The Only Male Student in the Academy chapter 140

140. Before Infiltrating the Student Hall (2)

“Eh, Ariel…!”

A cry came from far away.

Maria.

Marie sprinted in front of me with a face as if she was about to cry.

“Ariel, mu, you’re all right…!”

“That’s what I’m going to say. You were worried because I didn’t contact you.”

“Mi-sorry…”

Mari, who had raised her voice, shrank again.

I feel relieved because it seems like seeing Mari as usual. Even though it’s only been a few hours since I haven’t seen him, the relief is no joke.

I felt the urge to pet Marie, but fortunately I managed to suppress my reasoning somehow.

Probably because there are a lot of people around.

“Good work, Ron.”

“It’s hard work. Thank you for helping Tia and Rose.”

Says Ron.

Along with that, I can feel the eyes that are paying attention to this side.

Tia and Rose.

Era and Rachel.

Ron and Marie.

And Claire.

“You’ve made a lot of friends while you haven’t seen each other~. Ariel, you’re surprisingly popular, right?”

Claire speaks in a laughing voice. Even though the situation has come to this, the tone is still devoid of tension.

It’s not easy to come all the way here by defeating the monsters of the abyss by Ron alone. Since Ron is a character close to a pure tank, he has very few means of dealing.

Just in time, Marie and Claire were staying in the Holy Combat Division building.

So I told them to come like this, and thanks to that, I was able to join like this.

With this, my first goal has been achieved. The goal of survival for me and Marie.

Now, the only thing left is the second goal.

“Then let’s break up from here.”

“…What? We just met, so let’s break up soon?”

I nodded.

“It wasn’t what I wanted to do with you from the beginning. The situation has come to this, so I had no choice but to act together.”

“…….”

“Come to think of it, today must have been your birthday, the cursed clan. But don’t be mistaken. I sent you a present to apologize for what happened during the placement test, but I have no intention of improving the relationship. Set the negative relationship to zero. I just let it go.”

I said so.

Temporarily partying with Tia…… It can be said that it was something that could not be helped. I think it’s good that Rose was rescued and Ron was summoned to help the story progress smoothly.

However, meeting Lucius directly is a different story.

After all, he is the main character of this world.

Various trials await in front of Lucius…… Even today, she had an important mission to subdue the ‘boss’.

I have no intention of participating in it.

I don’t want to walk the hard thorny road together, and I’m going to leave the rigidity and risks to Lucius.

In order to do that, as mentioned before, you must not become a friend of Lucius.

In that case, it is best to move away.

“It seems that the Weapons Combat Division building has already been lulled to some extent by Lapisca. So the three of you should be able to get there without any problems.”

Using Marie, Claire, Rose, and Jean’s “Telepathy”, I was able to grasp the situation of the entire campus to some extent. According to the information gathered in this way, the building of the Weapons Combat Division does not seem to be a very dangerous area.

According to the eyewitness information, it seems that Lapisca has beaten all the monsters that appeared in the weapon combat department building.

It is said that there is a girl with brown hair who acts with Lapisca next to him. It must be Lucius.

“So farewell, the cursed clan. We will find a safer place to evacuate.”

“…Call me by name.”

As I was about to move forward, I momentarily stopped.

I turned around and saw Tia looking up at me.

“What? Your name?”

“…Since before, the titles come and go. Just call me by name.”

“I’m going back and forth?”

“Yeah… In a combat situation, call me by name, and stay.”

Tia says so with her characteristic stilted tone.

Then, next to her, Marie makes a somewhat vague expression…. It’s a face that reminds me of the past.

‘Did you call me by name again? .’

I had no intention of calling Tia by her first name, but…… , In an emergency situation, it’s because I’m going to call her by the name that came out of her mouth.

I clicked my tongue.

“I’ll go now.”

I ignored it and moved on.

Claire, the tank, leads first, and Erua follows diagonally behind.

Rachel follows me from behind as if to guard the rear, … Marie snuggles up next to me as I glance behind her.

I could feel Tia staring at me, but she didn’t bother.

Human relationships are very difficult.

Why can’t things go the way I want?

“So Ariel, what are you going to do from now on?”

Claire, who was leading the way, asked that.

Oddly enough, I felt comfortable listening to that voice. To feel warmth from Claire, who has such a damn personality.

But it will be inevitable. I’ve been acting together with Erua, who can’t communicate, and Tia, who doesn’t talk much from the beginning.

Come to think of it, there may be quite a few people who can communicate with me and have a conversation as equals.

“We’ll have to find out where Jaca Ancilla is.”

“Sister Jaca? Are you thinking of killing Jaca too?”

“…What are you talking about all of a sudden. Do I look like I’m going to kill someone?”

“It’s not like that, but~. Didn’t you say that Mary and I met the captain through Earlier?”

Claire explained how she met Andy Parfum.

Andy Parfum is killing every single infected student knight.

-“Okay, I’ll explain it with my mouth as you wish. This must be because of Jaca?

And Claire said that she received such an offer from Andy.

Claire’s answer to that is,

-“I don’t like it. Why would I kill the vice-captain?”

-“I should have told you. I can’t damage the honor of our knights any more.”

-“It’s not such a bad story for you either. It’s possible that this situation can be resolved at the Knights level as well.”

-“Anyway, vice-captain Jayka and I have a close relationship.

