Afterword: Ibella Eleaad (Part 1)
One.
Last week of June.
As if to prove that spring is over and summer is approaching, scorching heat has come to Arsene Academy.
The students who came out of the building after class were busy looking for a place to avoid the hot sun.
Meanwhile, the students who were busy walking down the street stopped one by one. Their eyes were drawn to the main building of the Department of Military Studies.
To be exact, his eyes were fixed on a female student standing alone at the entrance.
“… … .”
Luscious golden hair.
Insipidly shining turquoise eyes and pure white skin. A female student who boasts such beauty that anyone who sees her will steal their attention.
However, it was not just the appearance that caught the eye. Then, one of her students seemed to recognize her and her eyes widened.
“oh! “This is senior Elead.”
“Yes? “Who is that?”
“Why are you there? “The one who is actually called the sixth sword of the empire.”
“Ah, the youngest master I heard at that time?”
Is it because of the additional explanation?
It seemed like only then did students from other departments, not the Military Department, realize the identity of the female student.
Ibella Eleaad.
As a second-year student at the Department of Military Studies, she showed off her genius sword skills in just one year after enrolling, eventually reaching the level of master.
The cadets at Arsene Academy looked at her with respect and awe as she became a master when she was not yet 20 years old.
“Anyway, who are you waiting for?”
“I know. I heard that all other second-year seniors are outside for exams… … .”
Arsene Academy is currently in the midst of final exams for the first semester. Second-year students in the military department have moved to the countryside for exams and practical tests.
Therefore, the students looked curious as to why Ibella remained on campus. Then, a student suddenly spoke up.
“If you’re curious, you can just go and ask, right?”
“No, that’s a bit difficult.”
“Eh? why?”
“Senior Elead is famous for being difficult to talk to. Just by looking at their expressions right now, doesn’t it seem like it would be difficult to approach them hastily?”
An expressionless face without any emotion.
Above all, I felt a strange spirit from Ibella. I don’t know if it was because the Master was strong, but there was a wall that was difficult to approach.
Did you realize this too late?
The student who spoke let out a low groan.
“Okay, that’s definitely true.”
“huh. That’s why they say they have a hard time talking to classmates, seniors, and even professors.”
“That much?”
Students open their eyes wide as if they are surprised.
As the conversation about Ibella was in full swing, a student who had been quietly looking at her tilted his head and muttered.
“what? “It doesn’t really seem like that, does it?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“look. “You’re smiling.”
“Oh, that can’t be…” … .”
Ybella, who always has an expressionless face, is smiling?
Students who knew Ibella well looked away, thinking it was nonsense.
At the same time, it hardened.
“… … uh?”
Ibella, who had been as cold as a block of ice just a moment ago, was smiling brightly as if it had never been that way.
A sincere smile without lies.
The students who faced this had blank expressions without anyone else taking the lead. There was someone approaching Ibella with him.
“Sorry for late.”
A man who speaks in a blunt tone.
He had red-brown hair tied back, and unusually, he was exposing his muscular upper body without any clothes on.
Meanwhile, at the man’s appearance, Ibella shook her face with a still smile on her face.
“Ugh, no. “I just arrived too.”
Anyone could tell it was a lie.
Just because the students saw it, they had to wait at least 20 minutes. But Bella smiled brightly, as if she was glad she had waited so long.
Then.
The students’ faces suddenly changed.
“Uh, huh?”
“That person… … !”
A reaction as if he had realized the man’s identity.
That was natural.
At Arsene Academy, the best educational institution on the historic continent, there was only one person out of all of them who was naked from the waist up.
First year, Military Studies Department, Ulan Bator.
Like Ibella, he is one of the hot topics shaking up the Academy. However, he became famous in a slightly different sense than this Bella.
I repeated a grade last semester.
When exchanging greetings with faculty at the entrance ceremony, he broke all the windows in the auditorium with just his loud voice.
Is it because of this numerous notoriety?
Ulan became the number one person to be avoided among new and current students. The evidence was that students passing nearby were avoiding Ulan.
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Of course, the person involved didn’t care at all.
“Can we leave now?”
“Yes, did you get all the supplies ready?”
“As you can see, it’s perfect.”
“… … “It doesn’t look like that at all, does it?”
Ibella responded in an absurd tone.
Unlike himself, who had even packed a canteen in his backpack, all Ulan brought with him were two axes.
Ulan, on the other hand, didn’t care.
“do not worry. “This is enough.”
“Well, Ulan would do something.”
Ibella shrugged her shoulders.
The Ulan she knew was a man with enough strength and survival skills to survive even if he was alone in the middle of the desert.
“good. “Shall we go then?”
“Sure.”
After answering, Ulan turned around.
The place he and Ibella headed to was the forest north of the Academy. It was to take a survival test jointly conducted by second and first year students.
2.
The northern forest outside the Academy.
It was a sparsely populated place due to the frequent appearance of magical beasts, but it was a condition that did not matter to these two.
They were Ulan and Ibella.
‘good. We’re finally alone together.’
Ibella was happy in her heart.
This situation of being left alone with Ulan was something she had always wanted. Because it wasn’t easy for her to create a situation like this on campus.
‘Because there are many competitors in the academy.’
Delia, Perticia, and even Noah.
It was fortunate that Laurea wasn’t attacking him so aggressively, but that didn’t mean he could completely relax.
‘I was lucky.’
This situation was created thanks to Professor Stella’s practical survival lectures.
Due to an unfortunate incident that occurred last year, this year’s content was changed to one in which second-year and first-year students form groups together and take the survival test.
‘It’s also thanks to Ulan repeating his grade.’
If Ulan had been in the second year, we wouldn’t have been in the same group. And there was one more hidden helper who created this situation.
