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245. We’re Breaking In! (6)

After I blew away the guards guarding the room, I hurriedly woke them up.

Seeing that they were sleeping soundly, it appeared there was no immediate danger.

Fortunately, Prince Totema, who I had hidden with a stealth spell, seemed to have gone unnoticed as well.

“Huh…? Radon, what on earth is going on?”

Jenny, just awakened, rubbed her eyes and spoke.

“Umm… Good morning, my friend.”

“Why did you suddenly come to this room?”

Mary followed up, her voice hoarse as she got up, alongside Luska.

My sudden entrance as morning came was surprising, even a bit shocking.

Moreover, they had some level of perception.

They noticed the guards sprawled out at the door and my ready preparations.

“Get up quickly.”

Then the conversation picked up speed.

“I’m going to charge right through.”

Boom!-

Zzzt!-

Kaboom!-

A massive explosion erupted from the magic, the ground froze, and ice pillars formed.

Frost and heat danced in the air, creating simultaneous shockwaves.

A threatening and violent phenomenon occurred at the heart of the village, but it did no harm to the residents.

The only ones suffering were the foolish guards who had gotten involved.

“Grab those guys…, Aaaah!”

“It’s Radon Crawler! The face we saw on the flyer… Uh, gagh!”

With a flick of her hand, Mary unleashed fire that swept through the guards like dust.

The guard hit in the head by Luska’s non-lethal mana arrow fell unconscious instantly.

“Prince Totema is with us too… huh?”

The guards, obstructed by the cold emanating from Jenny’s hands, froze solid before they could even approach.

‘Looks like everything is slowly being organized now.’

‘Fortunately, there is no damage on this side. You’ve gotten much stronger, Master.’

And the guards who tried approaching me were crawling on the ground due to my spirits under control.

Now, the Papias soldiers who had come to capture me in this village were completely wiped out.

There was such a one-sided destruction that it didn’t even feel like a fight.

Of course, they weren’t weaklings. They had trained thoroughly and gained real combat experience.

It was simply that our side’s strength was overwhelmingly powerful. They hardly seemed like mere students in school uniforms.

Had it been us from last year, we would have been cornered by their forces. But now, they were barely just getting dust on their clothes.

“Ugh, my scarf is all messed up again. Plus, my skirt is falling down.”

“Do you want me to fix it for you?”

“No way! If you try to fix it, it’ll only get messier than it already is!”

As they woke up, the girls hadn’t had the chance to dress themselves properly.

Every time Luska ran, her lower garments slipped down, and her scarf fell to the floor.

Jenny was just as bad off, yet despite being in such an uncomfortable state, they had effortlessly taken down the mercenaries.

“Jenny, at least button up your shirt. Your chest is completely visible through that white shirt.”

“Really?”

“Plus, your stockings are on wrong. Your panties are showing.”

“Wh-what should I do?!”

Just as Luska pointed this out, Jenny had managed to half-dress herself.

By the time she was feeling utterly embarrassed, Luska teased her with a grin.

“Just kidding.”

“Hey! Do you want to die!?”

As Luska pretended to nitpick on her outfit, Jenny’s face turned scarlet with embarrassment.

The situation was dangerous, yet they exchanged such banter without a care.

“Guys! How do you wear this stuff again?”

“Why do you look like that?”

“Quick, dress properly!”

Yet, upon seeing Mary suddenly burst in, they stopped bickering and were taken aback.

Mary was in much worse shape than they were.

She had come outside wearing only her long underwear, only holding her school uniform in her hands.

“Because of you, I can’t take it anymore!”

Eventually, Luska personally dressed Mary to prevent them from being seen changing.

With the guards all beaten, they could finally relax and put on their clothes properly.

About five minutes after I stood guard around the ice wall, it suddenly melted away, and they returned to their original appearance.

Their neatly dressed state embodied the model of Aligieri Students.

In the meantime, I dusted off the dirt on my clothes.

‘Master, are you alright?’

Aisha, who had been observing the situation, flew over to me and asked.

