A Death Row Convict Teaches at a School of Magic

“Zuu!”

The heel of Eraser’s palm buried itself in Fina’s abdomen. With a series of connecting kicks, Fina’s body was lifted off the ground and blown backward.

“Kahaa…!”

The abdominal wound sustained in the previous fight against Hunter opened up, which resulted in violent pain that hindered Fina from rising up, yet no follow-up attack was forthcoming. Simply lowering their head silently at her, Eraser observed Fina as she writhed.

What in the world is on their mind…

Fina managed to raise herself up, but questions after questions have been raging in her head since earlier. Even before this, many opportunities must have surfaced where Eraser could deliver the coup de grace to her. Nevertheless, even at that time, the figure in front of her simply remained on the sidelines and did not launch a follow-up attack. Was the figure wary of counterattacks? No, it was not. Comprehension and understanding that Fina didn’t retain that kind of power must have been clear to the opponent.

“!?”

A thunderous light flared repeatedly in the distance behind Eraser. In that direction was the hospital where Karen had been sleeping. Fina was rushing toward Eraser again right as she noticed that.

“Seahh!”

Exercising her magical power, Fina unleashed her full force with a combination of swiftness and acuteness. This was an ideal attack, and even she would have awarded herself a perfect score for her performance in this situation where wounds were all over her body.

Eraser, however, defended against the blow as if it was an ordinary one.

“!”

The bangle worn by Eraser glowed, forming translucent blades at the tips of each of their hands. It was “Chakrameth” magic.

Fina’s magic sword clashed with Eraser’s Chakrameth a second later, but it was the latter’s blade that was chipped by the impact.

I can make it!

With their blades interlocked, Fina boosted the sharpness of her magic sword even further, and the magic sword to progressively pierce Chakrameth. Fina was then positive that her skills as a magician were superior to Eraser’s.

Right before she was close to splitting the Chakrameth in two, Eraser made a move. It was apparent to Fina that the other party would initiate some kind of action since the situation for them would end poorly if continued as it was. The countermeasures Fina had planned in her head, however, were completely at odds with what action was taken by Eraser.

The magic was unexpectedly released by Eraser.

“What!?”

Despite her cry of amazement, Fina’s blow splendidly sliced through Eraser.

Fina had used every ounce of her power on the blow. The blade penetrated Eraser’s body thoroughly, shredding through any flesh, bones, and even organs in its trajectory. Fina herself, the one who had severed him, recognized it by heart.

“…Argh!?”

After a brief interval, though, a kick delivered by Eraser sent Fina flying through the air once more. No signs of magical power were involved, and the kick was executed with pure strength alone. How was it conceivable that a single human being could be easily blown away by a kick like this?

Bouncing several times on the roof, the wounds that had just opened up each time would emanate suffering as if they were being ripped open. Even so, the fact that consciousness was not extinguished could only be attributed to her daily training.

Standing up in a daze of vision, Fina caught sight of Eraser, who was enveloped in purple electricity.

The thought of it being lightning magic crossed her mind, but she soon realized that it was moving to crawl over the wounds of Eraser’s body that had been bashed open by her earlier offense. That was when it occurred to Fina that, after all this time, there was a characteristic of Eraser that Rain had mentioned to her before the operation.

“Are you… immortal?”

“Well, who knows?”

In no time at all, Eraser’s wound was sealed, and they tilted their head as if to brush it off.

“…The wanted poster needs to be corrected. A monster like you can’t be anything less than rate A.”

“Please spare me that one. I desire a life of peace and tranquility.”

“What nonsensicality… cough, cough!”

A coughing fit interrupted her speech halfway through, and when she finally took her hand off her lips, a trickle of blood seeped out.

“Perhaps some part of your internal organs was damaged because of what just happened. I suggest you undergo medical treatment at the earliest opportunity.”

“…What exactly are you planning? Since a while ago, you have been cutting corners and caring for the enemy… Even if you wanted to stall time, wouldn’t it be more efficient to just kill me!”

“You are not my adversary.”

What came back to Fina, driven by frustration, was a startlingly gentle tone of voice.

“Besides, the assassination of the princess is not something I have any fascination with, nor do I have any inclination to be a part of it. For a small-time villain like myself, the crime is too grand.”

“…You.”

Eraser shrugged their shoulders in a cheeky manner. For an unknown reason, that gesture stirred a sense of déjà vu in Fina.

It was as though she had come across someone who resembled this person’s atmosphere in some way…

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Fina’s heart was ceasing to beat.

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“――――What!?”

A deep intake of air was inhaled, and Fina’s entire body began to shudder belatedly from the present overwhelming surge of bloodlust with her heart resuming its throbbing.

“What… just…”

The words that slipped out of her mouth unwittingly were remarkably quavering.

Fina’s words, though, didn’t appear to be noticed by the person in front of her who was the source of the bloodlust.

“…That person… at this timing…? No, it’s too early to return after finishing work. According to the schedule, wasn’t it supposed to be a long time before returning back…!?”

“!?”

This time, a scream burst from between Fina’s teeth as the abnormal bloodlust was released a second time.

“…You must be joking. Even as a joke, that woman is taking things too far…!”

Eraser’s body was unexpectedly overpowered with a phenomenal amount of magical power as they let out a voice that demonstrated their outrage. The magnitude of magical power was unrivaled that of the earlier Eraser.

Shattering the roof with their stomp, Eraser turned into the wind and vanished into the darkness of the night in that state.

The failure to grasp what had occurred caused Fina to remain in a trance for a while, but she snapped out of it eventually and began to head back to the hospital, straining her wounded body.