Damn Academy chapter 212

212 – Host (9)

The magic power of Luna and Favela turned the surrounding forest into a wasteland.

In the midst of that mess, the one that was standing on its own two legs was Favela.

She leisurely shook off the dust and wood chips that had stuck during the battle. Her appearance looked more like someone running around in the forest like a mischievous person rather than fighting a battle.

Even though Luna gave everything she had, she couldn’t even scratch Fabella.

Luna exhausted all of her magical energy and lost consciousness while leaning against a tree.

Her numerous spirits that protected her also disappeared because they could not receive her magical power.

Fabella walked towards Luna with a light step behind her.

She squatted down to eye level with Luna and looked at Luna’s face.

“….”

Fabela raised her hands. Soon, a blue light appeared in her hand, and an icicle like a blade was held in her hand.

I slowly and gently placed the icicle on Luna’s neck. Her arms were shaking.

“You… “I don’t have the qualifications to fill that empty spot.”

The nape of Luna’s neck was pricked by her icicle, and drops of blood formed.

Fabella closed her eyes tightly. In that short period of time, dozens of waves crashed inside me.

Her trembling arms eventually fell helplessly, unable to do anything.

Her desire continued to urge her, but she could not follow through. Because I knew better than anyone what the consequences of this action would be.

“Damian….”

She lowered her head and was lost in her thoughts.

***

As Damian’s figure evaporated before her eyes, Louis immediately looked at the surrounding features.

A strangely shaped rock that rises irregularly. And a bunch of weeds that grew up to waist level. The ground has been carved by rain and wind and has become uneven. I quickly looked at places where Damian might be hiding.

Nevertheless, Louis did not take any hasty action. Because she was in such an advantageous position that she didn’t have to.

Louis smiled at her and raised her arms as if to attack her, and she screamed loudly.

“They do all kinds of things because they are at a disadvantage. “Are we going to play hide and seek?”

There were only a few places where Damian was believed to have been hiding.

The area was deathly quiet. Even if her stealth skills were excellent, they were meaningless above this magic trap.

This is because magic traps track the magical power of the target stepping on the ground. She wasn’t one to escape with silver cover.

No matter what Damian does, the magic trap will heat up the rocks on the ground like fire and stick to Damian like a magnet.

That’s why Louis didn’t move in a hurry.

All you had to do was keep an eye on where the fireball was flying from.

And as expected, the fireball created on the ground began to shoot out in one direction.

It was behind a huge cactus-like rock about 30 steps away.

Louis laughed. Contrary to how confident he was speaking, it was funny to see him being hit by a fireball.

Louis shouted towards the rock where Damian was hiding.

“Stop playing around now, right? “What difference does that make?”

There was still no answer.

Louis walked quietly, raising his blade in case Damian suddenly jumped out.

The distance narrowed and Louis ran out behind the rock at once to check Damien’s location.

“… ?”

But Damian, who should have been behind the rock, was not seen. However, his unknown wooden sword was stuck on the floor.

Louis looked at him quizzically, then unconsciously grabbed the wooden sword and pulled it out.

“… ?!”

Then, startled by the unpleasant sensation spreading throughout her body, she dropped her wooden sword. He frowned and shook off his hands as if he had touched dirt.

“… What is this disgusting sword rune? “What kind of trick are you trying to get at?”

Soon, a capricious wind filled with chills blew across the plateau.

In the silence, Louis felt strange and looked around. Damian was nowhere to be seen.

It was a strange thing. Even the magic trap didn’t work because it couldn’t find its target.

Louis took out a pebble and hit it with a signal to check if something was wrong with his colleagues.

Soon after, his colleagues who were in ambush in the fog responded by hitting pebbles.

‘No problem.’

Louis muttered in annoyance.

“Stupid things. “Then what’s the problem?”

Then, I heard the sound of footsteps on gravel behind me and quickly turned around.

But there was only thick fog and nothing could be seen.

At least it was Damian’s presence.

His relative location is unknown, but his own location has been discovered. Damian took the lead in the game. For some reason, Damian was skillfully using his fog as if it were his own home.

Immediately, Damian rushed through the fog in a blind spot of vision.

Kang!

Louis was by no means an easy opponent. Damian suddenly came out and skillfully blocked the sword strike.

In a situation where swords clashed like that, Louis spoke.

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“What is that baseless swordsmanship? “Did you learn swordsmanship from your mom?”

He provoked curiously, but even though he blocked the sword strike, the shock to his palms and wrists was so strong that Louis had to clench his teeth.

