The Only Male Student in the Academy

075. Catacombs Dungeon 3rd Floor (3)

“Senior Jayca Ancilla, what are you doing here?”

I was embarrassed inside at the appearance of the person I hated the most, but I was able to calmly say that.

Jay Carr smiles intriguedly as she approaches slowly.

“That’s what I’d rather say. It’s my job to train here after dinner.”

“…I see.”

“Looks like she’s having a hard time because of the race.”

Having said that, Jay Carr subtly reached out to her and snatched the bottle containing the holy water from Marie’s hand.

Should I say it was as natural as flowing water? Or should I say that acting without hesitation is an image that suits her well?

The act of gently taking the bottle from Mari’s hand was, in a sense, so natural,

Me and Mari reacted one beat late.

“Ah, ah…”

“I’ll borrow it for a while.”

With him, she poured holy water into the cup she still held in Marie’s hand, then stuck her finger into it.

Jayka gives strength slowly.

I can feel the transfer of magical power from that movement.

She realizes that Jay Carr is pushing her magic through her fingers into her holy water.

“It’s a holy water created by Benit. It already has Benit’s magic, so of course Ruhelif can’t put magic into it.”

“So, is there no way for Marie to manipulate the holy water?”

“Yes. That’s why, it’s not about imbuing it with mana. ──It’s just putting a little bit of mana into it, and letting it become your own little by little.”

Mana in the air, your own mana, and the mana of others. What is the difference between these three?

Simply put, it can be said that there is a difference in ‘frequency’.

There are ‘grains’ that make up mana, and these grains are constantly rotating.

The way it rotates and how it moves differs from wizard to wizard.

That’s why each person has their own ‘magic frequency’, and only magic that matches this frequency can be manipulated.

Because of this, it is impossible to borrow mana from others.

Because the mana frequency doesn’t match in the first place.

“It turns the magical power already in the holy water into its own frequency.”

Jaika’s magical power and Benit’s magical power already dwelling in the holy water resonate.

The movement of the holy water’s magical power changes little by little and becomes colored by Jayka’s. It’s like dropping a drop of paint into a bucket of water.

Slowly.

Slowly.

And before long.

The water in the cup floats in the air.

“.”

It is one of the water elemental magics.

A magic that can only control water.

Then.

“You actually meant to do this, Beheritt?”

“…….”

In an instant, you can see through.

The fact that I know how to use water elemental magic, and the fact that I tried to learn a new magic.

“I don’t have one or two questions to ask, but I’ll ask first….Isn’t that the Arms Combat Division?”

“Isn’t it a world where you can only handle weapons well? If you are a warrior, you should understand magic well. You can fight wizards.”

As Jayka relaxes, the water falls back into the cup.

Delicate.

Seeing Jay Carr use magic, she felt that way.

“I only know the basics of magic, it’s not like I use it professionally.”

“For that kind of thing, you seem to be using it better than me.”

“As for the deputy knight commander. There are times when you have to teach junior members.”

“…I see.”

There were so many things I wanted to ask, but I felt like that one word replaced all the answers.

As a result, I also have nothing more to say.

But Jay Carr seems to have something to say, and she smiles.

“That’s an interesting idea. Normally, I’d get a priest, but no one would have thought of freezing holy water with magic to fight Wraith?”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

“So, what is it?”

“……Yes?”

Unexpected question.

I inadvertently opened my eyes wide.

“I’ve never seen anyone like you before. I never thought you’d come to Findelnerca.”

“…….”

“Beherit, what the hell are you?”

His mouth shows a smile, but his eyes are serious.

Like a big snake looking down at me.

A feeling of pressure weighs down my shoulders, as if I would be eaten if I relaxed even a little.

Looking into those seductive eyes,

I say.

“I’m not sure what you’re talking about.”

That’s how I Lied.

Upon hearing my words, Jayka’s eyes widened momentarily,

Soon, that expression…… It changed back to a friendly smile.

