Survival Night. (2)

It is a dark fantasy world night where the sun has completely set and the exciting sounds of battle that were heard just a moment ago have fallen asleep.

I was leading the princess and Harb into the only mountain in this world that was neither a forest nor a plain.

“Princess, did you want to appear in the ranking battle?”

“Oh no? I didn’t really want to come out.”

“?”

Harb started to make a hook as if he really didn’t understand the princess’s answer to my question without any hesitation, but I just laughed at her answer.

Because she participates in the ranking battle in the novel, but she herself said that she has no desire to participate.

Yeah, she’s just…

“I came out because a commoner came! Besides, if it’s a 2 night 3 day survival, it’s like camping, right? The girl wanted to play with a commoner!”

“Hot!”

I participated because I wanted to see Raul and to approach him and show him my good side.

And now the target has changed… It’s possible that they didn’t, but they probably participated because they wanted to see me and be with me.

I began to think that the princess was interested in me as well, and I found myself smiling and my heart pounding without me knowing it.

Seriously, I never dreamed that a spring day like this would come in my life.

“Why are you laughing? Did the girl say something weird?”

“No. I find it funny that the princess had similar thoughts to me.”

“Huh…? So you’re saying that even commoners wanted to play with girls all night long!”

When I saw her smiling like a flower in full bloom with her crimson eyes shining with genuine joy, I nodded softly, and the princess clapped her hands in joy as if she really liked my answer.

It’s true that she likes me. And I’m also attracted to her.

But, today is the last day that I found her.

Unfortunately, the finale of the ranking battle was coming up, and I didn’t have time to chat and play with her, so I opened my mouth with a slightly bitter taste in my mouth.

“But I’m sorry. I would love to have a campfire and play, but tonight, the last night, something will definitely happen. Because this is a survival match for ranking, and there are too many players left.”

“Wooing… “

After hearing what I said, she furrowed her eyebrows as if she truly disliked it, but unlike the villainess in the novel, she sat still and waited for my next words.

Well, looking at it this way, I really don’t understand why Raul didn’t fall for such a cute person.

“So, Princess, please hide here with Harb for a moment.”

“Huh? A commoner!”

“I plan on going to the ranking battle. I have to deal with whatever happens.”

“Isn’t this a place where even low-ranking noble kids go out?”

“… … “

“Harb is staying behind to protect the princess when something happens. He said he would help her.”

“Then I’ll take the girl too! It doesn’t matter if she gets eliminated anyway! Let’s play together!”

I smiled bitterly as I watched her start to vent her feelings completely.

It’s really unfortunate, but she absolutely must not be involved in what’s happening tonight.

Because in the novel, she experiences something horrible and unforgettable that night… and goes berserk in the ranking match, threatening to kill the opponent who created that memory.

I don’t want her to experience or commit such a thing.

-Slurp.

“?”

When I slowly reach out and pat her head, hoping that she will understand my feelings as she throws a tantrum like a child, she just tilts her head as if she doesn’t know why she’s acting that way, her eyes sparkling like a cute silver puppy.

As expected, she really likes me.

“Your pretty hair is a mess.”

“Right wing…! The girl couldn’t sleep properly in the forest and rolled around on the dirt floor, so there’s nothing she can do! Why are the commoners cleaner than the girl?!”

“I wasn’t rolling around.”

“I see! That’s fortunate!”

“But from now on, I plan to roll a little.”

“Can the girl roll with me?”

“No. And… I have to do this myself. So, could you please wait here for a moment?”

“Wow. I came here because I wanted to be with the girl, a commoner… “

“Let’s go play again next time. Since we went to the amusement park… Or the swimming pool.”

“Oh! I haven’t been to the girl’s pool! You figured it out!”

“Haha. Right? So please wait a little bit. Then next time, we can play together all day long.”

“Okay! You promised, right?”

“Yes.”

And I, too, have a real crush on her.

Now that I’m convinced of that again, I have to change the ending of this story a little.

Because. I’m the kind of person who wants to confess when I like someone.

And to do that, I want to be perceived by her as cooler than Raoul.

