Chapter 71: Heist (11)

As Elissa’s strength gave out, the streams of water that were swirling with the momentum to swallow the garden collapsed.

The streams of water that were swirling like a tornado collapsed, and the garden was completely flooded.

“Kyaat!?”

Exhausted from the continued fighting, I couldn’t avoid the water stream that poured down like a waterfall. With a soft groan that unknowingly popped out, a huge wave hit me.

It was the same for Yelena and Regina, even though they had the ability to avoid it, the two girls lay on the floor and were hit by the pouring wave.

Benedicto escaped, and the army that seemed to be endlessly flocking was all destroyed. Elissa seemed to have returned to normal, and the gates that were open in the sky had all disappeared.

Maybe that’s why. I didn’t want to get up with my body soaked in water.

“Ugh, I’ll be all wet…”

Even while muttering that, I smiled faintly and closed my eyes. It was fortunate that the sun had set. Maybe in this state, my underwear would be visible through my uniform shirt.

“Still, this is a great satisfaction.”

I prevented one of the tragedies that happened in the ‘original work’.

That means, Regina’s death can also be prevented.

And, it means that all the unfortunate and sad things that happened in the original work can be prevented.

I know that there is a ‘seed’ in the mastermind, and I prevented the tragedy that Elissa would experience. I also prevented the academy attack. I’ll probably get quite a few stats for that.

But, the biggest achievement I’ll get is confidence. The confidence that I can twist the knowledge of the ‘original work’ and move the world to where I want.

Satisfied with that, I fell asleep.

No, I was about to fall asleep.

Patter…

Until the footsteps of a familiar girl were heard in my ears.

“Sian..?”

“Ugh?”

I didn’t want to get up, so I raised my gaze upwards while lying down. Then, a pair of brilliant golden eyes with tears welled up were directed at me.

Thud.

A drop of tear that fell from Elissa’s eyes fell on my cheek. Elissa, who was also exhausted, sat down next to me.

“…I’m sorry.”

“Huh?”

“I couldn’t even handle my own strength properly, hurt everyone, and in the end, I even made Sian tired…”

It seems that Elissa is misunderstanding a little.

I have no intention of blaming Elissa… It seems like Elissa thinks I’m disappointed in her.

I grabbed Elissa’s limp hand and activated the Stigmata. The surroundings become blurry, the body turns into black particles, and the world is turned upside down, and a strange floating sensation enveloped the body.

“Kya!?”

Elissa’s eyes, suddenly teleported without mental preparation, trembled with embarrassment. Without missing that gap, when I deactivated the ability, Elissa and my body were thrown onto the puddle as is.

Splash-!

With a cool sound of entering the water, the bodies of the two girls tangled in the puddle.

She was surprised by the sudden space movement, and she hugged my body tightly without even realizing what kind of posture she was in, but she belatedly realized what kind of posture she was in and tried to pull her body back.

“You can’t.”

But, this time, I didn’t let Elissa go. Taking advantage of the embarrassment, I hugged Elissa tightly and smiled at her from a distance where our breaths touched.

The warmth of each other is felt through the wet shirt. The heartbeat sounds overlap beyond the touching chest, and the water-colored hair wet with sweat and the ebony-like black hair are tangled here and there in the water.

A close distance where our lips would touch if we went a little further.

Elissa’s eyes, who had never been so close to another person in her life, trembled cutely. The heart began to beat fast at the fact that the girl she admired was hugging her as if she was entangled with her, completely wet.

It feels like something ignited her heart. A slightly sore and hot sensation spreads from the heart to the whole body.

From the lower abdomen, Elissa swallowed unknowingly at the unknown heat.

What brought such Elissa back to her senses was the next words the girl in front of her said.

“As I said last time, I don’t think this is Elissa’s fault. It’s the bad guys who attacked this academy, not you who were attacked.”

“But…”

“Besides, in the end, Elissa defeated the bad guy, right?”

