Vol 1 Chapter 18 (2/2)
“We have received reports that a devil has appeared! Where is the devil!?”
“We will fight against the devil even if it costs us our lives! Where has the devil gone to!?”
“Ah, he’s lying defeated over there”
“He’s been defeated?”
And then, they looked at the place where Gus was pointing at
There lay Cart’s body, whose head had been decapitated
“You don’t ated the devil!?”
“Ah, it wasn’t ated it”
He said that and turned to look at me
“It was subjugated by a student of this Magic Academy!?”
“How should I explain this; his narandson of the Hero, Merlin Walford, who subjugated the devil back then?”
“Ma-Magi Merlin-sarandson!?”
Honorable grandson, you say While they were having this sort of conversation, students had coathered to see the state of affairs
You guys, don’t gather in such a dangerous place! Just because the Military Personnels have arrived, don’t be so lax, unconscious of passing crisis, and come see the situation!
“He-hey! That thing that’s lying over there, isn’t it a devil?”
“Eh? There’s no way!?”
“That devil has already been subjugated!!”
“What? What has happened?”
Everyone started to talk unanination And then, they looked at the Military Personnels, Gus, and the other students
“Everyone, there’s no need to worry!! The grandson of Magi Merlin, shi+n Walford, has subjugated the devil!!”
A person conveyed to everyone with a loud voice The vicinity fell silent momentarily And then…
“UWOOOOOOOOOOH !!!!” [Said by everyone in the area]
Cheers suddenly exploded
“Seriously!? Are you really serious!!”
“Arandson!!”
“Hero!! It’s the appearance of a new hero!!”
“Magi-sarandson! shi+n Walford!!!”
“shi+n!” “shi+n!” “shi+n!” [Everyone chanting]
A “shi+n” call occurred
Uwaaa! Please stop it! It’s e to have my name chanted out so loudly!!
I want to run away, but since there are Knights and Magicians all around, I would have to bypass them, so even if I want to run away, I can’t
“Well done! You did very well!!”
“Really, the grandson of the Hero, also turned out to be a Hero!”
“Magnificent! You are really nificent, shi+n-kun !!”
Really, everyone, please stop it! Although a commotion will inevitably happen, this kind of fuss is too ated devil!
“As expected, this kind of thing would happen”
So this hat Gus was trying to explain earlier! However, I didn’t iine that it would cause this extensive of a commotion
I felt a sense of disco this sudden uproar However, because of the exciteation of the devil, I couldn’t attuneeveryone abuzz, I searched for the source of the discomfort
In the end, because of the commotion, the Research Society information session was cancelled, and all the students were asked to return to their respective classrooms
“shi+n-kun, is there so?”
This question was asked by Sicily
“Certainly, you’ve been e face since earlier, shi+n”
“Well… fro of the uproar, and even until the end, I couldn’t shake of this unco”
“Unco?”
“Yeah I’ll continue the explanation once we return to the classroom”
When we returned to the classrooreet us
“Oh! You guys! I orried about you all! Especially Walford, are you injured anywhere!?”
“Yes We’re all okay”
“Is that so… I’m relieved…”
He was genuinely worried about us He’s a good teacher, I can tell that he’s honestly worried about us
“Rather than that, shi+n, ere you talking about earlier? Although I also felt uneasy with the situation regarding Cart, what do you mean ‘even until the end?'”
That’s right, I should explain it to them
“First of all, I think everyone agrees that Cart’s actions and behavior felt out of place Brandishi+ng the authority of an aristocrat isn’t just forbidden here, it’s prohibited in all of the three Advanced Acadedom knows Nevertheless, the way Cart spoke and his actions, flaunted his social status as a noble And although it was just an attempt, if it wasn’t for my opposition, I have no doubt that he would have taken ainst Sicily”
Everyone nodded in agreement
“In addition, because of his behavior, Gus had given hi an aristocrat have equal pride in his social standing as a noble, and would think that the power of an aristocrat is absolute? And yet, why did he not listen to Gus, who is someone at the top of the ladder of all aristocrats?”
Everyone turned to look at Gus Gus just shrugged his shoulders
“This is what everyone should have felt was strange in the past Now, this is what felt out of place today”
I could see that everyone had understood thus far, and waited for me to continue my explanation with bated breath
“First of all, why did Cart appear at that place? Wasn’t he placed under house arrest? Moreover, he is soet out of there so easily?”
