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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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Livia, who was standing blankly in the hallway for some reason, noticed me and gasped.
“Senior?!”
“…Livia! Teleport us!”
At my words, Livia activated her blessing. My and Yuria’s bodies were sucked into the shadows.
It was Livia’s blessing, “Shadow Movement”, which teleported agreed upon targets through shadows within a certain range.
Just before my head completely entered the shadow, a loud roar created by the swirling air passed by, striking my eardrums.
“Senior! What’s going on?! That blood…!”
The next moment, Livia urgently asked, looking at me and Yuria who had escaped the shadow.
The classroom still had an intense wind blowing that could make bodies fly away, showing how dangerous the moment had been.
Contrary to his words about not damaging the Demetrium, the classroom was a complete mess.
It was to the extent that I wondered if he really controlled his strength to avoid killing.
“I’ll tell you everything later.”
The professor and students inside the classroom turned to look at us, exuding a hostile energy.
“The freshman of the Deinhart family…? And a 1st year from the Magic Department? Where did you pop out from? You didn’t watch properly?”
Widro, placing his hand on his sword again, scolded ‘Mapper’ Illa.
“I, I was watching properly, but they suddenly appeared! How am I supposed to know about this?!”
Illa protested as if she was falsely accused.
“How did this happen…?”
Illa’s murmured question, laced with bewilderment.
I was also curious about that part.
Illa should have grasped all the locations around here, and Livia’s Shadow Movement could only be used within visible range.
‘Did I change something, causing the content of the blessing to change?’
Come to think of it, I realized I hadn’t checked the details of Livia’s blessing.
Of course, there was no time to check how Livia’s blessing had changed right now.
Caron, the professor from the Sacred Studies Department, clenched his fist tightly and glared at us.
“You’re skilled at using blessings. As a teacher, I commend you for that part.”
Caron said that and began rotating air around his clenched fist again.
“But God said that the Yuria you’re trying to protect is an evil student. I’ll warn you just once. Hand over Yuria to us and return to your dormitories obediently.”
Widro, startled by Caron’s words, shouted.
“Professor! Can’t we just subdue them like this?! I alone can handle Yuria or those young ones!”
“Stop.”
Caron reached out his hand to stop Widro, who was exuding a fierce energy.
“The only one we need to catch here is Yuria. There’s no need to involve unrelated children.”
“Tsk…”
Widro frowned but eventually stopped moving and glared at us.
To be precise, he was looking at Yuria as if he wanted to kill her. It was misplaced resentment.
“Now, students. I believe you know well that you can’t escape from here.”
The confidence that they could definitely subdue us if we moved.
It was natural considering their positions and skills as academy instructors.
They were people who had already been recognized for their considerable abilities during their school days and had become teachers at the academy.
And the 3rd year students behind them were the same, not showing any signs of tension.
Although their faces were stiff, it seemed like they were just anxious to finish the job before anyone saw this scene.
Although we had Yuria on our side, it was natural confidence since Professor Caron was by their side.
None of them considered us to be proper opponents.
In reality, that was true.
The battered me and Yuria, who had top-notch magical skills but no blessing, were useless now.
Even with Livia, it would be difficult for her to protect us while fighting.
At least for now, it was difficult.
Livia glanced at me sideways. It meant what I was going to do.
She seemed to not like the fact that there was a woman by my side, as if she wanted me to send her away.
To make matters worse, Yuria bit her lower lip tightly and opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind.
“Leonhart. It seems they don’t intend to kill me…. You can leave me and go.”
It was a spirit of sacrifice that seemed admirable for Yuria.
“No, Your Highness. Just stay here.”
“Huh?”
I hugged Yuria tighter with one arm and pulled her close to my side.
Then, looking at Caron and the 3rd year students preparing for battle behind him, I said,
“No, thank you.”
Caron sighed long as if he felt sorry.
“How insolent. Yes. You should show such arrogance when you’re young. Don’t worry. Even if it hurts enough to die, you won’t actually die.”
The wind being sucked in around him became even rougher.
That gale was comparable to some destruction-grade magical beasts.
Regardless, while the professor was talking, I had already whispered a word in Livia’s ear.
“Livia. Do it.”
“Are you sure it’s okay?”
Livia blinked and tilted her head. I knew what she was thinking.
She probably thought the cause of my poor condition was Caron and the 3rd year students.
There was no time to explain properly, so let’s just overlook it for now.
“Don’t kill them. Just enough….”
