NOVEL NEXT chapter 36
36 – Demon Search Operation (2)
Today, the mountain road behind the academy was very dark with many shadows from trees.
No matter how much witches like dark places, it would be nice if there were a little more magical streetlights.
I thought that I should go back later and make a suggestion to Justina and her school administrators, so I moved on.
“Do, Bocchan, where are you… ….”
“It’s right in front of you.”
“Huh uh uh uh… ….”
Fortunately, it wasn’t my first trip, it was my second visit, so I was able to stand in front of Charlotte, who didn’t know the road at all.
It was something I didn’t feel when I came alone with Justina.
I have excellent eyesight, able to see through thick darkness, and Justina did not feel any discomfort either.
However, Charlotte was just an ordinary human being who was afraid of the dark, so until her eyes finished adapting to the dark, she remained terrified and stuck right behind me.
“Bocchan, aren’t you scared?”
“Are you scared? What?”
At Charlotte’s words, I naturally thought of the ordeal of fear.
The moment I realized that not only was it scary not to be able to find Justina, Elfin, or Liwin, but that I might not be able to reach them even after meeting them.
However, fortunately, Justina and Elfin were safely reunited.
Although Li Yun was still there, she definitely believed that she would be able to meet her someday.
But Charlotte wasn’t talking about that.
“I mean the demons. Why did the demons of the demon world come all the way to the academy?”
“Well, maybe he’s aiming for something.”
“Are you at the academy?”
“I don’t know. Would you know if you caught it? If the two of us work together, we’ll be able to catch even the demons.”
Everything I said was true.
I am no match for Justina, a dragon mage, or Elfin, a genius swordsman belonging to the imperial family who has lived for 500 years.
But I can deal with one or two demon warriors by myself.
It’s not because I’m conceited, it’s because I’ve dealt with them many times in my previous life.
‘As a resistance fighter, I worked on purifying human villages occupied by demons, and there were times I killed them as an assassin.’
In my previous life, if I was given a request, I would slice and dice on my own, but it was clear that it would be easier with a defense mage.
Even if your body is less ripe, if you have enough stamina, you can show off your previous life skills to some extent.
Knowing this, Elfin and Justina agreed to send me away while worrying, but Justina’s obsession was even worse.
[She maintains that the original woman is still insecure. If there’s anything wrong with her, I’ll knock this troublesome prince down and run right there.]
[No, wouldn’t things get more complicated if we attacked Joseph?]
[Keep…… Anyway, if you find something, contact the original woman right away.]
She is Justina, who has been talking to her in her head since a while ago.
On the surface, she keeps asking Charlotte about something, and in her head, Justina asks her how she is once every 10 seconds.
Even though I wasn’t hearing Justina’s voice with my ears, I had a strange feeling that her eardrums would explode.
“Sum, that’s right. I also wanted to match the sum with the young master.”
[What is that cheeky b*tch talking about? You know that Deneb is actually an uncle, so you say such a thing?]
[It doesn’t mean strange. Please be quiet, Justina.]
“Come to think of it, Charlotte, you must have never fought cooperatively with another person. If she’s lucky today and runs into demons, get used to it. If she’s a defense mage, there’ll be a lot of things she’ll fight in cooperation with me.”
[Good luck? Did you say you’re lucky?! What is good luck!]
“Ehehehehe, cooperation or collaboration is a bit too much for me. I’m satisfied as long as I support the young master from behind.”
A rough flow of conversation like this.
If Charlotte didn’t know anything, Justina would add another word to it, and I had to carefully choose the words I would say to Justina and Charlotte.
If you get confused and speak out what you need to say telepathically through voice, and what you need to say through voice through telepathy, it will get in trouble.
“By the way, Bocchan, something… You talk as if you’ve teamed up with another mage before.”
“It’s not really like that, but it’s not difficult. All you have to do is watch me move from behind, and use magic to match the situation at the right time.”
“That is difficult… ….”
Charlotte tilted her head at my words.
I can’t help but wonder that I, who had been weak since childhood and rarely left the mansion, talked about me as if I had matched up with other magicians as a warrior.
Didn’t Charlotte even watch me by her side all the time?
I lied once, but it was the clear truth that I’d ever worked with another mage.
Of course, I have to go back 500 years, no, a little more than that.
To be precise, it was before the days when I met Justina, Elfin, and Liwin and lived together in a cottage in the countryside.
[Huh, is this the story of the resistance army days?]
[That’s right. At that time, there was a wizard among the resistance fighters.]
[That’s kind of surprising. As far as I can remember, the Resistance wasn’t that well-organized and organized. A magician who was a talented person who was respected several times more than now by the standards of that time?]
[That’s why Mr. Philburton was very pampered. I was a valuable talent, but that girl was also formidable.]
[…] … hehehe, it was a b*tch.]
Ignoring Justina’s chatter, I continued talking.
[He was a good kid. I felt it every time we went on a mission together, but each time it helped me a lot. We are similar in age, both geniuses and have good personalities, so we quickly became close. My hobby is baking cookies, so I often get them.]
[You have everything you need. So… Was it pretty?]
[It wasn’t objectively pretty.]
[The heartless guy. To say such a thing to a girl without hesitation.]
[What kind of girl is that girl, she is because she was an ordinary human being. But why is she suddenly laughing?]
[Heh, hehehehe… It is nothing….]
As I talked about the days of the Resistance, I naturally became curious.
Those few years after my death, the Resistance rebelled on a large scale, and the Kaiton Empire took over the Delin Kingdom.
What has become of Phil Burton and his resistance fighters in the meantime?
I couldn’t tell from the history books, but I wonder if Elfin or Justina, who are living witnesses of history, can tell me something.
