The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 238

Chapter 76 Disappearance

“…It’s done.”

I was convinced by seeing the dragon heart that did not change even after the pressure exerted by the black sky was completely released.

Mei has already stopped controlling her mana. In other words, what is in front of me is a perfect mana crystal.

“Now let’s take off the black cloth.”

I stretched out my hand and pulled the black cloth. The Black Heaven was also greatly compressed to contain all the huge mana, but as expected, it was absorbed into my sub-pods and necklace without much trouble as it was my limbs.

And the remaining crystals of vivid light.

“It’s a dragon heart without any dragon mana.”

It looks like a thin ring bent into a triangle. It’s amazing that such a huge amount of mana could be stored in such a thin stick.

“…is this called Dragon Heart?”

May, who was watching, asked. Come to think of it, May is seeing this for the first time. No, even in this world, there are rare people who witness the Dragon Heart. It’s hard to see the dragon in the first place.

“It’s actually inside the dragon’s body, but I think the structure is the same.”

Although it appears to have been simply and ignorantly compressed, it was still made while maintaining the blueprint for weaving. The functions and properties are almost the same.

“What should I do with this?”

“If I hand it over to the imperial palace, Mr. Fili will use it to solve the emperor’s weakness.”

“Fili… Fili…. Ah, that person.”

May nodded as if recalling her own memory.

And then I asked another question.

“How do I send it to you?”

“…huh?”

“You compressed a lot of mana, but are you just going to take this with you?”

“….”

I quietly looked at the dragon heart as Mei spoke.

Unlike me, Dragon Heart does not hide this enormous mana at all.

Even more so because all of the already overflowing mana was compressed and put into this small place. The room where the Dragon Heart is stored has been specially treated with magic to hide the mana, but what I see before my eyes is completely different.

If I bring this to the imperial palace like this, I have nothing to say even if I am mistaken for a bomber.

“…I know?”

“….”

May’s cold eyes looked at me.

* * *

The next day, I went to school at Constel as usual.

Right now, there is only one way for me to send the Dragon Heart to the imperial palace. Handing it to Aten.

However, since you cannot bring the Dragon Heart to Constell, you must tell Aten in advance where to meet.

“It feels like it’s been a while.”

From the mana injection incident until I met Satan, I was ordered by the imperial palace to be put on hold indefinitely from going to school at Constel, so it’s been a long time since I went to school.

“I heard midterm exams are coming soon.”

I remember trying my best to get ranked last year around this time. It was a pathetic struggle to avoid excommunication.

There is no need to do that anymore, but we have to produce good grades so as not to embarrass Ampere and Agier.

Well, I guess I’ve already gotten used to being a child of the Roach family.

When I entered the school gate after such a long time.

Towering –

“….”

I took exactly one step and stopped.

I looked around. Except for me, all the students crossed the school gate normally and continued on.

I raised my arms.

Caw –

A nearby crow flew over and landed on my arm.

[What kind of form are you suddenly taking? Master.]

Gregory asked in a sly tone. It was something that really stood out in such a crowded place.

But there was something I absolutely had to check.

I lowered my voice.

“Gregory. Did anything happen to Constell while I was away? “You can just speak normally.”

[…? Nothing in particular. Of course, my main fun was watching from the sidelines while you were having trouble here and there. I did not neglect Constell’s observations. If it was something you could feel, all the students here would have felt it too.]

“…I guess I was a little sensitive.”

In the scene I see now, everyone except me is immersed in a peaceful daily life.

Actually, I don’t even know what I’m feeling. I didn’t particularly feel any signs of malice, murderous intent, or mana.

However, I just felt like something was going on with my ‘sixth sense’, but I can’t feel anything in particular right now, so much so that I can blame it on my mood.

“Well, thank you. “I’ll ask you again.”

[Any time.]

After saying that, the crow flew away again.

I swallowed my slightly uneasy feeling and walked towards the classroom.

* * *

“…Hmm.”

Even when I arrived at the classroom door, nothing changed. Was I too sensitive after all?

I opened the classroom door and went inside.

“Oh Frontier!”

The first person to notice and welcome was Robald Lief.

“I heard you joined these bastard pros and played a key role in carrying out the mission? Thanks to that, I went to the imperial palace. “I’m jealous, I’m jealous.”

“…Actually, you’re not really jealous, are you?”

“of course! “The imperial palace is just annoying!”

It’s like Robald.

“But there are also things I envy.”

“huh?”

“The future looks bright, right?”

“ok?”

After saying something incomprehensible, Robald tapped his shoulder and turned around.

