70 – Anastasia Aris (1)

It didn’t come to mind.

I still vaguely recall the faces of my parents who had passed away, but I couldn’t remember their voices.

How was it?

My father, who was cheerful, had a bright voice.

Did my mother, who was kind, have a soft voice?

My older brother must have always been blunt.

“Yes, Anastasia. You’re doing great.”

For some reason, that voice, which was everything in the dark world, was familiar.

I was used to it like what my parents said when I was young, which I don’t even remember anymore.

“… ….”

Anastasia raised her head.

It was a dark world, but his eyes adapted to the darkness and he was able to see the surroundings, albeit blurry.

Kochi.

Or should I say unhatched eggs?

Anastasia was surrounded by something like a well-woven spider web in the shape of an oval.

And some of the students who were caught in the web are being robbed of their magic power, and that magic flowed into Anastasia through the web.

Where is this place?

My last memory is definitely listening to Elena’s words, returning to her dormitory, and activating the magic circle to resurrect my parents.

No matter how much I look around, this doesn’t look like a dorm, but where is it?

“Anastasia, try your best.”

Sitting down on the cold ground to assess the situation, a kind voice resonated throughout the space.

At that voice, Anastasia’s pupils relaxed and her eyes became dazed and unfocused.

Anastasia lowered her head like a doll with a broken string and answered like a machine.

“Yes, I will do my best.”

Then, her mana flowed down her limp arm.

A strange monster that looks like a mixture of a bat and a centipede that is summoned from the ground when blue magic touches the ground.

The monster squeezed through the dense thread and jumped out, and through the gap where the light penetrated, I could see Elena, who had encouraged Anastasia.

She looked at Anastasia and said with a smirk.

“Yes, he is a wonderful child.”

On top of her head, where there should have been nothing, there was a small horn the size of a finger.

From bloodshot red eyes to sharp fangs that don’t look human.

She wasn’t human by any means.

“We’re taking advantage of Ella’s absence at the academy to quickly resurrect the demons buried here.”

It was a sweet voice.

It was a voice that seduced people like the singing voice of a mermaid calling people to the sea.

And it was also the voice that lured Anastasia, who had a huge gap in her heart.

“Then you will be able to meet your parents too.”

Anastasia seems to have believed that saying that she could save her parents if she had black magic, but I don’t know.

Could the doll-like beings, who had already rotten flesh glued together like clay and embraced warmth with magic, be called her parents?

Well, that’s none of my business.

Erena muttered that and turned around.

She looked down at the Academy below, humming her merriment.

“Well, this is the world done right.”

A swarm of monsters spreading with the momentum to cover the sky.

Thousands of beasts running on all fours down the slope, raising a cloud of dust.

The academy spreads fear and terror, screams and moans.

This place is chaotic and disorderly, where everything is ruled by violence.

“I wonder what kind of face that hateful Ella will make when she sees this sight when she returns.”

With open arms, Elena dreamed of revenge for her people, and her mouth was torn apart.

* * *

It took an instant to notice the change.

“…… Huh?”

Lucy, returning to the dormitory after the lecture, suddenly raised her head to the dark world as if the sun had disappeared.

“What is that?!”

The sky was being eaten by moths.

They were intertwined with each other, and the intertwined monsters were wriggling like centipedes, covering the sky above the academy.

Is that all?

A cloud of dust rising from the hillside in the distance.

The number of eyes shimmering in it is immeasurable.

At a glance, it far exceeds the level at which the monsters escaped from the monster breeding grounds during the witch’s attack.

It is impossible to predict how much damage they will cause when they arrive at the academy, rushing in a straight line.

Lucy screamed and glanced at the students passing by.

All the students were in a state of panic as the professor’s guidance was colorless.

Should I run away?

“Help!”

Lucy’s legs froze in front of the swarming monsters, and she turned her head in the direction of the sound.

There, among the students who rushed away, was a student who collapsed while grabbing his ankle.

As if he had injured his ankle while running away, he reached out to students passing by with a desperate face, hoping for help.

