CH 166

“Oh, ohhhhh ……”

“Shit ……”

“Gadar can’t anymore? We should at least ……!”

All three of them, except for Gadar, the man whose wrist I broke, stood together, weapons at the ready, muttering. But there’s no way they can escape from us.

“Lars, that’s him! That’s the one who kidnapped Luciel! And that gray longhair over there!”

“Kuh …… I guess I didn’t hurt you enough ……”

“Kuku …… I, Basleigh, am a woman who will come back from hell even if it’s for revenge …… now, prepare yourselves, okay?”

“Just remain still …… no, I won’t tell you that. Come at me, and I’ll show you what happens when you kidnap a student.”

Basleigh-sensei pointed her finger at them, and the headmaster beckoned with a crack of his neck. With twitching eyebrows and more anger than fear, the kidnappers pounced on Tigre-sensei and the others.

It’s just like our teacher to not tell them to stay still, but I didn’t expect the headmaster to provoke them too. 

“Me too!”

“I’m sorry, Ryuuze, but you’re going to have to let us teachers take over this time ……”

“Y-Yeah ……”

Tigre-sensei’s bad eyes expression became worse, and he, who would normally have a smile on his mouth during the battle, tells Ryuuze with a straight face. Ryuuze was pushed by his presence and took a step back.

“Hey, don’t just keep on talking! I’m going to sell all these kids together!”

“Don’t think a teacher at the academy can beat an active adventurer!”

The first person to attack was the gloomy man who wielded a large sword and slashed at the headmaster, followed by a man who was playing the role of a guard, who charged at Tigre-sensei with a shield in front of him.

From where I’m standing at another angle, the shield is meant to be a distraction, and behind the shield is a stabbing sword, a so-called rapier. 

“Tigre-sensei, be careful!”

“Tsk, but it’s too late!”

The man with the rapier did not care and attacked Tigre-sensei. Tigre-sensei dropped to his knees and placed his right hand behind his waist.

“Lars, who are you talking to? I don’t have to be careful ….. do I!”

Tigre-sensei said while he was attacking …… no, he already attacked. A single blink. In just that amount of time, without saying a word, the opponent was down on the ground, having been hit in the back of the head by the stick that Tigre-sensei would have swung.

“Tanny!? Damn you, old man, I’ll take you at least!”

“Hoh~, old man, huh. When it comes to children, I can understand why they say that, but when it comes from someone like you, it just makes me angry, doesn’t it? !”

“Uh, O-Ohhhhhhh!”

I’ve never seen magic like that before! I thought it was inappropriate, but I was intrigued by the lump of ice that looked like an icicle. The man hurriedly swatted away the counter-attack of the ice needle with his large sword, and then swung down. 

But–

“You should’ve come at me instead of knocking it down, you know? That one moment could have been the difference between life and death …… as any adventurer should know that .”

“Gah ……!?”

The earthblade protrudes from the ground and hits his torso, sending him flying through the air. If he didn’t have an armor, he won’t be able to survive that. The headmaster uses another magic.

“”

“Gueh!?”

He quickly unleashes his firelance on the man flying through the air, and eight lances hit him one after another, causing burns and cuts. He was knocked to the ground and rolled to the ground. 

“He’s merciless ……”

“He’s still holding on him, you know?”

“I’ve never seen the headmaster so angry ……”

Makina said in surprise. It’s true that the headmaster is basically kind, but I’ve never seen him treat anyone else that way because he’s always getting pissed off at Basleigh-sensei at the competition. 

“Well, it looks like your friends are down already? You can’t win if you don’t come at us together, you know? You’re so stupid.”

“…… Then, I’d just take you hostage and run. So it’s also stupid enough for you to be in front of me, when you couldn’t do anything when we kidnapped her, right!”

“Nfufu. Unfortunately, that time it was at close range, but not this time, okay? …… You’re already done ……!”

“What nonsense are you talking about! …… Hm!?”

When Basleigh-sensei provoked him with a mysterious pose, the gloomy man tried to move. But the man didn’t move from his spot.

“W-Why ……!?”

“Nfufu …… I put a needle containing a numbing agent into your thigh. That seems to be your weak point, and it seems to be very effective.”

She smiled fearlessly and took out some kind of leather bag from her pocket and put the contents in her palm. The contents were iron balls the size of the tip of your thumb, and there were dozens and dozens of them.

“D-Don’t tell me …… that’s ……”

“Kuku …… Right …… It is as what you think it is ……! Eat this! This is for Luciel-chan! This is for me when I was beaten up! This is for me because I got my pay cut! This is for me who can’t get a boyfriend! This is for–“

“Guaaaaaahhhh!?”

Basleigh-sensei throws unreasonable words and iron balls, which pierce the man’s face and the parts of his body without armor. This is pretty nasty…

“Fuhahahahaha! You’ll be torn to shreds!”

“G-Guoh …… Ugh ……”

“I’m on your side, but I’m scared ……”

“…… Don’t look at her, Patty.”

Makina puts her hand on Patty’s shoulder, shivering.

To be honest, I think it’s the most gruesome way to attack among the teachers …… The man fell forward with his face battered, just as Basleighse-sensei declared.

“That’s refreshing! Now let’s capture him!”

“You’re even scarier than me …… Lars, is Luciela okay?”

“Yes, she’s asleep, but she’s fine. Gadar, right? I’m not going to take your life, but you have to tell me why you kidnapped Luciel.”

I don’t want to have any other friends of his coming after Luciel again. It is necessary to interrogate these people to prevent that.

“U-Uhhhhh …… Ow …… M-My arms won’t move ……”

“What a pathetic old man, it’s just a broken arm. I’ll take this one, so you take care of Luciela.”

“Thank you, Ryuuze.”

“Hey, get up!”

I left Gadar in the hands of Ryuuze and Tigre-sensei, and as I carried Luciela back to put her in the basket on Sarge’s back, Luciel came running up to me.

“Sis! …… As I thought, in my place …… Geez, you’re just so reckless ……”

“N-Nhn…… W-Where am …… I …….”

Just then, Luciela woke up, and my face and Luciel’s faces broke. It was a big deal, but it’s over now.

As I was thinking this, Gadar, who had been reluctant to stand up, started shaking and shouting. 

“…… Guh, damn …… There’s no way I’m going to let myself get caught ……!”

“Your trump card, huh! I won’t let you!”

Tigre-sensei reached out to him, but Gadar opened the bottle and drank all the liquid inside.

“Uh …… Gugu …… Guaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!? It’s so hot, it’s like my body is burning!?”

The other three seemed to have taken the same thing and were scratching their chests and shaking their bodies. What the heck did they take ……?

I wondered, but I soon learned the answer–

This time it was the teachers. Next time, it will be the students ……?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“It’s just a useless struggle ……!”

What will happen ……!?