I should have thought about it one more time. (1)

“Now, stay safe and strong today! Black magic class starts!”

“””Yes!”””

A little early in the morning, Nora, who leads the black magic class, was able to have a refreshing morning for the first time in a long time.

I had reduced my sleeping time to try to make up for the lack of catalysts, but I was able to get a good night’s sleep after training, and thanks to Albert’s consideration, I was able to obtain a lot of catalysts (even though they were made by a bastard), so I was able to distribute enough catalysts to the children. Because there was.

“Three trolls ahead! Shortened chant with power catalyst! It’s a black hand!”

“””[Black Hand]!!”””

Nora, who saw that all the students were not unstable low-level catalysts, but rather highly accomplished intermediate catalysts, completely suppressing even the troll, nodded happily and vigorously directed and led them.

To the point where he happily congratulated himself by saying that he had worked hard for several days just to see this sight.

‘I don’t like that bastard’s product, but the catalyst was made so well that it was unlucky.’

So, it means that he just uses it for his own benefit.

Thanks to her clear mind from sleeping well, she was able to not worry about minor problems, and if she increased her speed a little, she might be able to reach her destination a little faster than the other classes.

I continued to have such pleasant thoughts.

“Nora, isn’t the speed too fast? Compared to yesterday, it seems to be moving almost twice as fast.”

“Like other magicians, black magicians are like this too. If you have good equipment, your power, speed, and magic will be much better. Yesterday, everyone was using unstable low-level catalysts, but now they are holding fairly high level mid-level catalysts.”

“… If you think this is right, I won’t interfere any further.”

“Yes!”

Additionally, the man next to me provides appropriate advice and understanding of the surrounding situation.

Even children who go too far ahead or are unable to look around are appropriately controlled.

Nora was feeling very happy about the current situation, which was moving forward like a ship with sails in a favorable wind.

“Power stop! I’ll deal with that one.”

Even a higher-ranking species, a Night Orc, who seemed to have prepared to demonstrate his skills in front of the first-year students, showed up, showing off his skills without regret.

“[Dark Magic][Lv. 2][Black Swamp]”

“[Dark Magic][Lv. 2][thorn needle]”

-Kwakakakakakak!!

“… … !!!”

“””Oh… !!”””

Seeing her overwhelmingly winning against a higher-ranked orc without even using a catalyst, the look of trust from the first year grew even stronger, and Nora also shrugged her shoulders a little at the look of envy, and the despondent feeling from a few days ago seemed to have washed away. I felt it.

‘This is it. This is it! If I can keep children as black magicians like this, I will be able to raise them as my juniors at the Magic Tower in the future, and if I have children working in other places, the influence of the Black Magic Tower will naturally increase! This is what erases the discrimination of black magicians and leads to an increase in status!’

Nora dreamed of the future with pride, and most of her thoughts were right. only.

-Quick!!

“Ahh!”

“Oh my… !!”

He was so excited that he forgot about his pride in soundness and was unable to keep up with the children’s progress, resulting in injuries.

It was an even more painful mistake that it was Albert’s swordsmanship, and not his own black magic, that supported the injured man.

“… Ahhh.”

“Stay still, we will stop the bleeding. It may be a little tight, but be patient.”

“Ugh, that kid is you… I was too far forward.”

“… Nora, we’re the ones in control.”

“… … “

Albert, who was stopping the bleeding from the injured first-year’s leg, shouted bitterly at Nora and then bit him from behind.

Of course, there were no other magicians here who could use recovery magic, let alone light attribute magicians who specialized in recovery.

“Nora, let’s slow things down. First, rest for about two hours at the next big tree… “

“Huh? Two, two hours?”

Even though he applied medicine to the injured student’s arm, Nora began to get anxious when Albert told him that it would take a long time for the bleeding to completely stop and for him to walk properly.

The ship had sailed in a favorable wind just now, and the sound of the sail breaking was audible.

“Hey, Albert. I’d rather move with the black hand. Since I can’t even recover here, I’d rather do it quickly… “

“Then who directs and supports the children? As far as I know, you can’t double chant even if you use a catalyst, right?”

“Sir, if you have an advanced catalyst… “

“It’s not here.”

Nora bit her nails as his story was all facts.

If you carry the wounded with your own black hands, you may be able to lead, but you will not be able to provide support.

Albert has the talent for blue magic, but is at Lv. It is only 2, and the main force is only Lv. 3-person swordsmanship.

A single sword was too short and small to protect many people.

“… Nora, I understand how important this training is to you as a warlock. But today you are a little excited. Even if there is a catalyst, it cannot heal the injured. That’s black magic… “

“It’s not the limit! Lv. When it gets to 6… !!”

“Here, no, in the kingdom Lv. There is only one black magician who has surpassed 6. Nora, calm down. I didn’t mean to call it a limitation. I was trying to say that black magic is not a strength.”

After saying that, Albert looked around and continued talking to Nora.

If you are this excited and shaken, what will the first graders who are only looking at you think?

Nora was startled by those words and looked around, and of course, all the children around her stopped and looked at Nora with a slightly uneasy look in their eyes.

“ugh… “

“Nora, it’s okay. The problem was that you were the only leader of the black magic class in the first place. Rather, even under these circumstances, you have managed to lead 10 first-year students to this point. Your strength is that soundness.”

Albert, who patted Nora on the shoulder while saying that, made Nora understand that she had made a mistake.

Yes, a good situation was created for a while, and only the good feeling was good.

