Joint Combat Practice 2 (9)
The living and teaching buildings of Sylvania Academy are full of various facilities, but among them, if you are looking for something that catches your eye most often, it is the ‘Plaza’.
The central plaza of the faculty building, the student plaza, the eastern plaza, and the conference plaza. The main square of the living building, the square of each dormitory, the market street, and the entrance square.
From luxurious and large squares to simple and small squares. The reason why this open space is filled is to guarantee as many resting places as possible for students.
As if responding to it, there are quite a few students photosynthesizing in the plaza, feeling the scent of late spring. Faculty members, daily life merchants, and even outsiders are enjoying the peace of the day, going back and forth to the plaza in their own way.
The entrance plaza here is the same place as the face of the school that greets you for the first time after passing through the Maxes Bridge and the main gate of Sylvania.
Ed and Clarisse were crossing the center of the plaza. It was as if Edgar was pulling Clarisse’s hand. Naturally, the eyes of the surroundings were gathering.
“Senior Ed. We… we don’t have time for this… we don’t have time for this…!”
The two knights escorting Clarisse were embarrassed to try to dissuade Ed. He couldn’t use force, however, because when he drew his sword, Clarisse was furious like fire.
It’s useless to use force, and if you leave it alone, Clarisse looks embarrassed.
However, for now, it is the position of the two knights that they have a mission to take Clarisse to the Trix building. I don’t know what Ed’s intentions were, but he prevented the situation in which he was driving the wagon out of the school out of the blue right now… I decided to keep an eye on the situation for a while.
But that didn’t mean Ed was doing anything special or extraordinary.
He dragged Clarisse along and set her to sit on a sunny wooden table near the tree-lined road. And after putting down the drink I bought at the student canteen, I sat down on the opposite side and swiped my face several times.
It is the same for Ed that the current situation is sudden and embarrassing. The information given right now is also limited.
Clarisse’s claim that time is repeating out of nowhere. And then, proving the fact by calling out the military number that was given to him in the distant past… At the end of this joint combat exercise, it is said that the Holy Chang-ryong will resurrect and destroy Aken Island.
Now that things have turned out like this, I have to think on the premise that everything the saintess says is the truth.
Not to mention, Clarisse’s behavior was very strange. He suddenly finds Ed in front of the Glockt coffin, grabs him by the arm, puts him in the carriage, and pulls the carriage out of the school, saying that he must run away.
Unless his brain went crazy, he would not abandon his duties and engage in such eccentricities.
“Like this… I don’t have time to rest, senior Ed. At this point… I’m going to die again… This time I have to cross the bridge and run along the coast… I don’t know… Of course, the chances are slim… But once there’s something like a seaside cave…”
“Holy Maid.”
When Ed called softly, Clarice swallowed a sigh as if she had suddenly come to her senses. Ed added.
“Calm down. Let’s take a deep breath first.”
“I don’t have time for that…! Seth Bridge is blocked…! If not now…”
“it’s okay.”
“There’s no way it’ll be okay…! If you don’t move right now, senpai will die painfully…! You don’t like that… you don’t like that…! I hate it too…! This time… senpai… I hope you survive…”
“I said it was fine.”
After talking that far, Clarisse’s eyes flash back and she looks at Ed.
Seeing Ed, who didn’t even move, just kept saying it was okay… Clarice comes to her senses.
“…Senior Ed…”
From meeting Ed in front of the Glockt building to the end of joint combat practice.
How many times have you struggled to find a solution in this short amount of time?
It’s hard to know from Ed’s point of view. I can only infer from the scratches on the saintess’ body.
“I… I don’t know anymore…”
Clarisse lowered her head and cried again. By this point, she’s well enough to dry up her tear ducts, but her emotions continue to shake her composure, savagely.
“I’ve tried everything that comes to mind. I forcibly dragged senior Ed away, ran away like this, tried to hide like that, I’ve tried everything… Really… I’ve tried all the small hopes and tiny possibilities, but nothing works… There’s really nothing to be done…”
Clarice spoke as if pouring out while wiping away tears.
Students passing by the square whispered to each other while staring at the strange sight, and the escort soldiers, who had no idea how the situation was going, couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat as if they were embarrassed.