“It’s just that it’s a slightly different image from what I thought.”

With an obviously pretentious remark, Jayka turned her back.

“Claire seemed depressed around midterms. Lately, she seems to have regained her energy… Is it because of Beheritt?”

“…….”

“Train hard. Also, take good care of Claire.”

Leaving behind her words, Jay Carr leaves her training ground.

Looking at her back, I let out a sigh involuntarily.

Jaca Ancilla.

Vice-captain of the Student Knights,

A supporting character who is also called the true protagonist of Chapter 2.

“…This is why I didn’t really want to meet you.”

I muttered.

“Didn’t you say you were going to the second floor yesterday? Why are you changing your words again?”

“What is it, are you dissatisfied?”

Yesterday, a somewhat uncomfortable meeting, is over. Again today has come.

Me and Claire were having such a conversation before the stairs leading down to the third floor of the catacombs.

“What about lace? Is it really good?”

“It may not be ok, but it might be ok, so let’s go test it.”

“You talk so strangely. But you seem to have a plan?”

I nodded.

Then we went down to the third floor of the catacombs.

Pass through the safety zone near the entrance on the 3rd floor of the Catacombs and go further inside.

There you are with about 7 undead and encounter 2 Wraiths.

“Claire does tanking. Marie conquers the race with me.”

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Immediately after giving the order, each of us begins our actions.

Claire was the first to act. As before, Claire created two To block the entry of undead monsters.

As expected, after creating a small gap between the walls, Claire put his body through it.

The reason for doing so was to prevent aggro from bouncing to others. Claire doesn’t have any aggro management skills.

“Marie.”

Calling Marie’s name, I threw a dagger that had been coated with holy water beforehand.

Then, the race on the left moved backwards to avoid the dagger.

In the meantime, Marie throws a bottle of holy water upwards.

“…!”

Holy water flows out of a glass bottle without a lid and is scattered into the air.

However, holy water does not fall down and wet the floor,

In an instant, they become frozen small hailstones and fly towards the race all at once.

-f*ck! Puck! Poop!!

There is no way Wraith can avoid the hailstone projectiles pouring down like machine guns. Hailstones pierce Reis’s body.

Within seconds, Reis’s body convulsed, and she disappeared from the spot as if she were melting.

“Eh, Ariel…! Hyo, it works!”

Mari’s bright face. I nodded her head beside her.

The attack was done by freezing holy water, but it had the same effect as if holy water had been applied to the weapon.

If this was in-game, it would have been impossible. It was a possible attack method because of the increased degree of freedom.

Just like that, I also threw a bottle containing holy water.

The lid has already been removed. The bottle spins in the air, and the holy water inside is poured into the air as well.

I immediately released my magic power.

‘The basis of water elemental magic is to make water mine.’

The only thing a person can move is their own body.

Still, why can wizards move fire? Can you handle lightning?

Never put willpower into fire. Neither is it a nerve transplant to lightning.

.

Infusing magic into fire, infusing magic into lightning. It is to send a signal to that magic power. That is the principle of all magic.

The same goes for water elemental magic.

Make the magic in the water your own.

You can let my mana dwell, or you can make the mana in the water originally dwelling at ‘the same frequency as mine’.

Because the wavelength matches me, when I send a signal, it moves accordingly.

I let some of my magical energy dwell in the holy water in advance, and all the magical energy in it has already been tuned to my frequency.

Send a signal.

Then the water does not fall to the ground, but moves like a snake with a will.

Water wets the wall faster than lace.

– Kung!

Race, which was trying to hide into the wall, bounced off as it collided.

I thought so.

Just as a sword drenched in holy water tore apart Wraith, a disembodied ghost.

I thought it would be possible for the holy water itself to exercise physical force against the non-substantial Wraith.

I release my mana again.

“.”

Sends a signal toward the wall while memorizing the name of the newly learned magic.

