"More… than that…?" I inadvertantly murmured. "Kuroyuki… are you expecting me to reach your level…?"
"…I won't ask for the impossible." Kuroyuki said to me with a stern look.
And some hints of pity in her eyes.
"That said… you seemed to know that those guys aren't your ordinary people."
"…It was frustrating," Kuroyuki murmured with her brows slightly furrowed. "…It only took me one exchange to understand that I could never surpass their talents no matter how hard I try."
This means August Whisperwind, Persia Silverlight, Crimson Veludora Blaze, Kronos Y Chronoclock and Rumelia Heartlock is strong enough to make even Kuroyuki Shiroha acknowledge them.
"Let's start with August Whisperwind, then," I murmured. "I know you were going all out against August when you are exchanging blows with your swords."
Which then, Kuroyuki took a cat-foot stance. …I'm surprised. Her form is excellent. “A Nekoashi-Dachi (猫足立ち). This is a Karate-Do (空手道)." I answered. "…In just one glance…?" Kuroyuki inadvertently murmured. Oh, I was correct. "That's because you had a solid form. Are you perhaps, skilled in karate…?" Somehow, Kuroyuki's eyes looked up for a split second. "…A little." She answered after blinking twice. She's humble than I thought. Kuroyuki then switched to a fighting right-grip. "A Kumi Kata (組み方)…? It's Judo (柔道)?" "………………" Kuroyuki then switched her stance without replying. A standing technique— tachi waza (立技). Back stance— dwi-kubi (뒷굽이). Ho
“Three… times?” I inadvertently murmured.Just by hearing those words alone is already enough to understand that Kuroyuki Shiroha’s childhood friend— Lucifer Vermillion, is a madman.“Like… how…?” I added.“…I bit off the artery on his neck when we met for the first time,” Kuroyuki told me.“…!?”It felt so unbelievable that I thought she was joking with me.I only know it was real because of the sombre smile on her face.What had she been through that she needs to kill by biting off the artery of someone on their neck…?“…Do you, perhaps, want me to bite off your neck?”Kuroyuki’s voice is somehow, seductive.Did she do so on purpose just so she could
“GYARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!?”The pain from the ‘Twenty Seals’ woke me up.“Huff— Huff— Huff—”Nightmare he… fainted…!?“…What’s wrong…?!”Not long after I screamed, Kuroyuki came in from the door to the classroom.“…Are you okay…?” She said to me with a worried look.Which then, she placed her forefinger on my forehead, seeming to check my temperature.“Ugh… y-yeah… I… I’m fine…” I replied to her while getting up from my bed.But it seems she’s ignoring me.“…37.1 degrees.” She murmured. “…N. Dinner’s almost ready. Take a shower if you like.”
"Y-Y-You are telling her to look after me…?!" I retorted. "What were you thinking, Restia…!?""Then, your second choice is me," Restia told me."…Restia, you should know what happens if you don't listen to 'me,'" I warned."That's why I had her to do my job.""Please, just charge me a fee or something," I said to Kuroyuki. "…I can't just have you listen to my little sister's selfish request.""…I already did." She replied.As expected from her. That was quick."…Is it about your childhood friend…?" I asked."…N." Kuroyuki nodded."I've spread the news on social media and some websites," Restia murmured. "Unfortunately… the chances of it is just as good as zero.""…I understand," Kuroyuki said to Restia. "&he
"Oi, stop teasing her."WHAP.Saying that, I smacked Kuroyuki's head with a light chop."…Ngh……"Which, she pouted— sulking.…I wonder who's the kid here. Perhaps she's the one who needs me to look after her for 24 hours."Splendid job for dealing with that woman, master." Asha praised me.For some reason, it made me a little annoyed when I heard Asha calling Kuroyuki 'that woman' instead of her name.Just like how she used to call Ruby 'that creature' instead of Ruby."Asha, you knew her name… don't you? I will get mad if you call her 'woman' again, am I clear~?""…Y-Yes…" Asha replied to me with a weak voice, seeming apologetic."… Don't you think you should give her a punishment…?" Kur
I know girls don't wear brassiere during their sleep, but that's not important.I've seen Restia and Ruby naked so many times that I developed a tendency to take their naked body the same as common background.Yet— I'm getting nosebleed.Words could not describe the intensity of my current feeling.…Truly beautiful.Is probably the only two words that are in my mind now."NGAHH— MY HEAD!? IT HURTS!!!"With Restia's sudden scream, I was pulled back to reality.Which then, I quickly cover Kuroyuki's chest with her ripped nightgown."…Restia, you should really see a doctor."While telling Restia that, I raised my head and pinched my nose to stop the nosebleed, with the phone still sandwiched between my head and shoulder."Big brother… it's definitely you," Restia uttered. "And what happened to your nose…? Your voice seems clogged.""…I had nosebleed," I replied."You are the one who needs a doctor." Restia retorted."No, Restia… this is perfectly normal.""Nosebleed does not have anythin
After having my time chatting with Restia and the others, I ended the call after an unwilling parting with them. When I realized it, it was already 10.17 pm. Man, I was on the phone for more than two hours…?! Before going to sleep, there's one thing I should do… "Let's see…" While getting myself in a sitting position, I activated my screen to search for Persia's contact through the administrative files. Come to think of it, she doesn't have my contact… Better find her through the IKAssembly (Imperial Knights Assembly) app instead of email. 'Dear Persia Silverlight, this is Lucifer Nightwalker von Nightmare here. Please bring what's left of your fellow classmates to the White Mansion tomorrow by 10am.' Oh, my chat box turned from blue to green. She saw my message. 'A surprised emoji.' 'How'd u get my phone no.?' 'It's a stalker, pervert!' 'I'm scared!' 'Terrified!' 'A sticker of a perverted-looking wolf tearing the clothes of red riding hood.' ...I wondered where did she
Waking up is something that we do daily, and it’s an effortless action to do. All you need to do is just open your eyes. Yes, it’s simple— but there are times I find it to be rather tricky, especially after swallowing a ton of video games by staying up late for several hours. It’s like getting cast by gravity magic on your body, especially the eyelids— it weighed like tons. I had to squirm on my bed for hours just to get them open. By the time I could actually wake up and look at the time… about half a day would’ve passed by then. It was truly a trauma when I saw my time getting wasted off like that. However, that’s not the only problem. With my blurry eyesight as I stared at the mirror— I was greeted with a set of blood-shot eyes and a thick bag of dark circles under them. Even if I’m not really the type to care about my appearance… that was a really horrible looking face. Even with the help of expensive moisturizing cream and eye-drop… it took me precisely three whole days fo
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