The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 332

Chapter 332

Since you guys have to kill the demon lord, while we buy you as much time as possible, focus on becoming stronger, and the demon lord who is told by the Empire to give you the maximum amount of support.

It’s funny, but what can you do with a situation like this? Actually, that’s me. It can’t be like this.

He had an audience with the emperor and started vacation. And soon the last day of the year approached.

On the day the sun went down, like-minded people gathered in the A-class dormitory and had a little party.

I cooked the food, and everyone except Bertus gathered. For today, I hung out in the cafeteria with everyone including Cliffman on the death penalty.

I cooked and Ellen helped.

“Oh no… … . Reinhardt you… … . Did you finish this?”

“What can I not do?”

The brother-in-law’s eyes widened as it was the first time he had eaten the food I cooked. Cliffman did not look particularly flustered, as he sometimes ate on his side leg.

It was such a day of just eating and playing like that.

Of course, beyond our true rants, nerd Liana de Granz has been fetching drinks from the Duke’s family.

“Pour it!”

“Drink it!”

Of course, everyone didn’t even say it, but only me and Liana drank and got very drunk, then Ellen and Liana were subdued by Harriet.

Because it was suppressed early, fortunately, there were no mishaps that were noticed by the housekeepers.

* * *

The new year has dawned.

Sarkegar contacted the revolutionary forces, and he decided to remain in the Empire because he did not know when Elerith would ask for the Vampire Council’s work.

I want to go to Ellen’s hometown, but I can’t.

I’m sorry for nothing.

“You can go alone.”

“Who doesn’t know that?”

I was walking next to Ellen, who was dragging a large trunk.

I don’t know when Ellen, who went back to her hometown, will be back, but she’ll be away for at least a few weeks.

The temple came out right away, and Ellen only had to enter the super-large gate in front of the temple.

You can even get a free pass with the imperial crest, so there is no need to wait.

It’s great if you can get through the gate quickly.

how to say

Should I be sorry for nothing?

They say they leave as soon as the vacation starts.

Ellen’s hometown is literally a small rural village that doesn’t even appear on the map.

Ellen drags the trunk and nods her head at me from a distance where the gate can be seen.

“I’ll go.”

“… … uh.”

Ellen tilts her head as I stare at her.

“Should I not go?”

“… … uh?”

“I won’t go if you tell me not to go.”

I think I’m going crazy.

Don’t get hooked like this!

“No, I have to go. Your parents must be worried because they haven’t seen your face for a long time.”

Ellen’s parents must be very worried about how their daughter is doing. I also have a lot of work to do, so I might be away from the ecliptic for several days, but it doesn’t make sense to tell Ellen not to go there.

It was for no reason that I came here. Ellen stared at the gate for a while, then at me for a moment.

Suddenly, he pointed to a cafe on the street.

“Can I go a little later?”

Saying that there is nothing urgent, Ellen says that it is okay to kill some time before going.

“uh.”

Ellen smiled at my knife-like answer.

In the end, I ordered a drink at the cafe and went on a bustle, and the departure was delayed for almost six hours.

It’s not like we talked about anything very interesting. The two of us just sat there blankly, watching people pass by, and when we got hungry, we just passed the time by ordering something like dessert and eating it.

“… … .”

“… … .”

this is it

It’s like a soldier who has been on vacation and he’s vaguely oblivious because he doesn’t want to break up with his girlfriend ahead of his return. Of course, the position has changed. Because the one who goes is Ellen, and the one who stays is me.

Ellen tilts her head as the vision becomes ambiguous after not being able to do this or that with each other.

“Should I just go tomorrow?”

I put the thing that was about to come out of the back of my throat saying yes to that statement.

“… … No, this is definitely a picture that will be like this tomorrow and start the day after tomorrow. Just go quickly.”

“… … .”

Ellen’s mouth pops out slowly.

“No, I’m not saying this in the sense of going fast, it’s definitely like that.”

“I know what you mean.”

Ellen stood in front of the gate after spending some time wandering around.

“I will be back.”

“Yes, be careful.”

I don’t know what you should be careful about, but that’s what I said.

“You be careful too. whatever.”

Ellen nodded and walked towards the super-large warp gate.

Feeling sorry for nothing, I watched Ellen pass through the gate until the end.

Ellen also turned to me right before entering the gate, waved her hand slightly, and then entered the gate as if pushed.

how to say

that guy and me

They are so jealous of each other… … .

So it’s not that bad… … .

* * *

“Can I try this?”

“The stability test is not over yet. What are you going to do in case of trouble?”

