How to Survive at the Academy chapter 34

Ophelis Hall Occupation Situation (4)

It is still pouring rain.

The sound of the raindrops spread like an echo in the wide main hall of the Ophelis Hall.

As Taylor’s party enters, the front door closes, and the sound of heavy rain that slammed into the hall directly with a bang is replaced by a clattering sound hitting the exterior wall.

A thunderbolt that struck once coolly illuminates the whole view of the hall for a moment. Ed, sitting in the center, greeted Taylor and the others with an expressionless face.

“Ed… Roth Taylor…”

It is now the family name of Ross Taylor, who has been excommunicated and cannot even call himself.

“Why are you… in the Ophelis Hall?”

Taylor’s voice softened. It’s been almost half a year now, so the emotional gap itself has subsided quite a bit, but for Taylor, Ed Roth Taylor is still a human being he can’t get close to.

Ayla and Elvira are also well aware of that fact.

“…”

Elvira quickly judged the situation in front of her.

The marble floor of the Ophelis Hall, which was always neat, is full of muddy footprints, and the fallen decorations are no longer in place.

Traces of a group of students passing by, and a man sitting quietly on it and guarding the road.

“Ahaha. Well, it’s not a normal situation. It’s fun. I didn’t expect it.”

Elvira chuckled and laughed. I don’t know what it is, but I know one thing is that things are going to be fun.

“I’m sorry.”

Only then did Ed, who was sitting in the center of the hall, open his mouth.

“I can’t get past this.”

If you want to ask why, of course there is no reason to give an answer. I have no intention or desire to do so. Even without words, you can understand it well enough by looking at Ed sitting with his mouth shut and expressionless.

If so, what Elvira was going to say was obvious.

“Ahaha, that’s fun. If I say I will pass, can you stop it?”

Elvira Aniston is the first year head of the Pensions Department at the Sylvania Academy.

In fact, students in the Department of Pensions are not directly classified as combat workers. Most of them interpret the structure of magic formulas, explore the properties and origins of substances, and analyze and study the efficacy of various medicinal herbs and magic reagents.

However, if you ask if you can ignore the skills of the students of the Alchemy Department in a battle situation, you have no choice but to shake your head.

The students of the Alchemy Department, who possess all kinds of magic reagents, wear a lot of magic tools, and control the entire battlefield… are joker cards that create variables in battle situations and reverse the difference in power.

Seeing the pension department students overflowing with out-of-control antics makes the professors who manage them respectful. He is even worse than the students of the Ministry of Magic, which is rumored to be full of eccentrics.

Elvira Aniston was one of those geeks who was rated as the best dog breed in the pension department.

Although direct melee combat ability and magic ability are not specialized fields, at least it is not at a level that can be surpassed by sophomores who can only use basic magic.

Elvira chuckled and laughed.

“If you don’t want to get hurt, it’s good to get out of the way.”

Already, Taylor has a completely hostile look to Ed. The fact that Ed, who had no contact with this situation, was sitting in a place like this, blocking our way, seemed to have fully realized that the situation was strange.

I don’t think the story will end with a peaceful statement demonstration by the inferior students. Such intuition began to torment the companions.

Still, it doesn’t seem like the situation itself is to the point of being burdensome.

Ziggs once said that Ed’s basic magic proficiency itself was quite excellent, but with that level, the absolute lack of firepower and the difference in the number of heads could not be overcome.

It’s 3 to 1.

One swordsman who is already starting to do his part, one wizard who can use magic at the average level of a first-year, and one alchemist who boasts the best skills in his grade.

They were waiting for the party in the middle of the hall with a terrifying appearance, but that doesn’t mean they can overcome the overwhelming difference in power.

Taylor drew her sword.

“What is your intention, Ed Rothtailer? Tell me what’s going on upstairs, right now.”

Ed didn’t open his mouth. I just sit still and look at the group.

“Then… even by force, I have no choice but to make my mouth open!”

Those words herald the start of the battle.

Taylor slams the ground, and Ayla takes a pose and collects mana. The moment Elviro was about to reach for the alchemy bag full of all kinds of reagents… Ed kicked off his chair and stood up.

– Kwadangtang!

The chair rolls on the floor, and magical energy gathers in Ed’s hands. In Elvira’s eyes, the flow and keynote of that magical power could be grasped at once. This is the basic wind magic ‘Wind Blade’. Who is the target?

Taylor, Isla, and Elvira.

