Wings
by Afuhfuihgs
,”You’re definitely right… You, the last variable God created to win a losing battle, couldn’t possibly be the same as the other Rosses.”
Everyone nodded in agreement with Raellan’s words. Yunis seemed lost in thought, as if my words had reminded her of something.
“However, that doesn’t mean an unstable method becomes perfect.”
Raellan, his eyes gleaming, looked at me and asked.
“We don’t have a way to cause mana depletion on a large scale, simultaneously, to everyone in the city, do we?”
“We can use the World Tree.”
At my answer, Raellan stroked his chin and frowned.
“Didn’t you just say our only goal was the immortal Roman? How are you going to use the World Tree?”
At Raellan’s question, I slightly turned my head to look at Luna. She had the same look in her eyes as always. An innocent look, like a herbivore who hasn’t experienced danger. Unlike the others, Luna didn’t seem to find my masked self strange or wary.
I gave Luna a slight smile and said.
“With what I learned from my teacher.”
“…Teacher?”
Unlike Raellan, who asked with a puzzled voice, Luna smiled faintly, as if the word “teacher” had brought back old memories.
“The World Tree is essentially a plant. And I am the disciple of a teacher who created mana amplification magic that can rapidly grow plants.”
Was meeting Rotten a coincidence, or was it God’s plan from the beginning? There’s no way to know the answer. But I am carrying on the will of the magic scholar Rotten, who dedicated his life to research to save people.
“If we use mana amplification magic with a synthetic magic that causes mana depletion to concentrate all the mana of the Ludwig citizens into the World Tree… it won’t be difficult for the World Tree to take root.”
Ellie stared at me blankly with her mouth wide open. Yunis, who was next to her, also looked like she hadn’t even thought of it. Raellan pondered my words for a moment before opening his mouth.
“You’ve combined the two stories and found a way to cause mana depletion. Excellent. But you’ve missed the most important thing.”
Raellan twisted one corner of his mouth at me, turned his head, and asked Ellie.
“Can you use synthetic magic on the entire city?”
“That’s…”
“Even if you’re a future Archmage, it’s impossible for you now, as just an academy student. Even if we head to Ludwig right now and draw a magic circle in Ludwig while avoiding the immortal’s eyes, there wouldn’t be enough time. Even the Great Forest’s plan, where the Emperor and Elves joined hands, took several years to develop.”
Everyone agreed with Raellan’s point and looked at me with eyes asking if I had a solution. If we couldn’t solve the biggest problem, we wouldn’t even be able to attempt the plan.
I came up with this plan based on the experiences and memories I gained while living as Ross.
Thanks to meeting Rotten, I found a way to safely grow the World Tree, and I became Ellie’s colleague through Memorize magic, allowing me to receive help with synthetic magic.
If I didn’t have Estelle’s information, it would have been impossible to even frame the plan.
This plan is an opportunity created by relationships.
So, it was only natural that the relationship that had the greatest impact on me would be the core of this plan. Luna had enough ability to do so.
“…There is a way.”
At Luna’s sudden words, everyone’s attention turned to Luna.
Then, Luna looked straight at me and said.
,”I have the God’s Fountain Pen… that I received as a gift from Ross.”
“…!”
“If we just transfer Ellie’s synthetic magic to a magic scroll and copy it… we can use the magic contained in the scroll on the entire Ludwig.”
When Luna finished speaking, everyone looked at each other with speechless faces. A plan that had been unrealistic was gradually turning into a plan with sufficient feasibility.
Raellan, also not expecting the current situation, made a ,”Hmm,” sound, rested his chin on his hand, and quietly pondered.
Yunis, who was shivering, let out a strange moan with a strangely happy expression and summarized the story.
“If we have God’s Fountain Pen, we can infinitely copy magic scrolls… If we use the chain reaction of magic scrolls, Ellie’s synthetic magic will appear throughout Ludwig.”
Yunis approached the mobile chalkboard, erased all the written content, picked up the chalk, and began to quickly write down the plan.
“According to Modest’s information, the immortal is a magician who has reached the realm of transcendence, but… according to Modest’s information, his swordsmanship is also close to Sword Master. He’s a monster who has lived for hundreds of years, so his swordsmanship must be outstanding. But!”
Yunis strongly tapped the chalkboard with the chalk, smiled, wrote my name, and drew several circles around it.
“If mana depletion occurs throughout Ludwig, the immortal won’t be able to avoid it either. If the immortal’s advantage, magic ability, disappears, it will be easier to kill him.”
Yunis put down the chalk, looked at me with a knowing expression, and shrugged her shoulders.
“You deliberately aimed for that point, didn’t you?”
“…?”
