“…Then, I’ll just leave.”
“…okay.”
It was only in the morning that I finally regained my composure and sent Kania, who had been comforting me until then, to the classroom first.
In fact, it would be great if she could support her because she was not yet in good shape, but if she did, Kana could raise suspicions from people.
So, even if it’s a little difficult, sending her first to hide our relationship will be beneficial for future plans.
“…Whoa.”
With that in mind, I opened the skill shop and started looking at the skills I needed at this point.
– Life recovery speed increase by 1000pt
Description) Permanently increases the HP recovery speed slightly. (Total amount does not increase)
“…I’ll probably buy it now.”
Today is the day of the long-awaited performance evaluation.
So, if you want to be beaten by Irina, you must buy this skill as well.
“…Five.”
With that in mind, I pressed the skill and bought it, and somehow my body started to revitalize.
It’s a small increase, so I wasn’t expecting that, but it’s a skill that eats up to 1000 points, so it seems to be worth it.
“…Irina should have hit the fireball at me.”
I closed my eyes and felt the energy filling up my body for a moment, and then I started to rummage through my bag, worrying about Irina.
“…Okay, this should be enough.”
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Eventually, when I returned to the dormitory from the cathedral yesterday, I took out three top-quality mana potions I had purchased from a back alley I had stopped by for a while, opened the lid without any regrets, and started drinking them all at once.
“…wow.”
I thought it would be delicious because it was a top-notch potion, but it was surprisingly tasteless.
Thanks to this, I almost felt nauseated, but tens of thousands of gold would fly away if I vomited.
‘…this should be enough.’
After closing my eyes for a moment and feeling the mana in my stomach, I realized that the right amount had been gathered and immediately smiled.
Perhaps this level of stellar mana would be of sufficient help to Irina when it was handed over to her.
Of course, Irina is trying to save my life, but if she doesn’t share her mana, her grades will go down… that could cause problems with the scenario.
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Even though we are trying to avoid variables as much as possible, there are already a lot of twists and turns, but if Irina goes down to a lower class or gets kicked out of the academy, what will happen?
So, as much as possible, we should proceed as written in the Prophecy…
‘…as it is written in the Prophets?’
As I was organizing my thoughts and preparing to head to the classroom, I paused while thinking about the Prophets.
“…ha.”
I took a deep breath, trying to calm my disturbed mind, and then muttered to myself with a serious expression on my face.
‘Two of the prophecies are already out of line… Should I follow them?’
There was obviously no prophecy that the memories of the main heroines would be returned due to the penalty when regressing.
Of course, I felt quite strange because of that, but so far, even Seonjo-nim was trying to rationalize himself that some unexpected variable was at work.
However, it was now discovered that even Perloche’s setting was wrong.
According to the setting in the Prophets and my memory, Perloche has been a simple and stupid human since ancient times.
I drank the potion I gave to you when I was a child without any doubt, and when I told you to go to the church, I went to the church with a smile without any doubt.
But in the dream I had today, she shouted with a confident voice that she would ‘expose’ the atrocities to the young me.
The person who wrote the grammar question in the blackmail sent to me because I couldn’t tell the difference between ‘captive’ and ‘exposure’ was Perloche.
Of course, it wouldn’t matter if the dream I had today was just a dog’s dream… Seeing that the color of my beloved sword changed in one day, it is certain that the thought chain that was said to reside in the precious sword or something intervened.
then…
If the dream is really true, if the ancestor who thought he knew everything was wrong, then it was wrong to follow the prophecies, what should I do?
Is it really right to follow the prophecies, the system, and my memory?
“……..”
I stood there and pondered for a long time, but in the end I couldn’t come up with an answer.
Because, to deny the Prophecies and the system… is to deny everything I’ve ever done.
And if I denied it, it seemed that I couldn’t keep my sanity anymore… In the end, I decided to put this worry aside for a while until more clear evidence came out.
‘…it’s still out of control. So far, I can work it out.’
After so much effort to rationalize myself, I took a deep breath and left the dormitory.
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“Everyone pay attention, I will explain the precautions for performance evaluation from now on.”
All the class A students gathered in the practice room.
“”……..””
And, soon after, I began to feel a tremendous amount of life.
I looked at what was going on, and Clana, Ferroche, and Irina were staring at me like they were going to kill me.
Apart from Clana and Irina, I didn’t know that the pure saint would stare at me with such a murderous look.
“…Concentrate! You guys, concentrate!”
After staring at me for a while, when they heard Isolet scream, they took their eyes off me and started looking at Isolet.
