Sensing footsteps on the roof behind him, Ai Si suppressed the loud roar in his heart, turned around and looked, and found that the person coming was a companion wearing a black robe and a mask like him.
"What's up?"
By covering up the influence of the cognitive mask, the original timbre of the voice is completely gone.
"I'm here to give a final check on the entire plan."
"Tsk, I think you just want to take a closer look at the future Demon Lord's sacred object."
Facing the request of his companion standing in front of him, Ai Si curled his lips under the mask, reached out to pick up the transparent test tube on his chest and shook it.
"Have you seen enough? If you have, return to your position and prepare for action. You also understand why this plan cannot fail, right?"
即使同伴的脸上带着面具,自己也可以明显感觉到同伴的视线在随着试管的移动而移动,如果不是艾思可以肯定这次行动的人里,面前这人绝对没有见过艾蕾菈娅大人的可爱外貌,自己绝对会认为同伴的这种视线是在亵渎未来的魔王大人而上去把他揍翻在地。摇了摇头将自己见过的艾蕾菈娅大人的可爱表现甩出脑海,将试管收回。
"You are truly loyal to the Demon King."
"Um...while I appreciate the commander's kindness, I'm really here to confirm the plan."
There was a hint of embarrassment in my companion's voice.
"What? You didn't come here to admire the Demon King?"
Although he knew that his companions couldn't see his expression because of the mask, Ai Si couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Uh... time's almost up, let's get down to business first. I won't feel comfortable without checking in again."
"Alright, I'll let you go this time. The plan is that when Lady Elelaya reaches the back of the alley—a little ahead of where I am—I'll smash the magic stone and activate the 'City of Silence' I prepared. Then, we'll seize the opportunity when Lady Elelaya can't use magic to kidnap her. Note that the 'City of Silence' ignores allies and enemies, so we can't use magic ourselves. We'll just have to rely on physical strength."
"'Silent Castle'? That's such a hassle...why not just use magic?"
"Are you planning to attack the Demon King?! Have you forgotten that we demons can only use offensive magic?"
Ai Si stood up from the edge of the roof and looked out at the entire Holy Academy. This bird's-eye view gave him a feeling that everything was under control, even though the building he was standing on was not the tallest, which made him look a little funny.
The companion nodded.
"Uh... sorry."
"Also, you have to be quick when you go up. Don't let Elelaya-sama scream and alert the people around her. Got it?"
"Okay, I understand. Where is Lady Elelaya now?"
Ai Si narrowed his eyes slightly at his companion's words, and after a few seconds, Ai Si finally spoke.
"My retainer, watching from above, told me that Lady Elelaya is following the planned route with her maid."
"Then there will be no problem. I wish you good luck in martial arts."
"May your military fortune flourish."
His companion waved to him and left the rooftop where he was.
Chapter 36: The expected ending
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A world of white.
In a minimalist room, a silver-haired girl in a black dress sat on an exquisitely carved black armchair. The girl picked up a glass of unknown liquid from the table and drank it. A look of satisfaction flashed in her purple eyes. She stretched her body, causing the huge ribbon on her head to tremble.
"Huh, it's been a while since I've felt this relaxed. Afternoon tea is over, now it's time to see how our princess is doing. Remember that transformation arrow from before had a side effect of lowering intelligence? I hope she doesn't do anything too outrageous."
The girl with small pointed ears snapped her fingers, and a mirror about one meter tall appeared in front of the table. The mirror showed countless wide streets and Gothic spire buildings. Looking at the countless people on the streets, the girl frowned.
"This is too unclear. I remember it was here..."
Make a magnifying gesture on the mirror with your hand, and then a picture that is countless times clearer than a satellite map will appear in front of you.
“Hmm—what are you doing? You’re like this after just a while. Gununu…”
The girl made a cute sound of dissatisfaction, and the pure white wings behind her fluttered gently.
"'Memory Recall', um—what is this? Hahaha, so that's how it is, hahahaha, we actually ambushed together, and it turned out like this, hahahahahahaha… hiccup—"
The girl who was originally laughing suddenly froze, then quickly covered her mouth with her hands, her face turned slightly red as she looked around. When she found that there was no one around, she breathed a sigh of relief and coughed dryly a few times, as if to comfort herself.
