V5Ch5: No way, school terrorism again!! Part 5

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Translator: Soafp

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Alexia, Claire, and Isaac led the way along the way.

This was to avoid exhausting the students with low remaining magic power.

However, Alexia’s remaining magic power was not enough to spare either.

“I’m down to less than a thousand. …….”

Alexia muttered to herself.

The more the magic power is reduced, the closer to death it feels.

“I have 1100.”

“I still have 1300 left. I’ll take care of things when the going gets tough.”

Isaac and Claire continued.

They had more breathing room than Alexia, but still their spirits are worn out.

However, the one in a more difficult position than anyone else was the female student who had just been rescued.

“Ah, aah, no….”

She was shaking and looking at the number that was gradually decreasing.

The amount of magic remaining is 59.

The time left to her would be approximately 10 minutes. But there was nothing they could do about it.

“Ugh …… ugh …….”

She finally started to cry, and no one could find the words to say to her.

At that time, multiple magical reactions were felt in the surrounding area.

“Be careful!”

They looked around, but there was nothing there but a white fog.

No, the white fog was gathering magic power, which was taking the form of a ghost. Right now, a ghost is being created from the fog.

“You!”

Alexia and the others slashed at it before it could start moving.

But the ghosts being created were numerous.

Christina, Nina, and the students in the back of the school joined the battle, and the cramped school building became a huge battleground of people and ghosts.

“S**t, even from behind!”

“This guy!”

“Hii, don’t come any closer!”

But there was one among them who would not fight.

“You don’t fight, Eliza-senpai?”

It was Suzuki who asked that question.

“Please call me Eliza-sama. It is not yet the time for me to fight. Why don’t you fight?”

Eliza dodged the ghost’s sword with her brilliant footwork and laughed scornfully.

“I have less magic left than you, Eliza-sama. I think it’s Eliza who should fight first.”

“Hey, shut up, freshman.”

A large male member of the entourage glares at Suzuki. He, too, was only using the minimum amount of magic power to protect Eliza.

Suzuki, glared at by both Eliza and her entourage, gave a small laugh.

“I feel sorry for her. I went to all the trouble to patch her up, and now she’s going to die.”

Suzuki said, looking at the female student whose remaining magic power was finally below 10.

She was desperately fighting the ghost with her injured arm and the little magic she had left.

“It can’t be helped. There’s nothing we can do now.”

Her remaining magic power was decreasing.

Six, five, four…….

“Not really. From what I’ve found out, this collar has some interesting features.”

Suzuki said and approached the female student in combat.

He flicked the ghost’s sword at the student with the bottom of his palm, which was filled with magic power.

With a crack, the sword shattered into pieces.

“Eh?”

The female student looked up at Suzuki with a surprised face.

The sound was heard again.

The ghost’s jaw was shattered. Suzuki slowly lowered the palm he had swung out.

“You, what have you done?”

Eliza said in a harsh voice.

“It’s just a simple body trick. It’s nothing to make a fuss about.”

Suzuki smiled lightly and touched the girl’s collar.

Three, two, one…… and the numbers were decreasing.

It was obvious that she was not going to make it.

“A-aah …… no, I don’t want to die …… please!”

She said as if clinging to him.

“Don’t worry”

Suzuki said and poured magic power into the collar.

The next moment, the remaining magic power jumped up: 50, 100, 150 …….

“Thank you …….”

The remaining magic power was 251.

She let out a relieved breath.

“Suzuki,…… what did you do?”

It was Christina who said that after the battle.

Most of the ghosts had already been defeated and Claire had just cut down the last one.

After watching the battle end, Suzuki spoke up.

“In the classroom, I examined the collars of the sacrificed students. When I let the magic flow through the collar as a test, the magic power built up in the collar. That made me wonder if it might be possible.”

Everyone listened to Suzuki’s statement.

The collar has a function of transferring magic power. The magic power delivered is pooled and consumed in the other student’s collar —- in other words, if you give magic power to a student with low remaining magic power, the explosion can be postponed.”

“How did you notice that ……”

Alexia looked impressed.

“This might reduce the number of casualties.”

Claire said.

“The student with the most remaining magic power in this group is …… Eliza-sama. Surely you can help us, right?”

Suzuki said with a smile.

Eliza smiled as well.

“I will consider it positively when we arrive at the auditorium”

“I’m glad to hear that. By the way,……, when I examined the dead bodies of the students in the classroom, there was something that bothered me.”

“Bothered you, ……?”

“The body had restraint marks on the extremities.”

“……You’re not imagining things?”

Eliza’s eyes shook for a moment.

“Another strange thing. All of their collars had exploded.”

“What about it? It’s only natural that the collars would explode when the magic power runs out.”

“Yes, that’s right. But it is a very strange situation to imagine. They died when their collars exploded while they were being restrained. What on earth could have happened?”

“….I don’t know what you’re trying to say.”

“Maybe someone has tried the same thing with a living human being as I have. They poured magic power into them, or made them use magic power. I’ve been trying to find out the conditions for activating the collar and see if I can’t disarm it. …… And the deciding factor was her.”

