"Unfortunately, game over. It's your defeat."
Felimeth heard Potimas's words and struggled to reach out her hand, wanting to stop this man from advancing further.
Over there was her student. Classmate Yatsuhata seemed to have lost the ability to resist due to the barrier.
She saw Potimas aim the gun muzzle at Classmate Yatsuhata's head.
"Don't!"
"..."
Before her eyes was an unfamiliar ceiling.
The sound of a book closing came from beside her, followed by a familiar voice.
"Seeing you so spirited puts me at ease. It seems you've recovered well."
"Yatsuhata..."
"You can call me Tsukasa. I don't have a surname here."
"Then... Tsukasa-chan?"
"Why add '-chan'? I thought you, teacher,
would be more reliable."
"I-I-I, teacher, of course I can be relied upon!"
"No, you saying that now has no persuasiveness at all. After all, something like that just happened, and shouldn't you, teacher, explain it to me?"
Felimeth looked at the black-haired girl before her, hearing her words, her eyes somewhat evasive, seeming to want to avoid this topic.
"Ahaha, speaking of which, Tsukasa-chan, what's with your current appearance?"
Tsukasa now wasn't the Witch image from before.
She now looked like a girl who hadn't grown up yet. Although still quite pretty, the feeling she gave wasn't as shocking as before.
Tsukasa said with an unchanged expression: "I'm a Witch. Isn't it normal to be able to change size?"
"There's actually such an amazing skill!" Felimeth seemed very envious.
It seemed she had some worries about her own appearance.
Thinking about it, originally a teacher, because of reincarnating into the Elf Race, she still had many years to maintain this appearance.
By the time her students grow old one by one, she might still not have grown up.
Tsukasa said: "This is my special skill. You can't learn it."
"...Oh."
How could such a skill possibly exist.
Ultimately, it's just illusion magic.
"Teacher, please don't change the subject. Answer my question from just now."
"Do I have to say it?"
"If you don't want to say it, then leave here tomorrow."
"Alright, what do you want to know? I can only say what can be said, but some things really can't be said."
Felimeth seemed to truly have unspeakable difficulties.
But some things must be clarified.
Tsukasa asked: "Is that Prophecy-type Mage you? You only need to answer no, or don't need to answer."
"..."
"Good, I can probably guess the reason you can't say."
After all, many settings in this world are similar to games and novels on Earth.
And Prophecy-type skills, the usual pattern is this riddle-like way.
Once directly stated, some bad things might happen.
"It's a skill restriction, right?"
Felimeth's eyes lit up, nodding happily, indicating you're right!
She looked at her own skill.
The skill hadn't changed.
Meaning as long as she didn't actively say it, but the other person guessed it, the punishment mechanism wouldn't trigger.
"Hmm, since that's the case, then I won't ask you about prophecies. Let's talk about matters related to the Elf Race."
"Can I speak now?"
"Please."
Felimeth coughed twice, putting on a teacherly demeanor.
"Then, this classmate, what aspects of the Elf Race would you like to understand?"
"Say as much as you know. We have plenty of time."
"Then I'll start from the basics. The Elf Race is a long-lived race. Their racial talents are magic and archery. The Elf Race loves nature and coexists harmoniously with animals, no different from the elves described in anime. Classmate, do you like anime?"
"Let's not mention anime for now. Are you sure the Elf Race you're describing is the one I just saw?"
Tsukasa thought of that terminator just now and had good reason to suspect Felimeth was talking nonsense with eyes wide open.
"That's an exception! Potimas-sama is an exceptional case!"
"But I got information from the nobles, hearing the Elf Race is a group of arrogant, haughty guys."
"That's because there are different factions within the Elf Race. Actually, many elves are just as I described."
"I see. So within the Elf Race, there's still a portion that retains a conscience, good elves."
"Not a minority, not a minority! The information you learned is all those nobles' prejudices!"
Although Felimeth tried hard to salvage the Elf Race's image in the student's mind, it wasn't useful.
Tsukasa sighed: "Teacher, you really are unreliable. Don't you truly understand what the Elf Race is like?"
"..."
"My classmates' lives in the Elf Race probably aren't very good, right?"
"..."
Felimeth was speechless.
Because it was fact, she couldn't lie to her student.
"Teacher, do you know the truth of this world?"
Tsukasa saw the teacher's skills also included the Taboo skill.
"What truth?"
"The truth that the world is about to face its end."
"...Tsukasa-chan, such cold jokes aren't funny."
"Unfortunately, it's true. I wouldn't joke about this. Besides, teacher, you should know some things too, right?"
"I don't know."
"No, you do know. The System's Administrator, and Ruler Authority, Skill Sacrifice... don't say you don't know these, because I can see you have related skills."
"What are you trying to say!"
"Since you, teacher, don't know, then let me tell you. The Planet under our feet now has no energy left. It's only because of the System's existence that this Planet is temporarily buffered..."
Tsukasa unreservedly told the teacher
the truth of the world.
Energy depletion, the Elf Race's sin.
Ruler skills, sacrificing skills to the Administrator is to replenish energy, etc.
"As long as you, teacher, raise the Taboo skill to max level, you'll naturally know whether what I say is true or false."
"..."
Felimeth froze there.
Because she received too much information at once, her brain couldn't process it.
After a long while, she asked with complex emotions: "Tsukasa-chan... do you intend to deal with the Elf Race?"
"I didn't expect you, teacher, to actually figure that out?" Tsukasa expressed surprise.
"..." Felimeth had no strength to refute.
For a moment, she didn't know what to do.
Tsukasa could tell she was struggling with her position as a member of the Elf Race.
"Teacher, you told that man Potimas about the Reincarnators' information, right? What do you think his purpose is in taking in Reincarnators—no, not taking in, should be forcibly collecting regardless of personal opinions—what do you think his purpose is in collecting Reincarnators?"
Felimeth looked at Tsukasa.
"That man is a sinner who steals the Planet's energy. You don't think someone like that would sincerely take in Reincarnators out of goodwill, do you? And he even forbids Reincarnators from leveling up. Don't you find that strange?"
"I..."
Felimeth bit her lip.
In fact, the Elf Race's arguments were untenable. If Felimeth had any other choice, she wouldn't have deceived herself into thinking the Elf Race was good.
Ultimately, she was just afraid to consider that possibility and wanted to convince herself it wasn't true.
But when this issue was placed directly before her by her student, who told her the hidden truths about the world and the Elf Race, she could no longer continue deceiving herself.
As for why she didn't doubt what Tsukasa-chan said...
Not to mention that Tsukasa-chan was her student and held significant weight in her heart.
Plus, with what had just happened, her trust in Potimas was now shaken.
Then there was the Fairy Race talent's affinity bonus on Tsukasa-chan, which also played a considerable role.
Moreover, Tsukasa-chan told her that as long as the Taboo skill was maxed out, she could verify the truth.
Now she was almost convinced.
Finally, Tsukasa-chan delivered the 'fatal blow'.
"By the way, I also discovered that part of Potimas's soul is hidden inside your body, Teacher. That means you could be controlled by that person at any time."
"What?!"
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