Chapter 106
RATH 106
TL: Eevee
12. Its not over til its over (4)
#7 Their story: Aris ril Letias story.
Kuhk!
I drove my fist into vice-presidents stomach, and he fell down with a grunt.
Tch, I ssed up
How unfortunate.
I thought Id been controlling my strength relatively well, but he still went and fainted.
Well, I still have to do what I have to do.
I picked up a plank of wood and started writing.
I hung it over his neck and hauled him up onto a flagpole.
Ha I wasted too much mana.
Vice-pres was the fastest person in Yugrasia.
Capturing soone like that when he was doing his best to run away was a very difficult feat.
I only caught him by forming walls of sword aura to block off all his escape routes, pretending to want to talk to him, and only then could I attack to just successfully capture him.
I didnt know about anyone else but if I ran into Marciss Lady Nermia right now then
Um
Ah?!
Damn it,
and my big mouth.
The voice that ca from behind
was definitely that of Lady Nermias.
But
Whats the matter?
Differently from normal, she was walking like a zombie with her head right down.
Even to , her enemy, she looked downright pitiful.
There was no trace of the woman that had fought tooth and nail against Yugrasia, swinging her fire sword with her archdevil Surtr.
I, Im going over to Yugrasia.
Huh?
I was surprised once at the words she said as she lifted her head, and surprised once again as I saw her emotionless dead eyes.
Wh, what kind of tactic is this?
I said in a mont of shock, but it didnt seem like shed co here for strategic purposes.
Not even our acting skills which were honed in Yugrasia could hope to replicate her appearance right now.
Tactic? Nothing of the sort.
As she lethargically shook her head, her hair flung itself side by side.
As I blankly stared at her I wondered if I should draw my sword or not, but I thought that even if I fought her now, Id still lose due to mana exhaustion and so I opted not to.
Then why?
It was a question loaded with many different anings.
Why? Just what happened for soone to be so thoroughly ruined like that?
At my question, she bowed her head deeply once again and shuddered for an agonisingly long ti.
It scared .
It felt like she was either cursed, or sothing entered her body that shouldnt have.
structor.
Hm?
I made an enemy of the instructor.
Instructor?
I heard the faint murmurings that leaked out but I couldnt understand them.
Instructor? Not even a professor or teacher, why was an instructor popping up all of a sudden?
Tell
clearly.
And what I heard was a shocking truth.
Nar no, Professor Nicerwin. I was taught by him in the past.
Mm
It was a shock at first, but after I thought it over it a bit, it all made sense.
No wonder she didnt feel like an outsider.
To think shed actually learned from Professor Nicerwin!
But there was another thing that was the true shocker.
That thing you guys call the silver devil we got beaten by sothing that was probably similar to that when I was being taught?
Lies!
That was a lie. That had to be a lie!
Sothing similar to the silver devil? There was no way sothing like that could exist!
But she had ntioned that she had been beaten as she was taught.
Even if we had ntioned the silver devil, even if we had said that it was a pain worse than death, none of us had ever actually said we had been directly beaten by it.
But really? Seriously? There was another accursed object of the Evil God that was similar to the silver devil?!
Whats that?
Bat it was a weapon nad the wooden bat
Weapon
To think that there was also a weapon as well as a living creature, I should probably heed Professor Nicerwins words better from now on.
But why are you surrendering?
Think about it. I I directly refused that man and opposed him! He told
to co to Yugrasia, but I refused! He was going to make Yugrasia win the imperial festival, and I tried to stop him!
I tilted my head in puzzlent at her tearful voice.
Whats wrong about that?
Even if she was once taught by him.
Lady Nermia is still a Marcis student.
What was weird about her moving to secure Marciss victory over Yugrasias?
Think about it! The opponent is Na I an, Professor Nicerwin! Think think about it if you were in my shoes!
Her fearful voice made
think over it briefly.
Lets say that Professor Nicerwin taught
when I was young.
And I went to Arucia, and opposed him.
And if I stole away Yugrasias victory then
Is this your resolve as the student to surpass the master?
It is a good resolve.
Go, Arcadia.
Aru, aru!
Hiiik!
Many thoughts flickered through my head but all of them led to a single conclusion.
The silver devil would co find .
And she would hit .
Its scary. Really, really scary.
Just the thought of Professor Nicerwin and the silver devil smirking as they approached
made my legs shiver in fear.
Yugrasia has to win. It has to. Only then do I get to live.
Even if it ans abandoning Marics?
You know as well, if youre that mans disciple. Things like that arent important at all!
It didnt seem like a lie.
That declaration was definitely sothing that a disciple of Professor Nicerwin might say.
Then welco aboard!
Thank you!
From the look of relief on her face, you wouldnt think that she was soone Id been fighting this entire ti.
So our strongest fighter the president had disappeared, but Marciss strongest was ours now!
That ant the only wild card left was the president!
And that president.
-Death.
Was soon going to die.
#8 Their story: A certain student council presidents story.
Killing intent began surrounding
from every angle.
Sinner Nerkia. We will state your cris, if you wish to plead then do so.
