It was one weekday when Ars and Loki visited the main building of the academy, which was just getting back to normal. It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with them.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with your friends. However, by the time they arrived here, they were exposed to painful gazes, and even now the progress of the lecture was being hampered.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　It's a good idea to have the same uniform as before, and the same mask that was used in the extracurricular class of some time ago. Loki was unable to hide his distinctive hair and lost sight of the meaning of his disguise.

　Of course, it was a disguise that the two of them tried to disguise themselves by trial and error, but it was also because they went in the wrong direction. Loki couldn't afford to lose the opportunity to see Ars in his unique mask. On the contrary, he had expected there would be a commotion, but this seemed to be the one thing that the students who cared for him pretended not to see, thanks to the students who cared for him.

　The faculty members standing on the stage have their labs in the same research building as Ars. Therefore, he was also seen standing with Ars for some reason. Of course, the reason for this is not simply because he is a researcher, but also because he is a scholar who also analyzes Babel, which is said to be a top secret.

　A young man in his twenties is a teacher who has just been assigned to teach a new class that has been incorporated into the curriculum. He seems a little intimidated, but his voice, in a way, passes through the classroom well, because unfortunately the students are only about a fifth of the seats.

　In other words, they didn't know what to do and asked Ars for guidance and advice as a class. If this was the case, Ars wouldn't have bothered to attend a lecture and act conspicuously.
　The reason he moved his fingers this time was because he was interested in the subject matter that the new teacher was in charge of.

　A virtual LCD was unfolding in front of him, and the diagram alone was very interesting. Unfortunately, even Loki, who is listening next to you without making a sound, would not be able to understand the content.
　It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you can see the difference.

Then, as stated in the title, to what extent do demons read and understand the information they prey upon? These questions, of course, must be related to the magic power information and magic factors. The recent monsters' mutation tends to be proportional to the development of our threat level, so-called magic. In each analysis, we can read more information about the functions of demons than the most advanced equipment we currently use. For example, if you put a demon in the analysis equipment, the analysis of lost spells, which cannot be solved today, will be complete.

　The male teacher on the stage is an orator. His explanations proceeded smoothly, as if he could assemble them smoothly.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what's inside a demon's body and the causal relationship between magic and the information inside a demon's body. I'm not sure I'll be able to find the right one.

　It's not a very popular lecture in terms of the number of students attending. I'm not going to be the only one who can do that.

　--Well, it's certainly useful, but it lacks the material to explain it.

　Simply put, there are not enough arguments to pull in research funding. It would be a low priority for the country to pursue parallel research. His research would need to have enough material to support it.
　In other words, demons. Putting live demons in the survival zone would be highly repugnant, even to those not at the top.

　The students who attended the too technical lecture seemed to have given up on it early on, or were listening to it as if they refused to understand it.
　The new teacher said that because the class was new, it was now on a trial basis - a trial period, in other words.

　Of course, if the lecture itself is unpopular, he may not be able to take the stage next term.
　If he knew the content of his lectures beforehand, he could have given more advice to the students. However, that would have interfered with his lecture.

　The only person who is interested in the lecture is Ars, in this situation.

　You can't help but raise your hand and ask questions - thinking it's a bit mean.
　The teacher knows the identity of the masked student who raises his hand at the back of the room. However, if you take the intention of wearing the mask.

''Ha, yes!　That's it............. Err, there, you!

　Rather than hide his upset, the instructor, who had stepped off the stage, managed to keep up appearances and nominated Ars.

''I'm sorry to interrupt your lecture. There are a couple of points that have been bothering me.

　Of course, the students in the classroom are aware of the identity of the masked figure. While all of them look back at the somewhat muffled voice, the teacher urges them to go in.

The biology of demons is largely categorized in the current research. However, from what I heard in the teacher's lecture, conventional research has not been able to keep up with the recent evolution of demons. That's how I see it. Then, some people may argue that the behavioral principles of demons deviate from the ecosystem. If that is the case, we would like to know how to explain why demons do not prey on them.

　Ars shifts the issue slightly and directs the students in the direction of interest. It is also factored in that, given the content of the teacher's lecture, it is naturally impossible to answer unless you know about it.

