Ch.65Chapter 65. Unexpected Events (2)

On the night when the crescent moon rose.

Landgar loved this time the most.

When the night was truly dark as a night should be.

If the weather had been cloudy too, it would have been perfect, but the clear sky without a single cloud was slightly disappointing.

Because even the faintest moonlight was illuminating the world.

Whoosh-

Landgar, who had been absentmindedly staring at the crescent moon, instinctively lowered his head at the massive presence that spread without warning.

Then he knelt down on one knee.

Just like how his subordinates would show respect when visiting Landgar’s office.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you.”

“…”

Though he couldn’t see with his head bowed, Landgar instinctively knew that person was looking at him.

The leader of the Nameless Organization and the originator of all plans.

The one who lent him power and bestowed upon him the position of elder.

The so-called Founder.

“Is everything progressing well?”

It was a low voice that sent chills down his spine just by hearing it.

Landgar instinctively trembled slightly at the voice that echoed like in a cave, one he could never get used to no matter how many times he heard it.

Thinking that the Founder was the only person in the world who could pressure him with just a voice.

“Yes. Everything is proceeding without any issues.”

“Report.”

“Yes. We’ve successfully summoned an Undead stronger than the Green Salt Knight. The taming process has also been completed successfully, so it should be able to move according to schedule.”

“…”

Though no response came, Landgar continued speaking.

“We’ve also confirmed the target’s location. This time, we won’t let it slip away.”

“Secure the target as the top priority.”

“Of course. I haven’t forgotten.”

“…Don’t be careless.”

“Yes.”

Landgar answered with confidence.

Believing that this operation couldn’t possibly fail.

“I’ll give you this.”

Whoosh-

Landgar instinctively almost raised his head but managed to restrain himself.

Something slowly floated into Landgar’s view as he kept his head bowed, looking at the ground.

It looked very similar to the medicine Landgar had recently developed.

“What is this…?”

“It’s a potion containing a portion of my power. Use it in case of emergency.”

“Oh. I’m honored, Founder.”

Landgar accepted the pill with an excited voice, treating it preciously.

To think it contained a portion of the Founder’s power.

It was a treasure beyond value.

“I hope to see you again next time.”

“Yes.”

While Landgar was making his determination with a resolute voice, the heavy air that had been pressing down suddenly lifted.

Swish-

Only then did Landgar raise his head.

There was no one around.

“Phew.”

Exhaling a sigh of relief as the tension drained away, Landgar slowly straightened his bent knee and stood up.

‘This plan must succeed!’

Landgar made a firm resolution while tightly gripping the round pill that he could clearly feel in his palm.

With the Founder giving him medicine containing his own power for emergencies, failure was not an option.

With the success of this plan, the Nameless Organization would finally reveal itself to the world.

Moreover, the revival of that person, everyone’s wish, would be just around the corner.

“The revolution will begin.”

With a confident smile, Landgar muttered quietly to himself.

**

“So why do I have to?”

“I told you. Our plan.”

“No, I could just sneak in…”

“I already explained. During the festival, the academy’s security barrier becomes much stronger. Maybe the captain could, but you, Erika, won’t be able to come and go freely like you do now.”

“We won’t know until we try…!”

“No, we do know. Yuria tested it.”

“How can you trust what that woman says!”

As expected, Erika was desperately resisting.

I had anticipated this, but it was worse than expected.

After discussing with Addy and Yuria last time, we decided that Yuria, Erika, and I would prepare for the incident from inside the academy on the second day of the festival.

Of course, this was the first time I was telling Erika about it.

“Ah, that’s what I’m saying. Unlike me who can jump through space, you just conceal your presence. That level won’t work.”

“Ugh.”

Erika frowned as if frustrated and seemed to be trying to think of some other way, but couldn’t continue speaking.

Because there was no better method than this.

“So you understand, right?”

“Haaa. You want me to stay with that woman just the two of us?”

“You probably won’t need to stay together the whole time.”

Excluding Erika, the method we came up with was to make Erika Yuria’s attendant.

Originally, academy students and faculty, regardless of status, couldn’t bring bodyguards or servants into the academy.

But it was different for graduates specially invited during the festival period.

Since they were outsiders coming in, most cases would turn a blind eye to bringing one attendant.

Professor Amillion said so herself, so it must be right.

“Even so. To be someone working under that woman…?”

“It’s just a formality. Hmm.”

Erika frowned as if she genuinely disliked the idea.

Having disguised her identity countless times before, she should know exactly what it feels like.

‘If she’s reacting like this, she must really hate it.’