I don’t know what he did for a living, but his strength was astounding. It was on a different level from when we clashed swords just a moment ago.

Louis was pushed back step by step by the power struggle.

“… “What did you do to Luna?”

“Are you trying to delve into our private lives?”

“Still not able to understand the situation?”

“… “What are you doing?”

Damian stretched out his foot and suddenly kicked Louis’ body.

Louis, who had been pushed down, hurriedly got up and corrected her posture.

And Damian once again hid himself in her fog.

Louis shouted loudly in anger.

“Come out! You bastard. “I will step on you so you can never come out again.”

At that moment, a dazzling brilliance stretched out from her cloud of mist.

At that moment, her eyes were dazzled, and when she closed them, an explosion and shock wave hit Louis without warning.

He jumped up like he had been kicked by a giant and fell headlong to the floor.

Louis finally realized the situation and shouted to his colleagues.

“It’s magic, magic, magic! I thought that kid was suspicious, but he turned out to be a wizard! “Attack immediately!”

Louis stood up. His arms and legs were trembling like aspen trees, weighed down by unknown pressure.

“Why is this body like this?”

There was no time to control his body. His eyes flashed again, and the ground he was standing on exploded again.

“aaah!”

Louis flew away again and fell to the ground.

My heart felt tight as if it were wrapped in chains. He couldn’t breathe and his eyesight became blurry. It was impossible to understand with his common sense why he was doing this.

Louis summoned all his strength and shouted to his colleagues.

“Operation change! All-out attack! All-out attack! “Kill that bastard!”

Soon after, an explosion rang out from afar.

“Help me!”

“aaah!”

The screams of my colleagues rang out one after another.

Louis was speechless in shock. The three members of the theater department were cruelly destroyed by Damien without even a single resistance.

“What is this, this, this?”

Louis was in a state of panic and could not take any action.

After several explosions, silence came again. Before Louis’ eyes, there was only a faint haze.

Soon, someone slowly walked out in front of him.

It was Damian.

When Louis saw that and tried to pick up the sword that had fallen next to him with his shaky hands, Damian kicked Louis’ arm with his foot.

“aaah!”

One after another, Damian grabbed Louis by the collar and swung his fist over Louis’ body.

Puck!

“What on earth did you do?”

Puck!

“That docile Luna.”

Puck!

“We had to attack the same member.”

Puck!

Louis could only helplessly flail in her arms as her face was covered in blood from her nose.

“Stop that! “I lost, I lost!”

Puck!

“I’ll tell you everything. The research information we found out… “Lu, Luna also.”

Immediately, the cries of Crude and Icarus, who had fled the battlefield in a panic, were heard.

“Good, senior!”

“Where are you? “Where is this damn Damian bastard?”

They followed the sound of endless blows and witnessed Louis’ miserable appearance, and her face turned pale.

“Senior!”

Damien was beating up Louis, not caring even if an enemy appeared behind her.

“Hey, you crazy bastard!”

Icarus hesitated for a moment whether to attack or not. It seemed like the game was already over, but I felt like I had to do something, so I cast a spell at the defenseless Damian.

Immediately, a fireball was created in the air and immediately rushed towards Damian.

Damian grabbed Louis by the collar and turned around without even checking his trajectory with his eyes.

He then used Louis’ body as a shield to block her fireball.

“Turn it off!”

Louis’ screams, having been hit directly by the fireball, spread everywhere. A large hole opened in Louis’ clothes and her fire spread.

When Damian threw Louis aside and moved to deal with the remaining two, they slowly backed away.

“We lost, we lost!”

The remaining theater club members completely lost their will to fight and surrendered.

After confirming that the fight was over, Damian calmed down his fighting spirit, took a deep breath, and spoke.

“Where is Luna now?”

Icarus stood with his body cowering as if frightened, took out a stitch from her pocket and handed it to him.

“This, you can find out if you ask our leader.”

***

As I slowly approached her without making any noise and not being startled, Luna turned her head towards me.

She had already sensed my presence. Luna is so sensitive that I wonder if she has antennae that sense me.

There were traces of a fierce battle all around. Trees with broken pillars and rocks pulled from the ground were littering the area. It feels like a typhoon has swept through.

“Damian….”

Luna mumbled my name as if welcoming her, despite her messed up body.

I squatted down in front of her and spoke.

“How on earth did it happen…” “Has there been a war?”

“It’s similar… “I thought I could win, but I guess it was too much.”

