A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

043 – Ritual for Public Announcement

“Then let’s see it once.”

“As you wish.”

The cat tossed the three coins up high with its fingers and let them fall.

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As it was, those things suddenly exploded in mid-air,

transforming into small, glowing orbs that shone like tiny suns.

Tantaret Major gazed straight at them and said,

“Are you performing some sort of enchantment?”

“What nonsense! You can see it’s just a drone!”

“So what’s going on here? Is it going to explode, or will it shoot?”

“That’s not something worth bothering about!”

“No matter what happens, it’ll be over soon!”

‘Observe, LaPlace’s demon!’

Tantaret Major drew his sword at a distance, and

the sword stroke transformed into a shockwave that flew towards Cat.

“It’s pointless.”

The three drones let out a strange, humming noise.

Then, the shockwave dissipated and disappeared.

“What kind of trickery is this?”

“What’s the point of teaching me to ask questions like a fool.”

Tanjette Colonel shot a magical flame bullet this time.

However, the drone’s humming noise made the flame bullet disappear.

“It’s impossible to do anything but cut it directly.”

Tanjette Colonel drew his sword and rushed at Cat.

Just before he could cut Cat with his sword,

a sudden, humming noise, and his sword shattered into pieces.

Tanjette Colonel stepped back, muttering to himself.

“…Amazing.”

“Amazing? It’s my unfinished work ‘Canceler’, which I graduated from the Academy.”

“Didn’t you say I was expelled?”

“So it’s an unfinished work.”

All matter and magic have their unique frequencies.

If you match the frequency, you can destroy anything with a simple theory.

Of course, finding an opponent’s unique frequency is an extremely difficult task.”

As long as I observe the cat’s magical observations, it’s easy to find.

…Commander Tantzer looked at the drones for a moment before muttering to himself.

“I think I understand the underlying principle.”

“Don’t get too full of yourself.”

“Let’s test whether it’s just hot air or not.”

Commander Tantzer’s sword fragments gathered and then recovered on their own, returning to their original, unblemished state.

“No use at all!”

The cat snapped its fingers, and the drones hummed back to life.

However, for some reason, the sword didn’t break this time.

Commander Tantzer smiled in amusement and said,

“If you keep changing the properties of the sword with magic, it won’t be of use.”

“…Ah, that’s clever.”

“Then, let’s get serious!”

Commander Tantzer charged at the cat again.

“Ah, no!”

Cat used her observation magic to narrowly evade numerous slashes.

However, no matter how she observed, she couldn’t read the resonance frequency of the sword.

Ultimately, all Cat could do was wastefully consume her magic and predict the slashes.

“Why just evade? That’s not enough to break someone!”

“It’s a drone, I said!”

There’s nothing I can’t kill.

If I can make my opponent’s blood boil, I can easily kill them.

So Cat accidentally killed her friend,

So she abandoned everything and became an assassin,

So she decided not to use her magic to kill people.

‘But if I keep going like this, I’ll be the one who dies!’

Cat tightly clenched her lips as she narrowly evaded the slashes.

She was already running out of magic, strength, and mental strength.

If she didn’t make a quick decision-

“Ah!”

Cat had suddenly lost its footing due to its momentary lapse of attention and fell over.

Tanjee, seizing the opportunity, thrust Cat with all his might.

“It’s over!”

“Impossible!”

Suddenly, the ceiling creaked as if something was breaking, and shards of glass from the chandelier rained down on Tanjee’s back.

“Ah!”

Tanjee, covered in numerous shards, finally collapsed to the ground.

In the nick of time, Cat unleashed its final blow, exploding in Tanjee’s face.

“J-Justice… is… mine…”

Tanjee, dropping his sword, exhausted his strength from his body.

“Come on and kill me.”

“Misfortune.”

“Kill me! Are you mocking the sacred duel?”

“Oh, that’s not it…”

“Whatever the reason, Cat’s body stiffened and fell backwards as is.”

“I too, am paralyzed and unable to move…”

“…Are you an idiot?”

“That’s how it is… I’m starting to resemble the master…”

***

The magic sword of Trains’ south light and Lizbet’s great sword clashed.

For a while, they continued to struggle in a stalemate, refusing to back down.

“That’s it, I’ll die if you think of me as a friend!”

“You’re the one who’s being ridiculous!”

“Can you two help us?!”

“Step back!”

Before long, they parted ways again.

Lizbet took a deep breath and smiled.

“Well, the white cloak looks good on you.”

“I’m grateful.”

“That’s what Yu-ri wore.”

“Is that what’s important now?”

“It doesn’t matter anymore.”

Rizavette adjusted her sword again and set her expression firmly.

“Anyway, I’ll take this seriously. I’m the sworn enemy of your master.”

“You should forget your unnecessary guilt and focus on the fight.”

The two swords clashed once more.

The two swords, wielded with all one’s might, whirled around.

It was so fast that it was hard to see, even with one’s eyes closed, and to hear, even with one’s ears.

The air was hot, burning with friction, making it hard to breathe.

Rizavette deliberately left her sword still for a moment.

“Ah-.”

Unexpectedly, the momentum of the counterattack caused Trailin’s stance to falter, and Rizavette seized the opportunity to strike Trailin’s side with all her might.

However, Trian used his high-speed magic to suddenly pull his body back.

Rizabet grasped her sword again just before it fell to the ground and asked.

“Have you mastered a new magic spell? That’s impressive.”

“This thing can’t move in a straight line anymore. Besides, my magic is lacking, so I can only use it twice.”

“Why aren’t you using mind control magic or fear magic?”