I had no idea what to hold on to, so I left it alone.

‘Tantandaero?’

I don’t know what that means, but I greeted everyone who greeted me warmly.

Then I found Aten, and since I had met him at the imperial palace before, I greeted him a little more casually than the others.

“sorry. “I wanted to help, but I was almost imprisoned in the mansion.”

“That’s right.”

There is no way that Satan will leave the princess alone. In the case of Philly, the situation is the opposite since he is in a position of handling power.

I looked at Aten for a moment. Of course, Aten was wearing a school uniform. Aten, which was decorated to the fullest in the imperial palace, was really nice, but I still like the comfortable feel of this place.

“Aten, I have something to talk about later.”

“Can’t we do this here?”

“huh. “Not in Constel, but in a place where no one will be.”

“…A place where no one can be…?”

“huh. “I have something to give you.”

“What should I hand you…?”

I nodded. Aten’s face hardened after hearing my words. It looked quite serious, so I thought I was misunderstanding something, so I added a word.

“Oh, it’s not serious. Rather, it’s a good story. “What I’m giving you is something that can fit in one hand, so you don’t have to worry.”

The task is to restore Aten’s father, Bartello. It must be a really happy thing for Aten.

But when Aten heard what I said, he opened his mouth for a moment, then closed it, and his throat started to tremble.

“…How do you know in the first place whether it’s a good story or not? How do you know what I’m going to say? I might not like it…”

“…huh?”

No way. Of course you will be happy. There is no need to judge whether this is good or bad.

“don’t worry. “It’s definitely a good thing.”

“…okay.”

Aten nodded as if he had deeply decided on something. White hair swayed.

“Hello Frontier. Long time no see.”

After that, I heard a familiar voice. It was Elodie.

I turned my head to meet that welcoming tone and said,

“…what’s wrong with your face?”

I couldn’t do it.

At first glance, Elodie’s complexion was seriously haggard.

“What are you talking about. “It’s the same as usual.”

“No, your eyes are bloodshot, you have dark circles, your skin is very dry, and your overall face is dark.”

I have never seen Elodie de Inies Richae in such bad shape.

No, I didn’t know it was possible for a character to be in poor condition in the first place.

Elodie is a perfect character in the game Etius. Of course, I’m not talking about personality, it’s about ability.

It’s because he didn’t participate in the main character Aster’s party, but if you were to pick the best named character, he would definitely be in the top two, and the only one left is the main character Aster.

Elodie was so perfect that it became a popular opinion that she would not be included in the main character’s party.

Elodie sighed and responded.

“So, I told you so.”

“what?”

“It’s the same as usual.”

So does this mean that my poor condition has continued like this?

What happened while I was not here?

“I’m not the only one like this.”

Elodie said and pointed somewhere with her finger.

When I followed my gaze in that direction, Aster was there.

“…Aster?”

“…Oh yeah. You came. Frontier. “I should have welcomed you first, but I’m sorry.”

Aster spoke in a dying voice. This person looked more serious than Elodie.

It’s very Aster-like to apologize to me while his condition is ruined, but this condition itself is not Aster-like at all.

“what? “What’s wrong with you too?”

“…Well, just a little.”

Aster acted as if he was reluctant to say anything.

Could it be that the cause of these two’s poor condition is the same?

“Are you sick? Or the enemy? Are you stressed because you have a difficult problem that you can’t solve right now? It may not be of much help, but will I join in? “I might be able to land at least one hit.”

If there’s an opponent that Elodie and Aster can’t handle now, I shouldn’t look down on them either.

Especially if it is an enemy that cannot be resolved for a long time. It is not too much to assume that it is at the ‘Zodiac’ level.

A difficult enemy that makes things difficult for these two? For the future of this world, I must come forward and check the situation immediately.

“Hey, Frontier.”

When I thought that, I heard a voice saying something absurd.

Cybel looked at me with her eyes half open.

“Are you planning on hitting yourself in the face?”

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s because of you that they’re doing that.”

“…me?”

What is this sound.

I’ve never fought with these two. Should I be crazy and harm these precious friends?

“I’m saying you’re overdoing it because you’re getting ahead of yourself. “They both have enormous pride.”

“…Going ahead?”

I didn’t understand what he was saying and looked at Elodie and Aster.

“It’s not like that.”

“then. “No, no.”

Elodie and Aster each spoke.

I looked at Cybel again.

“They say no?”

“Then would you say yes?”

Well, I didn’t think I would get an honest answer.

But I don’t understand. To be honest, right now I am confident that I can win even if I face Aster or Elodie. Because the current two have not yet completed their growth.

