[BL] Daily Disposable Persona

12: Child of the Wind 12

"It's me."

His words weren't very loud, but they attracted everyone's attention.

The clown in his fingers laughed wildly, and the auditorium was silent.

This day would go down in the history of MU. No freshman had ever managed to win the honorary chief position.

As for how long the last chief had been enrolled when he was selected, or what year he'd entered the school, or the date he became the chief, everyone forgot about this in unison.

An astrology professor was the first to start clapping. A moment later, the auditorium exploded with enduring applause. Everyone gathered around the new chief to pay tribute.

Then, like a magic trick, an army of tuxedoed waiters emerged from various corners of the room. With trays of champagne glasses they transformed the long table covered with playing cards into a luxury dessert station.

The lights came on, the center seats were pushed to the side, and the associate dean of the Alchemy Department led the professors on stage to tune the newest automated orchestra. Soon, under the impetus of a magic pattern, a violin bow hung in the air, elegantly dipped across the strings, and began to play Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

Within a few minutes the solemn auditorium was transformed into a ballroom.

In accordance with MU practice, the entrance ceremony and the coronation of the honorary chief were combined into one night, which also saved money on an event.

"Hoshino-kun, it's been a long time since I've seen such a grand occasion." The Russian woman closed her lace folding fan. "It's certainly worthy of being Monarch-level on awakening. His insight talent is unfathomable. I don't know who he'll choose as an advisor. I'm really looking forward to seeing it."

"I'm afraid nothing good will come of it." Hoshino Kota shook his head. "There's too big a gap between what the Chinese Dragon Group announced and what just happened. The atmosphere today is too uncertain—it's dangerous for a Monarch-level who hasn't experienced Second Awakening to make so much noise."

Every investigator at Miskatonic University had signed a confidentiality agreement encrypted by a magic pattern. Even so, this was the first thing in their minds.

The danger never went away.

Throughout the occult world, Miskatonic University was like a bellwether. Whenever there was any kind of confrontation with otherworldly creatures, it was the primary target. The scientific research teams sent by MU were frequently attacked by unidentified species for no reason. By now investigators were almost used to it. In addition to such beings, various cults had emerged one after another all over the world. While preventing foreign invasion, they also had to defeat threats from within. Investigators didn't get public holidays. They were running ragged.

"Will the vice chancellor come tonight?"

"Oh, I don't think so." A magic pattern professor who had begun to play billiards shrugged. "His Excellency Paracelsus has recently been thick as thieves with Professor Newton, and they even pulled in Revered Daoist Xu Fu of the East. They want to try their hand at making Klein bottles in three-dimensional space with alchemy. To help with this, His Excellency Paracelsus contributed his own philosopher's stone in an attempt to awaken the soul of Albert Einstein in the Dreamlands."

As Hoshino Kota listened he almost broke out in a cold sweat. "I never thought that old joke would come true. If Mr. Einstein comes to our school, I'm afraid the dean of the Physics Department will have to make way."

"The Physics Department is understandably excited about the news."

While they were discussing, an archaeology professor named Afit joined the conversation. "All the professors in their department are die-hard fans of Mr. Einstein."