Chapter 828 – Bingryong’s Advice

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It was urgent, but when Beatrix suddenly came to the East, I said, ‘I’m sorry! I can’t just say ‘I’m a little busy!’ And leave.

Moreover, if he did that, the dragon that was glaring at him from the side – Bingryong, the static cold Anatis – would turn him on the spot into an ancient creature like a glacier.

Of course, it was not only Cleon who was surprised by Beatrix’s visit, but also Lila, who remained in the living room and was racking her brain to find clues as to where the hidden undersea fortress that had somehow disappeared and when and where it would appear.

When she saw Beatrix coming into the living room after being guided by Cleon, the thing she was thinking about was looking at her as if she had just blown away.

＂Bea!＂

And when she said ‘Tattat’ and ran over to take her hand, Bea also smiled and held her hand as if she was happy to see her friend again after a month.

“I sent Senpai and Laila to Asteris a month ago, and I went to the Academy. I’m glad you’re doing well and safe.”

＂I’m worried because this side is like this and the incidents keep happening. I see, Anis arrived at the academy properly.”

When Lila nods her head in gratitude, Bea replies that Anise is the reason she came here.

“Lila. Telepathy coming from Anis. Have you blocked it?”

＂Huh?＂

When Lila makes a foolish sound in response to Beatrix’s question, Lila puts her hand to her ear and silences her for a moment.

Then after a while-

[!#!#$$!$!_@Idiot! Stupid!]

Keying! Anise’s voice, so loud and sobbing that it rang in her ears and head at the same time, directly penetrated Lila’s mind. Lila grabbed her head and blocked out the voice once again. Br〉

“Sorry. I forgot that I blocked it because it was usually noisy.”

Beatrix looks troubled at Lila’s answer.

“Because of that, Anise kept worrying that something was up with Lila… So I also wanted to go check on her. Since it was the Five Elements Festival, I thought it would be a good time to visit.”

“That’s what it was. I’m sorry for not being intentional, the academy must be busy in many ways.”

“Most of the restoration work here is now complete. Because it’s been two months.”

There is an episode where the people in the architecture department were spending money to make a collapsed building more beautiful and extravagant, and almost came to the brink of war with the economics department… But if you mutter that.

Although it was a nerve-wracking matter, it seemed like the whole day would pass by without the conversation blossoming, so Cleon and Lila held back from asking questions about the story.

＂Hmm.＂

At that time, a low voice clears its throat.

The source of the sound was Anatis, who entered the living room with Beatrix and stood quietly.

＂Ah─ So…＂

When Lila looks back at her with her mouth open as if she is a little embarrassed, Beatrix also speaks with her face looking a little embarrassed.

“I’m going to Asteris, so I feel uneasy alone, Anatis…”

“Anna. “

When Beatrix tried to explain her situation, Anatis suddenly gave her the name ‘Anna’.

＂Huh?＂

Lila asked back as if she didn’t really know what she meant, and she was talking to Lila and Beatrix.

＂Professor in charge of the Executive Department. Anna Tiscator. I am now here with that status.”

At those words, both Lila and Cleon had no choice but to remain silent for a moment.

No, no, even if she hides her horns and her tail, there is an aura that can be felt on her body, and things like her pupils being slit vertically.

Who could believe that she came as a human being, ‘Anna’?

“She is the head of the enforcement department. Because she, as her chief, should not go alone to a place that could be her conflict zone and suffer even a disturbing accident. She just came along to act as a guide.”

＂Well, I see…＂

Although they didn’t know what his true intentions were, Cleon and Lyla couldn’t say anything about Anatis, who said that he had come with such a reason.

＂Well, still. Anatis. No, if Professor Anna were to come, we might have a good chance of winning, right?”

When Lila said that, Cleon nodded her head.

Even if it is just one person, if there is a dragon, a powerful being beyond common sense, he may be able to do something even if the Fortress of the Exiled Church suddenly appears and falls from the sky.

With that hope in mind, when Lila looks at Anatis, she responds with a cold expression.

“Step. I don’t use my power to intervene in what happens here. In the end, as a professor, I just give advice to students so that they can grow.”

＂Ugh.＂

Lila’s face crumples as if she’s been punched by those words.

Anatis, who valued the balance of power, was the second of the five dragons after Letios – no, even more than Letios, who was now infatuated with Cleon.

He himself sealed the Academy’s 12 elders, and that’s why he became a professor at the Academy to take responsibility for it.

