I Possessed an Academy Without a Protagonist chapter 121

Episode 121. Counterattack Prelude (4)

“What? Are you crazy?”

“Shh.”

repression fortress.

As Erica raised her voice from the sentry tower, Schlusus put her finger to her mouth.

Erica stopped and opened her mouth to be absurd.

It was absurd to propose Schlus as a magic to retake the 4th castle.

“I get a rough idea of what you’re thinking, but that doesn’t work? Your opponent isn’t like a cowardly student. They’re soldiers at war. There’s no way such a sloppy number would work.”

“Erica. Soldiers at war tend to be terribly afraid. Because every order depends on the lives of their subordinates.”

“What is that…”

“The important thing is not the psychological warfare of whether the opponent uses tricks or not. It is enough just to show the ability to use it. It doesn’t matter if you’re in trouble, but if you’re in an advantageous state, you can’t make a small gamble and always be cautious. We’ll go for it.”

“············”.

It seems like you don’t know.

something was off

Still, it was Erica who felt that her heart calmed down a little when she saw Schlust’s confident face.

In the end, everything used to go according to Schlusz’s plan…

Because Schlust always only fought to win.

I believed that this one would be right.

“So? Why are you only telling me this?”

Erica looked back and said.

Erica and Schlus were the only two to climb this tall sentry tower.

There must have been a reason for setting up such a place even as he sent down the soldiers who stood on the guard.

“It’s just. It seems like the two of us haven’t had a chance to talk openly.”

“What…!”

That’s what.

Erica took a step backwards in absurdity…

“Uh?!”

“ね!”

I stumbled and almost fell, but Schlusus immediately reacted and grabbed my arm and pulled me in.

As he was lying on his back, unable to stand up with his shaky legs, Schlusus reached out his hand.

“It was a joke. I wouldn’t have known that I would react so violently.”

“Who makes jokes so serious…”

Erika, who stood up holding her hand, pouted her lips out of displeasure.

There was something I didn’t like about this situation.

If you are alone with Schlus, you must be anxious and anxious.

Oddly enough, it was relaxing.

“I called because I have something to ask you.”

“Request?”

“Yeah. The technique I just said. I want you to draw it.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Among all the people I’ve seen, I haven’t seen anyone who draws magic tricks faster and more efficiently than you. You’re probably the best at the Imperial University, except for Professor Ludwig.”

“Heh. Even if the mid-term scorer on the top of Elemental Magic said that, it’s not very convincing.”

“Midterm question 10. That was just a copy of Iris’ answer. Iris must have copied yours.”

“What? Iris can’t do that-“

“Anything was an acceptable test. Perhaps Iris also deceived you without feeling guilty at all.”

“············”.

It seemed so.

Iris was obviously good, but never looked after others when it came to competition.

In the midterm exam where there was no such thing as a foul, Iris would have copied my answer.

No, then I’m the only one who actually solved No. 10?

It was Erica who was confused.

“There is no one else to entrust to you but you.”

“Okay. I understand that, but that’s not the problem. I don’t have enough mana. At that scale, I would have to concentrate on making the recipe by pouring out my mana to the maximum… Until then. Can’t the enemy find out?”

“Magic? If that’s the case, I can solve it.”

“What do you mean, that?”

The estimated amount of mana required is now 200,000.

How are you going to put it all at once?

“First, draw the basics of the magic trick. You have to infuse it with magical power.”

“Write, well. I see.”

“For now, I’ll only put half in. I’ll put the other half in tomorrow.”

Erica was worried, but focused on mana.

Seen in the distance, Manae above the 4th star.

The vessel to hold the magic power was completed in an instant.

“Don’t do this, call Einz and Iris and ask them to infuse them with magic. Then it will be possible in one or three days… Oh?”

Erica’s eyes widened as she spoke bluntly.

An unbelievable thing was happening.

Waves of unfathomable power were rushing in and filling the bowl.

The size of the magical power increased like a snowball, exceeding 30,000 or 50,000, and-

“crazy.”

reached ten thousand.

Erika, who turned her head away, was even more astonished.

Schlusus didn’t even show any signs of exhaustion of his magical powers, and he stood calmly.

Oh my gosh.

The amount of mana measured at the beginning of the semester was really wrong.

I’ve heard that Schlusus’s magical amount is unusual, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it quantified like this.

“I’ll inject the other half.”

“What? I’ll give it to you tomorrow-“

“The date just changed.”

