Chapter 30: Midterm Camp (7)

Chapter 30: Midterm Camp (7)

"The Rebels, huh..."

Inside the central building, a middle-aged man listened to a report.

That man was McDowell Cliver, the headmaster of Liberion Academy.

As the face and representative of the academy, he had personally come to this place.

"Has the report been sent to the central authorities?"

In front of him stood the professor in charge of the midterm event.

"We've used a magic tool to send it immediately, and His Majesty the Emperor is aware. We informed him that Princess Rie is unharmed."

"It's fortunate that Astina acted quickly."

McDowell brought the coffee on his desk to his lips.

"By the way, Astina just made a few requests."

"Requests?"

"She asked if we could give her Andrei's sword, the ringleader of this incident."

McDowell shrugged nonchalantly.

"We can do that much. After all, it was Astina who caught him."

"Yes... I thought that wouldn't be a problem, but..."

"What else is there?"

McDowell casually took another sip of his coffee.

"She asked not to hand over Yeniel, one of the assassins and a student of the academy."

"An assassin?"

"She wants to use her as a double agent."

"A double agent..."

McDowell fell into brief contemplation.

He wondered if it would be possible.

If news of the captured Rebels had already reached the palace, the Rebels would be aware of it too.

Sending an assassin back to the Rebels so blatantly would surely arouse suspicion.

"Have you sent any other information about the assassins to the royal family?"

"No, nothing. We haven't even finished sorting out the situation yet, so we couldn't do that much."

After some deliberation, McDowell spoke.

"Call Astina and the assassin here. Let's hear their plan and decide."

"Understood. What will you do about the students now?"

The event wasn't entirely over.

There was an afterparty left.

However, it was unclear whether it should be held in this chaotic situation.

"I'll stay with the students."

"You mean, Headmaster, you'll stay here?"

"Everyone must be tense and scared. Sending them back to the academy like this, they wouldn't be able to go on as normal. It would be better to laugh and chat with those who had the same experience here. I'll handle any unforeseen dangers."

"Understood."

The professor bowed to McDowell and left the room.

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Raei Translations

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Luna spotted me waving my hand and hurried over.

"Rudy! Are you hurt anywhere? Where's Rie?"

She immediately scanned me for injuries and searched for Rie.

"Rie went with Astina for a moment."

"Then, nothing serious happened?"

I nodded with a faint smile at Luna's question.

"Thank goodness..."

Luna let out a sigh of relief.

She must have been very worried.

"Rudy, that's not fair."

"Huh?"

Luna put her hands on her hips and glared at me.

Her stance seemed to say, 'I'm mad at you!'

"You talked to Locke but didn't tell me anything!"

"Uh..."

"And you tried to handle such a dangerous situation alone!"

"..."

"You did wrong, didn't you?"

"Yeah..."

"Lower your head."

"Lower my head?"

Luna gestured with her fingers for me to bow my head.

I did as she asked, lowering my head.

Thump!

A gentle impact was felt on my head.

Luna had flicked my forehead with her small hand.

It wasn't painful, nor did it leave a bad feeling.

"You're getting one flick today. Next time, it'll be two. Be prepared. And..."

Rie and I scrutinized the scroll.

A square magic circle.

It looked similar to the one Luna had first created but was more intricate and featured a few additions.

"Hmm... Light magic, and... duplication..."

Rie slowly read the magic circle.

"I'll show you what it does! Sit down here!"

Luna told us to sit in front of a tree, then stepped back slightly.

She attempted to tear the scroll when Rie asked, her head tilted.

"...Is it okay to use a scroll like that?"

I somewhat agreed with her statement.

Considering Luna's financial situation, even though the scroll didn't appear too expensive...

I had been giving Luna a considerable amount of money for her research, but it still bothered me.

"It's a reward for our hard work!"

Luna cheerfully replied and tore the scroll.

Immediately, countless lights spread from the scroll.

The number of lights was incomparable to Luna's initial creation.

The lights dispersed around us and began to rise into the sky.

Like releasing lanterns, countless lights soared into the heavens.

"Wow..."

Rie couldn't help but marvel at the sight.

"Wow, what's that!"

"Whoa...!"

Similar sounds of admiration echoed from others who saw Luna's magic.

Luna quickly came to my side and gazed up at the sky, then asked me,

"Pretty, right?"

"...Yeah, it's beautiful."

The black sky, embroidered with colorful lights, was stunning.

The fatigue that had been building up seemed to dissipate as we watched.

We stared at the sky, lost in its beauty for several minutes.

A few minutes later...

Thump-

Rie, who had been gazing at the sky beside me, rested her head on my shoulder.

"What's up?"

I glanced sideways and saw Rie, snuggling closer.

"She must be really tired."

Luna smiled at the sight.

"Should we head in now?"

As I said that, I tried to carry Rie.

"Wait a moment!"

Luna reached out to me.

"...Why?"

"No, no! You can't do that! Not when a girl is sleeping!"

Luna stuttered out her words.

I was confused and glanced back and forth between Luna and Rie.

"What should we do, then?"

When I asked Luna, she hesitated and seemed to be deep in thought.

Finally, she made up her mind.

"I, I'll carry her!"

"...You?"

Rie was shorter than Luna.

She should be enough to carry her...

Well, if she wants to do it, no need to oppose her.

"Alright, go ahead."

"Y-Yes!"

Luna started walking with Rie on her back.

Her struggling figure was pitiful to watch.

Having carried Rie before, I knew she wasn't particularly heavy.

After watching Luna for a while, I opened my mouth.

"...Do you need help?"

"No! I... uh... can do it!"

And so, Luna carried Rie to the room, groaning under her weight every step of the way.

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Heya! I made a change to Serina, I originally thought she was a 'spirit mage' but then realized she controlled 'elementals' so I think calling her an 'elementalist' is more appropriate.

Uhh the website will be all over place this weekend, I'll try and set the updates overnight but the server requires 48hrs to properly set so I'm sorry to anyone caught reading at those times... multiple refreshes does work though.

I'll probably finish the chapter releases for the week sooner then wait the night of before applying the changes.

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