Ed, who was looking at the frustrated saintess… She stood up, and she sat down beside him. Then he yanked Clarisse by the arm, took out the wound ointment he had bought at the student store, and dabbed it on.
“Seniors?”
“First of all, the saintess must protect her body first and foremost. It is a really fatal risk that the wound does not heal.”
Ed had already finished organizing his thoughts by bringing Clarisse to the plaza.
From Ed’s point of view, the given information was infinitely limited, but with that alone, he was able to grasp the situation to some extent.
First of all, the saintess’ body was full of scratches, which was strange. A saintess who would have come out dressed up to say she was going to meet her from now on, there was no way she would go to her Trix coffin with her body full of scars exposed like this.
“The protection of the holy law that the saintess wears is the power to protect her body from any threat that is hostile to her or ‘willing to attack.’ I heard that it has resistance to holy magic.”
Archbishop Verdio, who always reads his mind like a mind reader. He was said to be able to use holy magic to penetrate the hearts of others, but that was also the reason why he did not work on Saint Clarice.
Those who have been baptized by a saint have resistance to all types of holy magic. In the first place, the act of trying to harm the saint who stood at the top of the church was impossible with the church’s holy magic.
“Then… do you know the meaning of these scars…?”
“The… meaning of the scars…?”
Right now, the saintess is blocked by a dead end wall.
He tried everything possible, but he was in a frustrated state without being able to escape from the Holy Changryong Velbrok.
Then, what Ed had to do was to suggest a new direction for such a saint.
“In the first place, this phenomenon of rewinding time itself was realized by the Holy Law. So the memories of the saintess who is blessed by the Holy Law will not disappear, nor will the wounds on her body be rewound.”
“…”
“In the end, if we try to find the culprit behind this, it becomes a story that the culprit is the person from the religious sect who is using holy magic.”
“That… but…”
It’s not like Clarisse didn’t leave out the possibility at all.
In the first place, Ed was the one who found out and informed that the magic circle that embroidered the sky was also a mixture of sacred magic and aspect magic.
However, no matter how much they searched, they could not find out whereabouts of the Holy Emperor and the archbishop. The same goes for the alley in Professor Dong where the magic circle rose. Even if you visit for a hundred days, the place is full of students full of fear.
If you search every building, every room, and every nook and cranny of Sylvania, you still don’t know… To do that in this short time until the joint combat exercise is over… I have no idea how many times I will have to face that hell. Sylvania Academy was too wide even though it was wide.
In addition, if the two of them decided to hide, there is even a possibility that they would not be able to find it even if they searched for a hundred days with the saint’s fern-like limbs. That would be a really dead end road.
“That’s right… I see… In the first place, the Holy Emperor and the Archbishop must have entered Sylvania through the Maxes Bridge, so the line of movement must be limited to the surroundings…”
“Yes, it is. However, if you see something that is not easily identified, there is a high possibility that he must have disguised himself, used magic to conceal his actions, or moved in a route unknown to others. First of all, the location of the Holy Emperor’s carriage… towards the entrance It would be convenient to investigate from the wagon depot.”
“What was the reason for going so far and avoiding the eyes of others?”
“Looks like it was never for a good reason.”
After talking that far, Clarisse’s wounds were already covered with medicine.
Ed patted Clarisse’s arm off and tossed the remaining ointment onto the table.
When Clarisse came to her senses, her trembling voice had died down, and her tears were dry.
Only then did Clarisse notice. Ed had already noticed that Clarisse was cornered and on the verge of collapsing.
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Those who have repeatedly hit their heads in front of a dead end all yearn for the same law.
“Do you see a new direction now?”
Ed was guessing to some extent.
If Clarisse was really repeating time, this would be the empty narrative part of Act 3 that remained unknown in <Sylvania’s Fallen Swordsman>.
It is said that this is also part of an affair, but unlike the affair in the past, Ed does not fully know the truth this time.
However, the outcome is known.
The Holy Spear Dragon of Genesis, which was sealed by the original swordsman and maintained by the great sage Sylvania.
It is not easy even for a great wizard to break the seal, which is embodied in a huge legal circle under the ground of the Isle of Aken. No, in the first place, most of them don’t even know the existence of the seal.
In <The Fallen Swordsman of Sylvania>, at the time of Act 3, there was no such thing as the resurrection of the Holy Spear Dragon, Velbrok.