　Of course, Ars doesn't have this answer. This is because the conclusion is equivalent to predicting the fate of humanity and demons.
　The teacher nodded one nod and said, "I would like you to listen to this as a personal opinion that lacks evidence," before speaking.

'The reason why the predatory behavior of demons is out of providence is because they do not aim for survival. If you bring up the term 'energy consumption', you are not limited to that. However, demons don't need food, water and other nutrients that humans need to survive. Then why do demons prey on humans, or more specifically, why do they want magic power? The reason is to protect themselves from enemies, and their natural enemy is, for now, human beings.

　All the students in the classroom, though few, were beginning to listen to the professor. Demons that threaten humanity are the biggest question for anyone who wants to become a magician. They must have seen in this commentary the possibility of touching a part of why demons are specialized to hunt humans.

　The teacher had only presented his personal opinion to Ars, but the content of the commentary had changed to be relatively easy for the students to understand. However, his eyes are still lit with the unique light of a researcher. Like a magic car with broken brakes, it is incessantly heated.

''You could say that this is an evolution born out of a struggle for survival. I believe that if there were no humans, demons would be creatures that could survive on magic power alone. Of course, they might have evolved in the same way due to species warfare among demons, but I don't know. Now, to answer your question, when the demons stopped preying on us, we'd be a natural enemy of theirs. Or........maybe there is a limit to the evolution of demons. It is wishful thinking, but it is also possible that the higher the rate, the more stable the form becomes, the less information it needs to provide, as it becomes the most suitable form for its shape - a stable form.

　By the second half, he forgot to breathe and looked like he was about to go sour. He put one hand on the teaching table, repeated his wild breaths, and finally added, "In the end, it would be difficult to predict the future of demons, the future of humanity, without clarifying the roots of demons.

　Coincidentally, when he had finished answering Ars's question, the chime for the end of the class rang, and the instructor's shoulders slumped in shock at the fact that the lecture was only halfway through.
　Still, there was no doubt in the faces of the students who had attended the lecture, and they looked more excited by the desire for knowledge than they had been progressing as it was.

　Either way, it was evident from the questions that continued to be asked of the instructor even after the lecture was over.


　Ars and Loki left the classroom, leaving the teacher's panicked appearance behind.

'Al, was that question you asked him earlier?

　Loki asks in a muffled voice, as I knew it was due to the mask. She would have understood the last lecture as well. However, Ars's true intentions are different.

　You will be able to get a lot more information on the best way to get a better idea of what to do. The reason why I was at a loss for words for a moment is because the girl in a rather eerie mask was right in front of me.
　Once again, or rather, the impression that this mask gives in conversation as usual is perhaps more than a disguise, but the smell of crime is not in the air? Either way, it is definitely an unrealistic figure.

　Ars, who managed to twist out the words, was tempted to leave the place quickly.

'It's fickle.'
''..............I see. I've been thinking about it for a while now, but you're a very strange person, aren't you?

　It's hard to tell from his expression, but for some reason Loki's reply feels unexplained. That's probably because of the obvious difference in tension.

　It's because Loki doesn't express herself much, so if you cover her completely with a mask, you can only get information from her voice. Nevertheless, she seems to be in a good mood right now, that's all that's certain.
　Although it's a trivial conversation, but Ars from Loki's point of view must have a different impression of her than Loki from Ars - this masked figure.

''Hmm, well, it's true that all researchers are weirdos.
'Oh, I see. Huh.
Hey, I'm getting a bad feeling about this.
I'm sure it's not my imagination.
'Well it doesn't look like I'm imagining it.

　Ars let out a sigh through his mask, judging from the sound of Loki's voice. It was a horrible thing that he was unaware of himself.

　Before they knew it, they noticed that the wall of people in the corridor had been cracked, and they once again remembered that their disguise was not appropriate.

　But as expected, Tesfia and Alice, who came across them by chance, continued to berate them, and furthermore, all the students knew about this rare entrant.
　However, it was also an opportunity to lay the groundwork for the students to take care of them so that they wouldn't cause Ars and the others to feel weirdly uncomfortable later on. It was like an unspoken rule, but in the end, there was less of a fuss to celebrate.