I called Justina with that thought in mind, but
‘Justina? Are you there?’
…… Oh, what is it
No answer came from Justina.
‘Justina?’
Besides, the sense of calling Justina was different from before.
My thoughts didn’t reach that direction, only the message was stuck inside my head and couldn’t get out.
The telepathic connection that was being made by Justina’s magic was suddenly cut off.
‘What happened to Justina?’
Her spellcaster was Justina, so if she suddenly disconnected without warning, it makes sense that something might have happened to her.
By the way… Will there really be a situation where Justina is in danger?
Maybe the cause of the loss of contact is on my side?
‘It’s not like I accidentally disconnected it, I wonder if someone forcibly disconnected it…….’
I suddenly got nervous and turned my head away.
There was still Charlotte standing there, her eyes twinkling.
I looked back just in case, but it was a ridiculous idea in the first place.
There’s no way Charlotte, who knows only defense magic, can break the dragon Justina’s magic.
“Why are you like that, young boy?”
“Something doesn’t feel right… ….”
I took my eyes off Charlotte and glanced around her.
Trees, large rocks, sleeping bear beasts…….
“No, he’s not sleeping.”
No matter how you look at it, it is an ordinary and ordinary mountain scenery, but in between is a very unpleasant and extraordinary existence.
A black figure squatting on top of the body of a bear beast.
The existence was so foreign in appearance that I couldn’t believe I had only just recognized this.
“Charlotte, what is that?”
“Oh, I will…” ….”
“I don’t feel anything. Life, mana, nothing.”
The moment I realized that my senses weren’t recognizing it, I immediately became alert.
It was only when I ‘recognized’ its existence that I began to hear the sound.
A black figure that appeared to be wearing a pointed witch’s hat and a cape was riding on top of a lying Witch Beast and making sounds like chewing and biting something.
‘Damn it.’
I was mistaken. I made a serious mistake.
The Witchbeast wasn’t sleeping.
It was just that he was dead and was lying weakly.
I could tell without even looking at it that it was the beast’s blood and flesh that disintegrated and disappeared from its unknown mouth.
“…… Charlotte, prepare for battle.”
“Yes?”
“I don’t have time to talk, now.”
Charlotte gathered mana without knowing why.
Meanwhile, I’ve been trying to reconnect telepathically, but it’s impossible to reconnect on my side.
This means that neither Justina nor Elfin know the current situation here.
I confidently said that one or two demons would be fine, but there were reasons for being so nervous.
“That is not a demon.”
“Yes? That, then…….”
“I don’t even know what it is. First of all, I know that I am neither a demon nor a demon. And, above all…….”
I swallowed the last words without telling Charlotte.
‘Unbelievably strong.’
I didn’t see any weapons.
He’s wearing a cape, but since it doesn’t show at all, he’s probably not wearing a weapon.
More than anything else, I felt the explosive wave of mana from its body.
At that moment, I was convinced that the black figure was a wizard. At least one of the strongest wizards I’ve ever faced.
“…… Run first and hit Charlotte, please help.”
The option of running away was ruled out.
I didn’t think I would be able to get away from ‘that’.
Although he wasn’t looking this way right now, I knew he would follow me the moment I turned my back.
“Yes, yes!”
Charlotte faithfully followed my words even in the midst of embarrassment.
I grabbed her new sword after being broken by Elfin earlier.
And then, conscious of the mana core in his pocket, he pulled out his sword.
“Geomgi…… ?”
Charlotte opened her eyes wide at the sight of the sword body burning with golden light.
I ran forward regardless of her reaction.
A monster that still doesn’t pay attention and concentrates on the monster’s meal, just slurping his head without looking up.
Kwajik! Right after I hit the ground, I reached right in front of him and tried to get rid of his cloak with a straight slash.
“Whether it is a demon or a monster, let’s look at that face first!”
Hooung!
However, I couldn’t pull out the result of being full on the first drink.
The black figure that didn’t even look back leaned, and the iron sword I swung only left a golden trace in the air.
However, there was no income at all.
The guy’s body twisted and his neck was exposed.
Without hesitation, I immediately turned to slit my throat.
“…… Uh?”
And I found a familiar form of ‘it’.
“Leash?”
A steel magic engineering brainwashing leash hanging from the neck of the Serpent Demon Beast.
The leash that had been attributed to the demonic brother and sister hiding in the mountain was also hanging around the neck of this mysterious monster.
Flutter!
It wasn’t just that.
As soon as I ducked and avoided my sword, the black figure jumped like a frog, moved to the side, and held onto the witch’s hat tightly so that the wind wouldn’t blow it off.
As it leaped, flapping its cape, I could see the figure inside the cape from below.
“…… What is that.”
Inside it, there was a human body clinging to a complex structure of magic engineering that I couldn’t even understand its name.
***
Meanwhile, Group B consists of Justina and Joseph.
Joseph had to keep an eye on the situation without knowing what was going on.
She laughed happily to herself, but Justina, who instantly turned into a demon-like face, clenched her fists and trembled.
“…… The connection is broken?”
It wasn’t Justina who cut off contact.
There’s no way that Deneb cut off contact without saying anything.
In other words, the only conclusion left is that something happened to Deneb.
“It’s the original girl’s mistake.”
I promised myself that I would never do anything I would regret. My heart was weak, I was a precious person, so I was lazy.
But if the result is this, I can’t tolerate it.
Never.
“It should have been locked up. Don’t let her go anywhere.”
Justina gnashed her teeth and drew a huge amount of mana from the dragon heart.
The sky above the mountain behind the academy was covered with a huge hazy magic circle.