episode_0066

A classroom on the 3rd floor of the Enoch Building, where there are few people.

Now the sun is slowly starting to set.

For dinner, I just filled myself with snacks. Because I didn’t feel like eating a lot.

Outside the window, you can see Uruk and Baekyang students holding hands and singing.

After the misunderstanding was resolved, I think we became closer.

In addition, Mina shouts out a cheer after winning the battle, Kal is frustrated after losing again, and Graven takes a break and refines his crew after gathering enough points.

My older brother walks around the academy with his parents. The dean and three housemasters looking at the students in the square…

And then the sound of the door opening behind you.

“You’re here.”

As expected, you responded.

“Colman Cantor. I heard you found out my identity.”

I unfolded the romantic bag and took the model out of it.

“This is… ”

“I haven’t done the painting yet. Because it’s a spare.”

What I took out was a model of Phantom Thief Ombre that had just been primed.

“… Is it a mirror match?”

“Are you not confident?”

“It can’t be.”

We made a table by attaching each other’s romantic bags.

Plain flat terrain with some bushes and walls but no major features.

The grand strategy chosen is a turf war where models must be sent to the opposing camp.

“My crew consists of Phantom Thief Ombre, The Bunny Girl, The Firestarter, and two Phantom Thief followers.”

“This is surprising. I chose the exact same crew.”

We chose five units exactly the same.

The table handed each side a random story out of 10.

What I received was a duel. I chose to cover the remaining stories.

duel

Protagonist (friendly Ombre), target (enemy Ombre).

Start: The protagonist talks to the target.

Progression: The protagonist causes damage to the target, or the target causes damage to the protagonist.

End: The target has been eliminated by the protagonist.

take

The main character (ally Ombre).

Start: The story begins within 12cm of you. The main character of the story becomes the target of reporting.

Progress: The protagonist has spoken to the target.

End: The main character survives.

After that, it was all smooth sailing.

I won the placement ticket and chose the next placement. I looked at the other person’s ombre and placed it so that it faced my ombre.

Ombre gets the right to attack first on the first turn. He forced me to attack first.

The first round passes smoothly for both sides.

There were no special combos or complicated moves, just the models kept moving forward.

“The turn ends with The Firestarter walking like this twice.”

“With this, round 1 is over.”

“… What do you think is the most important thing in this match?”

“Isn’t it a fire starter?”

Phantom thieves units have very poor attack capabilities before their identities are revealed.

The only exception is The Firestarter.

It has access to fire magic and has excellent bombs as shooting armament, allowing for wide-area dealing.

The important thing in a simple game is to prevent the opponent from scoring.

In order to score at least 1 point in the turf war, you must push 3 or more models into the enemy camp, but since Ombre and Bunny Girl are busy progressing the story, Firestarter must stop the phantom thief followers.

But Ombre shook his head.

“It seems like he’s looking out for me, but that can’t be possible. There are two phantom thief followers.

Firestarters can’t stop them all.

The deciding point will be the identity of the phantom thieves.”

As a result of the 2nd round first-place roll, I win this time.

“I will choose the next one.”

“It’s a junior job.”

But the game went as Ombre expected.

The Firestarter clears out one unit of the Phantom Thief follower, but on the other side, other units pass by leisurely.

Also, both sides succeeded in deeply penetrating the bunny girl.

If things continue like this, each side scores 1 point.

All that remains now are the two phantom thieves, Ombre, on both sides.

Ombre moves, and when I move, the turn ends.

“My turn. I’m going to walk Ombre once.

And my Ombre talks to the enemy Ombre.”

“What was the story?”

“Confession.”

A story where you gain 1 victory point by having a conversation.

“I will reveal my identity through the revelation effect. Academy Student Council President Lilac Bonnet.

Immediately, the student council president’s operation blocking aura is activated. thus… ”

“My surviving Phantom Thief follower models will have no effect.”

beck.

This earns you 1 victory point. 1 to 0.

And since my score is blocked, it’s 2-0 at the end of the round.

You will have an overwhelming advantage in the third round.

“End of turn. But isn’t there something to be said about that too?”

“I chose to report on the story.

Immediately gain 1 victory point. And the identity of the phantom thief Ombre is revealed.”

Ombre adjusted her posture.

I paused for a moment and turned over the card with his identity written on it.

“The identity of Ombre is Cleo Macariel.”

“… ”

“Mr. Cleo. The revision board installed in the student council room was broadcasting a broadcast from an hour ago, right?

So, by the time I watched the video and chased after Ombre, he had already disappeared, and after listening to the broadcast and going to the ball, I was late.