“Who were you fighting with?”

Luna thought for a while and refused to answer.

“… “You don’t need to know about Damien.”

“Are there any injuries?”

“… Huh. Her strength drained her and she briefly lost her mind. “That’s it.”

“Where is the other person?”

“When I came to my senses, it was gone.”

She knew who she was dealing with because she had heard about it in advance from the head of the theater department.

It was a favela.

How strong is Fabella that she can overwhelm the most promising student in the Ministry of Magic like this? She’s an ordinary second-year student at the Ministry of Magic… She had questionable skills.

“If you want, I can take revenge on you.”

Luna covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled weakly.

“It’s okay. Because I’m not hurt. However….”

Luna unfolds what she was holding tightly in her hand. She had a string of torn ribbons there.

“This… “It was all torn up.”

“What is this?”

“Damian used to tie my hair before.”

“… It’s okay if you don’t hit it. I will buy another ribbon string… No, I will make it for you. “Can you walk?”

“Yes.”

She tried to raise her body. When I held out her hand, she timidly held onto just one of her index fingers.

She sat down again as if her legs were weak. It looks like she has used up all her strength. I had left all of my recovery potions in the carriage, and it seemed unlikely that my mobility would return within a few hours even if I rested.

I asked Luna carefully.

“…… “Do you want to ride on my back?”

Luna opens her rabbit eyes and looks blankly at my face. Then, as if she realized something, she quickly shook her head.

“I, I went that far… yet….”

It must have been a difficult proposition. It’s still too much for a child to even touch a man, so it wouldn’t make sense to touch him with his entire body.

This is an awkward situation. I couldn’t leave Luna, who was exhausted, and I couldn’t wait for her to recover either.

“Then…” .”

“I… You can leave it and go. Because Damian’s colleagues are waiting….”

“My colleagues will be fine. “But your companions won’t be able to come to help you because I killed half of them.”

The problem was that I abandoned the theater club members who were supposed to take care of Luna.

If you throw it away, Luna will just be left like this.

I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I just left in this situation.

“The most important thing to me right now is you.”

Luna looks up at me blankly, her mouth slightly open. When our eyes met, she looked away and fidgeted with her hands as if embarrassed.

“That… “Me too, Damian is very important.”

“Why don’t you take this opportunity to get a little more familiar with it?”

“… Huh?”

“No matter what, we have to move together. “I’m just doing it for practice.”

“I can’t…” “I think I will.”

“Come on, get on your back.”

I suddenly pushed back.

Luna hesitated for a while, perhaps feeling conflicted inside.

Soon after, she carefully placed her hand on my shoulder and leaned against her.

I grabbed Luna’s legs with both hands and immediately carried her on her back.

“Are you okay?”

“… ….”

There is no answer. Maybe I was hasty in suggesting this. Luna’s whole body trembles. Just as if she had been thrown into a blizzard with her bare body.

She was busy fighting her inner fears.

I stood still and gave myself time to adjust. Luna’s rough, deep breathing tickles my ears.

“Damian….”

“Yes.”

She expected to be asked to leave, but unexpectedly, she asked an unexpected question.

“Why… To me… Are you being nice to me?”

“Because we can make up for what each other is lacking.”

“… “Does Damian need me too?”

She was lost in thought for a moment.

I need Luna too.

However, it was not possible to clearly explain why it was needed.

Maybe I needed something to project the past onto.

I want to deny the past in which the things I loved were helplessly taken away from me.

In order to cover up the nightmares that keep coming, he may be looking for someone he can sacrifice his life to protect.

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“Yes.”

“….”

Luna’s trembling gradually subsides.

She hugs my neck with both arms and rests her head comfortably on my back.

“Where are we going?”

“Once we join from a nearby town, we will convince both the art and theater departments to return to Eternia.”

“… Why?”

All efforts up until now would have been in vain, but there was a reason why it had to be so.

***

A corner not far from Luna.

Fabella was hiding her body by leaning against a tree.

She hid even the faintly flowing magic power and waited, erasing all traces of her.

Damian’s energy passed far away from the favela and headed toward Luna.

She overheard the conversation between Damian and Luna.

“Does Damian need me too?”

“… Huh.”

Upon hearing Damien’s answer, Fabella sat down as if her legs had lost strength.

Silver hair swayed silently in the breeze.

She rested her forehead on her knees and closed her eyes, as if suffering from a fever.

She muttered as she stood hugging her own body with both arms.

“Stop…” .”