Vol 6 Chapter 3 (2/2)
While Mari showed chagrin on her face, she still did her best to work it out peacefully for the sake of Ananda and Inia who stood frightened behind her
”fine I'll do what you say if you forgive us with that But those two girls are unrelated I'll do whatever you want, so forgive me with that”
As Mari quietly backed down, the boy with glasses placed a hand on his chin triumphantly
”Very well that short haired woman, I'll overlook you”
Glasses pointed at Inia, and told her to get lost
”However, I won't let off those two deether with you they will become our slaves”
”Haa?! What the heck!”
”Those beasts defiled the West Side just by stepping on it they deserve death Mixes aren't allowed to oppose us, purebloods”
When Glasses said that, his hench
”First oh right, how about you take off your clothes first Show your filthy bodies for everyone to get a look on If you satisfy everyone's curiousity, souess that's ih!”
”!! These guys!”
Mari lost herself in anger, and a rainbow-coloured ic aura was emitted from her body
Then unexpectedly, Ananda grasped her shoulder
With tears in her eyes, Ananda shook her head in Mari's direction
”Mari, you can't use ic”
”Why?! I can send those guys flying with ease!”
”If you use attack ic in the middle of city, it will turn into a problem of entire East Side demihumans still aren't accepted here I don't want my companions to suffer any more than you already have”
”even so!”
”Please you don't have to do anything, I'll be fine”
While enduring her tears, Ananda held the front of the jacket strongly, and took it off Then, following Ananda, Inia also started to take off her jacket
”I'll join you Speaking of the cause, it's because the two of us made fun of Mari Get back Mari”
”that's!”
”People around here are mostly from West Side Because it's a boundary between east and west, everyone will assault you if you attack This is where we have to bear with it”
Unconvinced, Mari downcast her face biting her lower lip
”Don'tLook, I'm quite confident in myself?”
Although Inia laughed to reassure her, Mari didn't miss the fact that her hand trembled
The West Side's students were still laughing
”By the way, you are to take off your underwear too! Let everyone look at yourin the way!”
As Glasses said that, giggles and laughter cas
Mari faced down in chagrin, and gripped her fist
So whether outside or inside there's no difference whatsoever!
For Mari as trying to prove that people can be saved thanks to ainst persecution of witches, this was a cruel and absurd reality
Even aic, there was discrimination What was different from outside, was only the fact that inside had an illusion of peace The dark part of Magic Acadeht in front of her eyes
Her first friends outside of the platoon were about to undergo a humiliation, and because she tried to protect herself she couldn't do anything for them
Frustrated by the current situation, Mari clenched her teeth soundly
”Yo, I'm late”
Sorabbed her shoulder
When she turned back, she saw Takeru standing there with a bright expression Relief surged inside of Mari
She finally stopped trying to bear her tears, and started crying soundly
Really, I wonder why does this entle expression whenever they are in a pinch
Mari buried her face in Takeru's chest while crying
”Takeruu〜〜! Fuee〜〜〜!”
”Hey hey, don't cr——hey, your nose is running!”
When he pointed out that she made his clothes sticky, Mari kicked his shi+n with abandon
”OUUuchhh!”
”You! Show soently hold me idiot you idiot〜! And don'tclothes idiot〜! Also, you're late, idiot〜!”
”〜〜〜, it took me a while to procure a weapon Also, Ananda and Inia, you don't have to do that anyabout this”
”You'll do so, like what? Eh, Takeru your jacket?”
For soic Academy school's jacket
”It's fine, stand back It's dangerous”
As Mari was about to ask, Takeru put a finger on her lips
”now then”
Takeru dragged an iron pipe he found somewhere, and stood in front of West Side students to protect everyone
The bright and gentle man from before was nowhere to be found
Instead, there was a er within
”Kusanagi Double-Edged style initiate, Kusanagi Takeru You guys, are you prepared? Since you have pulled out your wands, it means I can pull out my oeapon here”
Takeru spoke while hitting his shoulder lightly with an iron pipe
”who the hell are you What's your affiliation”
”I just told you I'i Takeru As for affiliation, I'm not entirely sure”
”I asked whether you are from east or west”
”Sorry, but it's been only a month since I came here I'm not from east nor west, also, I'm not from north or south either”
Although the West Side's leader tried to verify Takeru's affiliation, Takeru wasn't wearing a jacket Magic Academy uniforms other than jackets are unified, so he was unable to deter by his shi+rt and trousers
”H, you must be one of those east bunch You knohat? If you try attacking us with ic, entire East Side's position will suffer”
”Magic, right? Unfortunately, I find it hard to useto do with this guy”
Takeru tapped his shoulder with iron pipe
Glasses' eyes narrowed sharply
”bastard, an empty!”
