Chapter 25.1 - Return to Academy and Civil War [1] – part 1 (1/2)

Return to Academy and Civil War [1] – part 1

After a month of training as magic swordsman, the three of us, who have served the suspension period, gathered in front of the director’s office.

As usual, I knocked, got permission to enter, and slowly opened the black door.

「Excuse me.」

There was the sight of Leia-sensei who seemed to be lively as usual, and No.18-san who seemed to be more tired than usual for some reason.

……He seemed to have been used by sensei very much for the past month.

「Oh, you’re back! Hou, you three have some strong-willed look on your faces now!」sensei expressed her impression, observing the three of us.

「A-Ahaha… yeah, a lot of things happened…」

「Yeah… There was a lot of events…」

「It was tense too…」

Calming down and looking back on it, the past month has been quite tense… Perhaps it’s more accurate to say『aged』rather than『strong-willed』 face.

「Fufuu, let’s hear about it then.」Leia-sensei said, laughing happily.「Yoshi, then I’ll dissolve the suspension of you three – and permit you to return to Year 1 Class A!」

She stamped the director’s seal on three pieces of documents that she had at hand.

「Thank you very much.」

「Hooray!」

「We finally returned.」

Now we can finally take part in the classes.

(Soul Dress class, huh… I’m really looking forward to it!)

Although the one month delay is worrying, the expectation and joy that came together with it cancelled out the worry. I’ve encountered a number of soul dress in this short period of time.

Ria’s〈Fafnir〉.

Cain-san’s〈Hell Hundred〉.

Sid-san’s〈Vanargand〉.

Dodriel’s〈Shadow Ruler〉.

Rize-san’s〈Withered Parasol〉.

All of them have tremendously powerful abilities.

(What kind of ability will my soul dress have…?)

To tell the truth, I was thinking a lot about that last night, so much so that I couldn’t sleep.

「Now, it’s time for the first period… Fumu, it’s going to start in 10 minutes, so I guess I’ll go with you three.」

So we went to Year 1 Class A together with sensei. The corridor that I’m walking through for the first time in a month felt a little nostalgic.

「There, we’ve reached.」

Sensei shifted one step sideways without opening the door of the classroom. Apparently, I have to be the one to open the door.

「Fuu…」

「F-For some reason… I’m nervous」

「It’s been a month after all…」

Of course, it was the first time in a month… but more than that, it felt kind of difficult to face everyone.

(I’ve caused a lot of trouble for everyone…)

The match with Sid-san at the Big Five Holy Festival.

(If only I was not controlled by the spirit core, and had controlled that power properly…)

Perhaps, Thousand Blade Academy would’ve won against it’s fated opponent, Ice King Academy.

I inadvertently think about that implausible『if』scenario…

「Fuu… I’m opening it.」

The two nodded silently. I was prepared for cold looks and abuse from my classmates, and the moment I opened the door.

「「「Allen, Ria, Rose! Congratulations on returning to academy!」」」

Several crackers crackled, and simultaneously congratulations were sent our way.

「「「…Eh?」」」

The three of us gaped at the unexpected situation.

「Ahahaha! Oi Oi, what’s with that face!」

「Great job!」

「Allen, Ria and Rose, thank you very much for your work! It must have been hard.」

Everyone in Class A ran up to us.

「N-No, umm… everyone, are you not angry…?」

I voiced out what I was constantly worried about.