State of the School (3)
Lisele was a mother with three sons beneath her.
Shalio Refilica, the eldest of the three brothers, had made a na for himself as the academy's head student.
She could never forget the girl who had brutally disfigured the face of her proud son.
Rumors had it that the girl had been dragged off to the 7th Legion, a place where no human could possibly survive. That was for the best.
In a place like that, there was no way that girl would et a pretty end. The demon realm was known to be such a place.
The only regret Lisele had was that she couldn't cut off that girl's head herself.
Simply killing her would never be enough—they had ruined her innocent Shalio after all.
Right after severing her head, she'd have wanted to crush it flat underfoot, then throw the rest of her torso to the monsters' teeth—it would have been the only way to feel truly relieved.
So, Lisele consoled herself, living with the belief that the girl had died.
Shalio, the victim himself, was also delighted when he first heard the news.
A mother's heart was at ease seeing her son happy.
'Yes, justice always prevails.'
Even if Shalio's face was destroyed, it was sothing they could recover from, as long as they started over.
After all, the Refilica family was still alive.
Unlike that repulsive girl.
'That's how it ought to be....'
But now... before Lisele's eyes, was soone who shouldn't exist.
"So, what are you going to do? Are you going to kneel?"
Silia, revealing her true face, asked.
Seeing her true self, Lisele went pale.
"You... How...!"
Was she seeing a ghost?
Trembling in fear as if before sothing unknown, Lisele spoke.
"Is this a dream?"
That face was unmistakably the girl from before—
the trash who had left her precious son, Shalio, half-dead.
She had been taken off to the demon realm—there was no way she should have survived.
"How...."
Surely, she should be dead.
"How can you be here!!"
Lisele's eyes reddened as she scread.
Could it be one of those horrifying cases where the dead co back to life?
No, it wasn't that.
It was just that the sinner she believed dead had appeared before her, alive and well.
"You should be dead. How did you survive the demon realm!!"
Lisele herself couldn't possibly overco the monsters in the demon realm.
That was why this academy had turned into a hellscape.
"This is absurd...."
No soldier has ever survived even a few years in the demon realm.
No matter if Silia had once been an officer—by now, she should have died there.
"You're right. I nearly died there."
Silia spoke to the trembling Lisele.
"Just like you wished, I crossed the line between life and death. There were holes in my arms and legs, it was no joke. I even saw my friends die right before my eyes."
That ti—it truly was hell.
She had even thought that dying might be the only way to escape from that hellscape.
At least until a boy saved her.
"But I survived. Because I survived in that hell, I was able to beco stronger."
"Don't talk nonsense. This isn't fair!"
That girl was the sinner who had tried to kill innocent Shalio.
A criminal like her being alive in plain sight—that was sothing unthinkable.
"How can you be so bold after what you did to my son!"
It was so unfair. Utterly unfair.
In a world where evil goes unpunished, how are good people supposed to live?
"You're right—I'm not normal. That's why I was dragged off to the 7th Legion."
Silia herself knew it well.
So she was that much more curious.
"Then, what about your son who killed my little brother—was he normal?"
As Silia revealed her killing intent, a chill ran down Lisele's spine.
Lisele was filled with rage over what had happened to her son, but the sa held true for Silia.
"I lost my only brother because of your son. What do you have to say for that?"
"D-do you have evidence?"
Lisele tried to bark like a frightened dog, but Silia just smirked.
"Of course I do. These people here can explain."
The ones she pointed to were the principal and vice-principal.
They had been in their respective positions at the ti of the incident.
So they knew full well how her younger brother's suicide happened and how it had been covered up.
"You really think they'll take your side?"
Lisele tried to resist again, but Silia simply showed the tattoo on her arm.
At that, the principal and vice-principal moved to stand beside Silia and said:
"We're truly sorry, Ma'am."
"Regretfully, we cannot stand by you any longer."
Stunned by their betrayal, Lisele's face went blank.
The reason was simple.
Now, Silia was soone whose strength couldn't even be compared to the likes of the Refilica family.
"How can you do this to ! Don't you realize how much you've gained from the Refilica family all this ti?"
"We're sorry. Nothing is more dangerous in this empire than incurring the wrath of the special task force."
"So you really ought to apologize, madam. If you do not, you'll find yourself in hell!"
No one could count how many corrupt organizations had fallen to the special task force.
Their reputation was already known not just throughout the empire, but the entire continent.
That's why Lisele couldn't accept what was happening.
"How can trash like her...."
The trash she'd cast into the abyss had co back as soone greater than herself.
How could sothing so absurd, like a twisted fairytale, actually happen?
"So, will you kneel or not?"
Silia asked Lisele.
"Urgh...!!"
Just then, Selion, who had collapsed on the floor, coughed up blood.
Unfortunately, the thorn that had struck him was poisonous, so he only had limited ti left.
"Ma'am. This is serious. If you wait even an hour more, your son will die."
"What?"
Seeing Selion's condition, Louis pressed Lisele.
"What!? Is big bro Selion really about to die?"
Alio, bawling by Selion's side, was equally shocked.
"What are you going to do now, Ma'am? When Elder sister Silia loses her temper, no one can stop her—she gets utterly rciless."
Louis recalled a ti when Silia had gotten truly angry.
Was it when they'd found her hidden, indecent book and read it together with the squad mbers?
When Silia caught them, they'd all gotten a taste of hell.
"Better kneel before elder sister gets even more rciless, don't you think?"
Louis's tone was irritating, but unfortunately, he was right.
Right now, Silia was the only one who could save Selion.
The only healer capable of treating him would obey only her orders.
"To be honest, none of your sons have done anything good. The youngest here went around sexually harassing female students, the dying second son here always picked fights over nonsense and beat up other kids."
They'd already shown all the video evidence.
Still, Lisele looked as if she was being wronged.
"And the eldest, Selion, his face got bashed in... Well, serves him right."
"How dare you speak with that mouth of yours!!"
Unable to stand Louis belittling her sons, Lisele clenched her fists.
"Urgh!!"
"Big bro Selion!!"
But as Selion coughed up blood again, she stopped herself.
It wasn't the ti for venting anger.
"So, what's your choice?"
Lisele had no choice.
If she wanted to save Selion, she had only one option left.
"I'm sorry...."
At last, Lisele fell to her knees and bowed her head to the floor.
"I was wrong. Please, save my son."
At long last, after so many years, this was Lisele Refilica's apology.
It was a mont of settling an old grudge, but Silia still looked unsatisfied, her expression dark.
"You shouldn't be apologizing to . Apologize to my dead little brother."
The one most wronged was Silvest, her deceased younger brother.
Though he no longer existed in this world, he'd probably been tornted even in death.
"How did you feel about my brother dying? Were you glad?"
"No! Of course not!"
Desperately trying to avoid disaster, Lisele babbled.
"His na was... Silvest, right? When he died, we were all in shock! We really thought it was a tragedy!"
Of course, she never really cared.
When Shalio gleefully bragged about that guy's "suicide
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