Chapter 18 – It Is the Magic You Chose (6)

After witnessing the explosion of magic, I roughly threw down the popcorn and ran straight into the stadium.
Since I was with Darling a little while ago, I was in the second year camp, and the waves were coming from the other side.

As soon as I entered the stadium, I could see Liv with her legs relaxed.
Hafen and other team members were flying with the waves in front of them.

“Baron. Are you okay?”
“Lu, Boss Lewis!? How do we get here… ! Avoid it quickly!!”

It doesn’t look very good. For a split second, I wondered if I should go and stop the flood right now.
〈The End of Magic〉 is not a very convenient technique.
In order to cancel the magic, you have to get close to the magic trick.

Fortunately, Lehel, whose vacation was cut off by me, was not watching the situation from up there, so I held Liv in my arms.
My body felt as light as cotton, as if I had eaten anything other than the bread I usually bought at the store.

“Let’s get out of there for now. “I’m going to run, so hold on tight.”
“Yes yes? “Aaaaah!!!”

I didn’t need any magic to climb back up the inner wall of the stadium that I jumped off from earlier.
As soon as I passed the height of about 6 meters, the wave that hit me from behind was bounced off by the defensive magic.

The stadium and the stands became a sea of ​​water, but the 〈flood 〉 spell itself did not have much killing power.
As the water slowly subsided, most wizards quickly regained their composure.

It is fortunate that there were no casualties.
I looked at the water-soaked popcorn for a moment in vain, and then walked towards the passageway of the stadium where the water was slowly draining away.
The reason, of course, was to blame the culprit of this situation.

With a splash! With a splash!

Priests and professors were also going around looking for some students who had been swept away by the waves.
I also waded through the knee-deep water and looked around the passage.
It wasn’t long before I found Adela in the corner with her blue hair loose.
She immediately walked up to her with her long strides and tapped her with her foot.

“Hey.”
“…”
“Didn’t I tell you not to use magic carelessly?”
“…”

No reaction. Even if you push a little harder, it’s the same.

“Don’t play dead, get up. “Before we ban people from entering the store in the future.”
“…”
“Hey.”
“…”
“Adela?”
“…”

I turned over my slumped body and laid down with my chest facing the sky.
She closed her eyes quietly, as if she was sleeping.
Her face was pale. There was no sound of breathing.

“…”

By any chance, is he dead? What should I do if I die?

What are you worrying about? If you die, it’s one of three things.

I ask. Burn it. Throw it away From the beginning, I did it in the order I could.

I ask if there is time to reminisce about sadness.
If you are being chased by the enemy, burn it.
If I was on the verge of death, I threw it away.

There was only one time when I didn’t try any of the three.

Revive

— There is no magic that can bring a dead person back to life, Lewis.

Terra said so.
What did I reply then——.

“Fuck. “This is not the time.”

I turned my thoughts back a little further. A long time ago, when I was on Earth.
Then my mind became clear again. We also saw a priest approaching us at the other end.

Okay, first we have to do first aid.
When you find a person drowning, you must perform chest compressions and artificial respiration.
I put my hand on Adela’s chest.
Then she carefully pressed her two fingers near her heart.

Bye!

Sigh. I removed a lot of force, but it didn’t sound good.
Are you too nervous? There were very few times when I couldn’t control my strength.
No, the rescuers said they would usually break a few of her ribs by pressing their hands on her chest. Let’s do a little more.

Pop!

When I pressed her breasts again, a gasp came from her mouth! There was a sound.
Only then did his complexion turn red.

“Oh, you’re alive.”
“Aaaaah!! Here! Here you go!! “I have a patient who is spitting blood out of her mouth!”
“Cooler storage…”

This. Wasn’t the complexion that color?

Fortunately, my concerns were for naught and Adela seemed to be conscious.
Its dimly opened eyes looked at me like an imprinted duckling.

“West… “Eon Saengnim.”
“Okay. “Valjean.”
“My heart hurts so much… It’s a bit annoying…”
“It’s because I used a lot of mana.”
“It was fine until a while ago, but suddenly it’s like this…”
“I hit a rock over there that was swept away by the water.”
“I don’t think so… Ugh…”

I quietly covered Adela’s mouth and closed her eyes before Adela, whose mind was still intact, could make her strange noises.
Then, as her priest recited her healing magic, she fell asleep again.

“Did you survive?”
“Yes. “I think I came close to dying, but just barely.”
“The flood is really scary. “You make people like this.”
“No? What I treated was a blood clot that formed inside the body? “If the shock had been just a little bit greater, my heart would have exploded.”

Hmm. Let’s just make sure we don’t do this again in the future.
I took out a cigarette from my pants pocket.
It was so wet that it didn’t look like it could catch fire.

I had no choice but to just put it in my mouth and chew it. You won’t die if you swallow it anyway.
As something that wasn’t food passed down my throat, the memory of that time came back to me again.
I also remembered what I said to Terra.

– I am… I don’t think so.

