Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"Me? I've seen you twice? How come you don't have any impression of me?"

Are there any people that Cardin has met so far who are in the process of becoming a demon?

"Matthias also knows, and I also know, except for those who are related to the academy, there is no one else, right?"

I never thought that there would be such a person in the college.

"Who is that?"

Cardin asked cautiously, and Mathias seemed to be waiting for this question to answer immediately.

"Duchess Florian."

"Duchess Florian? Who's that?"

It was a name he had never heard of.

"Duchess Vanessa Florian. You saw her at the matriculation ceremony, too?"

"Entrance ceremony?"

"Yes. Don't you remember the person who gave us the last speech? He always wore a red dress and was very conspicuous."

Hearing this, Cardin immediately recalled.

Entrance ceremony and opening ceremony.

Both events began with oaths taken by faculty and student representatives, followed by congratulatory speeches from distinguished guests.

"The last woman's words..."

Instantly, the image of a woman came to mind.

"She's probably in her early 30s. She's a very gorgeous, eye-catching beauty."

Duchess Florian is remembered as a very charming and beautiful woman.

A charming figure who could keep the nobles who came to the academy glued to his speech.

"Does Duchess Florian have any tattoos?"

"On your back."

Mathias's answer made Cardin pause, his eyes widening.

"On your back?"

"Don't get carried away. I was at a party a few days ago and Duchess Florian was wearing a backless gown."

Seeing Cardin's panic, Mathias immediately explained.

So is it. What's so strange about the students at the academy seeing the Duchess's exposed back?

"Although I didn't see the whole tattoo, it is indeed a familiar tattoo. Speaking of Fram, I suddenly remembered it."

"The same tattoo as the one on Flame's hand?"

"Yeah. I remember it very clearly. It's the same as the wild boar tattoo on the back of Fram's hand."

But this is weird.

Why did the Duchess, who was neither a mercenary nor a knight, become a demon? Why did the demons demonize the Duchess?

"Is Duchess Florian a knight or a magician?"

"No. She's just an ordinary noble child. As far as I know, she has no fighting talent at all."

Mathias shrugged and ended the subject.

What benefits would Duchess Florian gain from becoming a demon? The more I thought about it, the more complicated it became.

Seeing Cardin frowning in distress, Mathias spoke again.

"What's wrong? Any idea about that tattoo?"

"No, it's not."

Cardin immediately came to his senses and shook his head.

"Then why are you so distressed?"

"Since they said they had the same tattoo, I wanted to find something in common between the Duchess and Flam."

It's not a lie.

It just can't tell all the known facts.

"If we just say that tattoos are related to demons, things might get complicated."

One day the demons will naturally show up.

Until then, it is best not to know the fact that the demons are operating in secret.

“Although we can share information in advance and let everyone be careful, if it’s Matthias, he might be the first to fight the demons.”

So it has to be hidden.

Even though Mathias has the best talent in the academy's history, he is currently only a six-star.

It will be difficult to deal with demons above the intermediate level.

"Anyway, thanks for telling me."

"If Esther-senpai comes back, please tell me too. I want to know how it goes."

"of course."

In order not to go further into the topic, Cardin ended the conversation.

"By the way, since you're here, let's train together. No one else will come except me anyway."

Mathias said, pointing towards the training grounds, and Cardin nodded immediately.

Because I only talked about tasks with teachers and professors all day and had not done any physical training.

"Okay, well, we haven't done physical training together in a long time."

Happy to hear this, Cardin immediately nodded and slowly relaxed his body.

"Ah, right. Cardin, what happened to what we talked about back then?"

"What did you say then?"

"A technology that can replace the magic sword and the Oly Sword. Have you ever considered it?"

Recalling the time when I was training with Mathias before going to capture Valentina and the Frost Troll.

Matthias thought of a technique that could defend against magic swords or Oli swords, and proposed it to Cardan.

Although I thought it was a ridiculous idea at the time, I thought that I would be at a loss if I didn't trust him, so I decided to act according to his idea.

"Although it didn't work out that day, I think if it were you, you might consider it again?"

Although he failed that day, Cardin thought it was worth the challenge and continued to think about it.

"I tried it a few times when I had time. Not sure."

"let me see."

"It's not ready for display yet. I'll show it after further improvement."

Cardin flatly refuses, saying it's too early, and Mathias seems a little regretful.

"Well, we have plenty of time anyway. Let's start training."