Avoid Former Co-Workers

42 – 42. Distrust and Hatred (5)

A mock battle room with a roar.

There, the new party member’s power was confirmed.

“Are you amazing? This is one shot.”

Goden laughed lightly and rubbed the side of her side where Aris’ magic had hit.

Anyway, even the opponents in Dalian know well that the attack didn’t work properly.

“This side is about to run out of magic, don’t you know if I can say that?”

Goden’s sparring opponent looks very displeased, raises one hand and declares defeat with the index, middle, and ring fingers.

Goden, the winner, approaches Aris, who is slumped on the floor of the fighting compartment, and lifts her up.

“It’s not like that. It’s because I’m confident in my defense. Other guys would have retired earlier.”

“Be humble. So, will I pass?”

Aris smiles as if she knows the outcome.

Unlike Aris, Goden had one question left.

“Could you explain a bit more why you came to see me?”

“That’s a long explanation. I guess I’ll have to join a fixed party now.”

“That’s not enough. Do you really need to join our unknown party?”

Aris Mckenheim.

Most students graduate from Levant Academy in the 5th year and are bound to head for society and the battlefield.

Of course, there are occasionally talented people who can go to the battlefield, such as Rhenias, Ronelion, and Ophelia. Goden, who is currently asking questions, is the same.

And Aris tidying up her messy pink hair in front of him is a prime example.

Aris of the lotus.

A daughter of an untitled family who grew up in Mackenheim, Algenive.

Because she is an unknown aristocrat, she felt, albeit slightly, the absurdity prevalent in aristocratic society, although less so than commoners.

However, due to her genius understanding of magic, she quickly germinates her own magic, and her flowering soon succeeds.

She said that she wanted to show bitterness to the bugs who ignored her, and she succeeded in making her contributions by taking multiple positions in other teams. It has become a celebrity enough to establish itself as a

In other words, although she is the same age as Goden, she is about to graduate early after skipping her class, and she already had a history of working as a mercenary for another team.

With that much skill and a lot of experience, wouldn’t it be possible to join another team or create one yourself?

Why did he want to come to Thembris at all? There was a loophole in the lack of title, so Goden wanted to ask for a clear reason.

“I don’t like these academy nobles either. Wouldn’t that be enough?”

“Hmm?”

In response to Aris’ answer, Goden touched her chin and watched her reaction. Aris quickly puts a wedge into this.

“Don’t you think that the principality will be in danger at this rate?”

I’m sure this will be the answer, Aris smiles.

Suddenly she had that memory flooded in? Even as Aris, she knows very well that it is not right to say that.

To be honest, you knew that this party would be ruined because of one person, so you came to stop it in advance?

‘There’s no way I could say that.’

The fact itself that somehow she has to get into this party remains unchanged.

What came to my mind was the number of avant-gardes that were severely lacking at the time.

As there were extremely few frontline positions to block attacks from the front, it was impossible to fulfill my role, so I had to choose an inefficient attack.

Based on the war situation in that memory, Aris replied to Goden that the crisis of the principality would come.

Anyway, considering the academy’s contradictions, it’s not that wrong.

“For that reason, you’re welcome.”

“Isn’t it?”

Aris’ first condition to join the Thambris party was met.

‘I think it’s enough to go straight to the next step.’

The situation does not change just because there are vanguards anyway.

But what Aris saw was people endlessly sacrificed to protect one incompetent person. That was the dissatisfaction.

At the end, she is when Michelle collapses from dehydration and completely closes her eyes. The guy was late again.

Aris interpreted this fragment’s memories as meaning to change the future she would face.

So she said her job was simple.

We have to go back to the starting point.

Goden. I didn’t want him to die, standing in the center of Thambris.

Thanks to paying such a high price for one person, the Thambris party eventually collapsed because of that one person.

‘Everything went wrong while you lived instead. Junon.’

An incompetent vanguard who can’t even play his part? A bundle of Tembris that has lost its power? Those things are a long time ago.

