Episode 25

It was a narrow, dark hallway.

The candle, which has long been replaced and melted flat, is burning. The flickering light is dangerous as if it will go out at any moment.

‘This will be the 8th floor.’

I walked slowly, stepping on the wall.

Prisons are often built by digging underground, but this is a tower-type prison built high on the contrary.

Since ancient times, there have been many people who dig and run away. Even earth attribute magic is open. Car seats are also quite expensive, so they can only be used indoors.

“All rooms are empty.”

There was a thin gap in the stone door, like a mailbox, through which one could peer into the room. It’s not possible for a child, and I had to lift my tiptoe to reach my height.

“What about a room with no gaps?”

“I have no choice but to open it.”

Sometimes there are rooms that don’t even have such a gap. Still need to check inside.

The children are on the 7th floor, and in the game, the children come down with some small daggers or something. These are items that you have to go to the 8th floor to find by yourself if Ai-nim is not there.

“Shh.”

Put your ear to it and 30 seconds.

My unnecessarily bright ears helped me quite a bit here.

If you can’t hear anything, scrape the stone wall with the blade you used to cut the rope.

Geek.

There was a creepy noise. It’s the sound I make when I scratch the blackboard. Ai whispered softly.

“what are you doing?”

“This is how mercenaries use it. If there is a closed room in a ruin or something, they will ask you to scratch the door with your fingernail.”

high pitched sound.

In general, monsters, whose hearing is much more sensitive than humans, respond to this sound even if they are sleeping.

Adventurers carry an iron plate and a chisel optimized for this, but there is none.

Krrr.

“I can’t open this. Let’s go.”

There are monsters inside.

Why are there monsters in a place like this?

It’s because I set the fight scene to come out when I open the door.

If you encounter a monster in a situation where you can’t use magic like now, there will most likely be terrible results.

I wonder if there were about 10 rooms that I looked at like that.

“Here… … .”

I took the candlestick hanging in the hallway and entered the room. Rusted chains, dried bloodstains, pharynx, daggers, and so on.

All the lumps of metal scattered on the floor were sharp and pointy.

“It’s a torture chamber.”

The Empire has laws in place that refrain from physical torture, but other older kingdoms do not. I left the candle to the child and picked up the things scattered on the floor. There was even a sack to put it in.

In situations where magic cannot be used, they are all valuable weapons.

“I’ll take it.”

Among them, he carried the most useful dagger in his bosom. Although the teeth are missing, the tips are sharp.

“I can see outside. It’s a landscape I don’t know. It seems to be in the mountains, but I can’t see the village. Let Your Highness take a look.”

The window in this room was also on a high place, but when I stepped on the chair, I could see outside. It would be nice to see what kind of place it is.

But there was a problem.

“I don’t see well… … .”

Even though Ai-nim eagerly raised her toes and jumped and jumped, it seemed that this subtle difference in height was not being compensated.

It’s fun to mumble disassembled.

“Can I help? It’s a chair made of iron, so it doesn’t look like it’s going to break.”

“Are you okay? Rox’s forearms are also thin. You have a sickly constitution.”

“Hmm. Your Highness will be fine.”

It’s true that it’s a level 3 strength, but it’s not a weak constitution. I’m just living a little tired.

Ai-nim has only chubby cheeks, but doesn’t have much flesh. Wouldn’t it be okay to lift it up? I put my back out with a light heart… …

“Keck!”

“Look, I’m going to fall like this. If he gets hurt, he’ll say it’s because of the Rocks.”

“Legs, loosen your legs. I’m out of breath… … .”

I thought I would be carried on my back, but I ride a wooden horse.

As expected of the princess, putting people under her feet in a place like this is passive.

I was worried that I might fall, so I wrapped it around my neck and threw it away, but my head felt dizzy for a moment. I couldn’t even dare to touch the jade body, so I tapped out three times on the wall.

“Do you see anything?”

“Certainly, this is a terrain that has never been seen in the Empire. And it would have been a big deal. I can’t get out of the window.”

“It does look tall.”

“Eighth floor? 9th floor? I think that’s about it. I’ll have to check the height of the lower floors, though.”

He is also a child.

Knowing the number of floors is quite important.