“Princess.”

“Huh?”

“The blond, crimson-eyed man I was with earlier this afternoon. Do you happen to know his name?”

“Wow! It was definitely La… What was it? What was it? Lamyeon?”

“Hot! Wasn’t that guy pretty handsome?”

“Ong! That’s right. He was quite handsome! The girl gave him 98 points!”

“Oh my, your score is much higher than mine.”

“Huh? Ah! That, that’s… !”

I am convinced when I see her cute face widening her eyes and shaking her head violently as if she is bewildered by my words.

Perhaps the princess had put me and Raoul on the scales in her mind. Then, a guy with a higher score and better looks than me appeared and she became interested in him.

However, Raoul is a protagonist who only makes the princess… the villainess… unhappy. So I hope she doesn’t fall in love with him.

‘No. That’s an excuse. It’s just… I don’t want to lose my coat.’

-Keep going.

“Eww?! Hey, listen to what the girl is saying! No need to tease me while pressing the crown of your head, I’ll explain it properly… !!”

“I’m not harassing you. I’m just trying to straighten your hair because it’s so messy.”

“Then it’s okay!”

Even though I spoke to her a little teasingly, she smiled bashfully and said she liked what I said. I definitely like her.

Now, I don’t want to pretend not to know my own mind and give orders to self-hypnosis to exclude the princess.

No… My self-hypnosis has already been defeated by the princess’s charm. I have to admit it.

“Okay, I’ll be back shortly. Please take a good look at what you see here.”

“Phew… I can’t help it. Got it! “

“Harve. Please take care of the princess.”

“Oh, yes.”

The conversation ended there. Now, the second full moon, which signaled the end of this world made of illusion, had risen in the middle of the sky.

Because the first problem with the ranked battle story is about to explode.

“I’ll be back.”

“Have a nice trip!”

“Be careful.”

After being seen off by the two people, I ran towards the mountainside with a selfish heart, intending to ruin a story in order to score points with the princess.

I don’t want to lose the protagonist’s heart.

*

“Once this is completed… “

-Chubbuck, chubbuck.

A cave located halfway up the mountain.

There a man was sweating and making a sticky, wet sound.

“This world is an unimaginable opportunity, I will definitely make it a success.”

He was reaching out to something in front of him as if he was possessed by something, and he was using his magical power and black magic while sweating profusely.

I was so focused that I didn’t even notice if someone came up behind me.

“It’s coming soon, once this is done, I’ll show it to those who have been treating my research like fools…!”

“Oh. It hasn’t even taken shape yet, but is it already complete? The flow of magic is strange, so I thought there was more left.”

“?!”

And at the voice that came without a sound, he was startled and turned his head, aiming his clammy palms at the opponent to cast magic right away.

“Who is it!”

“Oh, but still, you were a classmate who was selected for the ranking battle with me, so please remember my voice. I’ve remembered you since the day I saw you.”

The leisurely voice and footsteps. All of this was incomprehensible to the man in this place, Watt, a second-year student in the Department of Black Magic.

Because this was a space where he had perfectly hidden himself with black magic and other magical tools.

It made no sense that he didn’t recognize the ‘enemy’ approaching right behind him, when he had installed all sorts of magic and devices that he knew would be discovered and broken into by someone.

“Ahhh… Rudis.”

“Oh. You remembered my name?”

“What? How did you get in? No, how did you not get detected?”

Watt, a second-year student wearing glasses, glares at the black man who seems to have blended in with the dark cave and draws his magic power.

He said that his research was on the verge of success, and he did not want to be interrupted and fail.

“Ah. If you’re talking about the magic tools and detection magic at the entrance, they were so crude that I unknowingly took them apart. They were so impractical. “

“… Don’t be a jerk. If what you say is true, there’s no way I could have stayed here for two days without getting caught. “

Watt, who held the intermediate catalyst tightly with his other hand, was ready to attack Rudis with a short burst at any time, but he could not attack easily.

To put it simply, the opponent’s skill was so clearly confirmed that day… during the one-week training and test that was conducted to select the ranked match starters.

