Volume 6 Chapter 8 (2/2)

Kirche stared at Colbert

“And he was the man… who took my eyes!”

Colbert was e scary

The aura around him felt very different from normal

Burning his own people, even Kirche’s Zerbst lineage never engaged in such atrocities After all, those were nobles’ duels

However, the air that Colbert emanated today was different

If you touch – you’ll burn

You’ll burn and die

The s flesh, the smell of death

Froe snake of fla out The snake bit the wand of one e, who had silently started to chant a spell

The wand turned to ashes in an instant

Colbert smiled

A cold ss, like a reptile’s

Colbert asked Kirche who stared at him in shock

“Miss Zerbst Do you remember the Fire element’s characteristics?”

Froe of a bitten lip, a stream of blood trickled

Red blood, like flame, like Colbert’s mantle

“…fire’s characteristics are zeal and destruction”

“Fire’s zeal and destruction are its sole purpose That’s what you think Twenty years ago I thought so too”

Colbert muttered in an unusual voice

“However, it is as you say”

The ain

Their surroundings turned black as if painted by a dark brush

A fight in the dark is difficult for an ordinary man Because one cannot see his opponent

However, for the blinded Fire user there is no light to begin with, thus darkness is not a handicap at all

Menvil thought while gripping his cane and preparing a spell

20 years ago my flame was defeated

It was because of immaturity

However, it is different now

With tier

Though I lost light, I gained strong Fire instead

Inner body senses were straightened and the nerves beca

Now I can detect even the es in the air

Temperature of a person, flow of air coloured a shadow and the sight was projected into Menvil's mind

“Take your friend and run away from here”

Kirche nodded, and supporting Tabitha, tried to run away However, thehall shot an ice arrow aimed at their backs

A thin flame dashed out of Colbert's cane and entwined the arrow

The arrow of ice melted and fell

Once Colbert's flame was unleashed, Menvil's flame flew

Fireball

A ball of flame that followed Colbert's movements…

However, it was instantly burned down by the fla from Colbert’s wand

“Fufu, don’t”

Menvil launched one fla at Colbert

Suddenly Colbert was cornered into defense

In the darkness he ran fro to escape them

Even if one wanted to attack, challenging Menvil in the dark was not easily done

“What’s wrong?! What’s wrong captain?! Don’t just run around!”

Menvil shot one fireball after another The edge of Colbert’s mantle flamed up

“Too bad! Just your mantle turns into scorch! Next is your body! I want to s body! This is me! Uwaha! Uha! Hahahahahahahaha!”

Wearing a sed with madness, Menvil launched his flames

“Kuu…”

Colbert shot his own fla at the source of Menvil's flame

However, there was no response

Menvil moved at once when the spell was cast and disappeared in the dark, not giving Colbert the chance for a counterattack

One cannot attack an opponent whom one cannot see Colbert frowned

“Here! Captain!”

Yet his position was fully exposed to Menvil who could ”see” in the dark

Colbert hid in the bushes, then tried to hide himself in the shadow of the tower However, it was not possible to escape from Menvil, who could track one's temperature very accurately

Colbert, while running around and trying to escape, soon found himself in the center of the plaza There was no place where he could hide

“The best stage is prepared, Captain You cannot run away anymore There is no place where you can hide yourself either Give up”

Colbert took a deep breath

And spoke towards Menvil's direction in the darkness

“Young Menvil, I have a favor to ask”

“What? You want to burn without suffering? Well for old time's sake, I will burn you in an instant”

In a perfectly composed voice, Colbert said,

“I want you to give up I already decided not to kill anyone with ic”

“Hey hey, have you lost your mind? Can’t you understand the current situation? You can’t see me However, I can see you perfectly Where do you see a winning chance for you?”

“Still, I a you This is true”

Colbert fell on his knees and bowed The Menvil's voice was filled with disgust,

“I… I was chasing such a coward for twenty years… you good-for-nothing… I cannot permit that I cannot per my time, without any sympathy, from head to toes”

Menvil began to utter an incantation

“Even if I ask, you won’t listen”

Colbert continued

“I auy”

Colbert shook his head in sadness and pointed his wand to the sky

The ball of a small flame shot up

“What? An illumination plan? Unfortunately for you, the fire size is not enough to light the area around

It was as Menvil said The shtly shi+ned upon their surroundings It could not replace the sun

The moment when Menvil's spell was completed…

The s in the sky exploded

The se one in an instant

Fire, Fire, Earth One earth and two fires

Using ”Gold transmutation” water vapor in the air was turned into oil

With a spark it turned into a huge raging ball of fire…

The coen around, causing every living thing within its range to suffocate and die

It was a matchless ”Flame bomb”

Menvil, opening hisplundered fros and suffocated in an instant

If the enen him to the darkness

However, this spell kills everyone nearby Therefore, Colbert did not use it until they had moved to the center of the plaza

Colbert turned around and, while holding hisMenvil

“You couldn’t turn into a complete snake, Lieutenant”

Colbert whispered, while coldly looking down at Menvil’s face draith pain

News about Menvil’s defeat shook the morale of his mercenaries

Kirche, Tabitha and the musketeers who escaped injuries did not lose ain

Inside, between the screae who had barricaded hi room was knocked down

Agnes stabbed the last e with her sword

“Kuu!”