Hearing a word he didn't understand, Takeru blinked a few times Lapis who stood next to him pulled his clothes When he bent his waist, she whispered into his ear
”E inside It's another terical power”
”Ohh〜, I see as expected of eable”
”Currently, I cannot be used by you, so calling me your partner is inappropriate”
”so you're still angry, Lapis-san”
”So, ill you do It would be difficult to get through this situations with just your flesh and blood I would reco away”
”You won't know until I try, you too should get back”
Takeru once again faced off against the enemy
The guys from the west have already prepared themselves for battle, and directed their wands at Takeru
”There's no place in this Acadee like you to breathe in this place as West Side!——Kill him! I'll take responsibility for that!”
Glasses instructed the three cronies as blood vessels appeared on his red face
With a disciplined movements, the cronies' released a shi+ne from their wands towards Takeru
” ” ”——《Bullet》！” ” ”
A nuht bullets was released
Takeru instantly expanded Magic-Sweeping SwordSouht bullets with his eyes
——Slow, I can do this!
Their speed was inferior compared to nor his body
Iht bullets hit the building's wall and burst out like a shotgun fire
! Power's quite high——!
Takeru turned more cautious Unfortunately, the pipe he held wasn't ic After blocking two, three times it turned useless
He needed to end it quickly
”He avoided that?!”
”Those ic?!”
”What an annoyance!”
Takeru laughed fearlessly towards the three who lost their calm
”It's not ic——but swordsmanshi+p!”
He lowered his waist and kicked off the ground
Once again triggering Magic-Sweeping SwordSoumatou he approached, and momentarily moved behind the three They stood dumbfounded ands in their hands, unable to perceive Takeru's htly hit the first one's on the back of his head, ht ar bloaist
Then, Takeru released Magic-Sweeping SwordSouround he killed off his speed
At the same time as his speed returned to norround
The glasses bastard didn't understand what happened, and could only look at the cronies' backs as the fell down
Takeru changed his target to glasses, and poised his pipe horizontally
His eyes glowing in red, made him look like a demon
”What's up, Glasses asshole what are you scared about The one who provoked first was you How about you use all your strength to protect the honour of your friends here”
”No way impossible! In just an instant!”
”You, you're a pure-blooded sorcerer right In that case come at me in accordance what that noble blood dictates you As your equal, I'll show you how mediocre you are”
Overpowered by Takeru's fighting spirit, Glasses stood back and raised a short scream
”Y-y-you guys! What are you just looking! You're also froht?! Don't just look and help me out!”
The Glasses bastard asked the onlookers for help Majority of the onlookers were students of West Side One after another, they protruded their wands in Takeru's direction
this nuood
He could no longer go easy on theroaned after the un bullets, so he kept Magic-Sweeping Sword'sSoumatou's acceleration to minimum, but there were too many of them this time
There's no time to be lost here I need to take down as many of them as possible
”UUOooohh!!”
Raising a cry, he pounced at the West Side's group
It turned into close combat Five, six, dozen people Inside of a flurry of bullets Takeru continued to take down ene Sword'sSoumatou activated
However,
”——Khhh!!”
The moment he tried to take down the eleventh one, pain has struck
”?! He stopped! Kill him!”
The eleventh aiic power He aimed for Takeru's head If it hits, he will definitely die
Takeru forced his unsteady body and tried to lower himself somehow to avoid
”Gahh——?!”
Suddenly, the eleventh's body swayed and he fell on the ground
It wasn't so Takeru did When he raised his face to see as that, there,
”hmph”
Stood Kanaria holding a sithout a cutting edge
Although she's been only watching with a disgruntled look the entire time, it seems like she came to assist him
Not dropping his guard, Takeru stood back-to-back with Kanaria
”That's why I told you not to fly It's your fault for not stopping You reap what you sow”
”You are right but, is that fine? You are East Side's student as well right?”
