Chapter Chapter 52: 7. Is your backside safe? (4) (2/2)

The door that would allow us to escape was right in front of us, yet the person blocking our way was the Spirit King of Water and his summoner Professor Muam.

“Mooooveee!”

A speartip imbued with magic power so dark red it could be mistaken for spear aura slammed into the water barrier, but it held firm.

“Damn it!”

And in the corner of the wall, we could see Risen suspended inside the wall with only his head sticking out.

“Break through, no matter what, break through!”

I summoned three high-ranking fire spirits.

Although fire spirits are weak against water, as long as the firepower is strong enough the water could be evaporated outright.

But the enemy was a spirit king.

Someone I could never beat by myself.

But, this time is different!

“Burn!”

“Charge, charge!”

“The devil is right behind us!”

Because I am with the students who have lost their reason at the ever-nearer tushitushi sounds!

All sorts of fire spirits charged at the water.

A charge of fire spirits, fire giants, fire birds and other assorted spirits and beasts.

As if they felt their summoner’s resolve, despite facing off against the highest ranked water creature, a spirit king, they charged in fearlessly!

“It’s vanishing! The water is vanishing!”

“Just a bit more!”

“Once a hole’s made then break through with other summons!”

And so the wall of water that was slowly, slowly disappearing was.

“Just what have you been learning in my classes.”

Repaired instantly at a snap of Professor Muam’s fingers.

“Water is not only that of the rivers and oceans. The clouds in the sky, the fog in the morning. Even in the air you are breathing. Even inside your bodies. Water is everywhere. Meaning that water exists everywhere within this world.

As we stared at the restored water with stupefied faces, Professor Muam smiled bitterly as he looked at us.

“You kids are the first ones to ever attack a Spirit King of Water with fire. Well, it was a refreshing challenge.”

With those words, Professor Muam waved his small hand with a regretful expression.

“In a fight, you will be defeated the moment you lose your reason. Engrave that into your hearts.”

And the moment those words registered in my ears, the tushitushi noises had arrived right next to me.

‘……what’

“….resi…”

“Pres… wa…”

“Ge….:

‘Shut up…’

I started to hear sounds from somewhere.

It’s noisy. I want to sleep. I want to forget everything and just fall to sleep.

“uhhh… th…”

“my… eh…”

“The silver devil is coming.”

But at Risen’s words I automatically bolted upright.

“N, no!”

Risen smirked as he looked at me immediately summon a high-ranked elemental and look around my surroundings, and said.

“See, he woke up, right?”

And when I looked around, I could see the other students.

“How?”

And the majority of them were lying on the ground.

A few of the students that had already woken up were moving around waking the others.

And the place we were at was none other than…

“Why were we sleeping in the auditorium?”

Indeed.

In that very auditorium where we swore to become victorious in the imperial festival not long ago.

The majority of the students were out cold lying on the ground!

“Because we were hit of course.”

“Kuugh…”

At Risen’s words, I slowly began to recall things like an amnesiac whose memories were returning.

-Kuwuuughhh!

-No, save me!

-Heeheehiit, since you’re the last kids, unni’ll play with ya more!

-Stop, stop!

-Kuk! Please, no more…

“Urgghh…”

And what I remembered were things I’d much rather forget.

The moments where nothing but pain existed began to stir around in my brain once again.

“Oh, and Pres. This is pretty important.”

And looking at me, Risen had an extremely rare self-mocking smile on his face as he told me the catastrophic truth.

“Right now, it’s 6PM.”

“What?”

“It’s six in the afternoon.”

What the hell was this? 6PM? That can’t be?

“I understand how much you want to deny reality.”

“This, this can’t be!”

What had I done?

All I did was get hit by the silver devil and wake up, so what kind of bullshit are you saying when you’re telling me that five whole hours have passed!

“Lies!”

Even as I staggered I forced strength into my legs as I opened the auditorium’s doors.

What I saw, was the slowly but surely setting sun.

Perhaps because it was summer, the sun was still in the sky but it was definitely setting lower and lower.

“You mean.. You mean it seriously 6 o’clock?”

Maybe if it was just one person.

If it was one classroom I could stand it.

If it was an entire year level I could think as long as it’s not me!

But, but!

“He made the entire school stay at school til 6PM!”

Even on a normal day, the majority of the other academies would have already closed already!

And worse, this was the first day of the holidays!

Fwump.

“This, this can’t be.”

My two knees dropped to the floor in despair.

As my arms barely held by body off the ground, hunched over as if it couldn’t take it anymore, I began to cry out the resentment inside my heart.

“Damn it…. Daaaaaaaaaaamnnnnnn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt!”

It’s the holidays! The freaking holidays!

And it’s six in the afternoon!

And this will be part of our daily lives from now on!

Why, just why did this pain have to come in our final year!

But then someone began to pat my shoulder.

“M, milady?”

If it wasn’t Risen, I thought another member of the student council would be the one to be patting my shoulder.

But against my expectations, the one who was patting my shoulder was Lady Aris.

And with a benevolent smile, Lady Aris said to me.

“Sunbae(1), you graduate this year.”

“Ah…”

At that moment, I realised just what mistake I had made.

That expression, was not a benevolent smile. It was the smile of one who had forsaken everything, a saintess who had achieved enlightenment!

“But, this is my first year.”

As I saw that smile, I felt my knees rise by themselves.

It’s true. I am a fourth year.

But, at this academy there are still third years that still have a year left, and second years that have two.

And.

“I still have three more years to goooooooooooo!”

The fact that the ones that should be despairing isn’t me, but the first years that have three more years left in this academy!

“What have I done wrong!”

For Lady Aris, who was howling sorrowfully in a manner unbefitting for a daughter of a marquis.

I could do naught but watch over her.