"Ahem, I'm alone here anyway, so rolling around on the ground won't be a problem. But speaking of which, these demons and the princess of the God-man tribe haven't even realized they're lying in wait in the same place. Should I call them idiots? Or just cute? Well, I'm looking forward to the ending."
The girl waved her hand casually, and the whole room turned into the scene in the mirror in front of her. Then the girl jumped off the chair and began to pace around the room with a playful smile.
*创世纪6186年4月25日 下午16:36分 至圣学院商业街
Although it is called an alley, this alley sandwiched between buildings on both sides is actually not a straight line, but consists of multiple corners and large buffer zones.
Iris, who was walking in the alley with Shiz in a black smock, suddenly stopped - the magic technology in her ear, which had been working, transmitted a call from the person who was responsible for monitoring Ella in advance.
"Is this Miss Iris?"
Iris placed a hand to her ear, listening to the message from the magic technology that had been ringing in her ear.
"Yes, where is Ella-chan now?"
"The target has now entered the alley with the maid. We have approximately three minutes to reach the designated ambush point in the middle of the alley."
"Okay, I got it. Keep watching. If Ella-chan shows any signs of leaving the alley, let me know immediately. Also, seal off the entrance to the alley."
"Yes, I wish Lady Iris good luck in martial arts."
click -
A buzzing sound signaled the end of the call. Iris lowered her hand from her ear and turned her gaze to Shiz beside her.
"Is Shizu okay?"
"No problem, Lady Iris."
The tone was still completely without any doubt.
Iris sighed softly and began searching the alley for a corner with a large buffer zone suitable for an ambush. While choosing a narrow corner to ambush could reduce the target's escape routes, this only benefited Shiz, the assassin. As a magic caster, all spells required a casting time. To cast a spell that would capture the target without harming them, she had to choose a skill of level 2 or higher. However, for her current level, level 2 magic was not nearly as effective as casting without casting.
——There is no place in the middle section that can be used as an ambush site.
Make a decision and start moving directly to the next intersection.
But when he took the first step, he found that Shiz did not catch up with him in time, but hesitated in place.
"What's wrong?"
"No, nothing."
When he asked the question out loud, Heath's eyes instantly changed from hesitation to the original look of unwavering belief in him.
"Are you wondering why we left the mid-range ambush location I mentioned earlier?"
As if struggling with something, Hitz paused for a long time before speaking.
"……Um."
"There's no suitable ambush location for me, a magic caster, in the middle section, so I changed it."
There was a lightness in Iris's tone, as if she was feeling happy.
——Hesitation means that Shiz has not completely obeyed her, which also means another thing, that is, the curse of being the princess of the God-man clan has not completely infected Shiz, and Shiz can stay with her for a little longer.
Feeling a little more relaxed, Iris quickly moved towards the back of the group with Shiz. However, just as they were about to reach the middle and back of the group—
In an instant, a gem-like crystal fell from the top of the buildings on both sides.
"Ding."
The crisp sound was followed by strong light mixed with a breeze.
——Is this... an ambush?
"City of Silence"? Have they even prepared a third-tier magic barrier like this?
As the person with the strongest overall strength in the academy, Iris predicted the type of barrier just by seeing the precursor to the magic circle being activated. She took out her staff and added auxiliary status magic to herself and Shiz, ready to start fighting at any time.
I began to speculate about the other party's intentions in my mind.
Were they after my vast wealth? No, if they were targeting me, there was no reason they could have foreseen my arrival, not to mention the long-awaited preparation of a spell like City of Silence. So, was it just a random robbery? Anyone with even a modicum of common sense wouldn't do such a thing in front of a patrol team like the Sacred Academy, which boasts a truly exceptional squad.
All ideas were denied and the other party's purpose became unclear.
As the magic circle began to activate, several people wearing black clothes like himself jumped down from the roof next to him. The man in black standing in the front began to shout to him, and his tone revealed obvious confidence.
