Became the Golden Sun of the Academy

33 – Retreat (9)

Although noble, he was not very wealthy.

After the maintenance of the mansion, the salaries of the servants, and other investments and expenses essential to life, there were not many gold coins left in the hands.

But my parents were satisfied with that little money.

The servants did not receive as much wages as the servants of other nobles, but they were loyal enough to risk their lives.

Nikita Sylvester loved everything in her family.

“…… Yes?”

However, there was an incident that put an end to that trivial happiness.

“Did I do something wrong…… ?”

It was a man-made disaster.

“Wrong?”

He was indifferent.

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He didn’t even look at himself when he came to visit him, he was just sitting in a chair and reading a book.

Though such an attitude was unpleasant, he was a man of decent status.

Adele Heights.

A high-ranking aristocrat who cannot be compared to the Sylvester family thanks to the merits of the war hero Heidel Heights.

“You should know better about that.”

What did you mean wrong?

I had never met him face-to-face in his lifetime, and only heard his name over my shoulder.

What kind of big mistake could he have made to stop the Sylvester family from making money?

“If you tell me, I will correct it… ….”

Nikita dropped her pride and knelt before him.

He lowered his head as if he were about to crash into the ground, and asked as if pleading.

“Tsk.”

The person who should be offended should be himself, but he rather clicked his tongue as if he was displeased and closed the book he was reading.

He put the closed book on a nearby table and nervously gestured to the girl next to her to take out the trash.

“…… Please wake up.”

A schoolgirl approached and grabbed Nikita’s arm as she lowered her head, but tried to lift her up.

“Sorry. I won’t do anything intrusive again, so please take a look. At this rate, all of our families will end up sitting on the streets.”

Nikita once again bowed his head and apologized for the mistake he hadn’t done, breaking his pride.

Did that sincerity reach you?

Adele, who hadn’t even looked at her, turned away.

He asked, sitting in his chair, resting his chin on his clasped hands and looking down at Nikita.

“Then tell me.”

What?

“What did you do wrong. Why does your family have to perish?”

“… ….”

It was an unanswered question.

I didn’t do anything wrong, but I still couldn’t figure out what the hell he was saying.

So, when Nikita only licked his lips, he couldn’t come up with a proper answer.

“A stupid b*tch who doesn’t even understand her faults.”

Adele shuddered and stood up, perhaps deciding that further conversation was not worthwhile.

The fact that he leaves means that there will soon be no way to save the Sylvester family.

However, Nikita sat on the ground and couldn’t catch his feet as they receded.

Even if he was captured, he seemed to have no intention of showing mercy to himself.

That’s how the Sylvester family fell.

Degraded to aristocrats who were no different from commoners.

The mansion, which was not wide but not narrow, has become a house that can be found everywhere.

There was no money to give to the servants who supported the Sylvester family, so they all left to find their own way to live.

I could have endured it if I stopped there, but my parents, who were my only support, were attacked and brutally murdered by a gangster.

Nikita, who shed tears over a torn heart like the corpses of his parents, made up his mind at this time.

Let’s kill Adele, who was brought into this situation.

I would do anything to make him die in more pain than this.

Tear limbs, rip open the stomach, put the guts in the mouth, and throw them as food for the beasts.

* * *

It looks as if an aurora made of crystals spreads out.

Innumerable crystals embroidering the sky glisten in the sunlight, and there is no end to their glitter.

The number of crystals that Nikita had waiting in the sky was uncountable.

“I didn’t expect you to come find me, Adele Heights.”

Her eyes looking down, as if Adele’s life could be taken at any time.

As if the attack a while ago was for personnel purposes, she remained calm in front of Adele and Lucy who were unscathed.

“… ….”

It was indeed a force to be reckoned with.

On the way to this point, Nikita, who was planning on stealing and accumulating the magical energy of the students and burning everything here, was not at the level to deal with, at least at this point.

“What did the two people above do?”

