Volume 1, Chapter 22 – Lady Saintess, It’s Interrogation Time

Stella shook her head, trying her best not to think about the bizarre scene in her mind.

For someone who was a Saintess, it was still far too terrifying.

No matter what, compared to that, the freshly brewed succubus elixir was much more reassuring.

Stella touched the warm little vial in the pocket close to her body, and most of the anxiety in her heart finally faded away.

She had to admit that the formula provided by the Inquisitor was truly miraculous. Not only had it allowed her to perfectly disguise herself as a succubus, it could even strengthen her through the use of higher-ranking samples.

Although she had no idea what exactly would happen after drinking this special Valentine version, at the very least, she now had a trump card that could keep her alive during the so-called weekend duel.

As for the bloodline inspection after the Principal returned… that kind of unavoidable problem could be shoved to the back of her mind for now.

Since things had come to this, she might as well get some rest first.

“Phew…”

Stella stretched comfortably and prepared to pour herself a glass of water to soothe her throat.

Just then, a clear, rhythmic knocking suddenly came from the door.

Knock, knock, knock.

“Stella, are you there?”

Stella jolted in fright. Forcing herself to remain calm, she put away the potion, quickly shoved the last of her tools under the bed, patted her cheeks, and did her best to restore her usual aloof expression. Only then did she walk to the door, take a deep breath, and pull it open.

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Remedios stood outside.

Her platinum-blonde hair was meticulously arranged, her blue ribbon perfectly straight, and she held that thick diary of hers in her arms. On her face was the smile Stella had already grown quite familiar with.

“Good afternoon, Stella.”

Remedios lightly twitched her nose.

“…Residual magical power and the smell of herbs? Were you brewing a potion?” Her gaze casually swept across Stella’s room, which had clearly been tidied up in a hurry. “I hope I didn’t interrupt you.”

“N-No.” Stella stepped aside to let her in. “Did you need something, Remedios?”

“Two things.” Remedios walked into the room and sat down on the sofa, getting straight to the point. “First, I came to express my admiration.”

“Admiration?”

“For declaring war on Cheryl Valentine.”

Remedios’ blue eyes gleamed.

“The entire school has heard about it. Everyone knows about your public declaration of war, and it’s even going to be the most direct and violent kind of physical confrontation.”

“Courage, resolve, and absolute confidence in your own strength… As expected of the co-conspirator I chose.”

“That was seriously hardcore, Stella. Even I didn’t expect you to choose such an aggressive approach.”

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Even though her tone was flat, the admiration in it was unmistakable.

The corner of Stella’s mouth twitched.

No, she really didn’t possess any of those things.

“So, did you come here just to cheer me on?” Stella asked somewhat wearily.

“Cheering you on is incidental.” Remedios glanced at her pocket watch. “I came to drag you to class while I was at it. If we don’t leave now, we’re going to be late.”

“…Class?” Stella was stunned.

“Did you forget?” Remedios glanced at her and calmly reminded her, “This afternoon is the practical session for Professor Katerina’s Human Interrogation Studies. You’d better pull yourself together. This is a course that… places great emphasis on practical ability, and it’s also easy to score highly in. Weren’t you planning to rank near the top in every subject?”

Human Interrogation Studies.

Ranking near the top.

‘Good grief…’

Stella began to panic.

She had heard Vice Principal Mara mention this course before, but at the time, all her attention had been focused on the upcoming Mental Seduction Studies.

Human Interrogation Studies.

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Just hearing the name was enough to tell what kind of course it was.

Unease rose in Stella’s heart. She turned her head and looked at the class schedule on the wall.

【14:00 – 16:00 Human Interrogation Studies】

【Teaching Objective: Extract information from humans or inflict pain through physical and mental torment.】

She still remembered her agreement with Vice Principal Mara. According to the terms of her special privilege, she needed to rank near the top in this course as usual.

‘Please let it be purely theoretical… Please, it absolutely had to be purely theoretical…’

As long as all she had to do was memorize books, whether it was One Hundred Methods for Maintaining Torture Instruments or The Acoustic Principles of Screaming, she could get full marks!

“Inter… rogation?” Stella’s voice sounded dry.

“Yeah.”

Remedios shrugged.

“The course objective is written very clearly.”

“Extract information from humans or simply inflict pain through physical and mental torment.”

“As usual, the Professor requires every student to go up and try it themselves. Whoever can make the human scream the most miserably gets the highest score.”

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“Since it’s interrogation studies, you can’t avoid pain, fear, and mental collapse… Those are the most basic topics in our House of Terror and Slaughter. For you, it shouldn’t be difficult, right?”

“…”

Stella stopped speaking.

“What’s wrong? Why do you look so awful?” Remedios looked at her in confusion. “You even dared to punch Valentine. What’s a little interrogation compared to that?”

Stella looked at Remedios’s matter-of-fact expression and felt her vision go dark.

Interrogate a human?

She was a Saintess who served God and had sworn to protect the people, and they wanted her to torture an innocent human?

Translator Note

Ohh! Will our Saintess finally unable to escape the corruption? xD