I’m not normally this type of person, but for no reason, I got a lot of intermediate catalysts and everyone was showing abilities beyond my abilities, so I was not looking back at everyone without even realizing it.

After completing this self-examination, she apologized for not being able to look after the injured student and gently resolved the situation by telling the other children that she was also sorry but that they should move a little more slowly…

-Keee… !

“Huh?!”

“… This is black magic?!”

Suddenly, an ear-piercing ringing sound began to ring in the forest, making the first graders scream, and even Albert, who had always remained calm, was startled, pulled out his sword, and started shaking his head wildly.

“It’s a shame. If we had just moved the injured people, we could have killed them all more easily.”

“Who are you!!”

Feeling like he was hearing the voice of an invisible woman in his ears, Albert shouted as if trying to chase him away, and the woman’s voice continued with laughter as if her reaction was amusing.

“Oh my, student council president. Have you forgotten my voice? We had a conversation a year ago and a few months ago~”

“… you? Who is this? This is my first time seeing you?”

Albert’s eyes widened when he saw the woman who appeared in front of him.

She was definitely wearing the uniform of the Red Magic Academy, but he didn’t know her face or name.

However, this was nonsense.

This is because Albert knew before entering school that he would become the student council president because he was royal, and he had memorized the faces and names of all the students at the academy from last year until now.

“Who are you? How to do black magic? No, rather, what on earth is this… “

“Ahahaha! Really, humans are so inferior that it’s a shame. Are you even asking me what I’m doing in this situation?”

“Albert, that woman is using black magic that involves mind manipulation. Come to your senses.”

“What?”

When Nora, who was a dark magician and had a shy attitude, tapped Albert on the shoulder and told him to look around, the other first years were trembling and staring at the ground without even seeing the woman.

Even though they were the same black magician, their level was so different that it seemed like the mental magic had completely worked.

“Probably higher level than me. perhaps… “

“No, that’s ridiculous. Obviously, at the time of admission, all students undergo a characteristic check… “

“You did it, right? I did it but… In the end, if the person I checked cannot overcome my magic, how can you tell whether I have high black magic characteristics or high red magic characteristics? Even you now, don’t you know who ‘I’ am?”

Seeing her say that and raise her laughter again, Albert swallowed dryly.

He deals with black magic that can control the minds of more than 10 black magicians at the same time, and is of a higher level than Nora, one of the top 10 black magicians known in this country.

Because such a thing does not exist, or there was only one.

And if it wasn’t that one ‘person’, there were only other ‘existences’.

“Demons… “

“Gulp.”

“That’s correct. fool. As a reward… “

die.

The demon’s voice, which spoke like that and chanted so softly that it could not be heard, was completely erased when the forest they were in exploded.

*

“Cough! Cough! Jeez, what the hell… “

Albert, who had been caught up in the explosion of the bare ground and surrounding trees, swung his sword, which he had not let go of, without knowing why he was safe, cleared away the smoke, and looked around.

“Ahhh… “

“Sa, please save me… “

“Please save me. Mom, Dad… !”

“Everyone, come to your senses! The injury is not serious! Everyone got up and looked at the students around them… !”

“Al, butt… !!”

Hearing a familiar female voice calling as if she was struggling or in pain, he quickly turned his neck to look in that direction.

” Oh my god. Even if my previous preparations were pretty much blown away. I thought you guys could finish it in one shot. Does this mean that the title of disciple of the Magic Tower Lord is not a lie?”

“Nora… !!”

Albert could not be seen because of the smoke, so he ran in the direction where the voice was heard. Eventually, he escaped from the smoke and realized that he had flown a considerable distance. because.

” too… I ruined it!! Take the kids, hurry… !!”

“Ahahaha!! escape? how? Would you like to run away with all the humans here using low-level magic?”

Nora, who was standing on the ground where they were, was engaging in a magic fight with the guy with dozens of huge black hands, and the shape of a huge palm was still visible in the dent in the ground.

Just before the ground exploded, Nora activated her black hand of black magic and suppressed the exploding ground.

“You can’t escape. A disciple of the Magic Tower Lord and the crown prince of this country. The reason I’m here is because I came to kill you.”

“Nora!! I’m going too… !!”

“Run away!! You are no match for me!! I can’t stand it!!!”

Nora, who knows each other’s skills to some extent because they have been together for a year, is an opponent who assures that even if the two of them are together, they will never be able to defeat him.

Against such an enemy, she took out all the catalysts she had in her bosom, held a handful in her hand, and blocked his black magic.

And Albert, who saw that scene, had an intuition.

‘I can’t help.’

This is the black magician’s workshop. No, is it a battle between a demon and a black magician?

The rain of black blades falls, and the wind of black spears struggles to block it.

A black hand protruding from the ground blocks an attack aimed at other students, and a black swamp covers another black thorn protruding from the ground, dragging it back to the ground.

At first glance, it seemed like the level of resistance was possible, but the catalyst in her small hand was shrinking at an incredible rate, as if protesting that it was not.

“Quickly… ! Professors!!”

“Damn it!! sorry… !!”

In the end, Albert made his choice.

The choice to go call the professor, leaving Nora and the injured students holding on.

I rationally judged that even if I intervened in that battle, it would never be of any help.

but.

“I said I wouldn’t let you go, right?”

-Quaaang!!

“… ?!! Ah, Albert!!”

The escape route, which seemed to have been left open on purpose, exploded, swallowing the crown prince.