Chap 28-The Hero Party is Coming

 

Kwarurururuk Kwajazajajak!

The surrounding trees were all gone, but Kailon had already concealed himself in a tree that was even further away.

It was Kailon’s specialty, concealment.

“Honestly, you still fight so ignorantly compared to your abilities.”

“Why don’t you just come out?”

“Are you crazy? Why would I willingly leave my advantageous position?”

Indeed, Kailon was maintaining a favorable spot.

Of course, even so, Ailia wasn’t necessarily at a disadvantage.

After all, the fight in Schperen was somewhat limited.

“You started the fight, yet you’re acting like a coward. No wonder you’re so far behind Alex, my brother.”

Ailia touched on Kailon’s inferiority complex.

Alex, the second prince, who received the star sign of Lion King from the start and formed a massive faction. In contrast, Kailon, as a Sagittarius, was far behind.

The inferiority complex naturally arose between the brothers.

It was enough to make Kailon twisted.

“Ha. A mere girl who isn’t even a prince dares to aim for the throne. Does the world seem so easy to you!”

Kailon, hidden in the tree, shot an arrow into the sky.

At the same time, a Sagittarius-shaped star sign twinkled in the sky, and countless arrows poured down on Ailia in an instant.

Pusheushushushuk

It was virtually the ultimate skill among Kailon’s star sign abilities.

Watching the scene silently, Ailia smiled faintly.

‘That crazy bastard is determined to use that in Schperen.’

But he started it first.

He must have been incredibly annoyed that he attacked first.

So, it’s self-defense, after all.

“You’re determined to use your abilities. Then there’s no reason for me to stay still.”

Ailia was hiding her star sign abilities, unlike what Arietta knew.

It was in preparation for a situation where a guy like Kailon would stab her in the back with his abilities.

Ailia manifested the power of her star sign.

A rose emblem emerged from beneath Ailia’s feet.

Soon, rose vines spread out like spiderwebs, enveloping Ailia as if to protect her, and the remaining vines chased after Kailon.

Kailon dodged the thorns, relentlessly firing arrows to target the gaps in the vines, but Ailia’s defense was not easy to overcome.

A battle between a spear trying to pierce and an infinite shield.

The fight between arrows and thorns only seemed that way.

And the instructors, who were quietly observing, shook their heads.

“They’re too immature.”

“Indeed. Even though they’re the only ones left, they’re using their star sign abilities. They act like Schperen is their own backyard.”

The instructors shook their heads.

Of course, to be honest, if not now, there wouldn’t be a stage for those two to fight with their star sign abilities, but still.

Wouldn’t the terrain be destroyed like that?

“Shouldn’t we stop them?”

“The problem is that they haven’t technically broken the rules. What crazy person would have predicted that someone would use their star sign abilities in class?”

“Ugh. Let’s watch for now and intervene if one of them is really about to die.”

“Let’s do that. But the question is whether it will end.”

Would that fight even end?

No matter how you looked at it, it wouldn’t end easily.

Those two would keep fighting each other until one of them was on the verge of death.

But unexpectedly, this fight ended anticlimactically.

“Instructor Joseph! Someone from the imperial palace has arrived!”

“What for?”

“The hero party has visited the institute, so the imperial family members are ordered to enter the imperial palace.”

“I see.”

Fortunately, the imperial palace summoned the imperial family members due to the hero party’s visit.

Now that this had happened, no matter how much those two tried to kill each other, the deathmatch was over.

Would they ignore the Emperor who would pass the throne to them?

As Instructor Joseph expected, Ailia and Kailon eventually stopped fighting.

At first, they tried to ignore the instructor’s words, but since it was an imperial order, they had no choice but to back down.

As a result, much to their humiliation, it ended in a draw.

“Just you wait.”

“That’s what I should be saying.”

The endless fight had only stopped for a moment.

However.

These two weren’t the only ones in this place.

In the Schperen forest where this deathmatch took place, there was someone who had wrapped [Mana Thread] all around.

Each strand of that [Mana Thread] became someone’s eyes, watching the fight between the imperial family members.

It’s another story that the entity laughed while holding their stomach during the mana theory class.

I watched the fight between Ailia and Kailon in the Schperen forest through the [Mana Thread].

And I came to a conclusion.

Those guys are idiots who only rely on their star signs to fight.

Of course, it’s not that their combat power is low without their star signs, but those who have star signs just believe in them and act recklessly.

Especially in Schperen.

Using those star sign abilities to fight in the academy? Are they crazy?

I’d rather they show off.

Paleob is a bloodline chosen unlike you other students! That’s good. But it’s not even that.

‘Those crazy bastards are just provoking each other and getting angry, so they fight like that.’

One of them even manipulated the deathmatch scores so that there would be no draw, trying to make one of them the winner.

Well, still. Calmly and rationally speaking, that’s how it is.

So, I was even more relieved.

It was really fun to see them fighting so immaturely.

I wonder how it feels to be used instead of using this side.

On the other hand, I also feel uneasy.

If those two are like that, how terrible is the personality of that Lion King or whatever?

