Chapter 99 – 99. Returner
While Deius and his party were solving a case at the Elia Convent.
Aria Rias, a returner who can proudly declare herself the protagonist of this continent, was going through a somewhat unique adventure.
“Okay.”
The forest of Rometiu, quite far from the Academy. More than simply lush, it has a mysterious atmosphere. It is a place where fairies and spirits live in hiding.
In fact, they were grateful beings who guided lost travelers to the exit or warned them of approaching animals.
Aria sits on a large round rock and unpacks her luggage.
I unfastened my newly acquired greatsword from my back, leaned it against the rock, and began to eat the lunch I had prepared.
“Haup.”
Even if you look around, there are only dense trees. Unlike when he came here in his previous life, he felt a little disappointed that the fairies and spirits were now afraid of him and kept their distance from him.
‘It would have been nice to have at least a companion to talk to.’
Aria fills her stomach thinking that she should have brought some of her old colleagues, but then she wouldn’t have been able to come here.
After finishing the meal, I sat blankly and looked up at the sky, which was obscured by the trees and could not be seen clearly.
Rustling.
Aria was about to grab her great sword when she heard the sound of footsteps coming through the bushes.
“Whoa!”
Surprisingly, what appeared was a face he was familiar with.
“Professor Erica?”
“Aria student?”
An unexpected meeting.
Each is surprised and wonders why they are here.
After Aria let go of the sword she was holding, she looked at Erica with a subtle expression.
He was confused at first, but then realized why Erica was here.
“Are you here to make a spirit contract?”
“… … “How did you know that?”
Erica, who had been walking through the forest just a moment ago, had once again changed into the professor’s cool-headed expression.
Even though it was vacation, he had the attitude of not forgetting his position as a professor, but that alone was enough for Aria.
It was already in the last episode that Erica tried to make a contract with a spirit to improve her skills during the vacation.
But the important thing is.
‘Is it too early?’
Clearly, from what he knew, Professor Erica needed some time to grow.
no way.
Feeling a tingling sensation in the back of her head, Aria twitches the corner of her mouth in awkwardness.
“You are an authority on light magic, so do you really need a spirit?”
“That’s a separate issue. “More than that, you haven’t answered my question yet.”
Erica presses with her arms crossed.
“How did you know I came here to make a spirit contract?”
It’s not for nothing that rumors spread among students that Erica was a difficult professor to approach. She felt a cold chill creeping into the peaceful forest just moments ago.
But the opponent was bad.
Just like a regressor.
Erica’s pressure was so strong that it couldn’t even be massaged, but rather she was fidgeting with her hand and blocking the urge to swing the sword.
‘I just want to kill him.’
Because Aria had such dear feelings, I felt that way impulsively.
In particular, just the title of Deius’ fiancee seemed like it would cut off Aria’s reason at any moment.
‘Because the professor won’t like it.’
Aria sighs as she licks her lips. Does Erica realize that she has just been caught between her life and her death?
“Professor Deius told me. “Professor Erica seems to have a good relationship with her spirit side.”
“… … “Is that person to you too?”
‘also.’
I tried it once and it caught on right away.
‘Somehow I thought it was too soon.’
I know that Erica has good compatibility with spirits, but this was too fast. I thought Deius would have intervened.
‘Now that I think about it, the professor told me this in my last life too.’
After being discharged from the hospital while lying in a hospital bed, Aria remembered him speaking passionately and urgently to the people around him about the way he had grown.
If I were alone, I would have closed my eyes and savored that moment, but unfortunately I couldn’t.
“So what are you doing here?”
Aria frowned at the sound of Erica’s voice breaking her from her delusion, then sighed and rested her chin.
“I’m looking for medicine.”
“approximately?”
“Yes, as far as I know there is a medicine here that is very good for necromancers.”
“… … !”
Erica is taken aback by Aria who openly reveals her intentions. For the first time, her cool expression cracked.
“I’m going to bring it to Professor Deius. Then maybe you will like me.”
Aria said with a sly smile, but it actually turned out to be poisonous. Erica, whose expression had fallen, quickly returned to normal and declared:
“I’m not a person who can be liked by material things.”
“Tsk.”
It was accurate.
Aria was only saying this to tease Erica, but she was a little surprised that Erica knew more about Deius than she thought.
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“Anyway, what I give you doesn’t change. “Wouldn’t it be better for me, who is fresh and young, and who brings health-healthy medicine, to me, rather than my ex-fiancee who sits still and doesn’t even bring a letter of engagement?”