Then, as if a rag had been squeezed out, the water that soaked the wall came out,

As if swinging a bucket, water baptism hits the race.

And earlier, Marie had already pointed her wand at Wraith.

.

Cold frost radiates from the tip of the wand, and all holy water that touches Wraith freezes.

Like that, the race falls to the ground while being trapped in the huge ice.

Just like that, I picked up a throwing ax that had been doused with holy water,

Throw as much as you can down.

– Kwajik.

Popping ice shards.

Breaking the ice, the ax splits the lace,

Within a moment, the figure of the ghost that dazzled us disappears as if it melts into the air.

After that, I helped Claire, who was blocking the undead, and defeated all the remaining monsters.

It was an easy victory that made yesterday’s event feel like a dream.

“I didn’t even think that holy water could be handled with magic… It turns out something like this was possible.”

Looking at the ice shards on the ground, Claire murmured.

But that face is a puzzled expression.

“By the way, Ariel, how much is a bucket of holy water?”

“It’s 50,000 gold.”

“I wrote several copies in one battle.”

“I used 2 and half bottles more.”

One shot in . One for .

And I spent about half a barrel of holy water on my dagger and axe.

“Can you retrieve it with ?”

“…I did recover some of what had seeped into the ceiling, but only a very small amount.”

It seems that the frozen holy water can be melted and recovered, but… , It would probably take a year to melt what was frozen by magic.

Hearing this, Claire shrugged his shoulders.

“More than 100,000 gold is broken in one battle.”

That’s it.

However, it did not cause economic problems.

In the first place, Ariel had a lot of money from the beginning, and when he was hospitalized for a long time to save Marie the other day, he received a huge amount of compensation. Thanks to that, I was still rich.

In addition, with Claire recruited, the party was economically rich, so breaking 100,000 gold at a time was not a problem in itself.

Yeah, that’s fine, but….

“Money is not a problem, but by the time you get to the 4th floor, all the holy water around here will be gone.”

“…That’s the problem.”

The way to make holy water is quite complicated.

First of all, rainwater is collected on rainy days. Only rainwater is possible.

The reason for this is because in this world, rain is a miracle from heaven (God). It must have such symbolism, but it seems that it can contain blessings.

That’s why river water, sea water, and magically created water. It cannot be made into holy water.

Holy water is created by pouring only rainwater and blessing it by priests performing a prayer ceremony.

Therefore, holy water has a very high rarity value.

That means the supply is also small.

That’s why it’s expensive.

“But this will be solved to some extent if I raise the mastery of . As the level of Goes up, I can reduce the waste of water.”

“Still, isn’t it difficult to retrieve the holy water that Mary froze?”

“…If you think it’s not enough, you’ll have no choice but to melt and recycle the ice chunks somehow.”

“There are still tasks left.”

Claire shrugs his shoulders.

But it wasn’t a bad look. Compared to yesterday, when I retreated to the second floor, today, even one step forward, is better.

As Claire said, there are still challenges, but I have a way to deal with the race.

Anyway, we can move on.

That fact was more important to me than anything else.

“You were in a place like this, juniors.”

A voice suddenly heard during a battle.

Along with him, bullets flew from the blind spot, followed by daggers.

The undead in front of you become beehives and fall one after another,

The race, which is still somewhat difficult to deal with, was cut off in an instant and disappeared into the air.

When I realized, Nina was standing in front of me,

A woman walks slowly beside him.

Bright red hair like fireworks.

Her slender figure and her self-confident smile were like her heroine. She

Put on her glasses and had a smile on her lips, but she couldn’t get rid of her combat fanatic vibe.

How many times did she see that figure in Saga She Unknown?

3Rd year senior,

She is the ‘sister’ of Lucius,

One of the four main heroines.

“I’m sorry, juniors, but I want you to stop raiding the dungeon here. Junior Benit called you guys.”

She said that, she was someone who shouldn’t be here.

Lapisca is there.