Susuki pointed at the female student.

“When I handed over the magic, she said, “Thank you.” But that’s strange. Normally, you would be surprised. People don’t know that magic power can be passed on, so …… you guys knew, didn’t you?”

The female student paled and trembled.

“I-I….”

“So you knew.”

“…… I’m sorry. Eliza-sama is a great noble and cannot be disobeyed,…… and students who disobeyed were bound and had their collars removed or had their magic consumed until it reached zero……. …… and in the process, I found out that magic power could be transferred…….. I’m sorry.”

“It was also strange that only Eliza-sama had an unusual amount of magic power remaining. The other students all had less than three hundred magic power remaining. It was as if she had adjusted.”

“…… everyone gave Eliza-sama their magic power. But I had so little magic power that I couldn’t give it to her, so I went into the hallway……”

And then the girl started to cry.

“If that’s true, it’s a very serious situation.”

Alexia glared at Eliza.

“So …… what are you going to do about it?”

Eliza let out a sigh.

“You are guilty”

“Guilty? As vice president, I tried to help the students. I didn’t know at the time that if I tried to remove the collar, or if they ran out of magic, they would explode.”

“How dare you so brazenly ……? How do you explain that you took the students’ magic power?”

“I didn’t take it from them, it was entrusted to me. Of course, I was going to distribute it fairly later.”

“Do you really think you can get away with such an excuse?”

“Normally, it would be fine, but …… it’s not so good when it’s Alexia. I know, let’s make a deal.”

“Deal?”

“I still have 1,900 of my magic power. If you’ll let me go, I’ll give them this magic.”

Alexia clicked her tongue.

The students’ magic power had been reduced by the current battle. Accepting her magical power might help them.

But if she agreed to the deal, it would mean letting her transgressions slide.

No matter who Alexia is, it is not easy for her to turn back a deal with a great noble.

“…… Are you really going to give it?”

“Yes, of course. I’m willing to give up a lot of magic power on certain conditions.”

Eliza smiled with a smile.

She understood that there was no way she could refuse.

Alexia looked around at the students. Their faces were flushed with impatience and fatigue. Their lives are being cut short at this very moment.

The only way to save them was to make a deal.

“I understand. I’ll accept the deal. ……”

Just as Alexia was about to say that…

“I don’t think you understand the situation.”

Suzuki said over Alexia’s voice.

He was standing behind Eliza.

“When did you…?

“Don’t move!”

Suzuki stopped Eliza and her entourage from turning around in a panic with a low voice.

His hand was touching Eliza’s neck ……, or rather her collar.

“What would happen if I were to rip off this collar right now? You know what will happen, don’t you, Eliza?”

“…..What do you mean? Do you know what will happen to me if you do this to me?

Eliza is a tremendous swordsman.

“Suzuki, don’t do this. Even the Hope family does not want to antagonize her yet.”

Christina also said.

“Yare yare. Nobody seems to understand the situation.”

Suzuki let out a sigh so that everyone could hear.

“What do you mean ……?”

“Eliza-sama, nothing that has ever protected you can reach you here. The prestige of the great nobility, the power of the factions, and the wealth you have built up so high cannot reach into this white mist.”

“I am Eliza. I represent the Kingdom of Midgar.”

“What does it matter? Does it protect you at this moment? If I killed Eliza in this white mist, what will they say? Will those who have been deprived of their magical power by you testify for you?”

Eliza looked around at the students as if glaring at them.

None of them wanted to make eye contact with Eliza.

“Do you understand? The position you are in. ……”

Suzuki whispered in her ear.

He then applied pressure to the collar.

“…… I understand, I’m sorry,”

Eliza said quietly.

“No need to apologize. Please share your magic with the students.”

“……Of course.”

Eliza’s eyes were filled with such hatred that she could have killed anyone with her gaze.

“I’m sorry, Princess Alexia. This is an emergency. Eliza-sama’s disposition will be decided in court after everything is finished. And, of course, if necessary, my punishment as well.”

“Is that all right with you? Threatening a nobleman could result in severe consequences for you, Suzuki-kun.”

“I am prepared for that.”

“I see. …… What about the Hope family?”

Alexia asks Christina.

“If you can testify in court, Alexia-sama. The cause is ours. It won’t end so badly.”

Christina said nonchalantly.

“Thank you.”

Susuki gave a small bow.

“─ I don’t have any …… problem with that, I have my own reasons.”

Christina said, turning away with a pout.

After that, the magic power was handed over.

Eliza’s magic power was left at 400, and the 1500 was to be shared among the students with less magic power.

“As you know, it is forbidden to take their magical power again”

“Let’s head for the auditorium quickly. I don’t want to be attacked by the ghosts.”

After the transfer of magic power, the group split into two.

Eliza and the students went to the auditorium, while Alexia and the others followed the path of the magical power.

“I will make sure you remember …….”

Eliza glared at Suzuki as she left.

However, he took one look at Eliza as if he were looking at a stone on the side of the road and passed by.

“Everything is an illusion… the event in the white fog…”

He turned his back on her and said, meaningfully.

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