CH 7.2

December 16, 2022 — 1 Comment

I started walking away slowly and a feeling of relief came over me like gushing water.

I’m glad things didn’t go wrong…

“Ah, Sir Isaac…!”

Suddenly, Kaya called me.

‘What is ‘Sir Isaac’?’

I didn’t expect her to use such an embarrassing honorific, but it was Kaya.

Fix your face quickly again.

I stopped in my tracks and looked back at Kaya with a cold expression.

“Well, but since this is like a test… why don’t we fight for a while…?”

“……”

···No.

“Of course, to Sir Isaac, who has reached the level of an Archmage, someone like me would be akin to an ant under the ground… Still, I want to fight with you!”

No, don’t do that. Relax your determined expression.

“Please do me a favor, Sir Isaac…!”

No, don’t deploy the magic circle. It’s not what we’re doing now. Get rid of it.

··· Please.

‘In another 20 minutes, the demon will appear…’

Before I knew it, the test clock was pointing at 6:40 PM and I had to quickly find a place where the demon would appear.

However, Kaya’s light green magic circle deployed in the air was slowly spinning toward me.

Even though she was afraid of me, the second-seat was burning with a desire to fight against the gigantic existence of an Archmage.

“……”

I am weak. I have Grade E magic power, the lowest! The weakest member of the Department of Magic…! No matter what I do, I can’t win…!

Calm down for now. Calm down and think.

How can I get out of this situation? What can I tell her to get rid of this magic circle?

I can’t just say that I’m the one in charge of the demons. Even if I think about it, I can’t guess how much of a headache it will become in the future.

Then what I can do···, All I can use is···

····I thought of something

I didn’t know if this will work, but let’s talk about it.

“Whoo.”

“……?”

I started with a sigh.

That magic circle looked dangerous no matter how I looked at it, but I stared at Kaya with the most amusing expression I could muster and similarly, Kaya was looking at me with a dubious expression.

Since this has happened, it’s either all or nothing.

I crossed my arms and looked at the pale green magic circle that Kaya deployed in the air as if it was pathetic.

“With only that kind of magic?”

“……!!”

Kaya’s eyes widened. What I just said must have put a scratch on her heart.

“Just like that…?”

“It’s a waste of time now.”

I turned my back.

I felt a tremendous sense of life behind my back.

Help me···

“I know you are an amazing person. But…, what you just said now ignored the time I’ve worked in blood and sweat…”

“I mean ‘now’.”

“Yes?”

The Udyr-class stance changed.

I felt my life fade away. Perhaps Kaya was trying to figure out my intentions.

“Are you close with ‘Sylphia’?”

Sylphia, the green-blue fairy. She was a fairy who used plant magic.

“Everything, how do you …?”

“Because I can sense the energy of [Yggdrasil] from you.”

{T/N:- Yggdrasil is the world tree in case you don’t know. }

“……!!”

Even though I didn’t look at it on purpose, I felt that Kaya was very surprised.

The energy of [Yggdrasil]? What’s that? I was just acting. How can I sense that when I couldn’t even find the mana grains?

Anyway, Kaya was on good terms with Sylphia, the green-blue fairy. It’s her secret, that no one knew about.

She also wore the ‘Seed of Yggdrasil’ she received from Sylphia as a necklace around her neck. To respond to the Plant attribute mana, she always kept the seed on her body at all times.

At first glance, it appeared to be a regular seed. It was condensing mana rather than radiating it, making it difficult to detect mana.

In the game, when she entered her second year, she became completely responsive to the Plant attribute mana. And then, she used the ‘Seed of Yggdrasil’ as a catalyst to cast the 8-star Plant attribute magic [Yggdrasil], which was a fairy’s power and a nation-destroying class.

Only I, who was familiar with the future, could put these words in my mouth now.

“It seems to be quite recognizable.”

“Did you know Sylphia?!”

I don’t know about carrots.

I didn’t answer on purpose and kept my eyes closed, pretending to reminisce about the great past.

“… Your true value will be revealed in the future. At that time, if you can see it a little bit, I will deal with you then.”

“… … .”

After that, I started walking again.

