Shadow Bear Tibbers

"Is that so? That's wonderful. If you like it here, then stay. But before that, I want to ask you something. During the previous school year, did you notice anything unusual?"

Leaning forward slightly, Bell fixed his eyes on Keleimi.

To be honest, even he did not know what kind of answer he wanted to hear right now. Perhaps the answer itself was not important to him. What mattered was simply having one.

"Nothing unusual."

Keleimi slowly shook his head.

Previously, the closer it got to the end of the school year, the more nervous he became. After all, most of his "predecessors" had encountered one mishap or another near the end of the year.

So during that time, his nerves had been constantly taut. He spent every day being paranoid and suspicious, nearly driving himself mad.

In the end, even after the Year-End Banquet was over and the students had all left school the next morning, he had not encountered any accident.

Even now, he clearly remembered how astonished and amazed the other professors had looked when they saw him.

It really made him want to hit someone!

But no matter what, being safe and sound was better than anything else.

"...Mm, I understand. Then that's all. I won't disturb you any longer."

Having received his answer, Bell said nothing more. He stood, bade Keleimi farewell, and left his office.

Standing by the corridor window and watching the sunset slowly sink below the horizon, Bell once again saw the figure of an old man in white robes in his mind.

In truth, he had long expected this answer.

Placing a curse on a target was not a simple matter. Otherwise, whenever someone disliked another person, they could just make a straw doll and curse them to death. The world