Became the Hated Illegitimate Son of the Duke in Romance Fantasy

34 – Episode 34

Bang!

It was a sudden thought when I first heard the gunshot.

Can that loud gunfire be expressed with just one letter, the onomatopoeia of Tang?

The flints collided with a grotesque friction sound that wasn’t even rattling, creating embers and exploding instantly as the black powder burned.

The bullets shot through the air in a straight line, rolling through the long tube and flying straight ahead.

If you’re unlucky, the bullets might get stuck in shattered pieces, or they might hit a rib and break into several fragments.

This is the story I heard from Eric.

Usually the other kids liked things like magic wielding huge fires or wielding swords with magical powers.

Oddly enough, Eric really liked guns.

Since I’ve always been next to Eric, I think I’ve often heard stories like this.

And the sound of gunfire always accompanies it.

Whether it was screaming or evil. Of course even now.

So, Bang. I wondered if it could be expressed with the same sound effects.

Anyway, if you ask why I’m bringing up this story.

As we were on our way to eat, gunmen in school uniforms took out guns from the restaurant.

It wasn’t just one or two people.

At the academy too!

I don’t know how they hid it, but what were the teachers, guards, and knights doing while so many humans broke into the academy?

As the intruders pulled the trigger against the sky, screams began to echo throughout the area.

And the children run around, making a fuss here and there.

Then they fire one more shot.

As if he wanted to add more confusion.

In order to take the children hostage, I thought that it would be best to make them quiet first so that they could not move, but that was not their purpose.

They were assassins who came after the crown prince.

Most of them pulled the trigger on the guy with the golden hair.

Unable to locate the target, they kick and shoot the children around them and go on a rampage.

Where the hell is the prince?

A man who appeared to be in high gear pointed a gun at a boy and asked where the prince was.

When he replies that he doesn’t know where he is, he kicks the stomach.

It was my turn next.

The man brought the open-ended muzzle to his face and grinned.

He must have known me, for he looked at me as if he had found something.

Then he put his finger in to pull the trigger and gave it the same force….

Bang!

I heard gunshots, but nothing happened to me.

It wasn’t that he was getting shot and bleeding nonstop.

I looked and saw the man in front of me, and his hand holding his gun had disappeared somewhere.

Very neatly cut.

At the same time, children with swords or canes subdued humans with guns.

At first, you might not be able to do anything because you were embarrassed by the loud gunshots and screams, but the people holding the guns were ordinary people who weren’t particularly strong, let alone learned specialized training.

How can ordinary people beat children who have learned swordsmanship and magic, no matter how young they are?

Even if they were attacked like this, it would be confusing at first, so the academy was the place where it was resolved quickly.

Because it was a place where those who excelled in magic and swordsmanship, that is, killing people, and nobles, that is, those who would deal with them, gathered in one place.

The man grabbed hold of his severed right arm, took some medicine from his bosom, and swallowed it whole.

And he melted alive into something grotesque, like tomatoes in oats.

Belatedly, the knights appear and begin to organize the situation.

They tell you not to act rashly, at least until the situation is over.

The assassins may still remain within the academy, and if they roam again, they may be suspected.

Today, I left the other children behind to meet Eric, so I spend time sitting at the table by myself.

Unfortunately, since they were born blonde, all of the children who had been shot sat still in their chairs with contemplative expressions on their faces, except when they were being taken to the infirmary.

Because you don’t know what will happen in the future.

If the crown prince hadn’t been assassinated, everything would have ended in a skit.

But what if he was assassinated…?

There’s no way I’ll be killed by these lame people, but if that happened, a lot of things will happen in the future.

Whether it’s good or bad.

If it were Eric, he would easily explain to me what would happen to me and what would happen in the future, but Eric was not by my side.

If that’s the case, I’d drag you by the arms to eat, even if it’s forced.

It feels strangely calm. Am I the kind of person who is strong against a crisis?

Come to think of it, Eric, that’s right. Will Eric be fine?

Since you said you don’t eat lunch, you must be in your room, right?

If you’re in the room, you’ll be fine. Seeing it, it seems that there are a lot of people like this.

After sitting in a chair and waiting for a long time, when they heard that Her Highness was all right, the children all started to scatter.

Some even clicked their tongues, and some nodded, saying that there was no way His Highness would be assassinated.

Suddenly, I thought that maybe Eric might be hurt, so maybe I should go find him.

So I went to the dormitory and headed to Eric’s room.

I knock on the door, but I don’t get an answer, so I keep knocking.

“Eric…? If you don’t open the door, he’ll just go in?”

When I turned the handle, the door was unlocked as always.

But, let alone Eric, there is nothing in the room except for the yellow wallpaper soaked with cigarette smoke, piles of cigarette packs, and bottles of alcohol rolling around.

Anyway, Eric’s room was so empty. The last time I visited, it didn’t feel empty. Maybe it was because Eric was there.

I wonder how it would be like living in a place like this because it was desolate, but when I thought about the room Eric stayed in when he was at the mansion, I thought that maybe it would be better to just roll the trash around.

Anyway, after some time, the chaos is completely settled and evening arrives.

There hasn’t been any official announcement yet, but the knights deployed for security went around with their eyes wide open and took control.

The raiders were easily subdued by the students, but if the knights were roaming around, there would be no problem anymore.

I go to the Trisium classroom.

There is no Eric.

Eric went to the store where he often walked to buy tobacco.

Eric hasn’t come for the past three days.

There were two places.

A place I know Eric would go.

There are only two places.

Maybe I don’t know Eric very well in the first place.

Seeing how you can’t find things like this properly even after living together for over ten years.

At that moment, I felt a slight tingle in my chest.

At 12 o’clock, until the dormitory where I stayed was completely closed, I kept looking for Eric here and there, but I couldn’t find him.

Even if you ask Ella, who has been cleaning the room all day, she has no clue.

You’re not hurt..?

We made up, but even promised that we would get along much better than other kids in the future.

You can’t do that.

Eric’s hair isn’t even gold.

There’s no reason to get shot, right?

Morning came and I went to school to take classes.

And the first thing I heard was the teacher talking about what happened yesterday.

It is true that some group was aiming for this place and attacked, but miraculously, there were no fatalities.

They infiltrated this place aiming for the life of the Crown Prince, and thanks to the heroic sacrifice of a certain student, they managed to save Her Highness.

This is a place of learning and a place where the nobles develop themselves, and there is no need to let those who failed to guard properly and those who showed cowardice say something about compensation and apologies, but they didn’t sound very important. .

The important thing is that Eric hasn’t been seen since yesterday.

“Uh..Uh..Eric..?

No, it’s not.”

No, he said he was going to go back to the dormitory and sleep.

Why did you get shot instead of the prince and not the frivolous blonde haired human?

No, no no.

It must be my misunderstanding.

There are a few students here, but you must have been skipping somewhere.

I tried to hold on to his trembling hands, but his breathing quickened and his hands trembled slightly.

I jump up from my seat.

The teacher was flustered and said something to me, but she couldn’t hear me.

I just leave the classroom and head to the place where injured students are treated.

And what I found out there was that Eric was alive.

He was told that he was still alive.

At least so far, it is in such a critical condition that it has been given the modifier “.”

The bullets were full of curses.

I wanted to go in and check the condition, but the curse might be contagious until the haejutsu was completed.

I seem to have been sitting in front of the building with my strength down and kicking my butt.

Continued without hesitation.

Until the sun goes down and Ella comes looking for me.