"Just give up resistance, Ai—"
"Tsk, do you think your level will prevent me from using magic? ■▼□,▽◆●——"
Ignoring what the other party was about to say, Iris jumped back and chanted an extremely long spell.
"Impossible! You can actually use magic? Prepare for battle!"
The man in the black robe standing at the front of the team was the supreme commander assigned by the demons to capture Ella. Ai Si pulled out two daggers from his waist, shouted to call his companions, and then chased after Iris who was chanting magic.
*创世纪6186年4月25日 下午16:39分 至圣学院商业街
Hearing the roar and screams coming from the front of the alley, Ella shrank back.
Terrain Search
"Wow, this is really bad, Lotte. Should we take another route?"
Turning around and looking up at Ruthie, without any hesitation, Ruthie nodded and agreed to Ella.
"Okay, Miss Ella."
After receiving Lotte's response, Ella began to jog back to the entrance they came from before with Lotte, and then saw a group of five people who looked familiar running into the alley in a hurry.
Chapter 37 The adventure journey to make money begins
*创世纪6186年4月26日 下午15:26分 至圣学院学院区
In the classroom after school, everyone started packing their bags and preparing to leave. Of course, Ella was no exception. It would be better to say that she had actually been looking forward to this time. Although she had thought things like "If time could go back, I must study hard", when this opportunity really came, she still chose to be lazy - that's because she is already the strongest at the moment, this is not an excuse, huh.
“Ah~ah, even though that’s what I said, I don’t understand anything at all. All magic requires chanting spells, but the language of those spells is completely incomprehensible to me. Fortunately, there’s no written spell test…”
Sitting in the last row by the window in the entire classroom, Ella complained while viciously stuffing the books on the table into her schoolbag.
Lotte looked out the window at the sparse crowd on the practice field and made a sound that was either to comfort Ella or to express her happiness that Ella didn't chant magic.
"That's because Miss Ella no longer needs spells."
"Ah, speaking of which, I seemed to have heard someone say at lunch today that there was a group of people causing a disturbance in the shopping street yesterday."
"Well, I also heard from the people in the 'Magic Specialization Club' that a high-level magic caster and an assassin were fighting against a group of men in black."
"Hmm... No wonder I heard sounds of fighting and screaming when I passed that alley yesterday. Looks like that duo got beaten up pretty badly. Luckily, I was walking slower yesterday and didn't run into them, so I took a detour."
I wasn't surprised by Lotte's mention of the "Magic Specialization Department."
Although she didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that she was quite popular in the shopping district. In contrast, Lotte had countless friends within the school community. Lotte had chosen to join the "Magic Specialization Club" because her theory teacher would often keep her after school, leaving her with nowhere else to go. So, at her own suggestion, she decided to join the "Magic Specialization Club."
In response to Ella's guess, Lotte gave her usual doting smile.
"No, huh? Actually, that duo had the upper hand. It seems the black-clad group cast the 'Silent City' barrier, rendering them unable to use magic. But the magic caster on the other side was higher level than the one who cast the barrier, so the black-clad group had to resort to hand-to-hand combat against the magic caster, who could use magic, right?"
"Ah... 'The City of Silence'... That's going to be tough. Isn't the leader of those men in black going to die of rage?"
"I don't know. It seems that when the patrol from the Holy Academy arrived, the two sides split up and fled as if they had agreed."
Ella had stood up after putting the books in order, but the yawn she was about to yawn was interrupted by Lotte's words. Ella covered her mouth to suppress the sour feeling in her nose when her yawn was interrupted.
"Huh? They actually ran away? Shouldn't this be a three-way battle, or a fierce battle between the duo and the black-clad man against the academy patrol?"
"That's because Miss Ella has read too many storybooks."
As they spoke, the two left the classroom under the gaze of their classmates. The emotion hidden in their gazes could probably be called love...
"One more question. What happened to the demons that attacked us in the arena yesterday morning? We haven't seen them since today, and the academy hasn't given us any notice."
"I don't know about that either. My friends can't explain it clearly either."
Hearing this, Ella turned around and looked at Lotte with a look as if she was looking at something dazzling while walking in the corridor.
"It's nice to have friends..."
"Well, all those friends combined are no match for Miss Ella. After all..."
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