Survival? (1)

“Oh…? Captain. Look at this.”

“Don’t call me that.”

A late morning when the hot summer sun has set and the temperature on the ground has dropped for a moment.

Two men stood on a high-rise building, looking down at the capital city of the Kingdom of Frisia, where the lights had gone out.

“The magicians of the Black Tower went to the Empire… That bitch Nora who was chasing us?”

“Looks like you suddenly stopped chasing us and participated in the ranking battle. The guys who were gathering information said that since you didn’t go to the academy much and participated in the ranking battle, you probably went there just to avoid being expelled. But it seems like you were trying to participate in the Empire ranking battle.”

“… This is fucking crazy. All the traps I prepared are in the kingdom, you little bitch.”

The man who had turned the paper containing the information he was holding into dust with only his magic power looked at the black building that was almost as tall as this building, clicked his tongue strongly, and directed it with a cold murderous intent that made the air tremble. The man who was called the captain next to him pretended to tremble excitedly, but used magic without chanting so that his murderous intent would not be detected.

That is, these two men are not magicians.

“What should I do? Right now, I can blow away the black magic tower by robbing the empty house?”

“What good is blowing it up now? There’s no black prostitute, and no disciple. Even if the information is correct, all the magicians who are the main force of the tower have gone to the empire. If you make a fuss about it, it’ll just give the entire kingdom an excuse to go on alert.”

The man who was called the captain, who spoke coolly but never lost his will to live, turned his head and looked in the direction of the royal airfield.

“I’m telling you, this information is from two days ago.”

“Do you know what I was thinking… “

“If those guys are on the airship right now, it would be easy to just blow it up. Isn’t that what you were thinking?”

“That’s too bad.”

“Yeah, I think so too. So, what should we do? Anyway, the major powers within the kingdom have really become incredibly weak, so shouldn’t we do something? “

“… … “

Now, it would be easy to infiltrate the Royal Academy again, and if necessary, the forces brought under their control could clash with other forces and shake the entire kingdom.

However, the man who thought that far, the captain, soon shook his head, got up from his seat, and began to speak to the man who was leisurely approaching him.

“There’s no point in destroying the current kingdom. Rather, we might end up being caught and locked up. Clark Theodore, Fianna Stone. The fact that both of those forces are in the empire is an opportunity to destroy the kingdom, but it’s too different from what we had planned. “

“That’s true. Ha~ It wouldn’t have been so bad if only Piana had stayed in the kingdom.”

“Yes, but this is also an opportunity for us. If it’s the Empire, there are many allies, and there are many ways to infiltrate our people abroad among the crowds that come to watch the Empire Rankings. “

“Oh? No way… “

“Even if we kill just one of those two guys, this side will definitely benefit. What was planned… will be done in the Empire.”

“Poohahaha!! I guess I can kill more than I planned~?”

The man who burst into laughter seemed even happier, smiled broadly and said that he would relay the operation to his colleagues and subordinates, then jumped down from the tall building and disappeared into the darkness.

It was a height that an average human, even a high-level magician, would never be able to escape without, but since these people were not magicians, it was not a problem.

“Personally, I’d rather have Fianna Stone die than Clark Theodore. And… “

The man left alone stroked the scar on his cheek that would not fade away with his hand, then gritted his teeth and began to aim for a more intense murderous intent, glaring at the invisible empire.

“Rudis, Yuria Portward. I will absolutely find those two people and kill them with my own hands.”

The boss-level demons of the latter half of the story began to move towards the empire following a story twisted by the reincarnated being.

*

“Wow… ?”

“Why are you like that?”

“I’ve watched a lot of ranked matches since I was little, but this year’s ranked match feels special.”

The Imperial Rankings Battle that came the next day.

Although many people had already entered the imperial capital and the festive atmosphere was in full swing, the Academy alone had maintained its usual atmosphere as entry by outsiders had been completely restricted for a week.

However, as the notice for the ranking matches starting tomorrow was posted on the bulletin board a little while ago, the air here, just like outside, began to feel hot.

“What is this…? Survival?”

“There are over 130 participants? How can there be so many?”

“… As far as I know, there are 8 participating academies, but isn’t this the largest number of people participating from outside?”

“Crazy, are you going to start slashing players before the round of 32? But if you look at the notice, there’s no cooperation control or anything like that? If you do it wrong… “

“Hey! I’m going to fencing school! Let me talk to my friends first… !”

