There Is No Spring in the Stolen Field

146. final exam (4)

“Why… you…”

Until recently, he was guiding us through the exam with a smirk.

It was clearly a sight unfolding before my eyes, but my head couldn’t keep up with my eyes.

“I don’t have time. Ah… it hurts so much. But.”

He touched Seria’s sword embedded in his heart and spoke to me.

Bright red blood began to soak the bandage wrapped around Luke’s body.

one step. two steps.

I grabbed my sore arm and ran towards him.

“why…?”

I didn’t understand.

Why does he not give us trials and himself becomes the victim of the final test?

Needless to say, he must be a formidable force on the human side.

There were so many things I wanted to ask.

“Shh.”

Just like Mistress Amelia did 1000 years ago, he signaled me to be quiet.

“Take this for now.”

He spoke to me in a dying voice.

In a world dyed in black and white, I was the only one who was alive and breathing with color.

What he threw at me was a small key.

As soon as I took the key, he started explaining its purpose.

“The bottom shelf of the dresser in my office.”

“I can live if I get treatment right now…”

Is it because I spent a lot of time with him?

Or is it because I lived in his body for a while?

I didn’t want to see him die.

He was a lame guy who always skipped lessons and didn’t give lessons, but I knew at least that he cared about me a lot compared to the other students.

“What are you talking about? You.”

His heart was pierced by a sword, and the corners of his mouth, barely breathing, slowly moved up.

“The time has come to end this damn life.”

I couldn’t hide my doubt at Luke’s words.

Then he…

Are you saying you always wanted to die?

Didn’t he live this long because he wanted to?

“Tell Amelia something.”

The name of the woman who loved him flowed from his mouth.

“Now don’t wait for me.”

He… did he know?

That I’m a demon? That me and Luna are Amelia-sama’s disciples?

There were many things I wanted to ask like Taesan, but the time given to us was too short.

“…Please take good care of Raven.”

After those words, the gears of time began to move again.

Raven’s scream, which had stopped, continued again.

“Cuck!”

Red blood poured out of Luke’s mouth, who had been making only cries that he couldn’t tell whether it was a human or a demon.

Seria and Luna too.

One by one, the students present began to realize his true identity.

rattle.

I could see the arm of Seria, the owner of the sword that had pierced his heart, tremble from the mental shock.

“Sir… why are you…”

Luke seemed to be trying to say something to her, but what came out of his mouth was not words, but dark red blood.

I could see his body slowly cooling down.

“I’m Master!”

“I’m a teacher!”

Raven and Kairin ran towards Luke at the same time.

“No. No. I can’t do this.”

Raven pushed Seria away with her petite body and stepped in front of him.

Her shadow began struggling to fill Luke’s already punctured heart.

However, even though Amman Luke is strong, he is only human.

Even great warriors, even supreme wizards, could not survive if their hearts were destroyed within the confines of humans.

Even if he tried to stop Amman’s bleeding with his shadow, Luke’s death was a predetermined future.

“That’s why I told you not to come to an academy.”

Raven’s tears did not stop.

“Did you think I wouldn’t know? Did you think I wouldn’t know that Master was coming here to die?”

“I just wished I lived in a small town where no one knew.”

The way he usually used to say that he liked her had disappeared. She was still crying and telling him her last words.

“Because I’ll do the laundry and clean up for you. Just make yourself comfortable at home…”

“Why did you come all the way here when you ran away because you didn’t want to do classes?”

Luke’s hand caressed Raven’s cheek.

As if telling her not to cry, Luke’s hand gently wiped her tears away.

Raven grabbed his hand tightly.

“Don’t go.”

“Don’t go.”

“Please don’t leave me alone, Master.”

Other people couldn’t bear to say anything to Raven’s sorrowful screams.

“please…”

However, Raven’s earnest wish did not come true.

Because his body was slowly starting to turn to ashes.

His death was a different form from the usual death.

It’s not death, it’s annihilation…

“no!”

Raven screamed and hugged him.

“Someone…someone do something.”

She knelt down and Seria. me. I looked.

“Please… I’ll do anything… Please, Master, someone please…”

However, we were always recruited for combat.

Originally, the saintess who would take on the role of healing the warrior party did not exist here.

And even if the saintess were here, she would probably be in this state…

As Luke’s body began to disappear, the space we were stepping on also began to collapse.

As expected, this place was neither the human world nor the demon world, but it seemed to be a separate space Luke created through magic.

Red lightning began to strike the purple sky.

“Let’s go, Sirius.”

When everyone was panicking over Luke’s death, Luna grabbed my shoulder and said.

“…The operation is a failure.”

She was right.

We eventually…

I didn’t get the results I wanted in the exam.

In the end, it was Seria who defeated Luke, the last opponent.

Seria succeeded in the final process of proof as a hero.

Luna’s black magic shook the earth.

This…

I knew this door.

The door that Amelia first summoned to take me to her castle.

“…let’s go back.”

I bit my lip at Luna’s words.

“There are still things that need to be resolved in the human world.”

“What are you talking about? You will die if you stay here. You will die unconditionally.”

Luna’s words will be true with a high probability.

But even so, I had to find out the truth about Luke.

Seria, who seemed stunned for a moment, took her eyes off Luke and looked in our direction.

“…Yuwol-ah.”

“…Seria.”

I knew.

Now, if I hold Luna’s hand and go inside…

That we are crossing an irreversible river and that we are Marie.

She told me that the next place I would meet again would be in front of the Demon Castle.

“…Sirius. There’s no time. Get out of here.”

And my choice…

sh*t. damn

Formidable mana began to concentrate on his feet.

And with the speed of almost teleportation, I moved to the place…

It was the place where Raven was trying to collect traces of Luke, who had now disappeared.

Lifting her into the arms of the princess, I cast a spell that was impossible for me.

As the black magic circle began to glow from the floor, I felt everyone including Seria and Luna call my name.

“sorry.”

After saying that, I disappeared into the darkness with Raven.

Judging by the red sun rising, it seemed that I had succeeded in escaping from there.

In the forest, where the exact location is unknown.

After confirming that I had safely performed the space magic, I grabbed her shoulders with both hands.

“…Dog star.”

She looked up at me with empty eyes.

“…Take me to Luke’s office.”

There are two reasons I brought her out of the chaos.

First, it was because Luke said he was asking for Raven.

The second was because of her abilities.

“I don’t want to do anything.”

Again, she refused my request.

“…the teacher’s belongings are there.”

Raven, who seemed to be in despair at the word teacher, raised her head and looked at me.

“what?”

“Luke’s keepsake. It’s in his office drawer.”

I picked up the key he had handed me and showed it to her.

“I don’t have time. Quickly take me there.”

“You… did you listen to Master’s will…?”

This time she grabbed my shoulder.

“Say. What did he say! What did he say!”

“…I take good care of you.”

That was the only thing I thought it would be okay to tell her.

He couldn’t even tell her that he wanted to die or that he wanted to tell Amelia-sama.

“What is that….”

“Why are you…?”

“Wouldn’t it be better if you found me at least at the last moment?”

A voice full of resentment.

“If you don’t take me now, I might not know what Youngyoung Luke’s keepsake is.”

It was true.

It was only a matter of time before it was known that Luke was dead and that Luna and I were demons.

Maybe it has already reached the ears of the academy people.

Raven glared at me with bloodshot eyes.

“Take my hand.”

Raven’s black shadow engulfed us.

Then, after closing our eyes for a moment, we arrived at the inside of Luke’s office as if nothing had happened.

I walked over to his desk and put the key in the lowest serrup.

Inside the empty drawer. Only one thick envelope remained.

[To Sirius.]