202 – Main Villain (1)
“Hiyaaa!”
Elena hurriedly unties the leash as she sees the cats pouring out.
‘Are you good at solving problems on your own?’
As I was trying to climb on top of her car to free her hands, I shouted without any need.
“Elena! Don’t run far, just go around this circular square!”
“Brother, die!!!!”
Even as she says that, Elena is going around the square in circles.
As expected, he listens well.
Numerous cats following her began to draw a long circle.
“There are so many…”
Lina mutters blankly.
The number of cats is well over a hundred.
In a way, it is natural that it is packed.
— Nyaaa!
— Nyang!
They all chase after Elena with rolled eyes.
The scent of catnip was gently applied here and there on Elena.
Monster temptation items stuck in both her pockets.
More than anything else, Elena’s unique characteristic is her wide, shiny forehead.
Elena, who was running with over a thousand cats, seemed like a pretty amazing person in and of herself.
In a unique sense.
Lina, who was watching the scene blankly, asked a question.
“How can I find Miss Danya here?”
The most reliable method is Sylvia’s search magic.
As soon as I turned around, she immediately nodded her head.
In times like these, it is very thankful to have colleagues who are compatible.
A chant flowed from Sylvia’s mouth.
“Please light the way for us.”
It’s been quite a while since I heard her chant.
Since it had to be done for a large number of people in a large space, chanting without chanting must have been limited.
Soon, the light spread in all directions with a crackling effect.
Bright rays of light fill the wide square.
“Wow. Each ray of light is a search magic…”
Considering that ordinary search magic is accomplished with a single ray of light, Sylvia’s current skills are clearly at an overwhelming level.
Silvia mutters as she closes her eyes and adjusts the beams of light.
“… I think I’m in the middle of this. I’ll try to focus a little more.”
Chha la la rock!
Her beam of light moved as if scanning cats.
That moment.
“aaah!”
Elena, who was running around, gets hit on the body by a cat and falls.
— Nyaaa!
— Nyang!
At the same time she fell, her cats started to pounce on her.
A mountain of cats began to pile up.
“……”
Silvia’s eyebrows twitch as she adjusts the beam of light.
If the targets overlap too much, search magic becomes meaningless.
But.
— Nyah!
Elena is starting to become more and more buried.
Her appearance became pale.
She’s going to be okay because they prepared a ventilator for her.
“… Phew.”
Silvia’s search magic has been lifted.
This means that any more magic is meaningless.
Silvia, half exhausted, asks.
“I’m sorry. What should I do…?”
“No, you worked hard. Get some rest.”
Now that I have realized that Danya is here, I cannot say that there is no harvest.
But how do you find Danya among them?
That is another concern.
While I was pondering for a while.
Something pressed my cheek.
— Nyaaa
“Black. Let me think about it for a moment.”
— Nyaaa
Pukpuk.
This time it’s a slightly stronger punch.
“Ouch! Why suddenly…”
He’s not like this.
I looked back at Geomgo.
The guy raised his head arrogantly and pointed downwards with his foot.
“What is there?”
I followed his footsteps and lowered my head.
There was a cat there, nuzzling its head against my leg.
The only cheese-colored cat that didn’t follow Elena around.
The child looked up at me and purred.
The yellow-pink tail fur flutters.
Even the light green eyes that resemble a forest that has just begun to sprout.
“Danya?”
I found her.
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“… Is Danya correct?”
Lina lightly bit her lip and looked up at me and the cat.
It was closer to concern than suspicion.
“I thought Danya would be a little more pink…”
It is worth it.
Because that is Danya’s image.
It would be difficult to be sure just because its tail is longer, fluffier, and closer to pink than other cats.
But I know.
This is proof that we can be sure that this child is Danya.
Not only a few external features.
Rubbing the face and ears fluttering happily.
A tail wrapping around my waist.
Besides.
“The harsh play of the tongue is also good.”
Jerit.
For some reason, stinging gazes came from people around me.
“Why don’t you try inserting your tongue as well?”
Silvia sheds her eyes even though she is exhausted.
I swallowed her saliva, avoiding her gaze, and grabbed Danya.
This is Danya, a polymorph version of a cat that purrs happily.
‘How do I make it come back?’
Swish swish.
Danya is hitting my shaking bangs with her hands as if they were puppy dog hair.
At first glance, her current condition was close to that of a cat.
The fact that she came to me differently from the other cats following Elena may be the only part of Danya that makes her unique.
