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There was a reason why I called Professor Ilya. Because Theresa’s counseling professor is Ilya.
“I’d like to ask you for a consultation about my study.”
Professor Ilya nodded. “Let’s go to my lab.”
Mimosa smiled awkwardly and untied my arm with desperate hand movements. “G-greetings, Professor. I have a consultation with my counseling professor… Then I will go!” Mimosa almost ran away.
Ilya chinned me with an expression of no interest in Mimosa.
“Let’s go up.”
“Yes, Professor.”
He looked at me indifferently for a moment and turned his head. He seemed to feel strange seeing Theresa, who had been desperately avoiding him like Mimosa, approaching first and showing active behavior.
While moving to the lab together, I also checked Ilya’s character information.
[Ilya Bernstein]
Age: 30
Height: 194 cm
Birthday: January 31st
Likes: Silence, books, research
Dislikes: Noise, ignorance, angels
Likeability: 5
Professor Ilya’s heart gauge was completely empty. Perhaps because of the shock of seeing a black heart just before, Professor Ilya looked like an angel to me.
Click. Professor Ilya opened the door and said, “Come in.”
“Yes, thank you.”
I had a pleasant smile on my face until I sat down on the soft sofa under his guidance.
“So. Do you have anything to say?”
Dark green eyes with cool energy stared at me indifferently. It was a strangely familiar look. His gaze was as if he looked at not a human but a small ant that would burst and die if you pressed it with your finger.
Ozworld… That bastard looked at me with the same gaze.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Scion of Black Flame’ has sponsored 1,000 coins.]
[Lowly clown BJ, I have a question. Why does this professor hate angels?]
What is this concept?  I slightly frowned at the appearance of the strange Constellation, then paused.
<God’s Play> is a worldview where gods, angels, demons, and magic beasts exist. And the setting that each system in which they lived maintained a distance of a far-distant dimension so they couldn’t interfere with each other. However, due to some incident, the dimension distance became rapidly closer.
The twins of ‘Archangel Ilya’ were involved in the incident and died due to the angel’s trick, which made Ilya himself banished to the demon realm. Archangel Ilya fell and engraved a new name on his soul. That’s how the archdemon [Abllo] was born.
“…”
I lost my smile sharply. It was because I suddenly realized that the man before me wasn’t a human professor but a former archangel and current archdemon.
It’s… going to be okay. After all, this man’s real purpose is to destroy the angels and the celestial world anyway. He has nothing to do with me. Although, in order to do so, the human world, the only intermediate passage to the celestial world, must first be overthrown.
Ilya’s revenge was slowly being completed over 100 years. Valhalla is a magic school to nurture powerful wizards who would kill demons and protect the human world. However, it wasn’t a powerful wizard that could save the world, but the existence of a proper female protagonist. Because Ilya’s bad ending would be the destruction of the human world.
I was a fool who didn’t notice that I was following a tornado while thinking I was safe. As long as there’s no black heart, Professor Ilya won’t kill anyone just because they’re stupid. So I should never offend him!
I tried to maintain a calm attitude so that I won’t cause a black heart. However, no one could ever be calm when they were alone in an enclosed space with a murderer.
<God’s Play> isn’t such an unkind game that will make you die from the beginning… Still, I can’t predict what will happen to Theresa.
Even if Profesor Ilya is a being who could easily turn a handful of human beings into ashes, since his heart gauge was empty, there was no reason for me to become ashes yet.
“Theresa Squire, I don’t like wasting time.”
“I’m sorry!”
I dared to come up with a place before I became ashes for daring to waste the archdemon’s time. Ah! As usual, Effort never betrays you. When I was desperately thinking, I remembered something.
I hurriedly took out the magic book from my bag. I always carry it with me to read these days, but I didn’t expect this to be so helpful. Even the book I was reading is my major book <The Attributes and Understanding of Magic I>.
“There is something I couldn’t understand while reading.”
