The Only Male Student in the Academy chapter 93

093. Malice (5)

Joshua doubted his ears for a moment.

“Now, what did you say?”

“Why did you say Ariel?”

Claire said that with a sullen expression.

Mask…… It feels too honest to think that it is.

A lukewarm reaction, as if asking for something natural.

Annoyed, Claire wraps her fingers around the ends of his hair.

… Aren’t the answers too quick?

‘… It wouldn’t be worth that much to my older brother.’

This is a great opportunity for Claire to grace everyone in this room. Of course, Ariel hyung-nim should be excluded.

Ariel hyung-nim is a child who was put out to the point of being called the duke’s idiot, and he didn’t even have any special connections.

On the other hand, although he himself is the third son, he has enough personal connections to lead the Beltark students, and also has enough skills to reach the top of the grade.

He would do much more to favor himself than Ariel.

The same goes for Philea Academy students.

9 Students…… , No, including Evans, 28 people including those who are not here right now.

This is a great opportunity to hold on to the leashes of all 28 students.

Claire wouldn’t know if it would be beneficial for future academy life or noble activities.

She’s the daughter of the Marquess of Entirus.

‘Is it a bluff?’

It may be bluffing to get a more favorable situation.

If that’s really the case… , Is also a formidable aristocrat.

She seems to have excellent negotiating skills.

“Miss Claire, does that mean you’re going to throw away everyone in this room?”

“Abandon it? The expression is very peculiar, our Prince Joshua. After all, they are traitors.”

Claire shrugged his shoulders in amazement.

“If you betrayed me, wouldn’t you be prepared for death? You die by your own choice, but the expression of abandonment sounds like I’m a bad person, right?”

“However, that would put Miss Claire in a difficult position. She might be stigmatized for overlooking the crisis of her colleagues, so who would follow Miss Claire in the future?”

From noble mtl dot com

Why did 28 students participate in this event?

For various reasons, some students are aiming for a link with Claire.

She drives away her older brother Ariel, who is currently friendly with Claire, and instead makes him close to Heclair and becomes her aide.

Some people are here with that purpose.

Claire is not in a position to lead a faction.

Claire is also a key figure leading the followers, and a position to rule the lower ones is required.

When leading a faction, it is a virtue of nobles to turn a blind eye to the faults of those under them.

If you show kindness like that, the lower ones swear all the more.

Excessive strictness is not very suitable for making followers.

“Joshua is very restless~. Why does Yoshua worry about me instead of me~?”

“Of course, because I want to continue a good relationship with Ms. Claire.”

“Okay~? Then, shall I take care of Prince Joshua’s worries? Which one will be more difficult if there is a real loss of life?”

Kill not only Ariel, but also the 9 Philea students present here.

In that case, of course, the other 19 students will come to question you. It would have been only Ariel who was killed, but she asked why did she kill her other colleagues as well.

‘It’s sure to be a bit annoying.’

Because they know the truth of the case, they are in a position to whistle-blower at any time.

Nonetheless, whistleblowing is not easy.

Because in the end, everyone took part in this evil act as accomplices, so in order to whistleblower, you must first confess your sins.

No one has the hobby of strangling themselves.

Even so, there may be some shy people who insist on justice.

It’s just a matter of giving more money and strengthening the connection with the duchy.

Silence is just a little annoying.

It wouldn’t matter too much if a few people died on this spot.

In the end, it’s something that only needs to be controlled by one person.

“Unfortunately, that’s a position I can’t back down from.”

I wonder if Claire didn’t see it. Joshua was in a situation where he could not finish his work like this.

If Claire is sent back like this, Joshua will fall apart,

If that happens, he may lose everything he has built up to this point.

A situation where you have to convince Claire no matter what.

“Miss Claire, will you marry me?”

Joshua said so.

That was Joshua’s last hand.

If Claire is aiming for something…… Perhaps it was the position of the duke’s first wife.

Joshua thought he was leading this negotiation with a bluff to win only that one thing.

For Claire, the position of the first wife of a duke would be quite attractive.

Since she was born as the youngest daughter of a later writer, her high point has been fixed since her birth. Her future was set at its limits from the beginning.

At most, she is destined to be the second or third wife of the later writer, so the position of the duke’s first wife is quite coveted.

“Engaged? With you?”

“Yes, that’s right. Fortunately, I have no fiancée yet. If it’s the first wife, I’ll gladly give it to you.”

“I don’t like it. I don’t like long-haired gisaengs who look like you’re covered in butter. Plus, I’m the older type.”

“So, are you aiming for Vincent’s first wife?”

“…… Ha.”

Claire let out a sigh.

Then,

“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to kill me?”

It seems that life and death of comrades are really good.

As if it would be good to take care of the life of the boy behind his back.

Claire said so.

“I’m disappointed, Miss Claire. Do you understand the choice you made?”

“I think this side is disappointing. If they let us go now, we could end it peacefully.”

“As I have already said, unfortunately, this is a position from which we cannot back down.”

Joshua sighed.

After all, things are going back to their worst form.

‘I cannot return it.’

How many resources have you spent planning this situation?

If we send Claire back like this, it will be certain that we will return to number 3 again.

… Maybe you’ll be kicked out of the duchy.

But it’s not over yet.

“My older brother, who tried to escape from the suddenly appearing tunnel bats and the swarming undead, unfortunately fell into a pit.”

It’s a blatant lie.

But it will soon become the truth.

“When Miss Claire found Ariel-nim, he was already a corpse. And monsters are swarming around him.”

“Hey~. So?”

“Miss Claire tried to wield the sword, but the number of monsters was too many. That’s how Ms. Claire ends her life together with her comrades.”