[Activating Illusion of Dreams.]
“I’ll set the stage for you.”
The illusion spreading out from me covered the surrounding scenery like painting over it.
The daytime scenery instantly changed to night.
Pale moonlight, as if it had lost its heat, descended upon the classroom, which had become a chilling scene.
Inside the classroom that had become a chilly setting, each person’s shadow lengthened as it was illuminated.
“What?!”
“…Is this an illusion?!”
The students began to look around in a fluster, as if surprised.
“…Petty tricks.”
However, Caron was not surprised.
It was a calmness befitting a professor who had been through all sorts of experiences.
The moment he was about to unleash that destructive power concentrated in his fist.
Livia smiled slightly, tilting her head.
Squirm!
A black magical beast suddenly leaped out of Caron’s shadow. The magical beast’s widely opened teeth ferociously bit into Caron’s arm.
“Ugh?!”
Thanks to that, the aim was greatly off, and Caron’s fist hit the wrong place.
A storm raged, and the classroom windows shattered with a sharp sound.
“Magical beasts…?!”
“What the…! What is that…!”
The 3rd year students, seeing the suddenly appeared magical beasts, stepped back while on guard.
“Don’t be alarmed! I don’t know how it happened, but we can sufficiently deal with magical beasts of that level!”
Widro shouted, drawing his frost-coated sword.
As if they had some combat experience, the 3rd year students quickly regained their composure at Widro’s shout.
They each adjusted their posture and prepared to charge at the suddenly appeared magical beasts.
But that wasn’t the end.
The magical beasts Livia had unleashed with my permission jumped out one by one from the shadows.
The magical beasts surrounding Caron and the students fiercely glared at them with the eyes of predators looking at their prey.
“Devour them, my children.”
Livia whispered in the darkness of the night, smiling chillingly.
Her eyes were dyed red like blood.
Livia’s blessing, “Haze of Darkness”.
A blessing that draws out the holder’s brutality and madness the moment night falls.
It may seem like just an inferior blessing, but this blessing was the most optimal for Livia.
According to Livia’s heightened aggression, the magical beasts would grow larger, more agile, and faster.
Although it was still only a D-grade blessing, it was enough for now.
The magical beasts, shooting out at a speed incomparable to when they were faced before, pounced on Caron and the 3rd year students.
“Blasphemous…!”
Caron quickly circulated the air and unleashed his fist again.
As expected of a professor, a few magical beasts that had charged at Caron were burst apart by his fist with its terrifying power.
However, that wasn’t the end.
Behind them, even more magical beasts were waiting for Caron.
Caron desperately resisted.
He grabbed the head of a magical beast, threw it to the ground, and pushed back the magical beasts by exploding holy power.
However, the moment a magical beast he had not noticed bit his ankle and clung to it, he lost his balance and fell.
“G-God…! Help…”
Of course, the fake god wouldn’t help.
Livia’s magical beasts pounced on the fallen Caron’s entire body.
The magical beasts’ teeth and claws painfully pierced into his muscular arms.
Bright red blood, illuminated by the moonlight, stained the classroom floor.
Crunch. Squish!
“No! Aaaah!”
“Aaaaah! Save me!”
The situation of the 3rd year students wasn’t good either.
Most of them couldn’t even properly resist and had their arms and legs broken under the large feet of the magical beasts.
The mouths of the magical beasts quickly turned red with their flesh.
Among the 3rd year students being thoroughly violated by the magical beasts, Widro at least lasted a little longer.
Widro retreated to the window and sharply swung his sword imbued with the chilling aura of his blessing.
“Do you think I’ll lose to these measly magical beasts?!”
However, Livia’s magical beasts were not at all flustered by Widro’s attacks.
The magical beasts freely moved through the shadows, avoiding Widro’s attacks.
The moment the startled Widro stepped back, a magical beast leaping out of his shadow bit his neck.
“Ugh, uwaah! What is this!! Shit! Shiiit!”
In the darkness, Livia laughed as if she found it amusing to see that sight.
“Senior! Did you see? I, I’m taking revenge for you! It’s so exciting!”
Unfortunately, it wasn’t just the enemies who were terrified by this sight.
Yuria had started trembling the moment Livia’s magical beasts appeared, and now she was almost sobbing in fear.
It seemed the incident where she was attacked by Livia’s magical beasts before had become a trauma for her.
“Le-Leonhart… ugh…”
“Don’t look, Your Highness. You don’t have to see.”
