The Vampire Is an Academy Honor Student

Chapter 043. Ventilation

Blood pours.

“aaagh!!”

Even the proud resilience of the orc was not enough to stop this amount of bleeding.

The more he struggles, the more the wound opens and the more he bleeds.

“What have you done to me!”

The orc tried to stop the bleeding somehow, with a mixture of pain, confusion, and a bit of fear on his face.

He raised demonic spirits and applied them to his body, and also tried to stop struggling with enduring pain.

At first glance, this seemed to work.

but.

“Can it be done with that?”

As soon as he flicked his finger lightly, the wound that had healed burst again.

“It’s already a drink that has been made.”

It’s difficult to cast, but once you’ve successfully cast, it’s so easy to activate.

Even if you use energy to heal the wound, you can explode it again just by snapping your fingers.

There is only one way to get rid of this blood curse now.

it just kills me

“Then, by killing you… !”

The orc must have realized that too, but he rushed at it with his bloody body.

‘see.’

Due to the wounds on his body, his speed was noticeably slower than before.

If so, there is no reason to hesitate.

[lunar eclipse.]

He took out the bloody sword he had been saving for the final moment and swung it.

Chew!!

A red line was drawn from the orc’s right thigh to his left shoulder.

This demonic sword, which sucks life force, cut through the tough skin and tissue, as well as the bones and organs inside, very easily.

“ah.”

let out a short scream

The orc’s body leaned slowly.

thud. thud… !

The severed upper body fell first, then the lower body.

“Whoa.”

It is impossible for even an orc to recover from a broken body.

It wasn’t until I confirmed that Graam had died instantly that I fell to the floor.

However, the moment I fell face down, the puddle of blood split itself and my clothes didn’t get wet.

“Ahh… .”

“huh? ah. right.”

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Then I turned my head to the voice I heard from behind.

There was Gunne, who had a pale expression on his face, pointing his fingers in this direction, and let out an incomprehensible groan.

I got up and walked slowly towards him.

“… … .”

“Uh, well… !”

Actually, my condition right now isn’t very good, and it could be quite a headache if I seriously attacked, but I didn’t worry about that.

‘It can’t be.’

How does a rabbit attack a lion no matter how wounded it is?

Seeing that he was already terrified and panicked and kept walking backwards, he clearly lost the will to resist.

chuck.

He pointed the knife at the boy’s throat and asked.

“Who made it?”

“What, what?”

“Who is the order given to?”

“… … .”

While sweating coldly with a pale expression on the blade that touched the nape of his neck, Gunne hesitated to answer.

Chew!!

“There are few chances.”

The man who had lost one leg collapsed screaming.

Chiiyi profit… !

The blood flowing from the cut section simmered and sealed the wound on its own.

‘Because I can’t die.’

It was a measure he took with the intention of saving him for the time being, but his expression became even more pale, probably because it aroused his fear.

When he raised his sword again, he hurriedly continued his words.

“I-I don’t even know!”

“hmm?”

“I don’t know except that the corps commander was involved! In the first place… .”

corps commander?

‘There must be none other than Ymir and Balak who are active now.’

The rest of the corps commanders only appear in the mid-game.

I think it should be seen as one of those two commands.

“… Whoa.”

I still don’t know why I was aiming, but I knew that I was in the eyes of quite dangerous people.

‘I’ll need protection.’

I could do it myself, or it wouldn’t hurt to make a suitable person into my family and attach it.

or not… .

‘Sigrun.’

A high elf who approached Uriel at the same time as the commander’s order came down.

First of all, I decided to find out her intentions and see.

After thinking like that, I cut off Gunne, who was still talking nonsense.

“Sorry.”

“… … ?”

I thought about making it a member of my family for a while, but it was impossible.

In order to solve the case neatly, his body needs to be found.

Chew!!!

He cut Gunne’s head without much resistance with a single knife.

“… … .”

I felt a lot of signs when I came in, but now I can only feel the rats that have come in after smelling corpses.

Many of them died at my hands in just one night.

“… surely. You are not human.”

Neither this power, nor the calm mind like a clear lake despite killing like this were not those of an ordinary human being.

phut!

When you wake up after shaking off the blood from your clothes, skin, and hair at once.

“Oh.”

I was thinking about number 33, which I had driven away.

I turned off my nerves because of the hectic fight, but when I saw that my mind was connected, the guy survived safely.

[Come back.]

Number 33 returned less than ten minutes after giving the order.

“Road.”

“… … .”

You can see the sweat running down his forehead and back from how fast he ran.

I ordered that guy.

“Embrace yourself.”

Now, it’s time to wrap up.

“yes.”

“You can do as I tell you about embroidery. and… .”

I handed him some medicine.

Extreme poison in the form of a pill obtained while killing demons and dark elves.

“You can put it inside your molars and eat it as soon as you finish embroidery.”

“All right.”

After preparing for the unexpected.

Leaving behind the still burdensomely loyal Number 33, I quietly returned to my quarters.

* * *

The morning after the end of the King of Knights.

Uriel, who woke up early in the morning, headed to the gymnasium as usual.

