I Obtained the Final Boss' Power

Chapter 89 : Difference in Class (4)

Difference in Class (4)

Four years ago, the Refilica family had to suffer considerable damage due to the aftermath of the proposal to depose the Crown Prince.

This was because most of the businesses they managed were very closely tied to the Crown Prince.

All the businesses that determined the survival of their family bore the Crown Prince's imprint.

Under the Emperor's imperial decree to eradicate all traces of the Crown Prince, they all had to disappear.

The reputation that the Refilica family had built crumbled like sand swept away by waves.

That reputation was entirely built under the Crown Prince's tyranny, which had even brainwashed His Majesty.

In the end, to prevent the annihilation of his family, the Lord of Refilica had no choice but to abandon everything.

In a situation where both the Imperial Court and the Holy Nation watched them desperately, that was the only way to survive.

For the next four years, they had barely managed to maintain the family, but they were slowly reaching their limit.

Fortunately, because Alio was selected as the class representative and Selion reigned as the academy's top student, the family's lifeline was barely hanging on.

The siblings attending the academy created connections with heirs from other families and arranged business deals.

That was currently the only way to keep their family afloat.

But even that was reaching its limit, yet thankfully, a new method was found.

'The Crown Prince is not gone yet.'

One day, the Crown Prince, who was believed to have vanished, contacted Refilica.

Naturally, the Lord was nervous—he had cut ties with the Crown Prince to save the family, after all.

He worried it might be a warning for revenge, but it was the opposite.

Forgiving the severed ties, the Crown Prince suggested that they join hands once more.

And then he said,

["Is your family really in a position to reject a helping hand?"]

As he said, the family's state was so dire they would take help even from cattle.

To save a family that could be destroyed at any moment, the Prince's cooperation was essential.

But he himself had lost power, so how?

["There are ways. And I can even restore your eldest son's crushed face."]

As it happened, both brothers were attending the academy.

The Crown Prince proposed that they use this to their advantage and collaborate.

To that end, the Crown Prince had his subordinate Elaine enroll in the academy under disguise.

Alio and Selion would do whatever she told them to.

If they wanted to save the Refilica family, there was no other choice.

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"So, you two joined hands with this woman to save the family?"

While waiting in Elaine's dormitory, Louis was able to hear about the family's circumstances from the brothers.

At first, the brothers had tried to attack Louis, but were instead beaten down and forced to kneel.

'Why is a monster like that attending the academy...!'

Selion watched Rio, who was sitting on top of Elaine, and thought this.

Appearance-wise, she looked like any peer, but in truth, she was said to be Saber, the royal family's shield.

He couldn't understand why someone like her was being used as a cushion by those two.

"What exactly are you people?"

At first, he thought they were commoners pretending to be nobles.

For academy students, there were many things about them that were lacking.

But on reflection, such wild guesses were pointless.

They were simply too strong for mere commoners.

"Why are you tormenting us like this?"

"Because you are collaborators with the Crown Prince."

Ultimately, the original goal was to find the Crown Prince who had gone into hiding in the academy.

In that process, they found Elaine, and then caught these two, who cooperated with her.

"We figured out you were collaborators through this woman. After a few prods with the Seal of Truth, she spilled everything."

"Seal of Truth?"

"It exists."

Currently, they were Elaine's only collaborators in the academy.

Therefore, it was necessary to look into Alio and Selion's family.

"I've heard of your family. Without the Crown Prince, you people can't do anything."

"Don't insult our Refilica family!"

Louis was just stating the facts.

While it was a statement enough to anger those involved, Selion had no right to be offended.

"Does that make it right for you to insult others?"

"That's..."

"Didn't you see that video at the meeting just a while ago?"

Selion and Alio had been oppressing and assaulting another student simply for being a commoner.

They had no problem insulting others frequently, but couldn't bear to be insulted themselves.

Anyone would be disgusted by such hypocrisy.

"It was impressive seeing you treat other students like livestock. If that video spreads throughout the academy, what do you think will happen?"

At those words, Selion and Alio felt a chill down their spines.

They were barely supporting their family with their top grades at the academy.

If their misdeeds were to come to light, everything would collapse.

"Even worse, you were caught being brought down by a new student. What will people think seeing that?"

The scene of Selion being beaten up by Rio was also captured perfectly.

Of course, Rio was part of the special task force, but even the brothers didn't know her identity.

To others, it would look like the academy's top student was helplessly taken down by some newbie girl.

"I think people will start questioning things: 'Is that really the power of the academy's number one in combat studies?'"

The moment rumors spread that their reputation was inflated, their status as the top student would start to waver.

All the nobles who had approached Selion for business deals would walk away.

"And that video's not the only evidence I have. Combined with what I found while watching you over the past thirty days, just how many crimes do you think you've committed?"

Louis, together with Silia, had tortured Elaine and learned that these brothers were collaborators.

So, for thirty days, Louis observed their every move.

During that time, they committed countless acts deserving punishment, as a way to vent after being humiliated by the Princess.

"But the evidence..."

"That little brother of yours is beyond help. A few weeks ago, he stole a female student's underwear, blamed it on another, told a poor kid to buy him food with his own money, and he still has the stolen underwear in his pocket right now, doesn't he?"

At those words, Alio gasped as if struck, and desperately tried to guard his pocket.

"And if you think I don't have evidence, you're badly mistaken. Didn't you see the video Headmaster Ferus showed? Do you think there's only one?"

"Impossible...!"

Louis had been watching Alio and Selion for a month.

While the brothers didn't always act on Elaine's orders, Louis managed to capture some surprising scenes—

specifically, evidence of the crimes they committed.

"You've been recording our behind-the-scenes activities for a whole month...?"

Louis smirked at the comparatively quick-witted Selion.