Among the three wizards, Edgar, the one to be conscious of the most is Taylor.

The most important thing in a wizard’s battle is keeping a thorough distance. You can win only when an environment where you can chant magic by constantly gathering magical powers is maintained.

The importance of maintaining that distance is less emphasized in mage-vs-mage combat, but when a fighter capable of close combat is involved, that is the point.

The moment the swordsman gives the distance, the wizard’s odds are completely lost. So, the first target that Ed tries to subdue is Taylor McLaure, who tries to approach him.

In the meantime, if Elvira and Ayla’s support fire hits Ed…

– ‘Whick!’

However, the direction of the wind blade was not in the direction of the party, but… the sky.

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Mental weakness. It was right there on the ceiling.

The hinge that was supporting the chandelier in the grand and large main hall is cut with a sharp knife. A squeaking sound of metal screaming is heard, and then a huge chandelier is thrust into the center of the main hall.

– ‘Bang!!’

– ‘Patter.’

Of course, that’s enough for Taylor to respond.

The momentum of the body advancing forward is offset by spurting the ground in the reverse direction. After a while, the main chandelier sticks out of the spot where Taylor was going, and dust rises, obscuring the view of the hall.

“Damn!”

“Ayla! it’s okay?!”

“It’s okay, Taylor! I just fell from the shock for a moment!”

As a roar hits the hall, murmurs are heard from all over the Ophelis Hall. The students locked in the room will start to feel anxious. I’m starting to seriously think about whether I should really break this expensive building and escape.

Clavius is the first to succumb to that fear. It looks like he hasn’t come out of the room yet.

“Elvira! you!”

“I don’t care…!”

– ‘Hwagak’

Elvira’s citrus-colored hair, tied up behind her back, fluttered. A few strands were cut off by the blade of the wind and floated in the air.

The blade’s target wasn’t Elvira’s hair, but the bag of alchemy supplies she was wearing. The leather is torn, and all the magic reagents inside are pouring out rainwater.

-Kaga River! Kang!

The act of dropping a large chandelier down to the floor without hesitation was completely unexpected.

I was thinking that he was an opponent that I would defeat after fighting a few times.

The old-fashioned interiors of the Ophelis Hall give off an atmosphere that should never be damaged. What an unconventional act of breaking that expensive-looking chandelier without hesitation. How are you going to take responsibility?

Ed’s actions seemed reckless to Elvira, but from the point of view of Ed Roth Taylor, it wasn’t too daring.

Anyway, if things go according to plan, this Ophelis Hall is going to be completely destroyed, so no one cares about the damage to the main hall at that time, and no one wants to ask for responsibility.

As I am well aware of that fact, even that splendid chandelier can only be seen as a tool to create variables in battle. Of course, from Elvira’s point of view, it just feels uncomfortable to see Ed trying to block the group’s entry.

‘Anyway, that side… you mean sincere? Something’s going on upstairs.’

Elvira turned her gaze back to the reagents scattered on the floor.

There were all kinds of low-level reagents, but nothing was broken. These are reagent containers with Elvira’s fortification formula. Until Elvira herself lifts the strengthening ceremony, it maintains its strong strength.

The moment Elvira was about to move towards it

– Whoops!

A pillar of fire protruding from Ed’s center separates Elvira and Reagent.

The wall of fire that stretched out in a straight line was created by the basic magic ‘ignition’. However, the scale and heat itself are not normal. It is a sign of extremely repeated mastery of the same ignition magic.

The wall of fire caused by Ed’s ignition magic divided the main hall into pieces as if cutting a cake.

A wall of fire with two, three, and four layers. The flame embodied around the projected chandelier separates the space of the main hall like each room.

‘This is… bad.’

Build a battlefield that flows naturally like water.

Ed Roth Taylor’s judgment is quick and accurate.

The core power of the subjugation team is Elvira. However, the most fatal disadvantage of the students of the Alchemy Department is that if they do not rely on magic tools or reagents, their direct combat power is almost non-existent.

So, the most important thing is to make Elvira’s reagents and magic tools unusable.

Even with a bag full of alchemy supplies, Elvira’s power is halved just by pouring out the contents and building a wall of fire to make it inaccessible.

Usually, students in the Alchemy Department wear emergency magic tools in the form of rings or necklaces just in case, but they don’t do that because they are annoying Elvy who is overconfident in her abilities.

I thought that maybe I had figured it out that far, but then I shook my head that there was no way.

