106. fear to come
I thought it would be an unusual day.
I hoped that while I was having a good time with my older sister Dina, just in case, I didn’t hear noise from the walkie-talkie that I always had in my arms.
“what?”
My older sister, who was eating ice cream, glanced at her chest. After leaving the ice cream with my sister for a while, I took out the walkie-talkie.
– What is it, what is it?
I opened my mouth to ask what was going on, but I closed my mouth at the first man’s voice and slowly brought the walkie-talkie to my ear. My sister also clings to the side without making a sound in an unusual atmosphere.
From the other side, you can hear the sound of the machine shaking and the sound of the wind interlocking.
– Are you talking about something? Is it like a tape recorder?
It was a good decision to infer the recorder by looking at the hole-drilled microphone. The boy opened his mouth a little more and started talking about this and that.
-Ah, this is Den. This is Den…. What is it? Big boy, why the hell did you have this?
Sen’s name came out, but he was not excited and waited slowly. If I made this sound here for nothing, the use of the walkie-talkie could be discovered by any chance.
– Hey, what are you doing? When you’re done with work, go quickly.
Another man’s voice came from afar.
-Cap, do you know what this is? Sen had it, but he didn’t put it down until the end. I think it’s expensive.
-yes? what is that?
A tossing noise could be heard as if Den had handed the walkie-talkie. Unfortunately, the man who received it was not so ignorant that he did not know what it was.
-what? It’s a radio only used in places like the Royal Inspection Department, isn’t it? Why is this for Sen?
-Yes? Are you wireless?
– Wait, the lights are on!
After that, nothing could be heard on the radio any more, along with a loud, shattering sound.
A feeling of oppression, as if thick air hung over your shoulders. Not to mention what happened, and given that the man’s name was foreign, it was highly likely that it was a reaper.
“I think we should go to Batian.”
Saying that she knew how to say that, she slowly turned her eyes toward the academy.
“Let’s go talk to the dean first. There seems to be something going on over there, so please check it out.”
“……okay.”
I wanted to leave right away, but my sister’s suggestion was reasonable, so I suppressed my emotions and headed to the academy at a brisk pace.
“Eat this and cool down.”
My older sister handed me the melting ice cream. My insides were hot and it felt like it was burning, so I chewed and swallowed the ice cream, but it didn’t work very well.
‘Why is the Slayer in Batian?’
Even thinking about it wasn’t productive at all. They are an extremely passive group that moves after receiving requests.
Perhaps this time, she was in Batian receiving a request for something, and in my personal sense, I had a feeling that it was closely related to the saintess election.
When we slammed the door into the dean’s office, the dean’s expression was almost resigned.
Also, I felt that the way he complained about being MacLean wasn’t worth his age, but he didn’t have time to say such trivial things right now.
“what? You think something happened in Batian?”
When I briefly explained what had just happened, the dean immediately asked again with a wrinkled expression. The pathetic mood had already disappeared and she touched the crystal ball, literally becoming the eyes of the chief officer of Aios Academy.
Since he was a little far from Batian, it felt like his skin was trembling as he consumed a lot of mana, but the dean’s expression didn’t change.
A typical desk mage who lacks in real life. But on the contrary, it meant that her ability on the desk was so good that she came to this place without any real combat.
The dean ordered the professors of Batian to assemble the students right away, check the number of students, and protect them.
“It will be fine.”
My sister gently held my hand and encouraged me to calm down. I hid it, but I felt like my sister found out about my impatience.
“thank you.”
I also hold my sister’s hand and breathe deeply.
Even if I get excited here and now, I can’t do anything.
‘Sen went to Batian because of me.’
Tana, Eve, and Hayun suggested that we go to Taeman Plateau together, but at my request that I couldn’t go on a school trip, Sen headed to Batian to keep an eye on Rin.
I couldn’t get it out of my head that it was my fault that led her to meet the Scourge.
In the meantime, the dean, who had finished contacting him, took a deep breath and wiped a drop of sweat running down his wrinkled forehead with a handkerchief.
There was no change in expression, but it was definitely an act of eating up a lot of mana to communicate with many people at this distance.
“Once you’ve said it. It was evening anyway, so it was time to check on the students. There is nothing to worry about since tomorrow the tour will begin in earnest under the guidance of the professors…”
“The problem is that Sen has already been hit. Just in case, there is a possibility that the accident happened to other students besides Sen.”
A situation in which the other students do not know what might have happened because they were caught up in the gang.
He didn’t even say he would go right away, but the dean explained in advance why he couldn’t go to Bhatian.
“The distance is too far. The carriage we used this time was also enchanted and we were able to get there in half a day because we had requested cooperation from Batian. It takes at least two days to go by regular wagon.”
“……”
It would be nice to be able to use the warp just like when we went to the dragon’s border, but in fact, the number of wizards who could handle the warp was extremely limited.
Because it was a land beyond the boundaries of hard work that could only be called talent.
And unfortunately, the dean was not born with such a unique talent.
‘Should I find a geek?’
He didn’t know any other magic, but he was as good as Warp. Since he was a mercenary wizard, there was no way he could be found.
It would be faster to take the carriage to Batian now.
The moment I was about to sigh and say that I would leave immediately, I heard a coughing sound mixed with confidence from the side.
“I have a way.”
“yes?”
I asked back because I didn’t understand what he was talking about, but Dina noona smiled and held my hand again.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to Batian.”
