149. Quarantine Period (1)
“Bookmaker, can you hear me? Failed to secure ‘target’.”
[Yes, I know.]
On the roof of the student union building, the ‘professor’ speaks.
Looking down, the students led by the princess are breaking into the student hall. He hadn’t realized his existence yet, but after a while, this place would be discovered.
We have to leave this place before that happens.
[Could you accurately report the situation?]
“…I fed one of the infected with the medicine you gave me. But I was attacked by Erea Blainkleet.”
[Yes, and what?]
“‘Target’ joined the original party and defeated Jaca Ancilla, the cause of this situation.”
The ‘professor’ gave a detailed explanation to the ‘book teacher’.
What was the situation in the auditorium, how Lucius fought with Jayca, and how Andy intervened?
[That’s not a bad result. ‘Target’ will find out what happened to County of Findelnerca. I’m going to the catacombs dungeon to solve the case.]
“So you’re saying it’s still going according to plan?”
[Still as planned? You are using a very negative expression. It’s not an exaggeration to say that everything is going according to plan.]
Capturing Tia on the floating island was originally a good thing or a bad thing.
The true target is the county of Findelnerca.
If you prepare and wait there, the prey will come to you.
[But there are things I care about.]
“Anything that bothers you?”
[Why did the ‘Professor’ just watch Lucius defeat Jayka?]
I think it was a situation where a belligerent ‘professor’ could have intervened. If the ‘Professor’ had pinned down Lucius with Jay Carr before Andy joined, she would have been able to get Tia out somehow.
I thought so, but I asked
“It was impossible. The rat was watching.”
[Rat?]
“Yes. I don’t know who it is. However, I felt that someone was watching the place.”
[Hmm….]
It won’t be a lie. ‘Professor’ is a monster with excellent combat sense.
Should I say that it feels like the number of goals has been repeatedly blocked?
[Ariel Beheritt.]
The bookmaker put the name in his mouth after thinking about it.
“Ariel Beheritt? You mean the duke’s madman?”
[I was a little concerned. It seems that they acted together with ‘Target’ from the beginning, and Rachel, who stopped Evans, is also following Ariel Beheritt.
“Yes.”
[And a member of Lucius’s party, Rose Epeltaine’s twin, Marie Ruhelif, formed a party…. Hmm… ….]
I’m still just concerned.
I can’t say it’s a clear sense of incongruity, but it feels like a strange feeling of uneasiness remains. Come to think of it, didn’t Ariel Beheritt take the placement test along with Lucius and ‘Target’?
Originally, I was planning to kidnap the ‘target’ in the placement test, but now that I think about it, wasn’t it Ariel Beheritt who stopped it?
[Could it be a coincidence?]
If it’s not a coincidence, there’s no explanation.
However, if you think that there will be something beyond coincidence, you can’t help but feel anxious.
[If it was a coincidence, that would be fine. But let’s also be careful about Ariel Beherit.]
“You’re all right, student Ariel.”
After confirming that Lucius safely defeated Jayka, we escaped from the student center. We moved to Professor Milas’ laboratory as it was.
“It’s fortunate that Professor Milas is safe….I’m sorry, but would it be all right if we evacuate here?”
“Of course, no problem. Come in.”
I take the party members and enter the laboratory.
Including Lynette.
“…Why even me?”
Lynette makes an expression that she doesn’t understand why this happened.
To be honest, I don’t know either. Somehow, I think she ended up taking it all the time.
‘But it’s impossible to send him alone to the Holy Combat Division building.’
At first, I was going to run away to the building of the Holy Combat Division, but I didn’t. I guess there must be a lot of eyes there.
Apart from Marina Claire, it’s a bit like seeing me getting along with Erua and Rachel. The Apocalypse would soon be suppressed, but I hated the rumors about it.
Then there are two ways. It’s about hiding in a shelter in an underground waterway or going to Professor Milas’s laboratory. It was a bit like going to a shelter in a situation where outsiders were involved.
“Please rest in peace, student Ariel. Fortunately, the research wing is safe as it has barely been affected by this incident.”
Professor Milas says so.
That was true. Just as the zombie apocalypse gets bigger the more crowded the place is, so this apocalypse is no different.
Because of this, the research building with few passers-by is relatively safe.
Plus, this place is guarded by Professor Milas’s assistant.
“…What is it? The number of people increased after I went out for a while.”
A gruff and sullen voice rang out.
Her back is stooped and her height is short. Dark circles are draped over both of her eyes, and her hair is even messy.
You can tell it’s a turtle neck just by looking at it, but she walks towards us wearing a white coat.
Tylen Mardis.
The 3rd year class leader of the Magic Combat Department. In other words, among the students of the 3rd year magic combat department, she is the wizard with the second highest grade after Jin Kartix.
She is also Professor Milas’s assistant, She
She is also the older sister of Hilka Mardis.
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“Mardis sunbaenim is also safe.”
“…Beherit, are they all your friends?”
“It’s not like they’re friends, but they evacuated to the laboratory with me.”
I answered as politely as possible.
Anyway, even though she is in her third year, she is a senior who has been working at Professor Milas’s laboratory for a longer time than I have. If possible, I want to build an amicable human relationship.