Adele asked, Nikita laughed.

“Adele Heights, I didn’t know you cared about other people. A man who didn’t blink an eye when he trampled on me and the people of my family.”

It is Lucy who responds to her answer.

I know that I have to be calm, so I try not to get excited as much as possible, but I seem to be restless as if I am anxious about Kyle, whose life and death are unknown.

And although she doesn’t show it, Adele was equally anxious.

‘It’s a problem if you leave it alone and endanger your life.’

Adele glanced at her Lucy, put her hand on her back and gently pushed her forward.

“It seems that only I have business, so I will just let this guy go.”

I tried to attack Nikita considering Lucy’s strength, but I can’t help it because the situation is like this.

After checking on Kyle and Veronica’s condition, it’s best to hope Lucy returns with her support.

“Um… ….”

Thoughtful, Nikita nodded her head.

She seems to get in the way when dealing with Adele, and she already has enough of her magic.

“Wait, what are you thinking? Are you going to face a monster like that alone?”

She tried to let it go, but Lucy’s side caught her arm pushing him away.

Adele frowned, wondering what she was doing. .

“What is it, are you even worried?”

She has been harassing Adele until now?

I wonder if this guy will become her Buddha.

“No, that… ….”

Looking at Adele’s determination, she felt her strength slip away, albeit slightly, from Lucy’s grip, who was holding her strength tightly.

She thought that her fingers would be ripped off one by one by Adele, who was trying to let her go.

Within seconds, she tightened her grip on his arm again.

“…… It’s embarrassing, but yes. I’m worried, okay?”

The expression on his face when he said that was determined.

“I haven’t even heard of an apology for what you did until now, but if you die here, you won’t hear it for the rest of your life.”

I see.

“So don’t die.”

It was a good reason.

“Hold on. I’ll be right back.”

To those understandable words, even Adele, who wondered if Lucy might have a different mind, could answer with ease.

“Even if you don’t do that, I have no intention of dying either.”

There are goals that have not yet been achieved, so will you die to achieve them?

Confirming that he was not so desperate, Lucy slowly let go of his hand.

And he ran to the top without looking back.

So, the only ones left here are Adele and Nikita.

“Thank you for waiting.”

There was no reply.

As if this was the last mercy given to the death row inmate.

“No, is it correct to say that the death penalty was being prepared?”

Hexagonal crystals that were floating in the sky just a moment ago spread out around Adele as if they were surrounding her.

Look over there, Adele.

Adele looks the other way.

An infinite form that continues endlessly as if standing between opposite mirrors.

The angular part in the middle of Adele’s cut was reminiscent of a severed limb.

“Adele Heights.”

A voice from beyond the crystal echoed through the crystal.

“There is one last thing I want to ask you. Since I have done your favor, you won’t say you won’t answer, will you?”

“If I can answer that.”

“Then answer me. What is my fault that you said while killing our family?”

“… ….”

Of course, it was something I didn’t know.

As with Lucy and Kyle, she can only speculate on what happened before she became Adele, but she doesn’t know the details, so it’s a question she can’t answer.

So, Adele had no choice but to answer honestly.

“I don’t know.”

Nikita did not immediately respond to that answer.

“… ….”

There was only a heavy silence, but that was enough of an answer.

There’s nothing more to ask or hear.

Go oh oh ──

A torrent of her magical power began to swirl around Nikita.

Its huge and dense magic power became a physical phenomenon and made a gentle breeze blow on the slope.

Ashes and dust that had sunk to the floor were scattered and colored the whole world hazy.

“Yes.”

Nikita, dimly visible through the crystals reflected through Adele, raised her hand.

“As expected, there was no reason.”

Nikita shed a single tear at her innocence, which had become clear after alleviating the feeling of shame and guilt that she had in the thought that she might have done something wrong.

“Then die.”

And she let her hand down in her swish.

Qua gua gua and guac!

The mountainside collapsed as the crystals surrounding Adele overtook him.