Having dusted myself off, I smiled and said, “If I weren’t alright, I wouldn’t have caused such a ruckus.”

After controlling Diora yesterday, the power that had been exhausted had now revived.

After sleeping a night, both my mana and spirit power were fully recharged.

Now that I was back in shape, there was no need to hesitate any longer.

“Everyone! Are you alright?”

At that moment, the hidden Prince Talema rushed over in a panic.

Still in hiding, he looked overly concerned as if he felt guilty about being protected.

“Thank you so much! I owe you once again!”

“It’s nothing. But I do have one request; can you oblige?”

“Of course!”

I shared the information I had heard from the soldiers with everyone present.

The secret experiments taking place within Papias. The binding of divine beasts within the Empire.

Upon learning of this, Luska understood the reason why she had felt uneasy the previous night.

“Hah… Papias hasn’t changed a bit since the past.”

“Even though my father Talema is gone, the basic ideology remains the same.”

“Damn those guys.”

Though it was once where she grew up, Luska had no fondness for Papias.

In fact, it was a region that had taken her parents’ lives. She once even considered destroying it for revenge.

There had been an incident when she collaborated with Enviel to blow the entire kingdom up.

“What do you think is sleeping in the underground of Papias?”

“The corpse of the Evil God….”

“And that corpse is suitable for being the vessel of the Destruction God. That must be their goal.”

Hearing this, Jenny and Luska gulped, finding it utterly absurd.

What could possibly make them want to summon such a dangerous entity?

Everything was interconnected with the present circumstances of the Empire’s royal family.

“Jenny, your father must be afraid of becoming Emperor. The ones who once exploited the Chain Silver Family must be terrified and frantically distressed.”

“Was it really just over that….”

Jenny herself was aware that her family had fallen behind other noble families.

That’s precisely why someone like the Count’s son, Travell Viole, had the audacity to pick a fight with them.

It wasn’t just the Viole family. Countless others had harassed the Chain Silver Family in the past.

Her father, Gerard, likely remembered all of it.

Of course, Gerard was a person of integrity, so he wouldn’t seek revenge, but they didn’t seem to know that fact and were worried instead.

If the Chain Silver Family seized the imperial authority, they would be in danger.

Thus, Jenny could only feel more furious.

“They only think about overturning things without reflecting on their past actions…”

They say frogs don’t know how it feels to be a tadpole.

Didn’t dragons also forget what it was like to be hatchlings?

The situation they found themselves in was all due to the consequences of their past.

They probably never expected the Chain Silver Family to grow this strong after they had belittled them so much. Yet now all they cared about was their own self-comfort, completely forgetting their reckless actions from before.

They had taken the lead in summoning the Destruction God to alleviate their worries.

“I won’t forgive them!”

This selfishness was sickening, as disgusting as a pumpkin infested with bugs.

And we were the only ones aware of their vile plans.

From my perspective, knowing how this world would end, I knew there was just one thing I had to do.

For a peaceful ending.

“I’m heading to Papias from now on. Although I’m technically on a mission, we’re the only ones who know about this.”

It wasn’t that I was acting for the peace and justice of the world.

It was simply to secure my own peace, to ensure a world where I could live comfortably.

To accomplish that, the first priority was to prevent the resurrection of the final boss, the Destruction God.

“Even if my face is known from the wanted posters and flyers, it’s fine as long as we can disguise it with Aisha’s abilities.”

Who knows when that resurrection might occur?

At this point, the main story’s plot had become almost trivial; it wouldn’t be strange if the Destruction God descended at any moment.

Even if no one accompanies me, I must go. You can’t achieve peace without fighting.

“The choice is yours.”

There was no need for them to stress themselves following me.

They had no real reason to set foot in Papias, unlike me….

“I’m going too.”

“Me too.”

“Me too!”

As expected, they chose to accompany me.

When I asked why, they each answered in turn.

“The reason they’re trying to summon the Destruction God is to strike against our fathers. That connects directly to our families. There’s no reason for me to stay out of it.”

“I’ve long given up any attachment to Papias, but it’s different if they’re going to mess around with divine beasts again.”