“I was also thinking about that”
“At that ti ‘he can’t possibly he here,’ I didn’t e to act in time”
“And… there’s also that issue of hi into a devil…”
I said while glancing at everyone
“Is it really that easy for a person to turn into a devil?”
Everyone seems to be mystified Alfred-sensei had his eyes wide open
“Certainly… It certainly is bizarre!”
Alfred-sensei seems to have noticed as well
“Eh… What does this mean?”
“Regarding the huh-ranking Magician who aiic and had trained forto perforh difficulty, he failed and turned into a devil”
After I explained up until this point, everyone also seemed to have noticed
“As for Ritzburg, he was soic Acadeic power, it would only be enough to cause an accident of so into a devil this way”
“I guess so If turning into a devil is caused by the failure of people being unable to control their ic powers… then there would already be a lot of devils by now”
“That is really strange”
“It is as you say If it’s just that aic power, it is seen quite often I’ve even experienced it myself”
“Hey, Rin, that’s very dangerous! You have to take care because in case an accidental discharge of s will also be bloay”
“Nn, I’ll be careful in the future”
Ah… Good grief
“And so, everyone no someone in the past had turned into a devil thanks to our review of the reported case Up until now, there hasn’t been any reported cases of so into a devil Then, as it so easy for someone to turn into a devil this time around?”
“Why is it, degozaru?”
“We can’t know so like that for sure”
“Tsk! No way!”
Gus see
“Wh-what is it, Your Highness?”
“N-no way… It can’t be possible…”
“Gus I think you’re probably thinking of the sa as I am”
“Such a thing, impossible!”
“I think that there’s a possibility… to do it artificially”
“I that there’s a way to create a devil artificially!?”
Alfred-sensei cried out Certainly, one would think so, but…
“Well, right now I’ hypothetically, but I don’t know if it’s possible for sure However, the possibility is not zero And after actually fighting against it, I thought of the possibility all the more”
“After fighting it?”
“My grandpa has told ated the devil many, many times”
“To hear how Magi-saated the devil from his own mouth…”
“I’m so jeaaaloooouuuusss!”
The reaction of everyone in the rooe
“No, that’s not what Iabout the stories of the one who subjugated the devil and how he did it He said when a person turns into a devil, it is coer speak any words, and simply howl However, when Cart turned into a devil, he was able to speak”
“Then that means… he didn’t exactly turn into a devil?”
“No, he definitely turned into a devil His eyes turned red, he had oic power, and his actions were violent; he had all the common characteristics of a devil”
Everyone listening held their breaths and waited for me to continue my explanation
“After actually fighting hiht it ay too different frorandpa I then speculated: ‘Is this the sa distinct about it”
“To say the devil was too weak…”
“No… I thought it was pretty strong enough…”
“To be honest, in terer than a deer”
“A tiger or a lion, you say…”
“I thought it was pretty much a hopeless situation…”
That would be the case for students, however, it’s different for the Knights Order and Magician Division While I was thinking that, I turned to look at Alfred-sensei…
“A lion… I’ve once encountered one in the past, and at the ti to die… that it was the end of ain I still occasionally dream about it even until now”
Huh? It was a story of his level of trauma?
“Bu-but, even so, it doesn’t ht?”
“…That’s right”
“In the past, the devil almost destroyed a whole country In actuality, cities and villages were destroyed Can de?”
“No… no matter how you look at it, they won’t be able to do that much”
“He easily turned into a devil, he was too weak, and he still had so those facts into account…”
Everyone aiting for what I was going to say
“I… thought there may be some possibility that Cart’s body was used in a human experiment”
“Human experiment!?”
“As I thought… Artificially… made?”
“Up to this point, it’s just a conjecture However, the possibility is high”
“I see… So this is why shi+n waswe can feel happy about”
Right now, it’s just a speculation However, if this is true… there’s aabout who it is, and for what reasons
Everyone probably felt it as well They all seemed to have anxious expressions
On a rooftop of a building a slight distance fro the institute It was Cart’s former tutor, Oliver Schtrom
“Hmm, Cart did indeed turn into a devil However, because his actual in with, his level was only up to that degree Well, since the experience was a success, I guess it’s fine”
He said so and shtly
“Even so, that’s Walford-kun, huh It’d be best if he doesn’t become an obstructive existence to me”
After he muttered, he disappeared from that place
There wasn’t anybody who noticed his presence