episode_0023

“Get out of the way.”

“I don’t like it.”

Seed looked closely at the senior in front of him.

A nauseating sensation suddenly comes over me from the ominous magic flowing out of my whole body.

How did it come to this?

I had a rough idea of ​​the situation. A hospital room with a blown-out window, a girl lying unconscious.

The infamy of Shakta Itanta, who tried to bombard it with magic.

But still, no matter what.

This time, I really wanted you to become a warrior and fly.

Why are you going in the opposite direction?

Then she opened her mouth.

“I don’t want to kill you too.”

Noctilla’s expression, as she speaks softly with a sad face, looks like she might cry at any moment.

Like a peach so ripe it’s about to burst, as if juice would flow out if you touched it with your fingertips.

How weak-hearted you are.

A black blade is aimed at Seed.

However, she herself is unable to properly see the end. She is avoiding the clear eyes of the seed at the end.

I don’t want to kill you too, Ra.

You have to answer carefully.

It’s not too late. There’s still room. It can be reversed.

What should I say?

“Neukju, that is, ten-legged eun-neu… .”

This is it.

Noctila Sarsberg looked dumbfounded at Sid’s imitation of a clever trick.

“Ha, what are you trying to do? Get out of here.”

“Mu Huzz is that. Bikirg.”

I had a gut feeling.

You have to maintain this expression now. You can’t lose this natural, confident, easy-going smile, this joking tone.

Otherwise, I feel like it will never be able to turn back.

If I start looking at you and confronting you, I feel like you’ll become a real enemy.

“What is that? Come on? I understand you were confident, but you could die.”

“Well, why don’t you give it a try? Be~.”

Because I have no intention of losing anyway.

Noctilla was so dumbfounded that she didn’t know what to do.

If they had come out to fight seriously, they would have clashed with full force a long time ago.

But when it comes out like this, it feels like a joke, and the pitch-black sword in his hand and the situation feel so ridiculous.

I can’t stand it.

What are you trying to do, that guy?

“When you say nice things, get out of the way.”

“Joeun Mulleul Hult~ Bbubu, vib, bkkye~.”

Behind that shameless face, there is still Shakta.

There’s that son of a bitch. The guy I really want to kill is passed out, luckily.

Right now, I want to cut off that neck as soon as possible.

In this situation, the face of my junior who is smiling so slyly. It’s annoying. It’s frustrating. It’s so absurd, all the strength in my body drains. I think I’m going crazy.

“Ah, seriously aaaa …

I closed my eyes tightly.

My head felt dizzy as if I had been hit, and I couldn’t even move a single joint of my fingers, but I forcibly squeezed my whole body together.

The great sword of magic shot at a terrifying speed towards Seed’s head.

I thought I’d scare you a little, but I couldn’t control it.

No matter what, I think this is too much. Whatever Seed’s ability, whatever he’s hiding, I don’t know, but there’s no way he can stop this.

It was a fit of anger.

What have you done?

In the end, did you just pierce through someone who didn’t really matter to you, your junior at the academy?

So now there is no such thing as revenge, legitimacy, or justification.

From afar, the contrabass seems to be resonating dully. Sometimes, the irritating dissonance feels sweet. The air is heavy. The oxygen is sweet and stale.

One breath.

I feel my lungs expanding. I can’t believe the pressure pushing my diaphragm down. I feel like I’m going to collapse. There’s a thick layer of white ash at the bottom. It’s rough. The feeling.

butterfly?

A butterfly is tickling the corner of my lips.

So, that means Sid is safe. That’s a relief. There is a part of me that feels relieved. On the other hand, there is a part of me that feels disappointed and droops my shoulders.

Get away. Get away. There is a voice urging you.

I waved my hand and scattered the butterflies at the corner of my mouth. They shattered as soon as they touched the magic.

“Merong.”

Seed is still sticking his tongue out playfully. Such a shameless expression.

Why? Why? It was an attack that would have easily killed most people. But the question is not how he endured it. Why is he still smiling after being hit by such an attack?

It was an obvious attack and hostility. Why didn’t he take a fighting stance? Why didn’t he open his eyes? He didn’t hesitate and tried to kill me. I wished that he would think that. I secretly hoped that he would despise me.

So when those expectations were betrayed, I was furious.

“Don’t laugh!!”

