episode_0062

It is not easy for people to predict the future.

Humans have a narrow field of vision, so they can only give great evaluations just by looking ahead at what is happening in front of them.

For these people, it was nearly impossible to completely understand what kind of cause (trigger) would produce what kind of result.

The flow of the world is complex, and finding the best answer within it is not easy.

One event may produce a natural outcome, but…

Sometimes this would go in completely unexpected directions and create nonsensical variables.

Even if you’re proud that it’s the best choice right now.

*

The northern region of Academy Adelan.

At the top of the clock tower there, Elios looked at his younger brother in front of him and spoke in a quiet voice.

“How is it, Senel?”

“Hmm.. Indeed, they are moving with considerable care. If I hadn’t noticed it in advance and caught it, it would have been hard to recognize it.”

Senel talking while looking down at the clock tower.

At this very moment, her gaze seemed to be endlessly following something, as if reminiscent of a machine.

“Of course. The other party will probably know that we are conducting a search.”

Elios frowned slightly as he said that, his red eyes flashing.

At this moment, a look of quiet anger flowed across her face, and so did Senel.

However, despite such feelings, the two continued to maintain their composure.

Anger is not a very helpful emotion to deal with unless you are in dire straits.

Knowing that fact very well, the two princesses were approaching the current situation with cool reason.

“..Going too far. I just went over the Academy wall and I’m still moving.”

“Haa.. I can’t help it. I have no choice but to extend the circle of my magic power. I wanted to save my strength in times like these, if possible..”

Elios lets out a small sigh at Senel’s words.

Senel asked with some interest as he watched her like that.

“Is that okay? At this rate, it should extend at least 4km in radius, right?”

“If you put your mind to it, you can do 6km. Honestly… I think it’s too much work during exam period…”

“Hehehe… ”

Senel lets out a small laugh at Elios’ words.

Then she quietly shut her mouth and looked at her sister in front of her.

Elios begins to emit red magic from his entire body.

And after a while, the magical power began to expand rapidly, forming a giant sphere.

A circle of magical power that extends beyond the area where the clock tower is, past the schoolyard in an instant, and all the way to the outside of the academy.

Even Senel, who was watching right next to him, felt goosebumps for a moment at the scale of it, and then Elios spoke to Senel in a quiet voice.

“Then let’s go. I know you know, but it’s a bit difficult to be attacked in this state, so I’ll ask you to cover me until we move.”

“Leave it to me.”

*

In the forest on the outskirts of Academy Adelan.

Late at night, a man wearing a black robe was waiting anxiously for someone.

“Tsk.. These guys are always late for appointments..”

The person who complains in a small voice.

At that moment, he began to hear a noise near his ears and turned his gaze directly towards the sound.

“Are you coming now? What took you so long?”

“I’m sorry, but the surveillance has gotten quite strict. It seems like the Academy is starting to sense something fishy.”

“Tsk… This is getting annoying. Well, since those guys aren’t stupid, they probably figured out that there was something.”

“Even so, the semester will end soon. No matter how much the student council brats run around, it will be nearly impossible to notice anything in the meantime.”

“Hmm… Well, I guess that’s true.”

With those words, the two people slowly took something out of their arms and exchanged it.

On one side was a stack of documents densely written with something written on them, and on the other side was a sack containing money and pills, which they passed to each other.

“How did the experiment go?”

“Unfortunately, there are no clear results. As with the previous experiments on orphans and demons, there were temporary effects, but that was about it.”

“This time, the effect has been strengthened a bit more, so we’ll have to wait and see, but it won’t be easy. Still, since it’s not a lab rat, but something alive, I expect some good results..”

-widely!-

“!”

“Who…who are you!”

At that moment, they suddenly turned their heads at the sound they heard.

At the slightest sound, like a branch breaking, the two immediately stood upright and tensed up.

And then, what appears in front of those two people is…

“Oh my, oh my.. I didn’t know I’d get caught this quickly. You guys have much sharper ears than I thought.”

“! What kind of guy are you!.”

