ăThe lecture is temporarily cancelled due to the Professorâs circumstances. Assignments can be received from the Teaching Assistant.ă
As I was sitting in the âExploring Fairiesâ lecture classroom, the Assistant Marmar came and wrote this on the blackboard.
The first lecture ended short while the second one got cancelled. I wondered if things were really okay, but there was nothing I could do about it.
It seemed that Professor Stella would be kicked out of this school soon. This was troublesome for me as I barely made a connection with her.
I really had no choice but to risk my life for that Research AwardâŠ
With that thought in mind, I got up from my seat and walked out of the classroom and spoke to Marmar.
âMarmar, how are you? You doing good in Ark?â
Then Marmar spoke as if she hadnât talked to anyone well in a long time.
âComrade⊠! The class system hereâŠ. Itâs very disgusting⊠! It divides peopleâs ranks and promotes discriminationâŠ. This is unacceptableâŠ!â
Marmar was a revolutionary Imp who strived for an equal world.
To her, the class and ranking system of Ark appeared to be nothing but a product of terrible discrimination.
However, this entire farce was getting a bit annoying.
âSo what the heII is that tone for?â
âThis is the trendy tone of FairiesâŠ! In order to participate in Fairy Night, everyone needs to speak like a FairyâŠ!â
âReally? But itâs fine if youâre with me. You can speak comfortably. If you keep talking like that, I might give you some honey chestnut (smack in the head).â
âBut I couldnât get back to my original toneâŠ! I just forgot how to do itâŠ! Now, I keep talking like this over and over againâŠ.â
Tears welled up in Marmarâs orange eyes.
I didnât know the details of the situation, but that ridiculous clown-like tone of voice seemed to have been fixed.
Seriously, who in their right mind would talk like that?
On another note, I was intrigued by the âFairy Nightâ that Marmar said.
âWhat is this âFairy Nightâ?â
âEvery Friday evening⊠! In the secret fairy underground base, fairy-exclusive secret events are held⊠! And there, they also sell treasures of Demon King AngmarâŠ!â
âReally!? King Solomonâs treasure!?â
This was tempting to hear.
With the spells Halpas and Belial, and the Status Window, I had first-hand experience on how great the legacy and treasures of King Angmar were.
⊠But this event would happen tonight.
If I remembered correctly, there was also the opening meeting of SILVERS or something tonight.
Participating in Fairy Night naturally meant not being able to attend the SILVERSâ meeting. And if I participated in SILVERSâ meeting, Fairy Night would be out of the question.
Which of the two should I go to?
âWhere is the Fairy Night held?â
âThe central buildingâŠ! It is a very secretive and mysterious place only for fairies, but youâre a Half-FairyâŠ. Iâm sure youâll know where it is when you go thereâŠ!â
I decided to participate in Fairy Night.
I didnât even know what people would be doing at the SILVERSâ meeting.
In fact, I had no plans to get chummy with the silver brooch group anyways. After all, I was planning on getting a gold brooch and platinum brooch soon.
If I couldnât raise my rank quickly, I wouldnât be able to take the same lectures as Aira nor educate her myself.
However, not attending the SILVERS event meant that there would be places where I would be disadvantaged with my school life.
Still, such disadvantages were nothing compared to the legacy and treasures of the Demon King Angmar that I might be able to acquire!
I headed to the central building where the Fairy Night event was said to be held with Marmar, who just left work.
It wasnât difficult to find the central building since I had stopped by it once when visiting Lady Kaliraâs infirmary.
The problem now was where to find that secret and mysterious meeting place.
âHooo, everyone, hurry and join in the secret and mysterious Fairy NightâŠ!â
But as we got closer to the central building, there were already girls who looked like middle school students handing out flyers to the passersbyâŠ
âEveryone, join in the secret and mysterious gathering that only fairies can enter-!â
Behind them was a huge sign.
ăThe underground conference room where the secret and mysterious event âFairy Nightâ is held. The 3rd floor auditorium.ă
⊠They were promoting it very openly, how was that a secret!?
