Chapter 621 (2/2)

Seeing this scene, once again I felt the urge to kill Zelyse. When we escaped from the temple, even if I had to force myself a little, I should have put a Kanna Kamui right on his face.

But at that time, my priority was to get Fran out of there, no matter what. I didn’t have time to take any unnecessary risks back then.

「I also heard that some of them haven’t been found yet…」

(Master)

『Yeah』

We asked the people from the ship who were in the square to help us to arrange the bodies of the victims in the square. We didn’t have much time, but we knew we couldn’t neglect this.

It seemed that some of the ship’s crew members who were here, had friends and relatives among them, and the square then filled with even more grief.

(Zelyse…! I’ll definitely beat him the next time we see him)

『Yeah』

(Woof!)

Then we prayed silently and left the place.

Our destination was the academy’s campsite, where I could detect the presence of Weena Rhyn.

When we arrived there, the students had gathered back at the campsite, looking somewhat anxious. I guess they still hadn’t grasped the situation yet.

When Fran landed at the campsite, the students immediately surrounded her. The first one to call out to her was Charon.

「Fran-san! The town seems to be in an uproar. Do you know what’s going on?」

「…The Commercial Fleet was attacked by magic beasts」

「Wha! How bad is the damage?」

「Quite terrible. I have to report to Weena Rhyn about that」

「I see. I’m sorry for stopping you」

When Fran mentioned Weena Rhyn’s name, the students spontaneously cleared a path for her.

As expected of the students of the Academy of Magic. They probably understood that there was no point in panicking at a time like this.

「…It may get dangerous for us to stay here. Prepare to evacuate」

「Eh? But…」

「This is an order from an instructor」

「U-understood」

「Nn」

It was convenient to have authority at times like this. Well, she didn’t have the kind of authority that would normally allow her to issue such an order, but this was an emergency.

『Let’s talk to Weena Rhyn first so we can start evacuating everyone. She should have known that something is going on』

「Nn!」

In fact, it would not be surprising if she had known everything through the spirits.

「Weena Rhyn!」

「Fran…」

Weena Rhyn’s face, as she sat in her chair, was dominated by a sadness that made me feel sorry for her. From the way her hair was in a mess, she must have ruffled her head many times already.

It seemed that Weena Rhyn was now so cornered that she could be convinced that she had done such a thing.

「How, how could the magic beast in the lake resurrect!? I’m sure the seal wasn’t severely broken yet…!? If things continue like this, Rhyn might disappear!」