The Sub-Heroine’s Butler Is a Vicious Bastard

35. Dalian (2)

Kwagwagwagwa!-

‘Erase one point’ issued from Ryan’s hand

Condensed chloride draws a beautiful straight trajectory,

Even the walls of the arena, which must have been dotted with defensive magic, were hit.

If he had been properly hit by that mad blow, he would probably have died of shock on the spot.

… Yes, if you got it right.

“… … what.”

Perhaps because he poured out all the flames, Ryan returned to his original form.

An earthquake occurred in her pupils when reason returned.

“Why the hell did you stand in the front? If you hadn’t changed the trajectory, you could have been in big trouble!”

I glanced around at her words.

Her knuckles rested mere inches from her side.

Perhaps because the trajectory was forcibly twisted, the fist trembled.

Why did you stand in the front?

If you ask me that, I can give many reasons.

Thanks to the ‘imprint of flame’, her fire attribute attacks can be shed to some extent.

Even if it is pierced, there will be no problems with the body thanks to the protection magic.

Of course, the pain wouldn’t be completely absent, but Arlott wanted to avoid being hit head-on.

So, it was the best choice I made.

Hoping in front of the attack, hoping that the flustered girl would turn around.

The operation went as predicted, and the side that received the twisted attack was moaning in pain.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“I am used to it. Such a pain.”

“… … ”

When she heard me, her face frowned as if she had heard something she hadn’t heard.

Certainly, it was close to a pain that would cause a normal person to collapse from shock.

I don’t know if it’s me who has lost the taste of the measure of pain after the ordeal.

The sensation that each peripheral nerve is burned is still vividly felt.

It hurts, but should I say that it feels like someone else’s business?

Of course, from her ignorant gaze, she would look like a student who had lost her taste.

“Eh, let’s go to the health room… !”

She is confused and doesn’t know what to do.

It was refreshing to see Ryan, who always came out with a strong and dignified appearance, like this.

As I stared blankly at it, something formed around Ryan.

“Someone in the health room over there… Ugh?!”

An ice field spread in an instant.

It sealed her leg in an instant and-

Before long, numerous ice spears created in the air poured down.

“Now, wait… Time, time!”

… Ryan was exposed to the ice spear baptism without being able to move.

Due to the recoil of the skill, it seems that he cannot breathe fire like before.

Of course, even in the midst of panic, he was deflecting all the ice spears.

Even the bridge would have been sealed, but it was indeed a great combat power.

However, as soon as the attack started, I could see that I had opened up the distance.

The fact that the ice spear is just a bait.

“stop… uh?”

The vision around Ryan darkened.

When she looked around and looked up-

It was already close to Ryan.

A huge chunk of ice close to an iceberg.

“Keep it off… ”

Ryan hurriedly stretched out his fist, but couldn’t completely break it.

Ryan got a good head shot with those fragments…

With the sound of the gourd exploding, he ate a powerful blow.

“What child… !”

“You took a valid hit. Teacher.”

“What?”

Kirik- Kirik-

Arlott appeared with a familiar noise.

Her eyes were cold enough to startle me.

Crimson light was emanating from her eyes, which were originally red.

“Dalian ends here. I have to go to the infirmary.”

“No, if you suddenly attack… !”

“It was an opportunity Schmitz created. It was part of the operation.”

Arlott’s hand carefully groped my side.

She tried to hide it, albeit belatedly, but her hand touched her bare skin, where the defense magic was shattered.

Arlott’s eyes sank even more when he saw that-

“Call the health department right away. Whether you bring a stretcher or a priest. Shouldn’t you do something?”

“…! Yes, yes!”

Ryan took a stand at attention, like a soldier holding his discipline, and quickly jumped out of the arena.

It was a strange reaction, no matter how Arlott pressed him terribly unlike usual.

‘Soldier and Arlot… ?’

Come to think of it, did I say that I was from the northern front fighting against the demons?

Let’s think that far… It made sense why Ryan reacted like a soldier with PTSD.

The commander Ryan must have served was probably a gray-haired northern duke who looked exactly like Arlott.

He must have unconsciously thought of the white-haired, red-eyed senior he hadn’t seen in a long time.

As I was thinking about something else, Arlott opened his mouth.

“Why did you block the front?”

“The young lady was behind, and there were countermeasures such as protection magic and imprinting… .”

“… … you’re stupid?”

Arlott was in a wheelchair with his head down.

Because of that, I couldn’t see what kind of expression she was making.

Don’t overdo it.

Even if I sacrifice you to protect me, I’m not happy at all.

The later Arlott must have told me such a story.

I wanted to hear that warm comment in person, but unfortunately it was impossible.

This is because the consciousness that holds the body has gone away at once.

