Volume 2
Chapter 9
Sinking
Shadows, Negative Speculations
Translator : PolterGlast
"Phew......"
Upon his return to his
office at the academy, Jihad was greeted by a woman.
Her name is Inda
Metis. She is Jihad's right-hand woman at the school and a teacher in charge of
first and second-class homerooms.
"How was
it?"
"Without a doubt,
it's Abyss Grief. Once the corpse is recovered, we will take it to the Gloaurum
Institute. Here are the documents......"
"Excuse me."
Inda skimmed through
the documents handed to her by Jihad as she quickly flipped through them.
"Shina Juliel has
regained her connection with the spirits. It is a joyous thing. But this
is-......"
"Nozomu, Bountis,
huh? What do you think?"
"I can't say
....... I just can't honestly believe that a person with [Ability Suppression]
can survive against that Abyss Grief."
"Yeah, normally
that would be the case. That means he has something to make up for such a
handicap. As a teacher of this school, I'm happy for him."
Originally, the
Solminati Academy was meant to train the human resources lost in the Great
Invasion.
Also, something that
could make up for the [Ability Suppression]. If it were skills or experiences,
it would be something that could be passed on to others. If the report was
correct, it was natural for Jihad to be curious about Nozomu.
Inda, on the other
hand, sensed the color of recognition in Jihad's every word.
"Jihad-sensei,
did you already know something about him?"
"Just a little
bit from an old acquaintance. So what do you think?"
Jihad's gaze turned
away from Inda and toward a corner of his office. There, a boy in a school
uniform was leaning lazily against the wall.
"Well, let's
see~. At least, I think he's an interesting guy. He seems to be liked by that
black-haired princess."
Nodding at the boy's
words, Jihad turned his attention back to Inda.
"How are the
preparations for the Special Exercise going?"
"Everything is
set and we can proceed as planned."
"All right. Then,
please proceed as planned."
"Yes, sir. Well
then, I'll take my leave......"
Inda bowed and left
the office. Among the two who were left behind, the male student shrugged his
shoulders and asked Jihad.
"What do you want
me to do~nya? Should I go look into it?"
"No, not right
now. Just observe him, that's all. It is still unlikely that he is a spy. Even
if he is, it doesn't matter as long as we can figure out what he's up to."
For Jihad, whether or
not Nozomu is a spy is not so much of a problem. To begin with, there are
already a number of spies in the city.
However, Arcazam is
aware of both its members and collaborators.
Just as every country
has its own counter-intelligence organization, so does this city have its own
counter-organization.
The name of the
organization is [Starlight]. And this male student was a member of that
organization.
"Well, no
problem. To be honest, I'm curious about him too. Now that I have your
approval, shall I get to work immediately? I hope you'll pay me well."
While waving his hand,
the male student left the office. His ears were triangular, and a golden tail
protruded beneath his waist.
◆
Deep in the forest,
where the ground had been tragically gouged out and the trees had fallen over
on top of each other.
A gray robe stood like
a shadow in a place where a new layer of soil had been laid.
"I didn't expect
this to appear here....... Certainly, it is not impossible, but why now? ......
Is it perhaps attracted by that guy?"
The gray robe muttered
so while staring at the ground beneath his feet.
It was the place where
the Abyss Grief that Nozomu and the others had defeated was once buried.
Despite being buried
under the soil, there was a nose-piercing odor wafting from under the soil, and
the air around it was filled with a heavy, stale atmosphere.
"Anyway, we're
short-handed right now. We have to eliminate as many uncertainties as possible
at this point......"
A staff extended from
beneath the robe, the tip of which struck the ground with a thump.
The next moment, a
white light poured out and seeped into the soil below.
*Ku~a ――! Ku~a ――!*
Perhaps startled by
the sudden burst of light, the sleeping ravens fly away one by one, rustling
the trees in the forest.
"Ravens, huh? Bad
omen......"
The gray robe looked
up at the flock of ravens that had suddenly taken flight.
When the light
subsided, the odor from earlier had completely disappeared.
"All right. Now
all that's left is that abominable dragon......"
The gray robe turned
away. His back was filled with tension that split the atmosphere with a
tingling sensation.
In the forest where no
one knew. Only one raven, which did not run away, was hiding in the branches of
a tree, staring at the gray robe with its crimson eyes.
◆
A young man with blond
hair was walking through Spasim Forest.
A single sheet of
letter was clutched in his hand as he made his way through the trees without
hesitation.
He eventually arrived
at an open space in the middle of the dense Spasim forest where the grass and
trees were strangely trimmed.
The surrounding trees
were marked with numerous cuts indicating that someone had slashed them with a
sword. Ken looked at these cut marks with a frown. Then he turned his gaze to
one of the trees circling the open space.
"Nozomu, what is
this all about?"
Ken greeted Nozomu
with a cold voice as he walked toward him.
Seeing him, Nozomu
took a deep breath and began to speak in a serious tone of voice.
"Ken, I have
something I want to ask you."
Nozomu's frozen gears
began to tick and turn.
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