Chapter 55 (1/2)

Translator: Kurehashi+ Aiko

VOLUME 2 CHAPTER 20: The Boy Meets His Night embarrassed when they heard the loud sound of the school siren ringing

「What, is that sound……?」

Marcathat it was an alaro to the old school building, now!」

「Huh, but why?」

Asked Iori when Elvie ordered hiun to distribute the luggage she prepared beforehand

「This alarm confirn for evacuation」

Marca and Iori looked astonished, for they didn't know about that

「Why, I don't understand! The h enough to give birth to monsters……」

Aru

Elvie wanted to stay calm, but honestly, it was hard to do so in a situation like this

「We don't knohere they appeared, but they must be close to the forest We should evacuate while we still can」

Signos Academy is pretty spacious and some of its parts are placed near the forest

Of course, even though newly developed barriers were active, there was still a way for et inside

Elvie's hand wandered over the holster in which his un was located, while Mikoto took hold of her wand

Seeing that, Marca rushed to her Brother's side

「Onii-chan, are you going to fight?」

「No, you see, I'h I think they will leave the actual fighting to older students and the teachers, while leaving us in reserve」

Seeing Marca's anxious face, Elvie gives her a reassuring s a sword in his free hand

「It's okay He , even though he's unable to use ood old days, Marca nodded her head even though she looked as if she was about to cry

Seeing her nodding her teary-eyed face, Elvie nods at Mikoto and then casts a short glance at everyone's present

「Let the spirits guard you, Onii-chan」

「Relax, Little Sister Elvie is quite strong, and I knoay around o」

Aru nodded his head while looking tense, unaware of the fact that he's been holding onto his bracelet for quite a while now

When they went outside, their surroundings were filled with restless atmosphere

Perhaps it's because it was already after school, but there seemed to be no other students in the other classroos, Elvie quickly went towards the , which rapped in an o just how lively it usually is

Suddenly, they all noticed so at the sky over the nearby forest

And before they could wrap their heads around as going on, a chilling sensation brushed against their skins

「The spirits are……」

Said Marca in a du the spirits' unrest

But Elvie are that it was not a good sign

The at

「The spirits, are they afraid?」

Hearing Mikoto's startled voice, and knowing that she was able to sense the spirits, the atan to affect both Elvie and Marca as they began to hear voices

”Hurry, hurry!”

”Wescary is co to eat us all!”

「No way……」

Elvie and Marca observed stoically as a group of senior students froic and combat departments equipped up to their teeth came out of the forest

There may have been members of the unit that was formed to scout out the area around here

One person raised his voice, drawing their attention

「Guys! We need to get out of here! Quick -----」

It was at that moment THAT appeared from inside of the forest

No, it would be more correct to say that it materialized from thin air

Covered in pitch-black tentacles and rese slowly crawled out of the forest into the open

Its one eyespirits and grabs them firmly

”Yaaaaaahhh!!”

The tentacle takes the spirit to the o

They could hear the spirit's voiceless scream even here

Then the monster realized that Elvie and the rest of the Academy's students were here, so it turns towards the si cracks and spreads wide at the front of its body

It looked as if, it was s Marca's scream, Elvie moves his head to see what startled her, and then his body just froze stiff

His body re of fear and hopelessness it felt on that day

He didn't forget, there was no way in hell that he would forget!

「Spirit Eater……!!」

It was the demons that took Elvie's father fros started to progress rapidly

「Captain, ready for battle!」

「「Yeah!!」」

They all stood still, only to see a group of upperclass them in a well-trained foret out of here! You're only going to be a bother!」

Yelled one of the a sword, as probably the leader

However, the Spirit Eater was still on the ave his orders, and two other students began to ready their spells

It is a coh ic Those students knew that as well, but they could not help it but to look at their ues with envy as they made their preparations

The Spirit Eater continued to ly disinterested with the newly arrived, but once it sensed theirstudents

Seeing that, Elvie shouted「No, don't! This thing can absorb ------!」

「Fire ------!!」

The two students finished casting their spells, and once they shouted the words in ancient language the ate In return, the Spirit Eater opened its bigat all happened, the students begun to look impatient, as they tried to build up their spells once more Then, they became stunned as they ic!?」

「Our spells just won't invoke!」

「What!?」

Hearing the distressed voices of his subordinates, their leader lost his cool for a ht it was to be expected

After all, this thing keeps itself sustained through sucking the s

So, neither of you lot will be able to use ic, just like his Father was unable to do so

Chance was, there would be casualties this time as well

As the Spirit Eater drew closer, it spawned lots of black tentacles out of its body, each with a small mouth with teeth at their tips

Those of the students ere too slow to react to this rapid development ended up overwhelmed by the tentacles and devoured on the spot Their reround

This, Elvie also remembered

Those little mouth i out theirthem whole

Then they slowly take whatever remains back to the main body

Back then, Elvie was bitten by the so of Marca's hand

Then, she was also swarmed by a mass of black tentacles

Wait, so then, why are Elvie and Marca still alive?

While Elvie sunk into thinking, he looked at the Spirit Eater again and suddenly understood what to do

The tre, this thing is bad nee need to run away!」