『Istan El Deorg』
He is Ibella’s biological father.
Ibella was able to be in the same group as Ulan thanks to the help he gave behind the scenes when he was appointed as an emeritus professor at the Department of Military Studies early this year.
‘But the problem is… … .’
There is a watchful eye here.
Ibella stopped thinking and glanced at the sky. Soon something swimming quickly between the clouds came into view.
A sphere wrapped in a faint halo of light.
She knew what that was.
‘… … ‘Eye of the Watcher.’
The highest level of magic for the purpose of surveillance.
There are very few people in Arsene Academy who can use magic at that level.
Even if Professor Stella had prepared it, it would be strange to leave the other groups to watch only where he and Ulan were.
When we put all of this information together.
There was only one being presumed to be a magic practitioner. Bella crumpled her face and whispered her name.
‘Dilia Arpen.’
A genius wizard who has reached the highest level among existing wizards on the entire continent. He is also Bella Lee’s romantic enemy.
Of course, it’s not that I don’t understand.
If the situation had been reversed, Ibella would have also monitored Ulan somehow.
‘But that is that and this is this.’
That’s why Ibella decided.
If I see an opportunity, I will secretly destroy the Watcher’s eyes. As I was finishing my thoughts with that promise, Ulan suddenly stopped in his tracks.
“huh? Why does it suddenly stop?”
“The testing area ends here.”
The survival test is limited to the northern forest.
Beyond this is the land of the Leuven Empire. It must have stopped because there was no reason to go any further.
Ibella, on the other hand, had different thoughts.
“Still, don’t you want to go a little further?”
“why?”
“Um, because… … .”
Turquoise eyes moved quickly.
As if thinking of the right answer. After a while, Ibella asked Ulan back.
“I heard you took this test last year?”
“It was like that.”
“But there is no point in proving learning if you take the test in the same place.”
“that… … .”
“Above all, the Northern Forest is only a recommended area. “Nowhere did it say not to go beyond that.”
There were certainly no such restrictions.
They only told me to take a survival test in the northern forest, but I didn’t say anything about going outside.
“Well, that certainly makes sense.”
“yes?”
Seeing Ulan nodding his head in understanding, Ibella sighed in relief.
It goes without saying, but for the aforementioned reasons, I have no intention of leaving the forest.
The reason Ibella wanted to head to the Imperial Territory was none other than the Eye of the Watcher.
‘Delia said it before.’
It is said that the farther away the beholder’s eye is from the caster, the less effective it becomes. Then, there will definitely be an opening for destruction.
And there was one more reason to leave the northern forest. This is to prevent intruders from interfering in a situation where Ulan is left alone.
Once you leave the northern forest itself, the possibility of encountering other students will disappear.
“Hmm! hmm!”
After entering the imperial territory, Ibella cleared her throat and narrowed the gap between her and Ulan.
It was to secretly wait for an opportunity to cling to him. But then, something happened that went beyond Ibella’s expectations.
The presence of an intruder was felt.
“This… … .”
“It saved me the trouble of looking for it.”
The unpleasant magical power and life felt from afar.
It is a presence that only a demonic beast exudes. Ulan grinned, as one of the goals of the survival test was to hunt magical beasts of 2 stars or lower.
‘Ugh, it was great!’
Ibella, on the other hand, wrinkled her face. I was just about to cling to Ulan, but I didn’t expect that the demonic beast would appear.
Surely this isn’t a check prepared by Delia? It was around the time when I sighed at the worst possible timing, to the point where I had such doubts.
“Then, let’s take a look at your skills for the first time in a while.”
“uh? “What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“Professor Stella said. “For the first battle, let the second year students demonstrate.”
Oh, that’s right. That’s what I said.
Ibella remembered this later. She then nodded her head as if she understood.
“Yes, then I will deal with you.”
At that moment, Ibella’s eyes became cold.
Soon she drew her sword.
To judge the demon who disrupted the situation just when we were trying to create a cozy atmosphere.
And so, the moment I took the first step.
Ibella’s territory has unfolded.
Sasasasasasa—!
Centering around her, the entire environment around her came within the range of her senses, and soon she was able to pinpoint all the places where the demon was hiding.
‘Forty-five steps.’
The number is seven. It seems like they haven’t noticed their presence yet. Of course, it doesn’t matter whether you do it or not. I’ll take care of everything anyway.
Faaah!
The moment Ibella’s body hit the ground, the space of 45 steps suddenly decreased.
Eventually, before the witch could even notice her presence, a sword strike that cut into space came pouring out.
Suddenly!
The bodies of the seven demonic beasts were divided into dozens.
After eliminating all obstacles, Ibella returned to where Ulan was without even looking back.
“huh? Ulan?”
Ibella gave a puzzled look.
This is because I noticed that Ulan’s face was as hard as stone. Why are you making that face? She asked back, tilting her head.
“what’s the matter? Is something wrong?”
“The body is gone.”
“uh? What does that mean… … .”
“They say the demon beast’s body is gone.”
That can’t be possible. Because all seven demonic beasts were clearly cut down. However, because it was Ulan’s words, not someone else’s, Ibella slowly looked away.
Immediately, both eyes opened wide.
“… … !?”
Because the body is truly gone.
No, to be more precise, the body did not disappear. It just turned into pale ash and fluttered in the air.
However, the reason why Ulan and Ibella reacted so strongly was because there was only one type of demon that met its end like that.
“… … “The demonic beast of the abyss.”
Possibility of non-existence.
A reality that cannot possibly happen.
However, the scene unfolding before my eyes is a characteristic that only the Demon Beast of the Abyss has. As a result, the forest with swirling ash was soon filled with silence.
fantasy,
