Episode 192
“hmm…”
Isolette, who was feeling dizzy and groaning, suddenly opens her eyes.
“…..?”
Then, a familiar scene unfolded before her eyes.
The main building of Sunrise Academy stands tall in the center of the empire.
Numerous auxiliary buildings and sculptures surround the main building.
And, splendidly decorated in the center of these buildings, is a statue of a warrior from 1,000 years ago, known as the largest sculpture in the empire.
Each and every one of them was something that Isolette liked since her school days, and even now that she has become a teacher.
“ah…..?”
For some reason, Isolette’s face was turning pale as she looked at such things.
because.
The towering main building of Sunrise Academy was completely destroyed, leaving only rubble behind, and numerous annex buildings were on fire.
– Sigh…
The statue of the warrior, which was a symbol of the empire, was broken in half and falling apart.
‘What is this…!’
Isolette, seeing such a terrible scene, looked horrified and tried to scream.
For some reason, no sound came out of her mouth.
‘What the hell is going on…?’
The words that weren’t spoken out loud just floated around in her head.
– Kugugoong…!
Isolette, who had been standing there blankly for a while, quickly turned her head when she heard a loud roar coming from behind.
‘…!’
Then, an unbelievable scene comes into her sight.
– Pajik, Pajijik…
The sturdy defense shield that surrounded the academy 1,000 years ago by a party of warriors and was said to have been unable to penetrate even the first Demon King was falling to pieces.
“Krrrrrrr…”
“Oooooh!!”
And, the thing pouring down through the gap in the shattered shield.
“Human… find… human…”
“kill…”
They were top-level monsters that might be found once or twice a year, and wild animals that had been eroded by dark energy.
“shit…”
Isolette was looking at that scene in contemplation.
“Now that it’s like this…”
‘What, what is it?’
When such a sound suddenly came out of his mouth, he was embarrassed and tried to take a step back.
‘Ugh?’
Soon, he realized that he couldn’t move as he wanted and muttered quietly to himself.
‘…I guess I’m having a nightmare again.’
Isolette, who has been having frequent nightmares lately because her body has become tired and stressed for some reason, concludes that this situation is a ‘nightmare’ and sighs.
‘The academy is being invaded, so it’s perfect for a nightmare.’
For Isolette, who had a grand goal of reviving the empire by nurturing students who would lead the future at the academy, it was a perfectly tailored nightmare.
Even though Isolette could not move her body as she wanted, Isolette shook her head from side to side and soon thought so.
‘If it stays like this, it will wake up on its own.’
And from that point on, she pulled out the sword that was tied to her waist and started heading somewhere.
“I have to protect everyone…”
Before I knew it, even my heart and the self in my dream had become assimilated.
Heading towards the middle of the pitch black waves of approaching enemies.
.
“Aaaah!!”
“Oh, no!!”
“Help me!!”
Screams are heard everywhere.
A place that should be safer than anywhere else and full of happiness more than anywhere else is being stained with blood and screams.
“Do, run away!”
“Wait a minute! The students…”
“Let go of this!!”
In the distance, you can see the faculty and staff hurriedly leaving the academy.
Seeing them like that brings a thousand dollars to my heart, but at the same time, I understand.
Is it strange that they are not afraid when they are faced with a swarm of overwhelming enemies that are beyond what they can deal with?
“…Ugh.”
but.
As an educator, shouldn’t you save your students, or at least run away with them?
Even if they can’t fight back, they should have the ability to evacuate the students who haven’t yet been evacuated, but the teachers are the first to run away.
The monsters haven’t even gotten over the temporary shield yet, so wouldn’t it be possible to help a student who fell while running get up?
Is this the academy I wanted?
Is this the kind of teacher I admire?
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Is this the future I hoped for?
“Hmph…!”
“Hold on a little longer, we need to buy time until help comes…!”
“There’s a student in the rubble! Help!”
Right next to me, the maids in charge of the school are running around busily.
Of course, the maids are also talented, but even though their skills are not as good as the teachers, they are running around here and there like crazy.
“Professor Isolette!”
Laughing at such an ironic situation, I headed towards the temporary defense line that had barely stopped the enemies for a while.
“It’s dangerous there! Join us and fight!”
I look at the maid who hastily ran towards me and grabbed my arm.
“Professor Isolette, you definitely don’t want to go in there, do you?”
“…It’s impossible, no matter how you do it, it’s suicide.”
“Why don’t you just stay here, regroup, and fight with us?”
And the few conscientious professors left at the academy to set up a defense line urgently tell me that.
“…under.”
I’m really glad. Because there are still people like this left.
No matter how dark the empire may be, as long as small sparks like these people remain, there is hope that it can burn again.
That’s why I am.
Today, for the sake of these embers, I am willing to throw this body into the fire pit.
That is the duty of a knight.
The duty of a teacher who has students.
Because this is the path everyone should pursue.