Professor Ilya glanced at the book, then raised his gaze and stared at me. “It’s a second-year textbook.”
He was saying as if it made sense for a fourth-year student to bring this book and ask about something they didn’t understand.
That’s because Theresa didn’t choose this major because she was interested in or talented in attribute magic…
Ilya is a genius wizard who had never appeared before. The major magic he taught was called ‘attribute magic,’ so it was a very difficult and demanding discipline. Thanks to that, Ilya’s direct disciples were only the student council president, Clyde, and Theresa, who followed him.
Theresa wasn’t an intelligent wizard but more a physical one, so studies such as attribute magic were difficult for her. That’s why her grades were a mess. It was doubtful whether she could graduate.
Professor Ilya didn’t express further doubt as if he was fully convinced as he knew Theresa’s grades had gone to the other world.
“How much did you understand?”
I opened the end of the book and pointed to a paragraph. “This part. Attribute magic is magic that deals with elements’ properties. Still, I wondered why black magic and white magic other than water, fire, earth, and air couldn’t be used. In theory, shouldn’t it be possible to use white magic and black magic, which are said to have been lost since the ancient kingdom of magic?”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Sorry, I don’t get it’ has sponsored 1,000 coins.]
[Uurgh… please summarize it in 3 lines…]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Best Hiphop Artist’ has sponsored 1,000 coins.]
[Wow… Do you know how to rap?]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Professional Instructor’ has sponsored 1,000 coins.]
[I thought she was the MC villainess, not a BJ villainess.]
Professor Ilya explained. “The contents of that part will be covered in <The Attributes and Understanding of Magic II>. The ancient kingdom of magic cannot be covered in just one chapter.”
The book <The Attribute and Understanding of Magic II> means…
“It’s the third-year curriculum.”
I knew it. I found myself in a terrible situation where I became a person who proudly confessed my ignorance and insincerity in front of my professor.
Ilya asked, flipping through the magic book I brought, “Did you understand everything?”
“Yes.”
In my answer, he put on a look of thought, ‘It can’t be that way.’
“Let me ask you a few questions.”
“…!”
I’m suddenly taking a test? I was nervous and anxious about his questions. However, the questions were easier than I thought. Still, it seems that he asked questions out of consideration of my level.
When I answered the question without hesitation several times, Professor Ilya nodded with an expression of understanding the level.
“What book did you read during vacation?”
There was much to say, so I said about five books except basic magic books.
“Did you understand everything?”
“I think that’s pretty much the case.”
Magic was oddly similar to making a game. The rune language used in magic felt like a programming language used in the game. The process of linking the runes into magic circuits and constructing the formula was like coding. When you inject mana into the completed spell, the magic manifests itself as if the game were running.
Is that why magic is fun? It followed a familiar formula but was decisively different when it materialized. Magic was a study that seemed to combine flawless mathematics and ecstatic art.
After conversing about my favorite topic these days, I felt a little relaxed. But that didn’t mean I wanted to stay in the lab. I want to go out now.
Professor Ilya casually asked when I was measuring the timing to get up. “So what’s the real business?”
Ugh. I almost bit my tongue. He must have noticed that the book was just an excuse. Then why didn’t you just let it slide? If you were going to pretend you didn’t know, don’t tell me until the end. It’s not like I’m making fun of anyone.
I was forced to tell the truth as I rolled my eyes. “Actually, I was in a bit of a difficult situation earlier, but I was glad I could run away as I saw Professor… I’m sorry.”
Ilya narrowed his brows. “So you ran away to me?”
“Yes…”
The place I fled to is the archdemon’s laboratory. It was one of the worst.
Professor Ilya suddenly stood up, took out three magic books on the bookshelf, and put them down in front of me. “Read all these and come to me if you don’t understand anything.”
Huh…?
Professor Ilya’s act of lending a book was a representative action that appeared when one heart was filled. Embarrassed, I checked Professor Ilya’s likeability.
[Likeability: 1]