Chapter 147 – When Flames Shed Tears (01)

A class competition that takes place at the end of the second semester, and a final showdown with Class B.

There was no point in graduating anyway after the final competition, and it would be difficult to move to a first-level area in the middle.

However, the fact that Class F, which was the most neglected even in the 3rd level region, competed with noble students from the 1st level region was a hot topic in itself, even if it was the last class in the 1st level region, so the final competition was not held in the usual student training hall, but was held in a special event inside the academy. The plan was to set up a stage and gather parents and nobles waiting for the academy students to graduate to watch it.

Of course, the final battle does not occur in the story.

This was because the rebellion of the Renelian Duke family occurred before that.

Jii Iik.

No, the academy is currently cut off from communication with the outside world, and they are busy preparing for the confrontation between Class B and Class F, so they didn’t know. The duke is already preparing for a rebellion in all directions by cajoling or assassinating nobles loyal to the royal family. It is.

‘There’s nothing I can do anyway…’

Talk to someone? It had no meaning.

Since Marian’s father, Sir Andre, had already kept a wary eye on the Duke of Renellian, it would not have made much of a difference if I, an academy cadet, had told him that the Duke would rebel.

Even if you talk to someone, they won’t listen. The Duke’s family had prepared so thoroughly, and the reason it had recently become suspicious was because it was preparing to devour the entire kingdom and had grown so large that it was difficult to hide it any longer.

‘I don’t know how many allies I would have acquired’

Up to this point, it wasn’t that much of a problem as it was an essential situation in the story’s progression from Part 1 to Part 2, but the problem was that I had two variables.

1. [Prince of Light] Sailian arrived in the kingdom earlier than originally planned.

2. The final ingredient for the [Ultimate Enslavement Pill] That was being manufactured for the third route has not yet been discovered.

The fate of Sailian, who should be the central point of progressing through the first route, the Academy route, is unknown. And he failed to manufacture the most necessary items to head to the third route I was going to take.

However, if we go with the second route, Marian will never participate in the rebellion due to the characteristics of the [Master of the Sword].

It’s the same no matter how much you increase your affinity, and more than anything, as I became quite close to Cylian this time, my other friends’ favorability for Cylian also increased.

If I proceed with the second route, the treason route, most of my friends will turn their backs on me and I will have to fight a war where they kill each other.

Why would I deliberately gather as many friends as possible?

Unlike the first round, this was done so that no one would be lost and so that everyone would be on the same side.

And of course, Ophelia was among the friends she did not want to lose.

Everyone was worried about the class competition, and since Cylian could not return until the day of the competition, I was selected as the entry for the swordsmanship class.

Putting my complicated feelings aside, I continued to practice the swordsmanship of the famous family by sharing swords with Marian during the day.

In the evening, I call Inori and overlap her shadow to practice shadow ninjutsu, and when it is completely dawn and it is star time, I go to Alice and teach her how to see the coordinates of the star and some magic that can be used. . Even if it is not star magic. I learned.

This is something that has already been done.

Developing my strength and preparing.

And finally, the day before the match against Class B began.

The time of fire was approaching.

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All of my classmates became adults except Ophelia, who had the latest birthday her.

Moreover, since we know that after now everyone will be busy looking for jobs or returning to their families, the day before this class competition will be the last time Class F gathers.

Therefore, Teacher Karen secretly brought in her alcohol and gave it to us, and thanks to that, Class F was having a small drinking party on the sparring hall where the class competition was taking place.

“I feel sorry for not having Cylian on a day like this.”

Gordon was drunk and looking for Cylian with a red face.

Most of the friends assumed that Cylian had become friendly with Teacher Karen and had gone to her royal palace to get permission to date her.

In the case of Hollyo and Dates, my face was heavy because I knew they weren’t in such a relaxed state, but I was thinking more seriously than them.

Even when Holiona Kay offered her a drink, she did not touch it to her mouth and just sat there silently on her knees, concentrating her mind.

‘Is it the first route, the academy route? Or…Is it a third route as I thought…’

If you go the first route, you need someone to be the focal point, so Cylian will force her system to return alive.

But he doesn’t know what will happen if he goes the third route. Because it is a buggy route that literally had no original plan.

Moreover, the preparations for the third route have not been completed.

‘I won’t die’

With Cylian’s skills, I had to believe that she would at least not die.

In any case, as a result, I often entered the swordsmanship class, and I focused on raising three people, Sailian, Kay, and Marian.

Marian seemed to want to have a drink, but Karen teacher was not there and as the class president, she had to somehow control the people while everyone was drunk like now, so she deliberately kept her distance from me.

“…Inori.”

“Yes, my lord.”

After receiving her first drink from Marian and drinking it in one go, Inori was anxiously waiting for something next to me.