“I’m going to stick right next to my friend! Is that alright?!”

Besides the small one who didn’t want to join me, there were other reasons they had for wanting to be with me.

Finally confirming our hearts to each other, we all put our hands together and reaffirmed our friendship.

Now, we were inseparable.

“Prince Talema, the things we’ve discussed up until now, you can communicate them to Shaikar, right?”

“Yes, with my sensing ability, I can send telepathy through lower spirits. But please don’t call me prince….”

I had continued to refer to him as prince out of habit.

It was rather rude, and as I contemplated what to call him instead…

“How about ‘Flower Boy’?”

“Flower Boy?”

“Flower Boy No. 2!”

Mary suddenly chimed in with another bizarre suggestion.

Was she saying that since Heidern was No. 1, Totema was No. 2?

“I think that’s great!”

“Awesome! From today, you’re Flower Boy No. 2!”

What a strange thing to say.

Anyway, after parting with Flower Boy No. 2 (?), we climbed into the carriage and headed toward Papias.

It was quite a distance, requiring a night’s travel by carriage before changing to the magical train.

We didn’t forget to hold strategy meetings along the way.

“But Radon, your face is known there. Are you really alright?”

“As I said earlier, it can be resolved with a technique like an illusion.”

“Then you’ll just be wasting mana.”

No, my mana had increased quite a bit, so I could use it without trouble now.

I understood why Jenny was this worried.

But this concern was swiftly resolved.

“Don’t worry! We can just cast the Ceremony of Flash again.”

“…”

The Ceremony of Flash. Disguising as a girl.

Upon hearing that term again, the girls couldn’t help but grin.

It sent chills of apprehension down my spine like a hungry fox.

But for some reason….

“Alright.”

I felt no aversion to it.

Why am I suddenly feeling this way?

I definitely have something down there and no mountains on my chest!

This shouldn’t be happening.

What on earth…?

*

The Papias Kingdom, with its emphasis on military prowess.

Contrary to its barbaric image known only for swords and fists, the central castle of the kingdom boasted a resplendent appearance.

While it maintained the basic characteristics of a kingdom, its insides were still barbaric.

Being established by such people, the range of their heinous actions was bound to expand.

In the depths of the Papias Kingdom, where no one could enter.

The screams of non-human creatures echoed there constantly.

Greeeaaah!-

Grrrroooowwwl!!-

A four-legged beast was trapped inside a special iron cage, howling.

Strange needles connected to a glowing cord were embedded all over its body, and it was in torment from the unknown energy flowing through that cord.

They were not ordinary beasts.

They appeared similar to large wolves or foxes, but they had multiple tails or wings.

Humans called them “divine beasts.”

“Is it really possible to awaken the Destruction God like this?”

The current King of Papias, “Torma Bliif Papias,” spoke worriedly from behind a massive table.

Then, among the seated figures, an elven elder began to speak.

“Recall what Elder Enviel planned to do. If we unleash a massive explosion with the power of divine beasts on this land, we can extract the corpse of the Evil God.”

The elf, Grisha Highend, who spearheaded this entire operation, wore an innocent expression.

Seeing this dreadful sight, Harkel Viole seated next to him also voiced his thoughts.

“But no matter how evil it is, it’s still just a corpse. It doesn’t have the wisdom or energy to move.”

If it had enough mana, they could move the corpse.

However, securing enough mana to animate a being of the Evil God’s level was as difficult as picking stars from the sky.

It’s impossible unless they could fetch a soul suitable for the Evil God’s body.

“No, that’s not true.”

But Grisha drew a line with his gesture.

He placed a small bead-like object on the table.

Upon questioning about what it was, Grisha responded with a similar expression.

“The most suitable soul. We could say it’s the will of the Emperor Makia, who was once called the Demon King.”

Are they referring to that Makia, who is imprisoned in the Great Cross Divan?

As they pondered, Grisha began to elaborate on it.

The divine beasts, who began to eavesdrop, howled out of pain and fear.

They cried out with all their strength, pleading for help.

To stop that demon.

Surviving as an Academy Scammer.

 

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