“Are you going to die?”

“Yes, I might die.”

“Is that so… … .”

I brought the bottle containing the unknown blue reagent to my mouth and put it down.

Magic Research Club Mansion.

I was just about to check the progress of the moonshine and power cartridges.

It seems to be a supervisor of some kind, but in reality it is not very different from that. I am also the president of the Magic Research Club.

Cristina, who is majoring in alchemy, said that she seemed to have some strands now, so she tried to taste it, but she said she might die if she did it wrong, so she put it down for now.

“Then when do you think it will be finished?”

“Um, I’m not sure. I honestly think it’s a miracle just to come this far… … .”

Cristina is already thinking that what she has done makes no sense. In fact, there was no choice but to do so. The Magic Research Society hadn’t been created for half a year.

But even in the original, this is something that is made very quickly. So I’m sure it will be completed before the end of this vacation.

“Interesting… … . I know this is funny, but… … . Should I say fate? There is such a thing.”

I was ordered to make nonsensical things. However, in the process of finding out what to do, Cristina seemed to feel something like a fateful incongruity.

“Then that’s good.”

“huh.”

I can’t even get to the story about knowing the future.

Cristina has no problems.

The problem is on the other side.

“Reinhardt… … .”

“… … uh why?”

“Would you like to drink this… … ?”

Anna de Guerna.

The problem is that he is one of the protagonists of the alchemy experiment along with Christina. With a gloomy expression, Anna injects an unknown pink fluorescent substance at me.

“this… … . What is it?”

“It’s good for you… … .”

“Oh no. I don’t need to get better because I’m healthy enough… … . I’m sorry.”

I’m so scared of him!

Every time I come here, I secretly try to feed me something, but my intentions never seem pure!

In a different sense from Riana, I wouldn’t do anything recklessly to her. It seems that there is something good about me, but if this kindness turns to evil, I don’t know what the hell will happen to me.

“Anna! Are you telling me not to keep trying to feed Reinhardt strange things?”

Fortunately, Cristina restrained Anna, and Anna put the vial back into her bosom with a sullen expression.

“Sheesh… … .”

I’m really scared… … .

Every time I come here, I make a firm resolution not to eat anything, even by mistake.

* * *

Next, of course, was the power cartridge. Because the purpose of the Magic Research Society is the core of moonshine and power cartridges.

-Uuuuu

In the safety room in the basement of the mansion, which was designed to withstand shock as much as possible, I saw Harriet concentrating with her eyes closed while holding the artifact made of blue ore.

– Woo-woo-woo!

The blue artifact vibrates, emits light, and vibrates.

Me, Adelia, and the little senior, Ludina, watched it with bated breath.

The vibration felt from the blue-emitting artifact gradually intensified.

-Kukwang!

– Wow!

Eventually, the power cartridge exploded and shattered into pieces. Harriet was not hurt by the protection field that had been deployed on her body, but if it exploded in a defenseless state, it was a terrifying explosion that would blow off one of her arms.

“… … It exploded again.”

Adelia sighed as the ground went out.

“Does it pop often?”

“almost.”

Isn’t the process too risky? Harriet, with her hair in prickly ponytails, came out of the safety room, although she was protected from the explosion with protection.

“Why are you making it so dangerous?”

“… … If you don’t do this, what are you going to do?”

Harriet argued with her hands on her hips, as if asking if there was another way to deal with my face.

“Then I have nothing to say, but… … . No, but it’s because you’re worried.”

“I know you’re worried, but there’s no other way.”

In the Magic Research Society, Harriet has the best magical power management skills. So, only Harriet could try to use the already unstable mana inside the cartridge like magic within the body.

If the clumsy one failed, it would be ambiguous to determine whether the failure was due to poor mana management or the cartridge itself was defective.

So, the power cartridge experiment was always done by Harriet.

It was successful in putting magic into the recently introduced cartridge, but there seemed to be a problem in operating it.

Every time cartridges explode, so does the budget.

“What is the problem?”

“It did feel like the artifact’s mana was synchronizing with the body. but still weak That’s why when I try to activate magic, the circuit doesn’t seem to be able to withstand it.”

“Is it a matter of durability?”

“I don’t think it’s just that.”

“Brothers! Let’s review the circuit design again!”

I couldn’t understand the three magic majors whispering in the first place. From what I’ve heard, it’s not that progress hasn’t been made at all, and it seems that this place has finally entered the middle stage.

Moonshine and Power Cartridges.

I do think it will be completed by next year.

To be honest, it doesn’t matter if it’s not finished by next year.