I covered Yuria’s eyes as if pressing them.
And using a little force, I had her bury her face in my arms so she wouldn’t have to see that sight at all.
“Cover your ears.”
At my words, Yuria struggled to move her hands and covered her ears.
Along with her panting breath, my chest gradually became wet.
I gently stroked Yuria’s back to comfort her.
At that moment.
“Senior?”
I was startled by that chilling voice.
There was something eerie about it.
However, Livia, who had turned her body towards me with a spin, was smiling with her pink eyes narrowed.
The girl standing in the crimson scene of agonized screams, roars of magical beasts, breaking bones, and splattering flesh had a chilling but strange beauty.
The wind blew from the shattered windows, making her aqua-colored hair flutter.
“Senior, am I doing well?”
Livia approached me with short steps as if seeking praise.
To her, speaking in her usual voice, I just smiled slightly.
“You did well.”
At my praise, Livia’s face quickly flushed pink.
Under the fabricated moonlight, she pushed Yuria away with an excited gesture and embraced me tightly with all her strength.
“Eek…!”
Yuria, who was already afraid of Livia, took a deep breath and hurriedly hid behind my back.
Yuria sobbed in a flustered manner like a baby.
“Senior.”
Livia, who had finally monopolized my arms, raised her amethyst eyes and made an expression like a puppy begging.
“I love you, Senior. I love you so much.”
With eyes filled with love, gazing at me with hazy pupils, Livia snuggled deeper into my arms.
She struggled as if there was no more room to snuggle into. Like someone who wanted to express her love better but didn’t know how.
Looking at her, I smiled as if I had no choice, and lightly kissed the forehead of Livia, who was trying her best to snuggle deeper into my arms.
The soft skin touching my lips was heated up.
“I love you.”
Livia smiled as if she was extremely happy, lifting the corners of her mouth.
Crunch! Squish!
The sound of something breaking again and blood spurting out was heard, but I didn’t bother to look.
Well, I did tell her not to kill them.
After a while, the screams and the sound of blood splattering had all died down.
“It’s all over.”
“Yes.”
Livia showed a smile like clear spring water.
To the point where it didn’t seem like she was the girl who had just carried out a cruel revenge.
[Deactivating the use of Illusion of Dreams.]
As the night created by the illusion was slowly washed away by the daylight, it revealed the classroom stained with blood.
I slightly frowned at the smell of blood and let out a small sigh.
“I didn’t kill them!”
I patted the head of Livia, who spoke proudly, and slowly turned my body around.
“Your Highness. It’s all over.”
Yuria, who had been trembling, barely nodded.
“…It-It’s over.”
“Yes. Calm down.”
I purchased a ‘Calming Potion’ from the pt store and handed it to Yuria.
“If you drink this, you’ll feel a bit better.”
Yuria carefully drank the potion.
If it were Yuria’s usual personality, she would have been suspicious, but she must have been quite desperate.
After a while, reason returned to Yuria’s eyes as she regained her senses.
“…What do we do now? After doing all this.”
Yuria pointed to the blood-stained inside of the classroom with a trembling hand.
“Thank goodness. You’re okay. Thinking about that first.”
I smiled faintly.
“Don’t worry. Those people won’t die. Although they won’t be able to move for a while.”
And I firmly placed my hand on Yuria’s head.
After removing the hair stuck to her cheeks due to tears and arranging it to the side, I gently added,
“From now on, we have to do something. Your Highness needs to get a grip.”
“What… are we doing?”
Yuria blinked in confusion.
It was then that I heard Gaunis’ voice again.
[Constellation Gaunis says she was startled and briefly turned off the Celestial Network!]
[Constellation Gaunis asks what happened, urgently asking after screaming at the sight of blood!]
In response to Gaunis’ urgent message, I answered simply.
-There was a bit of a big incident. It’s nothing. Turn the broadcast back on.
[Constellation Gaunis is curious about your intentions.]
-I think the constellations will have to watch the next scene from now on.
[Constellation Gaunis mutters lifelessly that she lacks confidence alone.]
-It’s okay. You can do well. You’re the best broadcaster.
I didn’t know what Gaunis was thinking, but she fell silent for a moment.
In the meantime, I grinned at Yuria.
“We have to go meet our rival. That guy seems to be colluding with them. Let’s create a confrontational structure between the impersonator and the real constellations.”
If the other side came out so hastily like this, it was rather good.
I would use this to expand the situation and create a bigger commotion.
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