Anyway, if you use ignition magic on a scale like that, it would be difficult to maintain it for a long time with the average amount of Ed’s magical power. It looked like he was aiming for something.

‘Keep…’

A very brief gap in the mind at the shocking sight of the chandelier going down. It was a big mistake to allow an attack that flew in from the bag with the determination to aim at that gap without any hesitation.

‘Fortunately, the bottom remains…!’

Elvira took out a small piece of glass from her arms. It is a magic tool in the shape of a rabbit. There was a magic tool that I had left out in advance because there was something to study. That was lucky.

By smashing it on the floor and breaking it, Elvira’s artificially embodied workhorse manifests itself.

– ‘Kurre’

it’s a rabbit However, its ferocious molars and twinkling eyes are not those of herbivores. Its size is no different from that of Irina Seungnyang.

Elvira quickly gathered up her magical energy and engraved it on the rabbit’s skin by implementing a flame resistance formula that allowed her to pass through the wall of fire.

Since it is a rule that has been created roughly roughly, it will probably have a bad effect on the body of the samurai, but… it doesn’t matter as it is a samurai that is used once and thrown away. Blood gushed out of the rabbit’s back and screamed in pain, but Elvira forcibly gave it a fire resistance formula.

– Wrath!

Another wind blade.

Perhaps Elvira judged that she had no more fighting power, and the direction she flew this time was in the direction of Ayla.

“Ahhh!”

– Kaang!

Taylor’s ‘Elemental Slash’ cuts the wind blade in pieces.

“Calm down, Ayla!”

A hall full of walls of flames. The huge body of the chandelier and the dust that rose as it fell.

I can’t properly follow Ed swimming through the walls of fire that cut the space here and there.

“Ugh…!”

The wall of fire embodied by fire magic moves to some extent under the user’s control. It doesn’t spit out soot, and it doesn’t scale unnecessarily… but the heat is real.

Taylor is a gifted swordsman. It can cut fire or wind if it wants, but its growth is still weak, so it cannot take over a wide range at once.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to break through the wall of fire, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to subdue it all at once as the opponent constantly moves from place to place.

In addition, anger rises to the point of grinding his teeth… Ed is blatantly aiming for Ayla.

Isla Triss is quick in magic knowledge, but not very strong in terms of power. They are just first-year students who are just starting to learn basic magic. It is impossible to create a defensive magic circle that can block the basic magic of Ed, who has already accumulated enough proficiency.

As a result, if Taylor doesn’t support him from the side, he’ll be subdued at any moment.

I didn’t think it would turn out to be such a big deal. Because of that, he regretted his decision to let Aila accompany him.

If she dared to jump into the fire and try to subdue Ed, Ayla would be completely defenseless.

“Tailey! I’d rather go out of the hall…! Until then…!”

Ayla is now clearly aware that she is a burden. He knows that it is a nuisance, but he comes up with an immediate solution rather than being hesitant about it.

Now that the situation is like this, Ayla is better off evacuating to a safe place.

– ‘Kyaah!’

A giant rabbit fully affixed with fire resistance rushes towards the chandelier. There is almost no magic burden, and it is difficult to expect great results as it is a simple workhorse. However, even for a brief moment, Ed’s movements will be sealed and his location will be revealed.

“Tailey! If you can narrow the distance, can you subdue it?!”

Elvira shouted from the fissure of the flames. Right now, most of the magic tools and reagents have been lost, but if you create just one chance, you will be able to subdue Ed.

“It’s not about whether you can do it or not, you have to do it!”

“Yes, I like it!”

Elvira chuckled. Then, wearing a robe that was still a little wet, he jumped through the wall of flames.

“Elvira!”

Taylor screamed in surprise, but Elvira just pierced the thick wall of flames and rolled down the floor from the other side. He quickly shook off the burning robe and threw it away. There was a fire on one side of his orange hair, but he quickly shook it off and put out the fire, leaving only the tanned hair. It looks like he had some burns on his right forearm, but he decided not to worry about it right away.

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Magic reagents are scattered on the floor. It was a brief farewell, but I missed it quite a bit.

Ed Roth-Taylor’s tactical advantage comes from taking over space and obscuring his view.

If you try to subdue it at once using magic reagents that require throwing or magic tools that require aiming, you will only be dragged by time. In that case, there is no choice but to use the difference in power.

‘It looks like you’ve prepared a lot, but there’s a warrior on this side who can do melee combat…!”

