The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 562

Chapter 562

Wizards are basically smart people.

No, a genius who is not enough to be smart becomes a wizard.

However, it was funny that the behavior patterns were similar.

Fearing that his research might be stolen, he is obsessive about encryption and security. In fact, it must have happened because such a thing is not common.

Of course, the places where magicians actually conduct experiments or research are thoroughly secured and there are a lot of them, so it will take time to break through them all one by one.

I finally returned to the Royal Class Garrison, wondering if I should really call Kono Lint.

In the end, wandering around wondering if there was anything to pick up was the best I could do.

So, like yesterday, I had no choice but to run into various people in the royal class.

“Yes? You’re back. Where have you been?”

Adelia, who had a lot of things in her arms, wanted to pet me, but she had too many things in her hands, so she was stamping her feet.

It’s still a fierce look for a core developer of Titan, who will definitely play a bigger role than anything else in this war.

Perhaps during this winter Adelia will be busy with maintenance and improvement of Titan.

Rather, there are people like Adelia who are busier on these days off.

Adelia has the talent of summoning magic, but she is actually a non-combatant. Because the current reality is that applying magic crafting is more helpful in battle.

In the end, Adelia stared at me to see if she had a lot of things in her hands and had somewhere to go, and left the Royal Class Garrison as if regretting it.

All Adelia will do throughout the winter will be work related to Titan, so there is no point in chasing Adelia.

As I wandered through the tents, I focused on whether there were any sounds coming from inside.

-Even if you go back to the Ludwig Empire, it’s not like there aren’t things you can do.

What came from one of the tents was Mr. Mustang’s voice, which he hadn’t heard in a very long time.

Are you consulting?

I sat near the tent and focused on the voices I heard.

– Since you’ve dealt with monsters a lot, you’ll be able to work as an instructor at a training camp for trainees, and since you can do magical power enhancement at a high level, you’ll be able to help with magic enhancement training that teaches moonshine users. This is not meaningful enough either. It is very important. You know.

-yes… … .

Cliffman spoke harsh words to Ludwig yesterday and told him to go back to the rear. The argument was not to set the mood by acting like a mortal.

But that must have been because he didn’t want Ludwig to die after all. I know he’s just a stubborn guy, to put it in a good way. I said that if you really care about people in this situation, you should disappear from here.

But Mr. Mustang is different.

– You don’t have to participate in battle and kill monsters to do anything meaningful in war. Logistics officers, training instructors, and recruiters all in the ecliptic, thanks to the efforts and support of those in charge, the Allied Forces can move like this. Who would think what they do is unimportant?

-Yes, it’s important. of course… … . It’s not that I ignore them and think they’re not needed… … .

It sounded like he was trying to reassure Ludwig with nice words and to convince him that there were many things that could be done in the rear as well, and that what they were doing was no lighter task than that on the battlefield.

There is absolutely nothing Ludwig can do.

As Mr. Mustang said, Ludwig has a lot of experience dealing with monsters. Not just this war, but ever since the Gate incident broke out, Ludwig has survived fighting monsters for almost three years.

After all, you can’t help but be called a veteran.

Monsters are unpredictable, but Ludwig has seen that unpredictability all along, so he might be able to introduce that to new recruits or those new to fighting monsters.

You could be an instructor, teach magical power enhancement, or even work for the Imperial Guard.

In the expansive refugee settlement area, even a small monster appears and people are killed in droves.

Ludwig, who had lost an arm, would play a small role in the Allied Forces, who had to face hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands of powerful monsters, but from the rear, Ludwig would be able to trample and kill such insignificant monsters with his bare body.

-Go back to the ecliptic. There will be a lot of things you can do there too.

I couldn’t see Mr. Mustang’s and Ludwig’s expressions, but I could feel despair in Ludwig’s silence.

The sadness and guilt that comes from not being able to fight anymore, but rather from the fact that one’s existence is demoralizing people.

I couldn’t help but feel that it was harsh.

In the end, Ludwig lost his arm and Delphine died.

But it is true that he saved Scarlett.

Everyone knows that, but they don’t want Ludwig to die, so they try to force Ludwig back, who wants to fight more.

I don’t even know what’s right.

Since that guy’s intention is to keep fighting, is it right to let him fight even at the risk of death?

Is it right to forcefully send them back to the rear while treating them like idiots?

-Ludwig There is no need to make a hasty decision. For now, the allied forces will stay in Serandia for a long time. It would be good to go back to the ecliptic to cool your head and think slowly.

Don’t make a decision right now, think slowly.

-… … I’ll think about it.

Ludwig wants to remain on the battlefield, but no one except himself wants that.

