Avoid Former Co-Workers

3 – 3. Familiarity is Power

It was a familiar sight.

It is a scene that we have seen many times on campus, where ordinances, speeches, and announcements were made, and students filled the seats.

‘I wonder if… But I’m the only one.’

As the students sat in rows waiting for one person, Archduke Ardelion, it seemed that there was no one like me.

I was the only one who regressed and had memories of the past.

In the meantime, the grand duke appears, the eyes of the students are directed to one side, and the students stand up.

“Ardelion enters. All students salute.”

After a short silent ceremony, the ordinance of the academy director, who stepped up to the podium for the first time in a while, was beginning.

“Nice to meet you. Proud Levant Academy alumni.”

Currently, students listen to the grand duke’s ordinances. I remember the terrible scene where this large place became a temporary shelter.

“The principality inherits the will of Artena’s Empire, and strives to promote and nurture students.”

I also guessed that things that could not be helped even in Artena’s empire, which was supposed to inherit the will, were happening in various parts of the principality.

“You are the seeds. They are precious seeds with infinite development and potential that can grow into a big tree.”

But this is a seed. It is just a seed that has not yet taken root and has not opened any cotyledon.

“I sincerely wish all of you alumni to improve. I hope to grow upright, bloom splendidly, and become a tree nestled in a dense forest.”

If you trample on the cotyledon, the seed can hinder its growth, and if you don’t give it water and nutrients, it will die without being able to grow into a tree.

The regressor repeats over and over again without forgetting the scene of the tumultuous present and the despairing past.

I won’t let that hellish future repeat itself this time.

– Clap clap clap clap!!

The sound of applause from all members of the Levant Academy fills the campus.

However, Archduke Ardelion will properly warn you by adding a word here.

“I’m going to talk a little bit longer today. Recently, something unpleasant happened at the Levant Academy. I don’t know if you all remember.”

Then the Grand Duke closes his eyes.

At the same time, there are people whose eyes slightly narrow, and there are people who hold their breath and let out a long sigh through their nose.

There are completely mixed reactions even among professors.

“A truly unfortunate incident occurred in which a student committed suicide and took his own life. Unfortunately, we were unable to find out why a student who usually laughed a lot and worked hard in his studies committed suicide.”

A few months ago.

It was an incident in which a student threw himself off the roof of Alios Building late at night.

“She was just fine, she was a first-year female student who smiled and smiled as if nothing had happened on the outside. And in order to find out the truth of the incident, the principality found a diary she had taken while cleaning up the female student’s dormitory.”

A student from Class 1 E, who was literally fine, cut her body with only a piece of paper in her arms.

[ Too hard. ]

There is no justification for the choice of committing suicide to say that it is not a will, and there was no sign of anything special in his actions before his death to say that it was a will.

Just saying that it’s too hard doesn’t reveal any truth. People around me just shake their heads.

Therefore, no one can tell whether someone has been bullied, family problems, or mental illness.

To put it to the extreme, not even the slightest clue was revealed, so it deserves to be called an unsolved case.

If the principality hadn’t stepped forward and investigated.

“As a result of comparing the handwriting in the female student’s diary, it was true that it was written by the same person, and it was written that he had been subjected to various pressures at the Levant Academy several times.”

Ardelion’s voice gradually reached its limit.

It’s time to express your anger.

With his eyes wide open, Archduke Ardelion glared at the seat where certain professors were gathered and snarled.

“Professors who are surrounded by corruption, listen carefully. I will find out the evil deeds you have done to Levant, make it known to the whole world, and punish the karma.”

An infinitely chilly atmosphere is created, and the voice of the Grand Duke’s anger sinks into the minds of the professors.

Why did his fierce gaze reach the professors?

The reason for this madness was that it was the Tower of Babel created by those who were tainted with power, ambition, and greed.

‘It started.’

A signal flare was fired at the beginning.

In order to shake off the dirty grime clinging to Levant Academy, along with the grand duke’s decision to sentence the professors from the front.

From the starting point, the direction in which the progress of the incident had to be reversed was also prepared.

The first step is to cleanly paint the joint work created by corrupt professors and aristocrats.

***

By the time the Grand Duke’s anger erupted violently, the ordinance seemed to be ending in a hurry, and the students went back to their respective seats.

It was because the professors were beating the students because they could no longer proceed with the ordinance and issued a notice to cancel classes.

However, not all students returned to their places.

“You follow me well without muttering today.”

“Now I’m listening. But, how about taking that cheeky face off?”

