"Gulp."
He swallowed involuntarily and said, "D-Don't tell me I've been possessed by something too?"
"Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" formed a circle with her right thumb and index finger, indicating that Victor had not lied.
Professor Sylph sighed softly and asked, "Then what do you think has possessed you?"
Victor racked his brains and cautiously offered two examples. "A Vampire? A Brain Fluid Demon?"
Professor Sylph asked, "You know about Brain Fluid Demons?"
Victor nodded. "I think I know a little. Fern Morse was Parasitized by a Brain Fluid Demon... Don't tell me I did that?"
Halfway through, Victor suddenly cried out.
Then he realized that the entire room had fallen silent.
Professor Sylph still wore a stern expression. Dark and his Magic Spirit remained impassive. Professor Medea seemed to be smiling even more broadly. Sister Callian showed little reaction, while Ophelia's expression grew increasingly grim.
As for the other three people, he had no idea why they were there.
Victor's powers of observation were actually extremely sharp, and he quickly detected a terrifying truth from everyone's reactions.
—What had happened to Fern Morse was very likely his doing!
"So the academy started investigating that day because of me too?"
"Brain Fluid Demon... Demon Race creature... Magitech Card... Angus Jeffrey..."
Remembering the Magitech Cards in his Card Case, Victor grasped an even more horrifying possibility. "Th-Then... Angus Jeffrey's case, that wasn't my doing too, was it?"
Though Angus Jeffrey's situation had not been made public, the students had speculated a great deal. Coupled with the fact that he had already been absent from the academy for many days, rumors naturally spread.
Many people had already equated what happened to Angus Jeffrey with what had happened to Fern Morse. That was why Victor asked.
But Professor Sylph shook