But that’s just my opinion, I didn’t show them all of my abilities.

Even at the beginning of the second year, when they noticed my strength to some extent, Aster and Elodie did not lose their condition to this extent.

Afterwards, I fought in Constell’s field and the imperial palace, which had nothing to do with either of them. My image wouldn’t have changed that much if I hadn’t witnessed it.

“…Frondier you. Didn’t you hear the news? “Isn’t that what you should hear first?”

Runia, who had been watching quietly while making an incomprehensible face, spoke.

“News?”

“I received a call from Constel a few days ago. Oh, I guess you were still in the imperial palace cleaning things up then.”

Is this the story after sending Satan back? It is true that he remained in the imperial palace for a while after the incident was over.

A bloody scene that indicates the death of several members of the dark department and the destruction of the Dragon Heart. Because I had to talk to Philly to cover up all of that.

That’s something only Philly and I know, but I couldn’t leave the crime scene alone.

Above all, I shared the same lie with Philly because I didn’t know what kind of smell the other undercovers would smell and approach me.

Only if what they asked me and what they asked Fili matched each other would there be no doubt.

Basically, I was in a completely unrelated position, and based on that, Fili pieced together the information about the situation in the dark area and the loss of the Dragon Heart.

But what was in between?

“I heard that two Zodiacs have chosen you?”

“…what?”

“He even came to Constel to tell you that he would provide unstinting support if you came to his side after graduation. The word spread and now everyone knows except you. Now you know too.”

“…If there were two Zodiacs, could it be Lili and Monty?”

When I asked with a light guess, Runia’s eyes changed. It wasn’t just her.

Most of the students in the classroom, who seemed to be not listening, looked at me with fire in their eyes. In an instant, they came rushing towards me.

“You pretended not to know this guy!”

“What! “What did you talk about with those two!”

“How can I win the hearts of the two Zodiacs?”

“I guess it’s because of the professional experience! What was your performance there? “I guess that’s what you said, right?”

I was completely distracted by the barrage of questions that poured out in an instant. No, I tried to say something with words like that, but it didn’t work and I was pushed out by the guys’ shouting.

You bastards, why ask questions if you’re not going to listen!

“Ha, I’m jealous. I met the Zodiac. “And all 12 people.”

“If I see even one person, I will have no wish.”

What followed was a series of lamentations.

I was dumbfounded and responded with one word.

“What are you talking about? “You can watch Zodiac if you want.”

“what? Are you kidding me? Where on earth do we watch Zodiac?”

“No, that’s right.”

The moment I opened my mouth like that.

…and then.

I realized the identity of the sense of discomfort I felt when I entered the school gate today.

At this moment, that sense of discomfort transformed into a huge fear and seeped into my every pore.

First, I put on a playful face and said anything.

“…What if I’m lucky?”

“You bastard!”

I told a light joke and laughed moderately. After the brief commotion, when it had calmed down, I returned to my seat.

‘…So, I didn’t know that until now.’

An attempt to assassinate the emperor.

Mei’s act of being manipulated of her own will and attacking the emperor was a terrible act that should never occur in this empire.

The Emperor’s life is more important than any other situation in the Empire, and the Empire will do its best to defend itself no matter what the actual threat is.

That’s why all the Zodiacs were called.

12 zodiac people. When someone dies or retires, the vacancy is always replaced by someone else. People may change, but the number of people does not change. The number 12 always remains.

…and.

Constel also has a Zodiac.

‘Rector Ospreet.’

Ospreet is, without a doubt, the zodiac. A person said to be currently closest to an archmage on this continent.

I received a lot of help from him, and we had a history of cooperating with each other when taking down the organization ‘Indus’.

‘That Ospreet.’

He did not come to the imperial palace.

In that situation, the order to summon all the Zodiac members was given.

Even without Ospreet, the number of people was maintained at 12.

‘One of them was fake and no one noticed it?’

Moreover, it was not as if someone had faked Ospreet, and there was only the perception that the number of people had been filled even though he was not there from the beginning.

The reactions of the students around me just now. Words that make it seem natural to feel that it is impossible to meet the ‘Zodiac’.

What I felt as I entered the school gate was not that I sensed anything.

Confusion felt because something that was obviously supposed to be detected was not detected. No matter how hard you try to find something that isn’t already there, of course you won’t be able to find it.

Neither the mana detection nor the sixth sense that I have respond to. Because I can’t react to something that doesn’t exist.

Everything is clear.

‘Osprit is gone.’

Not dead or missing.

It disappeared as if it had never existed in the first place.