I Became The Academy Necromancer

n Fenden Ai, who was standing next to me.
Of course, she wouldn't know, so I shifted my gaze one more space to the side.

 

The butler who accompanied us to the basement explained to me with a bewildered look on his face.

 

“It is not specifically known to me, but I only know that it is a place where the old history of the Verdi family lies.”

 

“Old history?”

 

“Yes, that is why it has been forbidden to access for a long time.”

 

The butler glanced at me with eyes asking shouldn't you, the second son of the Verdi family, already know about it?

 

“Now that young master knows what he wanted, let's go back.”

 

He tapped me on my shoulder and gestured for me to come with him to the upper floors.

     

Thud! Thump thump!

 

But then, an ominous black liquid poured out from the gap between the door and the board.

 

“Hmm? This mansion is more interesting than I thought,” Finden Ai muttered with an intrigued tone while looking around with curiosity.
She couldn't see the ominous spirit trying to come out, but she must be able to feel a sense of unease, probably due to her animal-like senses.

 

Closing my face to the door, I calmly stared at the black ripples sticking out.

 

It was full of anger as if it would drag me in at any moment if I touched the ominous thing that was swaying as if it had an ego.

 

“Hmm.” After taking a short breath, I reached out my hand forward and Skram, who had been hiding, brought me my wand right away.
It was the same wand I used when climbing the North Whedon Mountains.

 

“Wand summoning… master's ability is hard to measure,” Ignoring Finden's muttering, I said while tapping the ground with my wand.

 

“Finden Ai.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Destroy it.”

 

Usually, when someone received such an order, it was normal to ask again.
For example, in the case of Skram, even though he was a ghost, he looked at me in surprise.

 

But Finden Ai was different.

     

“Okay!”

 

Without any hesitation, she gave all her strength to her foot and smashed the door as soon as the order came out of my mouth.

 

Bang!

 

The old door shattered into splinters and fell to the ground.

 

Dust and bugs poured out with a loud noise.

 

The servants, who were startled by the sudden commotion, came into the storage room, but it didn't matter.

 

Without paying attention to them, I covered my mouth with my sleeve and frowned.

 

‘The energy is strong.’

 

Even more uncomfortable than dust and bugs was the energy of the evil spirits that suffocated my whole body. 

 

‘It’s not a spiritual creature, but it has an energy comparable to that.
But it's also not clear whether it's an earthly spirit.’

 

But the Earthly Spirits usually exerted explosive influence in their territories.
So, this case seemed a little different.

 

If Grandma had been present at a time like this, she would have given me the correct answer right away.

 

Even though I was a little regretful, I took a step forward.

 

“Hmm? You plan on going inside?”

 

“If I don't, I won't get any answers.”

 

“Well, I guess that's true.
Master seems more intelligent than I expected.”

 

Finden Ai followed me, pleased for some reason. 

 

I lit a small fire at my fingertips and descended the stairs.

 

The more I went inside, the stronger the pushing force became, but I kept going.
In this intuitive power struggle, it was difficult for the dead to beat the living.
Because we had mass.

 

Thump, thump.

 

The underground stairs continued endlessly.
In the middle, I heard something from above, but it must have been Darius or Deia who came and cursed at me.

 

“But isn't it odd for the master to not know much about his own family?”

 

“Because I'm not the family head.”

 

Actually, not being the family head was not the cause, instead, I was not even a Verdi… I was not Deus. 

 

After giving much of my time in the study of magic and my research, how much could I possibly find about the Verdi family's history in six months?

 

So, I didn't know much about the Verdi family, which seemed to hide many strange things.

 

“Hmm, you're quite different from what I heard in rumours.”

 

“Rumours?”

 

I had nothing to do while descending the long staircase anyway.
So, curious, I asked Finden Ai, who shrugged her shoulders and answered.

 

“No, what I’ve heard from the maids who work here is that you’re a very horny man.”

     

“….”

 

“You even make them wear such vulgar clothes… But you never tried to touch me.”

 

It was ridiculous for me to say that I had never done anything to her because I had changed, and even if I said it, nothing would change.
After all, Fenden Ai was the type of person who believed in what she saw and felt herself, rather than rumors.

 

Instead, what I could do was give her advice.

 

“It's not a good idea to pass on the maids' gossip to the master.”

 

“I'm not going to stay here forever.”

 

“Still, it's better to be careful.
The maids are the information network of North Whedon.
There won't be any harm in getting friendly with them.”

 

“….”

 

Especially for someone like her, information gathering was even more important. 

 

Though I didn't need to add that information.
Even Fenden Ai would have realized that.

 

“Oh, speaking of that, I just remembered something.
Do you remember I went out on errands today?”

 

“….?”

 

“A very fancy woman asked if you were back.
She said she's your lover.”

 

“……Sigh.”

 

“It doesn't look like that but she told me stories of you visiting her place.
She said she'll be waiting for you tonight and will offer a lot of services.
She also wants to lick your ass…?”

 

I was not angry, nor did I react.
I just let out a calm breath and tried to suppress the throbbing headache.

 

What had this damn body done to be involved in all these troubles? 

 

Even if I managed to handle one thing, something else always popped up.

 

'I don't even know how many such rumors are circulating about me.'

 

I wondered if the rumors about me were the reason why my fiance, Erica Bright, who used to be so sweet and kind to me when I was a professor, suddenly requested that the academy dismiss me.

 

But if that was the case, why didn't the Bright family request to formally annul the engagement then? 

 

Or were they holding back for now just to save my face?

 

‘Well, they don't need to hesitate though.
It really is a useless consideration.’

 

While I was thinking so, we finally reached the end of the stairs.

 

But perhaps misunderstanding my silence as affirmation, Finden Ai couldn't help but ask in surprise.

 

“What, are you really going to go tonight?”

 

“Hey, I’m not going.”