Because both of them were helpful enough after the gate crisis broke out. As long as the development is completed before the Gate incident, that alone will be a great power increase.

Harriet succeeded in significantly reducing the magic casting time. So, all you need is magic power.

When the power cartridge is completed, it will exert terrifying power.

And the one who inspired Harriet to awaken a new method of magic.

“I think it makes sense to use the open ended.”

“Maybe?”

“Do it or not!”

Little Rdina.

Harriet imitated Rudina’s talent.

If it was Ludina’s no-casting talent, she would be able to show off the true power of the power cartridge.

Things go well, but in the end, bitter water rises from within.

I have no choice but to do it because I think that the things we do here huddled together will eventually lead to war.

Because these children will soon die and be put into a killing fight, and someone might die.

I don’t want to deny the fact that this is necessary, but I couldn’t be happier thinking that everyone would get hurt in the end.

The three of them hesitated for a long time, and it ended with Adelia saying that she would try to design a power cartridge based on a new blueprint, as if they had decided on a future direction.

“hey.”

“why?”

“I’m going out of the temple for a moment. Do you have time?”

Harriet seemed to be on some business.

“I should start researching dimensional magic.”

Harriet’s original role is to research dimensional magic.

The tournament was over, and vacation was over, so it seemed like he was going to study dimensional magic in earnest.

“I do it, why am I?”

“If you just come, come here, you idiot!”

Harriet dragged me away as if telling me to shut up and follow her.

* * *

Harriet and I left the magic research club mansion. Harriet was carrying a small backpack. I don’t know what’s inside.

“Will Ellen go well?”

“I guess so.”

Everyone knows that Ellen has returned to her hometown.

“I’m a bit curious about what Ellen’s hometown will look like. right?”

“It seems like a rural area, so what are you curious about?”

“Because it’s also the hometown of Lagann Artorius… … .”

ah.

Come to think of it, Ellen’s hometown is also the hometown of Lagann Artorius.

Do you think it feels like visiting the hero’s birthplace?

However, it is not known to the general public which village Lagan Artorius came from. If it did, it wouldn’t be a country town anymore.

Aside from talking about whether Lagan Artorius’ sacrifice was natural or not, it seemed that Harriet personally liked and respected the hero Artorius. who would not

“Should I ask if I can go play later?”

“… … That’s your freedom, but keep in mind that it’s a rural area.”

“Why? It seems like a nice and quiet place like a fairy tale landscape.”

“Do you think water will come out when you turn on the faucet in a place like that?”

“… … ah.”

No matter where you go on the continent, don’t think that the base of life will be similar to the ecliptic. At my point, Harriet was a little taken aback, as if she had never imagined that.

“You’ll be lucky if you don’t pass out in a conventional bathroom.”

“Conventional… … ? what is that?”

Harriet tilts her head as if she had never heard such a word in her life.

Yeah, there’s absolutely no reason for you to keep the importance of toilets or anything like that in your head.

“Hmm, I never thought the day would come when I would be able to explain to you about poop. Listen carefully.”

“What! If you’re going to talk dirty, don’t!”

“In a neighborhood where there is no concept of water supply and sewage, they first dig up the ground and bury something like a huge barrel, then install a toilet on top of it and work there… … .”

“Ha, don’t do it!”

“Of course, excrement doesn’t go down through the sewers, it just piles up. Every time I go in, I look down and see the traces of life that have accumulated so far… … .”

“Stop! Ugh ugh! I feel like throwing up!”

“But when it all piles up, you scoop it out with a big gourd. Then I mixed it with straw and then aged it… … .”

-Fuck!

“Stop!”

In the end, one hit. Harriet is imaginative.

In the end, it was like imagining whether what I heard was stuck in my brain.

“Don’t say… … . Nonsense… … . smell… … . Anna?”

“Won’t you?”

“Then how… … . work… … . See?”

“What are you holding back?”

“Uh uh… … . ugh… … .”

Harriet was crying. I saw everything I couldn’t see on an uninhabited island, but even that will remain as a trauma.

I’m sure you’ll pass out the moment you enter a conventional toilet.

“Just because a place looks like a fairy tale doesn’t mean you live like a fairy tale.”

“You really are evil!”

Harriet took the lead striding forward while hating me for breaking the illusion.

“You thought you couldn’t go there?”

“I don’t know!”

“Are you feeling sorry for Ellen right now?”

“Shut up!”

Harriet ended up crying and begged her to be quiet.