I thanked Isolet inside for giving me a little breather, and started to check the future scenario.
Today I have to lose to Irina somehow.
After being defeated by her, she plays the role of a high-minded, egoman who is forced to hand over his mana to lowly commoners because of the oath of death.
Of course, when passing mana, she must pass only the level of mana that she will not fail for a year.
Otherwise, my mortality rate would rise sharply.
“…again, mysterious monsters have been appearing all over the country recently.”
With that thought in mind, Isolet started sending her own voice throughout the lab with a loudspeaker magic tool.
“The Knights are still blocking it to some extent, but if the current increase continues, the capital we live in will be in danger someday.”
That is true.
By now, as a result of the awakening of the Demon King throughout the empire, demons must have begun to appear.
And those demons will start to damage the land that has been devastated by the great famine and travel around the country, inflicting enormous human casualties.
And thanks to that, half the people of the empire will die of starvation, and half will be trampled down or eaten by demons.
Of course, the lords will ignore such people and focus on protecting their property. After all, it is a world without answers.
“So, according to the changed policy of the Empire, I will raise you as a shield to protect the Empire. And the first step in that regard is this performance evaluation.”
As I was quietly opening up such a rotten empire, Isolet looked around everyone coldly and continued.
“So, performance evaluation is conducted in the form of ‘complete practice’.”
As the children tilted their heads at those words, Isolet added briefly.
“…to come with the determination to kill each other.”
With those words, Isolet finished passing the warnings and sat down, and a heavy silence began to surround them.
“Then… Let the first joins Clana Solar Sunrise and Perloche Astellade come forward.”
In such a heavy atmosphere, Isolet announced the start of the performance evaluation with a low voice.
“Mr. Perloche. Again, this is not a game…”
“…I know.”
“yes?”
“…no longer, I’m not being fooled.”
Then, the two of them came out with their expressions hardened and started talking while standing in the dungeon.
Normally, you could have heard the cute and funny comics between Clana and Perloche, but now Perloche was just preparing to fight with a cold expression in her hands, gathering strength in her hands.
“…Ugh.”
Seeing her like that, the guilt of having made that innocent and cute child like that, the terrible image of her I saw in my dream today, and her past, which was completely different from my memory, all mixed together and I started to feel sick to my stomach.
– Beep!!
As I shook my head and cleared away all my thoughts, Isolet’s whistle was heard, and the next moment, the princess and the saint collided.
For a moment, my heart was pounding as if I was using the protection of the sun god, but when I looked closely, the attack with the mana of the sun of the princess was blocked by a white shield.
– Shoo…
Then Clana quickly retreated back and began to concentrate one point of the mana of the sun on her finger, and Perloche began to collect holy energy in her hand.
‘…are you going to a one-shot game?’
The amount was so massive that when I was wondering if it was going to be a one-legged match, the two attacks collided in the air at once.
‘…Ah, I was aiming for this.’
And at that moment, massive energy fragments that collided in the air started flying towards me.
Probably, if you hit that with a direct hit, you’ll get 10 weeks of dislocation.
“…..!”
Astonished Kania quietly began to gather black magic in her hand, but I quietly shook her head to restrain her.
– Damn it!
This is because I had predicted in advance that Isolet’s sword would fly in and erase the fragments just before the fragments reached me.
“…I can control unexpected situations like this, so I can use big techniques with confidence. Then, let’s proceed.”
After Isolett’s calm remarks were over, the girls with regretful expressions began to fight again.
Perhaps, it must have been a good or bad strategy, but it was quite threatening nonetheless.
‘…By the way, it wasn’t a fatal attack. Looking at that, I think Kania is right.’
The primary purpose of the ‘heroine union’ that Kania said was to ‘destroy’ me.
When asked what the reason was, he said that he judged that it was too generous to just kill the day he destroyed the world.
Really, thank you to tears.
“…hell!!”
With that thought in mind, I was silently watching the battle, and not long after, the regime with Clana’s solar mana hit Perloche, and the match was smoother than I expected.
If it was the original Perloche who hated being sick, he would never have allowed it to be orthodox.
However, for some reason, Perloche was too forceful to dig into Clana and allowed a critical hit.
“…Shut up.”
Ferroche, who had been trembling while holding her stomach for a while, clenched her teeth and began to struggle to get up somehow.
“You, what the hell happened…”
“I, I… will no longer… be taken advantage of…”
“……..”
However, after all, she could not withstand the shock of the blow with only her mental strength, and she passed out soon after.
As I watched the scene, I lowered my gaze with a sense of guilt that I had made her innocent like that.