He picked up a magic reagent he had been cherishing quite a bit, and threw it at the chandelier in the center of the hall.

– Clap!

– Whoa, whoa, whoa!

A heavy magical energy permeates through the gaps between them. The ‘release’ magic formula was given to the reagent made by chopping chestnut flowers and brown mushrooms. The effect itself is so famous that everyone knows it well.

Suppression of magical power dissipation. Temporary suppression of by-products realized by magical power. In other words, it is a drug that is like a magician’s natural enemy.

The principle is to make the operation difficult by twisting the flow of magic irregularly, so it does not work for a mage who is skilled enough to master mana response or higher. And since the effect itself is only a few minutes long, it is difficult to play a major role unless it is a short-term decisive battle.

However, the opponent is using only basic magic, and what is needed is a short-term decisive battle. As if he had clearly understood that fact, Taylor also took an attacking stance.

The walls of flames that filled the hall are fading away.

Across the chandelier, among the dust and ashes, there is a man covered in blood.

In one hand he holds a hunting dagger, and in the other he holds the drooping corpse of a rabbit the size of his own.

The man covered in the rabbit’s blood kicked the corpse with his foot. The rabbit that rolled over the floor soon turned to ashes and disappeared. I dragged it long enough to take the time, so I did my part. It wasn’t bad compared to the effort put into implementing it.

The man’s right shoulder is left with scars from a rabbit’s tooth, and his blood-covered school uniform is a complete mess.

However, without a change of expression or movement, he stood and watched the party. There is even a sense of dread in those eyes.

“Ed Roth Taylor!”

Taylor screamed and ran out, and using the gap, Elvira checked the words on the reagent bottle one by one.

Since the night butterfly reagent was used, it will interfere with the intervention using magical powers in this hall for a while. It was a fatal blow to the wizards Aila and Ed. Ayla was at a weak level in terms of power, so it was a fairly profitable exchange.

A brief moment when only Taylor, who is good at swordsmanship, and Elvira, who uses magic tools and reagents, become meaningful as a force.

Now is the time to put a critical blow on Ed Roth-Taylor.

– Kwaang!

However, Ed Roth-Taylor didn’t intend to stop the rushing Taylor, but knocked him down by kicking the cabinet next to him.

The basin placed on top of it pours out, and the thick liquid it was filled with spills out all over the hall. I ordered Kelly in advance and brought it…

“This smell… it’s oil! Taylor!”

– Kaang!

Ed kicked the candlestick in the corner of the hall and knocked it over. The fire burns again with oil. A new light source takes its place in the dark hall again, and the burning fire takes over the space again.

It is not a magical spark from ‘fire’ magic. It’s actually a fire caused by oil. In addition to the wooden part of the chandelier that had fallen off, the decorative cabinets lined up along the perimeter began to burn.

“Are you really crazy?! This is the Ophelis Hall!”

Elvira exclaimed.

Unlike the pillar of fire embodied by ignition magic, the flame that burns now is a natural disaster that burns everything in the world equally.

If the fire spreads into the hallway, casualties may occur.

With that in mind, she checked her surroundings, but Elvira got goosebumps again.

It hit me so fast I couldn’t check properly.

However, the number of decorative cabinets that filled the hall has been greatly reduced. Most of the highly combustible furniture and valuables had been removed in advance and the number was minimized, and the smoke that had been obscuring the view was also released by opening all the skylights on the emergency stairway.

As mentioned above, the floor and walls of the main hall are all made of marble, and even the front door and the door leading to the hallway are all made of antique stone. If you close it tightly, secure a place for the smoke to escape, and block the smell well, you will not even notice a fire of this size from the hallway. It was just that a few decorative cabinets were burned in the splendidly sized hall.

Precautions were taken to prevent further spread of the fire in this hall.

What does that mean?

‘I designed everything up to this point…!’

Elvira clenched her teeth and grabbed the reagent bottles. The flames spread, and a bright red light filled the hall. At the center of it, intermittently, a blonde, fallen nobleman with a coat of blood is glimpsed.

If you were planning to start a fire, you should do it from the beginning.

In the first place, if it had been such a fire rather than an ignition magic that could be controlled by magic, Elvira would not have used the chestnut flower reagent.

If that’s the reason for this situation…

“Anyway, you can’t use magic anymore!”

Taylor screamed again in the rising flames.