“… … “First of all, it’s my current fiancee.”
“Yes. “The relationship will end as soon as you sign the letter of engagement.”
Aria digs into the painful area precisely. I bite my lip and hold back the thought of asking how he knows about the letter of divorce.
Also, I was puzzled that the reason why student Aria was so hostile was simply because of one person, Deius.
“Have you met him anywhere else?”
Deius’ time at the academy was very short. Her students were not enough for Aria to harbor feelings of affection for her.
“Yes, a very long time. “I did it with the professor.”
A meaningful statement.
Erica was curious, but didn’t bother to ask. Because she felt like if she even set foot in that area, Arya would pounce on her like an animal at any moment.
Erica swallowed her saliva, nodded and took another step.
It was my first time being anxious around a student, but Aria was definitely something different.
In some ways, she is even more special than Princess Eleanor Luden Griffin, who can be called the most special among the students.
It seemed like he had something much more special.
“It’s vacation, so I won’t interfere. “Take care of yourself.”
Aria, who was staring blankly at Erica’s back as she turned around to leave, sighed and opened her mouth.
“Wait a moment. “It’s dangerous to wander around the forest now.”
“hmm?”
“There are some strange people walking around.”
Erica’s steps stop at those words. Aside from how she knew Arya knew, if she did she had a duty as a professor to protect her student.
Close your eyes and generate golden mana. The purpose was to explore the forest, but then small spirits showed interest in Erica and began to approach her.
‘It’s annoying.’
I hated seeing Erica like that. In the end, she was annoyed by the cold way of thinking that clearly showed the difference between the positions of student and professor.
While she was complaining that she had told her for no reason, Erica’s eyes brightened and she asked Aria.
“Are you sure there is something there?”
I don’t feel anything. Even friendly spirits did not whisper threats.
A moment when you wonder if this child is playing with you.
Aria pointed to a place with her chin.
Soon, two wizards wearing black robes and hoods appeared there.
“… … !”
Shocking situation.
It wasn’t that the distance was far, and even though it was close enough, it escaped his detection magic.
It meant that they were not ordinary skilled people.
I don’t know what their purpose was, but seeing how they acted so secretly that they couldn’t be detected, it didn’t seem like they had very good intentions.
“Aria, behind me… .”
“You’re Dante, right?”
Aria asks, cutting off Erica’s words. I wondered what the situation was, but Aria’s words made the two wizards flinch.
“Dante?”
“There is something like a warlock gathering. “Please come to the side.”
Aria says nervously and gets up from the rock.
“How do you know us?”
The man’s voice coming out of the hood was strangely distorted. It almost feels like the throat is shaped differently than ours.
Aria answered his question with a smile.
“Do you really need to know that? “You guys also came here to look for spirits, right?”
“… … .”
There was no answer. However, Aria smiled at her obvious intention and continued her words.
“They think their intentions are good and noble, but in reality, they walk around reeking of corpses.”
Despite the insulting words, the two warlocks from Dante did not flinch.
To them, that level of humiliation was nothing.
“I know what your purpose is, and I have no intention of stopping it. “It’s disgusting, but what you’re trying to do is right.”
“We only carry the dirtiest burden for the continent.”
“Okay, okay. Take care of that. “I want to give you a warning.”
“… … .”
A great sword is placed in Aria’s hand. During her vacation, this was the first treasured sword she got.
“Don’t approach the memorial. If I do that, I might kill all of Dante without even realizing it. “He is not a person that maggots like you can dare to become parasites on.”
“Anyone can talk.”
“Oh, try it.”
Aria grits her teeth and glares at Dante’s warlocks who laugh at her for being absurd. As if she would take his head at any moment.
“Let’s see who got hit.”
I hear the sound of drool falling.
The intimidation emanating from this little girl was beyond the warlocks’ imagination, so they had no choice but to hesitate.
“Now, this was a warning from me to your leader.”
“… … ?”
Does this girl even know that Dante’s warlocks are connected to each other?
Even though it was Dante’s structure where a traitor could not exist, the girl knows so much detail that one wonders if it could be possible.
The two warlocks were planning to run away for now.
Aria’s great sword is eerie and is held out in this direction.
“Now I have to take the professor’s medicine.”
Aria grinned and cut off the heads of Dante’s two warlocks.
Two people falling apart as if they were falling apart.
For a necromancer, nothing is more beneficial than the soul of a high-ranking warlock.
“Hehe, do you think you’ll like it?”
Aria shook the blood off her sword with an eerie smile.
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