-“Additionally, getting blood on it is unpleasant because it has a bitter aftertaste. Anyway, even if I don’t do it, the captain will go to kill me. Then, leaving it to the captain seems like the best way to keep me awake~”

It is said to have been rejected.

It was a bold refusal indeed, but Claire was the daughter of the Marquis of Entirus and an aide to the 1st Princess Kristirf.

On the other hand, Andy is the head of the student knights, but he is not a person who reflects his face well in the student knights.

To put it the other way around, there is almost no real political power. It can be said that it is a position like a late-aged sergeant who handed over real power to corporals.

-“I can’t help it. I get it.”

It seems that Andy has also given up on attracting Claire.

So Andy seems to have taken Marie and Claire to the Sacred Combat Department building.

“Is Andy Parfum targeting Jaca Ancilla?”

That happened in the original work as well.

If you choose a specific option in the original story, Lucius (the player) will encounter Andy fighting an infected student. There, he even learns that Andy has purged the student knights who caused this situation with his own hands.

There, depending on the dialogue options, you may have a duel with Andy,

On the other hand, you can enlist Andy as a helper and go together to defeat the boss.

‘… As usual, Lucius would have contacted Jayca first.’

Whereas Lucius in the original story has been with the party members from the beginning, this time he is scattered and meeting Jay Carr late.

Then, in this world, is there a possibility that Andy will come into contact with Jayca first? … That’s a little annoying.

I don’t want Jayka to die at Andy’s hands.

“I heard that Jay Carr holds the key to this case, right? Does Ariel know something about her?”

“There are things only I know…But I can’t explain everything. To put it simply, this is a problem that happened when the student knights went to the catacombs dungeons in the County of Findelnerca.”

“It’s a catacombs dungeon… Somehow it seemed like that.”

Like Claire with good senses, she immediately accepted my words.

On the other hand, Marie looks at me with a surprised expression as if she didn’t notice.

“Eh…? What are you talking about…? Catacomb Dungeon…?”

“A virus that originated in the Catacombs dungeon…, Is not an accurate term. …I’ll tell you this, but all of you don’t try to look at the monsters directly. These are the kind that get ‘infected’ just by looking at them. I mean.”

“Could you please elaborate on that, Ariel Beheritt?”

-Ting!!

I heard the sound of metal rubbing against metal.

I wondered what had happened, but Er-A was swinging her sword.

Towards Nina.

Nina is blocking Erua’s sword with her dagger.

“Excuse me, Erea Blainkleet. I didn’t mean to startle you.”

“…….”

Nevertheless, Erua never thought of retracting the sword.

Her eyes are still looking straight at Nina.

Those are the eyes that see the enemy.

If the situation arises, he will slash the enemy in front of his eyes…… The eyes of such a prepared person.

“Stop it, Era. He’s not our enemy.”

“…….”

When I tried to dissuade her, Erua finally withdrew her sword.

She quietly stood next to me as if she wasn’t completely off guard.

“I’m sorry. This is because I spoke to you from stealth.”

“…Since when have you been following me. I thought you were protecting Bennet-senpai.”

“That’s right, but I was investigating this situation under Benit-sama’s instructions. In the meantime, I accidentally picked up Ariel Beherit-sama’s voice and… I thought he knew about this situation.”

“…… Ha.”

Are all coincidences like this coincidence? … It became annoying

I didn’t expect to meet Nina in a place like this.

“Could you please explain, Ariel Beheritt?”

“I don’t think I have any obligation to inform you.”

I say so.

Benit is a character who will be the main character after this apocalypse is over.

Infusing her with useless information at her current stage may make her chapter 2 story twisted.

Anyway, this apocalypse situation is quite twisted since it happened 4 days earlier.

I want to avoid developments beyond my knowledge.

So I try to keep my mouth shut,

“Then, how about exchanging information? I can provide information regarding Jaca Ancilla’s current location.”

Nina said so.

I open my eyes wide.

“Jaka Ancilla is currently in the auditorium.”

──Kill all humans in front of you.

──Don’t you hate the living? You have changed like this.

──I can’t go back anymore.

──Kill him.

“……Ah?”

I suddenly came to my senses.

The first thing I felt was a sense of incongruity in my body.

If you look around as if gently touching your whole body, you are already no longer human.

The skin turned white,

Unseen things are sprouting from my body.

“Ahahahaha… Ahahahahaha…”

Looking at yourself makes me laugh.

It turned out like this in the end.

You have become a monster.

Why did this happen…… I do not know.

Faint memories came to my mind, but I couldn’t figure out how they were all connected.

I can feel my consciousness gradually sinking.

Once locked, you will never be able to come back.

It will turn into a monster.

It was really terrible, but…… , It might be right to be like this.

Perhaps that was the thing he wanted the most.

“Eh, real…”

Last minute.

Why did that name suddenly come to my mind while I was losing my mind?

──Kill all humans in front of you.

──Don’t you hate the living? You have changed like this.

──I can’t go back anymore.

──Kill him.

The voice continues.

A voice that instinctively cannot be denied.

Then you realize.

The reason he managed to come to his senses was because of Gerginia’s mercy.

That he had preserved his humanity, albeit weakly, thanks to his final faith in following a single god.

This is the last option.

Unable to return to human form, in the consciousness of becoming a monster.

Now there is only one thing to focus your final consciousness on.

Leading a heavy body.

“Ariel, Mr….”

Calling out that name, Della leads her body.

There is work that must be done.

Now that I have become a monster, there are things I can complete.