“Hey, you’d better use anti-magic quickly. If you don’t do your best you’ll die!!” (Heine)
Heine swings his sword down and the water is split in half due to the pressure and amazing torrent of magical power it’s emitting.
The video suddenly broke off. Was the falcon familiar caught up in it?
“….Libest-kun……!?” (Menou)
Menou screams and the next moment she glares at Diego.
“Rescue all the students quickly! If anything happens the hero academy will not escape responsibility!!”
Diego sighed at the angry Menou.
“So you say but I didn’t think the students of the demon king academy were this weak. There hasn’t been a single student in the last two hundred years who couldn’t bring themselves back from this test. Of course they will be immediately rescued but I fail to see how we are at fault for your student’s cowardice.” (Diego)
Menou grits her teeth. It’s obvious she has many things she wants to say but the first thing to do is help her students.
“Stop talking and help faster! What are you doing!?” (Menou)
“I’ve already sent out familiars to collect them. It’s still going to take a couple of minutes. Just wait a while.” (Diego)
Menou was stunned. This test is a simulated fight so of course injuries happen and accidents occur. In the worst-case scenario, you even have to assume the worst so there’s no way Menou could have imagined that they didn’t have any emergency preparations prepared.
Not willing to wait any longer Menou ran to the edge of the lake.
“Don’t be so impatient.” (Arnos)
I grab her shoulder as she tries to jump in.
“There’s little a mazoku can do in that barrier.” (Arnos)
“Even so, I can’t wait!” (Menou)
“Not even 5 seconds?” (Arnos)
Her eyes go round at my words.
Students fly out of the lake one after the other before gently landing on the ground.
“Is this you Arnos-kun………?”
“It’s easy to pull someone up if they are not fighting.” (Arnos)
All the students have been pulled out of the lake and placed gently on the lakeshore.
“…..Libest-kun…….!!”
Menou runs over to Libest who’s the most seriously injured and casts Anti-Magic healing <Enshell> but the wounds won’t heal at all.
“…….Why…….? What’s wrong……?”
Menou pours in even more magic power but the blood continues flowing from Libests body.
“….Why?…… Please work…….. Please……!!” (Menou)
“Menou-sensei it’s useless. He has a stigmata.” (Diego)
Menou looks at Diego who had remained silent until now.
“What do you mean?” She asks him sharply as she continues using magic.
“When deeply injured by holy magic a stigmata appears like on that student. If that happens healing won’t work anymore and all you can do it bet on their life force being strong enough for them to recover.” (Diego)
“Heal him!” (Menou)
“Did you not hear my explanation? Recovery magic doesn’t work.” (Diego)
“This is the responsibility of the hero academy! What was your intention of using such dangerous magic in a simple test? You’ve been saying holy water over and over again!” (Menou)
“It’s not dangerous magic and no student of the hero academy has ever received a stigmata from it. It’s probably because the students of the demon king academy are too weak. You say holy water like its magic but it’s not as I explained earlier. In this environment, it causes troublesome fluctuations in magic fields. It’s just simply that your students couldn’t adapt to it.” (Diego)
“Show me proof that its a magic tool!!” (Menou)
“That’s fine but we didn’t know. I could understand if we knew and intentionally did this but we didn’t so I’m a bit troubled being unjustly accused. Well, it’s an unfortunate accident. Lessons have been learned so going forward let’s learn from each other.” (Diego)
He’s good at spouting crap that’s for sure.
“It’s fine discussing holy water but shouldn’t something be done about the students first?” (Diego)
When Menou didn’t answer back Diego left.
Menou continues pouring magic power in but no matter how much she uses Libest’s wounds won’t heal.
“……Arnos-kun…..” (Menou)
Menou turns pleading eyes to me.
“Why are you so worried? I can heal stigmata’s.” (Arnos)
“Really?” (Menou)
I nod and kneel besides Libest.
I put my hand on the part of Libest’s chest where he had been stabbed by Zeele and the stigmata had formed.
As I do Libests hand slowly moved and grabbed my arm.
“………I’m sorry……. sensei…….. I couldn’t meet your expectations……” (Libest)
Menou looks like she’s about to cry at his words.
“Uuun, I’m sorry…….Libest-kun. Sensei was bad. I got worked up over a stupid thing and put my student in danger….. I’m disqualified as a teacher…..” (Menou)
“…..That’s not….true….. sensei. Sensei is a teacher more splendid than anyone…….. and I wanted to…. prove it…..” (Libest)
Libest’s words trail off.
“Here……” (Libest)
Libest opens his other hand and in it is a hero academy school badge.
“Why do you have this….?” (Menou)
“….Those guys……… It’s a tool to control the holy water……….. Without it, their power would be halved……” (Libest)
I see.
“On the verge of being stabbed by the holy sword did you put all your power into your demon eyes and not anti-magic?” (Arnos)
So instead of protecting himself, he left himself defenceless to look for the tool controlling the water.
He could have died.
Such splendid resolution.
“……Inept person….” (Libest)
Libest calls me.
“You’re a disagreeable man…… In fact, I hate you a lot…..” (Libest)
“You don’t say.” (Arnos)
Libest puts more strength into the hand grabbing my arm.
“…… But for the first time today, I think…….. you have the power…….. even if you lack respect…….. If I only had ……. your strength……” (Libest)
“It’s okay Libest-kun. The hero academy is cheating. The holy water is an unfair magic tool. I’m going to officially protest to the old seven demon emperors.” (Menou)
Libest grits his teeth and shakes his head spilling tears.
“……. I’ll bear the shame and ask……. Please Arnos……” (Libest)
“You don’t need to say anything Libest.” (Arnos)
I understand his feeling well. We are both mazoku after all.
You don’t want a protest and complaint lodged.
“You played your role splendidly. We know there is a barrier using holy water and a tool to control it.” (Arnos)
I erased Libest’s stigmata and stood up.
“Leave everything to me. Without cheating, I’ll show them hell.” (Arnos)
