How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 122

Joint Combat Practice 2 (8)

All you can do now is run away. It’s been several hours since I ran away with that conclusion.

Ed and Clarisse, who had entered the entrance to the Great Forest of Kranfell, continued on without a moment’s delay.

If we can reach Marquis Zahul’s estate and ask for help, we might be able to save at least two lives.

Holding on to that hope, we continued to advance through the forest.

Ed was already bleeding profusely. He stumbled on his own and had trouble walking properly.

Clarisse supported him with her lack of strength.

– Kwakwang! Quagga Gaga River!

The sound of destruction resounds on the island of Aken.

It must have been a few kilometers further away by distance, but I can still hear it. The shape of a dragon that covered the sky occupied a spot on the horizon in the distance, more magnificent than when it was seen from Aken Island.

“At least… as long as you get out of range…. then… no matter how many days it takes, you can go to the territory of the Margrave of Zahl…. hold out a little…. Senior Ed….”

Despite shedding tears, Clarisse did not relax.

However, she is a saint who has lived her entire life in Seonghwangdo with faith. Given the young strength of her body, she is far more fragile than most girls her age.

There was no way he could support Ed’s sturdy body with those thin, white arms. Her trembling body tries to keep going, but soon Ed’s limp body presses Clarisse down.

“Kuh… uhh… uhhh…”

Tears flowed from Clarisse as she clenched her teeth and supported Ed, who was staggering and losing his balance. She drew her few magical powers and used her holy magic to press on Ed’s wounds, but she couldn’t cover all the wounds on her body by herself.

As he gritted his teeth and ran through the woods covered in blood, he repeated the same words as if possessed by a ghost.

“It’s okay. It’s okay. We just have to go a little further. Margrave Zahl’s territory is in front of us. So… Hold on a little longer…”

Ed’s wounds are pretty serious even at first glance. The excruciating pain from that wound would be unbearable.

However, Ed clench his teeth and endured the excruciating pain without saying anything unpleasant. That alone was her mental strength to stick out her tongue.

Claris constantly draws on her magical energy to pressurize the wound and minimize the bleeding… The physical wound itself could not be resolved. Getting rid of the wound itself was only possible for high-ranking magicians of the Holy Emperor.

It might be possible to imitate it similarly, but it was obvious that the magic efficiency would be implemented in a smashed form. Ed’s body would be exhausted, with less than half of the fatal wounds left unresolved. Reviving a life that has fallen into a predicament is that difficult.

“I… why… can’t do anything…. why can’t I do anything… uhh… uhhh…”

Gritting her teeth and holding back tears, Clarice dragged Ed through the woods. The cry of the Holy Changryong was still resonating far and wide in the sky.

As a saint, she has excellent holy power and corresponding magical power, but she is unable to use it properly. In the first place, she came to Sylvania to learn how to use the magical powers in her body.

In the end, all she had was the protection of the Holy Law wrapped around her body. There is only this blessing of avoiding death in almost all circumstances. However, even this could not protect Ed.

“This kind of protection… a person like me has it… rather… rather…”

I thought about it over and over again while looking at Ed, but there was no way the blessing that was already imprinted on my body would go elsewhere.

Watching Ed slowly fade away… Clarice gritted her teeth again and moved on.

“This is not the time… this time… this time I can live… I can…”

―Kaaaaaaaaaa!!!

The roar of the Holy Changryong echoes through the sky again. The moment she heard that familiar sound, Clarisse instinctively sensed it.

comes one more time

The procession of scales covering the sky. The terrifying blow that equally pierces all within its range will once again cover this area.

It’s already far enough away, but with just one or two shocks, Ed, who is in a dying state, will lose his life.

“No… no… no no…”

Clarice laid Ed on the floor with tears running down her face. Even if you hide behind some cover and minimize the impact, you cannot completely block the attack. If so, he had no choice but to protect Ed by using the protection of the Holy Law worn by the saintess.

The procession of scales covering the sky rushes again with their sharp blades erect.

Clarisse tries to block Ed’s body somehow with her small body, but she can’t completely cover Ed’s body in this short time.

Ed’s body lying on the floor is embraced as much as he can and sobbing, but the procession of scales pouring down his back pierces his body without mercy.

“Cuck!”

Would a piercing through the collarbone be a fatal blow? Ed spits out red fresh blood… She looked up at Clarisse with haggard eyes.

“No… Senior Ed…. Just a little… Go a little further….”

In the forest where only the leaves rustle and catch the strong wind.

Behind Ed, who was rolling on the dirt floor… A pool of blood spreads out. Seeing the bright red blood on her hand, Clarisse shuddered.

“Senior Ed… Senior Ed…”

This is the second time his face is losing its vitality.

Even so, you never get used to it.

No matter how many times you repeat the death of someone special, you never get used to it.