* * *

Harriet and I came out near the super-large warp gate at the temple entrance. The atmosphere in the imperial capital was still turbulent, but the turmoil had calmed down, so it wasn’t overly crowded as before, except for the queues at the warp gates.

“Dimension magic… … .”

Although he gave the excuse of ‘I want to go to another world’, Harriet seems to have been conducting research on dimensional magic as I requested.

Of course, since I was busy with other things, it would have been difficult to achieve proper results.

“Remember when I said that dimensional magic is being used little by little in various fields of magic?”

“yes.”

“Do you know the difference between dimension magic and space magic?”

“Can I know?”

I only know there is magic, but I don’t know the principle of it, so I wonder if I can understand even if Harriet explains it.

Harriet and I took me to a secluded clearing outside the Temple.

The temple’s warp gate was a place that could be seen in the distance.

“I can’t use teleport yet, but I’m sure you’ve seen Blink use it.”

“yes.”

“Now look.”

Harriet seemed to be concentrating, then suddenly appeared from a place about three steps to the right from where she was standing.

“This is Blink.”

“Oh, yes.”

It seemed that he had found a place where there were few people so that people would not panic even if he used magic.

“This is the concept of my body moving. Teleporting is no different. The concept of replacing the spatial coordinates where my body belongs with the target place… … . Don’t you understand now?”

“Oh, not at all.”

While listening to the explanation, Harriet sighed as if she had lost her energy.

“Anyway, teleport and blink mean magic that deals with space.”

“Isn’t it a concept similar to space and dimension?”

“Um… … . Similar but slightly different. In magic, dimension is a higher concept.”

Harriet points to a warp gate in the distance.

“The warp gate system is magic that deals with dimensions, not magic that deals with space.”

“What specifically is different?”

“Um… … . What should I explain? There are many kinds of magic related to portals and gates, but in the end, it is to connect space to space.”

Harriet spreads her right and left hands wide.

“Let’s say my left and right hands are gates of the same system. Then, magic that makes this space connected in one way or both ways, as if it were actually separated but attached. This is the gate.”

“what… … . I guess so.”

It’s not like I haven’t ridden a warp gate either. A warp gate is to create a dimensional gate that functions as if spaces that are far apart from each other are connected.

“My body moving is creating a dimensional door that connects space to space. Can you understand the difference?”

“Is it because connecting spaces is a higher level magic?”

“I don’t know if it’s right to express it as a superior, but the basic premise is completely different. The spatial movement system accurately calculates the coordinates of my space and the target coordinates, and the gate is the concept of creating a portal that connects both spaces.”

Moving to a distant space is like a warp gate or teleport, but the basic concept is completely different.

“Of course, it’s not necessarily wrong to call space movement-type magic also dimensional magic. However, gate-type magic is a field that interferes with dimensions in more detail.”

He also said that the concept of dimensional magic itself was thin. He said it was because most magic systems use it to some extent.

“Actually, it’s not that difficult to find a way to go to the other world you’re curious about.”

“… … okay?”

Is it easy? what is this again?

“If you have infinite magical power and accurate knowledge, it will be possible.”

“Are you saying it didn’t work?”

“If you know exactly where the other world is, you can open the dimensional door that leads to it somehow with infinite magical power. Of course, it wouldn’t be possible to use a standard portal.”

“Are you saying it didn’t work?”

“huh.”

Harriet gave a clear answer. The method itself is easy.

However, there is no such thing as infinite magical power, and the location of the other world is unknown, so even if you know it, you can’t do it.

However, in the end, infinite magic power is not a necessary condition among the two conditions.

It’s just because it doesn’t require infinite magical power to connect the other world and the dimension gate. Anyway, the warp gate is supposed to be connected to the other world, and that means it doesn’t have to meet the condition of infinite magical power.

Aside from my small realization, Harriet was looking at the warp gate in the distance.

“But I found out after studying separately. That warp gate.”

“uh.”

“It’s a much higher level magic than I thought, and there are many secrets. Almost nothing is known externally, and it is said that the Magic Association and the Imperial Family are thoroughly managing it.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s not natural. Because no one can make warp gates.”

A warp gate would be a very important infrastructure for mankind, so maintenance would be thorough, and confidentiality of the technology was also important. Harriet tilts her head as she looks at the warp gate.

“So I was a little curious.”

“what?”

“Is it possible to create a private warp gate? If I make it, will I be able to connect it to that warp gate? If someone can interfere with the warp gate system’s portal itself… … . Isn’t that a bit big?”

Harriot did not foresee the Gate incident.

However, it seemed that he had become aware of the dangers of the warp gate itself to some extent.