V5Ch5: No way, school terrorism again!! Part 4
Translator: Soafp
Alexia took the lead in explaining the plan to everyone.
Some students protested, “You’re abandoning us!” but there was no time to persuade them.
The six of them went out through the back door of the auditorium to avoid being noticed. Claire and Alexia quickly took care of any ghosts that might be obstacles and hurried on.
In the midst of all this, Christina was observing Suzuki without being noticed.
He is standing calmly in the white fog against the ghosts that could attack from anywhere.
“….. strange”
Christina muttered in a voice so small that no one could hear her.
Her relationship with Suzuki was that of a distant relative and classmate. No more, no less, and they didn’t have that deep of a relationship.
But even so, she knew what kind of person Suzuki was.
He was not the kind of person who could stand proudly in front of Princess Alexia or stand calmly in a real battle.
He had changed so much that she couldn’t help but describe him …… as if he were a different person.
However, Suzuki’s face and voice are definitely of his own.
“…..Maybe he was hiding his abilities.”
In order not to get caught up in the conflict between the main family and the branch families. It is a thin motive, but not without possibility.
“…… artifact or drug influence.”
This is the only other thing she could think of, but it still doesn’t feel right.
But there is no doubt that something has changed in him.
If Suzuki was a threat to the family, Christina would not hesitate to dispose of him.
That’s what Christina was thinking…and then…
“It’s not safe.”
Gently, Christina’s shoulder was pulled.
Immediately after that, the ghost’s sword-fighting attack passed right in front of Christina’s eyes.
“You!”
She reacted as one would expect, reaping her sword and slashing at the ghost.
The ghost shatters and vanishes.
“That’s great, Christina nee-sama!”
“…… Thank you for the help.”
She said this to Suzuki. If he hadn’t been there, she might have received a blow.
“As a branch of the family, I did what I had to do.”
He said softly and hurried on. She could not read anything from his back.
“This way.”
Claire followed the subtle magic as she made her way through the school building. Occasionally she would hold the bandage on her right hand, seemingly concerned about something.
“Is there something wrong with your right hand?”
“It’s a peculiarity. It is sensitive to magic.”
Alexia responded to Isaac’s question with an appropriate answer. Aurora, or some other mysterious ghost, can not be said to be possessed by her.
“Is that the secret of the winner of the Bhushin Festival?”
“Something like that, I suppose.”
“The fog is thick. You never know where a surprise attack might come from.”
“Right.”
“But don’t worry. Princess Alexia’s safety is in my hands…”
At that moment, Alexia suddenly drew her sword.
She slashed at the ghost’s arm, which had grown out from under her feet. The ghost shatters and disappears, and Alexia puts her sword back down.
“—-What did you say?”
“No. …… nothing.”
For a while the six of them went on in silence.
“Did you hear that?”
It was Nina who stopped and said so.
“What …… is that, a scream?”
Alexia and the others, listening carefully, heard the screams for sure.
“Maybe there are students who didn’t make it out. What do we do?”
Claire, who was leading the way, looked back.
“But we don’t have much time to spare either.”
Isaac warns. He was right, from the time we left the auditorium to this point, nearly 20% of the magic power had already been consumed.
“…Let’s help them”
Alexia made her decision after some hesitation.
The school building was filled with countless ghosts, and they all ran to the end of the building to find the ghosts writhing in the air.
“Ghosts…… are surrounding the classroom?
“It looks like there are students inside!”
Claire exclaimed.
“No, outside too.”
Nina found countless corpses, cruelly slashed to pieces.
In addition, there is also a female student who is about to be pierced right now.
“Hiii… ……, h-help!”
There is no time to save her.
That’s what everyone thought.
But a blood-red tentacle reached out. The tentacles tear the ghosts from around the girl and help her out.
“Now—!”
At Claire’s command, the six of them plunged into the crowd of ghosts.
Claire manipulated her red tentacles to open a huge hole in the crowd of ghosts, Alexia slashed and split them open one after another with her lean movements, and Isaac blasted them away with his powerful sword filled with magic power.
These three were the mainstays of the battle.
Nina, Christina, and Suzuki fought modestly a little behind the main force.
Nina was dealing with the ghosts that Claire had missed, while Christina was fighting with a sideways glance at Suzuki.
And Suzuki was …… just standing there.
He didn’t even drew his sword.
Leaning against the corridor wall and watching the fight from the sidelines. His presence was extremely different.
The five of them were able to exterminate the ghosts.
After the battle was over, Christina was the first to open her mouth.
“If you don’t want to fight, you’re just in our way”
“I was just trying to avoid unnecessary fighting because I have little magic power left. You seemed to be doing fine without me. …… Perhaps you needed help?”
“I don’t need your help. Stay back and shiver.”
“That’s reassuring.”
The two exchanged words in an indifferent manner.
The distance between them felt much more distant than classmates or relatives.
“Is everything all right? Are you injured?”
Claire looked at the girl she had saved.
“M-my arm…….”
The girl’s face contorted.
“It’s broken, she needs to rest …….”
Claire glanced at the girl’s remaining magic. It was already below 100.
“It’s not safe here. Let’s go inside the classroom.”
Alexia tries to open the classroom door.
“W-wait! Help me, if we go back to the classroom, they’ll……”
The female student screamed in desperation.
At that moment, the classroom door opened behind her.
“Well well, would you look at this. Princess Alexia, please come in.”
“You are ……vice president.”
There she was, the bewitchingly beautiful female student —Eliza, the vice president of the student council.
“Yes, it’s all right now.”
Eliza tends to the injured female student with a gentle smile.
“T- thank you very much,…… Eliza-sama,…….”
The student’s voice was trembling. It was by no means due to pain. Next to Eliza, a large student in her entourage crossed her arms.
“I didn’t realize there were still so many of them left.”
Alexia looked around the room.
Aside from Alexia, Eliza, and the others, eight students still remained. And four bodies.
“I suddenly felt as if I was enveloped in a white fog, and then I was attacked by some unidentifiable monster. …… But I’m still the vice president, so I rallied everyone together and fought desperately.”
A barricade had been built at the exit of the classroom.
The barricades are stained with blood. The walls were also splattered with blood everywhere.
Alexia stole a look at Eliza’s remaining magic power. The number was 1971.
“The vice president has a lot of magic power left, I see.”
“I was blessed with a good bloodline. I am proud of my parents.”
Eliza said with a bit of pride.
“I see. …… what are you going to do now? The students are gathering in the auditorium. I think it would be safer to move them there.”
“I’d like to, but I’m not sure how to move around. Everyone’s remaining magic power is low.”
The students in the classroom, with the exception of Eliza and her entourage, all had less than 300 remaining.
“Shall I walk with you on the way?”
“I’d be very relieved if you would.”
Waiting for the preparations to be finished, Alexia and the others left the classroom. The female student was trembling by the end.