“…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…
Though I was saying that, but obviously, I know she's not looking for the washroom. I say those words because I don't want Kronos to be misunderstood or jealous or something.At any rate, what is Rumelia trying to do…?"Then… are you here for something to drink…?" I asked with a forced smile."No." Rumelia shook her head.Gulp.I could feel the pressuring gaze coming from Kuroyuki, Persia and Kronos."I 'think' I'm worried about you." She said to me with a straight face.She's not even blinking. It was a doll-like stare— a stare without a shred of emotions on her face. But if she's worried, all I have to do is show her that I'm okay."Ahaha… I'm fine." I replied with a smile. "Thanks for worrying me. How about you? Did that uneasiness in your chest subsided?""It
Seeming curious about this topic, everyone leaned closer to the table."…I would like to remind everyone that this is merely my opinion. Therefore, I would suggest everyone take it as advice." Kuroyuki warned.Everyone immediately responded with a nod, except me.Kuroyuki noticed my passivity, so she turned to me and asked…"…Before that, I would like to hear your opinion— what do you think is the most crucial thing required in a team?" She murmured."Err… Trust?" "Commitment?" "Respect?"August, Kronos and Blaze gave their answers, respectively, but Kuroyuki doesn't seem interested in it— or rather, those aren't the answer she wanted."…I want to hear your answer." Kuroyuki then uttered."…Communication, time management, problem-solving, listening, critical thinki
"Now tell me… why are you trying to hide such a piece of important information? This is your life. Is your life not worth a single penny to you?" Actually, I knew I didn't have any qualifications to speak about the 'importance of life', but I still did it anyway. "…I……" As I glared at Kuroyuki and walked closer— she immediately kept her distance by retreating backwards. Oh, she left the water running. Better close it first. While continuing to stare at Kuroyuki with my intense glare, I reached out my hand to close the water tap. "… Don't tell me you are trying to hide your weakness so that you won't lose at the …" I uttered. Hearing those words, Kuroyuki immediately looks away with a despondent look while biting her lips. In other words, this means she really did. I was awestruck. I thought there was something more than that— but she's hiding it because of such a simple reason!? I could feel my blood pressure rising even higher than it already was. "YOU…
At that moment, I tried to pull away from Night Fury's embrace, but it t was futile. I could barely muster any strength because I'm still recovering from the backlash. But at least I could raise my head to make it less suffocating. "That's supposed to be my line." I retorted. "…Your preference sure is…… unique," Kuroyuki said to me with a pitying look. "…I never knew you are into swords……" What she meant was 'as a romantic partner'. "I'm not! That's just your assumption…!" I immediately refuted it. And if anything— I'm onto you! When I realised, I had already escaped from Night Fury's grasp and stood extremely close to Kuroyuki— till the tip of our noses nearly touched each other. …I could even feel the coldness of her every breath. "…You…… are too close…" Kuroyuki murmured softly. She was adverting her gaze, trying to hide her embarrassment— and her cheeks were flushed slightly red. Why do I feel like wanting to…… No— she already had someone else……! "Looks like my master i
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