I Obtained the Final Boss' Power

Chapter 107 : State of the School (3)

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 name 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 meet 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 something 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 someone 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 something 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 screamed.

Could it be one of those horrifying cases where the dead come 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 overcome 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 time—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 become 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 something 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 same 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 time 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 someone whose strength couldn't even be compared to the likes of the Refilica family.

"How can you do this to me! Don't you realize how much you've gained from the Refilica family all this time?"

"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 come back as someone greater than herself.

How could something 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 time 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 merciless."

Louis recalled a time when Silia had gotten truly angry.

Was it when they'd found her hidden, indecent book and read it together with the squad members?

When Silia caught them, they'd all gotten a taste of hell.

"Better kneel before elder sister gets even more merciless, 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 time 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 moment of settling an old grudge, but Silia still looked unsatisfied, her expression dark.

"You shouldn't be apologizing to me. 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 tormented 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 name 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", Lisele had laughed along.

So had Alio and Selion.

"Elder Sister, that's a lie."

Louis saw through Lisele's falsehood straight away.

When people lied, their heartbeat made a particular sound that only Louis could hear.

"It's not a lie! I swear! Kyahhh!!"

Silia stomped down on Lisele's hands and feet as she kept protesting.

"I already knew you were lying. Back then, when I was about to smash Shalio's face, that guy said it, too."

Back then, Shalio had said—

Silvest deserved to die.

He was glad that trash had disappeared.

"And he'd even said something like this."

'The bullied are only bullied because there's something wrong with them.'

"I'm just going to give your son the same words back."

Grabbing Lisele by the hair, Silia dragged her head toward the floor.

"Do you know why your son ended up like this?"

—Because there was something wrong with him.

With those words, Silia smashed Lisele's head into the floor.

When Lisele looked up, Silia was already leaving.

"Wait! Where are you going?"

Suddenly, as Silia departed, Lisele shouted after her.

"And what about my son's treatment!!"

"If it's that—too late for you already."

At that moment, Louis remained at her side and said:

"If he gets stabbed by that poisonous thorn, he only has an hour to get treated. How long do you think it's been?"

No one remembered how long it had been since the stabbing.

But one thing was clear—Selion was no longer breathing.

"At least this guy over here survived because I managed to give him some antidote in time."

There had been a priest struck by the same kind of poisonous thorn as Selion.

Luckily, Louis had used a legion-issued antidote, which could neutralize the poison and save him.

A little more treatment and he'd recover fully.

"And so, the nobles here better watch themselves."

Louis pointed to Selion, who had become a cold corpse.

"If you don't want to end up like that."

****

A long time had passed since the demon realm transformation.

Thanks to the special task force staying at the academy, the number of monsters dropped rapidly.

Compared to the numbers they faced while hunting in the demon realm, these monsters posed little threat.

Moreover, as time went on, the demon realm's environment started to fade little by little.

The monsters were quickly exterminated and the realm's influence disappeared.

Thanks to this, the academy quickly returned to its usual appearance.

And with the arrival of the Imperial Court's special forces, who'd responded to distress signals, the people at the academy could finally be rescued.

The special task force, who had protected everyone until then, could not help but be praised by all.

"Please, save my son!!"

Yet among the crowd, there was someone wailing madly.

"Are there any healers? Please, save my big bro!"

It was none other than Lisele and her son Alio.

They clung to Selion's fallen body and shouted at the knights.

"Please, look at my dead son!"

"My big bro was struck by a monster's poison needle!"

But Selion was already dead.

Though it was just a corpse now, they begged the Imperial Court knights for help, clutching at straws.

"You must be of the Refilica family. We heard what happened here."

"Selion... Selion...!!"

"Big Bro!"

Watching the mother and son, Rubik, a knight of the Imperial Court, sighed and spoke.

"I sentence you both to the demon realm penalty."

"What?"

"What are you saying?"

Mother and son protested, their voices rising in shock.

"Demon realm penalty?! Does that mean you're sending us to the 7th Legion?"

"Nonsense! What crime did we commit!?"

To arbitrarily arrest people without cause—how could that be right?

As the two fumed, Rubik took out a crystal orb.

"Then what's this?"

When Rubik held it up high, the orb glowed and projected multiple images into the air.

The nobles went silent and their faces turned ashen the moment they saw the images.

"And you still claim you are innocent?"

That orb was something Rubik had received from Louis and Silia as soon as he arrived here.