* * *

Cliffman’s rhetoric and Mr. Mustang’s persuasion.

I watched from a distance as Ludwig came out of Mr. Mustang’s tent with a calm expression on his face.

What will happen to Ludwig in the future?

It might be better for him to completely withdraw from this fight.

He’s a reckless guy, so if he’s left like this, he might die in the next fight. I agree with Mr. Mustrang that it is definitely meaningful to go back to the rear and stay there as a trainee or recruit.

Is the original protagonist going to leave like this?

Leaving behind Ludwig’s lonely figure, I went around the Royal Class Garrison more.

Ellen isn’t there, and Anna hasn’t returned.

If it doesn’t work out, I’m thinking of calling Kono Lint again, but that guy isn’t in the garrison either.

like that.

I’ve been wandering around here and there listening to stories.

-Somehow

, after some time passed, I sat on Adriana’s lap and gave myself over to the touch tickling her chin.

“Want some?”

– Aww.

While eating the beef jerky Adriana shredded… … .

Am I not just a beast? … .

Somehow, I feel like I’m getting more comfortable with this now… … .

No, it doesn’t make sense to be cute just by being alive, right?

Honestly, with this look, who did I want to save? What major did I want to establish? Even if you just wander around, you will be treated with dignity just for not dying anywhere and following the allied forces well.

How comfortable do animals live? Under the premise of being cute, of course.

Like everyone else in this room, she sat me on her lap and was fiddling with me, but Adriana seemed worried too.

It is an expression that can never be said to be bright.

Adriana was sitting on a wooden box installed near the gymnasium in the Royal Class Garrison.

And next to that wooden box, the large hammer and shield that Adriana had wielded so far were slanted across.

Adriana, who used to use a sword, is using a shield and a hammer on this battlefield.

The weight of the weapon itself is not a big problem because superhumans have abnormally strong physical strength compared to ordinary people.

As they fought monsters, there were many who changed their main armament from swords to hammers, spears, large two-handed swords, or heavy weapons, and Adriana was one of them.

The hammer that Adriana uses is a weapon that ordinary people should use both hands, and even those with strong arms should hold.

Adriana fights with this one-handed.

Block with a shield and break with a hammer.

Ludwig should be able to handle such a large weapon with one hand.

The important thing is Ludwig’s gloomy attitude, as if he were going to die, regardless of whether or not he was used to fighting like that.

Everyone is stopping the guy who is sure to become a fire moth.

Anyway, Adriana was taking a short break like this when she found me while polishing her fighting skills at the gymnasium.

“It’s quiet… … .”

Adriana quietly muttered to herself while looking at the empty gymnasium.

It’s not that there aren’t any people in the gymnasium, but they don’t fuss. In the first place, the Royal Class didn’t have that many people.

“Adriana… … .”

“Ardina.”

When I turned my head at the voice I heard next to me, there was Rdina.

Rudina sat next to Adriana with a melancholy expression and silently hugged Adriana by the waist.

As if getting used to it, Adriana spread her arms around Rudina’s shoulders.

Rudina burrowed into Adriana’s arms.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Ard de Gritis is dead.

Just as second-year students were shocked by the death of their classmate, third-year students must be the same.

The two hugged each other silently without saying a word.

Because I know it’s hard to bring up something.

Rudina held her breath and cried in Adriana’s arms, and Adriana patted Rudina’s shoulder with tears in her eyes.

It has become a place where tears come out at any time and are thrown away.

It will get worse and worse in the future.

“I don’t know what to do… … .”

“Kayer work… … . Are you talking?”

“… … huh.”

Kaier.

and Rdina.

Yesterday I saw the two of them arguing or something.

However, it seemed to be a little different from what I was watching.

Adriana seemed to know what was going on.

“If you knew that… … .”

“… … Did you apologize?”

“I did… … . I don’t know. You don’t seem to want to listen to me at all… … . He’s not doing it for me… … . Because that’s what I’m talking about… … .”

“Is your life really in danger?”

Hearing the conversation between the two, I couldn’t help but find out what was going on.

While charging the Arc Crystal, Kaier sometimes tries to charge his mana beyond his limits. That was cutting Kaier’s lifespan.

It’s not in peacetime, but there are many urgent situations in battle. Even though he knew he had no energy left, there were times when Kaier charged up his mana until he was exhausted.

There were even many cases where Rdina threatened to charge her until she collapsed.

But Rdina didn’t know that it was eating away at Kaier’s lifespan, and Kaierh didn’t tell Rdina. If Rudina found out about that, she would have useless thoughts.

Even if it meant sacrificing a little bit of lifespan, it was an attitude that he would do anything to help where magic was needed right away.

