“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaahh!”

“Uwaaaaaaaaaahhh!?”

“Hmm? A scream? What is it?”

As we waited for our meal, we could hear screams coming from everywhere. As soon as we realized that it was mainly coming from the castle, we could see the ground rising up.

Bogo …… Bogo ……

“The soil is ……? Doaaaahhh! “

“What’s wrong Jack? …… Whoaaaa!?”

A rotting human body was writhing out of the rising dirt! We were so startled that we fell on our asses and the rotten human …… so-called zombies attacked us.

“Ooooooohhhhhhhhhh…….”

“Look out! !”

Ignites! The zombie bursts into flames and falls to the ground with a gurgling sound. Jack and I quickly stood up to check our surroundings, and Mom opened her mouth in a hurry.

“I …… Isn’t this bad? The bones are moving, and there are a lot of zombies ……!”

“Moving bones! I wonder if they’re what’s called “Undead”?”

Nora said this in a casual manner, to which brother softly replied that it was. When I thought about Makina, I found her slumped on the ground.

“Are you okay!?”

“Y-Yeah …… M-My back just lost its strength …… E-Ehehe ……. I’m not good at scary things ……”

You can’t imagine how brave she is, but it seems she is. I don’t know if it’s because Nora grew up with us that she is so curious about it? In any case, I reach out to Makina and call out to Sarge.

“Saj! How’s the situation from above?”

“No ……”

“Sorry, Machina.”

“Huh ……?”

I hold her head down and hold the teary-eyed Makina in my arms, then use levitation to place her on Sarge’s back.

“I think you’ll be safe here. You don’t have to fight.”

“Y-Yeah …… Thanks …….”

When Makina thanked me, Sarge opened his mouth.  

Sarge puts us in his palm and tells us the approximate location. I say, thinking it’s upstairs.

“Mom, you stay on Sarge’s back. Then we’ll go together to the source. I think Tigre-sensei and Verna-sensei will be there too. Flugel-san and the others should also be at the castle.”

“That’s a good idea. I think I can handle a zombie …… If Ryuuze was here, I’d use the [Magic Sword] to add fire. “

I chuckle at Jack shrugging his shoulders. Then my brother says to everyone. 

“Nora and I are good with fire magic, so we can keep the zombies at bay. Jack will take them down when they falter. Sorry about the skeletons, but I think Lars is better at them.”

“Okay! I’ll take care of it then!”

As I shouted happily, Sarge slowly floated up and flew forward in a more delicate manner than before. So we were not shaken.

I’m pretty sure Sarge means ‘wise’, but it fits the dragon, right? I wondered if Raina had thought that far ahead. As I was thinking about this, Nora raised her voice, pointing her finger to a certain place.

“Ah! It’s Tigre-sensei and the others!”

“That woman is …… the queen, isn’t she ……? Wait, Verna-sensei is bleeding!?”

“Sarge, get closer, closer!”

My brother assessed the situation, and Nora tapped Sarge’s hand and he held out his hand near the window. We’re able to see Tigre-sensei, Hawk-san, and Eagle-san fighting off the zombies and skeletons while protecting the king and Flugel-san. Then the woman who was carrying Verna-sensei noticed us and opened her eyes.

“A dragon ……!? Oh yeah, it must be the one that Raina raised or something! Uuooh!?”

While she’s distracted by Sarge, I charge at her with my levitation and kick her in the shoulder. As soon as she lost her balance, she dropped Verna-sensei and Tigre slid in to catch her and keep his distance.

“Great!”

“Damn, we’re such a hopeless teacher always getting saved by their students.”

“Help each other out, right, teacher!”

“You’re getting quite cocky! Thanks for the help, though! Lars, I need your healing magic.”

I nodded and immediately started healing.

“There’s no way I’d let a kid interfere ……!”

“Lars, we’ll hold her off here!”

“You can’t bully Verna-sensei!”

“The undead don’t seem to be able to get upstairs fast enough …… I mean, why is the Queen hostile us!?”

Jack draws his sword and lets out a shout that sounds like a scream. We were thinking, “Oh, by the way,” when Tigre-sensei left me with Verna-sensei and stood up, saying 

“The queen is possessed by an idiot from long ago. He wants to kill me and Verna’s look alike and destroy the country to make himself the emperor again. Laugh it up, people.”

“You call me a fool ……! I was supposed to be able to control the dragon there with my [Demon Eye] and take over the whole world, and now you call me a fool!”

When Sarge asks a question, the emperor starts to speak with a sense of pride.

“Yeah. The “Demon Eye” doesn’t work on your own relatives. I had planned to have Raina lead me to you and manipulate you. However, Raina had staged a coup d’etat before that.”

Seeing as how the emperor didn’t know where the location was, he must have just heard about it from somewhere. So I guess Raina-san figured out what was going on and stopped going to Sarge. 

“Whatever. I’m going to use the undead to destroy the country little by little. You can’t hurt this body anyway? If you attack me, it will only hurt the queen’s body. If I die, I’ll just slip out of this body.”

With that being said, it’s hard for us to do anything about it. However, it is absolutely impossible to destroy the undead that is coming endlessly.

But then–

“…… I’ll take care of that.”

“You are e……!?”

We were startled to see the King swinging his sword behind the Queen’s back. The emperor notices the presence and catches it with his knife.

“There should be a priest on his way right now ……! I just asked Itsuart to take off from here. I’ll make you fight me until we’re ready to annihilate you, okay? Worst case scenario, one of your limbs is ……”

“Are you insane? …… If you are, then all I have to do is get serious and annihilate you!”

The emperor’s knife and magic and the king’s sword sparked. My brother and Nora were watching the battle with nervous faces. I finished treating Verna-sensei and thought about the emperor.

“Did I mention that she’s possessed ……? That means it’s a ghost ……? …… Hm!?”

Then I thought of something. I turned on my heel and headed back to Sarge.

“Sarge, how long is it from here to our town …… which is two days away by carriage?”

That’s it!

“Then pick me up and take me to town!”

“What are you going to do, Lars-kun?”

“It’s his turn if it’s about spirit, it’s Urka! Tigre-sensei, brother, Nora, Jack, wait for me!”

“Seriously ……!? Yes! I’m going to go all out, so get your ass back here quickly.”

“Yeah! I’ll help you.”

“If that’s the case, Tigre-sensei will be there.”

I nodded to everyone and got on Sarge.

“What about Makina and Mom?”

“I have to go and explain to the parents.”

“I-I’m going to try to convince Urka-kun too!”

“Okay, I might be drunk, but …… Sarge, hurry up!”

With the moonlight behind us, we headed back to the town of Gast.

Hidden Technique! WIll Urka-kun come!?

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