“uh?”

It really was.

Mana was brimming with the drink again.

Now I’m so embarrassed that I can’t even speak properly.

The amount of magical power that had surpassed 150,000 in an instant reached 200,000.

“Wow…”

Turning to the side, Schlus was still standing calmly.

Now it has gone beyond the level of astonishment, to the point of being awe-inspiring.

Looking at Schlust’s profile, Erica had only one thought.

poisonous guy.

Didn’t he hide that level of magic until he became an adult?

Living as a commoner, there must not have been one or two times when I wanted to show off that vast amount of magical power.

However, Schlusus hid it until the day he entered the Imperial University.

At the risk of discrimination and persecution that is hard to imagine for Erica…

No. No way.

Schlusus must have obtained that enormous power by making a contract with the devil around the time he entered the Imperial University.

cancer. not like that

“eww······.”

Erica shook her head and cleared her thoughts.

It wasn’t a drink on a scale that could be dealt with comfortably.

A few mistakes could immediately ruin the procedure, and if it was too late, a large number of casualties could occur.

Since I was in charge of such a large amount of magic, I had to write the formula with that much responsibility.

We had to be especially careful because a small mistake can lead to a big error the more remote the operation is.

For a long time like that, I spent a lot of time crafting food and working hard on security.

Once the safety system was completed.

Since the size of the ceremony was not normal, it was not normal to just take measures to avoid being ruined.

The rest should now be completed slowly, and the operation book should be written according to the execution sign of the operation.

Only then did Erica turn away, wiping the cold sweat from her forehead.

“yes?”

“···········?”

Schlus was still standing there.

As before, in an upright and orderly posture.

For a moment, it was Erica who had doubts whether her conception of time was wrong.

Surely 3 hours must have passed…?

“What? Why are you still here?”

“escort.”

“uh?”

“How can you leave a wizard who is defenseless while writing a recipe?”

“············”.

Then we could have sent any soldier instead of one.

Erica kept her head down and didn’t say anything.

It was at the moment when Schlus, who looked at Erica like that and grinned, was moving towards the ladder.

“Will you go down first, or I will-“

“Schlus Heinkel.”

“············”.

Erica impulsively grabbed Schlust’s wrist.

When Schlus’s head turned and their empty eyes met, Erica seemed to stop breathing.

Why did I catch you?

“Why but.”

“Hey, just. Let’s talk. As you said, we didn’t have a chance to talk openly and just the two of us.”

“Is this even a joke?”

“No… Unfortunately.”

I hope it’s a joke

Truthfulness was the problem.

I don’t know why, but I thought I would regret sending Schlus down here.

My intuition was calling out to prolong this insanely awkward and suffocating time.

“It’s just the two of us talking openly. I think we’ve come too far to do that.”

“yes······.”

That was correct.

I hate schlus so much.

Doubts about this man piled up, and I had no choice but to hate him.

But now, no matter what conversation I had, there was no way I could trust him.

Believing and trusting are different.

As much as he could trust Schlust as a wizard, he would not be able to trust Schlusus as a human forever.

“Then I’ll give you a chance. I’ll give you five minutes, so feel free to ask me anything. If it’s a difficult question, I’ll keep it silent, but I swear I’ll never lie.”

“I, really? Really?”

“Five minutes. I’ll start now.”

Erica’s mind was chaotic.

I have a lot of questions.

There are a lot of things I want to ask you.

I was hesitant to ask if it was really okay to ask that.

But when will there be another chance like this?

I don’t think we’ll ever have a second chance to talk to Schluss side by side, let alone a chance to ask questions freely.

It could never be blown away in vain.

“My mother! What’s with my mother?”

“············”.

oh sh*t

This is from the first question.

I just did whatever came to mind.

Unsurprisingly, the corners of Schlust’s lips were drawing arcs as if they were interesting.

“Reliable ally. No. Reliable but untrustworthy ally. This must be the correct expression.”

“···········?”

“No questions asked. I’ll take the next question.”

I tried to ask him what he was talking about, but he was immediately blocked.

You mean you weren’t dating your mom?

But who is a reliable but unreliable friend?

After hearing the answer, I was even more confused.

But there was no time to think about it.

I had to quickly think of the next question.

No, even time to think about it was a luxury.

Without hesitation, Erica brought out the question she had been holding for a long time.

“Schlus, did you make a contract with the devil by any chance?”

“What?”

