Becoming a Shadow in the New World

Chapter Twenty-Two: Nangong Nayue's Secret

"You stupid dog, shut up!"

Nangong Nayue felt as if a string in her mind had snapped. With a wave of her hand, she used a used towel to gag Sasaki Misaki.

"Mmm, mmm..."

After her mouth was stuffed with a towel, Misaki Sasaki couldn't speak and could only writhe in the air, making muffled noises.

Seeing Sasaki Misaki like this, Nanami Nayuki finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat down in a chair, took a sip of black tea, and had the chains bring Sasaki Misaki to her.

Setting down the empty cup, Nanami Nayuki leaned forward, stood on tiptoe, and brought her face close to Sasaki Misaki's...

Hmm… it seems that even when she stands on tiptoe, she is still not tall enough. After realizing this, Nangong Nayue immediately sat down again and snapped her fingers with her right hand.

The chair beneath Nanami Nayuki flew up until she was half a body taller than Sasaki Misaki before stopping.

After stopping, Nanami Nagatsuki looked down at Sasaki Misaki, opening her fan in her left hand to shield her face.

"Listen carefully, you idiot, I don't want a third person involved in this besides the two of us..."

Nangong Nayue paused for a moment and glanced at Roseweiser, who had been sitting by and watching them argue since the beginning.

Realizing she had been noticed, Roseweather could only offer an awkward smile and make a gesture in front of her mouth with her right hand to indicate that she wouldn't tell anyone.

After seeing that Roseweather said she wouldn't tell anyone, Nagatsuki Minami turned her gaze back to Misaki Sasaki.

"I don't want a fourth person to know about this, understand?"

"Mmm, mmm, mmm..."

Sasaki Misaki kept shaking her head, which made Nanamiya Natsuki notice that she seemed to be saying something. She reached out and used the chain to remove the towel from her mouth.

"Hmm... Ha, ha, Nazuki-chan, you don't want Sid to know that you sent it, hmm... hmm..."

Nangong Nayue's anger, which had been suppressed, suddenly flared up again, and she stuffed the towel back into Sasaki Misaki's mouth.

Use magic to summon a stack of documents and draw one out.

"Very well, you stupid dog, you seem to think you have something on me. I have to admit, I may have underestimated your intelligence. You were able to guess the general truth of the matter based on your years of understanding of me. But you don't think you can threaten me, do you? You've probably forgotten who covered up the trouble you've caused."

Nanami Nagatsuki really didn't expect Sasaki Misaki to know her so well.

Those who know her know that she is never an arrogant person. She doesn't think that helping her students would diminish her authority. On the contrary, she is very assertive and always speaks her mind when teaching her students. If students have questions, she will try to solve them face to face, instead of giving them knowledge in a roundabout way like she did with Sid. This time can only be described as an exception.

Why was Sid given an exception? This is probably the first question that comes to mind for anyone who knows her after learning about this.

Love? Shyness?

Get out of here! Everyone says they know her, and those who know her know that this possibility is the lowest. So there's only one answer: she's feeling guilty!

Only if something made Nangong Nayue feel guilty in front of Xide would she help Xide in such a roundabout way, and Xide himself might not even know about this.

It was also because of her guilty conscience that she helped Sid. After all, Sid's grades were neither bad nor good. The only subject he was truly at the bottom of was magic. He was in the middle to lower ranks in the other subjects. There were dozens of students like him, so it wasn't worth Nangong Nayue's trouble.

In Natsuki Minami's heart, Misaki Sasaki, her longtime friend, is one of the people who understands her well enough.

"Mmmmm!!!?"

Suspended in mid-air, Misaki Sasasaki froze after hearing Natsuki Minami's words.

She simply thought it was a good opportunity to tease Nangong Nayue, since she rarely saw Nangong Nayue in such an awkward situation, and didn't think too much about it.

But according to what Nangong Nayue said, there seems to be more to the story.

Seeing Sasaki Misaki's reaction, Minamiya Natsuki was also dumbfounded and swallowed hard.

"You stupid dog, you didn't think of anything at all, did you?"

Still in a daze, Misaki Sasaki couldn't help but nod. The next second, a magic circle formed by spatial magic appeared beneath Misaki Sasaki.

"Oh!"

After Sasaki Misaki was teleported away, Natsuki Minami couldn't help but bury her head on her desk, thinking about the stupid thing she had just done.

She's really stupid. She calls it a stupid dog, yet she still thinks it has intelligence.

"That, that month."

Nangong Nayue raised her head and saw that Roseweather, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, had somehow sat down next to her.

"What's wrong, Roseweather?"

Nangong Nayue was quite at ease with Roseweiser, the Valkyrie from Northern Europe; she was one of the more reliable ones among them.

Although they had only known each other for a few months, although this Valkyrie was usually rather eccentric, although she would give up on herself whenever the topic of marriage came up, although she had a bad temper when drunk and would become agitated, although she seemed very greedy...

Thinking about it that way, she doesn't seem very reliable after all.

"That month, thank you for your help."

Completely unaware of what Roseweather was thinking about Nangong Nayue, Roseweather was still expressing her gratitude to Nangong Nayue.

"help?"

Nangong Nayue was puzzled; when had she helped Roseweiser?

