Episode 48
Translator : Missme
Editor : Aru
âThis voice must beâ¦â¦.â
It was a familiar voice that I heard so much that I couldnât forget.
âYe, Yerine, this voice⦠theyâre talking about you, right?â
Erica gulped and asked. Her expression was more firm.
It must have been because of the foggy scenery, the voices ringing in the mountains were so grotesque. It was natural to feel anxious when someone you donât know heard of talking about you.
âYes, I think thatâs rightâ¦â¦and I also think I know who it is.â
âHuh? You know who is that person?â
âYeah.â
Looking toward the main gate, someone was holding the door with both hands, beyond the iron gate. Itâs obvious that the person asking the gatekeeper to open the door, but it couldnât have been easy in a secure academy.
âSorry, Erica. Can I go for a while?â
âHuh? Wait, Yerine!â
âIâll be right back! Erica just can wait here.â
I could hear Erica talking behind my back, but my body was already heading to the main gate.
âHe wonât be able to get inside the Academy, but Iâd better take care of it quickly before the word comes out.â
To come up with a solution to the situation, I called in Professor Frain, who was staring at someone outside the door, with her head rolled and her arms crossed.
âProfessor.â
She had a terrifying look on her face that I had never seen before.
âMiss Spade? Why are you hereâ¦â¦â¦.â
But the moment she looked back at me, she returned to her usual gentle face.
âYouâd better not come to the main gate now. Iâve called security, so go somewhere else for a momentâ¦..â
She lightly grabbed me by the shoulder and pushed me back in the opposite direction of the main gate.
Then a clear voice came from the front door.
âYerine!â
That voice made me feel irritated, but I held it in because it was outside.
At the voice, Prof. Frain sighed and looked back.
âIâll take care of it, so donât worry about it, Miss Spade.â
She spoke in a calm but powerful voice.
âReally, he really has something to make people tired.â
Thinking so, I said to Prof. Frain.
âProfessor, I think heâs been looking for me. I think Iâd better persuade him and send him back before he harms other people.â
âThatâs why we canât do that, Spade.â
Professor Frain stretched out her waist and told me eye-to-eye.
âIf he can harm other students, he can harm Miss Spade, too.â
Then she glanced toward the door and continued her words in a dry voice.
âIt is a professorâs duty to protect students in the Academy. I would abandon my duty if I let you meet someone who is likely to harm students.â
Prof. Frainâs idea was convincing enough. Moreover, as I was the victim of the monster break-in incident, so the professors must have been more cautious.
âProfessor, I understand and appreciate that. But Iâm fine.â
âYes?â
âIf we let him that way, heâll be doing that in front of the Academy all day long. Andâ¦.â
I looked down on the ground, wiggled with my fingers and said,
âItâs embarrassing, but itâs a personal matter, so I think Iâll have to deal with it. Would you please let me talk to him?â
Then again a cracked voice came from beyond the iron gate.
âYe, Yerine! Yerine Spade!â
Even after hearing the voice, I smiled and talked.
âIâd like to meet him in person and listen to his story.â
In the meantime, the iron door kept shaking, making a sound of iron.
Professor Frain, who listened to it and agonized over her head with her hands on her forehead, finally gave me the answer I wanted.
âOkay. Do you want me to stay away from you?â
âNo, you donât have to.â
Eventually, I walked toward the main gate with Prof. Frain.
Then I looked down with cold eyes at the ugly man, who was glued like a cicada as if to cram his face into the iron door.
Leon, who I had not seen for months, had changed noticeably. Stubborn only in dazzling jewellery, he was wearing a ragged, dusty coat. The glossy blonde was fluffy, and the face was thinner than before.
âYerine! You came!â
When Leon saw me, he smiled visibly gladly and extended his hand through the iron bars as if to hold his hand. I frowned at the sight and backed away.
âI donât know anyone like you.â
âIâm sad, Yerine, what do you mean by that?â
âWhen the Postade family was disqualified and separated from the Spade family, I have nothing to do with you now.â
I said word by word with force.
âSo get out. Thereâs absolutely nothing to get you into here.â
âCome on, hold on, Yerine, please.â
âItâs no use holding out. You donât even have the strength to break the shield, do you?â
âYerine Spade!â
In the end, he showed his true colours.
