An outcast dropout, surviving on the frontier and rising to become an S-ranked counter-magician.

Did I kill Miss Ellie?　It couldn't be that ridiculous. I was moving through the twilight at the estimated time of the murder. I know that more than anyone, myself and Shelly know that. There's no way I'm in the lab. We had left the Third Field City a long time ago.

I was moving through the twilight at the estimated time of the murder!　I have an alibi!

You think Sherry Amis can prove that to me?

...Yes.

What if she was part of it?

....

'The time between killing Ellie and moving on to the next warded city. You guys could do it if you're serious about it, right?　That satisfies that requirement. And most importantly, there was a faint trace of your magic element at the scene. That's solid information.

....

Silas-san tells me that. Certainly, if I get serious about moving from the estimated time of death to the next ward city, I won't have to wait too long to get there. There is no one else who can prove my innocence except Sherry. But if they say that Shelley is also an accomplice, there is no way for me to prove my innocence. The situation is so bad you can't even tell me that my magic is still in the field.　That's ridiculous I've never activated magic in that room and there's no way I'm staying. Besides, the magic element fades over time. The magic element enough to identify an individual doesn't remain for a long time after the magic is activated.

I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to be able to get it right. I'm not sure if this is a crime that is being committed while we are on the move.　To set me up?　But the sightings and the matter of the magic element are tricky. I definitely wasn't in that place at that time of day...what the hell is going on........

'Hey, Silas. Isn't that funny? A traitor who has never given us a tail is going to make a simple mistake like this?　It's too poorly done to make witnesses to the killing. And even if he really did kill Ellie, I don't think he would have bothered to come to this summons.

It was Claudia who said that. She's defending me. But that defense is emphatically drowned out.

'Perhaps there were unstoppable circumstances. Ellie's area of expertise is the study of twilight. Maybe he knew she was on to something true and had to take hasty action. Besides, he'd been in Dusk for two years. No wonder he was a pawn of the demon tribe. At any rate, whether he's the culprit or not, we need to listen to him. Yulia-kun, I would like you to be honest with me, but it would be troublesome if you resist. I'm going to have to restrain you. That's why I've summoned the other special-grade antagonists as well. We don't know what kind of power you have in you.

When Silas-san says that, he deploys his weapon, the wire, and tries to restrain me.

Shit.........what do I do......what the hell do I do!　Do you really want to be locked up in a box like this?　I don't know what to do...

A moment later, what appeared in front of me was .........Bell.

''........I won't let you do it. I won't let you take Julia-kun.........

Miss Bell, why?

'Yulia-kun ... run away. The situation is already so bad we're completely trapped. And if you are trapped here, I'm sure that if you are trapped here the situation will end there. You are our last hope but if we can just find Lady Liane we can make it work. ...

''Do I just have to find Princess Liane?　But....

'Yeah I'll hold them off here ... run ...'

She pulls her sword from her waist and it's not just Silas-san. She points that blade at the other special class anti-magicians as well.

''Hey, Belle. Are you a traitor too?

It can't be......... Roy is still....stupid....

What the hell are you...

Everyone goes into combat position. It's a battle between two special class mages. The battle would be fierce but I had a mission. That is, to see Princess Liane. Maybe seeing her will change things. The only thing I believe now is what Belle said.

I don't know why, but I'm slowly coming to grips with the situation. I was being set up by a traitor. If I had killed Miss Ellie, he was going to capture me and do something about it. But I still believed his words that if I found Princess Liane, I would be able to handle it, and I ran out of here.

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Hey, Juliette!

Huh I didn't expect Bell to be on that side of the line... how do you explain it?

"...no. No........I can't say. And the situation is already complicated... but I'm sure... Yulia-kun is not a traitor... and the real culprit is in here. .....

The other special class anti-magicians don't listen to such words and try to follow Yulia, who has already jumped out of the room. But in the next moment, everyone's presence is flung out of the conference room.

''Spatial transition........''

Bell blurts out a blur. Yes they had all moved outside the conference room, and that too to the military exercise area.

''I want to go after Yuria-kun. But Belle is in the way. Then we'll have to fight each other, but not in that place, right?　So I had to move it.

It was Claudia who told me that. She's good at spatial transfer magic, a rare thing among anti-magicians. That's why all of them were able to quickly grasp the situation but.......they were outnumbered by quicksilver. There was no way Belle alone could manage the rest of the special class anti-magicians. I thought so, but..............................There were four figures advancing beside Belle.

''I trust Yulia,''

Me too....

As I said before, that's weird. I'm on your side.

I'm on this side too. That logic is unreasonable, isn't it? I can only think that he did it to set up Julia-kun. Well, either way, it seems that the traitor can't hide anymore.

Yes. It was Eira, Eve, Claudia, and Johan. The four of them also didn't believe that Yulia was the culprit. Eira was a part of the emotional side of things, because of the relationship she had been having with him, but the other three were not. It was because they objectively thought it was wrong to declare Yulia a traitor to a situation that was so different. And they determined that this case was a trap for the enemy. Of course, that wasn't the only thing to judge, but they had been completely convinced for some time that Yulia wasn't the culprit.

'I don't want to doubt him either. But the evidence is there. We should talk about it.

'.........Silas, it's a trap. I don't know what the military brass ... what they told you ... but this ... this is just too foreign to me... ...Perhaps... waiting for you after... restraining you... is not a good thing. .....

Bell. There is no evidence for your statement. There are no objective facts. And neither are the special-grade anti-magicians who are on Bell's side. I certainly don't think this is right, either. It's too poorly done for a traitor. But since we have evidence that he killed them, we should listen to them first, but.......it's a shame. It's very disappointing. I never thought the day would come when we'd have to fight each other as special class versus demons...

Things are already unstoppable. All of them are on a killing spree. They have already reached a point where each of them can put their hands on their weapons and start fighting immediately as well.

Silas, Gil, Roy, Derrick, Sheila, and Leo believe that Julia should be restrained. Meanwhile, Belle, Claudia, Eve, Johan and Eira think this is a trap for the enemy.

This conflict can no longer be discussed. At the very least, Bel and the others believe that they should buy time for Yulia to escape, but on the other hand, Silas and the others cannot let Yulia escape. Then they no longer need words. All that is needed is obedience through violence.

This is how the battle between the special class versus the mages will be fought--.