Seongchangryong Valveroke is thoroughly the last chapter boss.
It shouldn’t appear at this point, and even if it does, there’s no way to stop it.
In the first place, it was an enemy that was only caught in the final narrative of all stories. If the saintess caught it or killed it here, the front and back of the story don’t match.
If so… There is only one possibility left. In the first place, the resurrection itself was blocked, and it was returned to nothing.
So, there was only one direction that Ed would suggest to the saintess.
“Running away is not the answer. We must find and eliminate the source of the problem.”
I understand. It is a mythical dragon that splits islands and rips the sky. Isn’t it a monster that turns the whole area into hell with just a few attacks?
When a criminal encounters something like that, all he can think about is running away. All human beings facing a huge disaster are the same.
But, now it won’t work just like that. I had to remind you of that fact.
“Even if you succeed in escaping, if time rewinds again, isn’t it all at the starting point…? Then what the hell does that mean?”
“I know that… but… I don’t know what to do… so… the only thing I can do right now… is run away…”
“First of all, calm down and be strong. You are too tired. The saintess is doing well enough so far.”
Clarisse’s haggard look. As he patted him on the back, Ed spoke softly.
Clarice caught her breath and… He was in Ed’s arms again.
From Ed’s point of view, this was embarrassing, and from the perspective of the people around him and the escort soldiers, it was something to be ashamed of. However, Ed slowly brushed his hair, hiding his embarrassment as best he could.
“How many times did you repeat it in the first place?”
“I don’t know… I was counting at first… I just… forgot…”
“You’ve worked hard.”
Clarisse sniffed and buried her head in Ed’s chest, remaining still for a long time.
* * *
They say there are people worth asking for help. Ed clearly said so.
Clarisse wondered how much it would mean to ask someone for help in a situation like this… Ed already had some truth pictured in his mind.
“Listen carefully, saintess. In the end, the key to this task is to find the Holy Emperor and the Archbishop. Once we find the two of them, and find out the truth about the holy magic that rewinds time, anything will make progress. Because there are only two people in the undergraduate school who can use that level of holy magic.”
Clarisse slipped her left hand into Ed’s right hand and followed him, holding his arm tightly. I was afraid that Ed would disappear somewhere, so I was holding him tightly.
From Ed’s point of view, it felt like too sticky skinship, but considering the saintess’ heartache, he couldn’t resist it.
“I’ve looked for it several times… I’ve repeated it like that, but I’ve never heard of the Holy Emperor or the Archbishop. It’s strange as expected. It’s strange that the actions of such noble people are so veiled. Many eyes and ears are focused on them. would have been.”
The eyes around you are stinging. The sight of Saint Clarisse clinging to Ed was such a sight that it was hard to tell whether it was a dream or real life.
From Clarice’s point of view, she is a colleague who has been with her through life and death, but from the perspective of undergraduate students, she only looks like she was bewitched overnight. In fact, you should… It was Ed’s fault.
Ed headed to the student center in a cold sweat.
The place where Ed strode straight ahead was the nail hall where first and second year students were practicing combat among the student halls.
“Saintess… you have to leave…. Even if it’s from the outside… You can’t go all the way to the arena where students in practice are concentrated…”
Ed tried to dissuade her, but Clarice just shook her head while crying.
In the first place, when this episode ends, the relationship between Clarisse and Ed will return to the beginning again. From Clarice’s point of view, if it wasn’t this time, she couldn’t be coddled like this.
You have to make up your mind, you have to be strong. However, for as long as the time allowed, I can’t help but want to cling to Ed.
If this joint combat exercise is over, he will be willing to die to protect Clarisse somehow.
“…”
Ed wiped his face once, and opened the door to the training hall of the nail salon with a firm mind.
―Quaang! Aaaaaang!
―Hwiik, Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Act 3, Scene 5, the joint combat practice episode is in full swing. On top of the arena, Wade and Taily were exchanging sums.
Wade swings his sword in an attempt to force Taily to use his sword, but Taily, who has already grown to the point of growth, won’t allow Wade’s sword.
However, Wade’s defense is also formidable. In the end, the moment Taily decides to manifest the basic sword ceremony, Wade loses his fighting spirit and drops his sword.
Ed could well have predicted what would happen next.
