[BL] Challenge: 100 Baby in Fantasy World-Chapter 268: Hidden Culprit

Truthfully, Gara still unconvinced.

Seeing that, Miki added, "You’ve seen Vania, right? She was bullied, isolated, and had a hard time in every class because everyone turned against her.

If Mona doesn’t have the same mental strength as Vania, she’ll either drop out on her own... or get expelled by the end of second semester for failing her grades."

Gara suddenly remembered that after two semesters, there would be an exam to determine whether they could stay in the academy or not.

Only then did he realize how much this punishment could affect some people.

"But Mona tricked us once, pretending to be our friend just to reach her goal. If she still wants to stay in this academy, she’ll definitely find a way," Gara muttered.

His words acted like a wake-up call for everyone at the table.

"Whether this punishment breaks her... or makes her even more cunning," Revan whispered under his breath, but everyone still heard him.

No one replied. The thought alone was unsettling.

After a brief silence, Miki spoke again. This time with something equally important. "What about whoever was helping Mona from behind the scenes? Has that been revealed too?"

It was a far more sensitive issue, and Gara didn’t expect much. But to his surprise, Revan nodded.

"The culprit was Assistant Professor Rucian," he said.

Once again, the table fell silent. The news shocked them, though not entirely. Many of them had long noticed Rucian’s open dislike toward humans in his classes.

"They found the culprit that fast?" Gara muttered.

"How did Sir Rucian get caught?" Miki asked.

"What kind of punishment did he get?" Madha added.

"Wait, does that mean he was also behind the bullying of the mermaid students?" Andine chimed in.

Faced with a barrage of questions, Revan didn’t lose his composure. He explained calmly, one step at a time.

"They found him quickly thanks to Professor Langga. Apparently, Professor Langga had suspected Sir Rucian ever since Vania’s case. He’d been watching him closely since then. Even though Sir Rucian managed to slip by for a while, eventually, the evidence of his actions was found.

"Yesterday, Professor Langga acted immediately. He gathered all the proof and handed it over when the Vice Headmaster brought up the issue. With my grandfather’s backing, the whole thing was handled swiftly."

Everyone nodded in understanding. With both Vice Headmaster Agus Soren and Professor Langga involved, it made sense that the case moved so quickly.

"The students who joined in bullying the mermaid students were also questioned," Revan continued.

"They admitted that Sir Rucian told them they’d get higher grades if they isolated the mermaid students. Since those students were supposedly causing trouble for the geniuses in Class S.

Even if they were just misled by Rucian’s words, they still got punished. And as for Sir Rucian himself..."

Revan paused, letting the tension build. Everyone leaned forward, waiting for the answer. Especially Miki, whose face was practically full of question marks.

"...he was dismissed. Dishonorably."

That instantly became the most shocking news of the day.

Dismissal. For anyone building a career, there was no punishment more terrifying than that single word.

But to be dishonorably dismissed from the most prestigious academy in the kingdom, there was no recovering from that.

The entire kingdom would know what he’d done. His reputation would never heal.

The table erupted with chatter. Everyone had something to say— about the punishment, Rucian’s downfall, or what might happen to him next.

Gara just sat quietly, listening.

It wasn’t Rucian’s punishment that surprised Gara the most, it was Langga’s involvement in uncovering the real culprit.

’So he wasn’t the mastermind? He truly didn’t know Rucian would use Mona like that?’

It was as if a little angel whispered that thought into Gara’s right ear. But then, from the left, a devilish voice countered, ’Or maybe he just rushed to clean things up before anyone could find out he was involved.’

Whatever Gara thought about Langga, time kept moving forward.

And that incident became just one of many events in his ever-twisting life in this fantasy world.

...

Later that afternoon, after finishing his last class, Gara made his way to the library specifically, to Agus’s room in the basement.

By the time he arrived, Agus was already prepared to explore the road inside Gara’s dimensional space.

Next to him stood a massive bat, tall enough to reach Agus’s waist.

To be honest, Gara nearly stumbled backward when he saw it. It was terrifying.

"This is Sebas," Agus explained calmly. "He’s an animal beast— specifically, a Bat Maid. He’ll be the one moving in and out of your dimensional space to deliver my food supplies."

Gara blinked a few times, trying to process the words.

"Sir Agus... you mean, you won’t be leaving my space?"

"Not until I’ve reached the end of it."

Gara fell silent again. Madha had told him it took days just to reach the end when the path was only a hundred and fifty thousand meters long.

Now that it had stretched to two hundred and fifty thousand, the journey would take much longer.

’So this is why he rarely shows up? Once he’s focused on something, he doesn’t stop until he finds the answer,’ Gara guessed inwardly.

Agus, noticing the uncertainty on Gara’s face, didn’t bother addressing it. "Let’s go. Take me inside."

Gara nodded. He wanted to ask if this classmate’s grandfather had at least told his family he’d be gone for days. But of course, he wasn’t bold enough to ask that out loud.

When they arrived in front of the mansion inside the dimensional space, Agus once again looked impressed.

Gara escorted the elderly vampire and his bat maid to the manor gate.

"Sir, if anything urgent happens, you can just speak directly. If I’m outside the space, I’ll most likely hear you.

But if I don’t respond, contact me through the crystal ring. It probably means I’m asleep or inside the space," Gara explained as they stopped at the gate.

Agus nodded wordlessly and started walking, the massive bat following close behind.

Gara stood there, watching their odd silhouettes grow smaller and smaller in the distance.

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