However, the sword did not come out

The last nes’s back…

Many ic arrows flew

Kirche, Tabitha and other musketeers were not able to react in time

A black shadow jumped into the way

He blocked the arrows frones with his own body He uttered a spell and a snake of fla up the wand that the other

Agnes stared in blank surprise at Colbert

Colbert's eyes opened wide

The voice that escaped his nes

“…are you all right?”

Mechanically, Agnes nodded

The nextblood

Students ran up in panic and began uttering the recovery spells for Colbert

However… the injury was severe

During that time…

Agnes recovered and pointed her sword at Colbert

Shocked, students stared at Agnes

“Wait! What are you doing?!” shouted Kirche

Colbert with a weak face looked up at Agnes

“You… You are the leader of the Magical Research Experimental Group platoon? Were you also the culprit who tore the name list in the Royal Military Archives?”

Colbert nodded

“I will tell you I aleterre‘s survivor”

“… I see”

“Why was my hometown destroyed? Answer”

“Stop! He’s injured! Badly injured! Don’t talk!”

Mont spell, cried

“Answer!”

Colbert answered looking down

“…the order”

“Order?”

“…it was reported that an epide ere told to burn it We burned it reluctantly”

“Idiot… That is a lie”

“…Ha ha, afterwards, I learned about that too In short, it was the ‘New Religion Hunt’ I auilt every day It was… like Menvil said Women, children - I burned them all It was not permitted But the memory still haunts me I left the arain”

“…but those feelings didn’t stop your hand?”

Colbert shook his head

After that… he slowly shut his eyes Though Mont an incantation… her willpoas drained with tiround For the spell of ”Recovery” to heal such a serious injury, special medicine was necessary… but at this moment there was none

Therefore, though willpower tried to replace the specific medicine… it had its limits

Other Water users ran out of willpower one after another and fainted With nes raised her sword

However, Colbert was protected - Kirche covered hione fro a serious face, Kirche said

“Please stop it!”

“Get away! I was living for this day! Twenty years! Twenty years I have waited for this day!”

“Please Please”

“Get away!”

Agnes and Kirche glared at each other

The moment when tension in the air was about to break loose…

Kirche grabbed Colbert's wrist

“Get away I said!”

Kirche answered in a stone-like voice

“Please, lower your sword”

“Stop joking!”

Kirche shook her head and muttered

“He’s dead”

With those words, Agnes's wrist lost its strength

Shocked, Agnes fell to her knees Her body began shaking little by little

“…Hold your grudge if you want However, at least pray Teacher Colbert ht now He shi+elded you with his body and saved you”

Kirche said in a constrained voice

Agnes stood up again without power, and said tords, three words, words that could not reach one’s ear Then she lifted her sword and lowered it The students averted their eyes, only Kirche alone did not shut her eyes and watched

The sword stuck deeply into the ground next to Colbert

Turning on her heels, Agnes began to sloalk away

After Agnes disappeared… Kirche tried to carry Colbert's body, a red ruby ring shone on her finger

A cri fire

While watching the ruby… tears escaped Kirche’s eyes

It was the ring that he gave me

He said, “I’ to her, as acting like a spoiled brat Re that, Kirche started to weep

On the deck of Redoubtable Malicorne and Styx sat doith blank surprise all over their faces

The nu a sortie aimed at Albion’s fleet

Tristain's fleet won the battle Somehow they were able to repel Albion’s fleet Albion’s fleet lost et away

It was a big victory

But… Malicorne thought

Is this a victory?

He was alive just to see such devastation It was like a painting of hell The deck was burning like kindling, heavy losses everywhere The nuuns in the portside was reduced by half, as for the starboard - the battery was completely lost on every deck

After receiving as many as five direct hits, the starboard of Redoubtable was annihilated

200 hundred people from the 600 creere either killed or injured

However, Redoubtable was still slicing through the sky

Malicorne was alive too

To survive a spells, bullets and cannonballs – he must have been lucky Whenever a new enemy shi+p passed, Malicorne created a dark cloud while yelling Otherwise, he would have fainted from fear He had no idea whether it was effective or not

“Styx,”

Malicorne said in a dying voice

“What?”

Styx responded in an exhausted voice

“Life is a weird thing, don’t you think?”