“…Clana Solar Sunrise’s victory. Then, the next group.”
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Eventually, Isolette’s calm voice was heard, and the limp Perloche was picked up by the assistants and carried away.
“Young Master, no matter what…”
“…Shh.”
Kania, who was next to me, spoke quietly, but I struggled to remove her from her side and start controlling her expression.
Apparently, seeing Kania biting her lip, my expression was a spectacle.
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Since then, several groups have faced each other, but most have ended in a single match.
It happened because the nobles were too incompetent and the commoners were too competent.
Still, the fight between Kania and Arianne was worth watching.
Although the winner went to Arianne, who succeeded in completely enclosing Kania with a shield, if Kania had been able to use black magic, the victory or defeat would not have been known.
Anyway, it’s a pity that Serena isn’t there. Had she been there, I would have been able to see the stunt of predicting the opponent’s all attack routes and suppressing them with one finger…
‘…No, what a pity.’
Looking back, if Serena had been in this situation, I think I might have changed my name earlier. With that in mind, instead of regretting not being here right now, she should be happy.
However, it is now time for Serena to return to school. So… I guess I’ll have to come up with a plan to deal with her somehow.
“…the next group, Frey Raon Starlight and Irina Phillead, come forward.”
As I was organizing my thoughts like that, it was my turn and Irina’s turn.
“…Are you prepared to become my slave?”
“……..”
I grunted, approached Irina’s side and sarcastic, and she started glaring at me fiercely.
I, who calmly accepted Irina’s gaze, whispered quietly in her ear.
“Oh, I’m going to hug your friend a little next time… Can you give me some advice later?”
– Whoops…!
Then Irina began to chew her lips.
“…Then, how about you?”
I looked at her with a pitiful expression, wiped the blood that began to flow from her lips with my hand, and then walked to the dungeon and fell into thoughts.
‘…Is this enough?’
Irina Filliard grows stronger the more she rages.
It’s not just a metaphor, it’s an ‘official setting’.
The great magic that inflicted fatal wounds on the demon king, an alien being, was also a magic made out of sadness and anger at the loss of his friend Arianne.
So even if I’m out of mana, if I’m that angry, I’ll be able to hit a fireball enough for me.
– Beep!!
After thinking like that, Irina came into the dungeon and was staring at me, and the next moment Isolet’s whistle was heard.
“…Whoa!”
And, even before the whistle ended, 7 fireballs appeared on Irina’s head.
“Now, wait… These, seven?”
“What… how did that failing student…”
Then the people around me started to murmur, and in that atmosphere, Irina looked at me with a hateful expression and said:
“Even though… I’m not strong enough to kill you… I’ll make you as painful as possible…”
“Hey… seven of them…”
“The only way to kill is when you regain your strength in a year. Until then, I’ll leave you with burns worthy of suffering.”
“No, I can’t do all of that anyway… eh.”
To create seven fireballs in a state of exhaustion of mana, if it was reported to the tower, wizards would study with their eyes lit.
Irina who has accomplished such a great achievement, but watching her like that makes me nervous.
Because, in her current state, controlling 7 fireballs is suicidal.
“…Ugh!”
Unsurprisingly, Irina, who was about to move the fireball, knelt down and sat down.
“Shhh…”
‘No, if you just shoot a few shots in moderation, you’ll lose on your own… Why are you shoveling?’
Looking at her with resentful eyes, I noticed that Isolet and Clana continued to stare at me with strange eyes while I was still in the same place, and I clenched my teeth and started to approach Irina.
“f*ck!!”
“…Ha, I knew it would. What kind of fireball are you?”
As soon as I arrived in front of her, I kicked her and knocked her down on the dirt floor.
“No matter how hard you try… there are certain things that never change… Irina.”
“그 더러운 입으로… 내 이름을… 부르지 마… 이 개새끼야…”
“You’re going to be my pet soon, you bastard… You’re lowly.”
“Ugh!!”
I grabbed her by the hair and slammed Irina, who was muttering while looking at me with hateful eyes, on the ground.
“Wow!”
“Look, that’s a dirty dirt floor that suits you.”
“Ubvv…”
“Why? You’ll be swallowing more in the future.”
Unknowingly, I opened a flask containing purified mana that I had kept in my sleeve and spilled it on the dirt floor without anyone knowing.
“Ugh…”
“Why? Do you feel bad about being rubbed on the dirt floor?”
“Cool cool…”
“By the way, no matter how much I think about it, I think this dirt floor is worse than you…”
“…What?”
