Reborn As Villain's
Chapter 42: The Exercise of "Barithim" is Only Kedok.

That night at the Estonian Academy's Mansion.

Dylan, Awin, Ritzia and Sylvia along with some students had already returned from her visit to the Lazarus Museum. Because tomorrow they have to go back to Algrand.

They immediately entered their rooms. Even though it is in one Mansion building. In fact, of course the dormitory for male students and female students in.

Male students and male teachers will rest in rooms located on the 1st floor. Meanwhile, female students and female teachers were on the 2nd floor.

After parting ways with the others, Dylan entered the room he was already a part of. As soon as he entered, he immediately put his body on the bed.

"Aah,..... His leg...... No better than a fall after a long day of sightseeing".

A happy face was seen coming from his face. But not for a long time, while staring at the ceiling of the room. Dylan's mind started to wander.

(Hmm...... I want to be as hard as I can think of it..... I don't know why there's nothing wrong with this activity...... But somehow the suspicious and unpleasant feelings kept bothering me...... Since we all arrived in this city).

Dylan then stood up and sat down cross-legged as his hands began to hold his chin as a sign he was thinking hard.

(I've discussed this with Kenji.... And and he feels the same way as me..... But, still we couldn't find any clues..... I have to admit, Frey-sensei is an expert at hiding things).

PYAR!!!!".

Not long ago Dylan was surprised by the lights that suddenly died, not yet there. He heard a sound like a window breaking in the aftershocks with the screams of a female student.

"YAAAAAA.....!!!!".

"That's a screaming voice?...... From sound..... It's from upstairs".

Dylan swiftly jumped from his bed opening the door and immediately ran as fast as he could.

Not only Dylan, Awin who also heard the voice also ran away leaving the other students in confusion.

When they got to the top floor they had a look around, until their view saw a group of students who were huddling standing in front of the room.

Not wanting to waste time, Dylan immediately ran towards the group of students.

"Dylan-san, Awin-san".

A schoolgirl who is none other than Lafia immediately calls Dylan as soon as she sees him.

"Fia..... What's going on here?..... And whose room is this?".

Panicked Dylan immediately asked Lafia in the hope that she would find out something.

"I don't know what happened...... But, this is the room that Claudia-san used..... And Claudia-san....... Claudia-san's been......".

With a sad facial expression and trembling words tell what happened. Even so, Dylan still did not understand at all.

"What's up with, Claudia...... Fia?".

With a little pressure from Awin. Lafia opened her mouth again with a slightly strengthened tone despite shaking.

"CLAUDIA-SAN'S... IT'S BEEN KIDNAPPED!!!".

""What do you say?"".

It took them a few seconds to really understand what Lafia was saying. Eventually, he began to understand everything.

That a female student had been kidnapped by someone tonight and that student was Claudia von Ritzburg.

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The panicked and shocked students and students were immediately gathered in the hall room of the mansion by the teachers.

However, not with Dylan and Awin who were actually in Claudia's room. The goal, to find clues that may be left by the perpetrator.

After looking around and watching every corner of the room. Dylan at least knows what happened. While he was thinking, his gaze was distorted after Awin called out to him.

"Annick.... Lookatthis".

Awin showed an object that looked like a small tube of iron. Curious, Dylan tried to smell the scent coming out of the tube. After being kissed, Dylan immediately closed his nose, due to his pungent smell.

"It's Halothane".

"I mean, the gas-shaped anesthetic used for Anesthesia in medicine".

"Yes, it's not wrong anymore".

"Did Aniki know how it works?".

"If I don't remember wrong......... The way this drug works is by lowering the central nervous system performance which will affect breathing and contractility in the heart..... So, when a person inhales this gas in high doses...... Then, he would instantly faint on the spot".

Hearing that explanation, Awin at least began to understand what had happened to Claudia.

"so yeah..... I know the chronological order".

Dylan immediately turned his head towards Awin, and without needing to ask Awin immediately answered Dylan's gaze.

"First, the perpetrators obviously numbered more than one person..... Second, the perpetrators deliberately turned off the electricity in this Mansion to disguise their existence in the dark....... Third, before entering the perpetrators threw this gas into the room just as Claudia was about to close the window...... Fourth, finding Claudia had fainted, they barged in by breaking the window and taking her away".

"And unfortunately, the sound of broken window glass was heard by the students from the next room..... That's why they hurriedly left...... However, unfortunately the students had seen them and shouted as loudly".

Awin and Dylan alternately reveal each other's conjecture of how the chronology of Claudia's abduction.

