chapter 39
39. You can’t kill
“Mika. Did you hear the news?”
Michaela, who was playing with her pen in the middle of the day, raised her head at Haniel’s question as she opened the door and came in.
“What news?”
“The school trip is being resumed. The place is said to be in the south.”
“Ah, I heard that… Wait, wait! Haniel?! Why do you even call me Mika!?”
“… Uh? That, will you?”
Oh my God. She has been hanging out with some of the demon lords lately, so it seems that her nickname of Michaela, which they call her, has stuck to her own mouth as well.
“Mi, I’m sorry. Mika. No! Michaela!”
“… That’s Okay. Just call me Mika.”
Michaela sighs as if she has given up on everything. She opened her mouth again as she finished the task she had been longing for.
“Rather than anything else, it seems that everyone has confidence in peace when they resume school trips that have been blocked for several years. It is also possible to say that there will be no more hostile atmosphere.”
“Good. You can’t handle the fear, worry, and fatigue of war forever.”
The same is true of the ‘Magic Tower’ where Haniel, a former wizard, lived in the past.
Magic is a study that continues to explore without knowing the end. A privilege with an obligation to benefit the world more broadly.
But because of that war, I couldn’t even talk about magic useful in real life, let alone research it. Everyone had to cling to magic for the sake of killing only that one thing.
No matter how eccentric the wizards were, I absolutely wanted to avoid being accused of being a traitor and dying miserably, or even being socially buried.
Even the Mage Tower, which had a free atmosphere, was in such a state, but it was more if you added it to other places, but not less. Everyone hated the demons, but at the same time, it was clear that they wanted this damn war to end.
As a bonus, I hope there will be no more anxiety that another war might break out.
In that sense, the academy’s resumption of field trips was a very positive sign.
“The sea rather than anything! That’s the southern sea! If you are asked to pick the most beautiful natural scenery in the empire, it is a place that must be included in three fingers, right?! Especially those huge coral reefs! They say that is so spectacular, but I really want to see it!”
“Haniel, have you ever been to the sea?”
“I’ve been to the beach before, but I haven’t looked closely. All I had to do was go to the branch of the Mage Tower in the south just because my seniors were following me. So I’m looking forward to it even more! Whoop whoop!”
“Okay. The sea is not necessarily that pretty.”
“Eh? So, does Mika hate the sea?”
“It’s not that I don’t like it… Well, I’ll just say I’m used to it because I’ve come across it often.”
I’m used to it. In other words, it must mean that I have been in contact with it since childhood. Since they didn’t know the smallest details about each other’s past, Haniel wanted to hear more from Michaela.
So I’m trying to ask which part of the sea is where and how I’m used to it–
Boom!―
“Hick!?”
“Aha! I was here!”
A woman with bright red hair entered through the door. His true identity is that of a demon lord!
“Astaroth?! No, how many times do I tell you to knock?!”
“What are you talking about! Knocking is for cowards!”
“No bullsh*t!”
She was Michaela, screaming in disbelief.
“Okay, follow me. I need your help, Mika!”
“I’m not the kind of person you have to go to because you’re coming! Let go! I have to do homework too!”
“Hero said he didn’t study!!”
“Someone said that nonsense!”
“Old man!”
All the warriors now know who the man Astaroth is talking about is.
It’s hard to believe that Lete could have said such a thing, but considering Astaroth’s usual life, he is by no means a great person to lie about with that man.
“….”
Thanks to that, Michaela had to keep her mouth shut and Haniel had to seriously ponder.
Really Lethe said that? Heroes don’t have to study? So, can I not do that too? Honestly, the warrior is the hero! I don’t know if it’s magic, but I don’t want to study anything else!!
“So let’s go together, Mika. Huh?! Oh, there you are! Let’s go too!”
“Me too?!”
“Oh! I think that’s how Mika will go without saying anything! Come on!”
“Ehh?!”
The power of the demon king was great. It was impossible for the warriors to shake it off without doing their best. In the end, Michaela and Haniel had no choice but to be taken as if they were kidnapped by the Red Devil.
“… Michaela? Haniel? Where are you going?”
“Selapy! Help us-“
“Oh! Hey! Let’s go too!”
“Eh-“
Selapy, who was entering with a cigarette, was dragged along as a bonus.
