Chapter: 484
“Really annoying, huh?”
Luca clicked his tongue while looking at Karl, who was face down on the ground. Putting him to sleep wasn’t an easy task.
Even with the Power of Void added to the various spells Luca had set up, Karl still tried to resist.
‘It’s the Young Lady’s order!…’
If the Apostle of the Void hadn’t shown up the moment he drew his sword, Luca would have wasted his time.
“A hole has appeared in the barrier?”
Luca, while examining Karl’s fallen state, involuntarily questioned upon hearing the message from the Apostle of the Void.
“Yes. We are sending personnel to deal with it.”
“How fascinating.”
Luca wasn’t surprised that part of the barrier had collapsed. What astonished him was that it had already broken ‘so soon.’
“Do we know who did it?”
“It’s the Sword Saint.”
“…Excuse me?”
“Sword Saint Yuden. She has entered this barrier.”
Upon hearing the identity of the opponent, Luca’s eyes trembled slightly. Why? Why is she here?
…Lady Allen. It’s her. She must have summoned Yuden through some means.
When she mentioned his name while meddling with me a week ago, I thought maybe…
What the heck is she? How on earth does she know so much about my past?
Did Lord Jushin grant her the ability to glimpse into the past, even for someone he cherishes?
“Luca?”
“Ah, I’m sorry. Just thinking for a moment.”
Realizing that the one who had forced him to give up on becoming a star had arrived, Luca snapped back to attention upon hearing the Apostle of the Void calling him.
Calm down. Ultimately, nothing changes.
The traces I leave for Lady Allen will eventually bloom and make her a star higher than anyone else.
By that time, Yuden’s light will be nothing.
“Let’s deal with it as planned.”
“The situation keeps getting more tangled.”
“Haha. It’s better than Benedict leading his knights into battle, isn’t it?”
Their assumption of the worst-case scenario was truly horrific.
They had to consider the possibility that all the monsters keeping the Soladin Kingdom in a high position might appear here.
In comparison, the appearance of just one Sword Saint Yuden was no big deal.
“Let’s head to the place where the barrier magic is. No matter what happens, as long as we complete our objective, we win.”
*
Joy shot up from bed the moment she woke up and scanned her surroundings. All the Young Ladies were the same.
They were all in a deep, deep sleep due to the darkened barrier.
Given the murmurs that occasionally reached her ears, they were probably witnessing a hellish scene.
Joy wanted to wake her friends with her magic, but soon realized it wasn’t something she could do.
This should not be touched hastily. If a person forced awake from a forced dream experienced unknown consequences…
Unless Phoebe was beside her, she didn’t want to make things worse.
Okay! Phoebe! First, let’s find Phoebe! Surely she would have realized the place was a dream and gotten out!
Lucy would be the same! If Lucy had been preparing for this situation for a long time, she would have already escaped from the dream and be doing what she needed to do!
Perhaps she had already foreseen what was going to happen.
Even in danger, Joy could calmly gather her thoughts.
What would have happened if she had faced this crisis without any knowledge? She would have probably been acting foolishly like the others often did.
Thinking of her friends’ playful laughter eased her mind.
I should be able to meet them soon, right? With that thought, Joy attempted to head outside the building when she heard footsteps in the distance and quickly silenced her presence.
If those moving freely in this place where everyone was asleep were to be the Followers of the Evil God.
The urgency of their movements signaled something had happened.
Lucy? Or someone she had prepared?
“…Barrier… breach…”
“Academy…”
“…Hold on…”
Joy couldn’t completely grasp their conversation due to the distance, but the bits she caught were enough for her.
There was a problem with the barrier held by the Followers of the Evil God. That’s why they are moving to respond.
She couldn’t know the exact situation, but that much was adequate. It meant something unexpected had happened, and they were confused.
After the commotion died down, Joy cast a spell to conceal her presence.
Originally a spell she used when she wanted to rest after mingling with Young Ladies at social gatherings. She had practiced it countless times and was as confident in it as she was with other spells.
Phew. I wonder where Phoebe is now.
She would have come out of the nightmare faster than me.