“I just said my magic is lacking.”

“It’s fine if you reveal that to your opponent.”

“I might be lying.”

Rizabet smiled and wielded her sword with a red aura.

“I’ve learned a new skill too. If my sword clashes with yours, your magic spell will be absorbed.”

“It wouldn’t mean anything if you taught me that.”

“I might be lying.”

Trian couldn’t help but laugh and responded.

“You really don’t want to lose, do you?”

“Then I’ll go again!”

Lizbet grasped her sword tightly and charged at Trailin with all her might.

Trailin threw her magic sword at her.

Just as Lizbet tried to deflect it…

Trailin appeared even faster, attempting to strike her with her body.

“It’s too obvious!”

Lizbet dodged to the side while drawing a large arc with her sword.

However, Trailin’s figure disappeared again.

“Ah!”

Lizbet instinctively looked up and swung her greatsword.

But there was only a single spark floating in mid-air.

“Oh dear!”

Lizbet shielded her eyes with her greatsword.

And it turned out to be a trap.

Trailin had deliberately dropped the greatsword from above.

“It’s 2-1.”

Rizbet laughed loudly, raising both hands above her head.

“I’m giving up just like during the team match, I’m really ridiculous.”

“You’re just using my words as a counterattack.”

“Kill me.”

“…I understand.”

Unexpectedly, Rizbet burst into laughter, closing her eyes.

It would be more comfortable to die at the hands of the person I betrayed than to take my own life.

But instead, Rizbet started making silly sounds instead of cutting her throat.

“You don’t know anything beyond this sword. Is your brain really filled with solid muscle?”

“…What?”

“You can’t even win a fight, so you’re just a mediocre person like me, right?”

“What are you doing?”

“What are you doing? You’re not asking me to die of mental exhaustion, are you?”

“Ah-“

“You’re always pretending to be high-class, but in reality, you’re just a three-year-old in terms of mental maturity.”

“Hey, are you really-“

“Did your parents teach you to behave like this? Your family is just a bunch of trash.”

“Don’t talk about my parents!”

Lizbet grabbed Trian’s neck.

Trian smiled wryly and said:

“Don’t get it twisted. The only person who’ll be happy about your death is you.”

“…I’m not angry with you.”

“Of course, I am angry.”

Trian pulled his hand away from Lizbet and said:

“Anyway, it’s more fun to go back to the academy together rather than killing you.”

“If I were you, I would never forgive myself.”

“If I were you, I would have begged to be saved immediately.”

After saying that, Lizbet looked at Trian with disdain, as if he was disgusted.

“What kind of taste is that?

“What do you mean? I want to die?

“That kind of taste is worth respecting.”

Rizabet knelt down on the floor, looking up at the trainway, and said.

“I made a mistake. Please spare my life, my lord.”

“Wait, no-“

“I made a mistake! Please spare my life, at least!”

“I’m sorry.”

Rizabet bowed her head, then spoke in a low tone.

“I have no regrets about my choices and actions. But I was miserable to the point where I hated myself for betraying you.”

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“…That apology was accepted.”

The trainway turned around, looking back at Rizabet, and said.

“Apologize to the others too. Especially Siran and Xia.”

“Those two would kill me if they knew.”

“When I graduate from Academi, I might forgive you for doing it naked.”

“You guys are really idiots.”

“You’re one of the idiots too, you know.”

That was the moment.

Suddenly, the ground shook as if there had been an earthquake, and a dreadful sound echoed from outside the real world.

“What’s going on?”

The tracklist burst out of the real world,

and Rizabert also chased after him.

Trian gazed out the window, frozen for a moment, then took a deep breath and muttered to himself.

“Well, I suppose it’s only natural, since things have turned out so easily.”

Rizabert also discovered something outside the window and scrunched up his face.

“Dorea, you… you’ve really become a monster now.”

Outside the window was Dorea, a mysterious figure.

Ah, but my head was a Dragon Slayer, while my body was a black dragon.

“Hahahahaha! I’ll kill them all!”

***

A minute ago.

The moment Maria’s Mace struck the Dragon Slayer’s head.

The Dragon Slayer thought he was dead.

But suddenly, time froze.

And a sinister voice echoed from somewhere.

“Do you desire power?”

“Who are you? Are you perhaps Yuuma-sama?”

“It doesn’t matter what you call me. Do you desire power?”

“Oh, you’re Yuuma-sama! Grant me the power to slaughter your detestable Yuuma-sama’s enemies!”

“That’s not a lie. Tell me your true desire.”

“I… I…”

“Ah, come now. Don’t be shy. Speak honestly.”

“All of them should just die! I want to kill all of those who dared to mock my body and ruin my plans!”

“Good. I’ll give you an answer to your desire.”

With a wicked laugh, Dorea’s eyes opened again.

Her body was merged with the dragon’s corpse.

“Kuh… Kuh… I’m the chosen one, after all!”

Then, Maria jumped up holding a sword.

“Are you coming back to my hand again because you want to die again?”

Dorea slightly twitched her tail.

Just that made Maria tumble to the ground, with the sound of bones breaking audible.

“Kuh… Oh no…”

Dorea felt an unprecedented sense of euphoria.

Looking around, everyone seemed like ants to her.

With this power, anything seemed possible.

“Khh… Hahahahaha! I’ll kill them all!”

Dorea started running wildly.

He didn’t even know he had lost everything as a human.

He had forgotten the name of Yumano, too.

He had become a monster that only knew how to destroy.

“I’ll kill them all! I’ll kill them all! I’ll slaughter them all!”