56 – 56. Denial (4)
‘All right…’
Deception? Aim number? He doesn’t even want that, no. It was clear he hadn’t even thought about it.
It was sincerity without any ulterior motives. He had no intention of joining the Thambris party from the beginning.
If you really tried to cheat at the Tembris party, you would have made it known that you were the main character of the Alkaid Hall sit-in. I’ll prioritize getting my name known and being noticed by Goden and the other members.
You can also get into debt, and there are plenty of other ways.
But it didn’t. Even though the students’ antipathy grew bigger to become a risk to him, he did not overturn this choice.
Where is that? Come to think of it, it was strange before.
Aren’t you curious about covering up a situation that could have been filmed by Princess Ophelia in the first place?
The only time I was certain was when Junon answered with his own words.
It was as if his goal was to pass on or conceal his whereabouts so that he could not be seen.
Now all the links are aligned.
The unmistakable truth.
He doesn’t want to get involved with the Tembris party members, and that’s why he hid that he was the one who helped Erica get the surgery.
Avoiding the possibility of getting involved with Thembris party members, twisting the information that will be known to the public to hide his whereabouts.
Why did you avoid them? It’s the only question left, but I don’t know.
But most of the questions were resolved around him.
He was trying to clear the debt? Nonsense.
On the contrary, it was this side that owed it. The life of his comrades, his own life. To other students. It was a very, very big debt.
Thanks to that, Aris’ head only got more complicated.
“Haa…”
“Why did you sigh like that earlier? Aris.”
Watching Aris sigh as if the ground were going to collapse, Erica asked anxiously…
Aris couldn’t bear to put the reason for this deep sigh in her mouth.
‘Erika…’
Do you know?
That the man who saved your life was the man we tried so hard not to let you into the Thambris party.
***
Meanwhile, the Tembris team, who had fought all the battles from Lemtert Village to clearing Canolatl, but hadn’t become a party yet, were gathering and discussing.
‘Everyone, the feelings this time are similar.’
All the team members said in unison. He said that the absence of the ‘center’ position is the biggest.
That’s what Goden understood, and in fact, it’s something he’s felt not only this time, but since Mock Battle.
“Sorry. I can’t catch that far if I focus on my unique magic and firepower.”
“My quick-freezing magic might speed up the casting speed of freezing magic itself, but it requires a lot of concentration, so it’s difficult for me too. Besides, my magical power is also muddy, so it’s dangerous if you’re hard on yourself…”
“It’s possible up to the point where I can read the path and identify weaknesses in close proximity. However, I don’t have a wide enough field of view to deal with his variables. I’m also a melee avant-garde in the first place.”
Michelle, Charlotte, and Senia also expressed their weaknesses and said that they were unsuitable for the center position.
So Goden was temporarily in charge, but this time the story changed as Professor Meuniher pointed it out.
“…Would it have been different if there had been Aris or Erica?”
Michelle cautiously opens the topic.
“No, Michelle. It’s not something that can be solved by adding one more person. The problem is that the formation itself doesn’t change.”
“I also agree with what Senia said. We are strong against boss types in the first place. When dealing with one monster, we can easily defeat it with Kennik 6 formation, but this time we had to deal with many.”
“As expected…Isn’t it? After all, you need someone who can freely change the formation…”
If there are too many team members, there will be problems such as twisting each other’s magic or creating people who are far from each other.
Goden thinks that there must be someone who can quickly grasp the situation, form formation, and give orders.
‘It’s not that there aren’t people in this field who actually thought of it…’
If Ophelia holds the center, she can’t help but feel so reassured.
As well as a seasoned career, unclouded judgment and strong mental strength are enough to lead an expedition alone.
But Ophelia refused. She said she couldn’t enter the party herself.
-‘If you want to break the old mold, you have to be someone else, not me. Goden.’
The reason Thembris was created is to break down the preconceived notions and social norms that students have.
That was also to break the poor frame of position differential.
In that case, after all, Princess Ophelia could not enter. As well as the descendants of other noble families in a similar position.
If you borrow Ophelia’s power and get results, it’s just a team of talented people.
Since Michelle, Charlotte, and Erica already had three nobles, they were virtually saturated.
In other words, the remaining seats must be commoners and students who were placed in the lower class to match the significance of their party formation.
Only then will we be able to become a representative party that overcomes problems such as position discrimination and class discrimination.
“I can’t think of anyone who deserves the center seat. Hmm…”
Goden’s feet are wide, but since most of the people he knows are famous figures directly related to the principality, his feet have narrowed.
“Everyone, is there anyone good around you? A recommendation is fine.”
“””…”””
“It’s okay. There’s still plenty of time. Practice carefully and people will naturally be saved. Let’s not be impatient.”
All three are confused.
As soon as I asked if there was anyone good as a center, I thought of one person.
The reason all three of them are so hesitant is because the target is a particularly eccentric guy.
‘That guy is perfect, but…’
‘I can’t ask you to do it because I refuse so stubbornly…’
‘Wouldn’t it be rude if I did everything to my senior…?’
Senia, Michelle, and Charlotte. There was a bar that each person confirmed with their own eyes, but I can’t get the name out of my mouth.
Even though all three were thinking of the same person.
***
“Senior Aris. Hello!”
“Aris-sama is my motto. I respect you!”
“Ms. Aris. It’s never been like that, but this time it was even better. Few of the second-year students, who are now called the best generation, have had such an experience.”
“Thanks to you, the academy is fine. Aris. You did a really good job.”
