Chapter 50: Irregular

I turned my head away, avoiding the star-filled eyes gazing at me.

Why was Lisa here?

No, more importantly, how did she even transfer to the academy?

Lisa’s sudden appearance filled my mind with confusion.

Moreover, she was someone from a hundred years ago, just released into the world. The academy’s administrative procedures weren’t simple enough for someone with an unclear identity to enroll.

While I was lost in thought.

Professor Dominic said, looking at Elena.

“Lisa will be unfamiliar with the academy. Elena, please explain the academy’s system to her.”

He asked Elena, the class president, to guide Lisa. But the class president had a lot of responsibilities.

“Professor, I have a student council meeting today, so I don’t think I can…?”

Elena had to attend the meeting scheduled for today. Since all class presidents attended the meeting, it wasn’t a situation where Elena could be absent.

“Is that so? Then, Louis.”

“…Yes?”

“You’re the vice president, so you do it.”

…Me?

He shifted his target and asked me to guide Lisa.

It seemed he chose me, the next easiest target, since Elena couldn’t do it.

Seriously? He was just passing it on to me?

I couldn’t hide my bewilderment, but lacking a suitable excuse, I quietly nodded.

“I look forward to it, Louis.”

Lisa smiled brightly, oblivious to my inner turmoil.

“So, how did you get here?”

I bombarded Lisa with questions as soon as we left the classroom.

No matter how I thought about it, she couldn’t have entered the academy through normal means.

Worried she might have resorted to illegal activities, I asked her.

“Curious?”

Lisa asked back with a playful expression.

She seemed to enjoy teasing me.

“Yes, so tell me quickly.”

I knew the original story.

But I didn’t know much about Lisa.

After all, Lisa only appeared in the comic right before I possessed Louis’ body.

I didn’t know her story.

Or what abilities she possessed.

“My eyes are a bit special. So I used them a little.”

The reason why Lisa’s eyes were covered while she was asleep in the lab.

And the reason why her eyes, looking at me brightly, sparkled like stars.

Magic Eyes.

Her eyes possessed special abilities.

Eyes imbued with demonic power.

Owners of Magic Eyes were often ostracized in the past, considered ominous.

But their abilities were so exceptional that they often brought about tragic revenge.

Of course, only one or two were born in an entire era.

But they often possessed extraordinary abilities, as rare as they were.

I didn’t know the criteria for possessing Magic Eyes.

They were all born with them.

Perhaps because there were so few examples.

There wasn’t much information available.

But the important thing was that their abilities all originated from demons.

I didn’t know if demons actually existed in this world.

It wasn’t detailed in the comic.

But based on my experiences so far.

I thought there might be something similar to demons.

I suddenly remembered the rebels I fought recently. The man who swallowed something strange and transformed when cornered.

Horns sprouted from his forehead.

And his skin turned black.

There were various types of horns in this world, but.

The man’s horns were an unfamiliar shape I’d never seen before.

The ominously murky energy.

And the unsettling horns on his head.

They closely resembled the characteristics of demons from ancient scriptures.

“So, what exactly is that ability?”

“Hmm…. The ability to control others as I wish?”

…Wasn’t that a completely overpowered ability?

If one could use this ability to manipulate powerful figures as they pleased, how broken would that be?

For example, the Emperor.

What was it called?

Hypnosis? Brainwashing?

I didn’t know the limitations or extent of her ability, but.

It was clear that Lisa’s ability was beyond the norm in this world.

I looked at Lisa with strange eyes.

“Why?”

“You’re never going to use that on me, right?”

“…Hehe.”

She just laughed at my question.

Without giving a proper answer.

Oh really? Still not answering?

I continued to persuade her with a serious gaze.

“Alright, alright, I promise. I won’t use it on Louis…!”

Finally, after persistently pressuring Lisa.

I got her promise.

“…I want to try something, can I use it just once?”

“No.”

“Tsk.”

What was she planning to do?

