so I probably have less stamina…”

Stamina.

To be exact, the health of the shield is one of the characteristics of this promotion match.

All students who land on a deserted island are given something called a ‘protection shield’.

It is a similar concept to the ’emergency escape device’ used in the search for the Black Forest at the beginning of the semester.

If a student equipped with this device suffers magical or physical damage exceeding the preset damage, he or she will immediately rise into the sky and be excluded from the promotion battle.

In other words, the damage that the emergency escape device can handle is the health of the shield.

This ‘physical strength’ is distributed differentially, and of course, the standard is the order of academy grades.

In other words, it is a reward for those with high grades.

This is the academy’s clever plan to reflect both existing grades and actual skills in accordance with the ether promotion standards.

“Danya. Even if your shield’s stamina is reduced, it doesn’t mean the team will be eliminated. You don’t have to worry too much. In the first place, everyone called the concept of a team that way for convenience. They’re just people who promised to stick together.”

When you catch monsters or dangerous species in a promotion battle, they drop something called a ‘core’. The testers’ goal is to collect as many cores as possible.

Since each individual is evaluated based on the number of cores he or she has acquired, a team can be said to be like a group of partners who have entered into a contract for mutual distribution.

“I know that, but I thought that if the team I formed in advance falls apart, I might suffer a loss when joining another team…”

“It’s too much to worry about. And you’re mistaken, but I don’t have good grades anyway. Since I have the same skills that I’ve achieved so far, I need to form a team with you so I can utilize my attributes well.”

“So, Ian, you’re going to take me with you even if I’m weak?”

“That’s right.”

Danya lowers her head and taps the ground.

Her tail swaying gently.

She declared, raising her head calmly.

“Well, then Danya will specially team up with you!”

The corners of Danya’s mouth turned into a subtle smirk as she said that.

‘… I guess you didn’t just pretend to flip out because you wanted to be praised?’

“Well, why are you looking at me like that? I’ve never had any sinister thoughts!”

Yes. I don’t believe you when you say that’s the case.

“Who else are you going to take with you? Even if there is some time left, you need to get it quickly so other people don’t take it.”

Danya’s words, as she flicks her tail and bites her, are correct.

Once the announcement is made, you have to move quickly to secure good team members.

I was troubled for a moment.

If possible, you want to form a team with the highest power, but if you do that, your opponent may demand more core distribution.

In the first place, there is a kind of ability standard called ‘shield stamina’.

In addition, betrayal must also be considered.

Acquired cores can be stolen at any time.

It is said that forming a team with trustworthy people is more stable.

“First of all, I’m thinking of adding Lina and Sylvia as well. Since Sylvia is already an Ether, there’s a possibility that Aether can team up with her.”

If you pack it like this, your faith is certain.

“Isn’t it too wizard-oriented?”

It is as Danya pointed out.

The classic team composition is a combination of knight, priest, scout, and wizard.

This is especially true because there are many difficult and dangerous species on uninhabited islands.

But…

“There is no need to be too caught up in team composition.”

“Huh?”

“First of all, Danya, you can guide. Your senses have become sharper.”

I can trust Danya’s ability to find corpses in the north because she was certain.

In addition, since the uninhabited island we will land on is a rainforest terrain, Danya’s advantages will be even greater. It’s probably more overwhelming than most reconnaissance students.

“I am a tank.”

At this point, I think I’ll just accept it.

“I think it would be nice to have a teammate who can heal while sub-tanking…”

Of course, only a priest can do this.

Suddenly, bad memories of Julansic come to mind.

“First of all, Danya, can you please contact the rest of the kids? Should we do it together?”

Danya, who was looking up at me blankly, answered hastily.

“Ah, I understand! Where are you going?”

“I’m going to visit the church.”

◆

Deusism is the religion that boasts the most overwhelming power on the continent.

This religion, which spreads around the Holy Kingdom ‘Holy Constantine’ centered around the Pope, has two branches.

A group of saints who orthodoxly acknowledge the existence of saints and have no doubt that they are sacred beings who spread the will of God.

An anti-saint faction that cannot acknowledge their existence.

The confrontation and conflict between the two factions is quite significant, so much so that each faction has its own name.

The Saints’ Sect is the ‘Celeste’ sect, named after the first Saint.

The Banseongnyeo Sect is a ‘Numina’ sect, named after the person who established the doctrine and at the same time has the meaning of sanctity.

The place Ian headed was the outskirts of the academy where the ‘Numina’ church was located.

“Is this the place where I can listen to Numina’s teachings?”

Big tent.

A priest who was praying inside welcomed Ian.

“Welcome to visit, brother! You are truly a precious guest, and you know Numina’s name. Come and eat inside!”

The inside of the tent was clean but shabby at the same time.

Beyond the fabric that fluttered whenever the wind blew, there was a girl kneeling in the distance and praying.

Other than that, the scenery is quite empty.

This is because the power of the Numina sect is weak.

Compared to the Celeste denomination, which had a saint as its mascot, the Numina denomination always occupied a minor position.

There are no believers and no money, so a tent like this is all they can have, let alone a church.

‘But that doesn’t mean my skills are lacking.’

It was impossible for Ian, who was disliked by the Saints from the beginning, to seek out a priest from the Saints, even at the risk of being found out by Aria.

Of course, there is no guarantee that a priest will be available here in the Numina denomination.

It was more correct to think that it was impossible.

In Ian’s opinion, she did not have any connection between herself and the Numina sect.

But because they promised other rewards, the priests of the Numina sect had a strong tendency to be ascetic.

Still, I came here feeling like I was grasping at straws…

“Hmm.”

The priest’s eyes widened as he briefly introduced a few things to Ian.

“Brother…Are you really Brother Ian?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Ah! It’s an honor, brother.”

“…?”

The priest’s eyes were full of respect.