He hurls countless magical blades in succession. Now he really intends to kill. Why did he feel that way? It must have been because of the endless desire for self-destruction brought about by the magical energy, but he himself could not figure it out.

He wants to be ruined. That’s why he attacks his juniors as if he’s going to kill them. He wants to turn into a murderer.

but.

“Ahaha, this is funny.”

As I move my fingertips, countless jade-colored butterflies flutter and flutter like flower petals. Each and every flap of the wings skillfully wraps around the blade and turns, killing its momentum.

The butterflies that touched the sword shattered into pieces like shards of glass. Countless swords lost their power in the air and fell to the ground.

Still, smiling.

So, the malicious attack intended to kill turns out to be a minor prank. They know it, but they are reacting that way on purpose. That is their goal.

“Why are you laughing? I’m trying to kill you right now!! I’m trash! I’m hopeless!”

“No.”

“What, what… No, what are you talking about! How much do you know about me!”

He shrank down, as if hiding his arms.

“I know very well.”

“You don’t know anything. You don’t know anything.”

I don’t know what marks are under the sleeves of these clothes. I don’t know what a pitiful person I am.

“Then please let me know.”

I can’t show you this. I absolutely can’t show you this.

This is the most shameful and hidden part. It is the part that I desperately hold on to with what little rationality I have left.

If I were to be caught for this and be looked down upon, wouldn’t that feel really good? The voice in my head kept urging me to do so.

But this was not enough. Perhaps she thought it was more important than her life. That much, her mind desperately wanted to hide this scar.

“AA …

So he fought back fiercely. Countless swords swept in like a storm. Seed, still smiling, lightly waved his hand to move the butterfly.

A jade butterfly made of a deep aura, a dagger, a greatsword, a curved sword, a rapier, an axe, all kinds of swords made of murky darkness flutter in the air.

A dagger the size of a palm bounces off to the side and crashes into the wall of the building. With a loud noise, the entire wall collapses. There are countless instances like this.

Although I was trying to suppress and kill the power as much as possible, it was impossible to cover all of those numerous swords. Rather, I was able to deal with multiple attacks from a distance through the Jade Butterfly, so that was the only thing I could do.

The ground is being dug up, streetlights are being cut down, and streets are being destroyed.

Oh my god.

The police won’t let this go. Soon, the official reporters, and probably a special task force that deals with such riot-like situations, will be here.

There is no time.

“Just, bang, die, dieee!!”

The moment a trembling, cracked voice like a broken gramophone entered my ears.

A large sword appeared, just like a building.

There is a limit to what is absurd.

It seems that Noctilla’s natural talent also worked in handling the power of Magi. It was on a larger scale than when Escaria himself used the power.

“Senior, that… No matter how I look at it, you can tell that he’s a crazy genius… .”

Gather all the butterflies and clash them against the sword. The countless fluttering wings will shatter if they come near the fierce blade. Is this too much?

“Cheet.”

In an instant, it filled my eyes.

The tip of the sword was thrust in.

At that moment, he takes out his broken sword. He draws a silver arc that he has repeated tens of thousands of times in his previous life. This time, it is filled with aura. A mass of magic the size of a high-rise building comically dodges away.

“Hey. That’s it. Get rid of that shameless face.”

I didn’t want to blink an eye, but I couldn’t help but let my expression distort for a moment.

Noctilla didn’t miss that brief moment of change. Yes, give her that look.

“Ugh.”

It’s difficult.

***

-Get up.

Irushia, who had been lying down in one corner, heard a voice waking her up.

I forcefully open my closed eyes. But I still can’t see anything.

My eyelids were layered. They opened and opened again. They peeled and peeled. Something felt a little strange, but I kept opening my eyes.

There was an end at last. The last layer was peeled away. But still, everything before my eyes was pitch black.

As I peeled off each layer of an onion, it all disappeared, and I thought maybe my eyeball had disappeared, but I soon realized that it was an illusion.

-This way.

When I looked back, there was a familiar well.

And there stood a girl who looked exactly like Irusia, but with contrasting white hair.

“That was you. The one who kept talking.”

I could tell intuitively.

The two looked into each other’s eyes as if they were being drawn to something. Their red pupils and pupils reflected each other infinitely. They continued to get smaller.

In an infinitely pitch-black space, disconnected from the flow of time.

I stood there like that for a while.

-Things have changed.

Suddenly, he brought that up.