"Heeee...... I've guessed you two really have good intuition".

""frey-sensei"".

Frey's voice that was already standing at the door of the room immediately shocked the two. Seeing the two realize surprise due to his presence.

Frey fixed his standing position and with a serious look immediately spoke.

"I think it's time to tell you all........ Dylan, Awin please call all the students in 1-S and have them gather in my room..... There's something important I want to say".

After saying that, Frey immediately left Dylan and Awin who seemed to begin to understand in part what their homeroom teacher wanted to say.

In the room Frey used.

There were all 1-S students standing there. It wasn't just them and Frey, in the room was the Head of the Academy, Leon.

"So, Frey-sensei..... What do you want to say?".

Still confused by the situation and the reason they were gathered, Ritzia tried to ask Frey.

"All right..... It's time I told you the truth...... Or rather, it was Mr. Leon who would give an explanation".

Although he scratched his back head, Frey glanced at Leon as a sign that he would explain what happened.

"First, I want to say a big apology to you 1-S students...... And the second...... About the "maritime" activities that you have actually lived...... Just a cover and a reason we made up".

Hearing that, all of them were immediately startled and they all fell silent. The temperature in the room became very cold due to the tension between them.

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Now we go back to the conversation between Leon and Rufus before.

{This is about the alleged existence of some kind of illegal research facility that is underground in the city of Monarch...... Based on my team's investigation.... Not wrong again, the place was used as research and inhumane experiments that have occurred for many years.

"Reason?".

{Informan..... Found that several times there have been smuggling transactions of some human slaves who seemed to want to be used as rats...... It's not there yet....... We had found a place like ancient ruins that were used as a dumping ground for the bodies of the victims of the failed experiment}.

"Have you reported this to His Majesty?".

{Yes already, and well you know..... He was immediately angry and nagged about how bad he was himself for being negligent and late to know this}.

Leon then recalls the moments he, Hyoga, Rufus, Verna, Pavline, Lexia, Augnus, Alex, Frey, Olga, Liara, and others, and Monica, who was still part of the military of the Ingrid Kingdom, looked with concern at Conrad who seemed to regret the war between the Ingrid Kingdom and the Strost Kingdom which cost many lives.

After recalling the incident, Leon again asked Rufus.

"Rufus..... Do your spies or informants know...... What research activities are being conducted there?".

{This is just my guess....... But, if you ask...... Then I will not hesitate to answer they are trying to create an army of "Chimera" using the bodies of human slaves smuggled}

Leon was immediately surprised instead of playing hearing that, he could not say anything.

{Leon...... Only with this...... You understand what I mean, right?........ That place is...... The research facility has the Kingdom of Strost...... Which means....... Thousand Faces and Morgan Fin Forger....... Get involved in it}.

Leon's facial expression became very dark and bowed for a moment, he spoke again. And back to talking to find out why Rufus called her.

"So...... What's the real reason you called me?".

{Me and Your Majesty, agreed to ask you for help....... We want you to command a few disciples that you can trust..... To investigate and find this facility}.

"Huh?".

Leon is surprised by the unreasonable request from Rufus and His Highness Conrad who suddenly ask some trustworthy students to investigate and find this facility.

{Tanpa says whatever you know your answer to..... But, both me and His Majesty had no other choice...... You are...}.

In Rufus's viewpoint he was standing in front of the room window while continuously monitoring the situation outside.

{Since the death of Lexia and Augnus then you, Hyoga, Pavline and Verna who suddenly resigned from the Military...... The situation in the Military ministries of both the Chivalric Order and the Magical Order began to change drastically..... There is no one else that your Majesty and I can trust...... Not to mention...... Lately I feel like I'm being watched....... Therefore, not to arouse suspicion..... Then the only way is to ask you for help}.

"Seriously.... Well okay..... I'll help you".

While scratching his back head, Leon was willing to help. Hearing that, Rufus immediately breathed a sigh of relief and immediately apologized.

{Sorry to get you in trouble..... Although you are no longer part of Chivalric Order.}.

"Look off..... If you want to repay me.... Help me, to beat up Hyoga if we meet again....... That son of a bitch hasn't told you anything in almost 20 years".

{Hahaha..... Definitely..... Anyway, thank you...... You are indeed a reliable Deputy Commander of the Chivalric Order 1st Division..... Then, good night}.

"Yes, good night".

After closing his Protas, Leon then sat down and thought hard. He was thinking about who a group of students and teachers in the Academy could trust to carry out this mission.