Cleo watched the broadcast featuring ombre with me, but that actually happened an hour ago.

Therefore, Cleo has no alibi.”

I continued my reasoning.

“The rest all have alibis.

Because Hwayoung and Vice President Tangaroa were in the student space when Ombre faced Graven.

The only thing out of my sight was the Chairman, but he was also chatting in the common space.

Since you can’t go up after changing clothes in such a short period of time, the president is not an ombre person either.”

Ombre still silent.

“Priestley It’s a prank that even the chairman agrees to, as if he were alone, there’s no way for outsiders to do it.

By the method of elimination, ombre is Cleo.

Oh, and.”

I added one thing.

“Among the Funforge members, the only person other than me who has skills comparable to Graven is Cleo.”

“… Thank you for saying that.”

Cleo’s own voice, not altered by magic.

“At first, I thought they would tell me to take off my mask if I lost the game.

I was shocked because there was no such suggestion, but it seems that they were looking for an opportunity to reveal Ombre’s true identity rather than a win or loss.

I’m ahead in points, but there’s no reason to play the game anymore… ”

“No.”

I shook my head firmly.

“This game. I can win.”

“Yes?”

“My turn. Cleo Macariel gets a turn.

Cleo’s ability, document expert.”

Paperwork Expert – This unit gains Proficiency 1 (Operations) at the start of its turn.

“This means that operational actions are possible for free.

And conversation is also a tactical action.”

“The Chairman’s abilities do not apply here.

Because this isn’t a strategy, it’s a story.”

Student Council Carte blanche – 12cm Aura, enemy units cannot perform strategic actions and are not affected or affected by the strategy.

“As a free operation action, talk to the chairman and proceed with the coverage.”

An illusion of Cleo approaching Lilac, who confessed to her, with a notebook and asking a question.

“Talk again as the first action. This time the story of the duel begins.”

When Cleo hears the question, she huffs, throws her gloves and challenges to a duel.

“Second action. Fires enhanced magic bullets using 1 magic power.

Cleo’s abilities and theoretician apply here.”

Theorist – Once per turn, when you cast a basic spell, you gain one of the following effects:

– Add your own learning to the judgment of termination.

– The number of magic bullet attacks increases according to your learning.

– The damage nullity of protection increases by your learning.

Enhanced Magic Bullet – X, 36cm, 1 enemy unit

Generates 3X attacks – Accuracy 5, Penetration 0, Damage 1

“My learning is number 2. In other words, the incoming magic bullets are five… ”

“1, 2, 3, 4, 10. So 4 hits.”

Defend with “Resistance 5. Resistance increases by 1 due to the princess’s ability…

2, 3, 4, 4, 8. Fail to defend once. So 1 damage.”

“Due damage has been inflicted on the target, so the duel story progresses.

Since two stories were started and played separately, 2 victory points were earned twice.”

Achieved 4 points. Therefore, I win the simple game.

Ombre, or rather Cleo, took off her mask, took out her glasses from her bosom, and put them on.

She bowed her head to me.

“Sorry. By doing this without even informing me… ”

“You have nothing to apologize for. It was a wonderful event that heated up the romantic festival.

But Cleo, you didn’t wear an ombre disguise for that purpose, right?”

She nodded.

“You may feel absurd, but… I wanted to show my parents my determination.”

“To your parents?”

“You saw it yesterday too, but you told me to stop playing with children like this…

I wanted to tell my parents that their only daughter is not a model student and likes childish things more than I thought.

Originally, I wanted to reveal my face after winning the Ombrero tournament… ”

Are you saying that you wore a mask because you wanted to convey your sincerity?

Well, it’s much more dramatic than participating in a tournament with a bare face and winning.

There will be opposition to participating as a member of the student council.

“The first thing I didn’t tell Mr. Coleman about was President Priestley’s urging… ”

“That guy is really… ”

“And… I also wanted to do it on my own, without Mr. Coleman’s help.

The concept of Phantom Thief Ombre. I really liked it. Looking at this design note left by Mr. Coleman… ”

She reached under her cloak, took out a notebook, and gave it to me.

Cleo’s notes written in detail on the Phantom Thief Ombre part.

I looked at it blankly and spoke forcefully.

“Mr. Cleo. No, Phantom Thief Ombre.

Then go to the end and win.”

“Okay… No, I understand.”

I turned and looked out the darkened window.

After giving it some time, I looked back and the ombre had disappeared like the wind.

Well, one thing solved.

Now I have to go back to the student council room and report to the president that it was successfully completed.

