Chapter 170

Chapter 170

After the unfortunate incident of Luna biting my ear.

While holding my throbbing ear, I realized something was off.

"But why are you still here?"

I'm in Team 13, Luna is in Team 14.

It's been a while since we were divided into teams. But Luna was still by my side.

And she was doing it very naturally at that.

"What does it matter. Judging by the atmosphere, it seems like five teams depart at a time."

Just as Luna said.

At first, Teams 1~5 went into the forest, and then Teams 6~10 departed.

The only ones left are Teams 11~14, which we belong to. We'll probably be together until the labyrinth test begins.

But I couldn't help but be surprised. Because.

'Luna is thinking...?'

That's not the only surprising thing. She naturally asserted that there's no problem with her being by my side.

Not only is she logical and rational, but she even enforces her opinion.

Her intelligence suddenly increased. To a scary degree at that.

'Luna... A scary kid!'

Is it because her stalker tendencies that had weakened due to Rezé's appearance have revived?

Come to think of it, Rezé also served that role.

Luna's manic obsession with friends. The role of sharing that obsession.

'Perhaps I've become a body that can't live without Rezé...'

Huh? The phrasing sounds a bit off?

That's because your head is full of lewd thoughts.

Read the paragraph, not just the sentence, and grasp the overall context!

It's not that, but I'm the one who's strange?

No way. Anyone can see I'm normal!

"What are you thinking about again?"

"Keke, I was thinking that I've become a body that can't live without Rezé."

"...So you're the type to take words about wanting to die literally?"

Crunch!

Luna bit my ear hard.

Somehow, her aggressiveness seems to have intensified compared to before.

"If you lay eyes on my friend, you die. Got it?"

"Keke, I'll keep that in mind. In the first place, she's not my type, so you don't need to worry."

"What's wrong with a cute kid like Rezé!"

Luna bit my ear again.

Biting if I do this, biting if I do that. I don't know what she wants me to do.

Only then did I realize.

I had become a body that couldn't endure even a few hours, let alone a day, without Rezé.

'To think I would miss that damn rabbit...'

But it seemed like I wasn't the only one missing Rezé.

"Hmm... Hmmm."

Luna sighed while circling around me.

She seems to be worried about Rezé.

One bite, one worry about Rezé, one bite, one worry.

It's really driving me crazy.

"Calm down. Rezé will be fine."

"No, I can't help but worry. Didn't you come up with a strategy that's too unreasonable?"

On the day the pop quiz was announced, I devised strategies for Luna and Rezé.

Both were skeptical, but Rezé will realize as soon as she enters the labyrinth.

That she will have to carry out my strategy unconditionally.

Well, I admit the strategy I presented to Rezé is the most difficult among us.

"She has to do that much. Because it's the advanced class. Didn't we also get in with skills, not connections?"

"That's true, but..."

"Worrying won't change anything. They left a long time ago, and the 3rd test should be in progress by now."

If you regret, you should regret the past when you didn't train hard.

It means no matter how much we worry now, nothing will change.

"You're right. It's no use worrying. I don't even look like I can take care of myself."

"Take care of yourself? Isn't Luna's skill sufficient?"

"...I'm not sure. Not only you, but other kids are also much stronger than me."

Alex, Raymon, Yuridia, Teron, Daike, and even other kids.

They might feel like a high wall to Luna, who entered Annwood Academy with revenge as her only motivation.

But.

"Luna is a sufficiently strong person. And you will become even stronger in the future."

"Huh?"

Because that's the you I've been seeing so far.

Because you're the one who cherishes friends and never neglects efforts even for a moment.

Because you're the one who will be with me until the final boss.

A Hidden Piece telling me to surprise Lucia and even gain her recognition.

Since the period Lucia decided to stay was one month, the pop quiz was also set to match that date.

If other veterans found out about this fact, I wonder what kind of reaction they would show.

I was already looking forward to it.

"Next, Team 13! Enter!"

Before I knew it, it was time for my team to enter.

Luna, who raised her left hand and silently sent a message of support.

I sent a slight smile towards her. Then.

"Kyaaaaah!"

...The girls from the Yuridia faction went wild.

They're really strange kids.

And so, amidst the cheers of the girls.

I set foot into the stone labyrinth, the 1st stage.

*

At that moment, the 3rd stage of the pop quiz.

The place where the group duel of Team 4 was unfolding.

On a hill with a good view of the dueling ground, a rabbit... no, Rezé was trembling.

'Hii, hiiieek! M-Monster! There's a monster...!'

Whenever Caron moved his hands and feet, kids collapsed one by one.

Before long, only Teron and Yuridia were left.

It was only natural for Rezé to call Caron a monster.

The problem was.

'I-I have to fight that monster too!'

She also had to fight that monster.

'I-Impossible! Absolutely impossible!'

While she was agonizing over how to properly express her intention to surrender.

-You can do it. Let's take classes together, eat together, and hang out together. We'll always stick together!

Suddenly, Luna's smile came to mind.

The sight of Luna dreaming of being in the same class and always being together.

'L-Luna...'

The agony was short. After taking out a magic gun from her dimensional pocket, she carefully assessed the situation.

'Z-Zero said I would have a 1:1 with Teacher Caron at the end, but...'

That won't happen.

Because Teron and Yuridia, who are fighting now, are on a different level from her.

Those two falling before her? Impossible.

With trembling hands, she aimed at Caron.

'I-It's okay. M-My position hasn't been exposed either.'

Above all, Zero told her the shocking fact(?) that a person dies when shot by a gun.

What if it's a problem if Caron dies?

Rezé didn't have the leisure to think that far right now.

Click!

After injecting mana into the magic gun and loading a mana bullet, she pulled the trigger.

Bang!!

The mana bullet fired at Caron while he was dealing the final blow to Teron.

"...!"

Caron sensed that he couldn't avoid it.

Not only was the speed of the mana bullet fast, but he was in the middle of an attack, making it difficult to dodge.

In the end, Caron.

Clang!

He chose to deflect the mana bullet by surrounding his arm with mana.

Boom!!

The deflected mana bullet knocked down two trees and oxidized in the air.

Even Teron stuttered at the unbelievable power.

"Wh-What?"

"Are you saying there was someone left besides us? Moreover, that attack was definitely..."

"..."

Teron, Yuridia, and Caron, who noticed Rezé's existence.

The confusion was short-lived. Teron and Yuridia immediately went on the offensive.

Because they realized that the moment they sent Caron to where Rezé was, they would be at a disadvantage.

Of course, Rezé was.

Tremble tremble-!

'Hii, hiiieek! H-he didn't die!'

Zero's words that a person dies when shot.

She was deeply regretting believing his words.

--TL Notes--

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