─I thought it was one-sided, but Tylen squinted her eyes as if he didn’t like her very much.
“Annoying…”
Unfortunately, the small voice that must have been muttered inaudibly reached my ears.
But she dares to pretend she doesn’t know. She knows long ago that her individualistic tendencies are strong.
“Student Ariel, how’s the situation out there? Do you think you’ll be able to resolve it soon?”
Prof. Milas asks on behalf of Tillen, who keeps her mouth shut and keeps a close distance.
I nodded my head at Professor Milas’ question.
“It’s a pretty serious situation, but it will end. The culprit has been eliminated.”
“The culprit?”
“Yes. So, how did this happen…”
I roughly explained. That this Apocalypse’s infection was contagious just by looking at it.
“Something quite absurd happened. Thanks to you, I understand what has happened so far. The monster’s corpse, which has been found over and over again for the past few days, is actually ‘the exact opposite’.”
It was as he said.
Nina testified that Jayka defeated demonic beasts that appeared out of nowhere, but the truth is quite the opposite.
The beast that witnessed Jayka became infected and abandoned it, becoming her witch.
[Memoirs of Jayka] Having become a monster, I feel the urge to kill every day.
[Memoirs of Jayka] The voice speaks. Kill those outside the door.
[Memoirs of Jayka] I can still suppress my impulses, but it’s not easy. He suppresses his urge to kill by somehow killing non-human animals.
[Memoirs of Jayka] But it won’t last long. It’s like swallowing your saliva in the middle of a desert where no oasis has been found.
That’s how Jay Carr bought time to complete the contents of her notebook.
Inside the notebook, she wrote down what she went through, and there is also information about the bosses she once defeated in the Catacombs dungeon.
At the end of Chapter 2, Lucius goes to the Catacombs dungeon.
At that time, all the bosses that Jayka’s raid had defeated all resurrected at once. The same goes for Living Doll, who was defeated last time.
So it was necessary for Jay Carr to return to her floating island once and deliver her notebook to Lucius.
Above all,
[Jika’s Notes] The 9th floor boss, a fallen spirit.
[Memoirs of Jayka] This is a boss monster I have never been able to defeat.
[Memoirs of Jayka] And there is new information obtained in this last episode. Enter that information here.
That information was something that couldn’t be written in advance before Jayka became a monster.
Jay Carr managed to somehow hold onto her mental strings and write down her final information, but by then she had already reached her critical point.
In a situation where it is difficult to suppress the monster’s instinct…… It was the student knights who participated in the raid who reached the limit before Jayka.
The infection spread around the student knights, and the apocalypse began in earnest.
Affected by the chain of infection explosions, Jayka also found it difficult to reject her bodily instincts, so she awakened as a monster, giving her the power to create monsters from the abyss.
“I understand the situation in general. Anyway, student Jayka, who seems to be the culprit, has collapsed.”
“Yes, it is.”
Due to the death of Jayka, the Abyss’ confidant, the monsters of the Abyss no longer appear.
In addition, the infection phenomenon around the floating island is weakened.
Therefore, there will be no more infections on the floating islands.
“The dreaded apocalypse will end soon.”
[Ah, the student council guides you.
The task of annihilating the Demon Beast that currently dominates the Floating Island is almost complete. Accordingly, we inform you that the disaster situation has temporarily ended.
Students and staff, please move to the nearest building.
Confirmation of survivors and roll call will be conducted through the manager of each building, and at the same time quarantine measures will be taken for quarantine treatment.
This is a measure for your safety, so please follow it. Only those who disrupt order may be subject to disciplinary action or disadvantages, so please follow the rules carefully.]
[Once again. Currently taking over the floating island——.]
I can hear the chirping of birds.
What I can feel as I wake up is the smell of oil. It was not the smell of cooking oil or meat, but the smell of industrial oil.
If I keep taking it, I think it will harm my health. With that thought in mind, I woke up.
“…Was he asleep?”
When I opened my eyes, it was the scenery of the laboratory I had previously used to create Catalyst.
If you look around, you will see familiar faces. Claire and Marie… , And Lynette.
Marie was sleeping with a comfortable face, Claire and Lynette’s faces were uncomfortable, perhaps because the beds were not comfortable.
All of us, including myself, had a blanket covered…. It seems we all fell asleep.
A blanket that I don’t know who covered it…… , No, I can roughly guess who did it.
Anyway, after putting the blanket away, I left the lab carefully so as not to wake the sleeping people.
“Oh, boy. You’re awake.”
When I came out into the hallway, Rachel was there.
It wasn’t like she was waiting for me. It feels like I came across this place by chance.
“Are the others still sleeping?”
“Yeah. So I was just about to go wash up before everyone else woke up.”
“I was just preparing breakfast. You should be able to eat by the time the boy comes back after taking a shower.”
“Is that so?”
I nodded and moved on. Where the shower room is.
As I was about to pass Rachel like that, something suddenly came to my mind, so I stopped walking.
“How many days is it?”
“Yes, it’s been a week, boy.”
Rachel answers my questions right away. The answer was not very different from what I know.
“…I’m sick of it.”
While muttering that, I move on.
It’s been a week since Apocalypse ended.
And the quarantined map, a week has passed by today.