The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World

Draft Dodging (Part 1)

***Greg***

When I emerged from the Saint's Tower, what greeted me were...soldiers and armies?

"..."

What the heck? What's an army of succubi and incubi doing here at the streets of the Saint's Tower? Did a war start while I was gone?

As I walked past the gates of Alexa's tower, I could feel the stares of the incubi soldiers on me. Of course, it was expected. Unlike most of the people I see on the road, my ears were round, as I am human. Demon ears were pointed, though shorter than those of the elves. In any case, as the Conclave was only on the other side of the avenue that dissected the city, I hurried to get to the demon school, not wishing to attract any unwanted attention to myself.

But, as it turned out, my efforts were in vain. The Biorno army had surrounded the Conclave, and built fortifications to strengthen their positions. I won't call it a 'siege' just yet; they were still allowing goods to go in and out of the school. However, the incubi soldiers were inspecting the people who passed their checkpoint.

"..."

Well, it's not like I did something wrong to them. Though, if the push came to the shove, I might be forced to use my god-powers once again to scare them off.

"Papers, please?" an incubus sentry asked for my identification the moment I reached their checkpoint, placed some distances away from the Conclave's gate. Not wishing for a fight (and the soldier was polite anyway), I complied, though I could feel my heart as if it was about to burst. "So you are Greg Santos, a human scholar at the Conclave, eh?" the young sentry looked at my face, carefully scrutinizing my features to make sure it matched the description on my papers. "It's pretty rare, but we do get human scholars here from Chersea occasionally. Anyway, you may pass, Sir."

"Thank you!" I smiled with relief as he handed me back my documents. And I also took the time to ask the sentry what's going on.

"Where were you in the past few days, Sir Scholar?" the soldier asked as if I just said something outrageous. "Don't you know that your previous head scholar and our overlord, Emile Biorno, was murdered by a student?"

Blood drained from my face as his words sunk unto me, "W-What? Why?"

"We don't know as well, Sir Scholar. Our lords are inside, talking with the new head scholars about surrendering the murderer to them. And we're told to surround the Conclave for the meantime, probably to force the new head scholars to comply to their demands."

"I...I see..."

"Ah, in any case, Sir Scholar, please continue on your way. Our captain might see me talking to you, and I'd get reprimanded."

"Alright, thank you for what you said. Please stay safe, brother," and with that, I crossed the proverbial 'no man's land', and headed to the other side, where the soldiers from the Goblin Legion welcomed me.

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***In one of the classrooms of the Conclave...***

Although the new school administration wanted normalcy to return to the Conclave after the recent tumultuous events, one could still feel the effects of those tragic incidents. For one, several faculty members were removed, after being implicated in the Dormitory Massacres. The vacated subjects were distributed among those who remained, as a 'stop-gap' measure to the lack of teachers. Of course, the demons didn't take that lightly, for they were used to teach only one subject when they come to class.

"..."

And with the disappearance of the Special Scholar who started the reforms, the members of the faculty reverted to their old ways of teaching, leaving some classes without a mentor. The 'stand-off' between the Goblin-Usarved army and the Biorno forces outside didn't help the situation either, for the teacher-applicants were afraid to come because of fears of a renewed conflict close to the Conclave.