EP.37 It smells rotten (2)
Aplia on a peaceful afternoon.
It was a moment when something strange happened.
One roar, one explosion.
Starting from that signal, Aplia was covered by demonic beasts. No, the expression “covered” might be wrong.
Demonic beasts emerged from all over Aplia. Demonic beasts poured out from the ground, the ceiling, the windows in the hallway, and the exterior walls of the building.
The number is not small.
The quantity rather than the quality is unusual.
It would be convenient to think of this as the result of someone’s failed experiment. However, the knights residing within Aplia Academy had a hunch.
-This is terrorism.
At first glance, they appear to be unintelligent, but there are certain rules visible in the beasts’ behavior. It means a magical beast that is raised and controlled by someone.
-There is someone controlling the demon beast.
Demonic beasts drawn by demonic energy follow demons. The one who controls the demonic beast is the demon. However, there is no way there is a demon here.
There is a good reason why knights think that way.
Aplia is an academy located within the royal capital.
It is said that they are protected by the barrier surrounding the royal capital.
And, most demons cannot break through the barrier. Even if it breaks through, its body undergoes mutations and cannot maintain its human form.
So, it’s not Mine.
Then there is only one thing left.
-A traitor has appeared.
Renegades, people who became human but sold their souls to demons.
they are special It has demonic energy, but its essence is human. It means that you are free from the barrier placed on the royal capital.
“Within Aplia, there is a traitor.”
The princess’s escort knight.
Havel, the highest ranking person here, opens his mouth.
“If you can cause a phenomenon like this, you are a wizard with at least the skills of a professor. “The demons who signed the contract must also be of a considerable level.”
Draw a conclusion straight away.
“So, it’s difficult to find out right away. That’s for later. What we must prioritize is the protection of students, and…”
Havel’s face is stiff as he utters the last sentence. Because I know the weight that sentence carries.
“It is the protection of the 4th princess, Ayla.”
The knights move.
As always, for noble beings.
2.
“······.”
Ayla looked blankly at the scene before her.
Demonic beasts are roaming around the campus.
Demonic beasts pour out from somewhere. The wall collapses. This situation itself was not unfamiliar to Ayla.
‘Because I experienced it once.’
This was before she awakened as a star child.
There was a terrorist attack targeting her as she was about to awaken.
A person who had reached the rank of great wizard at the time.
Gelig, the representative wizard of the palace.
The terrorist attack on the royal family that he committed as a traitor.
Ayla clearly remembers the incident that turned the royal capital upside down.
-Come here, princess.
The traitor, Gelik, scattered his demonic beasts and chased after him. Ayla ran away. Using common sense, there was no way Ayla, who was young and weak, would be able to escape from Gelik.
Still, Ayla ran away.
– Protect it with your life!
The reason she was able to escape from Gelik was not because of her talent. She was not in her power.
-Princess, run away!
-We will take care of this place. Go and try it.
Numerous knights guarded her.
-Please go quickly.
-This is what we will do.
The knights who swore loyalty to the royal family willingly sacrificed their lives. Just to protect Ayla.
Many knights died that day.
Ayla ran, leaving behind the fallen knights.
‘I kept running.’
I ran, believing that someone would help me.
Thinking about it now, the place I arrived at after running like that was a very unexpected place.
‘Royal Library.’
I don’t know why I ran there.
This is a story taken before my awakening as a star child, so I can’t use the convenient excuse of intuition.
Accident.
At the end of that coincidence.
-Princess?
“Princess?”
There was a wizard
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Flash.
Ayla blinked once. I shook off the memories of her that were lingering in my mind and looked at the present.
“Are you okay?”
-Are you okay?
I tried to shake it off, but strangely the memories overlapped.
Ayla looked at the woman standing in front of her with hazy eyes.
Gray hair.
Blue eyes.
A person with characteristics that overlap with the wizard in his memories.
Her blue eyes turn towards herself.
“Princess.”
she asks.
“A message just rang. Did you hear it?”
