episode_0007

Orange hair that is vivid even in the shadows of the dark sunset.

Lothar was wandering around the Golden Street located in the center of Academy City with a gloomy expression.

“… I want to die.”

Golden Street.

The most blessed land in Academy City.

It is closest to the central World Tree and is home to only the most prestigious high schools.

The streets with the most luxurious buildings and facilities in Academy City were shining.

Is it because the lights on the streets are so bright?

A petite cat-eared girl carrying a backpack bigger than her body.

The shadow of the figure walking alone and lonely, with its twin tails twitching, looked darker somehow.

Cat ears that don’t look like they’re wearing a hat.

The orange cat ears on Lotta’s head were also hanging down.

“… ”

Trudging…

Trudging…

Steps taken without strength.

-Ahahaha!

-Hehehehe-

Luxury restaurants and boutiques are scattered around.

The sound of laughter from the female students of Golden Street there.

They are like flowers in a greenhouse, living without any ambition or dream.

Even when I was in middle school, I secretly laughed at them because they had good parents and were admitted to prestigious high schools.

In the end, Lothar was worse than them.

Lotta was running away because he felt like the laughter coming from afar was laughing at him.

Avoiding the sunset and the light of Golden Street, I went to the main street where there were ordinary schools.

“… ”

It’s miserable.

After an argument with my senior, I ended up throwing in my withdrawal application and running out. And if anyone living in Academy City hears about today’s events, they will definitely scream that they are crazy.

Lothar was in despair, wavering between endless regrets and pride.

“… Ugh.”

that Rotta attended.

It was called the ‘Magic Prestigious School’ and was one of the three most prestigious schools in Academy City.

Embarrassingly, she was not admitted purely on merit.

I still clearly remember the disdainful look in my senior’s eyes during the entrance interview.

『The you wrote when you were in middle school… hmm… What can I say… 』

“ha… I’ll just be honest.』

『It’s a delusion. It is an illusion that has been debunked for hundreds of years.』

『Transferring ‘magic skills’ to others? under… 』

『Can you move your blood with someone else’s heartbeat?』

『… A wizard is ultimately a being who controls the whims of God.』

『If you don’t have talent from the beginning, you won’t even be allowed to touch it.』

And the senior interviewer glanced at a corner of the application form and added indifferently:

『First of all, since you are a member of , I will let you pass, so go ahead.』

4 years.

When Lotta was young.

I made a rant to my sister who died young.

The time it took to write a great paper.

1 minute.

It has nothing to do with what Lothar did.

A family name written in a corner of personal information.

The time it took for the interviewer to see those few letters.

Rota’s four desperate years were lost to just one minute.

Even though he was a small and dull collateral that the family did not care about, the weight of the family name eventually weighed down Lotta’s life.

Everyone at school knew it and always ignored the rota.

So she ran out.

He turned his back on the light of the streets and set out to find a new school that would understand him.

“… ”

By the time all the sunset light and the laughter of the golden streets had passed behind me.

When I arrived at the alley on the outskirts of the main street, damp darkness enveloped my face and silence pounded my ears.

Jjongkeot

Lothar’s two cat ears perked up.

Buuu!

Vroom – Vroom –

Uuuu!

Suddenly, I heard the sound of an engine rumbling from somewhere. It was a frivolous, loud, cheap engine sound that could never be heard on Golden Street, which had strict noise regulations.

“… ?”

Lothar turned his head towards the source of the sound, and frowned as a blinding light suddenly entered his eyes.

“Kkeut… .?!”

Violence of vulgar light.

No matter how much he blocked those lights with his hands, they penetrated Lothar’s eyes like violence.

And what you hear is the sound of delinquent students wandering around without their school records.

[huh? Oh, that!! hey!! That’s the school uniform of !!]

[uh? uh!!! It’s a big chunk!! What kind of big catch is this if you only catch a lot of small fish!]