I’m seriously wondering if the future of the empire will be bleak unless Arietta becomes the Emperor.

Then, leaving the complicated emotions behind.

I turned my gaze away from Arietta, who was still staring at me.

“Is this right?”

Our Princess Arietta is a very dissatisfied person.

Just looking at her now, she’s puffing out her cheeks and showing all sorts of annoyance.

That’s why women are troublesome.

I’m a woman now, but it seems true that women don’t even know their own hearts.

“What is?”

“Is this right? Seriously.”

She’s sulking, puffing out her cheeks, and glaring at me.

If you ask why she’s doing this.

It seems to be because of the [Mana Thread] theory class.

Yeah. Well, it was as I expected.

-We didn’t know enough about the Princess.

-That’s right. She’s really great!

-Although it’s a faction fight, other than that, well.

All sorts of students gathered like a crowd.

It was truly the most popular time in the Princess’s life.

Rather, it’s all beneficial, and there’s nothing bad about it.

I shrugged lightly.

“What about it?”

“So, I’ve become a mentally pitiful child?”

“It’s perfect for gaining sympathy.”

Originally, appealing to emotions is important.

For example, a woman’s tears. Things like that.

No matter how wrong you are, if you shed tears, you can get leniency or evoke sympathy.

However, this Princess has been treated as a mentally pitiful friend more naturally than with such ridiculous probability.

Arietta seems wronged.

I decided to explain it to her one by one.

“What if we get caught later?”

“Did we deceive them?”

“Well. No, we didn’t.”

“Did the Princess act like a mentally ill idiot?”

“Not really, but I’m starting to feel bad?”

Whether she feels bad or not. We have never once admitted that the Princess is mentally pitiful.

We just watched them misunderstand as they pleased.

“Anyway, that’s how it is. The professor started it.”

“But isn’t it the same as condoning it?”

“If we get caught, we can just say, ‘Did you ask? You misunderstood as you pleased?’ After all, those guys are pigs and dogs, so they’ll just say, ‘Oh well.’ ”

They misunderstood, so we’re not at fault.

Even if they realize it later, considering the characteristics of the Schperen students, they won’t bother mentioning it and getting annoyed.

The noble students, the elite commoners, all of them.

“Is that okay?”

“It’s okay. If anyone knows about that green mana, they won’t bother questioning it or suspecting it, and they’ll just see you as pitiful. Besides, if we have to explain, we’d have to say it’s mana poison, which would be troublesome if it became known.”

There’s no way for us to explain it, and we shouldn’t stir up trouble.

If it’s said to be mana poison, the countless poisoning incidents that will happen in the future will be blamed on the Princess.

Even so, just in case, I completely got rid of the essence that had become mana poison in the brazier.

“Mana poison, surely it’s not a forbidden technique.”

“No, it’s not.”

It’s not a forbidden technique. It’s a magic that those who know, know.

However, no one there would think that an imperial family member would have learned mana poison.

Most people know about the Princess’s environment.

Who would even think that the Princess would learn mana poison?

Rather, knowing the environment, they can look at her pitifully from behind.

“No, ha. What is this? I feel really bad.”

“Let’s think positively. You’re gaining connections. At least, no one except those imperial family members will treat the Princess carelessly.”

Honestly, the relationships aren’t good right now.

But it’s important that there are students who are talking to her.

Several noble children have already spoken to her.

Starting with them, we can build good relationships with each other.

“Let’s be honest, Ciel. You’re just too lazy to protect me, so you’re taking this opportunity to eliminate dangerous elements, right? Building connections is like increasing the meat shield even a little.”

“Oh, no way.”

Anyway, it’s a request from that teacher.

So, I’m going to protect her if possible.

It’s just that it would be nice to use loopholes in the process.

It’s just that level.

“Then why aren’t you looking at me and answering while turning your head away?”

Um. Well, that’s that.

I just decided to change the subject naturally.

Anyway, there’s something more important than that.

“Anyway, let’s forget about the trivial things and go to the imperial palace.”

“Sure, whatever. How did you know His Majesty would call?”

“Well, you just have to know. Who do you think I am? I’m from the Bathory family. I know everything.”

“Ha, is that so? Sure, whatever. But the hero party, I’m looking forward to it.”

Higu.

When I see her like this, she’s just a girl.

A girl who wastes her time on the most useless thing in the world, dreaming and hoping for the hero party.

Of course, this was the same for the boys.

Rather, the boys were even more enthusiastic, saying they were jealous that there were many pretty girls in the party.

Every town we went to, the kids came out to see Yuni, Kayla, and Helia.

In really severe cases, a thief colleague who had worked with me a few times even asked if I had slept with a hero party girl.

Anyway, they were unnecessarily glorifying the hero party to that extent.

When you look at reality, there are no more greedy guys than those guys.

If I, a thief, can vouch for it, how much worse would it be?

That’s why Arietta looked especially pitiful.

“Poor and pitiful.”

“No, why are you being so unpleasant?”

“There is. Something like that.”

I heard that the nobles of the empire are quite angry because they have to pay for the military expenses of the imperial army that moved because of that hero.

So, if she meets them, Arietta will find out too.