Wherever she went, Aris met countless people who praised her.
There are not a few people who only listen to praise and praise this achievement.
In addition, newspapers related to Osoptera’s defense war do not go down on the bulletin board for a while.
To that extent, the name Aris McKenheim became more famous than ever before.
She
She hears compliments and she says there’s no one she doesn’t like. Not necessarily, she thought.
‘I… Didn’t save you…’
It was rather uncomfortable.
Every time I heard those words, it didn’t come as a compliment, but it felt like I was carrying an infinitely heavy burden.
The person those words should be directed to was not the girl who had collapsed, but the man who had been nicknamed the weakest vanguard in class E, whom they looked down on and ridiculed.
Every time that happened, Aris wanted to shout that Junon was the one who protected this academy.
“Aris?”
“Aris sister!! Intercept!”
“Hey, are you out of your mind?”
“Ah…!”
“Okay. I’m going to parry, so just block the entrance to Goden.”
A harpy’s feather baptism summoned in a mock battle.
It’s an injection-type attack, but it’s not too threatening to intercept due to its slow speed, but it was Aris who took on this role.
Missing it now, Senia slipped behind her and struck her with her sword.
As a result, the formation was distorted, and Goden instantly faced the three.
Senia, who managed to parry and minimized the damage to her teammates, raised her voice.
“It’s a mock battle, but it’s in the middle of a battle, Aris. Wake up!”
“Mi-sorry.”
“Guys, why don’t you stop for a while? Aris looks really bad.”
Following Michelle’s words, the others agreed and decided to stop the Talbrut Arc maneuver.
“Hmm. I must have been in a bit of a hurry. To proceed with the mock battle without checking the status of the team members.”
“Sorry Aris. I didn’t even notice.”
“I was too busy thinking about formation practice and proficiency, so I couldn’t confirm…”
“Come to think of it, Aris was in charge of the defense of Osoptera this time.
“…”
Only Senia remains silent, while her other colleagues nod in affirmation.
But Aris gritted her teeth, and she had no choice but to deny it.
Her body deserves to be fine. Even if that happened, the aftereffects of mana exhaustion were over for a long time.
“No. Let’s proceed again.”
Every time she heard that word, her two memories collided.
Difficulty in physical condition due to defense of Osoptera? It wasn’t like that.
“I’m fine. Turn on the Talbrut arc again and proceed.”
“Sister Aris…”
“You don’t have to push yourself too hard.”
“I’m really fine. I’ll do it right this time, so again…”
“Ha. I can’t do it. Goden. Give me the Talbrut arc. Aris. Seeing him like that, I can’t continue.”
Then, with a haughty gait, a person approached Goden and held out her hand as if asking for something.
“Senia…”
“Or maybe I’ll stop here for today. I don’t think I can go any further.”
Putting her drawn sword back into the scabbard, Senia continued her words.
“Pull back the knife. I told you it was fine.”
“Did you know that if they were real monsters, your comrades could have been hurt while you were doing that?”
Aris’ mouth closed again at those words, and a scene came to mind.
It was a reflexive reaction that she couldn’t help but think of Erica who had her stomach pierced again.
“Are you thinking of dismissing it as the past? What would you do if someone got hurt there? Would you still consider it the past?”
“Senia. Stop it…”
She tries to dissuade Senia from blaming her with Michelle standing next to her, but Senia doesn’t budge.
Aris always clashed with Senia because of her disagreement, and she fought each time without changing her expression.
But she was different this time.
“I have no intention of taking a guy who wants to think about something else in the middle of a battle. I can’t even take care of myself, so if I’m going to go overboard, I’ll take care of it quickly.”
“I’ll follow you.”
“Please, Charlotte.”
Her entrance door slams shut, and the wind that blows along with her closing door gently shakes Aris’s hair.
Her pink hair, like the color of a lotus, swayed and stopped within seconds.
Even after her hair stopped, she kept her mouth shut and only the floor in her eyes.
***
Goden took special measures against Aris.
“I’m going to solve everything…”
-‘This time, Senia is right. Solve all your business and let’s meet again then. It would be difficult to act together like this.”
It was time for her to practice again with her recently returned teammates, but Aris was almost kicked out.
Until she resolved all her concerns, she was banned from entering.
I’ve had a lot of worries lately, but it’s true that I haven’t been able to concentrate.
But it was also a problem that Aris’ worries were very difficult to solve.
The root cause was related to Junon, so there was no proper way.
Aris, who was trudging along as she trudged along, walked as she went and arrived at a certain place.
She
It was a place with bad memories to say she arrived after walking everywhere.
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“This is…”
This was the place where she had attacked to leave a warning to Junon, telling her not to come to the party in Thembris.
At the same time, it was also the place where she was found out by Ophelia, the grand duke’s daughter.
“…”
She didn’t think that way.
If he had appeared in front of my eyes, I wondered if I would be able to calmly talk to him and solve it.
But that’s nothing but delusion. Any way is fine, so it’s her delusion and a dream that the bad situation will be resolved.
Senia is so emotional, she sounds like a dream.
Aris used to harbor only her wishful thinking without her countermeasures, to the point that she had never pointed it out so harshly.
Now, it was time to look back at the reality, not just a dream.
‘Why did I come to this place… Maybe I’m still out of my mind.’
Inside her, she grumbles so much that the moment she turns around and tries to get out of here.
“You…!”
I wonder if someone who was watching at least granted this wish. Junon stood in front of me.
MC is turning to Sh!t. This has gone really downhill.