My Bugged System Made Me Too OP!-Chapter 60: You should have told me

Noah’s clenched fists slowly relaxed as he walked beside Amelia.

The anger was still there, simmering quietly beneath the surface, but he forced himself to calm down. Losing control now wouldn’t help anything.

After a moment, he turned his head toward her.

His expression softened slightly as he looked at her.

"Don’t worry," he said quietly.

His voice was calm, but there was a firmness behind it that made the words carry weight.

"This will be the last time."

Amelia looked up at him when she heard that.

For a second, she simply stared at his face.

Then she nodded slowly.

"I know..." she muttered.

Her voice was soft, almost a whisper.

Even though she knew Noah was only an apprentice magus.

Even though she knew everyone always said he barely had any talent.

Even though she knew how he was often looked down upon by other students at the academy.

Yet despite all of that, she found herself believing his words completely.

It was a strange feeling.

A warm sense of reassurance settled inside her chest, replacing the fear and unease she had carried for months.

She didn’t know why exactly.

But when Noah said something like that—

It somehow felt absolute, like a promise that couldn’t be broken.

Amelia nodded to herself again.

Just as Noah said.

Something like this would never happen again.

The two of them continued walking quietly until their house finally came into view.

A few minutes later, they stepped inside.

The door creaked softly as it opened.

Inside the house, the familiar scent of cooked food still lingered faintly in the air.

Their mother was still seated at the dining table.

She had clearly been waiting.

The moment she heard the door open, her head lifted quickly.

Her eyes landed on the two of them standing at the entrance.

For a brief moment she simply stared.

Then she sighed deeply in relief.

Her shoulders visibly relaxed as the tension left her body.

"Now where are you two coming from...?" she asked.

Her tone carried a mixture of curiosity and mild concern.

Amelia immediately turned her head away.

Her gaze dropped to the floor as guilt crept onto her face.

She avoided meeting her mother’s eyes completely.

The earlier confrontation and the things she had done—sneaking out, lying about where she was going—suddenly made her feel ashamed.

Noah, on the other hand, stepped forward.

He let out a slow breath.

"Mom..." he said.

His voice was serious.

"We need to talk."

The moment those words left his mouth, their mother’s expression changed.

A downcast look appeared on her face almost immediately.

Her eyes lowered slightly as worry crept into them.

"Is this..." she began slowly. "...about you getting expelled from the academy?"

Noah blinked.

His brows drew together slightly.

His eyes narrowed as confusion flashed across his face.

’What... expulsion?’ he thought.

Then he looked at her.

"No," he said. "What made you think that?"

Their mother exhaled softly the moment she heard his answer.

The tension in her shoulders loosened again.

"You were back very early from the academy today," she explained.

Her voice sounded relieved, but there was still a faint trace of worry lingering in it.

"I thought..." she paused briefly. "...they expelled you."

Their mother’s relieved expression lingered for a moment after Noah denied being expelled.

She had always known about Noah’s situation at the academy.

His lack of magical talent wasn’t exactly a secret within the family.

From the time he had first enrolled, it had become obvious that he struggled with the practical side of magic far more than other students.

While most young magi advanced steadily through the ranks of apprentice spells and mana control, Noah had remained stuck at the lowest apprentice magus rank for far longer than expected.

It wasn’t that he didn’t work hard.

If anything, he worked harder than most.

But magic talent was something people were born with, and unfortunately, Noah seemed to have almost none of it.

The only reason he had managed to remain in the academy this long was because of his academic brilliance.

In written tests and magical theory classes, he performed far better than many of the more talented students. His understanding of magical principles, spell structures, and mana flow often impressed even the instructors.

Still, theory alone could only carry someone so far.

Everyone knew that practical ability mattered more for a magus.

And because of that, Noah’s place in the academy had always been hanging by a thin thread.

Their mother was painfully aware of that fact.

So when she had seen him return home far earlier than usual that day, her mind had immediately jumped to the worst possible explanation.

She had assumed that the academy had finally decided he was no longer worth keeping.

That his lack of talent had finally caught up to him.

She had even begun to suspect that his strange behavior earlier—the way he had avoided answering her questions—was because he was trying to hide the truth from her.

Thinking about it now made her chest tighten slightly.

But hearing Noah say that he hadn’t been expelled brought an immediate sense of relief.

She turned her full attention toward him again.

"Then what..." she asked slowly. "...is it you want us to talk about?"

*

A few minutes later, the three of them were seated around the dining table.

The food that had been prepared earlier was still sitting there, but none of them touched it.

A heavy silence hung over the table for several seconds, the only sound in the room being the ticking of a clock somewhere in the house.

They had already explained everything to their mother.

From the issue of Noah’s suspension at the academy...

To the situation he had walked into when he followed Amelia earlier.

Amelia had reluctantly told the entire story.

How the three girls had been bullying her for months.

How Tou had gotten involved. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

How he had threatened her.

And how Noah had intervened when he found them.

Through the explanation, their mother’s expression had gradually darkened.

But Noah had been careful about what he said.

There were certain things he made sure to leave out in his explanation.

For example, he never mentioned how he had died a few days ago.

Or how he had been buried by Lloyd and somehow come back to life.

That revelation would be far too shocking.

Dropping something like that in the middle of this conversation would only create chaos and confusion.

There was no way his mother would calmly accept something that unbelievable right now.

So he kept that part to himself.

He also didn’t say anything about the system also.

The mysterious interface that had appeared before him.

The thing that had changed his life completely.

Explaining that would only raise even more questions, ones he didn’t fully have himself yet.

So instead, he simply told her the parts of the story that he felt were necessary.

The silence at the table stretched on for a few more moments after the explanation ended.

Then finally—

Their mother spoke.

She turned her gaze toward Amelia.

"You should have told me at least..." she stuttered softly, gently clenching her fists.