Chapter 28: Rebellion <<Grayson’s POV>>

“──── Daniel, this is your first and last warning. Please break the spell now and surrender. We’ll let you off with just a warning.”

After showing her unwillingness to concede, Miss Charlotte put on a hard face and stepped forward.

Normally, he would be punished for casting a spell with high killing power, but she seemed to want to do it the easy way.

The dark blue-haired man smiled at the purple-haired beauty, who showed how she intended to help.

“I’m not going to surrender after coming this far!”

With that word as a signal, Daniel fired the spears of flame which converged all at once.

The target is Miss Charlotte, and you can see that he’s trying to kill her.

──── But this time the opponent was bad.

“Barrier Surround.”

In the face of the flying spears of flame, Miss Charlotte just calmly deploys her barrier magic.

The translucent wall that stood in front of her suddenly grew larger once she received all the spears of flame.

It changes the angle in the middle and becomes round to envelop the flame spears.

The spherical barrier that trapped the burning spear inside exhausted the word, ‘wonderful’.

The spears, which were completely cut off from outside interference or restricted in the oxygen it could use, gradually became smaller and smaller.

Eventually, the oxygen in the barrier ran out completely, and the flames disappeared.

As expected of Miss Charlotte, she was able to extinguish the flaming spears without causing any damage to the surroundings.

This is not something that just anyone can do.

She was worried about the steam explosion and took it with a barrier where she would normally offset it with water magic.

Then, they were wrapped in a barrier so that sparks do not scatter around, and external interference is completely blocked.

By doing so, she was able to control the damage to the surroundings and extinguish the flames.

“It’s brilliant!”

“I don’t think so…”

When I expressed my honest opinion, Miss Charlotte bowed her head.

I liked her because she was humble and not arrogant.

In front of her, as she prepares a magic circle for capture, Daniel just widens his eyes in dismay.

“Ugh, no way? That’s intermediate magic!? You can’t easily counteract that!”

“Impossible!” Daniel, who shook his head in disbelief, couldn’t hide his disbelief.

He realizes the difference in ability with Miss Charlotte and takes a few steps back.

At last, I thought that it was settled ──── but Daniel was still struggling.

“I can’t be defeated by a little girl from a viscount family, and this is absolutely wrong, I’m going to prove that I’m better than you…!”

The dark blue-haired man, perhaps unable to accept the reality of the situation, thrust his hand forward, half in desperation.

He has a more impatient look than anger and enhances his magical power.

Even if he is rotten, he is the second son of the Collins family, and he seems to have a lot of magical power too.

He just shot an intermediate-level spell and still has this much magic left in him.

It’s a complete waste of talent.

The man with dark blue hair breathes heavily in his position, with me muttering “It’s a waste”.

The gentle breeze generated in response to his growing magical power caused his short dark blue hair to flutter.

“Purgatory of black flames, shadows of darkness, rising heat flames, I want pure black, I am the one who wants to destroy the world. Now is the time to unleash the flames of hell and lead the world to chaos.”

“What is this long chanting!? Does that mean────advanced magic!?”

Does he intend to use advanced magic that few people can handle at Frügel Academy just for fighting!

It’s an insane move!

I don’t think he’s sane…!

I have to stop him now. If he unleashes his advanced magic here, it won’t be a fight between students!

Assuming the worst-case scenario, I was wondering whether to launch the flare gun … but I didn’t even have time for that.

“There is no choice but to cut off his wrist to prevent the magic from being activated!”

And immediately, I pull out my sword.

I was going to run to Daniel with my jet-black sword in one hand, but ──── Miss Charlotte was earlier than me.

Perhaps she used magic to strengthen her body, she went to Daniel with a light body and grabbed his arm.

“Teleport!”

“Death Flame!”

The purple-haired beauty and the dark-blue-haired man chanted almost at the same time ──── disappearing from my front.

Immediately after that, a flashy explosion roared from the sky.

I had a bad feeling about it, but when I looked up at the sky, I saw ──── black smoke and bright red flames.

Judging from the situation, Miss Charlotte, who decided that she couldn’t stop the activation, probably moved to the sky with Daniel.

And, the advanced magic that Daniel released…caused an explosion.