I don’t know what kind of expression Kaya was making from behind. I don’t know what kind of thought process she was going through.

It didn’t matter. What mattered was the little noise caused by the magic circle that had disappeared. Kaya had dispersed her magic circle!

A smile leaked out of my mouth. Is it because of the relief of living?

I was bluffing like a middle schooler, but I’m glad things worked out anyway…

“Sir Isaac.”

Oh, again, why, why?

I tried to pretend I didn’t hear, but Kaya called out once more, “Sir Isaac!” and forced me to stop.

“Why are you here ‘pretending to be weak’?”

Certainly, that was a question worth asking.

In fact, it was true that I was weak.

But in Kaya’s eyes, I was pretending to be a weakling.

Well, that’s easy. There’s only one reaction I’d show here.

“···There’s nothing to know.”

That’s it. In this case, the rule of thumb is to confuse your opponent without saying anything.

And then, I started walking again. As expected, Kaya didn’t talk to me anymore.

After walking for a while, when I looked back, she was out of sight.

“Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo—”

I let out a very, very deep sigh of relief.

‘Key, I’m alive! 

I was lucky. Hm, it’s really awesome!

But now was not the time to be immersed in the joy of survival.

I calmed down and covered my expression. I had to find a place where the demons would appear, a place where Ian and Luce would meet.

Where are you? Where?

…found a mana grain. let’s pick this up

When I brought my watch to it, the mana grains attached to the stones flew like fireflies and stuck to the watch band.

‘There are 10 minutes left.’

The current time was 6:50 PM.

There were 10 minutes left until the demons appeared.

I stepped back

The only clue I had is that the demons would appear in an empty lot with a low cliff.

I looked around the Delphine Forest yesterday, but I couldn’t find it because it was so large.

I have to find it.

It will most likely be difficult to find in time. then···.

I arrived at a stream, remembering the pre-exploration. I could see the sky clearly from here, no matter how dense the trees were in the Delphine Forest.

Then I took a look at my wristwatch.

‘7 o’clock···.’

The time when the sun sets and dark blue energy flows through the sky.

By now, the demons should have appeared in front of Ian and Luce.

It’s a waste of time to wander around here.

Let’s put the search for mana grains aside for a moment. The number one priority is to avoid bad endings.

I decided to stand still.

Obviously, when Ian and Luce fight the demons, large-scale magic will appear and disappear.

I only need to go to the location where the spell is cast.

It is possible that if I moved away from here, I would be further away from that location.

Let’s wait a little bit, let’s wait a little bit.

Just a little bit···

“…… ”

In the forest, which was gradually turning dark, I stood still, holding my breath.

Woooo!!!

“……!!”

A roar erupted.

I jerked my head in the direction of the roar. Because I was near a stream, the tree did not cover the top, making it easy to identify the loud noise.

A sharp pillar of Ice rose a short distance away, within 10 minutes of running from here. The pillar was black rather than blue like normal ice.

Others may be unaware, but I was certain. Ice magic with the dark attribute was cast. It was, without a doubt, demonic magic.

The Ice pillar instantly disintegrated into black powder and disappeared.

I hurried towards the location where the black ice pillar had appeared.

Ian, please wait until I arrive! Even better if you succeed!

“Oh, my God. Where are you going in such a hurry?”

No, No.

Arrrrrrrrrgh···

“…What is it, huh. Aren’t you a lowly commoner with Grade E magic power?”

[Tristan Humphrey]

Level: 71

{T/N:- RIP mate}

Race: Human

Attribute: Wind

Risk Level: medium

{T/N:- I still don’t understand its use}

Tristan Humphrey, a high-ranking freshman in the Department of Magic and a vain blonde aristocrat.

He stood in my way.

“……”

I shook my head rapidly.

Thanks to playing <Marchen’s Magic Knight> so much, I kept all the characteristics of the main characters in my head.

My level was 26. The level difference with that guy is 45. But… I don’t know about the other guys, but if I do my best, I think I can beat him.

Let’s take him down quickly.

‘Passing through..’

I warmed up the ice mana by accelerating the flow of mana in my body.