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The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide

Chapter 254: I Forgot

Having been led by Lime to a separate room, we sat in chairs, and for a moment, silence enveloped us.

“Well, why did you call me here?”

Impatient with Lime’s lack of speech, I sank deeper into my chair and crossed my legs, inquiring about the reason for my summons.

“Hey. I’m your teacher, you know? Why do you have such a big attitude compared to me?”

“Is it because I’m taller?”

“Are you making fun of my height?”

“Not at all. I’m just stating a fact. I’m one of the taller guys here, so it’s true. I would never poke fun at you.”

While my current height is about 180 cm, Lime isn’t even 150 cm tall.

So, objectively speaking, Lime is indeed on the shorter side, and it’s only natural that she appears even smaller next to me.

“Hmph! Even if it wasn’t meant as a jab, it’s still your fault for bringing up my height! Plus, I’ve always thought, you’re way too carefree! You should be more supportive of me and participate in academy events!”

“Are you talking about the martial arts tournament?”

“Well, who knows! But if you think so, then it must be what I mean!”

“Hmmm. But wasn’t it said that even you had a pretty free-wheeling time back in your student days, Lime-sensei?”

“Ugh…”

“Like blowing up classrooms claiming it was a magic experiment, or slipping weird potions into classmates’ meals…”

“Grrr…”

“And what was it again? Using your height as an excuse to evade responsibility? The go-to line was, ‘I’m small, so I didn’t really understand~’ wasn’t it?”

“Why do you know so much about this?!”

“Hehe. Well, why do you think that is?”

The reason I knew so much about her student days was that I had witnessed Lime getting chewed out by Semari for that very reason in a past life.

That was during my eleventh rewind.

Enchanted by the idea of becoming stronger, I had skipped school to dive alone into dungeons, living a free academy life without anyone giving me orders.

During that time, Lime was also my homeroom teacher, and since she became stressed from my absenteeism and lack of participation in events, she consulted her superior, Semari.

However, apparently, Lime had acted rather freely back in her school days too. Perhaps recalling those times, she got chewed out by Semari, who reminded her that she was the same, and she ended up apologizing tearfully.

“Well, whatever the case, I got permission from the headmaster to do things my way, so how about we drop this subject?”

“Uggg… Fine!”

It seemed that mentioning I had the headmaster’s permission was a decisive blow, as Lime said that grumpily and finally began discussing the main point of why she called me.

“The reason I brought you here. First, let me check. What have you been doing during summer break?”

“I went home to rest, obviously.”

“Really?”

I didn’t know why I was being doubted, but I had only told my father about going to Saramāju, and I had prepped Fiera and Iris to agree I’d been at Valentine Duchy since the beginning of summer vacation. So even if I lied here, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

“Yeah. But let me ask you back, why am I being suspected?”

There was a possibility that Kamael had talked about that matter, but he wasn’t the type to spill the beans easily, so that chance was quite low.

In that case, I was perplexed as to why I was being suspected and asked about it.

“Do you know a male student named Shudo from Class B?”

“Shudo? Yeah, I know him. What about it?”

“Where did you meet him?”

“At the welcome party. My fiancée, Iris, helped him when he was being harassed by an upperclassman from another kingdom. He introduced himself then.”

“Hmm. Any other contact?”

“Not really, I guess.”

The truth was I had beaten him up back in Saramāju, but I avoided mentioning that to steer clear of trouble, focusing only on the meeting at the academy.

“Then you didn’t bump into him during summer break?”

“Not at all. If you’re curious, you can check with Princess Sharueina, who was with me at Valentine Duchy. That should prove I haven’t met that guy.”

“Princess Sharueina, huh…”

The reality was that if Shudo had talked about the Saramāju incident to Lime or the other teachers, it could be a bit dangerous. But even if he did, without solid evidence, we would all have our stories straight, making it more likely they would see Shudo’s tale as a lie.

“What exactly are you confirming?”

“Hmm. About a month ago, that student I just mentioned, Shudo, was found in the academy’s back garden.”

“And?”

“He didn’t have overall injuries, but his right arm and magical organs were damaged by someone, and it looked super unnatural.”

It was likely that Sephiria had healed his minor wounds but didn’t fix his arm or magical organs. If he was found in that state, it would indeed seem strange.

(Hold on, is this story hinting that Shudo was found on campus and somehow I’m being suspected because of that?)

Speaking of which, I had completely forgotten that when he got close to Valentine Duchy, I had warped him away somewhere in the academy just because he was annoying.

“And the ones who found him were students still at the academy. When they helped him, he supposedly murmured your name.”

“Ah, I see…”

Finally, I comprehended why everyone had been looking at me since this morning.

To wrap this whole thing up, a severely injured Shudo unwittingly muttering my name led to speculation that I had something to do with it, and as those students talked to others, it morphed into rumor, resulting in the glances I’d been getting since dawn.

I mean, I already stood out thanks to Fiera and the others, but getting exemptions from classes, permission to enter dungeons, and defeating Ride, the top of our grade, yet still ranking last at tenth in Class S just made it easier for weird rumors to spread.

Given the groundwork for such gossip, it’s no wonder that with rumors emerging about Shudo, the way people looked at me turned suspicious, while their gazes toward Fiera and the others shifted to pity and sympathy.

“Well, I get the situation now, but it still has nothing to do with me. Even if I were involved, what could I possibly say about how I transported that student to the academy from Valentine Duchy?”

“Hmm. True. If you could use ancient magic like space-time magic, it might have been possible to teleport him, but there’s no way you have such ridiculous power, right?”

“Haha, exactly. As a magic user, I’m intrigued by space-time magic, but unfortunately, there are hardly any books about it, so it’d be impossible for me.”

“I thought so.”

Whether out of good or bad intuition, Lime was hitting the nail on the head unconsciously, but apparently didn’t believe I could actually use space-time magic.

“For now, that’s all I wanted to say. I understand now that you’re not involved and wouldn’t be able to be, either. The discussion is over, so you can leave.”

“Got it.”

“Oh, wait.”

“What now?”

Just as I was about to place my hand on the door to leave, Lime spoke up as if she remembered something, so I paused and turned back.

“About the dungeon practice, is it alright if your group has three members?”

“That’s fine, but is that just to balance the numbers?”

“Exactly! We can’t split evenly without Kamael around, right? Plus, since Lewis often dives into dungeons and has strong abilities, I thought it would work out for you.”

“I have no problem with that. By the way, where did Kamael go?”

“Who knows? I haven’t heard the details, but I did hear he doesn’t know when he’ll be back, so it might be from another country.”

It seems that Lime genuinely didn’t know the details either, and she had no clue where Kamael was.

“Is that so? Well, I’m heading back now.”

“Yeah, bye-bye!”

And so, smiling at Lime as she waved me off, I opened the door and headed back to the classroom.

 

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