The Only Male Student in the Academy

047. Mid-boss (2)

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[Tia] “Dear Ron, I heard you.”

[Tia] “Actually, Elpis Bamir ordered it…”

[Rose] “I knew that, Ms. Tia.”

[Rose] “It’s a fact that only noble students know, but why does Miss Tia, a commoner, know?”

[Tia] “…….”

[Rose] “You mean you won’t tell me.”

[Rose] “…I like something.”

[Rose] “If Tia knows everything, I don’t have to act, so it’s comfortable for me.”

[Tia] “…Stop, if you want me to do it, do it.”

[Rose] “I can’t do that.”

[Rose] “…I won’t apologize, Ms. Tia. I’ve come too far to be forgiven.”

[Rose] “So please blame me.”

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An underground shelter that still smells of dust.

I leaned back in my chair, closed my eyes, and recalled the memories of playing Unknown Saga.

If you open one eye and check the pocket watch…… Current time is 10 AM.

It must have been in the middle of the night that Rose contacted Tia.

At this point, Tia is probably already incarcerated.

“…….”

Put the pocket watch back in your pocket.

There are probably only two people in the world who know that Tia was kidnapped.

One of them is me who has played Unknown Saga before,

The other was Marie, who had been watching the whole scene.

“Eh, Ariel… Why did you call…?”

-Kik.

The dull door of the shelter opens and a familiar-looking girl enters the room.

Maria.

The first friend I made in this world, and my only party mate.

And the only witness who saw Tia being kidnapped.

‘… But what does she say?’

Looking at that, I worry a little.

Actually, yesterday I met Ron.

-“Ariel Beheritt? What did you come for?”

-“Huh? Really, what’s the matter? Anyway, I understand. I’ll visit you tomorrow.”

Of course, I had no intention of accepting a meal from Ron.

In the first place, Ron wouldn’t be able to afford a meal right now. She would be running everywhere with Lucius by now looking for the missing Tia.

I only have one thing to do.

Getting Ron to meet Marie.

To pass the time until then is today’s task.

“Ariel…?”

As I look at Marie without saying anything, she tilts her head as if wondering.

I looked at Mari’s face for a long time.

… I couldn’t figure out how to pass the time.

‘… Shall I just be honest?’

Shall I tell you that Ron is looking for Marie?

… No, if you do, Marie might run away.

Marie must be wondering whether Rose will turn a blind eye to her crime or she will save Tia.

But other than that, I couldn’t come up with an idea to hold Marie.

…… What do we do.

“Oh, ho, by any chance… Shi, since the exam is over, are you going to resume party activities…? Bird, did you find a new dungeon…?”

A rescue boat was launched from Mari. It was unexpected in a good way.

It’s a new dungeon.

I’m not going to go to a dungeon with Marie after that, but I have a lot of knowledge about dungeons in my head.

If I tell you the right information, I’ll be able to hold Marie for a long time.

With that in mind, I opened my mouth.

“No, I called for a different reason.”

But the words that came out of my mouth were completely different from what I thought.

“Eh…? Ah, no…? Then, why did you call…?”

“…….”

I looked at Marie gently.

Marie meets my eyes with her puzzled face.

Perhaps this is the last one.

Last chance to talk to Marie.

Will you spend this time fooling Marie with lies?

… I somehow hated it.

“I want you to be a model.”

In the end, that was the word that came out after much thought.

“Eh? A model…?”

“Yes. The picture model.”

I looked through my bag.

Nothing changed. A few textbooks, a few notebooks, and a writing instrument.

They are far from being called painting tools.

But did they say that craftsmen do not choose tools?

I opened my notebook and took out a pen from the pencil case.

“That, painting…? Go, why all of a sudden…?”

“Just because I wanted to.”

“……?”

I made an expression that I didn’t know the English language, but I opened the notebook anyway.

As soon as I draw a line, I inadvertently click my tongue. This is not the line you want.

Come to think of it, I never drew a single picture after entering the academy. That meant I hadn’t painted for two months.