“Haaaaaa.”

Erika let out a long sigh.

At this timing, such a sigh was close to a signal of acceptance.

I quickly exchanged glances with Addy and started speaking again.

“Then shall we prepare for that? Addy will deliver your ID soon.”

“That’s right. Do you have a preferred name?”

“…Just use my real name.”

“Understood.”

Erika spoke in a weak voice, as if she had given up.

Success.

“Maybe we can find something out beforehand and attack the enemy? So don’t worry too much.”

“That’s not going to happen.”

“…Well, you never know.”

Although I said “you never know,” I knew very well that there was no possibility.

Despite capturing the culprit who gave candy to Cynthia, we had gained almost no information about the vice principal’s backing forces.

At most, Yuria had found out the date of their plan execution.

Since then, we’ve been digging into the vice principal from inside the academy, but nothing has come up.

I tried to catch them in the act if they met with someone else at night in the office like before, but nothing like that happened either.

I don’t know if they’re deliberately being cautious or what.

The conclusion was that we couldn’t find any traces either outside or inside the academy.

I’d like to just ambush the vice principal regardless of consequences, but…

“Sigh. You said the second day, right?”

“Yes. But we’ll probably enter on the first day.”

“…Why?”

“There’s a meeting program with graduates on the first day. We’ll go in on the first day, sleep one night in the academy, and come out the next day.”

“Wow.”

Erika bowed her head deeply, letting out a sound that could have been either a sincere sigh or an exclamation.

“Then I’ll go first. I need to prepare Erika’s ID.”

“Yes, yes. Thanks for your hard work.”

At a very appropriate timing, Addy left my office first.

Erika gestured a casual greeting to Addy and sprawled out on the sofa.

“You’re not making me sleep in the same room, are you?”

“…If it doesn’t work out, you can sleep in my dormitory.”

“Phew. Well, that’s a relief.”

“Do you dislike Yuria that much?”

“…It’s not that I dislike her, she just makes me uncomfortable.”

Erika made an uneasy expression and covered her face with her silver hair.

“What exactly makes you uncomfortable? She’s so kind.”

“Ah. I just get that feeling. Like it’s hard to know what she’s thinking and stuff…”

“Aren’t I the same?”

“You… let’s not talk about it.”

Erika muttered, buried in her own hair.

I think I’m pretty good at keeping a poker face to hide my emotions and thoughts too.

“Anyway, I’m counting on you. Really, this is important.”

Like the previous Main Quest 2, if this goes wrong, it’s game over.

I don’t know what happens when the game ends and resets, but the words “end” and “reset” are intuitively scary.

“If we mess up, everything we’ve done so far will be gone.”

“I don’t think you need to exaggerate that much.”

Erika snorted as she got up from the sofa.

Right, someone who doesn’t know about the quest wouldn’t understand how I feel.

“Anyway, that’s how important this is.”

“Fine, what can I do.”

Erika spoke with a sigh, as if she had given up.

Now that I’ve shared the plan with Erika, the preparations are complete.

All that’s left is to try to find out as much as possible about what will happen that day.

Bzzt-

“Huh?”

“What?”

A sudden tingling sensation.

The source of the tingling was my dormitory.

A direct stimulus that comes to me when someone touches my dormitory door.

“Oh. I need to go.”

“Suddenly?”

“Someone came to my dormitory.”

“Wow, you can even tell that now?”

“With Yuria’s help… Ah, anyway, no time. I’m going.”

I started to explain to Erika but just teleported to the dormitory instead.

It would be quite a long story to explain.

After the situation where Cynthia was able to search through the Black Shadow Corps uniform last time, I enhanced the security of my dormitory in my own way.

Though it was 99% with the help of Yuria’s item.

Woong-

As soon as I returned to the dormitory with only a bed placed in it, I heard a sound.

The sound of someone knocking on my door.

Knock knock-

“Student Ryu, are you asleep?”

“I’m here! Who is it?”

“Ah, you’re awake. Someone came looking for you. A female student.”

“What? Right now?”

Fortunately, the person knocking on my door wasn’t the vice principal or their subordinate.

It was the dormitory manager.

But a female student looking for me at this hour?

“Yes. She was so insistent about calling you right now… sigh. She said she’d wait on the first floor.”

“I understand. Thank you.”

“Alright. I’ll go down and tell her I delivered the message.”

As I listened to the manager’s footsteps fading away, I looked out the window.

It was dark so I couldn’t see well, but it seemed like someone was standing outside.

‘Who could it be?’

A female student calling for a male student in the middle of the night, pleading desperately.

I’m curious.