Not to mention, he had to cover up this mission as if they were conducting a study. It took a long time for Leon to really think about who he could trust.

Until finally, he came up with an idea and a glimmer of hope.

"Not wrong anymore...... Only those kids and him can I trust"

With a look filled with confidence, Leon planned to discuss the matter of this mission to one of them tomorrow morning while at the Academy.

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Tok, tock, tock

"Come in".

Next morning. In the office where Leon worked there was someone knocking on the door. And Leon happily allowed that person to enter.

When the door opened, it turned out that the person who entered was Frey de Highland. The Estonian Academy's fighting practice teacher and guardian of class 1-S, the class where Dylan studied.

"Good morning, Mr. Leon..... Is there anything I can help you with?".

"Good morning.... Sit first".

Leon invites Frey to sit on the sofa chair there, while Leon sits on his desk chair.

"Sorry before..... Because this early in the morning, I called you here, Frey".

"If you call me or Alex this early in the morning, alone without your assistant Sarah..... Then that's a very important thing, right?".

"Yep, you're absolutely right".

Without hiding any intentions Leon said that Frey's allegations are correct.

"Then what is it?".

"So here....... I'd like to ask you for something, not more precisely you and the entire 1-S students who were built".

"Hm?".

A flustered Frey raises one of his eyebrows, so Leon goes back to talking and explains what request he meant overall.

Frey carefully listened carefully to the explanation Leon gave while continuing to think.

"The big line, I understand........ But, are you and Rufus-san really sure to hand this mission over to us?".

Despite understanding everything, Frey again asked Leon about his seriousness to ask for help to himself and all students of class 1-Sinanya.

"It's only natural that you doubt it...... I can understand that...... The thing is, this is not just a request from me and Rufus...... But, also the wishes of His Majesty Conrad himself....... And when I thought hard last night...... I don't know why it was you and your students that kept coming to my mind....... And I'll feel calmer if you do...... Given that this mission must be kept secret..... Thus, the people who carry out this mission are those who have a poor relationship with other students...... In particular they were children of nobility who received less attention than others...... Based on both....... Then there are no other students besides the 1-S students you built".

Leon explains why he chose Frey and all the students in class 1-S. Even so, Frey asked again.

"If we accept this mission....... Forget about Alex, Alberto, Dominic, Jason, Liara, Olga, and Elsa......... Still, there will be suspicion from the teachers and other students..... About us who suddenly disappeared to carry out this mission..... How can we keep this mission from arousing suspicion?".

"On that, I've thought about it...... We're going to Monarch under the pretext of doing "Judges"..... That way, the teachers and the students would not be suspicious at all...... Of course, to make this convincing..... We're really gonna train them there".

"Heeeeee".

Frey casually responded and understood Leon's plan to conduct maritime activities as a cover for their mission.

"But....... We still have one more problem, Mr Leon?".

"Hm?..... Whatisit?".

"It's about Dylan and Awin".

Leon raised one of his eyebrows as a sign of confusion from Frey's words.

"Forget about, Ritzia's daughter and the others...... For 3 months I trained them all..... I realized that Dylan and Awin had sharp intuition..... More than students in general..... Even so, we are desperately trying to hide this mission from them..... Sooner or later, the two boys must have felt that something was wrong and assumed that we were hiding something".

"Hmmm....... I can understand your anxiety..... But, you need to know..... I have no intention of hiding this mission to either...... At the right time later...... I'll tell them all myself".

Leon stated that from the beginning he did not intend to hide anything from Dylan or his colleagues. And he did intend to tell them at the right time.

"Then, one more question".

Frey then glanced at Leon with a sharp look and spoke back.

"What mission did you give us as Leon the "Head of the Estonian Academy"...... Or Leon the "Deputy Commander of the Chivalric Order 1st Division".... ?".

There was silence between the two of them for a moment. Until Leon la broke the silence.

"This mission I give to you as Leon the "Vice Commander of the 1st Division of the Chivalric Order"...".

Hearing that, Frey swiftly stood up straight to Leon and immediately gave him a military salute.

"I am Frey de Highland ready to carry out this mission..... And promise not to disappoint you, sir".

Leon then stood up and gave a respectful greeting before he returned to speak.

"Then. Execute".

"Ready, carry out".

By maintaining his military stance, Frey responded to Leon's request and promised to do well.

A few days later. All students of the Estonian Academy travel to the city of Monarch to conduct maritime activities as a cover of the investigative mission they receive.