If I can become a fuse by sacrificing myself, it is something I must do.
“Professor Isolette!!”
“…professor!!”
With that in mind, I tried to head inside the temporary defense line, but the people building the defense wall rushed at me.
“Everyone knows that if this defense line is breached, no matter how hard we fight, it will be useless.”
“but…!”
“And, there are still students inside.”
I said that to them.
“If I don’t come out alive, please tell my father so.”
In a low voice, I said what I always wanted to say.
“…I always said I was sorry for causing trouble to my family.”
jumped into the defense line.
“”……””
And then, silence for a moment.
“Krrrrr…”
“Oooh…”
Soon, the eyes of the monsters that were wandering around the defense line and watching their formation all turned to me.
“Whoa…”
As I was looking at those guys, I took a deep breath while caressing the beloved sword I always wore.
“…Tsk.”
A sudden thought occurred to me, and I stopped breathing.
“Where does he want to be?”
This sword was given to me as a gift by Frey when I was young.
This sword, which could easily be called the most famous sword in the empire, was given to me, who was a knight candidate at the time, with a bright smile and encouragement to pass the test.
Since that day, except for washing and sleeping, he has never left my side even for a moment.
Why did they do that?
Is it simply because this sword is easy to hold and is too familiar to the hand?
Or is it because of the lingering feelings I have for my first disciple, who is now corrupted, but once shook my life, which was nothing but a sword, with his innocent smile?
Or maybe I just want to see him.
“Whoa…”
Shake off distracting thoughts and take a deep breath.
Then, the monsters and wild animals looked at me and began to prepare for battle.
– Ugh…
Breathe properly when your breathing becomes rough due to tension.
Take note of the position of the hand holding the handle.
Gather mana neatly into your beloved sword and focus on the opponent in front of you.
“I’ll cut you as much as I can.”
After completing my battle preparations, I looked at the group of monsters charging at me all at once.
‘Today is… I wish I could break the wall.’
To be exact, visible beyond the crowd.
– Ji-ing…!
Looking at the dark golem the size of the academy’s main building, which seemed to be the leader of the monsters.
‘Then, I guess I can make that guy a companion as well.’
I muttered that to myself and took a step forward.
– Pajiing…!
And then, there was a flash of light.
.
“Ugh, uh…”
My vision is blurry. My head hurts like it’s going to explode. Her whole body is screaming for help.
“Cough…”
Seeing that he was coughing up blood, it seems like his organs were also injured. Well, since all the bones in my body were shattered, of course my organs would also be damaged.
– Giggeek… Gikkigeek…
In a bleak situation where I couldn’t even guess how many more minutes I could endure, I gritted my teeth and stood up using my beloved sword as support.
“Ha ha ha ha ha…”
Soon, he burst into tired laughter.
“You did it….”
There is blood everywhere.
The hordes of monsters and wild beasts that bared their teeth at me have become polar opposites.
– Pazuzuzu…
The dark golem, whose central core was destroyed, was completely destroyed, spilling black liquid.
– Clink!
“In the end, I did it.”
Only after confirming that there was no more enemy left in front of me did I fall to the ground without holding my sword.
“Wow…”
He vomited a lot of blood and muttered quietly.
“…I’m so glad.”
And at that very moment.
– Clap clap clap!
Applause begins to echo from somewhere.
“It’s amazing, it’s amazing.”
Soon, the guy’s voice echoed everywhere.
“I never thought I would defeat all my enemies.”
After hearing that voice, I close my eyes.
“Apart from the monsters… do you know how they captured the dark golem?”
Frey kept coming towards me.
“Let’s see…”
It stops right in front of me and looks at me with an expression full of curiosity.
“…You crossed the wall?”
Eventually, Frey asks that question with a surprised expression on his face.
“How does it feel to be a sword saint? Isolette?”
Until then, I had collapsed on the floor and was breathing heavily while listening to him.
“You’re at a loss, Frey.”
He says that in a strained voice.
“What, looking at that reaction… I guess you already knew that I was the mastermind behind this incident?”
“…Cough!”
Then, he squats down, looks at me, and asks that question.
“Since when?”
“I have doubts… I’ve had it for a long time. But I only became convinced after I realized that you were manipulating everyone with the mana detection ability I just gained.”
“…under.”
When I answered while looking straight into the guy’s eyes, he laughed as if he was dumbfounded.
In him, the innocent eyes of the past were nowhere to be found.
“Well, thank you for your hard work. Since you have a good time… I won’t kill you with my own hands. If I leave you like this, you will die soon.”
“Why… did you do this…?”
“Well? What’s a person who’s going to die anyway to know about that?”
I struggled to ask the guy a question, but there was only scorn on his face.
“Usually villains let down their guard in situations like this and end up getting in trouble for telling their whole plan. I hate that.”
“……..”
“Anyway, thanks to you, I had a good time. Well then, I’ll leave.”