The gymnasium was empty, probably because it was right after the King of Knights match ended.

In a place where there is stillness, she warmed up as usual and started lightly exercising.

“… … Whoa.”

But maybe it’s because there’s no one I’ve always trained with.

Unlike usual, today I was particularly disturbed, so it was difficult to concentrate.

It seemed even more so because of the extremely quiet gymnasium.

Eventually, after about an hour, Uriel put down his sword.

When I looked down at my palms, which had already turned red from the hard training, I suddenly had this thought.

‘What am I doing?’

Tomorrow is already the day to return to the kingdom.

‘By now, everyone… .’

The other cadets should be having a good time by now gathering like-minded people and touring the attractions of the empire.

“ha.”

Imagining that scene made me regret a little, wondering if I should have gone with him when he invited me.

‘no.’

match!

Soon, he patted himself on both cheeks to calm his distracted mind.

I still have a bad relationship with my family.

As such, there is still a long way to go.

In addition, there is no time to rest if you do not want to lose the first place in the grade to Roan, who is developing terribly.

It’s not enough right now, but you’ll eventually fight for first place with him.

She continued training by whipping herself up like that.

Just like that, by the time the sun passed over the top of my head and the shadows were getting longer.

“What’s wrong with your expression?”

I heard a familiar voice from behind that I hadn’t heard in about 5 days.

“Roan?”

I turned around with a happy heart, but Roan was looking at me with a frown as if he didn’t like something.

when in doubt about this.

“Stop training.”

“?”

Roan, who checked the time, said with a chin outside the gymnasium.

“Come out with me for a while.”

* * *

The forces of Gunne, who were aiming for Yuriel, were annihilated before crossing the fence.

There is nothing dangerous anymore because they went all the way to their base and wiped it out without leaving a single remnant behind.

After solving everything and getting up, I stopped by the gymnasium for a while.

And saw.

‘Why is his expression like that?’

It was the thought I had as soon as I saw Yuriel’s face as he silently wielded the sword.

Closed mouth with deep pensive eyes. A weak movement there.

This resembled the appearance of the so-called ‘hyeonta’.

I would have won the competition overwhelmingly and I would have finished the friendly sparring, but think about why.

It wasn’t long before I realized a very obvious reason.

‘Because it’s hard.’

Fatigue accumulates and accumulates.

But come to think of it, I’ve never seen her relieve stress on her own.

This is true even though she was awakened by family problems right before coming to the Empire and was under stress.

‘It’s not a piece of data anymore.’

As human beings made of flesh and blood, it is only natural that they struggle with this situation.

Especially if you’re still a 17-year-old cadet.

“Let’s go.”

“for a moment… ?!”

The moment I realized I needed some ventilation, I decided to head out.

“You mean now? It’s already getting dark… .”

“What are you talking about.”

It is now a little past 5pm. It’s not too late.

If you enter by 10 o’clock at the latest, there are still four and a half hours.

“And the original festival starts when the sun goes down.”

“… festival?”

“uh.”

He puts a puzzled expression on his face when he hears about the festival, how much he has never played.

It seems that she wasn’t interested in it from the beginning, but there is a festival that was originally held in line with the King of Knights.

He said with a chin outside the gymnasium.

“Come play with me.”

“… !!”

* * *

She seemed to feel quite resistant to the word ‘play’, but after several invitations, she eventually followed.

“There is something I haven’t done yet… .”

In the meantime, though, I muttered something that reminded me of an unfinished training session.

“Isn’t the tournament over yesterday?”

“That and training are separate things.”

This makes me sick.

“and… .”

“huh?”

“No, no.”

She stared at my face, sighed deeply, and evaded her words.

“… … .”

“… … .”

How long did you walk without saying a word?

Uriel, who had been biting his lip for a while as if he had something to say, asked.

“What is your dream, Roan?”

“Professional gamer.”

“yes?”

Oh, this is not it.

It was such an out of the blue question that I answered reflexively.

“Gay later… .”

“it’s not that. You said it wrong.”

“aha.”

I wondered why she suddenly asked this, but since her expression was so serious, I thought about it seriously.

‘It’s a dream.’

Originally, there was nothing.

Except for games, he had no hobbies, and after learning the secret of his lineage, his desire for improvement was almost paralyzed.

But things have changed a bit lately.

I want to become strong enough to at least protect myself and those around me.

“… okay.”

As if thinking more about my answer, she lowered her eyes and muttered.

Just like that, let’s walk without speaking again for a while.

We arrived on a street full of festivities.

“what should we do.”

“… This is my first time in a place like this.”

She looked around for a while as if she was doing something bad.

“If you have any resistance to the word ‘play’, you can just think of me as playing with you. It’s my first time in a place like this.”

“is that so?”

“Your body hurts.”

“ah… .”

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As if the devil and the angel were fighting in his head, a sign of great conflict appeared on Uriel’s face for a moment.

She eventually took her first step into the street, hesitantly.

“Then, just for today… .”

Contrary to his words, there was a faint anticipation in his expression.

And it didn’t take long for that anticipation to turn into excitement and interest.