‘Then the condition is more serious than I thought.’
Polymorph magic has side effects.
This means that as the body changes, the mind is also affected.
Because it is originally a magic that the caster casts on himself, it is common to minimize side effects through proper preparation.
‘Danya was forced to change.’
It is difficult to even guess what Danya’s condition is like now.
He will obviously be greatly affected mentally, and in severe cases, he may remain in a cat-level state and not be able to return.
Is the only consolation that Danya is not dragged into the procession for Elena?
“……”
We have to find a way to quickly return Danya to her original state.
I picked up Danya and looked at her.
Fortunately, there don’t seem to be any injuries.
By the way.
“… Just a moment.”
What is this pattern?
On Danya’s back, raven-shaped black fur was growing like a tattoo.
“Oh, I also saw a cat with this pattern while searching.”
“It’s the same for me. I saw a similar pattern in a very small number of cats.”
Silvia and Lina come to my side and argue next to me.
It’s suspicious.
This definitely smells fishy.
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A sign called a crow.
Because I know very well what this means.
‘…The executives of the Shaleam Church.’
Those who are ranked in the so-called ‘prestige’.
The mark that only they have somewhere on their bodies is a crow.
If they are related to this incident.
‘This situation itself is the main scenario.’
Main scenario, 【Witch Hunt】
The story is that I am in the middle of it.
With a hostage named Danya.
… Think about it.
【Witch Hunt】 is an episode that begins with the Academy Terror.
There is no way the leading figures of Shaleam Bridge would have engraved crow patterns on the cats’ backs for no reason.
Clearly these cats have something to do with terrorism.
Especially those with a crow emblem on them.
In the end, these will be used somewhere…
‘Notice of disposition.’
Notice of cat disposal that came down some time ago.
It was definitely different from the usual Academy announcements.
What if we assume that is the notice issued by the main villains of this scenario?
Why bother counting the cats and crows and dispose of them again…
“Ah.”
An unrestrained sigh flowed out.
“Are you okay Ian?”
Lina asks from the side and Sylvia watches with concern.
In a dazed state of shock, I instinctively opened my mouth.
“It’s a sacrifice.”
“Huh?”
“Yes?”
I opened my mouth as if muttering to the embarrassed girls.
“It’s a sacrifice. I’m trying to summon something by sacrificing these cats. No, the goal may not be summoning, but absorption.”
“What on earth do you mean -“
Ah. I don’t know if I explain it this way.
I made up my mind to run away from home.
“Let’s assume that the cats with this crow symbol were actually all cadets, but were forcibly polymorphed.”
Lina widened her eyes as if wondering what that meant.
Only Sylvia frowned and opened her mouth.
“… If the sudden notice of cat disposal was intended for someone.”
“Yes. The idea was to turn humans into polymorphs and collect them all in one place to dispose of them.”
“But the question remains. Wouldn’t it have been better to catch them one by one and deal with them one by one and collect them instead of polymorphing them? Why did they try to catch them all at once and do something?”
“That’s right. Why?”
The two of them fell silent for a moment at my words.
And open your mouth at the same time.
“”Sacrifice.””
“That’s right.”
As soon as I answered, I took a step forward.
“An offering must have the right location, object, and time.”
“The fact that we gathered the cats together like this may have gone awry in their plan.”
“That’s right.”
Steps taken spontaneously in the midst of urgency.
I instructed, looking for something like a net to catch all the cats.
“You have to trap all the cats. Catch every single one of them.”
There are over a thousand cats.
“How can we trap them…?”
Lina is embarrassed. Even Sylvia seems at a loss.
Think.
How to trap them…
“Hit the wall.”
“Wall? In such a huge square?”
It’s amazing.
This is a huge square that looks like four soccer fields put together.
But.
If it were my mana now.
With my skills, it might be possible.
I immediately sat down on one knee on the floor.
Recall an image.
An image of an earthen wall so high that cats find it difficult to jump over.
— Kugugugugugugung!
Vibration felt deep in the floor.
Pull it up like this.
If I were to confine the cats in one place as I please, the scenario would not proceed.
What if the wall gets damaged while Elena monopolizes the cats’ attention…!
At that time.
— Gaaa!
An ominous crow was heard.
A crow was flying in a circle in the blue sky.
— Gaaa!
An ominous howling sound rings out once again.
At the same time.
— Pabababat!
All the cats jumped up at once.
i remember someone said Ian was a dumb cuz the black cat was Danya. Where’s that guy?!