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In the midst of a burning scene.

“I haven’t heard that a warrior is this strong-”

Choaaaak-

A demon with two wings and a pair of horns was cut down by the sword.

Then, seeing him disappear without a trace after being cut by the holy sword, the surrounding demons and monsters began to be wary of him.

“If you don’t come in, I’ll go?”

In a split second, he approached the group of monsters and slashed horizontally with his sword.

Then, along with the surrounding space, the monsters were split in half.

While I was wiping the blood off my sword, a man flew in next to me.

“You’ve worked hard, brave student.”

“Chairman.”

The most powerful person in the academy, known as the chairman.

He was an old man with gray hair. Even so, his strength could not be ignored. Perhaps he could even match my master.

“Damn demons. You were quiet for a while, but you suddenly attacked like this. ”

“Is there a problem with the boundary?”

“No. Someone opened a passage from inside. It looks like there’s a traitor in the Academy.

He clicked his tongue with a look of extreme annoyance.

Was he unhappy that something like this happened at the academy he had prided himself in?

The demons attacked the academy, leaving the palace without any personnel.

This must have been a plan put into action with some purpose in mind.

It wasn’t hard to guess what the demons were after at the academy.

Either a warrior or a saint. One of the two.

“..Iris.”

A child who always approaches you with a bright smile.

Although I sometimes felt burdened by her excessive kindness, I still didn’t feel bad about it, so I kept her by my side and became close to her.

Since she had the blessing of the goddess, no demon could harm her. But still, she couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

‘…I should look for it sometime.’

So I held the holy sword in my hand again.

I stepped inside the academy.

* * *

I felt a searing pain in my stomach, as if it was going to burst.

As soon as she pulled out her knife, I could only fall to the floor helplessly.

“Haa..the saint’s piranha..just imagining it makes me excited.”

The teacher looked down at me with an ecstatic expression.

I was holding my stomach, trying my best to stop the blood from pouring out onto the ground.

“Ha..hak…”

As time passed, the pain that had been buried in the confusion began to rise up into my body.

It was my mistake. I shouldn’t have let my guard down until the very end.

But that’s okay.

I tried to endure the pain as much as possible and spoke to the teacher.

“Did the teacher…bring the demons here..?”

At my words, Ms. Katrina looked at me with a sinister smile.

“That’s right. I opened up passages by embedding magic stones all over the academy. It took a long time because I had to work while avoiding people’s eyes, hehe.”

My eyes widened at her confident words.

I almost poured out my emotions on her in a fit of rage, but I somehow managed to hold it in.

‘…If you just wait a little longer…’

I could feel the wound in my stomach healing.

I have the blessing of the goddess.

Except for fatal injuries, you have the power to heal yourself.

I’m sure it’ll all be restored in just a minute.

What’s needed to do that is to buy time. We need to somehow continue the conversation.

“Why…did you do this?”

In response to my question, Ms. Katrina lifted my chin up with her toes.

“It’s because of you, Iris.”

“Is it because of me?”

“Yeah.”

Soon she covered her face with both hands and began to laugh like a madman, shaking her body violently.

“I am an alchemist. It is a profession that always lives with the desire to explore new combinations.”

As I watched in silence, she continued talking.

“I’ve always wondered. What kind of precious potion could be made by combining the blood and bones of a saint?”

“….What did you say..?”

“The first day you entered school. From that day on, I was fascinated by you. It was like my first love, hehe…”

“…..”

“I wanted to dismantle you as soon as possible. Using a saint as material. I’m the only one who would come up with such a genius idea.”

Her horrible words made my body tremble and goosebumps ran down my body.

“Of course, I couldn’t do it. If I touched the saint, I would be punished with death or something worse. I had no choice but to endure this painful desire.”

A strange smile appeared on her face, which had previously had a pitiful expression.

“But one day, Melum came to me.”

A familiar name was heard in her absurd words.

Third Corps Commander. Immortal King Melum.

A monster in the form of a lich. It has the power to never die even if its heart is ripped out or its head is cut off.

“He himself said he would help me! Didn’t Melum know the truth about alchemy too!! Gyahahaha!”

“Then…could it be that the commander who attacked the palace…”

“Hehehe. You’re quick-witted. Yes. The great Melum reached out to me.”