Also, he didn’t want the ‘existence’ he had created behind his back to be destroyed in the aftermath of the battle.

“The magic tools certainly looked a bit expensive. How much was it? Is it worth about 100,000 gold?”

“It’s worth 1.5 million gold.”

“Oh. That’s fortunate. Since it’s a fantasy world, the real magic tools outside will be safe.”

Are you kidding me?

It’s disgusting how he treats a 1.5 million gold detection tool as if it were a cheap 100,000 gold item, and then shrugs his shoulders and pretends to comfort me when I tell him the price.

“[Lv.3]… “

“I think it would be better not to do that. First of all, I have a catalyst. It’s a high-level catalyst. The level 3 magic that you can do with your mediocre skills using the intermediate catalyst that you’re holding tightly in your pocket won’t even come close to my [Sword of Darkness].”

“Kkadak…! What do you want me to do? Then what do you want!!”

If he had intended to eliminate me, he could have attacked me from behind. And even now, he keeps talking to me, but he probably knows that I am protecting my presence behind my back and cannot attack.

When I reached the conclusion that the guy was behaving that way because he wanted something from me and asked him annoyed questions, he just laughed and ignored me before opening his mouth.

“About two months ago. I’m sure I left a letter in your room too. Do you remember?”

“… Crazy.”

The incident he mentioned happened about two months ago.

The day the princess was locked in the Academy’s magic tool preparation room and caused chaos by using magic in a fit of anger. I, ‘we’ received a threatening letter.

-I know everything you guys did.

-No matter how funny it is, you have crossed the line. You are called ‘traitors’ for imprisoning and attempting to burn the imperial princess to death. That is the name of the crime that will be applied to you.

-I’ll give you until this morning. If you want lunch to be your last supper with your family, don’t turn yourself in.

There was no sign that the door had been opened or anything had been touched.

The 11 students who had tried to harass the princess because of the letter that was found on her desk, in her bag, and next to her pillow when she woke up turned themselves in.

However, ‘I’ who led all of that did not turn myself in. Because the person who instructed me told me that the power of the princess alone could not drive me like that.

Yeah, but that’s what that guy did?

“Mr. Traitor. I wanted all 12 of you to turn yourself in, but you didn’t? “

“Ha. Don’t kill people without evidence… “

“How much did Andrew say he would pay? No, not him, but did his entourage come? Since you are the only one who didn’t turn yourself in, you knew that the person who ordered you to harass the princess was the second prince of this country, right?”

“… … “

I feel my blood run cold at his words.

It’s creepy because it sounds like you knew all along but deliberately left me alone until today.

No, then surely…

“Honestly, even if you hadn’t turned yourself in, I honestly thought I’d let you off the hook once if you had just stepped back and lived a life as a black magic researcher. But, I really didn’t think I’d let you off the hook the second time.”

“What the hell, you… “

“The act of fooling around with the Dark Knight that our teacher brought to educate the people of the Black Magic Department, and even aiming for the princess’s life. To be honest, it was a bit hard for me to endure that time. It was a shitty act that targeted both my proud teacher and the cute princess. “

“Ugh… !!”

I’m sure. The guy knew from the beginning that I was the one controlling everything from behind.

The moment I understood that, I tried to use magic on him.

-Snap!

“Ouch!! My arm… ?!!”

“But I held back. Because I wanted to wait for the most painful moment for you to end. Yeah… “

The guy who had been holding nothing until just now suddenly produced something like a black pipe in his hand and struck my arm, causing his grotesquely twisted palm to look at me.

But the guy doesn’t stop there.

-Pfft!

“For example, if you were to fall into the trap of making a ‘defective product’ that you’ve spent your entire life researching. Wouldn’t that be a bit painful?”

“Okay, okay… !”

He kicked me in the chest and pushed me straight into the being behind me.

Ah. This is…

“Don’t try to perfect it with someone else’s ‘mind’, but perfect it with your own weak mind. Then you’ll admit it’s defective.”

The guy smiled wickedly as if he already knew about the existence of the ‘monster’ he had created with black magic, and pushed me inside the monster I had created.