Or maybe she hadn’t even fallen into the nightmare at all.
Then again, no. Think about it the other way. From their perspective, Phoebe is a high-priority target.
With the title of Saintess, she had done many things to people. Naturally, she would have drawn their attention.
This meant that the Followers would likely act to eliminate her variable.
“Phoebe!”
As soon as she reached that conclusion, Joy took off, using the wind to muffle her footsteps as she hurried to where Phoebe was staying.
Due to the Academy’s opinion that if they didn’t treat the Jushin Church’s believers specially, they would face criticism, she had unfortunately been assigned a room among the higher-ranked noble dorms.
Having visited that room several times, Joy arrived there in no time at all.
“I’ve been waiting for you, Joy.”
While Phoebe smiled gently from her room, the scene around her was far from gentle.
“We were attacked, right?”
“As you can see.”
There were several people scattered around her.
They all wore bizarre masks that defied description, and from beneath those masks, foam dribbled from their mouths.
“What did you do?”
“If you heal someone with Recovery Magic, they feel extreme pain, you know?”
“And why is that?”
“It’s possible to manipulate the senses to erase that pain, but amplifying it… not so much?”
Upon hearing Phoebe’s words, Joy felt a chill run down her spine.
Did she just amplify the pain of the Recovery Magic?! If they did that, they might die from the agony!
“By repeating the process of healing the injured parts with the light of purification, everyone has fallen into a deep slumber.”
“…Can you not say that with a smile? It’s incredibly scary.”
“Is that so? I thought I was making a reassuring face.”
“No matter how pleasant your expression is, the surrounding situation doesn’t match. Saintess.”
“Whoa… ugh! Urrggh!?”
Just as it seemed Phoebe didn’t understand why it was scary, a voice came from behind Joy.
Startled, Joy screamed, but her urgent voice was muffled by a hand covered in calluses.
“Calm down. Lady Partlan. I’m not a bad person.”
“Why are you here, Sword Saint?”
While Yuden calmed Joy down, Phoebe, regaining her composure, questioned her.
“I was summoned here by Lady Allen. I’m not exactly sure why. I’m just being swept along in her plans.”
“Lady?”
As soon as the word Lady Allen was mentioned, Phoebe’s smile bloomed vividly and Yuden took a slight step back.
When she had met the Saintess before, she seemed far too mature and dependable for her age, so one couldn’t help but naturally develop faith in her.
Right now…
Hmm.
Not much has changed, but somehow it feels like there’s a slightly dangerous atmosphere around the faith.
No. Never mind. This is not the time for such thoughts.
“Have you all heard anything else from Lady Allen?”
“We heard that something would happen, but we don’t know the details.”
“Ugh! Urrggh!”
Just as Phoebe shook her head, Joy tightened her grip on Yuden’s hand.
“Ah, I’m sorry. Lady Partlan. My apologies.”
“That’s fine. Lucy told us something not long ago.”
“What was it?”
“The barrier of the Academy. How to modify that.”
To be precise, it wasn’t Lucy but the Great Wizard Erginius who had taught that part, but Joy didn’t mention him. There was no reason to say something that would only complicate matters.
“The problem affecting the Academy is because of the barrier, right? That means if we solve the problem at the barrier, we can change the current situation.”
By now, Lucy must be heading to where the barrier of the Academy is located. Even if it was a top-secret place within the Academy, she would know about it.
So if we head to where the barrier is located, we should naturally join up with Lucy and help resolve this situation.
“I understand what you mean, Lady Partlan. But where is that barrier?”
“Um. Well…”
“…You don’t know?”
“No! Uh! Phoebe! Please tell me where you can sense Lucy’s Divine presence! You can sense it, right Phoebe?!”
“I’m sorry, but Joy. Right now, this place is filled with the Power of Void, so it’s difficult for me to sense anything.”
“…Then what do we do?”
“Don’t ask me that.”
As the group of lost people blinked in confusion, Yuden placed her hand on her sword.
“I think you don’t need to worry. There are idiots coming here who are trying to give us information.”
“Excuse me?”
“In simpler terms, there are morons desperate to die.”
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