A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

061. Playing tag to escape

White notes were still piled up on the main school rooftop.

Myeong-yoon looked out at the playground and muttered.

“It’s a lot quieter than I expected.”

Instructor Eloy also glanced down and said.

“Even the demons don’t necessarily want to make a big fuss.”

“It seems like the claim that they would kill one person every minute was a lie.”

“If you knew that, why did you tell the others?”

“I want everyone to feel a little bit of tension.”

At those words, the demon Passero above his head screamed inwardly.

‘You really need to be a little nervous!’

Now, they threw pieces of paper at Instructor Myeong-yoon and Eloy’s heads.

Nevertheless, the two completely ignored Passero.

… My patience was slowly reaching its limit.

‘I don’t know, since it’s like this, let’s just steal that heavenly sphere.’

If that sphere is real, you’ve definitely caught it.

Even if it is a fake, just confirming it is a huge benefit.

Therefore, Passero hid behind the sphere and manifested the body.

And the moment you put your hand on the bead-

“Are you here?”

Suddenly, Myeong-yoon appeared behind Passero.

The moment Passero turned around in confusion, she grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up.

“Ugh!”

“I was waiting for you to appear.”

Passero threw a lot of punches and kicks, but Myeong-yoon didn’t even flinch.

I tried to escape by turning it into a fog again, but somehow even that was impossible.

“Give up and die peacefully.”

Myeong-yoon tightened his hands even more, with the intention of breaking Passero’s neck.

In the end, just before Passero lost consciousness,

Suddenly, a black bolt of lightning fell from the dry sky.

“Tsk.”

Myeong-yoon threw Passero and jumped away to avoid the lightning.

Immediately after that, a heavy male voice was heard from the sky.

“Pasero. That’s not a celestial sphere, so ignore those two and find the real celestial sphere.”

“yes!”

Passero immediately turned into black fog.

And then, just before leaving, he spoke to Elroy.

“Hey instructor, just say something.”

“me?”

“Don’t trust angels. Those b*stards will never be on humans’ side.”

Then he climbed over the rooftop railing and disappeared somewhere.

Myeong-yoon approached Instructor Elroy and said.

“There’s no need for us to be here anymore, so let’s go find the demons.”

“You don’t have to refute what the devil just said?”

“…There is no reason to refute it.”

Myeong-yoon turned around and went down to the rooftop first.

Instructor Elroy scratched his head and followed her, muttering.

“And it turns out that that guy was just as much of a problem child as Trine.”

***

The devil stuck in the hole in the wall was already covered in tears.

“Hmm… hibb…”

Maria asked, looking straight into her eyes.

“Do you feel like answering the question properly now?”

“I-I would never-”

“Pochi! One more time-”

“Okay! Just say it! Just say it!”

“…name is?”

“Bo, this is Volpe.”

“The purpose of stealing the heavenly sphere is to enter the heavenly world, right? What are you planning to do there?”

“Of course it’s to get revenge on the hateful gods.”

At those words, Maria looked at Volpe as if she were pitiful and said,

“You’re going to fight the gods over something like this?”

“What do you expect from me? I’m only five years old!”

“yes?”

“It’s been 5 years since I was born as an angel! 3 years since I was kicked out of heaven! I can’t even turn into fog yet!”

“Were you all fallen angels?”

Volpe said, glaring at Maria with all his might.

“It looks like the person who claims to be an apostle of God knows nothing about the devil.”

“There’s no reason you should know.”

“Honestly, if you are a member of Yumano Shin’s church, shouldn’t you take the side of us demons and not the side of God?”

Maria frowned for a moment at those meaningful words, and then,

He immediately stood up and took out a mace.

“If Yumano-sama had said so himself, it might have been so.”

When Maria tried to hit her head with a mace.

Suddenly, black lightning struck from the sky and destroyed the entire wall.

“Volpe! What are you doing here? Move now!”

“yes!”

Volpe ran as fast as he could and escaped into the academy.

Pochi tried to chase after her, but a black thunderbolt blocked his path.

Only then did Prince Sirian take his hands off his ears and ask.

“Should we go after that?”

“of course!”

At Maria’s nervous cries, Sirian and Lisbeth started running after her.

***

Trine and Sia took Queen Orlot to the medical booth.

Yuril was holding the collar of the man who had been handing out free drinks earlier and slapping him in the face.

Queen Orlot approached the two and asked.

“Are you flirting with women again, Shirou?”

“Haha, you speak harshly, Mother.”

Yuril was startled at the mention of “mother” and let go of Prince Shirou.

Then Prince Shirou calmly placed his hand on Yuril’s shoulder and said.

“This lady here is…”

Trine and Sia shook their heads thoughtfully behind Orlot.

If we talk nonsense now, we will all die.

