The Goddess Made A Mistake Again

Seeing him running or actually limping towards me, I have one thought.

'Did the plan fail?'

Lazarus tried to come straight for me but was stopped by the academy's gate guards. They both put spears before him and said, "Stop this instant! Even if you are teacher of this institute, attacking the students is a crime." They said.

The guards could already see that the guy had lost his mind, wanting to kill a student right at the gates. Still because he is a teacher, they tried to calm him down.

But that only worked against them.

Lazarus didn't bother thinking about them and just hit both of them to the face and stomach respectively. Bringing them down for the count.

He didn't stop at that and came for me.

"Haagh!" He screamed and tried to strike me down with his sword.

But he was rather slow… I mean he was much slower than he already was before.

I grab on to his extended grip and before he could attack with his other hand, I crush the hand. His second attack stopped and he almost gave a small groan of pain. But the guy did not let go of his sword.

So I punched him.

"Bam!"

"Argh!"

Lazarus screamed as he felt my punch hit his stomach like a truck hitting a hot dog stand. The sword in his broken grip fell and the guy went down to his knees.

'Did he discover the bag too early?'

'If that's happened or something else, then do I need to start planning again?'

The thought of planning again angered me and I was about to punch the guy again. But Arthur stopped me.

"Stop Henry!" He held my punched hand, which I deliberately lowered the power.

Still the guy was having trouble holding it back.

"Are you trying to kill him?"

"Why not?" I tell him straight, "The guy tried to kill me multiple times and he even neutralized the guards and you're getting angry at me for trying to kill him?"

"Bu- But he's our teacher." Arthur said, trying to find a reason to stop Henry. "I know he's a nice guy… I think he lost his mind or something. He needs a doctor more than a punch."

I stop and look straight at his face which disturbed Arthur.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Arthur, do you have some personal connection with this guy?" I point to Lazarus.

"I… I kinda know him from a-"

Lazarus saw the momentary lapse and used that to attack me. But I saw it long ago.

Using his held hand, I fling him around as the knife in his other hand flies away. Then I knee his back, and sit over him, restraining the fucker.

I grab his head hard and point to Arthur, "Tell me, do you still think that I should not kill him."

"I… don't know anymore. He wasn't like this before. When he started teaching me, he was quite a nice guy."

'Teaching him… when did this guy and Arthur start a master-student relationship?'

Seeing that Arthur was occupied with telling a story and Lazarus was right under me, I think of taking the chance.

'Why not kill him now?... If some problem arises later, I can just say it was for self-defense.'

"Arthur!" Lazarus screamed under me, "Do not trust this monster. He'll kill you!"

Arthur looked shocked at seeing his masters face so crazy like that.

"So first of all you were going to kill me and now that I got you, you're saying I'll kill him. Is that the best excuse you got pal?" I pat his cheek.

"Fuck you!" Lazarus said to me and again tried to tell Arthur, "Believe me boy. He will stab you in the most ruthless way possible when you least expect it. I'm already sure he has started preparing something crazy for you."

"But master, Henry's my friend. He's never done anything to harm me." Arthur said.

"You Don't Know Anything! Do you know he was the reason I was kicked out of the academy?!"

Arthur looked at me and I shrugged it away.

"He might also have some connection with the whore qu-"

At that point, I hit square at his nape, letting his consciousness slip away.

"Wait! Why did you do that? He was trying to tell me something." Arthur told me.

"You mean why did I stop the man from spreading ridiculous lies about me." My word shut him up.

"In the name of the royal family, stop!"

Suddenly, we hear a hard voice.

Turning to the gate, we saw a group of guards. They wore high quality armor and had silver weapons in their hands.

'Seems like it's the royal guards… if they are here, did my plan not fail?'

'Then how is Lazarus be here?'

The guards looked at the gate and saw the door guards already unconscious. Then he looked at me and Lazarus lying on the ground.

The man on the front came towards us and asked, "Who did this?" Then he directly looked at Arthur, "Was it you?"

I almost raise my brow at this atrocity.

'Motherfucker! Can't you see the guy who's taller than you and overshadowing your body?!'

I raise my hand, "Hey! It was me."

"It was you?" He raised his brow in suspicion.

It was at that point where I really wanted to beat his ass.

"You have done a great service to the kingdom, Sir!" He gave me a salute and said those words loudly. Then he turned around and told the others, "Guards!"

With his command, they too gave me a salute.

This guys were so loud that people who were on the field started looking weirdly at us.

"Yeah? Thanks for the honor… but can you tell me why you're saluting me?"

The guards relaxed his posture and looked down at Lazarus, "We can, but first let us apprehend the criminal under you."

"Criminal? Lazarus?" Arthur asked.

"Yes," The guard nodded, "I'm sure you know of the explosion that occurred before." We nod. "Well this criminal here is the reason for it."

"What!" Arthur screamed.

"Oh my!" I start acting scared, "I knew this guy was crazy, but I didn't think he would be crazy enough to betray his own kingdom and kill so many innocent people. Please take him away and make him face the utmost punishment." I step away from Lazarus and the guards came and took him up.

"Thank you for your cooperation." The leader said and was about to leave when Arthur stopped them.

"Why do you think that he's the main culprit?"

"Because we caught him in the act." The main guard didn't restrain from telling information, "We went to his house and found him preparing a bag full of Sigmat Crystals and Black Powder."

"Hmm? But what does those do with him being the criminal?" Arthur didn't understand.

"You may not know but Sigmat crystals have a high concentration of mana and if one were to combine it with black powder then it's literally a bomb." The leader said, "And we caught him with enough crystals and black powder to bomb half of the capital."

"H- Half of capita…" Arthur stumped as he looked down in disbelief.

"He was also reported to be in the area when the explosion occurred, so that's why we are sure that he's the criminal."

'Hm? He was there?' I smile seeing Lazarus's tattered clothes, 'It seems luck is on my side then.'