AND WHY SHOULD I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT IT!!? I AIN'T DYING HERE TODAY!!!
I firmly gripped on the scabbard in my hand—
CLANG—!
—and stabbed it to the ground, letting it to act as a support while I mustered my final ounce of strength to lift my exhausted body.
"HAH— HAH— HAH— HAH—"
It became even harder to breathe than it already was by standing.
"Those who had forsaken me from my freedom…… must pay with their lives……."
…Night Fury's murmuring is scary.
In this darkness, where I can't even see my own five fingers…
CLANK—!!!
What—!?
As if a metal rod hitting a bell, the sound echoed throughout the entire room as the ground shook.
That was— the pillar…!?
She's trying to smash the pillar open!?
“H-Hey…! Respond if you can hear me…!” I hear a voice— the voice of a young man. The numbing pain right under my nose made me open my eyes from the discomfort. It seems he applied pressure on my radical longitudinal crease with his thumb to wake me up. “W-Wha…?” I murmured in confusion. This voice… I turn back to a boy…? What happened…? Where am I? Is this a forest? Who is this person? …and, is that a baby golden nine-tailed fox on my lap…? When I knew it, I’ve already let myself to a sitting position. The person that talked to me had black hair; he wore an all-black hiking outfit. But for some reason— I can’t seem to see his face. “Geez, you make me worry so much, blockhead.” He naturally lands a chop on my head by saying those words to me. “Owie!? It hurt
Principal got himself a floating chair. He pulled it along with him and sat at my left. “…It did.” He said to me. “You were already dead when I returned. That thing sucked out your life force— that’s why your heart stopped.” “…Huh? Then… why am I still alive?” “I simply resuscitated your heart.” “Wait, what?” I uttered. “Like, normally? A Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)?” “And a little spark with lightning magic.” He said to me. “…It wasn’t easy. For the first two hours… your heart stopped beating after 10 minutes, and I had to resuscitate you for 30 minutes until your heart beats again— for three times.” …I’m surprised I do not have any brain damage. “CPR for thirty minutes…!? You should’ve just—” “—give up on you? NEVER.” He said to me with a glare. “…Tch, so stubborn,” I u
With him mentioning my dad… I just realized that this was the first time I had ever dreamt about them in my sleep ever since my parents disappeared. “…I just dreamt of my dad for the first time,” I said to him. “Lucione…? What was that dream about?” “…About how he saved me from a forest wyvern. It seems I was bitten by it when I tried to save a nine-tailed fox, and he scolded me because of it.” I told him. “He told me I was ‘reckless’ and ‘irresponsible’.” “Haha, you sure are.” He laughed sarcastically. “He also told me that if I needed help… I shouldn’t hesitate to ask for one.” Hearing that, Principal’s gaze immediately softens. “…So that’s the reason for your sudden change of heart.” As soon as he muttered those words, I immediately lowered my head to him while shutting my eyes tight. “…I know I’ve never lowered my head to you before, but— please. Save me, Principal.” I murmured desperately. “Until I could see my parents again… I don’t want to die yet…!” When I knew it, I
“…I… was worried……” She said to me with a shaky voice. “…I thought… you were going to die……”“Sorry to make you worry…” I replied, while patting her head.“…You should’ve abandoned me.”“…!?”Hearing Kuroyuki’s sobbing yet chilling words— I was so surprised that I had to push her away with my hands so that I could look at her face clearly.“…Why didn’t you just let her kill me…!?” She yelled at me, with tears on her.“W-What are you talking about…!?” I retorted. “How could I…!?”“…I’ve never asked for help…!”…I was entirely shocked.I di
“This is surprising,” I murmured. “When did you wake up?”“(Yawns)… Just now.”Night Fury sounds really tired. Actually, it’s peculiar that a sword spirit would feel tired.“Come on, just let me take you for a swing,” August said to Night Fury. “I’m sure I could swing better than that guy over there.”“…Even if that’s true, and even if my master had zero talent for swordsmanship…… I would still choose to stay with him instead of you.”Hearing that response, August made a despising look at Night Fury.“Just shut up and—”The moment he extended his hand for Night Fury— I noticed that my right hand was reaching for the hilt of the Black Sword.“Aug— lookout…!&rdq