”Wood elves can't use ic No problem”
”Is that so——then, let's hurry up and finish this”
”Don't hold me back, Takeru”
”That's a new one, junior pupil!”
”Don't act like a senior pupil!”
The two faced the loo enemies at the same time
Even if one storm can't take everyone doo storms can defeat the eneives a win, defeat the catalysts, it was clear that most of them relied on wands and staffs for operative procedures So the two prioritized their catalysts
He dived between ical bullets, and hit the opponent who used a staff in his torso Although he accelerated quite a bit, he didn'ta bone or two
Unlike guns, h to deal with it
Just because the two of theed style users, they unconsciously cooperated with each other Unexpectedly, their co, the two's movements were perfectly matched
In about thirty minutes, Takeru and Kanaria defeated almost all of forty sorcerers that were there
Two de West Side students
”that was a great help, Kanaria”
”Hmph”
When Takeru dropped the iron pipe and exhaled, Kanaria folded her arms and faced sideways
As expected of a sturdy wood elf, she was hardly exhausted and it seemed like there was almost no burden on her body On the other hand, Takeru's body was on verge of overheating
Once again he realized benefits of having Lapis If not for the Witch Hunter form, Takeru wouldn't have survived the battles he was in up until now
Even though he was depressed about weakness of his flesh and blood, he stood with his back straight and placed a hand on Kanaria's head
Her shoulders twitched in surprise
”You are really so Like this I can't act like a senior pupil here”
As he praised her, Kanaria's gaze wandered, but she did not brush off the hand that stroked her head She blushed slightly, but re as she was
”d-don't pat me It itches”
”Oh, not seeing a punch co together huh”
Although a punch came after he said that, Takeru predicted that and avoided it
”Don't get full of yourself baldy!”
”Sorry sorry, my bad! I was too full of myself!”
”Khh——!”
”What's up with you, are you a beast or so? I said I'm sorry!”
With a wry s her sword repeatedly
When he was playing around with his junior disciple, a distorted voice has resounded
”——Y-you bastards don'tto happen if you oppose us?!”
Takeru and Kanaria directed their line of sight at the cootten Glasses-kun
The moment Kanaria saw his appearance, she was amazed by the stupid development
Glasses was holding Lapis hostage, and pressed a wand against her temple
”If you move I'll kill her! If you don't want you comrade to be killed then drop your weapons!”
Hearing lines of a small fry, Kanaria completely lost her motivation
On the other hand, Takeru took a step forward and stared at Glasses expressionless
Seeing Takeru different from usual, Lapis called out to him
”I ae I won't be destroyed by a sorcerer of this level”
She said so to reassure hi and smiled
”Ha-haha! I see, a Magical Heritage! My property exerts the ical Heritage can be easily destroyed with it!”
Although Lapis narrowed her eyes as she was called third-rate, she didn't reht from Takeru
”It's all right Please retreat as you are I can escape any time”
””
”did you hear me?”
No matter how Lapis called out to hi towards them
”D-don't come over here! B-bastard, you don't care what happens to her?!”
Ignoring Glasses' screa stance with the iron pipe in his hand
Then readied hi power from his entire body
”h-hey, Takeru”
Kanaria triedTakeru's stance, she iathered strength to the lilared sharply at Glasses
”Kusanagi Double-Edged style——Unicorn's Destructive Lance!”
Releasing the power, he thrust towards Glasses
The air let out a noise akin to explosion, and the end of iron pipe closed on Glasses However, right in front of hi and was stopped
A semi-transparent red wall stood in Takeru's way The iron pipe pierced through it partially and has stopped
”Hahahaha! I have stretched out protective ical power is so dense it won't break no matter howfor the ith Inquisition!”
Takeru pulled his body back again, and released another thrust
A crack appeared on the ical wall, but it did not break
For so from the iron pipe he held When he looked at the end of it, he could see that the pipe's exposed area was glowing brightly It was as if it was being melted by heat
”My property is 『Heat Transfer』! No ic allows ranted the effect of 『Heat Transfer』! Now that you get it back off! Otherwise, I'll dissolve this Magical Heritage!”
Deaf to Glasses' speech, Takeru continued to release thrusts tiain
The pipe was losing its for into liquid, and has eventually become impossible to hold However, Takeru——
”——HAAaaa!!”
