The Female Soldier Has Been Told to Infiltrate the Imperial Magic Academy Chapter 29

Chapter 29: The Red Lips at the Battle Fiesta

The brilliant sun shone brightly on the arena which was used for the tournant matches in sumr and winter every year.

The do-like design was fully equipped with heating and cooling system. A defensive shield was set up between the audience seats and the stages[1]. The audiences were paying attention towards the stages in the middle of the arena.

Battle Fiesta was about to begin.

The rules were simple. If you knocked out the opponent or they voluntarily said “I concede”, then you won. The matches were done in tournant style, and the student who won the final match would take the first place.

“Kyaa～～! Adis-sama～!!”

The fangirls were cheering twice louder than usual.

“It’s been a while since I last heard those voices.”

Razé watched the right corner of the stage from the audience seats with an indescribable look on her face. Adis popularity among the girls was due to his personality and he could be considered as a man with high quality second only to Ruben.

I wish I could beat him in the tournant.

The audiences were full of high-ranking aristocrats; so of them might be able to recognize Razé Granoli’s true identity. She needed to stay low-profile and stepped away from the tournant. It was such a pity though.

More importantly, I need to do sothing about the ga event.

In the oto ga, the commoner heroine would be injured by her opponent who was cheating. At that ti, Prince Ruben would rush onto the stage. This was one of the major events in the ga plot.

There was no way that Razé would let her angel Folia to be injured by a cheating player. Carna also helped to make the necessary arrangent while Razé was sternly monitoring the stages.

“Ra- Razé, are you nervous?” Carna was surprised when she saw Razé’s stern expression.

“Yes …I’m quite good at swordsmanship but my specialty was useless for this kind of combat.” If her subordinates were here, they definitely would shake their head and pointed out her lie. But those n were currently doing an expedition in Baruda.

Razé: 「Besides, I’m worried if sothing might happen to Folia.」

Carna: 「You’re right … I’ll make arrangent on my side too. I hope nothing will happen.」

If Carna was in danger, then Prince Ruben would definitely be the first to rush over. But it would be best that nobody got injured.

Carna shifted her attention to Folia who was watching the match.

Razé: 「Don’t worry. Prince Ruben cares a lot about you. He gave you that hair ornant during the Star Festival, right?」

Carna: 「How did you know?」

Her cheeks turned red. Razé was just making a wild guess but her reaction was very easy to read.

Razé: The flower motif on your hair ornant is called ‘mühle’. Perhaps you should check the flower aning.

Mühles had the aning of ‘being possessive, to never let go’. It sounded a bit creepy but Razé already recognized Ruben as a prince who was madly in love with Carna. The flower language suited him well.

The loud cheering voices was heard once again as the match ended. Adis had won against a 3rd Year student.

“It’s almost ti for my match. I’ll need to go standby.” Razé inford Carna as she stood up.

“I’ll be cheering for you. Do your best. This is for good luck charm.” Carna tied a purple ribbon with silver embroidery on Razé’s arm. It was a tradition for soldiers to receive such ribbon from their wife or lover before going to war. After they received the ribbon, the soldier would kneel down in front of their partner and swore to co ho to them.

Being rewarded by a goddess, Razé felt that she needed to fight well in her match. Razé knelt down and kissed Carna’s hand. “As you wish, I’ll make sure to win for you.”

“Wow, so cool!” Folia looked at them with sparkle in her eyes. From the opposite side, Razé could felt a murderous aura aid towards her. Ruben’s eyes were saying: “I’ll get you for this!” Razé hurriedly left them behind. She had a hunch that Ruben was going to show PDA again after getting jealous, so it was better to leave as soon as possible.

Razé’s opponent for her first match was Thord Lynn Tennys, a senior from 2nd Year Class B. The longer the match went on, the more attention she would get. She needed to lose fast without being too suspicious. Razé held her sword facing her opponent.

Razé: “Let’s do our best.”

Thord stood silently without showing any reaction. The referee rang the bell and the match began.

Thord: “……$ 〆%＊:”

Razé: “Huh?”

There was an inaudible voice that sounded like spell casting coming from him. He was staring at Razé but his eyes seed out of focus.

What the hell?!

Razé imdiately tried to keep a distance from him, but she couldn’t move her body as if she was bound by his spell. She saw black fog coming from behind him, and then a figure appeared from inside the fog. Thord suddenly collapsed to the ground. The figure that appeared like a ghost was actually a woman in a black cloak with hood covering her eyes and nose.

“Pardon . You do not belong to this world. I’ve been told to remove the ddling mob. Please don’t ssed up our plan any further.”

She had bright red lips with bright red nails.

The woman who looked like a witch ran her fingers across Razé’s face. Razé was unable to move as if the ti had stopped.

“Goodbye.”

The woman took out a sword from inside her cloak and look at it as if she was admiring it. Then suddenly, she raised her sword and aid straight towards Razé’s heart.

…

When the ti moved again, both Razé and Thord were lying on the stage. The audiences were confused with the sudden event.

“Hey! Stay with !” The teacher who was acting as referee pulled Razé up. Harlens noticed the commotion and imdiately set up an illusion barrier.

Harlens: “Granoli!”

Razé: “Prin..cipal…”

A crimson bloodstain spread on her white shirt.

That was really close …

Right when the sword touched her skin, Razé was able to used her magic again, and she barely managed to shift the location of the wound to her abdon.

She thought that it would be troubleso if she didn’t hide her old wound that look like a curse, so she casted illusion instead of recovery magic. She hoped that the illusion would maintain for a while even if she fainted.

Forbidden magic …That’s not fair!

Razé had never thought that she would be targeted. This was the second ti she had been bound with ti-stopping magic. Previously, Magenda baited her with a scapegoat and used ti manipulation magic in order to stop the ‘Ghost of the Executioner’. The magic used at that ti was imperfect, so Razé managed to break through it with brute-force. But she was not so lucky this ti.

Razé had activated her magic stone forcefully in an effort to nullify the woman’s magic. It caused her to suffer a severe headache.

She felt like she had made a blunder and let other saw her pathetic appearance on the stage. She fell unconscious soon after.

[1] There were many stages as they had multiple matches going on simultaneously before the final. ↩