Ayla, who barely came to her senses, answered.
“···No, I’m sorry. “I didn’t hear it.”
“I heard the knights are looking for the princess. “I would like to take you there right now. Would that be okay?”
Ayla nodded slowly.
“Yes, Thanks.”
“Please wait a moment. “First of all, I think we’ll have to clear a path a little bit.”
“yes?”
“You can’t just pass by that way.”
She pointed down the hallway.
The hallways are full of demonic beasts. Although the demonic beasts don’t attack right away, there’s no way they won’t attack you when you get close.
“We have to clean it up first.”
As she said that, she relaxed her shoulders.
I twirled my wrist.
chin.
And then, take a step forward. The gait is the same as when she entered her classroom.
Neither fast nor slow.
Appropriate speed and appropriate stride length.
What made a difference in his steps was the moment when the distance between him and the demon beasts dropped to about three steps.
Cooung.
For a moment, weight is placed on her steps.
Enhance-Strength.
The spell sparkles.
Kwasik!
There are cracks in the floor of the hallway. Kicking her feet off the ground, she lunges towards her beast. Her gray hair flutters.
Haste.
It’s a moment when the spell shines.
She swings her arm. The arm, briefly swung as if to snatch it, grabs the beast’s head. explode it
Patter.
She stretched out her hand forward with blood dripping down. snapped her fingers. An intangible shock wave tears through the beast’s mouth and penetrates its body.
The corpses of the demonic beasts pile up.
Ayla looked at that figure blankly.
“ah···.”
A monster runs rampant among the demonic beasts.
The number is not important. Every time the gray hair shakes, the demon beasts step back little by little.
The unintelligent demonic beasts take a step back.
It is a fear detected by instinct. Dozens of demonic beasts retreat in front of one human.
However, whether you run or run, the result is the same.
Anything that runs at you will be cut down and killed. Running away sends out a shock wave and destroys you. There is no hesitation whatsoever in that series of movements.
Suddenly, her side profile appears expressionless.
“Tsk…”
Ayla closed her eyes. turned her head When she reopened her closed eyes, her situation was already over.
The demonic beasts that filled the hallways are nowhere to be found.
The hallway is filled with blood stains, as if taking their place.
If you turn your head, there is a demon who has lost his head. There is a demon with a pierced heart. There are monsters with holes in them or their bodies crushed against the walls.
There were a lot of things like that.
There were a lot.
The blood-stained hallway looks as if an animal had run amok.
Grumble.
Blood flows down to Ayla’s feet.
Ayla moved her gaze following the blood.
“·····.”
Professor Rania stands at the starting point of the blood.
I see her lightly shaking her head, shaking off the blood on her hands. Her gray hair sways in the wind.
There is little difference from before.
There were just a few drops of blood splattered on the robe.
“ah.”
She looks back.
And then, he adds another word as if it is no big deal.
“It’s okay now.”
Rania approached Ayla.
Ayla looked up blankly at the woman who stopped in front of her.
“hmm···.”
He seemed to be worried about something.
Eventually, she took something out of her robe.
Black gloves.
These are the gloves she wore while lecturing.
Putting on the gloves she had taken out, she held out her hand. It looks as if it is telling you to grab it and stand up.
“Please wake up.”
-Please wake up.
From that look.
-Please wake up, princess.
Ayla looked at another person.
That day, I remember the image of a wizard who turned his back on the demon beasts and held out his hand to me.
Gray hair, blue eyes.
And even that grim expression.
Those memories come together in one lump.
Ayla muttered inadvertently as she looked at the overlapping scenery.
“···Laniel?”
“My name is Rania.”
“oh! Oh, I’m sorry…”
Ayla quickly covered her mouth.
Ayla was startled by the words she had uttered, and her eyes widened.
‘What is this…!’
Calling a man’s name to a woman Ayla thought this was very rude.
“Tsk…”
Ayla lowered her head, feeling ashamed. He said in a crawling voice.
“I’m sorry, Professor Rania…”
“it’s okay.”