As his voice turned into an angry beastly sound, everyone around me looked at Leon with a surprised look and was on alert.
âYouâve totally ruined my family! Because of a bitch like you!â
Then Prof. Frain frowned.
âBe careful of what you say. Donât you have any awareness of where you are now?â
But Leon was already out of his mind.
âShut up! What do you know? Because of your bitch accusation, my mother went to prison and all her property was taken. Plus, my damn father chased me and wanted to kill me.â
Leon shouted, waving the iron door with blood in his eyes.
âIf you had not taken the position as the heir, I would have made to the 7 Imperial Familyââ
But Leon couldnât finish his words.
Spitting, opening his mouth wide, and making all sorts of bizarre noises, he grabbed his neck and puffed along the way.
âYouâre really, really no help in my life.â
I sighed and said, lowering my right hand, which had been lifted into the air.
Then Leon looked at me with an angry look, as if he were making a loud noise at the sight.
At least I wouldnât have heard his voice. I couldnât stand it and cast a silent spell.
I turned my back against the iron gate, bowed my head to the professors, and talked.
âSorry for the disturbance, professor.â
âNo, itâs not your fault, Miss Spade.â
Professor Frain shook her head and spoke.
âYes, Miss Spade, now turn to the main buildingââ
It was just that moment.
âNow is the time.â
I extended my right hand behind me, invoking the flame magic without hesitation.
âAhhhhhhhh!â
I heard a clink of metallic objects falling on the floor.
Looking back, Leon was rolling on the floor holding his burned right hand, and a sharp silver knife fell through the bars of the iron door.
âItâs so obvious that you canât even touch me.â
With air magic, I said, moving the knife that Leon dropped over my hand.
âDonât be so unfair because itâs just self-defence.â
Saying so, I calmly turned to the main building.
âIâm gonna kill you! Iâm going to kill you!
Leon, who was unable to use one hand, struck his head against the iron door and bleed out of his nose, then Professor Frain raised her right hand to see if he was unconscious.
But even before she could use magic, a red light came from somewhere.
âHuh?â
Reon, who was hit with a stun spell, stopped moving with his head lodged in the door. And Erica stood in the direction of the light coming.
âMiss Blothea?â
At the call of Professor Frain, Erika lowered her right hand and answered with a cold look.
âIâm sorry, professor, heâs so noisy.â
âErica!â
In my voice, Erica immediately changed her expression and approached with a worried look.
âYerine, are you all right? Because of that son of a biâ¦â¦no, because of him, youââ
I was amazed and said, taking a step back.
âIâm fine. Erica, you canât come close now. There might be some magic on this knife.â
The knife that Leon dropped was floating on my hand.
The knife was sharp but not very big. Even if I get stabbed with this knife, it wonât get hurt enough to take my life.
âThat means thereâs a high possibility that thereâs something unusual about this knife.â
Thatâs why I didnât touch the knife.
âProfessor Frain!â
Then came two men in uniform running.
âIâve been contacted. Is this the person?â
âYes. Please contact the Capital Guard and bind him.â
The guard began to tie Leon under Prof. Frainâs instructions, and she spoke to me and Erica.
âMiss Blothea, and Miss Spade. Letâs go back to the main building now. Miss Spade, hand the knife over to me and make sure you go to the infirmary to check if youâre hurt anywhere.â
Professor Frain made a glass box out of magic on the spot and told me to use air magic to put the knife through the box.
âWait a minute, professor.â
Although it was only a short time after learning the simultaneous operation, I could do it for a while.
Focus my mind and use my left hand to cast the flame magic while trying to keep the knife in a notary state.
Erica, glancing at the scene, tilted her head.
âYerine, what are you doing?â
At that very moment, the flame on the blade turned green.
The emerald green flame rolled about in the wind, so it looked like a goblin in a fairy tale.
âUhâ¦â
âAs expected, my prediction was not wrong.â
Now I was making a red flame instead of a green one in my hand. There was only one reason for the green flame to appear.
âThereâs poison in the knife.â
With a firm expression, I said, looking back at Professor Fline holding a glass box.
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