After we exited the elevator; a crowd of students in their casual clothes could be seen gathering at the outside of the First Year Central Building’s main entrance. It’s even more crowded when I fought Kuroyuki, there’s probably more than a thousand of them.There’s also some… familiar faces which I could remember. No wondered Kuroyuki would murmur the word ‘persistent’ when she fought Nightwalker three days ago.Kuroyuki has been sticking close behind me all this time, but she’s literally glued to me when she saw them.“…………” Kuroyuki even lost the ability to speak now.She’s shaking like a poor, terrified rabbit.Without another word, I gave Kuroyuki a piggyback ride without letting the card touch my body, and asked Persia to pour her magic into her card.…
Under Kuroyuki’s instructions, I make my way to the buggy— with Kuroyuki sitting in the middle between Persia and me. And once the buggy moves, Persia stops casting her light diverting magic. “Ah… I could finally see.” I murmured. Suddenly, August tapped my shoulder from behind, and I turned to face him. “That’s weird? Don’t you have ‘Presence Sensing’…? It wouldn’t matter to you if you can’t see, doesn’t it?” He murmured. “Because……” Should I explain to them that I’m not Nightwalker…? But… I don’t really want to let the others know about this secret…… “Maybe he’s tired after all that fight?” Persia said to August. From the way how Persia cuts in to speak for me… it seems she already realized that I am not Nightwalker. I wondered when did she notice…? “…Are you really alright, Luc?” August said to me. “Don’t force yourself.” “Haha, I will tell you if I’m not okay,” I replied. “…and me too.” Persia pouted. “Alright, hahaha. Don’t worry.” I patted her head. “Speaking of which
"Oi, what's with that look? Are you guys really that shocked? Hello? Are you guys still alive?"When I guided the group to the White Mansion's special classroom, August and Blaze were utterly stunned when they entered the room.I had to sway my hand in front of their eyes to catch their attention."I-I-I expected it to be fancy... but this fanciness is really outside of my expectations…" August said to me. "Why can't I have a classroom like this!?""She designed the entire building, and he built it," I replied to August.I was talking about Kuroyuki and Kronos, respectively.Persia and Kronos weren't surprised by it since they were familiar with it. As for Rumelia, I think she doesn't really have any emotions, or maybe Kronos brought her here for sightseeing before.While August's focus was directed to the entire classroom…
After Persia and I rode the subway station towards the centre of the Central District, I immediately got off the train and was currently…“Blerghhhh……………………”…puking my soul out in the men’s washroom.Ugh, I feel like crap.I can’t believe I had motion sickness.Come to think of it, this was my first time riding a train. It was unexpected because I was fine despite riding a shaking helicopter under such crude weather.So… a train motion sickness it is.I still had to ride it one more time when we went back… ugh…… just thinking about it gives me the chills.‘I bought the pills’ Persia sent me a message.‘U can come out now’Rinsing my mouth and throat with water, I sloppily exited the washroom with a fatigued look.“Here, water,” Persia said as she gave me a bottle of water.“…Thanks, Persia……”“I also bought the pills you wanted.”Saying that, Persia handed over the entire tablets of Antihistamines.Antihistamines… I might feel drowsy, dizzy, and decreased mental alertness from the si
Hot.…So hot.The weather's so hot.It's been a while since I last felt summer heat.Since I met Kuroyuki Shiroha, my concept regarding heat seems to disappear.Okay… it looks like I got here a little early. I might as well ask Mr Waals Junior regarding to 'that'.Activating my screen, I looked for Reus Waals's contact with my authorisation and contacted him through the IKAssembly.'Morning, Reus Waals' I texted.'This is Lucifer Nightwalker von Nightmare, the special student''I have a favour to ask of you'
Nowadays, there aren't many who mastered all three keys. Those who mastered them are called the triplex magicians, which were rare to find in this era."Yes, I'm one. And…?" Lefiya answered without being proud, or rather, she was unconcerned about it."Oh, nothing," I replied. "I was merely curious about it.""…That sounds like the lines of a person who will ask me a favour later," Lefiya said to me with a stern look."Why, indeed," I answered blandly. "How did you know?""…From experience." When Lefiya made that remark, her stern, cold expression remained."Sounds like a bad one," I said."…It is." She answered coldly.Whatever happened in her past looked like she'd been through a lot."Oh, that's right— Lefiya, do you have any plans later?" I asked. 