Like a curse, it is imprinted in the chest as a wound, constantly drawing pain.

like this… Should I let Ed go?

Edda tried to help Clarisse until the moment he died. Clarisse tried to save Ed this time, but… The cursed fate won’t let it go that way.

“Senior Ed… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

Clarisse burst into tears as she hugged the dying Ed.

“I’m so… sorry… I’m sorry I couldn’t help…. I couldn’t do anything… I only got help… I kept making people die… And yet… I didn’t do anything… I just leaned on… I’m sorry…. I’m sorry…. ….”

like that… Ed had to face his death.

However, it wasn’t right.

-Sue.

The hand wiping away her tears brought Clarisse back to her senses.

Ed’s hand, covered in blood, exerted its strength for the last time and wiped away the tears in Clarisse’s eyes.

“I’m sorry… you don’t have to…. Please don’t cry for nothing…”

To the extent that Ed’s words were meaningless, tears were pouring out of Clarisse’s eyes.

“It’s okay…don’t be sad, don’t get frustrated…”

“Senior… Senior Ed….”

“Again… I will help…. Maybe I… will…. So… cry… get frustrated… don’t…”

– Took.

end to end… Ed’s hand rolled on the floor weakly. He was staring at the sky with empty eyes, unable to even close his eyes.

Clarisse sobbed for a while in Ed’s arms. A huge light pours down behind her as she pours out her tears.

Eventually, when I looked up at the sky, it was the magic circle I looked up at from the Ophelis Hall.

Unlike when seen from the inside, the huge shape comes in at a glance. It embodies the shape of the stars in the magic circle, and is embodied in bluish holy power, embroidering the sky beautifully.

Before long, pure white light covered the world, and Clarisse lost consciousness.

* * *

“Saintess. Let’s talk… What are you talking about…?”

A light has come to the world.

There was no roar of the Holy Spear Dragon that split the sky, and there was no image of Ed covered in blood.

With the book closed and placed on the table, he was just looking straight at Clarisse with a puzzled expression on his face.

I saw two deaths.

The appearance of holding up the remains of the Ophelis coffin, protecting Clarisse, and finally facing death in her arms.

Clarisse tried to protect it somehow, but in the end, he was attacked by the Holy Changryong and met his death.

Either way, his blood-stained figure remains clearly in Clarisse’s memory, overlapping over and over again on his fine face.

– Wow!

“Eh… Eek…?! So, the saintess… What, what are you doing…!”

Ignoring Yenica’s blushing reaction in surprise, the saintess hugged Ed tightly.

After being held in their arms, my heart is filled with a sense of trust, just like when I was held in a carriage.

“Saintess…?”

When Ed asked with a dumbfounded face, Clarisse didn’t answer and buried her face in his arms. Tears welled up in my eyes, but I didn’t care.

The sound of handguns filled the surroundings. It had to be. However, Clarisse showed no sign of caring at all.

After that, things went smoothly.

Clarisse clenched Ed’s wrist tightly, loaded Ed into the wagon, and ran away again. This time he took a different escape route. He decided to go along the rocky mountain to the east, even if it was a little detour, rather than toward the plains without cover.

However, despite the skillful coachman speeding up like crazy, he could not reach the rocky mountain and had to be attacked by the Holy Changryong again.

This time, thanks to Clarisse’s protection, Ed is not mortally wounded, but he bleeds to death slowly before reaching the rocky mountain. It left a terrible trauma to watch her slowly lose her reaction after the blood faded little by little.

“Saintess. Let’s talk… What are you talking about…?”

Then, when he came back, he held Ed’s hand again and headed for the beach. He decided that it would be much safer to take refuge underground than to cross the plains and get hit directly by the scales.

Ed knew two places to hide. It was a sea cave on the west coast, and a secret laboratory used by Professor Glast.

Among them, they escaped to the west coast cave, but the cave itself collapsed due to the earthquake that occurred when the Holy Changryong descended. Clarisse was almost crushed by a falling boulder, but Ed rushed in to save her and was crushed by the boulder instead. Her lower body was crushed and Ed gritted her teeth and let out a scream of pain at her, but in the end she died wiping away her tears without blaming Clarisse.

“One-oh… Oh Gong-Gong, one-Yuk-Gong…. One-O-O-Gong-Gong, one-Yuk-Gong…!”

The saintess’ purpose had already changed to saving Ed’s life. No matter what happened, Ed Rosteyler was determined to save the life of this man who had sided with him until the very end.

This time, he took refuge in Glast’s Soul Library. Blocked the upper part, and in case the ceiling collapsed, several layers of support magic were implemented. It withstood the earthquake caused by the descent of the Holy Changryong, and was able to survive the scale attack. Clarisse wept tears of joy.