Even if I can’t remember what happened after that, cause and effect were solidified.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that one person’s existence caused destruction.

“Then, can I go and say hello to the other party members?”

“Hmm. I meant to say that, too.”

Goden points his thumb out the window. It was said that the time zone was not zero.

“Most of our party members disperse around this time.”

“Whoops. That’s it. I’ll meet you tomorrow and say hello again.”

After saying goodbye to Goden to see you tomorrow, Aris leaves the mock battle room.

Alris’ pink hair was draped all the way into Goden’s eyes… But he couldn’t see her face.

I don’t know why, but I just saw that the corner of her mouth, which had gone up while smiling quietly until just now, went down in an instant.

You would never have guessed that her face, hidden by her hair, was full of hard, contempt for one person.

‘It must be because of my mood.’

Thinking so, Goden tried to erase her bitter feelings.

“I don’t think he’s still training…”

“Princess Ophelia?”

“Since it’s just the two of us now, let’s call them by name, right?”

“Oh, that’s annoying. What else?”

This time, she asks why she came to Ophelia herself. Then Ophelia, unlike her, takes her long moxa.

After clearing her throat a couple of times, Ophelia brought up her unusually clouded story.

“As for the new party member. All right?”

Sensing her uneasy touch, Ophelia was asking about Aris.

For some reason, I was taken aback by that creepy smile when he asked me to introduce the party to which Goden belonged.

***

There were two people who entered the gym.

However, as time passed, people somehow became rabbits.

“Huh, no more, I can’t run anymore…”

Yes. Rhenias showed excessive appetite for my true teachings and gradually transformed into a rabbit with a silver mane.

Now, the goalposts sticking to the floor like chewing gum are making sounds.

I was like that at first too.

“Aww…”

“If you keep doing that, your mouth will go back. Rhenias.”

“Senior. Be honest. I knew I would end up like this!”

“Of course. I did the same at first. I lay down on the floor and rested for several tens of minutes.”

“Hey… It’s too much. If you know that, I’ll dry it properly.”

“I dried it up, but you didn’t listen.”

“Ooh…!”

Renias puffed out his cheeks as if he was angry and was glaring at me for no reason.

I’m not afraid at all.

I told him not to overdo it, but he snorted that it was okay, and eventually he chose the same method as the robbers I usually train.

Would you have run a few hundred meters, let alone a kilometer? By that time, it seemed that Rhenias had just sat down.

It wasn’t long before Rhenias expressed his dissatisfaction by inflating his cheeks.

“Hick?! Everything, Dariga…”

My legs look stiff because of the muscles that were surprised by the rapid movement.

Seeing him giggle and even cry again… Just looking at him, he’s got a rat.

“Whew. Tell me which leg it’s on. I’ll let it go.”

“Other, left calf.”

“Here?”

“Ugh… Yes… Hiyaaah!! It hurts!!”

“Even if it hurts, you have to endure it so it hurts less later. So don’t hit me on the shoulder.”

“Hee-in… I’m sorry… But it hurts so much.”

I get cramps because I exercise too much. It can’t be helped.

Where did he ever use his body? At best, it would be the end-of-semester evaluation.

When I heard about it during the end-of-semester evaluation, he sighed deeply and couldn’t move in bed that day.

That was the motivation, so when he met me, he said he needed to build up his stamina, blowing out his nostrils and blowing out his willpower.

Renias suddenly began to speak instead of groaning, as if the cramped leg was somewhat relieved, and the pain had subsided little by little.

“Come to think of it, I’ve never seen senpai use magic. It’s like going to the gym, did you give up on magic?”

“No. Not really.”

It’s because I don’t have much to write.

I don’t think I’ve used it except for times when I was sparring with a very great person a while ago or when I was practicing.

“Can’t you just show it once? It doesn’t matter.”

Why are you suddenly curious about my magic?

“Come on.”

I made a small magic shield and showed it in front of Renias.

I got used to the long-distance curtain installation that I learned while sparring with Professor Denis not too long ago.

