My Taboo Academy

Chapter 26: Rescuing miss Dean

Don’t give me that much room!

No matter how good-looking he was or how well he treated them, please don’t do this.

Aria and Elle both looked at him with eyes full of affection.

If they kept staring like that while the dungeon finished collapsing, the weight of their gazes would become unbearable.

"Let’s, uh... take a picture then."

This felt like the perfect moment.

"Elle, you have to be in it too, come closer!!"

"Oof!"

Two female students pressed against both of his arms. What a situation.

This was a full-blown harem photo.

"Snap!"

The moment was captured and preserved like evidence.

"Ren is completely flustered. Look at him."

Of course he was.

In all his years he had never experienced something this bittersweet in real life.

"See? The picture came out great."

"Both of you look beautiful."

Aria played with her phone for a moment and then sent him the photo.

[Aria]

(Photo of Elle and Aria pressed close against him)

In the short time since the picture was taken, Elle and he had somehow ended up with cat whiskers drawn on their faces in colored pencil.

Underneath the image was a neat caption: "Our squad’s first dungeon cleared."

Elle blushing and Aria smiling ear to ear. Both faces were captured perfectly.

"I’ll send it to Elle too. Actually, let’s just make a group chat."

An invitation arrived. Ren, Elle, and Aria a three-person chat room.

"What’s our squad name going to be? It can’t be the Fleshlight Squad, right?"

"Ugh!"

Aria clutched her head.

"Fleshlight this, Fleshlight that... You’re always so crude. Rule number one of the group chat: Please no crude language!"

A notice had already been added to the chat: "No crude language allowed."

They were the only ones left at the training ground.

"So... do we just head home now?"

"We must have been the last ones out. We were the only group in a B-class dungeon, so it makes sense."

Aria suddenly turned and lifted the front of her shirt a little.

"Ah, we tried to be careful, but sand got into my clothes. Elle, let’s go wash up together!"

"Huh?! I was going to wash at home..."

"Don’t say that! Girls need to talk too. Let’s deepen our friendship."

"Don’t bother Elle."

"Who’s bothering anyone? Ren, which way is your place? Can you wait for us?"

If they were heading in the same direction, there was no reason to refuse.

He had nothing else planned afterward.

"Alright. You two go wash up. I’ll wait."

After seeing them off, Ren opened his status window.

**Ren Asahi**

Lv 9 (D)

Strength『75』(+14)

Agility『45』(+13)

Stamina『46』(+8)

Technique『45』(+11)

(Hidden) Magic『0』(+3)

(Hidden) Charm『999』

Newly Acquired Skills:

『Fleshlight Enhancement』 — Designated as a Fleshlight! Enhances overall abilities of the Fleshlight.

『Firearms Proficiency』 — Required proficiency for handling various firearms. Level rises with use and improves accuracy. Current level: 3

Achievements:

"Goblin Fleshlight Conqueror" — Collected every Goblin Fleshlight.

"Loss of Humanity" — Without hesitation, forced depravity onto an unknown heroine.

"Inhuman Depravity" — With full violent force, mercilessly subjected a resisting heroine to vile desires.

"Destructive Depravity" — A brutal campaign of degradation that ignored the heroine’s crumbling sense of self. Extremely sadistic.

**Title:** Conqueror of the Orc Fleshlight

_Orc Fleshlight Conqueror_ — Collected every Orc Fleshlight.

’I’ve gotten stronger.’

The overall evaluation still showed D because it hadn’t updated yet,

but his actual stats had already far surpassed that rank.

After buying the new stats, he could feel the difference in power simply by moving.

With higher skill proficiency, the gun jammed less and hit harder.

Of course reality wouldn’t have such ridiculous limitations... but still...

’Huh?’

While scrolling through his achievements, something odd caught his eye.

The "Loss of Humanity" entry.

It had been unlocked when he punched the training dummy... yet it spoke of a victim he had no memory of.

Had he subjected some unknown heroine to a humiliating act? He remembered nothing of the sort.

It was completely baffling.

’I wonder what I’ll find if I search for it.’

[「Crimson Eye」 activated]

He focused and slowly expanded the search range.

[Regina Dean’s Dispersed Soul]

He located the dispersed soul somewhere inside the academy facilities.

It was a bit far, but...

’Regina Dean’...?

An unfamiliar name.

Still, it seemed necessary to investigate.

I waited outside while Elle and Aria finished showering.

"We’re done!"

"Sorry, but I’ve got something I need to take care of today. You two go on ahead."