If it were like previous years, there wouldn’t have been such a murmur of voices, filled with confusion and anticipation at the same time.

However, this year marks the turning point where the main story of the novel with an imperial setting begins.

That’s why, instead of starting with the same 32-player round as before, the individual competition includes a 2-night, 3-day survival match to pluck out the players.

However, this survival battle was originally a result of the synergy between Clark Theodore, the Empire’s great wizard, and the princess’s villainess.

It seems that our princess, who is tilting her head and collecting hooks next to me, is at her limit in understanding the contents written in the notice.

“So, teacher… Only those who survive for 2 nights and 3 days in the arena prepared by the imperial wizard can advance to the round of 32?”

“To put it simply, that would be it.”

“Girl I don’t understand. If there are a lot of people, why don’t you just start with the round of 64 or 128? It’s not like there hasn’t been a precedent for that.”

Originally, this scene was about the princess running to Clark, who was her teacher, and throwing a tantrum because she found a good man but he wouldn’t pay attention to her, and she asked him to create a situation where she could legally get close to him.

And the subject is the novel’s protagonist, Raoul Edmont.

But the problem is that he has now come over to the empire and is probably wandering around, but it seems like our princess hasn’t even met him.

The princess tilted her head as if she really didn’t understand, and then smiled at me and said that since she couldn’t compete anyway, she would just cheer me on, and suggested that we go have lunch…

“Hey, is this what I understood? Then can I participate too?”

“?”

The princess was able to release it, but as she listened to the male student who was reading the notice at the very front, she began to slowly approach him as if she was curious about what he would say next.

“Uh… So, since the competitions that were usually considered external players have been canceled, it’s true that they’re recruiting more external players through survival competitions. But doesn’t that mean that survival competitions will also require a test?”

“Then, if I just pass that test, I can go to the ranking match?!”

“… But, I failed to be selected for the ranking match held at the academy. Do you think I can make it there?”

“Haha!! Where would I get a chance?! I couldn’t even participate in the preliminary round because of the geniuses flying around in the swordsmanship department. If I go out there and do that… No, if I go out with the kids who I get along with and form a team in the survival round, if I’m lucky I can make it to the round of 32, or if many survive I can make it to the round of 64… !”

“Oh…? What, is that how it works? Surely, if you just participate and then form a team and survive… “

“Oww… !”

After listening to the students’ story, the princess roughly pushed her way through them as if it were nothing, and then she went to the front of the official document. Her crimson eyes sparkled like stars, and after reading every little word in the document, she looked at me and smiled like a flower in full bloom.

Hey, no way…

“Commoner!! The girl will prepare for the ranking match too!! I will eat lunch alone today!”

“Now, wait a minute. The reason the princess would go to the ranking match is…!”

“Okay! See you later!”

-Dadadadadada!

“… … “

I thought the princess, who failed the ranking battle for the Black Magic Department, was excluded from this story, but it seems she has no intention of doing so.

Is this also my fault for being twisted? Since it’s confirmed that I’m going to the ranked survival, are you following me?

If this is really her pursuing me because she likes me, then I’m honestly happy about it, but more than that, I’m a little uneasy because it seems like the princess story is progressing step by step.

‘… But anyway, I’m not the main character Raoul who doesn’t know anything, and it’s unlikely that the princess would manipulate or bully her older brother to participate in the ranking match, so I don’t think there will be a big problem?’

As I looked at the silver doll of the princess running away as fast as she could, at first I thought about grabbing it and telling it not to go away, but if she really wants to enjoy survival with me and is acting like that, then honestly, that appearance is nothing more than a cute sight.

I have no intention of denying the fact that I have feelings for the princess, and it would be true that it would be a very enjoyable memory if I could enjoy a survival game with her for 2 nights and 3 days.

Above all, I know all the events that will happen in this survival. There is nothing dangerous.

‘Should I just let him do whatever he wants?’

I thought to myself that I had become somewhat absorbed in the princess, and after chuckling, I started moving to prepare for tomorrow’s survival.

*

“My name is Clark Theodore. I am an Imperial wizard, as you all know. Well, I don’t want to waste time on pointless things, so let’s end this in one word. That’s all I have to say to you.”

-Don’t show me low-level ranked matches that will make me feel like I wasted my time.

The Imperial Rankings began with an opening speech from the world’s greatest wizard.