Joshua gestured at the end of his words.

“Take care.”

“Hello, Ariel. My name is Claire! I’m your lifesaver!”

Claire came down from the wall and spoke in a lively voice.

I hit Claire on the head.

“Ugh.”

“I’m busy right now, joke about it later.”

I glanced up.

Joshua and other Beltark Academy students are looking this way with their eyes wide open.

Just watching.

So far, there is no sign of direct action.

“What are you going to do, Ariel. Are you going up?”

“…No. It’s better not to go up right now.”

The cries of the monsters are getting louder little by little.

At the same time, the sound of tapping on the wall is gradually overlapping, creating an ominous crack little by little.

It seems that Joshua still intends to kill us using only monsters.

Yes, I guess I should.

Because the deaths of Claire and I had to be accidental, not artificial killings.

‘So if we go up, we’ll have to deal with even the Beltark students.’

If you think about it that way, now is better when you are dealing only with monsters.

Anyway, it was said that as long as we stayed in the pit, they wouldn’t dare to step out.

“But if I stay in the pit like this, I’ll die?”

Claire’s point is also correct.

In the end, in order to survive, I have no choice but to fight against the Beltark students up there.

The opponent has the ability to mobilize hundreds of monsters.

I remember that the number of students was about tens.

On the other hand, it’s just me and Claire here.

“Claire, what about ?”

“You can’t do it here~. They probably set up barriers or something?”

“Is that so…”

I was wondering if I could use the Warp Gate Scroll, but it seemed impossible.

Escape is impossible, and the difference in numbers is overwhelming.

In addition, since we played the raid once, our condition was not perfect.

There are only unfavorable factors.

Then, what is needed is confusion.

“Claire, write .”

“? Are you going up? Or are you going down?”

“Neither way.”

I spoke the strategy into Claire’s ear.

Then Claire laughed.

“Ariel’s whispers are obnoxious.”

Before he could say what nonsense, Claire raised his hand upwards.

Claire activated .

On the ceiling.

“The ceiling is collapsing!!”

“It’s a rockfall! Be careful!”

Literally, Claire used Towards the ceiling.

Collapsing ceiling. Falling rocks.

Fragments of soil and rocks scattered over a wide area fall on everyone’s heads.

The response of the Beltark students was quick.

The priests activate their skills and spread the shield.

It can be seen that he was in a hurry to protect Joshua in the sudden disaster.

That’s why they didn’t pay the slightest attention to us.

“Claire.”

I called Claire’s name.

Of course, the falling rocks are also falling into the pit where we are staying.

There was no reason for the Beltark students to extend their defense this way. He’s busy with his own life, but he doesn’t have time to care about us, and if we died in a rockfall accident, he would have thought that would be fine.

That was my goal.

The pit starts to fill up little by little, and the screams of monsters can be heard from beyond the wall.

Meanwhile, Claire was cool.

“.”

Build a wall right away without panicking.

Horizontally, not vertically.

As if a wall appeared in the form of a roof, it blocks all falling rocks.

In addition to that, Claire double-tripled To make the roof thicker.

To prevent the roof from collapsing, the Is erected vertically again like a pillar.

When an earthquake strikes, this is how you’d feel if you went under a huge desk.

In an instant, the pit fills up and the light fades.

What comes instead is darkness.

I took a streetlight out of the bag Claire gave me earlier, and immediately put it on the floor.

“You did it splendidly~. It’s very thrilling.”

After the light from the streetlights illuminates the narrow world, the first thing you see is a fairly thick layer of dust.

And in the midst of that, it’s Claire’s face smiling as if she’s having fun.

“So what are you going to do now~? Are you going to keep going like this?”

“What do you think? Do you think they can make it this far?”

“It will take quite a while~. You have to come here while removing the stones one by one.”

“It takes time, but it’s possible.”

Probability of raid members coming to help when you run out of time.

Probability that Joshua will come to kill us before then.

“I can’t stand it.”

Traitors such as Evans remain in the raid, and our rescue may be hindered by them.

On the other hand, Joshua no longer has a back.

Since he will try to put an end to us no matter what, he will definitely come this far regardless of means.

If you think like that, you have no choice but to win in the end.

‘I bought time.’

Then, the next operation is,

“Ariel?”

“Claire, look over here for a moment.”

I grabbed Claire’s shoulders.

Claire’s face…… Clean.

Maybe it’s because he’s a wizard who handles earth elementals. Even though she must have been covered in dust, she was clean with not a speck of dust on her face.

His slightly surprised and wide-open eyes are shining like an evening sunset.

The feel of her hair on the back of her hand was pleasant.

I straighten Claire’s hair.

“Ariel, in a place like this…”

Claire is saying something, but I don’t stop my hand.

I stroked Claire’s crown and swept the back of her head.

Looking at it this way, Claire is as pretty as her face.

In the original story, she was an unlucky male character. After this happens, she feels that Claire is nothing but a woman.

“Ariel…”

Claire closes her eyes and lifts her heels slightly.

I responded to him.

Put on a gas mask.

“……Ariel?”

“You don’t know how to wear a gas mask anyway.”

I connected the septic tank and pulled the string around my neck.

“……Wasn’t that what we meant to kiss?”

“What nonsense? I was trying to put on a gas mask, but your twin tail got in the way, so I let it go.”

I put the hair tie in Claire’s hand.

It was just taken from Claire’s hair.

“Okay then, I’m going to release the gas from now on. So don’t ever take off your gas mask.”

“…….”

“I-san. Why are you kicking me all of a sudden?”

“………….”

Claire didn’t say anything.

They just kicked my ankles.

From noble mtl dot com