Rhenias whimpered and touched it curiously with his fingers, and also took out his mana and bumped into it to check it out.

Soon after, Rhenias smiled brightly and asked a question.

“It’s amazing. This is senpai’s unique magic, isn’t it? It feels like a shield that blocks and pushes something away.”

“That’s right. It’s mostly used as a shield.”

I don’t know what’s so strange about it, but there’s no sign that Rhenias’s eyes will fall off.

“From the first time we met, I thought he was a very kind person. It’s worth it.”

“What are you talking about out of the blue?”

“Indigenous magic is, after all, the creation of one person. hehehehe.”

I have no idea.

What does it have to do with unique magic being a creation of one person and me being a good person?

And that’s the reason why he smiled at me and said these words.

“Stop talking nonsense and go home and get some rest.”

“Eh? Why? Now that you let go, I can run more!”

“You couldn’t get up tomorrow because you got a sore on your leg. I heard you were stuck in bed all day because you were overdoing it during the end-of-semester evaluation.”

“Ugh… Does that happen even after waking up? I don’t like it…”

“If you want to hurt less, go back and ask the maids to release it in advance. Then it will hurt less.”

“Yes…”

The whining Lenias was sent off first, and the sun had already set before he knew it when he came out of the gym after tidying up.

***

Dududuk.

“Eh! I’m glad I didn’t do more today.”

When I stretched my body all the time, I felt strangely stiff, unlike usual.

I want to dismiss meeting a lot of people as the cause, but I know very well that this is actually mental exhaustion.

-‘Senior! I’m never going to give up!’

She didn’t mind no matter how vicious she uttered, and then handed over a well-made training suit.

She tried to shake him off, but she didn’t fall off easily.

‘How should I remove it?’

Since Erika left such a warning, it’s best for her to avoid running into her members, even on Junon’s side.

However, if Charlotte comes to visit like that every time, there is a high possibility that she will stand up in Erica’s eyes.

Of course, you should avoid entering a party, and it is better not to even meet.

But if things didn’t go like that, I would have died long ago, so what should I do?

“Hi-san…”

I walk the road to the dormitory with a heavy heart.

For some reason, every time I took a single step on the ground, I felt the vibration more than usual.

And then, what soon entered those black eyes was—.

‘Lotus…?’

A single flower with delicate pink buds and beautiful petals.

Looking at this flower and noticing a sense of incongruity, he instantly draws out his mana and takes a defensive posture. And soon,

Pain—!!

Creating a thick cloud of dust, the lotus flower roared and disappeared.

And there was one person who caught this scene unintentionally.

‘This, what is this…?’

At first, Hena lamented that meeting three people wasn’t enough, so one more person was added.

However, her axe eyes were slowly stained with bewilderment, and confusion came, and she soon lost her tension and was imprinted with great fear.

As Silvia’s friend, I only followed Junon to get to know him.

I just wanted to know what kind of person he was.

However, I had my eyes on the sight of being threatened to the point where my spine was about to fight from someone else.

Junon’s relationship with women? What use is that? That wasn’t the problem.

The pink-haired woman whom she suspected was another woman, on the contrary, harbored bitter resentment toward Junon.

Of course, she had a brief thought of helping, but Henna couldn’t bear to let her feelings of fear get ahead of her.

‘How could such an attack…’

How should I step forward and help?

The land is scorched and spreads, the firepower of the explosion makes a roaring sound that makes your flesh tremble, and your eyes close tightly to the headwind that blows from the explosion.

I couldn’t even predict if I would be able to come back intact, even if the school uniform blocks the attack if I step out recklessly.

Holding her breath, Henna backs away from her. The advice she was trying to give to her Sylvia was sublimated.

Unable to watch anymore as the cold feeling ran down her spine, Henna immediately started running behind her.

That pink haired woman was attacking Junon one-sidedly, and I had no choice but to hope that he was safe.

Now, she didn’t want to find out and tell Sylvia the secret of her Junon.

‘I have to… Tell someone…!’