However, the ground, which was attacked again and again by the Holy Chang-ryong’s magic cannon… In the end, he couldn’t stand it with support magic alone and collapsed.

In the pouring pile of dirt, Ed covered Clarisse’s body with his own body until the moment he died, and used his magical power to support the ground as much as possible so that Clarisse’s body was left unscathed.

In the midst of such a collapsing ground, Ed died protecting Clarisse again.

Everything else is restored when time is turned back, but only the scars left on Clarisse’s body remain intact. I don’t know why.

That’s why, above all else, he gave top priority to Clarisse, and Ed died and died.

Clarisse had never gotten used to that death.

Every time he died, he had to suffer from heartbreaking pain. It was repeated over and over again, but Clarisse did not get frustrated and endured with clenched teeth.

If you get frustrated and give up everything… There is no one to save Ed, who has died for him over and over again.

Ed helped Clarice over and over again, without even knowing the full truth of the matter. Now Clarisse could not give up his life.

“Saintess. Let’s talk… What are you talking about…?”

The color on Clarisse’s face went away, and the area under her eyes started to get dark… Still, looking at Ed’s face, he somehow managed to grit his teeth and pull himself together. Standing tightly hugging Ed’s face as she closes her book and looks at Clarisse with a bemused expression… He caught her breath again.

I can’t even remember what number now.

Leaving Ed alone, Clarisse stood on the roof of the Trix building and saw the moment when the Holy Changryong descended.

This time, I observed the magic circle that filled the sky, but I couldn’t pinpoint where the source of that magical power was. Confirming that fact, he looked down again at the ruined Isle of Arkens, stained with blood.

“Saintess. Let’s talk… What are you talking about…?”

After that, I searched all kinds of escape routes and hiding places. I tried dozens of times, but there was no place in Aken Island where I could be safe from the Holy Spear Dragon, Velbrok, no matter where I headed. After each failure, Ed had to die in Clarisse’s place.

That’s why Clarisse couldn’t give up.

“One-oh… Oh Gong Gong, one Yuk Gong….”

Suddenly, after saying that… Clarisse had nothing more to say.

Seeing Clarisse telling her his serial number correctly, Ed widened his eyes. Looking at that face, it seems like the dozens of memories of dying for Clarice are eating away at my body like cancer cells.

The image of Ed, who died for himself over and over again, looks endlessly overlapping… He never saved Ed.

I tried everything I could, but I couldn’t even escape from that unbelievable mighty Holy Spear Dragon, Velbrok… Can’t even hide… I couldn’t find a way to overcome it either.

Even the reason why time keeps going back has not been identified.

It is said that a high-ranking priest is involved, but no matter how much I wander around the school during this short time, I cannot find the Holy Emperor and the Archbishop.

The majestic carriage was in the carriage depot next to the Maxes Bridge, and only the coachman’s testimony remained that he had disappeared into the faculty building with his closest aide.

The huge magic circle that was visible every time time went back… It’s so huge that it’s impossible to pinpoint where it came from. It must be somewhere in the faculty building… I can’t pinpoint the exact location.

just… Only one day of repeated joint combat practice days… It was just savagely eating away at her mind.

In the first place, if we had come this far, shouldn’t we stop relying on Ed?

If watching his death is so painful that you can’t stand it anymore, shouldn’t you leave him alone and find your own way? I thought so, but losing the existence of the only person in the world who could understand her situation… It was more than a horror.

Can you really keep your sanity in the fear of being left alone? The fear of that other direction eats away at Clarisse’s heart.

Clarisse, who is completely stunned… After reciting Ed’s military number, he couldn’t say anything.

“Saintess…?”

Edman, who was watching the scene, was just blankly there.

“Saintess… There are inspection personnel from the Maxes Bridge. They say that the Elte Company’s trading goods are crossing the Maxes Bridge.

Suddenly, I heard what the coachman was saying. Only then did Clarisse grasp the current situation.

therefore… It was after he had brought Ed in, seated him in the carriage, and ordered the driver to head for Maxeth Bridge.

As Clarisse sits still, wide-eyed, Ed gets up and instructs the coachman to break through somehow.

The coachman nodded, and drove out between the trading wagons of the Elte Company, which filled the Maxes Bridge.

Edgar held onto Clarisse’s body as the wagon swayed back and forth.

Clarisse’s body seen up close… It was full of all sorts of scratches. Even if time goes back, for some reason, the scars on Clarisse’s body won’t go back.

At first, it was only Ed’s handprint on her wrist, but the more she repeated it, the more it became full of small scars.

Seeing that… Ed instructed the coachman to stop the wagon.

“…?”

Clarice looked up at Ed with empty eyes.

“Get off, saintess.”

“…yes?”

“Get some rest.”

Isn’t it an immediate situation?

The meaning of Ed’s words… Clarice didn’t understand.

“…I know… a few people I could turn to for help.”