***

Parenzia Academy’s long-standing tradition of a magic competition between freshmen and seniors one grade higher at the beginning of each semester ended in the first-year’s victory, which was unusual.
The reason is that Adella’s magic was surprisingly effective… It wasn’t.
When everyone was swept out of the stadium by the waves, there was a student who stuck his sword into the floor with a moment of wit and held on until the end.

“Congratulations on your win, Carl.”
“Thank you, princess.”

Erzsebet smiled happily as she looked at Karl taking the knight’s courtesy.
Except for the chairman, who looked like he was chewing shit at the thought of fixing the half-destroyed stadium, the other professors seemed generally satisfied.
After Karl, who showed the most outstanding performance, received a commendation and the awards ceremony ended, Erzsebet personally invited him to a tea party.
After the last cafeteria incident, the student council was dismissed.
So, as an agent for the equity rights of Farenzia Academy, the Royal College of Magic, she asked him if there was anything he would like to have.

“We achieved the greatest performance in this competition, so we need to be rewarded for it. “What do you want?”
“Oh, I…”
“This is a land register for a site whose ownership can be changed. The list here is the magic books in the library. “It’s difficult for him to get a title, but he might give you extra points if you want to join the Royal Knights.”
“That’s okay!”

Karl hesitated for a moment and looked at Erzsebet.
A mysterious current flowed between the two.
The mountain carrying clouds flowing leisurely showed the passage of time.

“Princess, I-I… !”
“I’m sorry, Carl. I am not the winner, I have a fiancé in the first place…”

Erzsebet, who thought it would be better to refuse gently, gave an answer that immediately came to mind.
He said he was my ex-fiancé, and although it wasn’t concrete information and he didn’t admit it, it was perfect to use it as an excuse.
However, after hearing the answer, Karl scratched his cheek shyly and said,

“No, I just wanted to tell you that I would like to receive some swordsmanship instruction from one of the guard knights you keep by your side…”
“Ah…”

There was silence again.
I was embarrassed.
Erzsebet, who had made a foolish mistake, could not control her burning cheeks.

“Yeah, whatever. If that’s the case… Not difficult…”
“Haha, thank you. By the way, you have a fiancé? Is there anything…”
“Please pretend I didn’t hear you! Because it’s nothing! Isn’t that right?”
“Pi—.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. How many pieces of popcorn were bought so far? What about that man in the first place…”

What do you mean you know?
When Erzsebet reached that question, a good trick came to mind.
One way to find out about Lewis without touching the stall.

“Hey, Carl.”

She, who had been bickering with her own familiar just a moment ago, asked her sword with her benevolent smile.

“I will tell Sir Averett about the swordsmanship instruction you requested. “He is from the Hooksclaw Knights, so he will be of great help.”
“Thank you, princess.”
“But actually, this is closer to me personally doing Karl’s favor. “There is no way the princess’s bodyguard would be chosen as a reward for the battle against magic.”

After passing one of the snacks on her tray to Pi and letting him watch her surroundings, she lowered her voice.

“So, by any chance, is that compensation? “Can you write it for me?”

***

Meg, a native of Alios Matap and currently working as a librarian at Farenzia Academy, was spending a peaceful night in the duty room of her library.
The 24-hour study hall was empty because her exam period wasn’t yet in session, and she hadn’t applied for a loan.
While yawning and reading a newspaper article about the end of today’s battle against magic, he suddenly stood up when he saw someone knocking on the door from outside.

“Who are you this late at night, haam~?”

She was wearing slippers, carrying a portable lantern, and when she opened the door, she saw a vaguely familiar face.

“Who are you?”
“My name is Carl, and I’m a first year student.”
“Oh~. Are you a new student? I’m sorry, but the night study room can only be used by second graders. “Come back tomorrow.”
“No. “I didn’t come here to study.”
“Sure?”
“I came to receive a reward for fighting against magic.”

Ah. I remembered.
Now I see that it’s the student I saw in the newspaper a while ago.
I didn’t know he was carrying a strange-looking bird on his shoulder. Meg nodded her head and let him in.

“Seeing as you’re at the library, I guess you’re looking for a magic book?”

When he was young, there was no academy, so Meg was from the Magic Tower from the beginning.
But he is also a wizard himself. There was no way he could dislike a student with outstanding academic zeal.
Coming to collect his reward as soon as the game was over was not his usual enthusiasm, so Meg kindly added her own advice.

“The magic book set as a reward for this competition has a security level of up to A. Access to books related to black magic is restricted. Personally, I would recommend Ballterra’s ‘Introduction to Aesthetics’. “The magic of various hierarchies is well organized, and there are passages that cannot be seen unless you enter the tower.”
“I’m sorry, but I didn’t come to look at the magic book.”
“Yes? “Then?”

Widely.
Cal stopped his steps, nodded his head as if receiving final confirmation from the bird on his shoulder, and then slowly opened his mouth.

“I am…”

In his hands was ‘The End of the Great War and the Beginning of the Little War,’ a history book that first graders must learn.

“I would like to view the original copy of this book.”