107 – Total War – 1
Did the heavens notice that it was the day of the Academy Total War?
The sun began to lift the veil of darkness with a brighter face than ever before.
The academy, which celebrated its biggest event, was more energetic than ever. Carriages that seem precious inside the campus enter.
It is not surprising that such luxurious carriages appeared today that anyone could see that they were ridden by a person of high status.
A famous aristocrat, a member of the imperial family, etc… For them, the academy all-out war was an important thing.
However, there was one carriage that was quite ordinary among them.
The wagon was faithful to the basics without any pattern, and the number of escorts was also very small, and their costumes were quite tattered.
Is it the carriage of the fallen nobles? Most of those who looked at it thought so.
The one in the carriage was a woman with black hair, eyes and even fingernails. She is, above all else, a woman with a sinister and gloomy aura.
She was definitely beautiful in appearance, but surprisingly, her gloomy energy was so strong that she was a woman with a strong impression of ‘she is somehow scary’.
“I finally came this far. Tsut.”
Tsut tsuttsu, she clicked her tongue.
Yeah, actually, she wasn’t human.
She is Lamia who retired from serving as Vivian’s secretary in the past. Her name was Bianca.
“I can’t let it go like this. Huh. I can’t leave it like this. Tsut.”
If Vivian is the White Snake of the Underworld, then the Black Snake is Bianca.
It’s been more than ten years since she gave up her role as Vivian’s secretary, but her conviction that Lamia should stick to her role of ‘time’ has not changed.
At that point, the carriage rattled to a halt. The academy officials heard the noise and the carriage door opened without warning.
“What brought you to the academy?”
Bianca held out her prepared letter of recommendation.
“I am from the province of Pyrrelo.”
“With Pie? You’re from the very southern end.”
“Yes. But no matter how far it is, I can’t give up watching the academy all-out war.”
The academy official added a good day and closed the carriage door again.
Bianca then clicked her tongue as she chuckled.
When she presses her ear with one of her fingers, her pupils are the ones typical of reptiles, and her mana is concentrated.
“What is the situation?”
Then I heard the voices of the other lamias in my ears.
-Valerie has successfully infiltrated. I don’t feel the reaction of other demons very much.
“Okay. If any other demons respond slowly, report it immediately. And everyone be careful not to reveal your identity.”
-Yes.
After removing her finger from her ear, Bianca began to organize her situation again.
“Vivian-nim is too withdrawn.”
That was Bianca’s conclusion.
The sinful Vivian of the time when she envyed everything, tempted everything, and dragged everything into the pit, was no longer there. At least that’s what Bianca thought.
‘A nobleness that cannot be envied?’
Don’t be ridiculous.
For Lamia, there is no such thing. Even if such a thing existed, wouldn’t it be Lamia who would be jealous of even such a thing?
This belief must not be broken no matter what anyone says.
“We have secured the location of Jekiel. Miss Bianca.”
Lamia, who was sitting next to Bianca, opened her mouth. She was a girl with her hair exactly half black and half white.
“Where are you? Ah… no. I see it over there.”
Over there, the person Bianca was looking for came into sight.
A well-dressed uniform, a professor’s name tag on one side of his chest, and a disgusting demon imitating a human quite nicely…
His name is Jekyel. Or should I call him Adrian now?
No matter what position he had been in in the past, none of that mattered to Bianca.
The important thing now is that because of that vampire, Vivian is not properly performing her role as a sin.
That Bianca took Vivian whom she admired more than anyone else. That was the most important point.
“Don’t be too upset, Bianca. This job will never fail.”
“Of course it should.”
“If that vampire hadn’t come down to the human world and done strange things in the first place, even Vivian-sama wouldn’t have been interested in strange things… “
“Stop talking.”
Bianca cut off what she was saying next to her.
Not because I thought it was wrong, but because I just thought I would get angry again if I listened to it more.
“Valerie, you will never fail.”
“Sure. Valerie never fails.”
Never.
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The day of total war has finally arrived.
Among the swarming students, the failing class students huddled together.
Actually, he didn’t even think that he would be able to participate in total war, but he still didn’t realize it when he did.
It feels like being an isolated island in a sea of students. It felt good, scary, and strange.
Isabelle opened her mouth first, looking as if she was about to vomit.
“New… It feels like anew, but there are really a lot of people in the academy… Even members of the imperial family came to watch the all-out war game?”
To be honest, Isabel’s expression didn’t differ much from that of the other students, but Michelle Mann muttered with a bored look.
“If someone comes to see you, you should be happy rather than nervous. I’ve been practicing hard for a while, but it’s better to show it in front of a lot of people.”
Isabel immediately asked.
“As expected of Michelle, she is confident… ? Are your legs okay?”
“No. Legs don’t matter.”
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Michelle muttered that while silently staring at her veiled gloves with her magic circle engraved on them. Again, it was Isabel who broke the silence first.
“What the heck, Michelle, why are you staring at her gloves like that? Aha! Do you have a romance there too?”
“What a romance.”
“Why why, the fact that a wizard gives a veil glove to another wizard has a romantic meaning that I acknowledge you as the best wizard here.”
“What… I didn’t really see it that way.”
Isabel held her cheeks with both her hands and let her imagination run wild.
“Ah~ I want to be treated like that just once by a member of the imperial family~ A handsome man is even better!”
On the other side, Rotten opened her mouth as she pushed up her glasses.
“…Anyway, I can’t see Charlotte, where is she and what are she doing? Couldn’t it be that he wasn’t discharged until the day of the total war?”
“What?”
Isabel jumped up.
“Then isn’t it really a big deal? Our class hasn’t even decided on a magic sprint reserve player! If you don’t get good grades in sprinting, it’s no different from being promoted!”
That was the moment.
– All students of Rahal Academy, please line up.
At the same time as the announcement, an experienced music group started playing lively music.
The all-out war really has begun. Students lined up with nervous expressions and started to stand among themselves.
It was impressive to see the crowds, which had been nothing short of a mayhem, line up in a row in an instant.
Since everyone is in line with each other, the empty seats tend to look even bigger.
There was an empty seat in the front row of the failing class.
-Where is Charlotte?
-This is Charlotte’s seat. Where did you go
-Have you not been discharged yet?
With everyone in the failing class whispering like that.
“……”
As if swimming in another world without sound, a girl silently walked towards the empty spot.
There seemed to be no sense around the girl except time and space. There is no color, no sound.
The noisy students were overwhelmed by the sight and fell silent.
Isabel, who unconsciously tried to say hello, couldn’t say hello until the end.
It seemed like nothing was inside Charlotte. Her eyes were unfocused, dull in color, and very empty inside.
I couldn’t read what the girl was thinking either.
It would be nice to have Adrian at a time like this, but unfortunately, the professors had seats exclusively for professors.
“Did you prepare correctly?”
While everyone was in a hurry to pay attention to Charlotte, Michelle asked calmly.
Charlotte nodded her head quietly.
“……Yes.”
“Make no mistake… “
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Make no mistake. Michelle, who was about to say, shut her mouth involuntarily.
Because the aura radiating from Charlotte was ridiculously unusual. Besides, his eyes seemed to be possessed by something.
A look that was prepared even for death. It had been a long time since even Michelle had seen those eyes.
“…No, nothing.”
Without vacancies, the all-out war of the failing class began.
It was an all-out war in which someone’s life and everything was at stake.
So they really weren’t able to talk until the end 🧐