The biggest variable that constrained Taylor’s movement was Ayla’s presence. Once there is no way to target Ayla from a safe distance, there is no longer any means to press Taylor as she approaches.

The heat of the rising flame is great, but Taylor, who is born with the sword of the sword, cuts through the flame too easily.

Elvira clearly recognized the presence of a sense of incongruity rising up her spine.

The opponent is just an ordinary second-year magician student, but this side has melee warriors who use swordsmanship and even the head of the alchemy department. It is ridiculous to emphasize the difference in power.

But the response is too smooth.

It’s as if he’s piercing through all of his opponent’s numbers. A movement that seems to understand that if you act like this, your opponent will come out like this.

From disabling Elvira’s magic tools first, making it burdensome for Taylor to close the distance, and relentlessly attacking Ayla’s hole. There are no blemishes in the strategy, and there is no waste in executing it.

What kind of power is this side’s power, what strategy it can use, where is the opponent’s psychological weakness, and finally, what kind of drugs are in Elvira’s bag… It feels like everything has been penetrated. As if standing naked, Elvira’s strong sense of incongruity increased its momentum.

The magicians, if they block the operation of that magical power, usually go back and forth and give up their heads.

However, the opponent’s battle method, which fills the difference in specifications through battlefield coordination and exploitation of weaknesses…

If so, the situation now is strange.

If you can’t use magic, this flame is just a piece of paper in front of Taylor.

With just one preparation and timing to attack, you can cut through the flames and clear the path to Ed. When that happens, your field of vision will be open again, and you will be able to see the movement of the opponent at a glance, and you will be able to receive support from Elvira.

If so, is that momentary gap the key? However, Ed Roth Taylor is no longer able to use magic…

“No, Taylor!”

As soon as the thought reached that point, he shouted out Elvy.

However, Taylor’s movement to reduce the distance with Ed and use ‘Elemental Slash’ to cut down the fire…. It’s already full of momentum to stop now.

Inducing this situation means that there is still a ‘remaining number’…!

You can attack without using magic… There are still physical long-distance attacks that Taylor and the others do not know about!

By the time I thought of that possibility, it was already too late. The flames were cut out by Taylor’s sword attack, and Ed Roth-Taylor appeared in his hand… holding a shortbow. It must have been placed in a fallen decorative cabinet in advance.

“Do you know how to wield a bow…?”

Aiming is already over.

Taylor is not overpowered with a single arrow. Rather, he might swing his sword and deflect arrows with his innate reflexes. Far from restricting movement, it can only create an opportunity for a counterattack.

So, in order to reliably constrain Taylor’s movements, do not aim at Taylor herself. The aim is heading towards Taylor’s companion, who is sitting in the corner of the hall.

“Ayla…!”

When I wanted to, it was already too late. The power put into the bow string is released, and the arrow moves forward without mercy towards the target.

Basic defense magic is one of the things first-year students learn the most.

It’s a self-defense magic that minimizes the ‘physical power’ that strikes your body, and Ayla can use it too… Coincidentally, the effect of Elvira’s Night Butterfly Reagent is fair to all wizards.

An arrow flies at Ayla, who has no means of defense. Tailly turns and rushes to Ayla with superhuman reflexes, but it can’t be faster than an arrow that has already started flying.

– Wheeik, Kwok!

However, the arrow never reached Ayla.

“Whoa…”

The sound of glass marbles breaking was heard.

One of Elvira’s over 20 magical tools, the ‘Rake Hand’.

As long as it is within the field of vision, it is a glass bead that generates a force that can attract small objects even from a distance.

The arrow that flew into Aila’s abdomen lost its physical strength and flew into Elvira’s hand and was caught.

“Finish it, Taylor!”

As soon as he saw it, Taylor’s eyes, burning with anger, turned to Ed.

Elvira didn’t want to touch him anymore. No matter how much you want to prevent Taylor and the others from entering, it’s really insane to knock down the chandelier and set it on fire.

Wasn’t it just a simple occupational demonstration of inferior students?

Other than that, I don’t know what’s going on that prevents him from going upstairs to the Ophelis Hall… Anyway, shooting an arrow at Ayla really crossed the line. It is completely different from simply threatening with magic.

If an arrow like this was pierced into Ayla’s fragile body, she might lose her life. This is clearly a criminal act.

Thinking like that, Elvira tried to loosen the power in the hand holding the arrow. And the moment I reached the tip of the arrow… I swallowed my breath again.

