Blood Assimilation

At this point, Instructor Ava regained her calm, narrowed her gaze at the red-haired young man, and then doubtfully asked: "Why would you deliver something like that to us? Isn't it appropriate to sell monster parts for money? Are you saying that this monster's corpse is useless to you?"

"Whoa there… Please calm down, Miss… What was it again? Your name, I mean." The red-haired young man asked, seemingly having no idea what the woman in front of him was called.

"Ava" She curtly replied.

"Right, Miss Ava… Like I said before, there's no need to think too much. I was only passing by and then I saw that you guys were attacked by this creature here. However, upon noticing my presence, it started chasing after me. It was very persistent in chasing after me, so I had no choice but to kill it."

"Had no choice but to kill it?" Instructor Ava muttered in disbelief.

"That's right." He casually replied to her. 

'Was it that simple to kill it? Just how strong is this person? Doesn't he look as old as my students? I wonder where he came from.' She silently thought to herself upon hearing his casual reply.

"But since it doesn't seem to be a simple monster and would be troublesome to deal with afterward, I brought it to guys instead. Are we clear now?" The red-haired young man continued with his story.

"…How can we trust you? What if you were the one who sent this creature to attack us instead? How can you prove that you're not the culprit behind all this?"

"Hmm… Well, I have no proof so… Well, you can believe what you want. I have done my part in delivering this, so you can do whatever you want with it. Just know that this creature has nothing to do with me, so when you make your report to the military later on, you had better make that clear to them. Otherwise…"

'What?! I can't move my body? What is this? It feels like all the blood in my body had suddenly stopped flowing. If this continues, I could die from a heart attack. Is this his ability?'

"Don't worry, this is just a reminder. I don't mean any harm, but that doesn't mean that if one brought harm to me, I wouldn't retaliate in return. Just know that as long you do your part in delivering the corpse of this creature and the message that I just happen to pass by and helped you defeat this creature to the military, then we'll all be good." The red-haired young man said with a smile. 

And then he continued after thinking of something: "But isn't this outcome good for you guys anyway? After all, you managed to kill the monster that almost killed all of you during your journey, right? Not to mention, there doesn't seem to be much casualty amongst the student from what I can see… So you can save the prestige of the academy this way, right?"

After saying this, the red-hair young man undid his ability thereby releasing Instructor Ava from his influence.

'I am free from the restraints now. But how was this possible? I had cast a barrier around myself beforehand, and also, I am sure that I am still wearing an artifact with protection against abnormality effect abilities. Unless the other party was an S-Rank, they shouldn't be able to break through my protection artifact. Just who is this red-haired young man? What is his true identity?' 

She became more intrigued the longer she observed the young man in front of her, but she did not express her desire to know more about the other party since there was a possibility that they might find it offensive or invasive and then kill everyone here as a result. 

"…" 

With that thought in mind, Instructor Ava deeply stared at the young man for a while, and then she sighed shortly after before saying: "It is indeed good for us this way. And I also understand your intention very well, so you don't have to worry. I will make sure to deliver this monster's corpse to the military and—"

At this moment, she suddenly paused in her speech and then looked in front of her with a frown on her expression. Everyone around her also looked in the direction that she was currently staring, at this moment. 

Even the red-haired young man displayed a somewhat shocked expression when he looked in front of himself, the same place that everyone was looking, at this moment.

Ssssiss——

At this point, almost everyone outside the school bus and those who were paying attention to the situation outside through the opened windows of the school buses had a terrified and shocked expression on their faces.

That was because, right in front of everyone, the monster corpse that the red-haired young man had brought started deteriorating, or more precisely, it started rotting with all the flesh decomposing into a mush of liquefied flesh.

Looking closely, even the bones of the creature had also melted along with its flesh. This was a sight that could induce horror into anyone who had a slightly weaker mentality.

While looking at this, some students started vomiting the food that they had recently, meanwhile the others were looking away with appalled expressions.

The instructors were no different as they had a deep frown on their faces at this moment when they saw the corpse rot right in front of their very eyes.

The red-haired young man also scowled deeply as he saw this unnerving situation unfold in front of his eyes.

"How disgusting…" He muttered under his breath a moment later, seemingly unaware of this happening when he decided to bring the monster corpse over with him. 

The students could not hold themselves anymore and also commented loudly while pointing their fingers at the now liquefied corpse.

"What the hell is that? Did that corpse just rot right in front of our eyes? This is the first time I've seen something like this."

"Is there even a chemical that could completely deteriorate the flesh and bones of such a huge monster?"

"Don't tell me... Did that guy do it? Shit! Teacher, we shouldn't get on his bad side."

"Everyone, calm down! Do not make such a careless judgment without evidence" Instructor Ava shouted when she heard what the students were saying.

And then she narrowed her gaze at the red-haired young man without saying anything, but her intention was clear on her face.

The red-haired young man also noticed the gaze on him and only shook his head helplessly before saying: "Don't look at me like that. I also have no idea what's going on either."

"Then how did the corpse of the monster that you happen to deliver suddenly rot and melt right in front of us?" She asked right away, clearly still doubting his words.

The red-haired young man shrugged and then replied: "Who knows, but it wasn't my doing, that I can tell you. Even if you don't believe me, that is the truth. Maybe the ones that sent this monster to attack you guys, did it? After all, this monster doesn't look normal judging by its ghastly appearance. And besides, why would I bother to bring it over just to let it rot in front of you guys? What do I even gain from that?"