“Yes.. How are you doing here, four years old.”

A girl appeared before their eyes.

Looking at her with red hair and hazel eyes, a look of bewilderment began to form on both their faces, while looking at the two of them, she..

A refreshing smile began to appear on Senel Polena Dragona’s lips.

“Oh, really. I’m sorry for being rude even though you’re so busy. But I can’t just let it go if an Academy teacher is conducting a secret deal with a suspicious person in a place like this.”

With those words, Senel immediately pulls out the staff he had on his waist.

But the next moment, looking at her, the expressions of the two people who had been equally flustered just a moment ago began to diverge dramatically.

“Heh, even so, is that right? A brat like you, who isn’t even a teacher, would attack me all by yourself?”

“Hey.. Hey, don’t let your guard down, regardless of his young age, that guy…”

A person who approaches him with his sword drawn confidently, and a person who tries to stop him while still feeling embarrassed.

Although both of them were wearing robes at this moment, Senel could tell right away that the one who was trying to stop them was the teacher.

And, looking at Senel like that, the man holding the sword spoke with a powerful and energetic radiance.

“You dare to interfere in this without fear. You’re pitiful, but I’ll end it here.”

With those words, a man runs towards Senel while holding a sword filled with condensation.

At this moment, the girl in front of him was small and young, and from his perspective, she was literally an easy target.

Given the circumstances, it was highly likely that she was a witch as well, but he judged that she would not be his rival as an adult magician, and indeed, in most cases, this was correct.

It was common sense that as you got older and gained more experience, you would be able to use more powerful magic.

however..

What a pity for him.

she is.

This princess, Senel Polena Dragona, was a being far beyond such common sense.

-Bam!-

“… Huh?”

“Huh~”

The next moment, a short, questioning voice burst out of the man’s mouth.

At the same time, a very deep smile slowly began to form on Senel’s lips.

In contrast, a terrified moan escaped the man’s mouth.

“Ugh!”

A man whose face suddenly begins to show deep fear and shock.

At the same time, the man’s body fell to the floor and began to tremble in fear.

Something unknown that he sees in his eyes at this moment.

It grew from Senel’s wrist and wrapped around one of his arms like a snake.

The figure looked like a giant snail.

A snail as thick as a girl’s forearm.

However, it could not be dismissed as simply a large snail.

Teeth..

Where the snail’s small mouth should normally be, there were countless teeth that looked like they belonged in a grinder.

“Chew it thoroughly, be careful not to kill it.”

Senel speaks as if he were talking to a puppy, looking at the snail extending from his wrist.

And, as if responding to her words, the snail slowly began rotating its fearsome teeth and thrusting them at the man’s arm.

and…

“Kkaaa …

A man screaming with excruciating pain he had never felt before.

In the horrible sensation of his flesh being torn apart, he tried to shove away the slug that was gnawing at his arm, but it was firmly attached and would not budge no matter what he did.

“Oh my god!!!”

Eventually, the man, unable to endure the extreme pain, strikes the snail with a sword filled with condensation.

It was an action that could have easily resulted in not only the snail but also his arm falling off, but he no longer had the rationality to even think about such things.

however..

-Ting!-

“! What… what the… kekekekekekekekeke!!!”

A snail that easily deflects a sword filled with condensation.

However, before he could even begin to marvel at this fact, the pain that began to grind down to his bones left him unable to think any further.

and

“Ah.. I fainted.”

A man who eventually loses consciousness due to extreme pain after having one of his arms completely torn off.

Seeing this, Senel spoke in a very light tone, and seeing Senel like that, the teacher felt a heavy fear and began to back away.

‘Wow… As expected… That girl is a monster… How can she use such terrifying magic so casually at that age…’

So, the teacher, gripped by intense fear, tried to run away right away.

however..

“Ouch!”

The next moment, he is hit by something and loses consciousness as a teacher.

In front of the fallen teacher, Elios let out a small sigh and looked at his younger brother, who was gently stroking the snail’s head on his wrist.

“Anyway.. I’m not that normal either, but that guy is no pushover either.”