“You also gained talent for the spear through Quantum Jump… You calculated all of this, didn’t you? To prepare for combat in a situation where you can’t use mana. Thanks to that, it’s become very easy to create a plan to attack the immortal.”
While I was looking at Yunis, wondering what the hell she was talking about, Estelle, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly screamed and stood up.
“You offered to kill Cassis, the enemy of our clan, if I killed the immortal for you!”
At that time, I thought I wouldn’t be able to kill the immortal with my own strength, so I suggested it in the hope that Estelle would somehow find a way to kill him on her own. I was trying to explain because it seemed like everyone was misunderstanding something, but Lamine, who was next to Estelle, suddenly laughed, ,”Heh.”
“Estelle has excellent combat abilities even without mana. Since she was going to fight the Order anyway, she must have been thinking of getting help killing the immortal and creating a reason to kill Cassis, the enemy of Estelle’s clan, with her own hands.”
“Why go through such complicated things…”
“Isn’t that Ross? Even during the triathlon, he hid the truth and shared the joint victory, knowing that he would be criticized.”
Estelle, who seemed to have remembered something at Lamine’s words, flinched and pointed at me with her hand, saying in a trembling voice.
“W-Were you… planning this from then? All of this?”
Before I could answer, Ellie interjected.
“Haa, you’re really so foolishly kind.”
“….”
“…Well, that’s like Ross, though.”
Ellie, who was smiling happily for some reason, and Yunis and Lamine, who were nodding as if they understood.
I silently turned my head to look at the remaining two people, seeing Estelle staring at me blankly with her mouth open.
I was glad I was wearing a mask, seeing Raellan frowning as if saying, ,”What the hell are you talking about?” and Luna with teary eyes, looking touched.
*
Now that the framework of the plan was in place, it was time to flesh it out. Raellan and Yunis skillfully created a plan to attack the immortal Roman, making use of their strengths. While the two strategists were racking their brains, the rest of us did our assigned roles.
I took off my mask first. My head hurt because I had been wearing it for a while, but I didn’t show it because Luna was next to me.
Ellie received the magic book left by Teacher Rotten and headed to the library. She was going to create a formula for synthetic magic with the help of books related to curses in the forbidden section.
Lamine seemed to have been recognized for her abilities by the strategists, as she was participating in Raellan and Yunis’ heated discussions.
Estelle had Ember move the paper to make the magic scroll materials to the basement. Luna took out the fountain pen case from her bosom and explained how much she cherished the gift.
While I was listening to the explanation and stroking Luna’s head as if praising her, Estelle suddenly tapped my arm. I answered carelessly without realizing it because my sweet time with Luna was interrupted.
“What is it?”
Estelle frowned at my blunt tone.
“What is it~? You impudent pig! I was going to tell you something because I admired your heart to kill Cassis for our clan! Never mind!”
I sighed at Estelle’s appearance, who crossed her arms and turned her body as if she was sulking. Luna smiled and gestured to Estelle as if telling me to quickly appease her. I don’t know who’s the older sister.
I missed the timing to explain, so the misunderstanding wasn’t resolved, but Cassis was a dangerous existence even in Confession. Of course, it’s right to kill him if I can. Now that it’s come to this, I should find a way to kill Cassis for Estelle, who is a joint destiny.
“Cassis is our enemy anyway because he’s in Confession. He’s an enemy we have to kill anyway, so there’s no need to thank me separately.”
Estelle, who was pouting her lips, made a ,”Hmph,” sound, released her arms, and gestured to Ember. Ember, who received the signal, approached with a box. I received the box that Ember handed over and looked at Estelle with a bewildered look.
“Is this a gift?”
“Yeah. Open it.”
Could it be an elixir? I opened the box with a little expectation, and I saw something familiar. What was in the box was the round, egg-like statue that I had asked Estelle to investigate.
“That, the investigation is over.”
“Did you find out what it is?”
“It’s an egg. I don’t know what kind of egg it is, but the pattern on the outside of the egg has traces recorded in ancient murals? Now, petrification is occurring, so it’s no different from a statue.”
I scratched my head at Estelle’s appearance, muttering that I definitely smelled money, and regretting it. Why did Principal Nelson give this as a reward for the final trial? Is it a metaphorical expression to become a heavy person like a stone?
At that time, Luna showed interest in the egg in the box. I took the statue out of the box and showed it to her, meaning she could look at it as much as she wanted, and Luna’s eyes lit up as she observed the statue with interest and muttered quietly.
“It has wings?”
“…Huh?”
When I asked again because I couldn’t hear properly, Luna stroked the statue and said as if she was amazed.
“There’s a child with wings inside.”
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