At this time, I should say that she was using transfer magic, which few people can handle…

If she hadn’t taken Daniel to the sky with her, it would have been a disaster.

After confirming that the two of them were still alive by detecting their presence, I stared at the black smoke.

As Daniel got what he deserved and Miss Charlotte was on a mission to catch him, one man and a woman appeared in front of me.

It wasn’t a metaphorical expression or anything, they did appear.

In the blink of an eye …

While looking at them I was convinced by the thought, “Did she come back with transfer magic?”

Daniel kept panting, perhaps because he couldn’t stand the magical recoil, and fainted.

He’s a sullen guy.

“Miss Charlotte, are you…?”

“Are you hurt?” The words that I tried to spin were cut off in the middle.

Because ──── she had a terrible burn on her back.

The skin exposed by the blazer and shirt was burnt through and was discolored red and black.

──── I was suffocating for a moment. I didn’t know what to say.

A feeling akin to despair welled up in my chest, and my eyes went blank.

The tip of my sword trembled as if to express my feelings.

For the first time in my ──── life, I wanted to kill someone.

I knew that Daniel had failed in his magic because of the loud explosion.

Because that magic… “Death Flame” calls and manipulates a black flame in another dimension.

It wasn’t magic to explode, and the flame I saw was red instead of black.

So, when I saw Daniel, who was unharmed despite his failure, I took the liberty of assuming that Miss Charlotte was also safe.

That’s right, given her personality, she is bound to defend Daniel.

I’m sure she would help him out no matter how much of a scumbag he is…

I was amazed at how kind Miss Charlotte is and hated Daniel, who was pampered by her kindness.

Driven by the urge to slit his throat right now, I squeeze my sword tightly.

I took a deep breath, desperately trying to quiet my mind that was screaming “I want to kill him.”

I put my sword back in its sheath and took off my blazer.

And I hung it on Miss Charlotte’s shoulder.

It was not a good idea to leave a woman’s bare skin exposed, even if it was on her back.

“Thank you very much. I’ll wash it and return it to you later.”

The purple-haired beauty who was laying Daniel on the ground looked up at me and smiled.

I’m sure she’s about to collapse from the pain of the burn, but she doesn’t show it.

That strength … Her concern was genuine, and it became hard for me to see.

“No, you don’t have to return the blazer. There are plenty of spares. More than that, the injury is… is it okay?”

I don’t know what else to say, so I ask a straightforward question…

Miss Charlotte has a puzzled expression on her face.

And, after thinking for a while, she clapped her hands as if she was convinced.

“Oh, that’s right ──── I have burns on my back. I forgot all about it because I used magic to block out the pain.”

Treating the burn on her back like a trivial matter, she put her hand on her chest and chanted “Heal”.

Her body was enveloped in a pale light, and the smell of burning skin quickly subsided.

I can’t say for sure, because I didn’t check it directly, but it’s probably completely healed.

What’s with this gutsy woman?

Even if you can use healing magic, you would normally worry about your injuries.

It is impossible to forget about the existence of injuries, even if you are blocking out the pain.

I even remember feeling dizzy by the words and actions of Miss Charlotte, who is out of the ordinary in many ways.

It’s not just that her ideas are out of the ordinary, but that her anger and hatred for Daniel had disappeared.

“You can’t compete with Miss Charlotte.”

He muttered like he was half annoyed and half impressed, the purple-haired beauty curiously tilts her head.

“What? What does that mean?”

“It means exactly what it means. I’m not going to give you the details.”

The purple-haired beauty tilted her head at my unwillingness to give details but didn’t probe it further.

Amid weakness as if the thread of tension was broken, the head and the vice-chairman of the disciplinary committee appeared from the school building.

“Hey! Did you hear that terrible noise?”

“Are you hurt?!”

I nodded to them as they rushed towards me, and looked up at the sky.

The sky was so blue and beautiful that it was hard to believe that an explosion had just occurred.

Well. For the time being, should I hand over Daniel to the seniors’ custody and send Miss Charlotte to the dormitory?

I can’t let her stay in that outfit forever, even though she’s fully healed. I’ll be the only one making the rounds after school.

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