And even though it mentioned being in an underground conference room, the actual venue for the event was the auditorium on the 3rd floor.
There were so many things I didnât understand, my eyes were spinning and I felt like getting sickâŠ
I knew that the fairies were a strange bunch, like little tricksters.
Seeing this, it was seriously making me reconsider if attending the SILVERSâ meeting was the better choice.
Well, it was not too late to go there.
âComrade. Letâs hurryâŠ! It seems that today, participants will be given a buffet passâŠ! Iâve been eyeing this for a long timeâŠ!â
But Marmar pushed me from the back and forced me to walk to the third floor towards the âundergroundâ conference room where the âsecretâ meeting was held.
Finally, upon entering the entrance to the auditorium on the 3rd floor, I could see an entrance with a large placard that read âFairy Nightâ.
Underneath was a girl with blue hair and a feathered mask on her face, like a masquerade participant.
She was wearing a gray robe, with a figure that was as plain as that of an adolescent.
It was probably because she was a Nymph.
âI am Doornoi, the Nymph of the ditch! You have to pay an entry fee of 50,000 coins per person to enter the event!â
50,000 coins was 50,000 won. With the same amount of money, you could eat 5,000 coin pork cutlet ten times in the school cafeteria.
And this was a per head cost basis.
Just as I paused, Marmar, who was next to me, pulled out a wallet from her pocket and handed ten bills to the Nymph at the entrance.
âHereâs 100,000 coins, for twoâŠ!â
âIs that okay, Marmar? 100,000 coins is not a small sum.â
âComrade, this is your first time attending the event. Iâll make it specialâŠ!â
And thus I was able to enter the auditorium.
âStop right there! I donât feel much fairy energy from your companion!â
The nymph Doornoi, who was guarding the entrance, suddenly stopped me.
It seemed that she couldnât feel fairy energy in me. Maybe it was because I was only a Half-Fairy.
âBut I am a FairyâŠâ
âFairies donât talk like that-! Guards-!â
At the words of the blue-haired Nymph âbouncerâ, small Nymphs began to pop out here and there. They held ugly ropes and clubs in their handsâŠ
More importantly, âfairies donât talk like thatâ.
Hm⊠Was my tone the problem?
Apparently, the stories were true, Nymphs actually had a strange talking habit. And so, despite hating it, I closed my eyes and did what I had to do to enter.
âI am a fairyâŠ! Let me inâŠ!â
What the heII was I doing right now?
From within me, something like an instinctive sense of shame began to creep into my heart. It felt like the tentacles of the abyss were constricting my confidenceâŠ
Then the Nymph guards, who had begun to surround me, looked at each otherâs faces and nodded one by one.
I mimicked Marmarâs funny tone and managed to enter the venue.
It was crowded with Nymphs of various hair colors in different types of clothes.
The table was full of empty plates and candy wrappers. Had they already eaten all the candies?
âComrade-! Thereâs the buffet over thereâŠ! Letâs fill our stomach firstâŠ!â
The hungry Marmar took an empty plate and began serving herself some food.
Marmar spent a huge sum of 100,000 coins, so she needed to get her moneyâs worth.
Foods such as moist sweet and sour pork, as well as cold stir-fried spicy pork reminded me of the old school meals. However, these were surprisingly good.
As I sat down at a table and ate, I could hear the conversation of the Nymphs sitting opposite me.
âThe Nymph relief club fundraising is not good these daysâŠ.
âThe relief foundation is also not doing as well as it used to beâŠ. It seems people donât like Nymphs anymoreâŠ!
âHowever, to cherish and love the Nymphs was the truth revealed in the ancient mural painting of the Nymphs 2,000 years agoâŠ
⊠It was not a very healthy conversation.
But the reason I came here, in the first place, was to find the treasure of King Angmar.
I said so quietly to Marmar, who was already emptying her second plate.
âSo where are they going to sell the treasures?â
âThe fairy shop is over thereâŠ! After the meal, would you like to go together, comradeâŠ?â
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