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“… That’s how I got here.”
How and why did you come here? After hearing all of Michaela’s detailed explanation about him, Marmar slowly opened her mouth.
“I’m sorry.”
Why did Astaroth do the work and apologize? Was questioned, but Marmar struggled to put it aside. For now, I have something very important to ask them first.
“Anyway, the reason why I called you like this….”
“I heard. You guys say you don’t even know what the sea is.”
Is this real or fake? Without being able to erase all the facial expressions. Sellafi crossed her arms and continued her words.
“Do you really not know what the sea is like?”
“To my shame, yes. That’s right.”
“If you go to the library, there must be at least a related book, right?”
“So I saw it. Watery, salty, with sand in front. I knew that much.”
I only learned the basics. Sellafi swallowed the words down her throat. It’s not that the demon kings are curious about the sea itself anyway, but what exactly they do when they go to the sea. Because that’s what I was curious about.
“If you go to the sea, you must enter the sea first.”
“There’s also sunbathing, selfie!”
“Why are you doing that? I still don’t understand. It’s still hot in the south. Even if you go into the sea and cool down, why are you burning it when it’s not enough?”
“The human body needs a lot of sunlight to become healthy!”
“I never told you to burn it.”
The sunbathing argument between Haniel and Sellafi started out of nowhere. In the meantime, ‘sea bathing? Sunbath? Do you play?
“You two should fight later. So, if you go to that place called the sea, do you go into the water or bask in the sun?”
“It usually goes into the water.”
“Sunbathing is good too?!”
“Ah, stop!”
The two warriors immediately shut up at Sitri’s cry.
“I can’t imagine myself going into the water wearing clothes like this? Soaking up the sun? It must be wet and filthy heavy? Or blazingly hot!”
“I’m afraid I’ll do something like that with the clothes I wear here.”
It was Michaela’s side this time.
“There is a separate outfit worn at sea. Clothes with a lot less cloth area than now and a lot of exposure.”
“Right! It’s called a swimsuit! Some types are even more obscured than they are now… Overall, exposure… Eek!”
At Haniel’s words, Astaroth suddenly approaches her. Then, it vomits red eyes that make the person facing it shrink.
“What did you just say?”
“Yes, yes?”
“I told you how to wear clothes at sea. How?”
“No, they say there is quite a bit of exposure….”
Did I say something wrong? It’s not? Did you just tell the truth? And there wasn’t anything that would make the demon lords feel bad?!
“… Hey Mar. Sitry. Did you hear Did you hear the warrior here?”
Of course, that word itself was an emergency for the demon lords. Either the good side or the bad side.
“Yes, Ashu. I heard you.”
“I heard you very clearly.”
I wear clothes that are highly exposed. In front of Lete, many female students say that? Even with a few elves present?
I believe in Lethe. I have no doubt that he is a man who gives and loves only for them. However, the instincts of creatures are sometimes more powerful than reason.
Didn’t even the people themselves, despite Lethe’s teachings and cautions, fail to overcome their instincts as demons and wholeheartedly destroy the warriors in sparring?
Just in case, Lethe, even if it’s just for a moment. What if you saw other women dressed like that? What if you see her face turn a little red?
“… Sitry. Really, can’t we just get rid of all the women here?”
“I also want to agree with Ashu’s opinion this time.”
“… Be patient, please. I want to, but I never can.”
Don’t harm it. You must not use force. Not even threats. What can they do in this situation? What should I do to keep Lethe’s eyes completely on this side! Think. Think! What should i do-
“Me, so. Everyone. We’re going to buy something called a swimsuit this week… Would you like to go with me?”
When Haniel quietly opens her mouth, Michaela notices why. She is afraid to move with the demon lords, so why did she say that in the first place?
Of course, to Haniel or Sella P, Michaela, who seemed to be closest to the demon lords, showed such signs, so she couldn’t help but put on an expression that she didn’t understand.
“Oh, wait a minute. There it is.”
However, Sitri seemed to have found a new way out of those words.
“Ashu, Mar. I came up with a way.”
“What is it?”
“What?!”
Please tell me. The two demon kings who have the momentum to choke if they don’t talk right away. Sitri told the sisters the best solution he could think of.
“It’s simple. If we can’t hold the enemy in check, shouldn’t we be overwhelmingly strong?”