Did you know that if you take a day off, it takes three days for you to regain your senses?

Since I haven’t painted for two months, my blade has become dull.

If I had known it would be like this, I would have drawn some pictures.

‘… It’s funny.’

The fact that I no longer draw.

You said that you would take your hands off painting, but you’re drawing to keep Marie.

It’s annoying that I can’t draw Mari’s face properly, so I’m thinking maybe I should’ve drawn some more.

Everything about me is ridiculous.

Marie Louhelif.

What kind of existence is Marie to me?

I don’t know why it disturbs my heart like this.

“Now, let’s draw well…”

Marie looked at my notebook and said so.

Could it be because the experience remains even though the senses have dulled? Marie was admiring the picture, which was only moderate in shape.

“Ariel, you know how to draw… Eh, when did you learn this…?”

“……I never really learned anything. I practiced by myself.”

“That, is it…?”

“Ever since I was little. I thought I wanted to become a cartoonist.”

I was saying that to Marie.

I don’t know if there is a concept of manga in this world… , It won’t matter what you tell me.

Sooner or later, Marie will die at the hands of Lucius.

“In my family, I didn’t like drawing, so I had to do it secretly.”

If only I had learned more.

If only I had more time.

If only I had more talent.

Could I have become a cartoonist?

“It’s all in the past. I didn’t have any talent, so I quit.”

It’s a reality right in front of your eyes that even Marie’s face can’t be drawn properly.

So, this is the end.

Today is the last time I will meet Marie anyway.

Let’s finish the painting.

Incomplete combustion.

That word came to my mind first.

I ordered it to be completed, but I don’t like it in many ways.

It wasn’t a proper painting tool, and I couldn’t put color on it either.

The sense of drawing is not the same as before, so I am not very satisfied.

I don’t feel relieved.

Nevertheless, the painting was completed.

Is this my last painting?

“Ariel Beheritt…! Excuse me for a second!”

As soon as I drew the last line, Ron opened the door and entered at just the right time.

“Hey…”

As soon as she saw it, Marie was taken aback.

It was wet.

It’s not like you’re drowning and getting wet.

My whole body was covered with sweat. Hide how long it ran is rough.

Ron, who seemed quite exhausted, managed to squeeze his voice out as he leaned his back against the wall.

“Ariel Beheritt…, Tia…. Haven’t you seen Tia…”

“I didn’t see it. What’s going on?”

“Tia…, Tia…. Cough Cough…!”

A sore throat, Ron coughed up her cough.

Marie hurriedly picked up the water bottle and brought it to Ron.

“Speak slowly. So what’s wrong with that cursed clan?”

“……Tia disappeared.”

Said Ron after taking a sip of water.

Then Marie made a surprised expression.

“J-Now… T-Tia said Miss Tia disappeared…?”

“Yes… Tia didn’t come to the promised place, so I was worried and went to the dormitory, but she wasn’t there. …Something must have happened to Tia.”

So now, Ron says, they are split up with Lucius and Lapisca and are looking for Tia.

Hearing those words, Marie’s face turned blue.

“That’s what happened. I’m sorry, but I’ve never seen him.”

“I see… If you find out anything, come to the ‘Archaeology Club’.”

“The archeology club room.”

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I nodded, and Ron immediately turned his back.

“Then I’m leaving! One shot is next!”

I didn’t get enough rest, but Ron starts to run again, sweating.

“Hey, Ariel… Bird, thinking about it… I, oh, I have an assignment I haven’t done yet… I-I’ll go…!”

Marie screamed a lie that didn’t make sense, and she ran after Ron.

He must have been to the archeology club.

Seeing that, I also got up from my seat.

Put the pen in the pencil case and cover the open notebook.

After putting everything in the bag, I also leave the shelter.

That was the end of my last meeting with Marie.

It was incomplete combustion.

If Tia gets first place in the midterms of the first semester of the first year, the ‘Tia Abduction Event’ will occur.

After this event occurs, when the player visits the female dormitory, of course Tia is not there.