Inori is currently in the Shadow family, having confirmed the misfortune of a nearby noble family, and has made an emergency call from the family. Since I, the lord, am here, I guess he is holding out for protection.

“Come back.”

“But I am my master’s shadow.”

“I’ll call you if I need to.”

Using his [Shadow Ninjutsu] His, if I called him with my ‘voice’, he could quickly return, so Inori relaxed a little and hid himself in my shadow.

“I’ll be back soon.”

With this, Inori was safely returned to her family.

‘And next…’

Because I focused on the swordsmanship class, the level of the magic class was weakened, but since I visited Alice separately, her strength was at a decent level to a certain extent.

This time, it was the last time, and since Alice was the first to be allowed to participate in the competition because the magicians of class B could stop it, Melissa and Alice also brought each other weak wine at the edge and were chatting while sharing a glass of wine. .

Golem No. 2 said, ‘-I don’t understand how humans get drunk after drinking this kind of drink-‘ and the wine he had secretly drank earlier caused a problem and stretched out.

“Doesn’t it need repair?”

“-There is no problem with the function… Wow…!-“

Melissa also looked embarrassed as she watched the power leaking out of her mouth.

“I think I need to do some emergency repairs, but can I leave?”

“Alice and I will go to the workshop for a little while. We have a lot of time anyway, and this is just the beginning. And if you’re sick, we’ll do some repairs just like sending you to the nurse’s office .”

At my persuasion, Melissa put down her wine glass after taking a sip and stood up.

“Please take Alice with you. If she lacks energy, something could happen.”

“Huh? But the power source is, of course, the wolf… No, Aren…”

“I’m a little busy.”

Alice’s expression slightly distorted at those words, but I spoke to her face so that only she could hear.

“Would you like to leave the repairs to Melissa and look at the stars together for a bit on the way back?”

I don’t know what she was thinking, but her [Delusional] Tendencies were shining as she blushed, nodded her head, and calmly followed Melissa to the girls’ dormitory.

And, finally…

“Marian won’t work.”

There was no way to send Marian somewhere else.

As the class president, she still had to manage her friends who were drunk and causing trouble, and most of all, I couldn’t send this troublesome older sister away just by saying a word without leaving.

So, I quietly went next to Marian, who was waiting alone, and hugged her from behind for a moment.

“Little brother… If you do this, my sister will have a hard time.”

“I know. But wouldn’t it be better if I did it anyway?”

“Give me a kiss and leave.”

The night was getting deeper when I placed my lips on Marianne’s forehead.

Gordon arm-wrestling with Kay while drunk, and Deitz laughing next to him as he cools his drink.

Seri was running around as if playing tag, chattering to her her friends her her her in a higher-pitched voice, and her her her her Olivier her her her she was enjoying a bet with an empty wine bottle on top her, shooting magic bullets with her fingers her of her.

Hollyo, weak as she was from alcohol, had already stretched out and passed out with her face buried under her gym.

Eric is already treated as Erica and is being taught how to dress and put on makeup by the female students, but it seems unlikely that he will return to being a man.

One by one, I see the friends from Class F who have become close to each other over the course of a year.

I felt like I was having fun and smiling happily without even realizing it.

I took a deep breath and looked at the sky.

The time is now 11:58.

“2 minutes left?”

Normally, you won’t be able to find it here as preparations for this project are being completed, but it should have arrived by now.

Ophelia is waiting at the edge of the gym, in the darkness without any lighting, with a full wine glass in her hand.

She was watching the dance floor with a stern expression on her face, holding a glass of wine.

“What’s going on?”

Red eyes that shake, filled with tension and anxiety, unlike usual.

She tried to avoid my gaze by covering her eyes with her own hands, as if she was not confident in her own eyes, but I approached her, deliberately pretending not to notice, as she always did, and looked at her . She put her hands in her pockets.

“Ophelia.”

“…”

11:59:40.

I took out a small piece of candy from my arms, not something I had received as a gift, but something I had purchased myself during the day, and placed it in Ofelia’s hand her her.

“There are still about 10 seconds left, but I don’t think there’s any way to congratulate you except now.”

Ophelia did not answer.

Her red eyes opened wide, and then little by little, a golden energy began to linger in her eyes.

As if peeling off the false skin, the golden characteristic of [Versatility] Burns and changes.

When she finally became an adult, her true character was revealed to her.

[Power of completed lineage]

Howling!

Waaaaa–!!

Fires began to burn around, and some teachers who had been bribed by the Duke in advance and soldiers who had infiltrated the academy under the pretext of constructing the training hall were approaching here with weapons in hand.

The flames of rebellion began to burn.

“Happy birthday, Ophelia.”

With those last words, I took out a wooden sword from my [Shadow bag] And jumped to the training ground.

Now is the time to stop your friends from getting hurt or killed.