The next opponent would probably be Claude, the head of the pension department.
He puts pressure on Taylor through all kinds of hallucination reagents and basic magic links, but he will be overpowered in the end.
And, unable to overcome the desire to compete, he will inject the forbidden reagent. The subsequent paintings were still going according to Ed’s expectations.
However, Ed’s purpose is not to witness the duel.
As it is a relatively large nail pavilion, the number of spectators is large. It didn’t matter that the door was slightly open. Only the eyes of a few students around the entrance were focused. However, when she saw the saint clinging tightly to Ed and not letting go, she opened her mouth in amazement.
Time will go back anyway. Ed made that self-suggestive gesture and ignored his gaze with gritted teeth.
I made my way through the crowd of students focused on the duel, and finally found a student in the opposite corner watching the duel with her back against the wall. She was a schoolgirl wearing a dark red school uniform and a robe over it. She is a second-year student and a student in class A, so this student must have had quite a bit of combat training.
Ed stood side by side, looked up at the dueling table, and spoke softly.
“Sell me some information.”
Responding to the voice, the girl raised her eyes for a moment with a look of strange surprise.
In the first place, Ed is not a person who deserves to be here at this time. He is the person who should have gone to the Glockt building for his assigned combat practice. There was no reason to suddenly appear at the Nail Hall where first and second graders were sparring.
“oh.”
However, the girl did not ask for details. She just swept her auburn hair, which was neatly braided to one side, as she looked up at her dueling platform side by side.
“It’s a nice face in a place like this. Did you happen to make money?”
“Well. I’m not sure about that.”
The girl―― Lortel Kecheln always smiles like a fox.
Even if it appears so suddenly, there is no way to panic. Even in the face of any change, the thoroughly rational aspect does not disappear.
This young trader who only moves secretly in the dark looks infinitely frail, but if you dig up the truth, you will find that he has this Sylvania lifestyle in his pocket… He is the real power holder behind the scenes.
All information flows in the activities of life go through the Elte circuit.
And all information from Elte Corporation goes through the ears of Lortel Kecheln, the deputy head of the association.
― ‘Holy Lady… There is a checkpoint on the Maxes Bridge side. It is said that trade goods from Elte Company are crossing the Maxes Bridge. The merchandise wagons and mercenary escorts are causing a lot of dizziness, so I’m asking you to wait for a while.’
On the way back from Maxess Bridge to the Student Center, Ed saw the Elte Co. logistics line filling the bridge. Judging from the level of complexity, it was absolutely not something that could be sorted out in an hour or two.
Didn’t it say that the Holy Emperor and the Archbishop went through the Maxes Bridge in the first place? The reason why the flow of logistics on the Maxes Bridge was temporarily paralyzed was probably because the road had to stop for a while as the two distinguished guests passed the bridge.
then… The numerous merchants of Elte Company must have seen the prosperous procession with their own eyes.
In addition, the carriage storage staff who would have taken care of Seonghwang’s carriage are also employees of the living area. In the first place, wherever the two of them went, they could not have avoided the eyes of the merchants in their lives.
The commercial district of the living quarters is completely within the domain of Lortel Kecheln. During life, not even a single gold coin rolling on the floor can escape her watch.
That’s what she’s asking herself. There is no way to find out about the flow of success faster than that.
so that… Ed was willing to give Lortel whatever he asked for. No matter how many times I said, time will go back anyway.
“There’s someone we need to find urgently. We need to find them at least before the joint combat practice is over. I’ll give you the money as you ask.”
“What… It’s a rather sudden story…”
Lortel withdrew her gaze from looking up at the arena, slowly rose from her seat and turned to Ed.
Even though it was a rather sudden request, he looked more relaxed. Yes, Lortel Kecheln was the owner of a strong will to keep his composure in any situation… .
“…Eh?”
Seeing the saintess holding Ed’s arm tightly and looking at him with melancholy eyes… I couldn’t help but breathe in vain.
Even after washing her eyes and checking her face again, it was the very Saint Clarisse who is respected by all the believers at the top of the Church of Telos.
“……????”
It was a bit difficult to anticipate such a sight, even for a person with cool reason and insight.
Ed was well aware of that fact, so he wiped my face several times… Lortel waited for her time so that she could accept the situation in front of her as it was.