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“As expected, the identity of the phantom thief Ombre was Cleo.”

“What, did you know?”

Lilac raised one eyebrow at Tangaroa’s words, which seemed to make sense.

“No. I just wondered what would happen without me.

When Ombre appears, I thought, Oh, I see something from Priestley…

If you take out the Chairman, take out Hwayoung, take out Coleman, the only thing left is Cleo.”

“Yes.”

Well, Cleo said she only gave the alibi to Coleman.

From Tangaroa’s perspective, it would have been as obvious as seeing fire.

“Anyway, I think I’ve done everything, so I’m going down.”

“Okay.”

“Chairman, don’t you come down?”

“I’m waiting for Coleman.”

Tangaroa looked out the window.

“It’s dinner now. Let’s meet tomorrow and talk.”

“No. This is a story that needs to be told today.”

“What is this story about?”

“Lilac Bonnets love Coleman Cantor.”

Words like a whisper.

Tangaroa froze for a moment, then opened his beak wide in disbelief, then clenched his fists and stretched them toward the sky.

“What is it? Why are you like that?”

“Finally… at las… ”

“No, shouldn’t you be a little surprised?”

“What are you surprised about? Anyone can see that the Chairman has made it clear that he likes Coleman!

Coleman, that stupid guy didn’t know!”

Lilac burst out laughing.

She smiled and kneaded her fingers, then took a deep breath and continued speaking.

“And I will confess everything. My past too. My wounds too… ”

“Really everything?”

“Everything, even the things I didn’t tell you.”

“Huh.”

Tangaroa scratched his chin.

“I can’t even guess that it’s something I don’t know…

Well, good luck.”

“Luck.”

“For the Crown Princess and the second baron to date, they will need a lot of luck.”

“Marriage talk was a disaster.”

“Are you just talking about yourself?”

The sound of Lilac tapping her feet nervously.

“I don’t know. If the Romantic Age becomes a success and changes both the Academy and the Empire… ”

“Ha. Is that possible?”

“It can be done. I believe in Coleman’s game.”

“Yes, whatever. Good luck once again.”

“Tangaroa.”

“Yes?”

Stifling silence.

“So… ”

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On the way from Mode Hall to the Student Center.

The lights were still on in the student council room on the third floor.

“You are the chairman.”

The chairman’s face can be seen through the window with no curtains drawn.

I was a little excited and walked faster.

Shall we sing from under the window? Did your conversation with Cleo go well?

“Chairman… ”

I swallowed my voice.

Because another person appeared from the window.

Vice Chairman Tangaroa was pointing a point at the Chairman.

what?

While I was dazed, the two continued arguing.

The vice president pushes the president by violently swinging his arms and sometimes pounding his fists.

The chairman is on the defensive, trying to stop him by crossing his arms or raising his palms.

The vice president drove the president toward the wall, little by little.

There is no longer room for the chairman to retreat.

The chairman, unable to bear it any longer, fights back. He equally clenched his fist and responded by poking the vice president with his finger.

and-

The vice president overturned his desk.

The first thought that came to mind was a feeling of complete unreality.

My second thought was-

No, there were no second thoughts.

As soon as the sense of unreality subsided, I was sprinting towards the student council room.

As soon as I opened the door to the student center, Tangaroa came rushing out.

“Vice President.”

“… ”

“Vice President-”

“Stone wall.”

A wall made of earth magic separated him from me.

After looking away, I ran towards the third floor.

“Chairman!”

“… ”

“Chairman!”

The student council room was in chaos.

Perhaps startled by the sudden commotion, the little boy rolled his eyes in the corner.

The chairman is blankly looking at the overturned desk and scattered papers.

I walked over and grabbed her arm.

“Chairman. Chairman Lilac.”

“Coleman… ”

She falls into my arms, leaning against me.

I hugged the president tightly.

“Chairman. Please wait here.

I’ll catch that platypus right away-”

“Don’t go.”

“Chairman. Tangaroa-”

“Don’t go… ”

Her body trembling like an aspen tree.

“… all right. I won’t go.”

“… ”

“Then tell me why you fought.”

“… ”

There is no answer.

After patting the chairman on the back a few times, I finally stopped shaking.

“Coleman.”

“Yes. Please tell me.”

“There is a place I want to show you.”

“Chairman. I don’t know what it is, but now-”

“I’ll tell you everything as I go. So please come with me.

If I can’t do it today… I don’t think I can do this forever… I feel that way.”

A wild story that does not fit the emergency situation in which the vice president escaped.

But before I knew it, I was nodding my head.

“Yes. I’ll go with you.”