"I originally wasn't going to interfere with whatever you did. I was only going to step in if I saw anything related to the Crown Prince."

But such movements would be difficult now.

Elaine, their leader, had already become nothing more than Louis's puppet.

"But after all this, I've changed my mind. I'm going to spread records of your actions throughout the academy."

"What?"

"Don't worry about the evidence. I've documented more than enough."

Just like the video Ferus had shown, Louis had plenty more where that came from.

Realizing this, Selion panicked and knelt in front of Louis.

"Wait!! If you do that... we'll not only be expelled, but it'll have a huge impact on our family! So please..."

"So you want mercy?"

When Louis spoke coldly, Alio also begged in the same way.

"Yes... just once... please..."

"Really? Didn't you enjoy tormenting others like this yourselves?"

They had used many methods to oppress others.

Especially with commoners, they threatened students by holding their families back home hostage, working them like slaves.

The siblings who got beaten up in the forest before were an example.

"If you were in my position, would you be merciful?"

"..."

The brothers recalled how they had blackmailed other students.

Now that they were in the same position, an indescribable sensation surged within them.

Unable to withstand it, Alio struggled to breathe while Selion gagged.

"We were wrong."

"We have committed a mortal sin! Please, I beg you!!"

Both knelt and pleaded for mercy to survive,

and then turned to Rio, who was sitting on Elaine, to beg as well.

"We're truly sorry! We're sorry for framing you as perpetrators in front of the staff!"

"Please, keep it a secret! If you don't, our family will...!!"

To prevent the destruction of their only family, they had to throw away their pride.

Seeing them like this, Louis smiled in satisfaction.

"Then stop collaborating with the Crown Prince and work with me instead. Can you do that?"

"But that's..."

It was ambiguous. The entire Refilica family was now part of the Crown Prince's scheme.

Louis's demand meant betraying their entire family.

"Don't want to?"

"N-no... we'll do it...."

Of course, if they didn't want to lose everything immediately, they had no choice.

"And there's someone else you need to apologize to besides us."

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"Older Brother, did that senior summon us again?"

"Seems like it."

Two students stood nervously in the outskirts of the academy's forest.

Ever since the twins had entered the academy last year, there had been no happy moments.

It was good that they entered as twins in the same year, but the trouble came after.

They had hoped for model, kind classmates and seniors—but found only the opposite.

"Lizsha, you should go back today. I can handle it by myself."

At her brother Patrick's urging, his sister Lizsha looked deeply worried.

"What are you saying? How do you expect to handle them alone?"

"You need to work on your project for the upcoming event. There's no time for you to be humiliated by those guys."

Every minute and second was precious for Lizsha in preparing for the event.

She could not afford to waste the time needed to achieve her dream of becoming an alchemist.

"I'm sure they're just calling us out to vent because things went badly at that meeting. They always do."

"Still, headmaster Ferus showed that video. Now that it's been exposed, maybe they won't harass us anymore?"

The siblings had also seen the video that Headmaster Ferus abruptly showed.

With that, there seemed a real chance that they finally might be freed from those guys.

"It's pointless. All the influential people at the academy only support those top students! This is how the faculty is... they'll just bury that video too!"

Patrick had repeatedly sought help from the staff.

But apart from simply telling them to "get along," they did nothing.

"They tell us to get along with people who trample on me daily. Do you think they'll really help us?"

"..."

Lizsha fell silent, unable to dispute her brother's words.

As Patrick said, there was no one trustworthy at the academy.

"If they really reflected on what they'd done, why would they call us out again?"

"So as expected..."

"Let's just do as usual."

Patrick quickly swallowed the painkillers he had prepared in advance.

He knew that after they finished beating him, they would use healing to repeat the process.

To survive, he had to rely on the drugs.

"So Lizsha, you should go back."

"Older Brother... I think it's too late."

"What?"

The brothers showed up earlier than their appointment time.

Seeing Alio and Selion approaching, patrick was flustered.

"Why..."

"Is it strange that we're here early?"

Alio spoke cynically, and the siblings swallowed dryly.

At that moment, just as they braced for what was coming,

"Huh?"

Suddenly, the brothers knelt down, pressing their faces into the grass.

Then, raising their voices, they shouted at the top of their lungs.

"We sincerely apologize for everything we've done!"

"Please forgive us!!"

It was truly unexpected.

The nervous siblings stared in stunned disbelief.

"What are you doing right now?"

These were the ones who had tormented them as if to kill them.

There was no way such people would suddenly change so completely.

"There's no way you'd apologize like this."

Angered by Patrick's words, Selion explained.

"We lost in this meeting—because of that video."

"Yeah! We can't do anything to you anymore."

Alio added, but Patrick still looked at them with mistrust.

"How can we believe that? You apologized like this last time, but you still treated us like toys in the end!"

"..."

"And now you expect one apology to make up for all that?"

Everything they had done couldn't simply be forgiven.

If words could redeem anything, what use would laws be?

But Selion seemed unable to understand Patrick's feelings.

"Then what do you want? We've already apologized, won't you just accept it?"

Selion, feeling frustrated, lashed out angrily, trying to pressure Patrick with the same attitude they'd used while tormenting him.

"Rejecting our apology must mean you don't mind being beaten like before, right?"

"See? Who could deny that you're just animals!"

They really hadn't changed at all.

This time, too, they planned to repeat the same abuse after apologizing.

Just as Selion made a fist and Patrick tensed,

SMAACK!―

"Gyaaaaah!!"

"I told you to apologize properly."

Suddenly, Louis appeared and kicked Selion's leg, breaking it.

"Aaagh!! My arm! My arm!!"

At the same time, Rio appeared, breaking Alio's arm and restraining him.

"What, did you think I wouldn't be watching you?"