“That’s… true.”

“So, I think Elissa can be a little confident. You defeated a black magician who attacked the academy.”

I muttered that and released Elissa’s body. Moving my body back a little, I saw Elissa’s appearance, lying in a clear puddle and lost in thought.

She was always a pretty girl. It’s natural because she’s a character in the game, but to the extent that I realize it again even though I know it.

Such a girl did not suit this gloomy appearance. So, I gently put my hand on her cheek and smiled.

“I, like Elissa.”

“Hicc!?”

Elissa’s heart shook for a moment at the sudden confession.

At a close distance where each other’s breaths are intertwined, the object of admiration who shows her disheveled appearance without hesitation and says she likes her… honestly, it was very attractive.

But Elissa didn’t say anything hastily.

She already knew that the ‘like’ that Sian was saying to her was, to the end, a strong meaning as a friend.

“I… like Sian too.”

“Haha, thank you.”

Still, Elissa decided not to complain.

Whatever Sian’s thoughts were, her admiration for her was absolute.

“So, I have no intention of abandoning Elissa. Unless Elissa is disappointed in me and leaves, I will never dislike Elissa.”

“Th, there’s no way I would do that…!”

“Right?”

I gently stroked Elissa’s cheek and continued.

“Then isn’t that enough? We’ll be friends forever, what more story is needed between friends?”

“That’s not true…!”

Thud.

I lightly touched my forehead with Elissa’s and smiled.

In this way, the attack incident that made the beginning of the semester noisy came to an end.

After the attack, the academy was very different from before.

There were many things I didn’t even expect, as it wasn’t in the original work.

First of all, the academy declared a temporary closure. No matter how well they dealt with it, too many teachers and students were lost due to the attack, and the parents’ trust in the academy had greatly decreased.

In addition, the academy itself needed a large-scale facility reform. It was necessary to fix the old defense system that had already been breached once, and to fix the lacking parts in the pre-attack.

So the academy declared a temporary closure.

The deadline is undecided. It was decided to stop everything until all things of the academy were reorganized.

It wasn’t a bad thing for me either.

This way, I can move up the schedule to go to Elvenheim a little.

However, we did not receive a large reward officially.

A Crusader-class invaded the academy grounds, but the school could not announce the fact that they could not deal with that Crusader-class for more than 30 minutes.

This was a serious matter that could undermine trust in the academy. Considering that academy students grow up to go to the front line, it is a matter that will cause a big problem in the security of the empire.

But that’s why I received many things unofficially. Most of it felt like hush money, but there was a lot of information that I couldn’t get normally.

One of them was the location of the new ‘seed’.

The Magic Tower in the western part of the continent. It is said that abnormal phenomena have been occurring recently in that place, which has frequent exchanges with the academy.

It seems like there is one more place to go after visiting Elvenheim.

Besides, now my voice inside the academy has become quite strong. It means that I don’t have to twist my body to prevent an attack like this time.

I also gained some control over the academy’s own intelligence agency. Now, a wide-ranging search for the seed has become possible.

“Are you well rested?”

“Have you slept well…?”

“Mmm, did you sleep well?”

And, finally, the trust of the three girls in me became much stronger. Now I can use the same bedroom with them without hesitation.

“Yes. Good morning, everyone.”

The day after the academy declared a temporary closure. I started planning a trip with the girls. It wasn’t difficult to explain the plan because I had already revealed all the secrets about the Stigmata.

Dealing with the ‘seeds’ spread all over the world. And, to stop the mastermind’s plan.

“Everyone, are you ready to leave?”

“Of course.”

“Yes, Sian…!”

“Of course.”

After finishing the preparations and looking at the three who answered vigorously, I smiled, put on my sword on my waist, and put on my backpack.

It was time to go back to being an adventurer.

However, it was different from the previous adventurer life. Because I was no longer alone.

I felt like the future journey would be quite enjoyable.