“No matter how many kinds of bugs and filth, even on a dirt floor… It’s natural to feel bad when something as low as you is rubbed off, right?”
After saying that, I muttered to myself as I headed towards the exit of the dungeon, leaving her behind, who was still clenching.
‘…Please, please, give me one hit.’
While walking earnestly praying that she would make a fireball safely and hit me, I felt the heat rising from behind and looked back with a smile of conversion.
– Whoops!!
And, at that moment, the first fireball hit me.
“Ahhh…!”
I, who was hit by the fireball properly, fell back, feeling the relief that I could lose to Irina and the embarrassment of the pain that was worse than I expected at the same time.
‘…why are you in so much pain?’
Although fireball is a threatening magic, it’s not very threatening as an individual.
Unlike Meteor, which boasts considerable power as an individual, Fireball is a magic that competes with rapid fire and quantity.
But this… it’s not a fireball, it’s a Jun Meteor. After all, the Archmage of the future seems to be great even if he runs out of mana.
“Oh, it hurts!”
With that thought in mind, I woke up with tears in my eyes, and two fireballs flew right in front of me.
“Kuk! It’s hot, it’s hot!!”
I was delighted with the fireballs, and I rolled around on the dirt floor again and started reciting the lines of the third-rate villain I had planned in advance.
“Come on, you dare… you dirty and lowly bastard… me…!”
My hands and feet seem to shrink when I speak, but one of the effects of these lines is direct bread. You can tell just by looking at the expression on the faces of the common people as soon as I hit this line.
“…How do you feel about rolling the dirt floor after being beaten by a dirty and lowly commoner?”
“Cool… Cool…”
“…Wake up, there’s still more.”
“Uh… what…?”
So, after rolling on the dirt for a long time and making childish lines, I staggered at Irina’s words and got up from my seat and froze for a moment.
– Bubber bubbly bubbly!
“Kyahak!!”
This time, it was because three fireballs flew in.
“Uh… uh…”
I was struggling with pain thanks to this, and even with my help, I tried to pretend I was unconscious, paying tribute to her who managed to manipulate three fireballs at the same time while out of mana…
“Wake up… I… still… one step… left…”
When she heard her hateful voice, she smiled bitterly and stood up with her body full of wrath.
You’re a hero in the past, and despite the fact that your lifespan and vitality have been slashed, I think you’ll be able to deal with that one shot.
Of course, if you hit that level, you might really lose consciousness, though.
Still, the False evil that I have committed against Irina… No, from her point of view, there are evil deeds full of malice, so it would be reasonable to welcome her if she wanted to.
“Oh, it’s not over yet… About that thousand years…”
I struggled to stand up with such ugly lines until the end, and I clenched my teeth while waiting for the last fireball she fired…
“This, this… eat it… and lose it…”
“I’m a single sword…”
– Loud
“…what?”
Irina, who was about to throw the last fireball at me, stumbled, then fainted and collapsed.
“”……..””
And, there was silence for a while.
“I will count ten seconds. 10, 9, 8…”
‘…Damn it, I can’t help it anymore.’
Soon after, Isolette started counting, and I was embarrassed, crying and eating mustard, trying to wake her up using the Kania-specific life-transfer brooch I had on my chest…
– Gripping support!
Suddenly, a huge mysterious magic trick was drawn on the floor of the dungeon where Irina and I were, and light began to leak out.
“…what?”
And then, in the next moment, a bright light erupted from the magic spell and swallowed me and Irina in an instant.
“My, what I bought was a recovery scroll…!?”
Hearing Arianne’s bewildered cry in the bright light, I immediately lost consciousness without realizing it.
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“Ugh…”
I grabbed my flaky hair and opened my eyes slightly, and some trees were standing in front of me.
“…..?”
I was bewildered by the fact that I could see the students and non-supervisors who were watching me at the Dalian, so I opened my eyes and looked around, and there were gray trees all over the place.
“…you crazy.”
As I stared blankly at the scene, I immediately spit out cursing.
It was because I realized that the place where I was standing right now was in the ‘Ashen Forest’, a dungeon infested with all kinds of monsters, which should only be in the mid-to-late part of the ‘game’ if the scenario is described in the prophecy.
“This… what the hell is going on…?”
I got up from my seat without understanding the situation yet, and when something caught my foot, I looked down.
“……..”
Then, Irina, who had lost her mind and was breathing heavily, came into my sight.
“…I’m really going back.”
It seems that I, along with Irina, who passed out in this magic cave a few hundred kilometers away from the academy, fell apart.
At this point, I am afraid of what will happen next.