The next day, Farren called Dominic during lunchtime.

The back of the school building is not popular. Thinking that my presence would complicate the conversation, I quietly hid behind a tree.

I’ve heard that Dominic hates me with all his heart.

“What is it? Unlike you, I don’t have time for this.”

“Let me ask you this straight out… have you been doing anything dangerous lately?”

“What are you talking about……?”

Dominic’s eyebrows twitched.

“I sense a power in your magic that no human being should possess.”

“I’m not sure what you mean by that. Do you have any proof of this……?”

“There is no such thing. But…”

“If you don’t have proof, stop screwing around!”

Dominic grabbed Farren’s collar with his right arm.

But Farren, looking straight into Dominic’s eyes, said;

“Dominic-san! I can feel the miasma in your magic power!”

“What, miasma? That’s ridiculous!”

“Dominic. If you don’t stop, you’ll…… die. ……That power is not something a person can handle!”

“Shut up! You’re mocking me, too……!”

Dominic tried to hit Farren.

“Stop it! Dominic!”

I jumped out from behind the tree.

“Why are you here, Owen?”

Dominic glared at me instead of letting go of Farren.

“To stop you.”

“Stop me? Who the hell do you think you are?”

“Me. (Oresama)”

Oh, no…… The old arrogant me came out.

“Bastard, are you fucking kidding me?”

“Dominic, what you’ve been doing lately is beyond control. Even yesterday…”

“You were miserable! You can’t even block magic like that!”

“Don’t get carried away. Do you think you can beat me with a surprise attack? You’ve got a big head.”

“Surprise attack? If you want, I can burn you to a crisp right now!”

“No, please!”

Farren stepped in between me and Dominic.

“I don’t have time for your bullshit.”

Dominic snorted and left.

As I stared at him, I asked Farren.

“Hey, Farren…… that miasma you were talking about earlier, was it that true?”

“That…”

He looked around to make sure no one was around, and then gave me an earful.

“Yes……. The miasma was thicker and clearer than before.”

“Is the miasma…… safe?”

I asked back in a low voice.

“No, it’s not okay! Because of that, that person is……. The miasma always harmspeople. You should never handle…… something like that. Never……”

“Farren…… what happened?”

She seemed to have extraordinary feelings about the miasma.

“No… it’s nothing. But I didn’t expect…… the miasma to become this thick in the past few days……”

That’s not…… a bad thing, is it?

“Hey……. Did you tell Chris-sensei about this?”

“I’ll have to tell him, of course.”

We hurried back to the classroom, and Chris-sensei was standing at the podium with a more serious expression than usual.

What is it?

I have a…… bad feeling about this.

After confirming that I and Farren had returned, Chris-sensei said.

“So then, Dominic. ……Do you know where he is?”

He asked us.

“I don’t know.”

When I answered, he muttered, “I see.”

“A middle school student has been found dead. The cause is unknown. Since there is a possibility that it is an incident, I’m going to investigate. That’s why I’m not going to have class this afternoon. Don’t take any detours and go home.”

I turn to face Farren.

……This may have something to do with Dominic.