Chapter 623

I Don't Know

Edited by Phantom0408

Weena Rhyn said she was going to do something and left. To be honest, I was not sure if it was safe to leave her alone, but evacuating the students was also an important task.

Fran then went over to the students, it seemed that they had already made preparations to evacuate. They abandoned the tents and everyone was carrying only food and other supplies.

「Fran-dono, what’s going on?」

It was Inez, one of the combat instructors, who spoke on their behalf.

She was well respected by both teachers and students, and I guess this time she had become the leader of the whole group.

「A huge magic beast appeared in the lake」

「A magic beast?」

「Nn」

Fran’s explanation was met with a puzzled look not only from Inez but also from the other instructors and students.

「Hasn’t the Director dealt with the situation?」

「Yes, she has」

「Eh? Do we still need to evacuate then?」

Aah, I see.

Weena Rhyn was like an absolute existence to the people from the Academy. I guess they couldn’t understand why they still had to evacuate when Weena Rhyn had made a move.

They must have thought that she could defeat the slightly stronger magic beast without causing any damage to the surroundings.

「The magic beast this time was really strong. Even Weena Rhyn said that she was unsure what would happen」

「F-for real…!?」

「Doesn’t that mean, it’s already certain that it is a magic beast with a threat level of A or higher…?」

「Nn, that’s why we need to hurry and evacuate everyone」

「Understood!」

After Fran, the strongest among them explained the situation, they all seemed to understand the severity of the danger.

Weena Rhyn was said to be capable of single-handedly fighting against an entire country, but that Weena Rhyn was unsure if she could handle this great magic beast.

And if Weena Rhyn were to seriously confront the great magic beast, the damage to the surrounding area would be enormous.

「Did she say anything about the route we should take?」

「No. I’ll leave this to Inez」

「Understood」

Then the students of the academy began their march to leave the campsite. Similarly, we could see the line of residents fleeing the town.

It seemed that the information had been passed from the Adventurer’s Guild to the town chief.

The refugees were thinking the same thing, to get as far away from the lake as possible. There were many people crowded together on the road heading east.

We went along the road with the students of the academy. But then I realized something.

『I don’t see Romio and Zelos Reed around』

(…Certainly)

『Are they in the back? Urushi?』

(Woof)

Even Urushi’s nose didn’t seem to be able to tell where Romio and Zelos Reed were. In other words, I guess they were not among these refugees.

『Where did they go?』

「I wonder are they all right」

『Hmm…』

We were actually more worried about Romio than Zelos Reed.

But as Fran started to frown, Charon spoke to her.

「What’s wrong?」

「Romio, do you know where he is?」

「Romio…? Oh, that cute little kid that the Director brought?」

「Nn」

「Eh? He’s not with us? That’s a big problem then!?」

The students around her nodded in agreement with Charon’s exclamation.

「I mean, the magic beast this time was an opponent that even the Director has to fight seriously, right?」

「But we may not have enough time to find them now, you know?」

「This is bad…」

I didn’t know if I would think of the students as kind or lacking a sense of urgency, as they were still able to worry about them even at a time like this.

However, Fran seemed to have a good opinion of them. I guess it was because she shared the same sentiment.

『Fran, Weena Rhyn only ordered us to take care of them until they had escaped, right?』

(Nn)

『And we’ve already made it out of town』

(Aah, I see)

Realizing that loophole, Fran then rushed to Inez, who was walking in the lead.

「Inez」

「Yes! Do you need anything?」

「Can you handle it from here on out without me?」

「Yes! That’s not a problem!」

In response to Fran’s question, Inez nodded in agreement.

Now there were also the Adventurers escorting people from the town among them, so the escort force was more sufficient than I had imagined. As Inez said, even if Fran were to leave, there would be no problems.

「Besides… It’s not only the students we should protect, but that kid as well. We shouldn’t just turn a blind eye and leave him there」

Apparently, the instructors regretted not checking for Romio’s absence when they left. But it couldn’t be helped. On the way from the academy to Lake Vivian, Romio and Zelos Reed were under Weena Rhyn’s care.

Even after arriving at the lake, there was little to no contact between them and the instructors. So, it was asking too much to expect them to remember their presence during the evacuation.

However, it seemed that they had their pride as instructors.

「We leave it to you! Fran-dono!」

「Fran-san. We’ll be counting on you. Please help that kid」

「Actually, it was soothing for me to see him」

「Yeah. You’re right――」

「I hope he’s okay」

「Okay. I’m going to go help Romio」

So, we headed back to Sheftent, with many instructors and students watching us as we headed there.

『Urushi, you find Romio’s scent. Fran, focus on your detection』

「Woof!」

「Nn. Okay」

There was still no sign of Weena Rhyn doing anything yet. I didn’t know what she planned to do, but we needed to find Romio before the large-scale battle broke out.

Moreover, we had one more thing on our minds.

「Sierra told us before, that Weena Rhyn in that timeline used Romio’s power without caring that he was in mortal danger」

『Could it be, Weena Rhyn was going to do the same thing?』

「I’ll ask her if there’s another way」

『But what if she says there’s no other way?』

「…I don’t know」