“You signed a contract with the devil! Did you get great power!”

fell out

When I opened my eyes, I saw that Schlust’s expression was distorted.

Is it correct?

No, it was a little different from when I was stabbed in the corner.

Rather than an unpleasant distortion…

okay. It was closer to the expression on his face when he was shocked.

“Black….”

“yes?”

“Uhhhh!”

“···········?”

Schlusz hugged his stomach and groaned, then burst into laughter.

This is the first time I’ve seen Schlusters like this.

It wasn’t a forced laugh or ridicule, it was the first time I’d seen him laugh out loud like this because it was really fun.

Was it that funny?

No, there will be…

It must have been greater that the sense of distance between me had diminished somewhat.

“Uhhh… I’m sorry. It was so funny. How the hell did you come up with such an idea?”

“No. A commoner who had nothing, suddenly became very strong when he entered Imperial University. He vomited blood again.

“Erica. You are making one serious mistake.”

“What is that? You think it was a reasonable reasoning?”

“There is no such thing as a devil in this world. It means that they are all creatures that only appear in fairy tales.”

No way.

The devil doesn’t exist in this world?

Erica felt a shock as if she had been hit hard in the back of the head.

When I thought about it for a moment, I had never encountered a demon except for the fairy tales and oral traditions I read as a child.

But why the hell did I never have any doubts about the existence of the devil?

Maybe it’s because my mother told me seriously when I was young?

“ah.”

Suddenly embarrassed, Erica dyed her face red.

With a little bit of rationality, you can figure out that there is no such thing as a devil.

How did you believe in yourself until you reached this age?

This was largely the mother’s fault.

no it isn’t

Even a mother couldn’t have imagined that she would seriously believe that until her daughter was grown up.

No matter how much he thought about it, he looked so stupid, and because he was shy, Erica felt like she wanted to hide in a mouse hole right now.

But there was nowhere to hide in this open sentry tower.

When she came to her senses, Erica was squatting with her back from Schlusz.

“It’s a contract with the devil. That’s pretty plausible. If it was an inference made by an 8-year-old kid.”

“Ahhh. Okay. I was wrong. Because I misunderstood…”

“It’s the secret of my strength…. It would be hard to believe if I suddenly became stronger one day. Then I’ll tell you this. One day I became someone other than myself. . Anyway, everything has changed since that day. I think this is the answer.”

“············”.

I said I’m not lying.

It was a very strange story.

became someone else

reborn

Is it a metaphor for being a new person after receiving some great shock?

Likewise, it was a very difficult answer to understand.

“The time limit is over. You burned all five minutes with two questions. I’m sorry, Erica.”

“Schlus….”

“yes?”

“I’m sorry. I must have misunderstood you. That’s too much.”

With her knees wrapped around her, Erica rolled her cool head and thought.

Although it is said that suspicions about Schlust built up and made him hate him, the truth was the opposite.

I hated Schlus from the beginning.

Even though he was a commoner, he was despised just because he pushed me away and entered the top class.

Misunderstandings such as that he made a contract with the devil or that he cheated on his mother and Julia were all just created by force.

To back up my hatred of Schlust.

For that reason, my subconscious was continuing with such crude misunderstandings, which would soon be resolved with just a little thought.

“I hated you for no reason. I must have been like the nobles who turned away from you in the end. Or even worse. They recognized you even later, because I hated you until this moment.”

Worst.

I was the worse guy than the guys I despised so much.

So, how do you get to see Schlust’s face again?

I didn’t even have the right to stand by Schlusus and become Schlus’s companion.

“I’m… I’m an idiot…”

“You know that now, you idiot.”

“uh?”

“Still, you noticed it pretty quickly. I thought it would be two more years.”

“What, what?”

“Still, isn’t it great for an idiot. An idiot who knows he’s stupid.”

“············”.

It certainly is.

Hearing that through Schlust’s mouth, it wasn’t a bad feeling, but rather a laugh came out of it.

When he lifted his head and turned around, Schlusus held out his hand again.

As always.

It’s like I’m going to catch you again and again.

He had his arms outstretched in front of me with a steady gaze.

“The apology. I’ll accept it. And I’m in need of some idiot’s help right now, will you get up?”

“Uhhhh… willingly.”

A man I don’t like anymore.

The only man who calls me an idiot.

The man who broke my shell and brought me out of my own arrogant world.

I grabbed his hand and got him up.

It was a particularly beautiful starry night.