I quickly stopped her from subtly trying to hypnotize me.

But she still seemed disappointed, unable to let go of the idea.

So, was it because of the Magic Eyes that she was chosen?

It was possible.

But I thought she might possess other abilities as well.

Magic Eyes were, after all, abilities limited to their owners.

In the comic, there was someone who forcefully ripped out the eyes of a Magic Eye owner.

And tried to transplant them into their own eyes.

But for some reason, it didn’t work properly.

In the end, the original owner, whose Magic Eyes were stolen, became blind.

Considering that episode.

It was highly likely that the power of Magic Eyes was limited to their owners.

Of course, the crazy scientist might have found a way.

“But why did you come to the academy?”

Suddenly curious, I asked Lisa.

Why did she come to the academy despite possessing such an overpowered ability?

Even taking such risks.

“You told me to try something I wanted to do. So I came here.”

I did say that.

Lisa started chattering excitedly.

“I always wanted to go to school. Wear a uniform, make lots of friends. Studying…hehe, I didn’t really want to do that though.”

“Then your wish came true.”

“Yes, all thanks to Louis.”

Lisa’s gaze was fixed on me.

Feeling awkward, I turned my head away.

I wasn’t used to someone expressing such direct gratitude.

Ignoring the intense gaze from beside me.

I continued walking forward.

And finally, we arrived at the gymnasium.

But as soon as I entered, a voice caught my attention.

“Ha…!”

In the middle of the gymnasium.

Someone was sparring.

And one of them had a familiar face.

Her name was….

‘Clarice, was it?’

I didn’t have a good impression of her.

Distorted justice.

I really disliked that type of person.

Lisa, seeing me staring at the sparring match, asked.

“Do you know her?”

“No, I don’t.”

I didn’t want to pretend to know her.

But there was something unusual about the sparring match.

Clarice was being unilaterally beaten.

“Shouldn’t we help her…?”

“No need.”

We weren’t children.

All academy students were adults.

And they were clearly sparring formally.

It wasn’t our place to interfere.

Although it looked like one side was being unilaterally beaten.

They were engaged in a legitimate fight.

But whether it was stubbornness or pride.

Clarice gritted her teeth and stubbornly endured the attacks.

That type of person, with their high pride, would never surrender.

Her opponent would soon realize.

That this tedious fight would only end when they made up their mind.

“Still….”

“Helping her would be more of a nuisance. Don’t interfere.”

Good intentions didn’t always reach the person concerned.

Unsolicited favors could only hurt them.

Bang!

Leaving behind the sound of a heavy blow.

We left the gymnasium.

Now that I’d shown her the gym, I had to show Lisa other facilities.

Just as I was about to move.

“Excuse me.”

“Hmm?”

I turned around at the sudden call.

But no matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t see who called me.

What? Didn’t someone just call me?

“Down here.”

The voice came from below.

I lowered my head.

A small girl, about the height of an elementary school student, was looking up at me.

Did she call me?

“Do you know where the administrative office is?”

“Ah, it’s that way…”

I pointed in the direction of the main building where the administrative office was located.

And to explain more clearly, I turned my head again.

But.

“…What? Where did she go?”

The girl who was next to me a moment ago had disappeared.

The girl who asked Louis for directions a while ago.

She walked in the direction Louis pointed, with leisurely steps.

“Hmm~”

Humming a tune, she walked as if taking a stroll.

“Was that little boy’s name Louis?”

The name tag on his uniform jacket.

She tilted her head playfully, repeating Louis’ name.

The boy definitely smelled of the treasure she’d hidden.

Moreover.

The pink-haired girl next to him also possessed quite a unique power.

“This will be fun.”

Chuckle

She chuckled in anticipation.

It was truly exciting.

To meet two Irregulars who had twisted their fate just minutes after arriving at the academy.

Excited by the prospect of seeing something interesting after returning to the human world after a long time, she walked towards the administrative office.