Chapter 62: Heist (2)

“Ugh…!”

Elissa staggered as soon as she landed on the rooftop and leaned on my body. Elissa’s legs gave out due to the intense dizziness.

However, there was no time to recover leisurely. A sound that seemed like something was crawling up the wall was heard.

Clatter-

The sound of bones clashing against each other is heard through the noise of the academy in chaos. Perhaps that voodoo necromancer Crusader also participated in the attack.

“Elissa, are you okay?”

“Ugh…”

Wrong. Elissa’s blue eyes were half-closed. The aftermath of the spatial transfer, which was performed without mental preparation, was greater than expected.

I couldn’t blame Elissa for being impatient. When I first used the Stigmata in succession, I even threw up.

“Monsters are coming up. Get a hold of yourself. We have to move.”

“Ugh, yes… I understand…”

As soon as I helped Elissa up, ten skeleton direwolves that had climbed up the building wall jumped onto the rooftop. The eyes of the direwolves approaching us, looking at us, are fierce.

“Ugh, this…!”

I don’t have a sword, and Elissa, who can use large-scale magic, is half out of it.

Magical calculation is absolutely impossible in that state. If it were just me, I could beat ten of them with my fists, but it’s really impossible while protecting Elissa.

I slowly retreated to the edge of the rooftop with Elissa. Perhaps because of my presence, the direwolves didn’t rush in, but slowly narrowed the encirclement.

It was fortunate. If they had just rushed in, it would have been difficult in many ways.

I checked the remaining mana amount once more. Fortunately, there was enough mana left to use Blink together. It was indeed fortunate that I absorbed the cherry blossom seed at that time.

“Elissa, it’ll be dizzy one more time. Be prepared.”

“Yes…?”

A moment of bewilderment appeared in the hazy sapphire eyes. I hugged Elissa tightly and activated the Stigmata.

At the same time, with a strange floating sensation, Elissa and I fell onto the bed in my room.

“Kyaak!”

“Ugh…!?”

Elissa, who thought she would hit the ground, closed her eyes tightly and carefully opened her eyes to the feeling of fluffiness. I stroked Elissa’s hair and said.

“Take a break for a while. This is my room.”

There was a reason why I retreated to the end of the rooftop on purpose. The end of the rooftop was right above my room. For me, like a Stigmata holder with space movement ability, recognizing space was almost essential.

“Tha, thank you…”

“Don’t mention it. For now, we’ll hide here for a while. I think they’ll find out soon, but we can hold out for about ten minutes. Rest as much as you can during that time.”

“I understand…”

Leaving Elissa, who was lying limp on the bed, I opened the closet. When I searched the innermost part of the closet, a sword tightly wrapped in cloth appeared.

I thought I wouldn’t need it until the midterm exam, so I hid it in a corner of the closet, but I didn’t expect to use it already.

“Huu… Sian.”

“Why?”

“Are those guys, really coming to kidnap me?”

“Probably. When I glanced above, no magic circles appeared above the main building. Perhaps they knew that defense would be focused on the main building, so they did it like this on purpose.”

I knew there was an insider in the academy. Perhaps as soon as they realized that Elissa and I had disappeared together, they gave the signal to start the attack.

While unwrapping the cloths wrapped around the sword, I closed the curtains to prevent them from looking inside. Anyway, we’ll have to leave here in the end… but it’ll be better to hold out even a little longer.

In the end, time is on our side. Right now, the teachers are unprepared, but soon this situation will be sorted out. Elin-sensei attached a teacher to each of the fake Stigmata holders.

“Kyaaak-“

Nevertheless, not everyone could be protected. I can hear the screams of students from outside. Elissa closed her eyes tightly at the screams leaking through the thick curtains.

It’s because she thinks it’s all her fault again.

That she came to the academy and the students are suffering. If it weren’t for her, the academy wouldn’t have been attacked. If it weren’t for me, this wouldn’t have happened.

As such thoughts grew in her heart, negative emotions gradually rose.

The fake Stigmata, which had been sleeping for 8 years, trembled ominously. The red fake Stigmata engraved like a brand on the girl’s collarbone began to emit an unpleasant mana…

“Ouch?!”

Thwack-

With a neat sound without any redundancy, the sheathe of Sian’s sword struck Elissa’s head.

Because of the pain that made her mind clear, the thoughts that were gradually sinking into the deep place were cut off. The unfocused Elissa’s eyes regain their light.

The figure of the girl, taking off her uniform jacket and vest to change clothes, and unbuttoning her shirt, comes into her blurry vision.

“Ugh, Sian…?”

“I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not.”

“…Ah.”

Only then did Elissa realize what she was trying to do. The fake Stigmata that was emitting an ominous energy and the contracting blood vessels are felt.

As soon as she realized that she almost went berserk, her whole body turned cold. As the focus was caught in the hazy sapphire-colored eyes, the mana that was running wild out of control becomes gentle.

Sian continued to speak, looking at that appearance. A serious voice, different from her usual kind appearance.

“Your existence is not a nuisance, and the academy being attacked is not your fault. So don’t be swayed by unnecessary guilt, and quickly evacuate to a safe place.”

“…Thank you for making me come to my senses.”

“The ones who made the academy like this are not you, but those damn Dark Cult guys. What we have to do is not to be engulfed in guilt, but to take revenge on the Dark Cult.”

Sian paused for a moment and then continued.

“And, the best revenge we can take on the Dark Cult is for you not to be kidnapped. They put a lot on the line for this attack. Even revealing the existence of the fake Stigmata, which could be used as a secret force.”

Elissa’s condition is quite unstable. This time, I managed to stabilize her somehow, but I don’t think it will be like that during the battle.

Even if the scale of damage is small thanks to the monitoring teachers, there can be no damage at all. If Elissa sees the abandoned bodies of students, she might collapse in guilt.

So, I have to turn Elissa’s negative emotions elsewhere. Not to Elissa herself, but to the outside.

“So Elissa, do you understand what I mean?”

“Yes…?”

“The Dark Cult made a big mistake today. So, we have to punish those guys. And…”

From the beginning, Elissa was a girl with strong anger towards the Dark Cult. What I did was just push that feeling a little.

And if you plant such revenge, tell them the specific way to take revenge. As our survival will affect the Dark Cult.

“Okay.”

Vitality returned to Elissa’s eyes, which had been lying listlessly. Elissa, who got up from the bed, looked at me and made a vow.

“We, let’s go back alive.”

“Yes.”

I changed into comfortable activewear, put the sword on my waist, and looked back at Elissa. Elissa was full of will, just like when we first met.

“Elissa. What exactly is the ability of your fake Stigmata?”

“It enables fine control of mana, and it heals itself so that the body doesn’t collapse.

And it seems like because I came into contact with what was called the ‘seed’ at that time, my control over water becomes much higher when I use the Stigmata.”

“…If possible, don’t use the fake Stigmata. If you go berserk, I don’t think I can deal with it with my abilities.”

Dealing with it here means subduing Elissa without killing her. My simple close combat ability is much higher than Elissa’s, and I had a Stigmata that made all battles close combat.

Elissa nodded as if she understood my words. Water-colored mana gathered in the girl’s hands.

“It’s probably time for them to notice our location. Because our mana must have leaked out in the middle.”

“Then, how…?”

If only mobs come, we can hold out here, but if a Crusader-class comes directly, there’s not much I can do.

“…”

To deal with a Crusader-class between students, I, Regina, and Yelena must gather together. If I can approach Regina while Yelena and Elissa are attracting attention, there is a possibility.