Something to do... I had no idea what it might be, yet I wouldn’t feel settled until I confirmed it had nothing to do with me.

"...Huh? Alright then. See you tomorrow!"

My tone may have been a little cold, but Aria still smiled and Elle gave a small wave as they left. Once they were gone, I headed straight for the place where the expelled soul was located. It turned out to be an academy building I had never set foot in before.

’Am I even allowed to go inside?’

I hesitated at the entrance. A stern-looking guard immediately appeared.

"This area is off-limits to regular students. Step back."

"...Uh, over there..."

Inside was Regina Dean’s expelled soul.

If I activated my perception, I could see it even more clearly.

[Soul deterioration in progress...]

’Soul deterioration... that sounds dangerous.’

"What do you think you’re doing? Why did you use a skill?"

"No, this is... I mean..."

"Answer properly!"

There was no need for him to get so aggressive. Explaining this was nearly impossible.

"Stop right there. What’s going on?"

At that moment a figure I never expected to see again stepped into view.

Student Council President Liliana.

The silver-haired beauty made the guard back off with a single look.

"I stopped him because an ordinary student seemed to be trying to enter the research building."

"...Research building?"

’Not good.’

This was no time to be distracted by her looks. The Student Council President was far more dangerous than any guard.

"Ren Asahi. What are you doing here?"

"Regina Dean... do you know who that is, President?"

"..."

Liliana studied me with an unreadable expression.

"I was on my way to see Professor Dean myself. If you have business with her, we can go together."

"Ah... yes."

Why was she being so cooperative?

Was she keeping me close because she found me suspicious?

Either way, I managed to get past the guard and into the research building.

"I haven’t been able to reach Ms. Dean. I saw that she returned to the academy."

"...Really?"

Something was wrong.

I was the only person in this game who used Soul Excretion, yet an expulsion belonging to someone I didn’t even know was sitting inside the academy.

...No. It felt wrong to keep calling it "expulsion" for a teacher whose face I had never properly seen. Let’s call it "jelly" instead.

If Ms. Dean’s soul had been expelled as jelly, of course no one could contact her.

I was certain I had never used the inhumane version of Soul Excretion on any heroine.

Still, I understood more about the process than anyone else.

That knowledge let me roughly grasp the situation Ms. Dean was in right now.

And that knowledge made me extremely uneasy.

Wasn’t this the perfect setup to be accused as the culprit?

Liliana walked ahead without looking back.

"I’ve been trying to reach her since lunchtime. There was no answer, so I assumed she was eating."

"Since lunchtime?"

"Yes."

’Lunchtime...’

The unveiled soul. If this was connected to what I did earlier...

"The dummy?!"

Had the dummy been created by someone specific? I had only glanced at the information with my insight and couldn’t remember the details clearly.

One fact did stick, though.

The novice magical dummy belonged to the student council.

"Um, Student Council President... can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"Was Miss Dean part of the student council when she was a student?"

Liliana’s steps came to a sudden stop.

I didn’t even get the chance to admire the way her white pants hugged her hips.

"You didn’t already know that when you came looking for Teacher Dean?"

Her voice had gone cold.

Sweat kept sliding down my back.

I might be in a much more dangerous position than I realized...

"Why are you sweating so much?"

"...The dungeon we entered for afternoon class was really hot."

"Teacher Dean was on the student council. In fact, she served as Student Council President during her time here."

"I see."

She probably hadn’t started as president. There must have been a period when she was simply an active member.

Regina Dean had prepared a dummy, an official student-council artifact while she was still a student. Looking at it that way, nothing about it was strange.

So why had the teacher’s essence been expelled?

Could the dummy’s connection to its creator have linked with Soul Excretion somehow...?

’What an insane coincidence.’

It was hard to believe the goddess had planned this. And yet...

That little goddess almost certainly knew everything and simply chose not to tell me.

"Why did you stop walking? Didn’t you say you had business with Teacher Dean?"

I could feel it.

As I followed the Student Council President, the distance to [Regina’s expelled soul] steadily closed.

"...Did you manage to get in touch with her later?"

"The call connected a short while ago."

Connected?

Liliana showed me her phone as she spoke.

"But no matter what I said, she stayed completely silent. That’s why I’m going to check on her myself. I’m worried something might have happened."

"..."

"What do you think? Is that speculation too far-fetched?"

"If someone in my family suddenly went silent like that... I’d be worried enough to go look for them too."

"Exactly. It would be a disaster if she had been attacked by some malicious villain."

...Liliana was openly suspicious of me

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