Chapter 42: Alumni Meeting

Chapter 42: Alumni Meeting

The man who suddenly appeared in the center of the room.

He was a young man dressed in a butlers uniform and could probably use magic. It was safe to assume that he was capable of spatial manipulation magic (which I couldnt use) or mental and thought manipulation magic.

His purpose was to assassinate the Emperor, but there is no assassination without a client or motive. It was easy to imagine that this was the work of the Chancellor or Regent faction, but I dont think they know that Im acting. If he was sent by the Chancellors faction, then they would have acted at a time where no one from the Chancellors faction was present, and if he was sent from the Regents faction, then they would have sent him while I was in the Chancellor factions fief.

Was he sent by another nation to disrupt the Empire? For what purpose? If the puppet dies, then another puppet would take his place, or the Chancellor or the Chief of the Ministry of Ceremonies becomes the Emperor. It was definitely more convenient for them if I were the puppet.

So, who sent him and for what purpose? Wait, what did he just say? Ojou-sama? Sake? I will be harmful to this mans Ojou-sama in the future Me?

Most people dont know how I really am. So, the me who will be harmful to her is the stupid puppet Emperor?

I see, so I have room to negotiate.

I will make this as painless as possible.

But youll have to defeat me to do that!

Christel (Barrier).

I blocked the flying knife first. He didnt waste any time, but I was able to follow it with my eyes because the man is still young.

But it was more powerful than I had expected. There was a crack in my barrier. Ill cancel this barrier and put up another one No, lets put up a few, and Ill also use magic to finish him off.

What?! A body double?!?!

A magic reaction. He can use magic after all.

He immediately assumed I was a body double when he saw that I could use magic My guess was correct.

Glacies Lapal (Ice Pellet).

Several ice pellets flew towards me. Ice magic, which melted into water, was perfect for assassination I see, Im learning a lot.

Ill also use my best magic on him. I converted mana into thermal energy, compressed it, added a fire attribute and shot it out.

Flama Lacus (Flame beam)!

The white ray of heat, that had the fire attribute attached to it, shot out from my finger, melted the ice pellet, and headed towards the man but he dodged as if he had moved instantaneously.

I guess hes using either spatial manipulation or illusions, or maybe both.

A laser beam!?

The man in the butler uniform panicked because of my attack.

Huh? Laaasseer?

As I recall, thats an English acronym, isnt it? Are you from the same place as me? Are you a reincarnator?!?!

This is nice. Im getting excited.

He probably applied his knowledge and the principles of his previous life into his magic just like I have. I cant let my guard down. I must fight with all my might.

I activated the same magic as earlier, but this time around my whole body instead of just at my fingertip.

If I cant win with just a dot then Ill use my surroundings.

Flama Lacus (Flame bream), Winstinty (20 point), Perdele (Fusillade).

The most important thing in war, or combat, is to always be ahead of your opponent.

A suppressive fire coming from 20 places. This would normally be enough to win a battle.

But my opponent can manipulate space. So, a surface attack is meaningless.

This was the correct decision but

Youre too late.

I channelled more mana into the Christel that I had activated around me to strengthen my defences.

Flama Lacus, Winstinty, Tortra (Continuous Firing)!

Rays of light shot in all directions of the room and reflected off the walls.

Goaahh.

There was no telling where the rays of light would come from. The man used Christel for the first time in this situation. He hadnt used this before, so I wondered if he was bad at it, and I was right. He got hit a lot because he couldnt handle all the rays of light that were coming at him.

Well, Flama Lacus had piercing, so it will pierce through if I angle them or put more mana into them. So, in a sense he is defending against them?

Wh why?

This? I just made use of the magic that you put in this room.

He had probably used this magic so that he wouldnt be discovered even if he used magic or assassinated me.

I put multiple Renfro Daxio Christels in different angles to cover the barrier.

Its impossible for me to maintain such a large number of Renfro Daxio Christel when I activate them all at once. But I can use as much mana from the air as I want thanks to the Sealing Barrier.

I have to constantly direct a certain amount of awareness at the magic or else it will disappear. The required awareness varies greatly depending on the magic This Renfro Daxio Christel usually floats in the air, so I always have to be aware of where it is, which is quite annoying. It requires three dimensions, so it eats up quite a lot of my awareness.

But once its attached to a barrier in this way, the location can be fixed. All that was left was to devote a small amount of awareness to it so that it wouldnt disappear.

Thanks to that, I was able to devote my attention to other magic.

In the midst of the barrage of light rays, the man with a somewhat resigned smile spoke.

When did you?

When your gaze was broken by the Supens Kalkel.

Each of the Renfro Daxio Christel was quite large since his gaze was only broken for a split second.

Because of this, the pattern of the rays of light was determined to some extent. This man has time to talk now which means, hes getting used to the pattern.

But well, its enough to buy time.

I stopped Flama Lacus so he could defend against my finishing blow.

Why did you stop?

Youre used to it, arent you? I should negotiate if you can defend against this magic. Prove to me that youre worth it.

Negotiate?

I need you to negotiate with me since I have almost no allies. This is more like a threat to get the negotiations going.

So

Do everything in your power to protect yourself, alright? Dont die too easily.

I flung a table-sized Alex (Barrier) at him. I cancelled the barrier that covered the magic.

Shall I explain how this works?

By the way do you know what a backdraft is?

What did you say?!

It exploded.