This tiainst the ithout any weapon, with his bare hands
”Wha did he go crazy?!”
With Magic-Sweeping SwordSou maximum out of his muscles, Takeru released a punch
Naturally, the wall's heat scorched his skin and his bones broke because of the impact and acceleration
With that said though, that bloas coun
Tih speed
”N-no way such a thing”
Places cracking have started to spread gradually throughout the wall
After a tre in with his fist still touching the wall
And while feeling the s flesh, he downcast his face
”You were the first one to pick a fight coht be out of your speciality, but you'll have to pay the price of tasting my fist”
”hiii!!”
”Along with that worthless pride of yours——”
Takeru pulled back his fist with all his strength, and a glanced at Glasses with eyes of a dee
And,
”——Bloay to the ends of the earth!”
His strongest attack didn't stop at breaking the protective wall, and hit the cheek of Glasses behind it
A ht It broke Glasses' jaw and cheekbone, and blew his body far away into the rear
Glasses slid on the ground, crashed into a wall, and after having convulsion he stopped
Takeru spat out a short breath Judging froot when he hit Glasses, his neck shouldn't have broken It has without a doubt caused a severe concussion, but Glasses' life wasn't in danger
After calently put a hand on Lapis shoulder, as standing in daze
Lapis glanced at Takeru's hand on her shoulder
His skin melted, and broken bones have pierced meat and protruded outside
”Lapis, are you injured?”
As he said that gently, Lapis turned to look at him
Takeru enuinely relieved expression
”Are you an idiot?”
”That's horrible”
”I have told you that there is no need to worry I can't be destroyed by a ic on the level of 『Heat Transfer』”
”well, I wasn't really worried about that though”
”Then why I am unable to coo well and you lost your arm? While I was unable to defeat him, he was unable to destroy ave up”
Although Lapis told him that she can't understand, Takeru just smiled wryly
He answered her question while withstanding the pain in his arm
”Si hurt by such scum, or even touched by him”
Takeru pressed the back of his left hand against Lapis' cheek
”You are ht? I felt possessive and was upset”
”that's what do you”
”It means that I love you That's why, I won't let anyone dirty you”
The moment he said that, Lapis opened her eyes wide open, stunned
I don't
”Also, you too, would have coht? I've been always protected by you That's why, I sometimes want to be the one to protect you instead”
It looked Lapis' expression wouldn't change after all
However, when Takeru touched her cheek he could feel soht at him
Although it seemed as if time has stopped for a moment, after her limps trembled for a moment her mouth opened
”is that so”
This time, she didn't say she doesn't understand
Takeru s started to melt Because she misunderstood that he discarded her, he should have told her that he loves her right fro
But it was fine if his cluhtforwardness worked
Love, it see Lapis was able to understand
And while the two interacted together in a subtle manner,
”Uood place to flirt in come on, hurry up and notice me!”
Mari stood in the back looking like a deured of Ananda and Inia
”Oh, Mari Are Ananda and Inia all right?”
”Ngh, I protected them so they are fine rather than that, show me that!”
”Yeah it hurts! This is bad, what do I do if it doesn't heal?”
”It's almost bare bone ain't it really, are you an idiot? I'ency treat, so they should be able to do cell regeneration It will heal, probably”
Takeru apologized while receiving first aid treats had cal worked out
To make sure no one died, they anonyed a first aid squad
Probably, the West Side bunch won't report this incident They wouldn't reveal that they were defeated by an empty, even if their mouths were torn open
However, with this incident Takeru changed his recognition of Magic Academy's peace
The only peaceful place was the East Side, and an unrelenting discri this place as safe was just an illusion
After the first aid was finished Takeru rose up and looked back
The streets of West Side, were quiet unlike the East Side Although the scenery was old-fashi+oned and there were no waste on the streets, it was incredibly inorganic
People who stood in the shade of the buildings looked at Takeru and others as if they were different
They were unable to ignore the insults in their whispers, nothing could be done even if they pretended nothing was said
It was different from the fear of witches in the outside world
On the inner side of the world, conte rampant
”let's go back It seeer here”
Takeru and others left the area in a hurry
With a fast pace they left the border between West and East Side
””
Meanwhile, Lapis stared intently at Takeru's back
↑ Avec, couple or lovers in French, I think?