Numbers are intuitive. You can engrave hope by going down one floor at a time. It will go a long way in calming the kids down.

“But come down soon.”

“I remember the old days.”

No, stop talking and come down.

my shoulder hurts

“When I was young, Maria carried me a lot.”

“What’s wrong now?”

“I wouldn’t say no, but I would nag. Your Highness is sixteen now, you must behave yourself… … .”

“You only say the right things.”

“But high places are good. The stars look good.”

I couldn’t stand it, so my back started to bend, and only then did the child jump down.

“Rox likes stars too, right? Standing on the garden ledge every day.”

“It’s only half right.”

I said patting my shoulder.

“why?”

“You lack observation. I’m always looking down.”

“Do stars float in the sky?”

“I don’t like that very much.”

It’s a story that can be understood only with some modern knowledge, so you won’t be able to understand it.

“They are too far away.”

“Ugh, I don’t know.”

“When you get back, take a look at the bottom. It’s fun.”

“I will.”

I left the torture chamber and looked around the rest of the room, but nothing came of it.

Most of the rooms were empty, and if there were traces of them, they were too old to be recognized. I could only infer the fact that it was used as some kind of prison.

“… … I am no help.”

After looking at all the rooms in the hallway, Ai-nim suddenly came up with these words.

“Can that be? Even without me, Her Highness would have done well.”

“Looking at it, the Rocks seem to rate me too highly. Could it be that he was locked in that room and was crying profusely?”

“Yes. Surely it must have been?”

“… … Hey, they say everything is good.”

“After crying like that, I will stand up and find a way. That will always be the right answer.”

I’m just cowardly following Anim.

The fact that the child should not be in danger did not come from pure goodwill. In the first place, the fact that I solve it first is the weak mind that I have to score points in advance.

“The Highness I know is that kind of person.”

“Rox is like a bastard.”

“Eh.”

Oops.

Rather than earning points, they were devalued as a trustee. did you make a mistake

“Say only sweet words.”

… … is not it?

Only the hair of the child who turned his head is visible. It’s dark and I can’t see very well. What do you know Silly. I heard only muttering.

“The stairs.”

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Just when I had no words to answer, the hallway ended and a stairway came out. It was a stairway going down.

I had a sudden thought.

‘What’s up there?’

There are stairs leading to the ninth floor.

Aside from the blades I got from the torture chamber, there is no script written separately in ＜Academy Summer Turge＞. The kidnappers all live on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

If you can afford it, you can check it out, but first, find the children on the 7th floor.

“I think it was on the 8th floor.”

“Then this is the 7th floor.”

Ai-nim, who has excellent spatial awareness, is convinced that the heights of the floors before and now are equal.

Therefore, it became clear that this was the 7th floor.

“You have to find it again.”

“They are not stupid either. In the midst of this, I made a loud noise—”

Udangtang!

“-I wouldn’t. I almost thought.”

these idiots

I grabbed the child’s hand and hurriedly ran towards the sound.

‘There is none.’

different from the game.

large void. a gaping hole.

There is no main character in class A now.

There is no me who can replace the role. Even so, I didn’t think that I would have an accident right away.

That was an obvious mistake.

Class A is the order of grades. Studying a little harder and having a talent for magic is completely different from having the ability to deal with a crisis situation.

“Everybody, calm down!”

“Do you look calm now? Is this Rongrult’s way? A cheap play like this?”

“Why are you fucking with us? Does that make things better for the kids who have just woken up and can’t come to their senses?”

“Do not be ridiculous. A kidnapping in the middle of Summer Turge, you think that’s possible? What did your empire do!”

It was loud enough to be heard from outside the room. I hurriedly unlocked the latch and opened the stone door.

Drooling!

“Ro, Rockstrin… … ?”

“Your Highness, too!”

“Rather than that, the door was open!”

I quickly pushed the child in and entered the room. The tightly closed stone gate opened, and I saw the children who had jumped up.

But after I only lifted the latch I had loosened halfway.

bang! Clap!

“What, what are you doing!”

“It’s locked again!”

With a violent impact, the latch fell and the door was locked again.

It may already be too late.

“What are you doing… … .”

“Shut up if you don’t want to run away, you idiots.”