“I fully agree with you”

On the deck, Bowood and the co about the battle progress

The officer cadet that was guiding the on the deck and bellowed

“Hey! You! No time to sit around! Stand up! Stand up now!”

Hastily Malicorne and Styx stood up

“Start preparing Wait with the co officers and officer cadets inside”

Malicorne and Styx looked at each other They just survived one deadly battle How can they vigorously start preparing for another one?

“Move it! Don’t make officers wait!”

Then… Bowood admonished the officer with a smile

“Ah, senior, they just experienced their first battle can You must let them take a rest for today

“Ah! But, however…”

“I guess, that this is your first ti the smoke of powder as well? Once I had, too”

Hearing the Albion officer speaking like that, the senior officer nodded

“Very well, you ht”

Relieved, Malicorne and Styx saluted Malicorne watched the and muttered

“Ironically, ere saved by a person from Albion”

“Indeed”

Styx weakly ain

In the strategic conference room of Varsenda, General De Poitiers received the report

It caon scout of the first unit General De Poitiers sly

Chief of Staff Wimpffen watched his superior officer’s face

“Must be good news,” he muttered

“The troops in Rosais area are said to be gone Void ed to lure the enemy to Dartanes”

“That’s just the first obstacle”

De Poitiers nodded and gave the command

“All fleets shi+ps head to Rosais WeGather all commanders”

The er received the General's instruction and dashed out

De Poitiers nodded

“Now then, I wonder if I can become field marshal now or not, I don’t want to wait for one more week”

Even if the landing succeeds, it will still probably be a tough fight

Albion still had 50,000 untouched troops resting

In the sky of Dartanes, Saito’s plane headed towards the confluence point with the Tristain fleet

The plan was to join the fleet at Albion’s boundary

Saito, who sat in the pilot’s seat, was silent for a long time

Whatever Louise tried to speak about, he did not answer

Only once Saito opened his mouth

“They…”

“Yes”

However, Saito did not say anything since then

Louise found a letter within Colbert’s manual But because of all the craziness around she did not pay attention to it

“Letter”

This got Saito’s attention

“Letter?”

“Yes Mister Colbert’s Read it?”

Saito nodded

Louise spread the letter and started to read it aloud

Saito-kun, was my invention useful?

If it is so, then I alad For you… no, to all students, not just as a teacher, it would make me happy if it would be of any use to you Very happy

Nohy did I decide to write this letter today – I have a request No, nothing weird And be relieved it is not about money either

As to what this discourse is about, it is some dream of mine

That things, which one can only do by ies that everyone could use

Have you seen? Happy Little Snake

Well, that certainly is not just a toy…

I hope that there will be a use for every splendid technology some day

It is my dream

Let's get to it, though I‘ whether to say it or not…

In the past, I committed a crime

Too big of a crime

It is so big that it will never be forgiven

As a redemption for this crime I have devoted myself to research…

Recently I thought

No, iven

Even if my inventions are useful… It won’t erase the crime I committed

Therefore, I want you to pro

Look, you will be facing a lot of difficult situations

And you will go into war, and you will see many people die

But…

Do not get used to it

Do not become accustomed to people's death

Do not think that it is natural

Thewill break

I do not want you to become like me

Therefore, I ask repeatedly

Do not become accustomed to war

Do not beco each other

Do not become accustomed to death

Behind the clouds one could see the Tristain-Ger to Rosais

The number of shi+ps had decreased a lot

Still… most shi+ps were still intact, so they likely won the battle

Even though they had won, the ones that survived looked worn-out Many of the shi+ps' hulls were daed, masts were broken There was a shi+p that lost all of its cannons completely as well

Louise continued to read the letter aloud

Well,to an end

Remember, what you said to me once?

That you came from a different world

In this world of yours, the flying y is ht?

This is what I would like to see

I could use it in my research

Therefore, when you go east… I want you to take me with you

No, I a Seriously

Therefore, do not die

Return alive absolutely

Even if I can't go to the east with you

PS

In that world, are there ”cars” that everyone can use and they drive them on the roads?

Are there little boxes hich one can co distances?

Has a person really reached the moon?

To be able to do that without ic, it must be really wonderful

I want to see that kind of world

“That’s it What a weird person He really wants to go to your world”

Saito, while sniffing, thanked Louise

“Thank you”

Louise gently embraced Saito's neck And murmured,

“Idiot Why are you crying?”

“…felt like crying”

“…Many things happened today, you're just tired Once we're back on the shi+p, let's just get some rest”

Louise closed her eyes, and softly kissed Saito’s neck

Once Varsenda appeared, Saito turned the nose of the plane towards it

On the bright sunny day, the sooty fleet looked as though it was dyed in a beautiful black paint