He says that, but there is a hint of uncertainty in his voice. Ayla bowed her head and stood up, holding her outstretched hand.
‘You must have been offended, right?’
Thinking like that, Ayla glanced at the back of the woman walking ahead. The pure white nape of her neck was revealed between her shaking gray hair.
‘···sweat?’
Cold sweat is forming on the nape of his neck.
‘···You’re tired.’
Well, if you were to deal with a magical beast of this size in a short period of time, you would be very tired. How rude is this to such a person?
‘sorry···.’
Ayla muttered to herself and followed after her.
3.
‘Wow, that’s creepy.’
I rubbed the back of my neck for no reason.
The moment I heard the name Raniel, my heart sank.
‘How good are you at your wits?’
I glanced back.
Princess Ayla was following with her head down. At least she doesn’t seem suspicious.
“Im here.”
As I walked like that, before I knew it, I was at the base of the knights.
“King, princess!”
“Ah, Havel.”
As soon as they arrived at the garrison, the knights who recognized Ayla rushed out in a huff. A knight at the forefront knelt in front of Ayla.
“Are you safe?”
“As you can see, I’m safe. Havel.”
“Thank goodness, I’m so glad…! “The fact that I didn’t serve you by my side, really…”
“It’s okay, Havel. It’s my fault. and···.”
Ayla pointed at me.
“Here, Professor Rania is protecting me.”
The knights’ eyes turned to me.
A knight named Havel approached me and bowed. I bowed my head and expressed my gratitude.
“I am Havel, Princess Ayla’s guard knight. Thank you so much, Professor Rania.”
“I just did my duty.”
I shook my head lightly.
Although I had a strong feeling that it was overtime, it was something I had to do anyway.
‘I didn’t know that what I saw there would be connected in that way.’
Right now, my priority is to protect Princess Ayla, so I left her alone…
‘I guess I should clean it up.’
I was thinking of going back down that hallway again.
Before that, I checked a few things with the drivers.
“Where have the students evacuated now?”
“Ah, let’s rent a spell training room…”
“Several professors and drivers are guarding the place.”
Certainly, it was a good choice.
The exterior wall of the spell training room is sturdy. It will be difficult to destroy with a decent amount of magic.
‘And at a glance…’
The level of the magical beasts is not that high. At least, there didn’t seem to be any magic beasts that could break through the door to the spell training room.
“Ah, Professor Rania.”
The driver, who seemed to recognize me, added:
“Professor Rossell is also in the evacuation room.”
“Then it will be safe.”
I nodded.
If the Master is there, even if there are traitors there, they won’t be able to do anything special.
‘You don’t have to worry about that.’
What to do has become clearer.
“Where are you going?”
“I have to stop by for a moment.”
“Then we will be together…”
“it’s okay.”
I defeated the knights who tried to follow me and entered the building alone. The moment you enter the building, a foul smell tickles your nose.
“Rotten mine.”
Suddenly, I mumble like that.
“It smells rotten.”
The stench that stings the tip of my nose is familiar.
I feel familiarity in places that shouldn’t feel familiar. My eyebrows furrowed.
I spread out my gloved fingers.
fold your thumbs
Silence.
The sound of footsteps disappears.
Pretense of popularity is erased.
There are no more demons running at me.
Next, fold your index and middle fingers.
Tracking.
Spell-Capture.
You can see a long trace in front of you. Walk along the trail. The destination is not far away.
A door at the end of the hallway.
I don’t know how long it has been there. At least, it was a door I had never seen before while walking up and down the hallway.
A door that appeared out of nowhere.
I stood in front of the door. Standing in front of the door, fold your remaining ring and small fingers.
Anti Spell.
Unlock.
The magic that locked the door is torn away.
Put your finger on the doorknob. pull it
Sigh.
The door opens with a loud noise.
The moment you open the door, the stench gets even worse. I looked inside the door.
“under.”
I suddenly burst out laughing.
“You deserve me, rotten me.”