Magic, or magic spells is a supernatural power to bend the laws of nature. It could be cast by converting the source, which is mana, and performing either one of the 'three keys', which are the catalyst for it.Before talking about the 'three keys', let's talk about mana.To begin with, what is mana?It's a form of energy that could be converted into magic spells— but only by performing either one of the 'three keys' could convert mana into magic.Mana was stored inside your body— the mana core. Like how unique it was in everybody's Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), fingerprints, and even their genetic and cultural traits, everyone was born with a different mana capacity, density and wavelength from each other; there may be similarities, but not the same. Just the mana capacity itself is rather distinct when you compare human's mana capacity (the lowest) with the elves (one of the highest).
Lefiya continues to apologise with her head lowered."… It's no use to blame her about that now," I said. "For now… let's just focus on these."Telling him that, I look at the items on the desk.A silver semi-auto pistol with a magazine of a capacity of 20 bullets.19 9×18mm Ultra bullets.A strand of scarlet hair.Video: Lefiya's bullied scene with video quality of 4k, 120 FPSPicture 1: Lefiya's blood stain on the grassPicture 2: Damaged tree trunk and bullet holePicture 3: Damaged grass and soil and bullet hole"Looks like the only thing useful is probably the fingerprints on the gun and that one strand of hair…" I said."No, don't you give me that." Principal retorted with his eyes squinted at me, seemingly annoyed. "You al
CLAP."Alright then, let's get down to business, shall we?"With a clap, Principal invited us to sit in front of his desk as he casually sat on his seat.BAM!!!He immediately slammed his fist down on the table when we sat."WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, LEFIYA RIOS CHALLIA!? HOW MANY TIMES HAD I WARNED YOU NOT TO STICK YOURSELF INTO TROUBLE!!?" Principal yelled with bloodcurdling anger.…It made a dent at the table.It surprised Lefiya so much that her hair turned mauve purple, but not me— I'm already used to it. It's his common pattern to slam onto something when he's angry."Wait, so it's like, she's gone missing before too?" I asked."No, no, that's not it." Principal corrected me. "It's just that every single trouble she involves herself in is putting this country into greatttttt danger.""I-I-I-I-I'm sorry……" Lefiya hurriedly apologises by bowing her head several times."What do you mean…… putting this country into greattttttt danger?" I asked.Principal heaved a short sigh afterwards
It was said that elves are the most prideful among all races, even more so than dragons.They are a race specialising in the use of magic in which every one of them had an extraordinary amount of mana that stood at the top of all races.They had a similar appearance to humans except for their long ears. It was also said that every one of them is beautiful, and perhaps such is the cause of their arrogance.That said, the worst ones are the light elves living in Alfheim, which is one of the countries in the World Tree Yggdrasil Republic, surrounding the world tree Yggdrasil.That said, there are also dark elves, sea elves, snow elves, and forest elves.Among these five elves races, forest elves— said to be one with the forest, were in charge of the World Tree, Yggdrasil.Because the fairies were said to live within Yggdrasil.Fairies
I hurriedly head back to the Second Year Faculty.…Has it been five minutes already…? Let's hope those people haven't fled the scene.When I got back to the central courtyard, no one was there anymore.The bullets, bullet shells, glove and flip knife, were gone. Even if I scanned the whole area for metal detection, none of them showed up.What's left was the bullet hole left at the tree trunk and the ground, and this stain on the grass is probably Lefiya's blood.Annoyed by not having any solid evidence, I heaved a long sigh.It was when I realized a strand of scarlet hair stuck on my shirt and the pistol the girl used was in my pocket.…Better capture some images about these first.The only solid evidence I had now were only this strand of scarlet hair and the fingerprints on this pistol.
Because I was standing behind her, she couldn't see who I was.As for her companions— they recognized my face, and were stunned in shock.Six of them wore a black masks covering their faces. They had gloves, and they even wore coloured contact lenses to hide their eye colour.… That's awfully well prepared. They aren't those Second Year C-Class students listed in the check-in records, are they?"That's my line." I retorted while gently twisting her arm."Ahhh…!?"The girl was forced to let go of her knife because of the pain.Still grabbing her arm, I removed her hood; it revealed her beautiful, long scarlet hair.It doesn't seem like a wig, but I can't really tell whether it is a wig or not. Nevertheless, not one of the seven students that I memorized earlier has this kind of hairstyle or hair col