However, if you intervene in this matter with the power of a dragon, it will mean that a non-human being has intervened in the conflict between humans.

That wasn’t fair, Anatis thought.

And she speaks while looking at Cleon.

“… Therefore. I won’t do it this time.”

＂…＂

When Cleon flinched and trembled at her words, she naturally covered the dragon ring with one of her hands.

Since she came as a human and not a dragon, Cleon could well understand that she would not hand over her horn.

However, why does Anatis himself, who is telling the story, look very disappointed?

＂Keuhum…＂

When Lila, who has caught the strange current flowing between the two of them, clears her throat and focuses her attention again, she shows her illusion map that was floating behind her.

＂… It just went well. There is a big problem that needs to be solved by borrowing the wisdom of these two people.”

When Lila started talking like that, Beatrix’s expression changed in real time as she listened to her story about the Fortress in the Sky.

Her honest reaction made her excited, so she resisted the urge to continue the story and somehow finished explaining to the two people.

“… Therefore. During the Five Elements Festival, people from the Order were exiled. So you were trying to bombard Asteris using the fortress weapons from the ancient ruins? Senpai and Laila had prepared various preparations with the intention of blocking the bombardment.”

“That’s right. But as I said before, the fortress has disappeared somewhere. The most likely one is, of course, a gap in another dimension. Without coordinates, finding a specific object in the gap of another dimension is literally like finding a needle in a desert.”

First, entering a gap in another dimension is a gamble, and to get out, you need an object with the power to tear open a gap like Caliburn.

If the space axis and time axis are wrong, you could become a lost child or lose your life.

Moreover, if he had the detection ability to find something inside… Cleon could have used it a long time ago…

“Isn’t there some better way, Professor?”

When Beatrix asked Anatis, she nodded her head as if she had heard and understood the whole story, and then spoke to them.

＂It is certainly reckless to pursue a being that has disappeared through a gap in another dimension. But in order to intervene in reality, they’ll have to show up here again, no matter what. The place that will appear then is clear.”

After saying that, Anatis raised his index finger and pointed at the ceiling.

What she’s talking about is probably talking about the skies above Asteris.

“However, we have set up a trap that activates at the right time for the fortress that will appear there. Originally, the plan was to monitor it while it was moving and adjust the timing.”

“In that case, you just need to prepare something that can help you achieve that timing. With that method alone, hundreds of answers could be derived. This is all the advice I can give.”

Anatis responded to Lila’s words rather firmly, and Lila shrugged her shoulders and sighed.

＂Unique to academy professors, ＇I will not give all the answers for the students’ growth. Let’s think about it ourselves first.’ Is it? “

＂I understand well.＂

Anatis nods her head without denying Leila’s words.

Then, after a moment of silence, Lila looked thoughtfully at the map spread out before her, and untied her own hair from its pigtails.

Then, this time, she tied it in one part – that is, in a ponytail-like fashion – and brightened her eyes and looked towards where the map was.

＂Well, that’s my specialty…!＂

“I’ll help too. Lila. If we work together, we will be able to find the answer quickly.”

“Thank you, Beatrix. Well then, let’s try it like we did before.”

Then, as if they had gone back to their old days of studying together at the academy, the two immediately took out a bunch of books from Lila’s workshop and piled them up around the desk in her living room.

The books floated automatically by magic, opening and closing the pages designated by the two people, and then repeatedly.

Is this how the wizards’ meeting is conducted? And Cleon quietly looks at the scene.

＂By the way, Cleon.＂

At that time, Anatis looked at Cleon and called his name.

“Weren’t you trying to rush somewhere when we arrived here?”

“… Ah! Yeah, it was. Sorry. I care about both of them.”

When Cleon apologizes to Anatis for having completely disappeared from her mind for a moment, she sighs softly and responds.

“There is no need to apologize. I will be watching these two. You do what you have to do.”

Anatis said that as if telling him to hurry up and then turned his head towards Lila and Beatrix.

After Cleon said a small ‘thank you’ to her, he hurried his steps toward her temple, where he had originally intended to go.

When the sound of the front door closing was heard from afar, Anatis sighed softly again.

“… Thanks. Is it…”

Recently, I have become accustomed to the expressions “Thank you” And “Thank you” That I often hear from academy students.

＇The expression of gratitude I hear from the responder seems special. ＇

And, without realizing it, he kept his cool by slowing down his heartbeat, which was speeding up, with ice magic.