What a crazy person.

I am Katrina Sun… No, I can’t call this kind of person a teacher.

“Just because of something like that…you hurt so many students..?”

When I spoke in an absurd voice, she started to get angry at me instead.

“That’s all!! Anyway. Those who don’t know anything. They don’t even know how great alchemy is.”

Kkadak-

I couldn’t help but feel an unbearable anger at her twisted common sense that I couldn’t understand.

‘No…not yet, Iris..’

But I was barely able to stop myself from expressing my emotions by clenching my teeth so hard that blood came out.

The wounds have all healed.

Now, all I had to do was to take advantage of her moment of letdown and pull off a surprise attack.

Although my divine power was amplified against demons and beasts.

Because it’s enough to capture one person.

Just as I was about to speak to her again to make her let her guard down,

“Did you make good time?”

With a smile that seemed to split her mouth, she swung her sword again.

But this time, the place I chose wasn’t my stomach.

Right on my neck.

Terrible pain was felt there.

“Ugh…gasp..”

The feeling of not being able to breathe was tormenting me.

Let me wrap my hand around his neck.

An unstoppable amount of blood poured out from his neck.

“Iris. Do you think the teacher is stupid?”

With a look of annoyance on her face, she picked up the knife again and stabbed me hard.

Phew-

Phew-

“!!!..!..!!”

But I screamed in excruciating pain.

Due to the massive wound on his throat, including his vocal cords, he could only open his mouth.

Phew-

Phew-

Once. Twice.

Every time her sword entered my body, I felt my insides twist.

‘It hurts..!! It hurts..!! It hurts!!!’

But no matter how much I shouted, no sound came out of my throat.

I tried to grab her ankle with tears streaming down my face.

“Where are you putting your bloody hands?”

With a grimacing face, she kicked my body with her foot. I had no choice but to fall to the floor.

“Ugh…sob…”

It’s dangerous.

Anything beyond this was beyond the goddess’s ability.

If you get hurt any more, no amount of blessing from the goddess can heal you.

As I stood before the threshold of death, which I was experiencing for the first time in my life, my body began to tremble like an aspen tree.

“Haa..I’m so excited I’m going crazy..If a saint is the ingredient…I could make an elixir that can even revive the dead.”

She stood in front of me with a knife in her hand.

I couldn’t resist the instinctive fear of fear.

“Then Iris. Just die now.”

Are you…going to die?

asleep..?

no.

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

Please save me.

I don’t want to die.

Please someone help me.

But it was so ugly.

I had no choice but to desperately ask for someone’s help like a little child.

This is not right.

A saint should not fear death.

But… I was so scared.

I’m finally able to make friends.

I was able to have an enjoyable academy life.

I wanted to get closer to Lily…

“Turn off…sob…turn off…”

A sad scream, which could hardly be called a cry, came out of my mouth.

Perhaps she didn’t want to hear my ugly cries any longer. The woman raised her sword high.

He’ll probably cut off my neck soon.

I shut my eyes tightly in fear.

But I waited for death like that, quietly.

“What? A crow?”

Suddenly a bird with black fur appeared before her eyes.

Was the bird fluttering in front of your eyes annoying?

Soon the woman lightly cut down the bird.

Just like smoke.

The bird turned to dust and disappeared into thin air.

“Wait a minute. This-”

The woman, sensing something strange, squinted her eyes for a moment.

But before she could even try anything.

Kwaaang–!!!!!!!!!!

With an eerie sound, as if a giant bomb had exploded.

Someone suddenly appeared in front of me.

The body of the woman in front of my eyes.

Like a balloon.

It burst lightly and scattered in all directions.

Let me just blankly stare at the sight.

A person wearing a black robe suddenly appeared and ran towards me, looking at me.

“Ahhh..No..!! Iris…!!!”

A beautiful voice that is pleasant to hear.

She came over to me in a hurry, sobbing, and helped me up.

The figure surrounding the robe came right in front of me.

I could see the face in it.

“Me…Because of me…Uh…What should I do…”

She sheds tears as she examines my physical condition.

When I saw her face hidden under the robe, I could only mutter blankly.

“Goddess..?”