At Reedans grave declaration, a person clad in black robes making them unidentifiable stepped out and said.
First sin. Betraying the academy.
Mm, yes, I did feel sorry for that.
That was undoubtedly my fault without much to speak about.
Second sin. Being lovers with Arucias vice-president, Lady Arietta rul irae.
Wait, why is that a sin?
That made absolutely zero sense.
Betraying the academy was definitely my fault.
But dating Ari was also a cri?
Ari and I are dating, its like there was anything wrong with that?
Third sin. Being lovers with Arucias Renya ti Silgran.
How?
This ti I was surprised for a different reason.
At least in Aris case everyone knew since Id confessed publicly, but only Kiir and a very small minority in Arucia knew about Renya?!
Was there another traitor in Arucia like Lady Nermia?
Fourth sin. Being lovers with rcarias Iiana l Rudratian.
How did you know that!
That one was truly shocking.
At least in Renyas case I t her a lot together with Ari up to last year at least, so I couldnt say with confidence we were never seen together.
Because no matter how quietly we dated, Ari, Renya and I were all famous figures in our respective academies.
So it would not be weird if we were found out.
But big sis(1) Iiana never t
when she was still a student.
Because she said she wanted to focus only on her studies while she was here.
Because of that, when she went back ho during the holidays she would even manage to push away Ari and Renya to monopolise
as if it was her reward
How the hell did these people know of my etings with big sis Iiana?!
We have Risen, the great sage who knows everything.
Risen
What a fearso man.
He had been furious when he found out I had a lover, and five of them at that.
But that had all been an act.
Risen had already known everything, and had already investigated everything!
Having known everything already, the mont I chose to publicly reveal that I had a lover, he took that opportunity when everyone was angry to reveal everything.
How ticulous was his plan?
Rather than get angry on his own, he held it in and gathered evidence, and only revealed it once everyone elses anger was at its peak.
This was undoubtedly a plan to ensure I would die!
How fearso, you fearso man, Risen!
Fifth sin. Being lovers with Aine ru Julia.
Sixth sin. Being lovers with Tinya hil Terecia.
I had nothing more to say.
Risen you
How did you know about Tinya as well?
How the hell did you manage to investigate Tinya who wasnt even attending any of the academies yet!
There was nothing to even suggest a link between us aside from the fact that my familys territory was close to the Terecias.
And yet he managed to find out that Tinya was my lover.
Just what were your limits, Risen!
Now, criminal. We have nad all your sins. If any of them are not true, raise your head and say so.
As Reedan solemnly declared so, my jaws clenched shut.
I simply had to say no.
If I lied and escaped here, I could survive.
I did it many tis in Yugrasia, as well, didnt I?
I just had to refuse just this one ti?
The devil within
whispered.
But, but!
-Lies! How am I supposed to trust you!
The image of Ari in tears ca up in my minds eye.
Even though it wasnt
that said it. It was only yesterday that lies had made Ari cry.
But. But, could I really make her cry again.
No, including Ari, could I make all my lovers cry, who had all liked
since I was little?
So are those my sins?
Indeed, sinner.
At my shaless expression, the killing intent directed at
thickened.
But I simply raised my head with pride, puffed out my chest and stepped forward.
If those are my sins if being the lover of those girls is a sin! Then the price for that sin, I will pay it, and gladly!
I squeezed out all the mana I had.
I had plenty of experience, no? Id done it a lot to survive against the silver devil, hadnt I?
I couldnt lose to just over a hundred elentalists.
I am the Elental Army.
If a hundred elentalists summoned a hundred elentals.
I just have to summon a hundred on my own.
Beginning with the Spirit King of Lightning, then highest-rank elentals from each of the Four Elents.
And afterwards, I summoned crowds of high-rank, mid-rank, and low-rank elentals.
If I t my limits when I fought against Lady Aris.
Now was the ti to overco them.
Ugh
Every second that passed sapped my mana reserves drier and drier.
I couldnt make a fool of myself here.
Their parents could be watching
right now as well.
My familys total lack of fa or significance had already caused its fair share of dirty looks thrown at us.
Shouldnt I at least leave an impression in a mont like this, so I can score so points with my future in-laws at least?
Co.
When I declared so, each of the hundred elentals summoned by the hundred elentalists started preparing to attack.
Very well, I will kill you.
A quiet voice.
But the owner of the voice that didnt penetrate my ear, but right through my skull, was one that I knew well.
Risen
Risen who had at so point managed to get down from the flagpole hed been tied to, glared at
and snarled.
Nerkia!
Risens body beca wrapped in darkness.
This wasnt Reedans darkness elental, but instead he ran at
cloaking his body with his own shadow.
O King.
The power of a Spirit King of Lightning clashed against the power of a god, and the shockwave from the impact was powerful enough to stagger everyone else in the area.
Ill kill you, you little bastard!
Show
your anger that youve held in for so long!
I yelled back in response to Risens furious cry.
I dont know how long youve investigated
for, but your anger.
Ill face it head on with my power!
Nerkiiiaaaaaa!
Riseeeeeeeenn!
And so we began the battle that would later be hailed as the greatest in the history of the imperial festival.
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