Became the Golden Sun of the Academy

94 – Before the Storm (2)

Memories came to my mind like paint smeared in the dark.

A dense forest with trees growing tall enough to touch the sky.

A peaceful forest where birds chirp and deer roam under the sunlight pouring through the leaves.

It is home to a giant tree called the World Tree, and also the home of elves.

And that forest was burned by the demons’ attack.

Under the endless screams, the flame spreads and changes places.

─aaagh!

A series of screams.

Burning fire and flying ash.

A battlefield where the smell of gunpowder still pierces the nose.

I was on my way to escape from my burning hometown and escape to the human world.

And half of the elves were killed by the witches who followed the demons.

Not only that.

Elves, refugees from all over the world, were mistreated in order to go to the human world, where the front line was maintained.

Every time they crossed the country, the number of elves decreased, and Ella, who survived, had to see it with her own eyes every time.

That’s how Ella hates her demons who raided the elves’ forest, and hates her witch who chased the elves who ran away, and she can’t forgive the beastman who didn’t accept the elves.

Turning into a monster blinded by revenge, she killed her colleague with whom she once participated in the war against the demons, and killed the wife of her colleague with whom she once participated in the war against the Empire.

“… ….”

Ella woke up from her dream and opened her eyes.

It seemed that the scenery she had seen at that time was still lingering in her eyes.

The armrest of the rocking chair was strained and the armrest shattered with a sudden sound.

“Ha, am I accumulating too much karma?”

The end of the dream, Ella saw.

Raviel, who had been attacked as if she had no choice but to go back as she would soon die.

She hugged her cooling wife, and with her teary eyes, Heidel glared at herself with death.

It was a sight that seemed to say that the only thing left to do was to pay off the karma because they drove demons, witches, and beastmen to the brink of extinction.

Ella quietly moved her gaze out of her window.

Looking down from the high chairperson’s office, she could see the academy, which was still peaceful even though there had been a few disturbances.

“Recently, old things keep appearing in my dreams.”

Students who have just started going to school are walking in a row.

It was a sight that made me happy just by looking at it, but Ella suddenly frowned at her.

It was an unpleasant look, as if he saw an impurity that shouldn’t belong in that group.

“I still have work to do.”

The one over there is Sylvia.

There was a woman who used to be a saint of the Holy Land but then became her witch.

She doesn’t like that fact and wants to kill her right away, but she has an annoying escort by her side.

Also, there’s no way her Heidel would have left her alone, so it must be said that his privates are hiding in this academy as well.

“Anyway, he’s a troublemaker.”

* * *

…… Annoying.

These burdensome eyes.

“I heard. They say she got a new woman.”

Left Sylvia.

She was not even a student of this lecture, but she shamelessly occupied the seat next to Adele, using her saintly authority.

Few people would know, but how did she hear that news?

“… ….”

Woo Lucy.

He doesn’t say anything.

However, she was in the middle of taking Anastasia’s seat and sitting down to grab her hair.

Then she must have let out a moan and fall, but as she sat there with her mouth shut, she couldn’t figure out why.

Adele, who was noticing, just tugged at Tina’s cheek as she sat on her lap, keeping her gaze fixed forward.

It was as soft as glutinous rice cake.

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“I am so uncomfortable, how can you look so calm?”

As Adele asked, Tina smiled.

It was natural.

There is no Charlotte here.

She doesn’t have anyone to stop her from, she just has someone to take responsibility for, so Tina didn’t care about her.

“This is all the karma of the young master. So why do you bring on this division by wagging her tail everywhere?”

“This guy doesn’t seem to be on my side since he’s listening?”

“Isn’t it natural that someone is working hard day and night thanks to someone?”

“… ….”

I had nothing to say when I said that.

No, more than that, Lucy couldn’t understand why she was sitting next to her.

Didn’t this guy even yell out loud to see him flirting with Kyle?

“That, you… ….”

Why are you here?

As she turned her head to ask, an arm flew from her side and yanked Adele’s arm.

Adele turned her head to the other side, embarrassed by the power she couldn’t believe came from Sylvia’s frail body.

There was Sylvia with her eyes wide open.

“Even though great changes have come to the Holy Land, I am still the unchanging saint…….”

She grumbled, furrowing her brow with a disgruntled look on her face.

“You completely ignore me now…… I’m a saint…….”

The words “I am a saint” Kept following her like a chorus.

Listening to her quietly, it was not too difficult to grasp her intention to emphasize her status.

“No matter how much she is the son of the Heights family, her saintly authority will reach…… And I’m a saint…….”

Since he ignored the continued words, he was trying to suppress them with his identity.

Such words were very difficult for Adele.

“Saintess, wasn’t the saintess like that a while ago? I want you to be treated like everyone else. So, I was just treating you normally.”

Sylvia covered her mouth with her hand as she said ‘Ah’ at the words she had forgotten. She

She smiled for a moment, then thought she had remembered her words, then quickly changed her expression as if she were about to undergo a transfiguration and pointed at her.

“Then I will order you to forget that again.”

At this rate, it was almost certain that he would eventually give in to power, so Adele tried to change the subject.

“He who often changes his mind and word does not look good to others.”

That word was a kind of threat.

The threat that I won’t look good on you if you flip over what you said earlier.

I wondered if this would work, but it worked to some extent.

Hearing Adele’s words, Sylvia twitched her shoulders and slowly lowered her finger.

It would be nice if she broke her will like that, but sometimes Sylvia behaves as expected.

Sylvia, whose spirits had died, lifted her finger and replied.

“Then all I have to do is order it to look good.”

“You can change someone’s behavior with the Holy Lady’s order, but it will be meaningless because you can’t change their heart.”

“…… Then tell me what kind of person Adele sees well. You can do this much.”

Sylvia took a step back, so Adele took a step back.

He turned his head to the side.

The place where her eyes were directed was Anastasia, but she could not keep her eyes still and rolled her eyes, thinking that Lucy was watching her.

“I like quiet people.”

Lucy twitched her lips as she understood that the words were referring to herself (not) who had been keeping her mouth shut because she didn’t know what to say.

“I also like people who are easy to deal with.”

Lucy, wondering if she was referring to herself as a commoner—or not—averted her gaze and clenched her fists under his desk.

You bastard Adele, did you really have feelings for me? Saying.

If that’s true, like how she said she was pretty when she was sleeping before, and how she risked her life several times to save her, if that’s true, it’s all explainable.

“I like people who grumble and are cute, and I like people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for me.”

It’s cute when you grumble.

I’d never seen it before, but Lucy recalled how cute she was as she struggled around, and decided that it was the right word for her.

Sacrifice?

When Nikita was aiming for him, Lucy risked her life to save him when her own life was at stake…… It was clear that this meant himself!

Actually, he was referring to Charlotte, but in Lucy’s mind she was only more certain that Adele was talking about her.

Sylvia, who continues to talk to Adele about her courtship, is by her side, though she notices it a little.

‘I’m sorry, saintess. Adele seems to have more feelings for me than for the saintess.”

Now that her own victory was confirmed, it was pitiful for her to turn around and have her heart turned down.

‘…… It’s a crucible of fantasy.’

Tina, watching the whole scene, shook her head and let out a sigh.

The conversation between Adele and Sylvia is also invigorating, but Lucy, who was laughing like an idiot overhearing the conversation beside them, was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t stand her still.

‘I don’t know if I’ll die of shame after realizing later that it was an illusion.’

Tina looked at her Lucy pitifully, thinking that if she had made that mistake, she would have bitten off her tongue and died.