[Kyahahaha!! All the people from the Union hid because of official documents these days, so I couldn’t find them!]

[If you lived on Golden Street, you would have a lot of pocket money other than your day job!]

[I think I would be happy to see that~]

[That little girl?]

[ok? Weren’t you looking for that guy because of ether? It looks like a prestigious high school from that year’s union. Aren’t there a lot of kids who go there that are ignorant?]

[Ah, me again.]

‘I’ll be fine…’ ?’

Although it was simply an honorific for someone, it sounded extremely ominous to Lotta.

Beyond the violence of light that stings the eyes.

When dozens of delinquent students attacked her.

“Catch it! Catch it!”

The place was so chaotic that it was difficult to tell what was ahead.

At least it felt that way to Lothar.

“Let’s take it like this and head towards the road on the outskirts of the city center!! Since it’s the last time, I’ll just skip ahead and disappear once this day is over!!”

“Aren’t you going the way you were going?”

“Didn’t you say there’s another union school over there? is particularly convulsive when there is a joint school site! If they come, it will be a pain in the ass!”

“Was the school there closed? Anyway, I’m screwed so I don’t care.”

“Something is going to work out today!”

The voices of shallow, delinquent students.

Helplessness about being caught.

Regrets that remain.

Feeling fear.

Obscured view.

dark.

“Kyaaagh―?!”

Lothar’s memory was cut off with something being placed on his head.

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The time of the evening sunset.

After a hard day of training, I was on my way to a shopping mall.

We were walking side by side.

“Phew… ”

“… ”

Albit had his hands in his uniform coat pockets and was looking at me with arrogant eyes.

“Really… The senior is really… Why so… It’s incompetent… ”

“Dehet―☆”

“I tell you to stop that before I really hit you!! Really!!”

Hey, I’ll just hit you in a bit.

I’m scared☆

I’m sick of it.

I smiled brightly and accepted my junior’s petty comments.

For reference, when I exploded three more practice swords, the training was stopped due to budget issues.

‘I think it’s more because the sword was cheap for practice in the first place.’

I also need a blacksmith in Takchon.

Although it is a local blacksmith shop, it is a blacksmith shop that spits out SSS-level legendary weapons such as the Blue Dragon Blade, Long Arm Blade, and Twin Gosword. A store where the SSS-level legend, the strongest blacksmith in the world, is hiding.

But unfortunately, the powerful SSS-level legendary blacksmith did not appear in the game.

‘Should we make a provincial resolution first? ‘The Yellow Turban Reds are planning to act soon.’

After finding the next junior, the three of us pledged our sisterhood and pondered whether we should have tea under the peach tree.

We were called to come back in the evening, and we were able to hear SSS-level good news at the shopping district we visited.

“Thank you!”

“Thank you―☆ Yay☆”

“Haha, you’re welcome. I am fortunate to be able to give it to you. It bothered me that I always received help but only gave discarded bread. From now on, be sure to get this for dinner.”

Extremely clean machine body.

Fluffy fiber optic eyebrows.

A polite and cultured voice.

The dwarf with a bread hat on his head was the owner of a bakery with which we had a regular begging partnership. He was very thankful that he brought us a separate lunch box instead of the discarded bread that was not sold today.

Place vegetables and ham between white bread and spread a thin layer of sweet jam.

A very standard but exemplary sandwich that never gets old.

It was sitting quietly between sheets of waxed paper, giving off a brilliant appearance.

iced coffee.

Gracious one.

At this moment, the bakery owner seemed like an SSS-level angel who had descended from the sky.

I don’t know if there are angels in this worldview.

If it does not exist, I dare to declare it.

This person is the SSS-level powerful angel who descended on this earth.

Albit held the lunch box dearly in his arms, bowed his waist 90 degrees, and expressed his gratitude again.

