The Academy's Weakest Became A Demon-Limited Hunter

Chapter 197-201: Teacher (1-5)

"Merlin, what should I do?"

The colors of the once vibrant garden had since turned green. The sweet scent of spring had long since departed.

Around the time when the freshmen were getting used to academy life, Princess Snow White felt depressed.

White was sitting on the dry grass, leaning against the base of a tree near Orphin Hall, expressing her troubles to Merlin Astrea, who was standing right beside her.

It was a usual affair. Merlin was now unsure whether to consider this a part of her duties as a knight escort.

"It's because of me that Senior Isaac is suffering from malicious rumors... rumors that he's a player. I didn't mean it in a romantic way. I meant that I liked him out of respect... that was what I meant in my victory speech, but I never expected things to turn out this way..."

White, shook her hands tremulously, her face stricken with grief.

It was about the beauty contest held during the Grand Festival.

White was chosen as the Goddess of Beauty at Märchen Academy during the Grand Festival, having won first place.

It seemed that her victory speech, dedicating her honor to Isaac, whom she trusted and respected the most, was unintentionally conveyed with a different meaning to the students.

─ 'I... like this person the most in this academy. I dedicate all this honor to "Senior Isaac".'

The expression, "I like this person," was the problem.

"Like," or, "Love".

Students love sensational topics, and many knew how attractive Isaac, the male student, was.

With a handsome appearance, outstanding talent, abilities, diligence, a promising future, and maturity beyond his years as a student... it would be a lie to say many female students did not find Isaac attractive.

However, as Luce's intimidating aura was so strong, most female students had no choice but to suppress their budding feelings.

White used the phrase, "I like this person," which ignited the fire among two female students, Luce and Dorothy, who were already heavily involved with him... This rekindled the rumor that had died down last year of, "Isaac being a player".

As a result, White's victory speech naturally came to be seen as her expression of "Love" for Isaac.

It wasn't that Isaac did not seem like a potential romantic interest, but the feelings White had when she looked at him were much closer to "Like".

I should have been more careful with my words...

White regretted it for days.

Without even knowing it, Isaac even got into a fight with the Priestess and was seriously injured. When White was called in as a person involved in the incident, she heard that the Priestess had brought up White and staged a drama.

Isaac must have fought with the Priestess, the ruler of the Eastern Nation and a genius with Grade S mana, for her sake.

Naturally, White felt tremendous guilt over everything. That was why she ended up confiding her troubles to Merlin.

"That should be okay, right? The Sir Isaac I know is a thoughtful person. Someone who would not be disappointed over such a matter..."

Merlin couldn't finish her sentence.

It was a terribly dishonorable rumor, after all.

If Merlin herself had been the subject of the rumor that she was a player, she would have immediately wanted to find and cut down the person responsible.