However, the other people couldn’t find the hand as if they were distracted by this sudden situation, or even if they found it, no one reached out to him, ignoring it.

“… ….”

A swarm of monsters getting closer and closer.

A student whose face is filled with despair because no one helps.

Lucy looked back and forth between the two, then nervously tousled his hair and moved on.

“Oh, really!”

Not on the other side of the monster like the other students, but in the direction of the student asking for help.

I couldn’t turn a blind eye to the fact that her legs were injured and she was unable to move.

“I’ll lend you my shoulder, so get up quickly!”

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Lucy gave him a shoulder as he fell down on one knee.

At the moment he was about to give up everything, the student who received help shed tears and repeatedly said thank you, and got up with Lucy helping him.

However, if there is a problem.

Deed deed deed…….

The ground rumbles getting closer.

Now, the swarm of monsters that were so close that they could be seen could catch up with them in less than three minutes.

“…… It’s a big deal.”

Turning around, Lucy broke into a cold sweat and felt his lips dry.

He tried to help others with a small heart, and he himself ended up dying.

“This is all because of him.”

Lucy spat out those words resentfully.

I wouldn’t have done this if it weren’t for Adele, who risked her life one day to save her.

If he hadn’t shown the sight of him saving himself from a broken leg and returning, he would never have thought he could save this man.

And at the same time, it seemed that respect for Adele would arise because of this situation.

My legs are shaking so much watching the monsters rushing in.

Imagine those sharp teeth going into your neck and your claws ripping your body apart, and your heart is beating fast.

How could Adele come to save herself casually?

Quguaguaguagua…… !

So, Lucy did not give up on the student she was supporting until the end.

It was a situation where monsters were destroying buildings and rushing at them, but it was time to heat up one’s mana to stop them.

Sure…….

A chill creeps in from over your shoulder.

“Good job.”

A white steam, spread low on the floor, brushed Lucy’s ankles.

The place Kim passed by froze with a crackling sound, and the ice that was created took on a strange shape.

Buds.

It was a white bud made of snow and ice.

It stretched its vines along the steam that crawled on the floor, and before I knew it, the surrounding area was full of flower buds.

“Bloom in full bloom.”

Lucy turned his head in the direction of his voice.

“What is it? Who are you.”

Then I opened my eyes wide in surprise as if I had seen a ghost.

“Ice Snow Flower.”

The finished chant.

The chill that bursts out when the flower buds in full bloom explode.

At the same time, the swarm of monsters that stretched out their hands toward Lucy and opened their mouths wide froze.

* * *

“What is that?”

A gigantic iceberg that rose from the center of the academy to the distant hillside where the monster descended.

The only person with ice-related characteristics is Lucy, but her power is too strong to be attributed to Lucy.

I’ve been wondering who the hell had those traits, but now is not the time to wonder.

I was on my way to the mountain behind the academy, which is presumably where Anastasia is, thanking an unknown person for giving me a chance to breathe in an emergency like this.

“…… A saint?”

I stopped walking when a figure appeared out of nowhere in the corner.

Sylvia, in a wheelchair, spotted me and gave me a similar reaction.

“Adele? Why are you here?”

“That’s what I want to ask. Why is the saintess not evacuating and staying here?”

“That’s it.”

Sylvia pointed to the mountain peak with her hand.

“Because I can feel the magi in that place.”

I can’t feel anything, but it seems that the saint, Sylvia, feels something.

“A fair amount of magi. If we don’t purify it quickly, the students who escaped will also be affected by the Magi.”

Saying that, Sylvia tapped her chest with her small fist.

“And the only one who can purify that demon is me, a saint.”

Looking at Alessia pulling her wheelchair, she nodded as if she was right and couldn’t stop her Sylvia.

I wanted to stop Sylvia from going to that dangerous mountain, but she couldn’t help it if it was something only she could do.

“Your expression tells you what you are thinking right now.”

As I stood there silently, Sylvia smiled at her and said.

“If you’re so worried about me, wouldn’t it be okay if you protected me this time too?”

Her eyes filled with infinite trust for unknown reasons made me feel burdened.

What is it?

Why are you looking at me like that?

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