“… thank you… ”

“Really! To touch a girl’s heart like this―☆ If I had to express this overwhelming gratitude☆ Even if I had three tea kettles at tea time, it wouldn’t be enough! Wow-☆ Thank you!! moved!! Really, sincerely thank you laser-Bam-♡”

“Ahaha… Well, I see. ah! Oops… Haha, I have work to do so stop… ”

Could it be because of the two scary high school girls who are protecting their lunch boxes with their school uniform coats and their eyes are shining?

The bakery owner hurried into the store as if he felt burdened.

Silence returns.

After saying hello to the bakery one more time.

I walked out of the shopping district toward the outskirts road.

A downhill road that brings the entire outskirts of the city center into view.

The sound of people in the shopping district looking back on their day.

It was a warm sunset scene to end the day.

Albit catches the yellow glow of the sunset with a smiling face.

She still smiled brightly and opened her mouth in a happy tone.

“Now I can eat one proper meal a day. Senior!”

“So lucky―☆”

“Phew – Just in case, I always save a little bit of the corners of the bread as emergency food. I’m glad I don’t have to do that anymore.”

“It was a little dry and crunchy and delicious―☆ It went well with black tea☆”

“… Yes?”

While the two of us were leaving the shopping district side by side.

From afar, I saw a gathering of shopping street dwarves with serious expressions.

“Maybe I should contact again… ”

“You know they don’t care about this.”

“Then what should I do? Shall we contact other shopping malls to ask for cooperation?”

“Well, we could argue about other school districts… ”

“I don’t know if Clara’s will be okay.”

“Ugh, it’s ugly.”

‘huh? me?’

My name was suddenly called in conversation.

Albit also looks at me as if he heard that. But still, there is nothing left to guess.

To resolve that question, we approached the people in the shopping district by making a sign of them.

“Hello.”

“Hello―☆”

“Huh? uh!! Clara!!”

“Clara! Are you okay?”

“Miss Albit, have you ever seen anyone strange?”

“Yes? Were we always at school except during meal times?”

“Oh, I’m glad… I’m so glad… ”

“… ?”

An army of dwarves flocking to the shopping district with worried expressions.

Among them, the representative man, Hwata, from the repair shop, unexpectedly walked out.

“What happened… ?”

“A person who worked outside in our store sent a telegram saying that while he was making deliveries, he saw a group of delinquents kidnapping students on a large scale. In case you were involved, I tried to cooperate with the surrounding shopping districts and contact … ”

Grandpa Hwata is speaking with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

I could not say anything more because I knew that the students of the failing were not under ‘s protection.

A security force that protects the nine academies belonging to the alliance.

It was a group that felt like a military police force that gathered martial arts students from each academy.

For reference, although only horses are said to protect the alliance, 90% of the troops are concentrated on Golden Street.

A sudden large-scale kidnapping incident.

I felt like I knew the context in which they happened.

‘It finally happened.’

The time has come to find a second junior.

I spoke to Grandpa Hwata in a pretensely cheerful tone.

“As you can see, we are fine―☆”

“Yes, yes, I’m glad.”

“But do you happen to know where I saw it―☆ I’m so scared that I’m trying to avoid it☆”

“From what I heard, it was heading towards an outskirt road near an abandoned building village.”

“Yes☆ Thank you!”

The shopping street dwarves saw us off with worried eyes.

And we stood quietly on the road back to school.

Albit had been restless ever since he heard the news of the kidnapping.

‘Yes, even in the game, you eventually left Clara behind and went to save her alone.’

In the game, Arbit lacks strength, so he manages to escape, saving only Rota.

Albit soon spoke in a quiet voice.

“… Senior.”

“Why are you calling me~☆”

“To save… If you ask me to go… It won’t work.”

“Yes☆”

“… yes. I’m sorry.”

Albit lowered his head.

“First~ Let’s take out the red cuttlefish―☆”

“… Yes?”

Albit looked at me with an expression of disbelief.

Why are you just looking at me with that expression?

We need to quickly bring the equipment and make a resolution.