Chapter 72 - Darkness and the Sword King Festival [3] (1/2)

72. Darkness and the Sword King Festival [3]

As a result of my spiritual power measurement,

「E-Eh…?」

For some reason, the magic circle shattered.

「「「……」」」

Due to the unexpected situation, the spiritual power room fell silent.

All of my classmates’ gazes pierced all over my body, and cold sweat flowed down my back.

(This is… certainly my fault… right?)

Up to now, about 30 people have measured their spiritual power, but this never happened.

Maybe I made a mistake in measuring my spiritual power.

I was feeling uneasy as an indescribable awkward air flowed in.

(T-This magic circle… How much does it cost?)

Even though it wasn’t on purpose, I broke the academy’s equipment.

Naturally, I have to pay for it.

The magic circle was installed in a dedicated room called『Spiritual Power Room』.

No matter how you think about it, there’s no way it would only be around 1000 or 2000 gold.

(I-If I remember correctly… It was around one million gold per spirit sword, right?)

There were more than one hundred spirit swords in the preparation room.

But this magic circle is the only one in this spiritual power room.

From a viewpoint of rarity, the magic circle overwhelms the spirit sword.

(At minimum it will cause at least 1 million gold… right?)

Colour quickly drained from my face.

A million gold is a lot of money.

If you have that much money, you will be able to live without working for a year.

(…This is bad)

I was supposed to become a fine swordsman and let my mother live an easy life.

At this rate, I might drag her into a debt of hell.

(…No, no, calm down. Maybe it’s surprisingly cheap….!)

Yes, it’s not decided that the magic circle is that expensive yet.

Perchance, it might be a consumable item with a limited number of usages!

With that hope in my heart, I turned my gaze towards sensei.

「W-What on earth…!?」

Her eyes widened as her fists trembled.

(…It’s over.)

That imminent expression, no doubt.

The magic circle seems to be rarer and more expensive in comparison to the spirit sword.

(What the hell, spiritual power is immeasurable… !? Did that guy interfere with anything…? No… That’s impossible. I’ve never heard of spirit rank affecting the measurement of spiritual power. In other words, the cause of the destruction of the magic circle is… the enormous spiritual power of『Allen himself』…)

I mustered my courage and called out to sensei, who was silent with a pale face.

「Se-Sensei…」

However, there was no answer.

I guess it was a great shock for her.

She bit her lower lip and seemed to be lost in her own thoughts.

(The cause is definitely that cursed『100 Million Years button』. He was probably imprisoned in the Prison of Time for quite a long time. 1000 years perhaps… No, at worst it might’ve been 2000 years. I feel sorry for him. He must have met unexpected difficulties with escaping.)

After a little while, sensei recovered from the big shock and looked me in the eye.

「Allen… How many years-」

「I-I’m sorry!」

I quickly bowed my head.

「W-What are you doing all of a sudden?」

Sensei said with a puzzled look.