In response to that silent pressure, Prince Shirou winked at the two and continued speaking.

“This is Count Trine’s girlfriend.”

Trine, Sia, and Yuril shouted almost at the same time.

“No! First of all, no!”

“Oppa, shut up!”

“I want to die?!”

Queen Orlot said to Trine, glaring at Yuril through her sunglasses.

“I think we have a lot to talk about tomorrow.”

“Huh? No, haha, that’s not it.”

“Shirou, Shia and I have decided to return to the palace tomorrow. You can just quietly watch the festival with me today.”

Then he held out his hand to Trine and said.

“Count Trine, would you please be my escort for the day?”

Trine looked very embarrassed at those words.

To gently escort such a beautiful woman,

Throwing it away like this and running away,

Either way, it was obvious that it would seriously attract attention.

Of course, Trine doesn’t currently have the celestial globe, so it won’t be a big problem if it gets discovered…

… After thinking for quite some time, Trine sighed and answered.

“I understand. For some reason, please call me Jizz now, not Trine.”

***

There were two people watching their mess from afar, holding their breath.

“It’s a big deal. It looks like Senpai and Shia have been taken hostage by demons.”

“What should we do? Should we surprise them and rescue them?”

“No. Our roles are separate.”

Pyrrhol and Locke do not know the identities of Queen Orlot and Prince Shirou.

Although all the people in front of the booth seemed defenseless, they were taking care not to reveal their identities.

There was even a soundproof barrier in place along with the perception-impairing magic.

Therefore, it was inevitable that the two children would misunderstand.

Locke muttered while fiddling with the heavenly sphere he had placed in his arms.

“Still, I feel uneasy with just the two of us.”

… at that time.

I heard four strangers passing by them and exchanging meaningful lines.

“We have deployed a barrier to prevent communication, so we won’t be able to use it for a while.”

“As expected, it’s Leone.”

“And we have also prepared a barrier to find the location of the celestial sphere.”

“You’re great.”

“It will be activated in 10 minutes, so everyone disperse and prepare to surround it.”

As the four people left, Pyrrol and Locke whispered to each other.

“You scolded me.”

“I’ll try to contact you first.”

Locke summoned a liaison bird, muttered a few words, and then launched it into the sky.

However, the contact bird disappeared helplessly in the air.

“Damn, what should I do?”

Pyrrhol answered after thinking for a moment.

“Then, would you like to try my strategy?”

“Operation?”

“There is a saying that if you want to hide something, you should make a fuss.”

***

Trine deliberately only went to places that were not interesting and gave royals a half-hearted tour.

“It’s a dormitory.”

Then Queen Orlot and Prince Shirou each showed different reactions.

“It’s too old. I’ll tell the principal to build a new dormitory.”

“Ah, is this really the resting place of many would-be heroes?”

Immediately after that, I moved to my seat and headed to the Department of Engineers building.

“This is the knight department building.”

“Security is lax. What are the guards doing?”

“This is the future of Artoria!”

After that, we headed to the backyard of the building.

“It’s the backyard.”

“What is this waste of space? We should at least build another training facility.”

“Are students sharing forbidden love with each other here?”

… This was a strategy used during the sports day to make Sia get sick of her and tear her away.

But it didn’t seem to work for the royal family at all.

As Trine sighed briefly, Sia whispered next to him.

“Wouldn’t it be okay if I just walked around like this?”

“I’m worried about Pyrrol and Locke.”

“Don’t worry, both of you are pretty smart.”

It was then.

Suddenly, Pirol’s voice was heard over the school broadcast.

“Ah ah, microphone test, one two three~”

Then he took a deep breath and shouted with all his might.

“The Academy’s special tag event will begin now!”

Trine asked, looking at Sia with a goblin-like expression.

“Who is smarter?”

“Hahaha… Well, I guess it’s not a bad strategy?”

Soon, Pirol continued his explanation on the air again.

“The rules are simple! Outside guests win if they catch me! Academy students win if they keep me from getting caught!”

Trine hurriedly summoned a communication bird and tried to send it to Pirol, but for some reason it failed.

In the meantime, Pyrrhol continued to speak through the broadcast.

“I have pink hair, am dressed in civilian clothes, and am wearing a student council armband, so it will be easy to find me!”

Queen Orlot and Prince Shirou smiled and murmured.

“It was quite a fun event.”

“Mother, shall we participate too?”

“By the way, the student council has prepared a special prize for the winning team, so we encourage you to participate!”

Trine sighed heavily at those words.

“Those guys do whatever they want… How much do you want to get scolded by Myungyoon later?”

Sia asked from the side.

“What are you going to do?”

“What can I do? I have to go protect those damn kids.”

Pirol’s voice was heard on the broadcast once again.

“Then let’s start now! Good luck to everyone!”