As my eyelids gradually drooped, he seemed to have lost interest and turned away with a cold expression on his face.
“Frey…”
To him like that, I squeeze every last bit of my strength.
“The sword… is there to protect people.”
I started giving my final advice.
“Cutting people should be done only to protect them…”
Then he stopped walking, turned his head and glanced at me.
“Otherwise.”
I barely managed to speak in my fading mind.
“…One day, you will be the one stained with blood.”
I quietly closed my eyes.
“”…………””
And then the long silence began.
I was closing my eyes in that silence.
‘okay…’
I held on tightly to the sword I had been holding in my hand until then, and muttered to myself.
‘…Come, Frey.’
This was the last trap I set before I died.
Having reached the level of a swordsman, I was able to freely control my body’s condition, so I completely removed my body’s vital signs and pretended to be dead.
Even if the devil came, he would not be able to discern my condition, as I was barely able to maintain my life with transcendental mental power in a body that was practically dead to begin with.
“hmm…”
I had already noticed that he was looking at my sword with greedy eyes earlier.
Most likely, he will come to my side to retrieve my sword.
The moment it touches my sword, in a final effort, it will infuse all of its mana into the sword and cause it to go berserk.
The disciple took a wrong path and became a monster that would destroy everything.
It would make sense for me, as a teacher, to take his life.
– Plop, plod.
As I was thinking about this, barely able to keep my mind from disappearing, the guy started walking towards me.
It seems that my student plans to disappoint me until the very end.
– Sigh…
Before I knew it, Frey had arrived right in front of me and carefully lowered himself.
– Ugh…
Immediately, I began preparing to infuse mana into the sword.
“…Ugh.”
At the same time, the sound of teeth grinding was heard.
‘…..?’
As I was wondering about that sound, something warm fell on my chest.
– Knock, stomp…
Soon, more and more warm things began to fall, and that was the moment when I was wondering if I should open my eyes and check the situation.
“Ugh…”
I heard crying in my ears.
“Ugh, ugh…”
At first, I thought I was hallucinating, but then the crying noises that I kept hearing were clearly coming from right in front of me.
Yes.
Frey was crying sadly.
He hugged me tightly and buried his face in his arms.
“Sister… I’m sorry…”
Frey was in my arms with tears for a while.
“It hurt a lot…?”
Soon he strokes my back and whispers in a low voice.
“I’m taking a good rest for a while.”
Frey said that as he took his face out of my arms and quietly laid me down on the floor.
“I will definitely give you a happy ending.”
He said that in a trembling voice, choking back tears, and quietly got up from his seat.
– Sigh…
And then, he reached for my sword.
‘……’
Preparations have already been completed. If you just pour in mana, the sword will run wild. Frey definitely dies.
Maybe I can stop the monster that will destroy the empire in the future and burn the world, right here and now.
That is what I must do as a teacher and a knight of the empire.
This is what the whole world wants.
-Sreung…
But why?
I have no strength in my hands.
Am I already too tired to even exert strength in my hands?
Or is it just now that I’m starting to feel weak?
Otherwise, it seemed almost impossible to get caught.
I don’t know why I felt a sense of discomfort every time I saw his evil deeds, but is it because I vaguely realized it only now?
– chin…!
I’m losing consciousness while thinking like that.
Frey carefully places my hand on my chest while still holding the sword.
It is the traditional culture of the empire that shows respect to knights who die in war or battle, and to the swords that accompanied such knights.
“…Goodbye, sister.”
Thanks to this, I, who had been trying hard to keep my eyes from fluttering, soon cautiously opened my eyes.
It was because there was something I definitely wanted to check.
‘…….ah.’
And, the action was worth it.
‘Fray.’
The boy in front of me was kneeling in front of me, growing cold.
This was because tears were flowing from the same pure silver eyes as when I first saw him.
‘you…..’
It’s the first time I’ve seen those eyes since his parents died.
‘no way……’
No, no.
Maybe he is.
No, he was in the first place.
‘It’s been like that from the beginning…’
It was at that moment that my consciousness completely turned off.
.
“Hhhhh!!!”
“Kwaaaah!?”
Isolette, who had been suffering in bed, woke up screaming.
“P-Frey! Frey is…!”
“Yes, yes?”
Eventually, Isolette said that with a pale face.
“…what?”
He looks around and asks out of breath.
“Where am I?”
“It’s home, sister.”
“……”
At those words, Isolette made a blank expression.
“Fray.”
“yes?”
“Frey… um… what was it?”
Immediately, he grabs his head and mutters.
“I can’t quite remember. I think it was something important…”
“Are you having a nightmare again?”
“…I guess so.”
Eventually, Isolette responded to Frey’s younger sister Aria, who asked a question with a worried expression.
“Could you please bring me a letter?”
“A letter? Why a letter all of a sudden?”
I muttered in a low voice, asking Aria for a letter.
“…Because there’s someone I want to meet.”
fantasy,