So, the player goes around the academy to find Tia and collects witness information.

[Jaka] “I was up late yesterday.

[Ralph] “Yesterday? I left the lab late at night to help the professor with his research… Oh, there was once.”

[Ralph] “I just went out to get some cold air, and I saw students moving boxes from a distance.”

[Ralph] “Looks like you’re heading north.”

Gathering information like that will eventually lead the player to the north.

At the end of it we see Marie sitting on her bench with her restlessness.

[Marie] “Miss Tia…, Qi, will be held in the dungeon of the Quillas mansion…”

[Marie] “Bar, the Duke of Bamir’s faction occupied the dungeon…”

[Marie] “I’m sorry… It ended up like this because of her sister…”

After seeing Lucius and his friends desperately looking for Tia, Marie tells her the truth.

In the first place, Mari is not a person who can deceive others.

“By now, the archeology club should be telling the truth.”

Then she will soon run to the dungeon of the Quillas Mansion and start the ‘Mansion Battle’.

The ‘Mansion Battle’ proceeds in two stages.

The first is ‘Invasion of the Mansion’,

It contains the contents of infiltrating and defeating the noble students of the Duke of Bamir faction who are guarding the Qillas mansion.

After countless battles with the aristocratic students, he finds out that Tia is trapped in her basement.

She finds out that Rose has the only key to the basement.

Rose is waiting for Lucius on the top floor of the mansion, in the opposite direction from the basement.

When the player reaches the top floor of the mansion,

The second stage, the ‘boss battle’, begins.

‘… But this boss battle is a bit difficult.’

Rose has become incredibly strong by using her mansion’s defense magic, and aristocratic students continue to flock to her.

In addition, Tia, the key dealer in Lucius’s party, is imprisoned and cannot participate in battle.

Instead, Lapiska participates instead… , Lapisca was the most notorious character in the Unknown Saga for its manipulation difficulty.

So, the most difficult section of Chapter 1 was undoubtedly the ‘Mansion Battle’.

If you lose in this ‘Mansion Battle’, you will face a bad ending.

[Narration] We who lost the battle were trapped.

[Narration] He was rescued three days later.

[Narration] I tried to save Tia, but it was too late.

[Narration] It is said that Elpis Bamir took Tia and left the floating island.

[Lapisca] “I checked Elpis Bamir’s room with the leadership team.”

[Lapisca] “Do you remember what happened during the class placement test, junior? It was Elpis Bamir who brought in the shadow wolf.”

[Lucius] “Eh?! Are you Elpis Bamir?!”

[Lapisca] “I’ve always been concerned about putting a warp magic circle in the shadow wolf’s mouth.”

[Lapisca] “From the beginning, Elpis Bamir had the intention of stealing junior Tia out of the Floating Island.”

[Lucius] “What kind of plan…”

[Lapisca] “That’s something I don’t know anymore.”

[Lapisca] “They said they organized a pursuit party, so we have to wait for the results.”

[Narration] But Elpis Bamir was never captured.

[Narration] Now, a year has passed since then, and I quit the academy, and I am still chasing the traces of Elpis Bamir.

[Narration] To save Tia this time…….

-BAD END 006. The Missing Tia-

… It will end like this.

In other words, Elpis Bamir had no intention of imprisoning Tia for a long time from the beginning.

After imprisoning Tia for just one day in order to steal it, she plans to take Tia out of the floating island at night, seeing the timing.

In order to obtain Tia’s ‘power of the warrior’.

‘… If Lucius is defeated.’

I’ll have no choice but to wait at the warp gate and hang on to Elpis Bamir.

To do so, it was necessary to keep an eye on Lucius’ combat situation,

There was only one way to do that.

“Hey, Claire.”

“Hey…!?”

I wonder if he came out of class? I called Claire, who had just come out of the building.

Claire was startled and looked at me slowly.

“What…, What’s going on…”

Face still hardened.

There is no smile on that face that was lively until recently,

My eyes caught the image of Claire, her hands shaking as if she was frightened.

“Let’s do something with me.”