Part 6
“This way.”
Claire followed the subtle magic power and made her way through the school building. She occasionally held the bandage on her right hand, seemingly concerned about something.
“Is there something on her right hand?”
“It’s a peculiar constitution. Sensitive to magic power.”
To Isaac’s question, Alexia gives a reasonable answer. There was no way she could say that Aurora or some other unidentifiable ghost was haunting her.
“Is it the secret of the winner of the Bushin Festival?”
“That’s about it, I guess.”
“Yes.”
“The fog is thick. You never know where you might be caught off guard.”
“But don’t worry. I will take care of Princess Alexia’s safety ——”
At that moment, Alexia suddenly drew her sword.
She then slashed at the ghost’s arm, which had grown out from under her feet. With the shattered ghost at her side, Alexia puts her sword.
“——Did you say something?”
“No …… Nothing.”
For a while, the six of them proceeded in silence.
“Did you hear that?”
It was Nina who stopped and said so.
“What…… this is, a scream!?”
Listening carefully, Alexia and the others certainly heard the screams.
“Maybe there are students who are late to escape. What should we do?”
Claire, who is leading the way, looks back.
“But we can’t take it easy either.”
Isaac advises. As he said, from the time they left the auditorium to this point, they had already consumed nearly 20% of their magic power.
“…… Let’s go help them.”
After some hesitation, Alexia made her decision.
As they all ran through the school building, countless ghosts were stirring at the end of the hallway.
“Are ghosts…… surrounding the classroom?”
“It looks like there’s a student inside!”
Claire exclaims.
“No, even outside.”
Nina discovered countless corpses that had been cruelly slashed to pieces.
And then there is the schoolgirl who is about to be pierced.
“Hiih… H-Help me!!”
——Can’t make it in time.
Everyone thought so.
However, a blood red tentacle reaches out. The tentacle tears the ghosts around the schoolgirl and rescues her.
“Now——!”
At the same time as Claire gave the order, the six plunged into the crowd of ghosts.
Claire manipulates her red tentacles to open a huge hole in the crowd of ghosts, Alexia slashes one after another with her lean movements, and Isaac blasts them away with his powerful sword filled with magic power.
These three people were the main force in the battle.
Nina, Christina, and Suzuki fight modestly a little behind the main force.
Nina was handling the ghost that Claire had missed, while Christina was fighting with a sideways glance concerned about Suzuki.
And Suzuki was …… just standing there.
He didn’t even pull out his sword.
Leaning against the corridor wall, he watched the battle from the sidelines. The presence was extremely different.
Through the efforts of the five, the ghosts were exterminated.
After the fight was over, Christina was the first to open her mouth.
“If you don’t want to fight, it’s just a hindrance.”
“I was just trying to avoid unnecessary battles because I was running low on magic power. You seemed to be doing fine without me …… Perhaps you needed some help?”
“No need. Keep shaking in the back.”
“That’s reassuring.”
The two exchange words in a casual manner.
The distance felt much more distant than classmates or relatives.
“Are you okay? Are you injured?”
Claire looked at the girl they had saved.
“Uwh, my arms……”
The female student’s face contorted.
“It’s broken, she needs to rest……”
Claire glanced at the female student’s remaining magic power. It was already below 100.
“It’s dangerous here. Let’s go inside the classroom.”
Alexia tries to open the classroom door.
“Please wait! Help me, when I get back to the classroom, I’m going to……”
The female student screams in desperation.
At that moment, behind them, the classroom door opened.
“Well, well, Princess Alexia. Please, come in.”
“You are ….. Vice President”
There she was, a bewitchingly beautiful female student —— Eliza, the vice president of the student council.
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