Could it be because Miho overreacted?

Feeling the belated arrival of that subordinate, I collapsed gracefully in the arena.

* * *

– smart

“Professor Lapis Ryan? long time no see. When we called for a tea party, he made such a reservation.”

“… Haha, I have something to tell you.”

The dean’s office, lined with antique medieval furniture.

Sitting on the sofa there, Ryan shivered with his head down.

It was because of the existence in front of my eyes.

“Looking at the expression… Is it because of the new student who said he was temporarily promoted? I understand that the issue is over.”

Even in the middle of a conversation, the dean answers with his eyes fixed only on the paperwork.

The look of her diligently turning over documents and stamping them was quite heterogeneous.

That would be the case, the figure of her rising to the position of dean as well as the most powerful person in the empire’s number one academy…

It was because she had the appearance of a girl who was no more than a middle school student.

However, the light in her eyes that could be felt through her glasses did not have the color of a child at all.

‘… scary.’

Dean in the form of a child, her name is Peshakrid Celestina

If the Grand Duke of the North is called ‘the best man in the world’ in terms of military power,

In terms of magic, she is said to be ‘the best in the world’.

Although she was transformed into a child due to the twist of the spell while studying time magic,

There was no change in its prestige, and it even exuded a rather heterogeneous aura.

“If you have nothing to say, can you go? As you can see, I’m a bit busy.”

“Oh, no. actually… I have something to tell you about the treasure house.”

At Ryan’s words, the dean’s movements stopped.

Before long, Celestina’s gaze slowly turned to Ryan.

With just that series of movements, Ryan had goosebumps all over his body.

“Is something going on in the treasure house?”

“ah… That, because I gave the student the right to borrow items from the treasure house… I’m here to get that approval!”

Ryan carefully handed over a piece of paper in his arms.

What she handed over was the “treasure warehouse rental application form” filled out in the form.

It was a form familiar to Celestina.

It was because lending items from the treasure house was more common than expected.

These are things that I didn’t use well anyway, so I put them in the treasure chest.

The dean has given instructions to the professors.

Allow students who show great achievement to borrow equipment from the Vault.

“… But until now, you’ve never submitted an application before, have you?”

“Yes, yes.”

“And it hasn’t been long since I’ve been in charge of the lower class… ”

The dean’s eyes widened like half moons.

“There must have been a student who gave the professor a valid hit in the annual Dalian.”

“… !”

“What are you so surprised about? It’s a natural guess. So, is my story correct?”

“… … That’s right.”

“Hmm… There’s no way Professor Ryan would have looked at it… ”

Celestina twirled a pen in one hand, lost in thought.

Due to Ryan’s personality, there was no way he was careless.

Even if it was a sparring with the freshman lower class.

In addition, she also had a history of being in charge of the intermediate and advanced classes before.

Even then, she hadn’t submitted an application for renting the treasure house…

It must have been the figures worth keeping an eye on in the lower class that made the change.

“Are you a Torino Koyono student?”

She was one of the few freshmen this year who fell from the intermediate to the lower class.

His stats are excellent, but he has almost no means of attack, and he showed less than expected movement in Dalian.

Even so, he was a student who was expected to take the top grades in the lower class.

“… no.”

“Then you must be a student of Erral de Arlot?”

She is the only daughter of the ‘first person in the world’.

Even in the stats reported and received, one mana can be counted among the newly admitted students.

I’ve even heard that she uses flawless ice attribute magic, assuming she’s not the daughter of the Grand Duke of the North.

“no. Of course, I formed the same party as the two of them, but the student who established the strategy and made my gap was another.”

“… Is it an operation?”

“that is… ”

Ryan sparsely explained the process of his defeat.

It was embarrassing to lose to a student, but-

At least he did not diminish the task of the student who had beaten him.

Of course, the dean who heard it was in a different position.

“… To sum it up, the student devised a strategy to attack Professor Lapis Ryan in the split second.”

“you’re right.”

“Also, in an instant, he captured the top students in the class and anticipated all of the professor’s attacks and avoided them.”

“…yep.”

“Furthermore, the final blow was twisted with psychological warfare, and the number of victories increased…”

Celestina pressed her temples together with a sigh.

Because many of the things that student did exceeded those of the lower class.

Even if you include all the graduates, how many first-year students will show such an active performance?

“So what’s the student’s name?”

The dean’s eyes turned strange.

If what she says is true, then the need arises to keep an eye on the student.

Facing her glistening eyes, Ryan took the name into his mouth.

“I am a student of Waltz Schmitz.”

“Waltz Schmitz… Waltz Schmitz… ”

The dean rolls the name of the student who did the funny thing.

Repeat slowly as if not to forget.