Vesta, Pallas. Two male students who bullied Junon brought Junon to the academy’s blind spot.

The two belong to the aristocratic faction that, among the two factions in the duchy that are sharply divided, nobles with superiority should set an example for the common people and teach them.

However, the current aristocratic faction aims to rise above the weak, so it was as if these two had come to put pressure on Junon openly.

Because he is an aristocrat, he bullies commoners with his status, and his opponent is class E.

After pressing down with the difference in strength, he was going to show off his superiority as always and demand obedience.

But Junon was only slowly grasping the terrain by rolling his eyes.

‘At least two of them… Would it be worth sticking with?’

Since a place is a place, there is no separate cover.

Because both Vesta and Pallas are ranged mages who use elemental magic, they are at a disadvantage for Junon, the vanguard.

Basically, if they attack with magic, they will not be able to produce the same firepower, so Junon will be hit one-sidedly.

If you have a weapon, you can counterattack, but according to the school rules, possessing a weapon or armor is only applicable in special cases, so you have no choice but to be beaten with your bare body for now.

The school uniform itself absorbs a certain amount of magic damage and converts the rest to physical damage, but the opponents are only elemental mages and sorcerers.

It’s all the same things that are difficult.

But that’s just a story in Dalian.

“Look at this guy? He’s still speechless.”

“It must be because he is from a lowly background. Ehh.”

“Hey, thank you. How we care so much…”

f*ck!

“…!”

He tapped Junon’s shoulder and punched Vesta, who was careless, into the pit of the stomach.

Unprepared for the surprise attack, Vesta couldn’t even squeak, and soon passed out with his eyes turned upside down.

Giraldo oil-based resin.

Anyway, these guys need to be beaten to come to their senses.

“I can’t come to my senses even if this bastard says nice things!!”

Since Vesta is the one who was ambushed, Pallas immediately spreads his distance and draws his magic circle to shoot a fireball.

If you just hit it, even if the power is reduced thanks to the basic resistance sign engraved on the school uniform, it will push the distance of at least 10 to 15 steps.

However, Junon rushed head-on into the fireball.

“hahahaha! What an idiot!”

Palas looked at Junon and thought he was a moth.

As Junon’s body was surrounded by blazing fireballs, Pallas sneered, convinced that he had succeeded in closing the distance.

Since a sorcerer who spread the distance was rarely defeated by a avant-garde, it was tantamount to a confirmed victory, so he raised his mouth.

However, Pallas’ expression hardened when he saw the figure of a boy charging at the bottom right, deflecting the fireball with the magic shield on the back of his hand.

“Yeah, but I can’t stop this!”

Sorcerers focus only on firepower, so basically you shouldn’t allow them to approach.

So, to prepare for multi-casting, the next magic circle is drawn.

However, there was no such thing as readiness for Pallas, who was contemplating what to say to Junon, who collapsed with a sigh.

The hastily drawn magic circle will be launched much later.

Keying-!

The veil on the back of Junon’s hand accurately touched the magic circle drawn by Pallas, and magic collided with magic.

The veil created by Junon’s unique magic quickly reaches the magic circle that Pallas could not complete, and the magic circle cannot be completed.

While using the magic, the magic flowed in the opposite direction of the magic circle, stopping the completion.

Palas couldn’t help but panic.

“Huh…? How did this…?”

The magic circuit that flowed through his body stopped.

If this happens while drawing the magic circle, a mana panic will occur and the mana cannot be rotated in the disordered circuit.

In other words, you can’t use magic.

An ingenious tactic of accurately grasping the direction of true development, extending the magic field contained in the arm as long as possible, inserting it, and then pouring magic power in the opposite direction to break the opponent’s magic circle.

His unique magic was not simply used to block and defend against mana by creating a shield, but was used to block the opponent’s mana.

For an opponent who draws a magic circle and casts magic, it is obvious that blockade of magic is directly related to defeat.

The technology called Anti-Cast, which was studied exhaustively before returning, was a fatal attack to those who handled the magic circle even in the present.

“Whoa…”

Puck! Pallas, whose pupils dilated in bewilderment with the sound, also steps on the same train as Vesta.

It wasn’t Junon who fell to the ground and passed out during the short and bold battle, but the two who had been harassing him every time.

The victor, who had won in a 2:1 situation, let out another shallow sigh before muttering in a low voice.

“The only thing left is Sylvia.”

Sylvia. The next opponent was the name of an opponent Junon had never defeated before.