Chapter 77: Lucky Relief (3)
After sincerely thanking Teacher Mara, Everly left the library, carrying the information she had gathered.
By this point, it was already quite clear what had happened, and the missing details could mostly be filled in with educated guesses:
It all began ten years ago. One night, Teacher Berlin—who looked like a woman despite being male—summoned Paimon in Science Lab No. 3. For some unknown reason, he failed, suffered backlash, and died horribly, his head and body separated. After his death, Berlin became a ghost, haunting the building until the principal summoned exorcists to seal him.
Ten years later, members of the Supernatural Research Club did something in Lab No. 3—perhaps accidentally damaging the soul-sealing artifact, or maybe they played some forbidden game. In any case, they unintentionally broke Berlin’s seal. Upon revival, Berlin took on the identity of “Visual Arts Teacher Berlin,” luring the club’s four members into trying the “Lucky Relief” and fortune-borrowing rituals. Unaware of the danger, the four became Paimon’s servants and spread his faith within the school…
To be honest, this was not good.
If it were just a typical vengeful spirit causing trouble, Everly would have been confident in handling it. But since this involved one of the seventy-two demons of Solomon, it sounded far more dangerous. She couldn’t openly oppose it—if she accidentally angered Paimon, the consequences could be disastrous.
Hmm… it would be better to deal with it more indirectly.
Everly went back and discussed it with Misha, then consulted Rebecca. In the end, she decided to publish her investigation results on the school forum.
This was the forum’s peak time of activity. Not only students, but even some trendy teachers would check it when they had free time. Everly planned to make sure her post stayed pinned for at least a week—long enough for the vast majority of students and staff to see it.