Rudina had no intention of urging or urging Kaier any further.

However, Kaier wasn’t wasting his body for Ludina in the first place. So no matter what Rudina said, it was useless.

When Kaier dies, the Arc Crystal becomes useless.

Then, Ludina wouldn’t be able to fire magic like now.

Of course, Rudina wouldn’t be crying while being hugged by Adriana, fearing that she would become useless.

“What should I do… … . I don’t know… … .”

Can the two of them make an apology and reconciliation?

Even if we reconcile, will anything change?

Kaier wasn’t overdoing it for Rudina’s sake, so Rudina’s apologies and dissuades meant nothing to him. So, even if they reconciled, Kaier would overdo it when the situation came.

I’m not going to die right now, so it’s okay.

Even if he overdoes it for a while, Kaier wouldn’t die right away, and that’s true.

But no one knows how long that will be.

War takes someone’s life.

And they continue to gnaw at those who survive.

* * *

Rudina went back after talking with Adriana, downcast, and Adriana put me off her lap and focused on training alone.

I left the gymnasium and went around the Royal Class Garrison again.

Perhaps because it was winter, or because of the atmosphere, the atmosphere in the garrison was lonely and quiet. Since the day wasn’t that warm, it was better to rest in a warm barracks, so there was no need to go outside unless there was a mission.

Anna has not returned and Ellen is not.

It would be better to wait for Kono Lint to come back than to wait here for Anna who doesn’t know when she will come back.

I don’t know what will happen, but I want to use the Kono Lint chance again. It was in the place where he was most likely to come if he returned to the garrison.

restaurant tent.

During lunchtime, people are forced to come here to eat.

Adriana in training and Ludwig as well, students gathered in the cafeteria tent just in time for lunch.

And I also waited for Kono Lint to appear among the students because this cafeteria tent had always been my seat in a way.

however.

It was a bit strange.

Let’s say that’s the case with the milk bowl in front of me.

Even without Anna and Ellen.

Kono Lint didn’t show up at the dining room tent either. Let’s assume that he didn’t come because he had some other mission.

I was watching the class B guys sitting together at a straight table and eating.

B-3 Scarlett

B-10 Lanian Sesor

B-11 Ludwig

2nd year Class B There are only three people in the cafeteria.

There were only three people who showed up at lunchtime.

There are two deaths in Class B.

B-4 Ashir, B-9 Delphine Izzdra.

Dettomorian is known to be in the ecliptic.

Charlotte, of course, cannot be here.

B-9 Evia, who has telepathic abilities, lives in the General Headquarters.

Only then did I realize what I was missing.

I was looking for Anna, so I couldn’t remember who else was there.

Excluding those who can’t be here, there are two other guys besides Anna that I haven’t come across in the last two days.

B-5 Christina

B-2 Louis Ankton

Neither of them, like Anna, has ever encountered them.

I didn’t even notice that the other guys weren’t showing because I was only concerned with Anna de Guerna.

Even so, Anna

what about the other two? why not

-What are you going to do with Ludwig?

While listening to Ranian Sesor’s cautious question.

Finally, I realized what I was missing.

If Ludwig returns to the rear, he will return to the ecliptic. If so, isn’t it obvious that Ludwig will be there after returning to the ecliptic?

– Wouldn’t it be nice to go back to the temple?

Temple.

-first… … . to think about

With permission, some of the students will be allowed to return to the temple.

Even after seeing the soldiers on leave from the Imperial City, he had completely forgotten about them.

I hadn’t thought of something so simple.

If the imperial family wants to conduct research in secret, there is no reason to do such a secret research in the Allied Garrison with a lot of snow in the first place.

The temple is as empty as it is now.

However, Temple was the cradle of learning and research, and even has a university.

The facilities will not be overflowing, but will be sufficient.

Rather, there is no reason to do it here because doing such research in the Allied Garrison itself is a huge risk.

The problem was that, due to unavoidable circumstances, the Titan was developed on site, so it was assumed that experiments related to the undead would be conducted here as well.

If you want to do secret and secret research, you can do it at the temple instead of here in the first place.

If Anna was a researcher, she would be in the temple, not somewhere in this garrison in the first place.

but.

Thinking about the person who didn’t have one and my guess, the accident had no choice but to spread in a different way.

If you didn’t go back to the Temple just to rest for the winter, but to study… … .

Even so, Anna

Louis Ankton and Cristina, why the hell?

no, in the first place… … .

Louis Ankton was not a researcher for a large project like Titan. Despite having enough skills and knowledge to help with the research, Louis Ankton was not included in Adelia and the Archduke’s project.

So what the hell was he doing all this time?