From my sister’s back, gigantic wings appeared to wrap around me.
*
“……”
During the school trip, many students had to stay overnight, so they had no choice but to stay in cheap hotel rooms.
As much as that, the sound of the wind blowing outside the window hit my ears harshly, and the creaking bed was not just noise, but uncomfortable enough to interfere with a good night’s sleep.
However, the reason why they do not say that they are very uncomfortable is probably because the students are a little excited in the special situation of school trips.
After all, if you travel, even the bad parts look good.
Discomfort becomes a memory with time.
I didn’t know it at the time, but later, I could laugh and open up with my friends, so the hotel room wasn’t too bad.
But it is only possible if you have a friend to share it with.
Bedtime was approaching, so Rin, wearing pajamas and putting her long hair in a simple ponytail, looked at the other side of the bed with worried eyes.
Sen’s bed.
Lynn, who readily accepted her request to share the same room, was anxiously waiting for Sen to return.
I have already told the leading professors.
I heard that no one other than Sen had come yet, so I was not the only one worried.
“It’s the second day now, where did you go?”
Rin sighed and ran her hand over Sen’s futon, which she had already tidied up once again, with sincere concern in her hand.
smart.
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Just then, the sound of an impatient knock echoed from outside the room.
Rin immediately opened the door, wondering if she had found Sen, but unfortunately, her blonde childhood friend, Ares Helias, was there.
“Ares?”
I suddenly wondered what was going on, but Ares’ expression was not good. He opened his mouth as if sorry, while looking at the eyes around him.
“If it’s okay, can I go inside and talk?”
In the past, I would have refused that because it was a little uncomfortable, but since it was Rin who had already broken her heart by refusing Ares’ confession once, she said yes and cleared the way.
He was also thinking that Ares had given up on him, but in fact, Ares’ expression was not so good.
A pale complexion with sweat flowing as if it had been hit by rain. Judging by the slight trembling of his lips, something happened to Ares.
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Judging by the fact that they are still wearing their outdoor clothes, Ares Helias seems to have been included in the list of students who have not yet returned.
“it’s okay? I have a very bad complexion.”
Lin handed him his towel and told Ares, but he took it lightly, wiped it off, and took a deep breath to suppress his fear.
“Lin, look at this first.”
Ares took off the brown leather finger gloves he was wearing, and the back of his hands revealed the Helios pattern, emitting yellow fire like a firefly.
Although Rin knew that Ares had the same pattern as herself.
“two?”
I’ve never heard of it on the back of both hands.
With a bewildered expression on her face, Ares began to explain.
“It’s been like this since the fighting dog wizard cut off my hand. Something was strange, so I came to Batian on this school trip. Because I heard that the nun of Helios was also one of the candidates for sainthood.”
“ah.”
Chosen by the god of death, Rin didn’t even dare to ask anyone, but unlike her, Ares is Helios with many believers.
Rather, I thought he might be taking him to the cathedral.
“But I heard shocking things from the cathedral. I heard this in secret, so I can’t go anywhere and say it for nothing.”
Even though there was only the two of them in the room, Ares was constantly vigilant and afraid of something.
“The nun of Helios murdered the nun of Demeter and is on the run.”
“……What?”
Information that was completely unexpected and can be said to be shocking. Rin was hit in the head with a blunt instrument and felt a tingling sensation, but her mouth was asking Ares back.
“Are you certain?”
“Oh, I listened carefully. Looking at the atmosphere, I won’t bury it and will announce it right away, even tomorrow.”
“……”
At this rate, Rin wonders if she should end the school trip early and return to AOS Academy again.
But Ares added that the story is not over yet.
“The important thing is now. After all, I was caught by a woman there. Dress in black parasol. A woman so terrifying that she forgets to breathe just by looking at it.”
“……”
“The woman looked at me and smiled and sent me away with a gesture to shut her mouth, but I just came here because I didn’t want to go on like this.”
Ares, who said that the story is now over, turned his gaze to the floor. Lin could not help but have doubts while organizing the contents in her head for a while.
“But why me?”
Why did Ares come to him and tell him all this? It was a natural question, but Ares had a slightly bewildered expression on his face.
Even if I tell the professors, things seem to get bigger than they solve. No, I didn’t think the professors could stop the woman.
However.
“I was wondering if you had a way to contact Daniel.”
Ares thought.
If it’s Daniel MacLean.
If it was his old childhood friend who defeated that powerful fighting dog alone and returned leisurely in silence.
It’s already a broken relationship, but I wonder if I can protect myself.
It felt like meeting a ghost.
The black lady drove Ares to this point with just a smile, to the point where she was overcome with anxiety that the ghost might attack her neck at any moment.
“Unfortunately……”
Rin was about to say that if there was a means of contacting Daniel, he would also like to have one.
Knock
Knock
A knock was heard.
Unlike Ares’ knock, the heavy but calm knock in the room gave the two students a strange sense of anxiety.
Bondi, Knock is a very basic and simple expression of expression and etiquette to ask if you can open the door and excuse yourself for a moment.
However, the current knock has reversed its use, as if warning Rin and Ares inside not to open the door.
“The door is locked.”
When Rin tried to say one word, Ares nodded in relief.
profit.
The doorknob was so light and swaying, and the door flexibly welcomed the guests as if they had surrendered themselves to the breeze.
And there stood a lady who came in with a folded black parasol on the floor.