The arrowhead is restrained.

The arrowhead, which was supposed to be made of iron with a sharp tip, was cut off, and a haystack was tied wide enough to cancel out as much physical force as possible.

Traces that have clearly removed the lethality.

Did you know that it is difficult to check the state of the arrowhead in an emergency?

Of course, if you are unlucky, you could be blinded or injured by the impact of the arrowhead, but even that, the aiming direction was between the lower abdomen and the thigh, where there were few vital points. Unfortunately, even if I was hit with an authentic, it would have been a bit bruised.

‘I was watching…?’

When the thought reached that point, Elvira screamed again.

“Tailey! Be careful! What still…”

The moment you are about to say that there is still something left…

– ‘Kwaang!’

With the sound of walls breaking from the second floor, a coward screamed.

When he woke up, Ed had already been hit by Taylor’s sword and was hung up on the wall.

“….What?”

As he quietly leaned against the wall and watched Ed grappling with his blood-packed body… Elvira felt a strong sense of incongruity again.

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“Are you crazy?!”

The chandelier is crumbling down. Most of the decorations are burned. Sitting leaning against the wall of the main hall, which had become a mess, with his clothes covered in blood due to his nemesis, Ed… was still expressionless.

“I wonder if there must be a reason for doing this!”

Taylor screamed and clenched her fists.

Looking at it, Elvira kept her mouth shut.

Ed eventually allowed Taylor to approach, and was eventually overpowered by the natural match between a wizard and a melee warrior.

It was a bit of a struggle, but in the end I got over it.

However, Elvira didn’t feel cool.

Throughout the battle, Elvira’s heart… just felt like it was being pierced over and over again.

It feels as if the battle situation and composition were all played under Ed’s grip.

If Ed Roth-Taylor had really tried to subdue Taylor and the others, he would have knocked down the chandelier without ever revealing itself.

It might be different if he was just a stupid wizard who was overconfident in his skills, but the difference between him and Ed’s appearance in the middle of the battle is indescribable.

I can’t erase the feeling that something, intention is in it.

It seems that Taylor and Ayla were not able to reach that point due to the dire situation, but Elvira had a completely frozen expression unlike her usual immature appearance.

‘Well, something is strange.’

Behind Taylor, who was screaming, Elvira looked straight at the opponent’s face.

Although he was in a defeated position, he did not feel any resentment at all. I just sat leaning against the wall, waiting for Taylor’s cry to end.

Eventually, as Taylor took a deep breath and picked up her energy, it was only then that she raised her head and spoke.

“Are you done?”

Even when the situation has come this far, he does not lose his calm tone.

“When you are done, go up. Stop talking about it.”

There’s not even a sign that tells me not to go.

“I beg your pardon…?”

Pushing away the questioning Taylor, Elvira stood up straight in front of Ed and looked down at him. I couldn’t help but come all the way here.

The main hall of the Ophelis Hall filled with the sound of rain hitting the exterior walls.

“Why did you watch it?”

At that question that stabbed his lungs, Ed’s expression didn’t even move. It was Taylor and Isla who were rather surprised at that.

“What do you mean, Elvira?”

“Did you watch it? this person? Us?”

Elvira stared straight at Edman, unwilling to listen to Taylor and Isla’s questions.

“Answer me.”

Another moment of silence. But Elvira is unwilling to allow that silence.

He continued to stare at him as he sat leaning against the wall, unwilling to move until Ed’s answer came.

With the intention of questioning you for the rest of your life.

However, of course, that questioning cannot last a lifetime.

– Bang!!

The main gate of the Ophelis Hall opens again.

The soft sound of rain hitting the outer wall is temporarily buried by the sound of heavy rain coming through the front door.

Lightning strikes once.

The brightly shining world for a moment shows the girl who wipes the moisture off her robe hat and captures it. The persimmon hairpin, which appeared briefly in the dark, was chosen by the girl after staying up all night.

Who can curse the girl’s innocence for being immature? Even if it’s an illusion, it’s up to you to have a happy imagination.

However, the gap between imagination and reality is sometimes cruel.

The boy who he thought would show up in the pavilion with a handsome appearance was attacked by a group of gangsters, and collapsed with blood in his face.

open front door.

With the pouring rain in the background, the girl’s expression turned cold from the dark.

As usual, the lively and lively eyes are gone, only shadows.

“…what are you doing?”

The tone of the questioning was also heavily laid down.