"Yes, thank you, Na Yue. If it weren't for you, Sid probably wouldn't have worked hard to study, and he would most likely have failed the next magic test. Then I probably wouldn't have won my bonus either."

The thought of this gave Roseweather a headache. If Sid's grades were all equally bad, she wouldn't be in such a predicament. But since Sid's magic grades were the worst, people might think there was something wrong with her teaching ability. In addition, since she was responsible for teaching magic swordsmen about magic, it was easy to imagine that most of the magic swordsmen's actual magic test scores were hovering around the passing mark.

"Oh, no need to thank me. I was the one asking for your help in the first place, so it would be great if I could help you out as well."

After casually replying to Roseweiser, what caught Nanami's attention now was something else entirely: how to make Sasaki Misaki forget what had just happened.

"You don't know, but the person I teach who gives me the most headaches is Sid."

Everyone else, even those without talent, are very hardworking. He's the only one without talent who claims it's his destiny. Isn't that just attributing his inability to learn magic to a lack of talent? I hate people like that the most.

Upon hearing about Sid, Nangong Nayue snapped out of her thoughts and back to reality.

"Um... maybe I really just don't have the talent. You know, there are some people in this world who just can't learn magic no matter how hard they try."

I know Sid quite well; he's a very diligent and hardworking person. He probably gave up on himself because he genuinely realized he couldn't learn it.

Roseweather rolled her eyes.

"That month, do you even believe what you're saying? Sid isn't an orc, and he can keep up with all the other courses except mine. He managed to get by with the books you gave him this time, but what about next time?"

Anyway, I'm prepared for a long battle with Sid. I don't expect him to graduate as a magic master, but at least I hope he doesn't get tricked by magic.

"Forget about that. Na Yue, you know so much about Sid, what exactly happened between you and Sid?"

A sly glint flashed in Roseweather's eyes. Women are all gossipy, and she was no exception. After watching for so long, it would be a lie to say she wasn't curious. All that she had said before was just to naturally bring up this matter.

Fortunately, Nangong Nayue wasn't jealous. She raised her head and stared at Roseweiser with a suspicious look.

"You...you said so much before, it wasn't just for this, was it?"

"Oh, Yue, just tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone."

Seeing that she couldn't get any information out of her, Roseweather changed tactics and started to act cute, although it looked rather strange for a mature woman to act cute towards a little girl.

"No way, I won't tell anyone about this. You can give up."

Unfortunately, this trick didn't work on Nangong Nayue. After all, if Nangong Nayue were to say that her relationship with Sid was very simple, it would be that she would watch Sid practice swordsmanship every day after school, even though Sid didn't know that she was watching. Giving her the magic book was just a reward for almost a year.

Ha, if she were to tell anyone about this, she'd either have to walk out of this office alone today, or she'd have to lie down and be led out.

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Witch's Savior

When he returned to the classroom from the office, none of his classmates seemed to have noticed that Sid had left. This was normal; who would care about a nobody who was practically invisible?

No, it's not that no one noticed.

In the corner of the classroom, a black-haired country girl waved to Sid when he returned, gesturing for him to come over.

"Good morning, Sid. What was the reason Roseweather called you over this time?"

"What else could it be? Of course, it's about grades."

"Oh."

Seeing that Asagi Lanyu had asked a question and then fell silent, Sid simply shrugged, indicating that he was used to it.

In Sid's eyes, Asagi Aiba was a pretty outstanding girl. Although she looked rather rustic, it was only because her glasses covered most of her beauty, making it impossible to see her true face. Her old-fashioned hairstyle also made her look gloomy. But this disguise was really not enough in front of Sid, who was a Shadow-level powerhouse.

In fact, with Sid's keen eye, he could easily tell that Asagi Aoi had a standard oval face. Her beautiful figure, which was hidden by her clothes, combined with her delicate features, meant that if she dressed up, she would probably be a beautiful girl no less stunning than Alpha and the others.

Not to mention, her talent is quite good. Unlike Sid, who only has a B- level talent despite training since childhood, she reached C+ in less than a year. It is estimated that many people have already set their sights on her. It remains to be seen what level she can reach in her third year.

"By the way, what brings you to class today? Has the matter been resolved?"

Sid couldn't help but look at Asagi with a questioning gaze. Her behavior last week didn't seem like she would be able to attend classes normally this week. In his estimation, it was inevitable that Asagi would have to take leave and work overtime this week.

Sid didn't know much about Asagi's job, and Asagi didn't like to talk about it much, but he still had some guesses. Judging from the amount of overtime and how the teachers approved the leave without even glancing at the leave slip, it didn't seem like the ordinary normal job that Asagi said. In fact, being able to work as a temporary worker in the management commune wasn't a normal job in itself.

Perhaps because she felt he wouldn't understand, Asagi would often take out her computer and type code in front of him.

Yes, she guessed right. He really couldn't understand it, but there were others who could. Did she think he wouldn't ask someone else?

So after he wrote down all the code, he ran over and showed it to Ita. Seeing Ita's shocked expression and constant exclamations of admiration, he realized that Asagi's skills were incredibly strong, to the point that Ita was astonished. Although he was too embarrassed to ask because of Ita's reaction, he still knew that Asagi's skills were exceptionally advanced, to the point that Ita was shocked.

"Tsk, what kind of look is that? You actually think I'd be stumped by such a small problem."