It seems that even a level 10 charm can’t cover this. For a moment, the children, who became bewildered, shut their mouths tightly.

It’s scary when someone who doesn’t get angry in the first place gets angry.

Tuck, Tuck, Tuck.

footsteps approach

My heart is beating.

How many? two people?

-not. It is one person. I was lucky.

“Whoa.”

catch your breath Make no mistake.

You only get one chance.

Standing with my back to the wall right next to the stone gate, I tightly gripped the dagger I had packed in the torture chamber.

widely.

footsteps stop

The latch is released soon, and it’s a rattle.

“What are the kids doing… … .”

hooked

I swung my arms as hard as I could. I aimed precisely at the uvula and stabbed it deeply.

“Keuk-”

A voice mixed with phlegm and blood.

However, his forearms, thicker than his thighs, grabbed my waist in an instant. I tripped and tripped him even as I was being dragged helplessly.

Courage!

Even while rolling half a turn, he never let go of his right hand holding the dagger. A crackle, the sound of scratching skin rose up through the skin.

Human life is so tough.

Even though the knife was stuck in my throat, strong hands ripped my hair roughly. It was to the point where I wondered if the whole scalp had come off.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been kicked in the back and punched in the chest. Fortunately, it was his tough neck leather that peeled off first.

Although I can’t see very well from the blood gushing uncontrollably, the grip on my wrist gradually loosened.

A dagger with missing teeth was only good for stabbing, but it lacked the sharpness to tear muscles. The neck was cut sideways as if sawing.

squeak. Took. The blade of the knife was sticking out.

“ha… … .”

Tengrung. He dropped the dagger to the floor and leaned against the wall.

Maybe 30 seconds?

The person who was alive until just now became mush. Blood was leaking. I too was covered in blood. Unpleasant warmth soaked his body.

His head was dismembered, and his face was swollen from a couple of blows. I said with a desperate heart.

“Please, please don’t scream. I have to do the same thing one more time.”

I was in a panic right now, so no one made a sound. I stared at him for about a minute, but no scream came out.

I was just reassured.

“it’s okay… … ?”

“Yes. It’s far. don’t come close Because it’s dirty.”

It was Ai-nim who spoke first.

woo. He spat out the torn pieces of flesh from his mouth. I haven’t been able to eat ramen for a while. I’m glad you ate yesterday.

I unpacked the sack I had packed on the 8th floor. Throw it in and no one will pick it up.

“Freed.”

“Yes, yes. Rockstrin.”

“Come and take it.”

called each one by name.

Frid was also assigned to Class A.

This guy is so big that he’s not like a 16-year-old, so I can rely on him. He had high strength and agility, so he gave him the most usable, long, pointed skewer.

“Fabien.”

He’s the smart guy who pointed out my bullshit to me in the previous class. He has a calm and prudent personality, so I believe he will do it when he needs it. He gave me garden shears.

At most, eight were distributed like that. The rest are empty-handed.

“I?”

“I can’t tell you.”

Ai-nim flatly refused to ask.

In the episode, he is a great man who will lead Summer Turge in the future and the Empire in the distant future. It wasn’t a role for a guy like that.

“Everyone wake up. because it’s going down This is the 7th floor.”

not even vicious

This event also has a time limit.

We must get out before dawn.

Maybe because they were scared, the children listened well.

“The ones you just received, keep one thing in mind.”

I wish that hadn’t happened.

If the battle event that I was trying to avoid as much as possible happens, I have no choice but to borrow the hands of the students.

i can’t solve everything

I fell weak You can’t survive without someone’s help when it’s really important.

“If I see someone not wearing a robe, I stab them. repeat it.”

It is a simple identification method.

All except for the 31 kidnapped class A members are defined as enemies.

A short silence followed.

With such a lukewarm attitude, someone is bound to get hurt. I said again.

“Sing back.”

“Lo, if I see someone not wearing a robe, I will stab them… … .”

“With all my might.”

“With all my might.”

Frid managed to get the first line out.

It’s not a good way to control children with fear and intimidation, but for now it’s the best.

I took out the hair I used on the 8th floor again and unlocked it. There is no time to delay.

“Follow.”

Because the ‘A class kidnapping case’ has just begun.