119 – Villainous Lady (5)

It looked like it had been beaten pretty badly, so we all went downstairs to check on Orcus. It wasn’t that Elena didn’t intend to kill her, but that she was protected by magic in the first place, so of course the scene she saw with her own eyes was so shocking that I was worried even though I knew it.

Besides the physical, what about the mental? including that. Fortunately, when we went down, he seemed to have already come to his senses, although he couldn’t stand up yet, and when he saw us coming towards him, he smiled and waved.

“What’s going on here? That’s why they came together as a group. Is it a rush? These are the best students of the Knights Faculty, so the Knights Faculty is also a big deal.”

It was Orcus as usual. He talked to us as a joke, so we answered as a joke.

“You got hit very hard, but is your face okay? No. Maybe it’s because it hit your head so hard, it seems you haven’t come to your senses yet. Look at that blue face over there. I’d believe it’s a fishman who climbed up from the deep sea.”

“I mean. By the way, I can hear all the hitting sounds coming from afar. You better stop talking now. You need to rest. Your mouth will hurt even if you stay still, but stop shutting your mouth and rest. Orcus.”

“Older brother! What if he greets you so calmly there!! You should have blocked it with one arm and continued to take the time!! That’s why, when I usually say let’s train, let’s do it together! If it were me, in that situation…”

I, Reinhardt, and Noel, in order, dismissed Orcus, who had greeted them sarcastically. Noel seemed to be saying it out of pure goodwill, but it sounded like a slap in the face to others. She covered her face with her hands, as if she had finally realized that we had seen her fall down after being beaten.

“Did you see…?”

When we laughed without saying anything, he blushed in embarrassment.

I said to Orcus.

“What are you so shy about?

“…Rotten. Please comfort me. He said he couldn’t do anything and was beaten.”

“What can I do with Elena being so amazing? By the way, like Noel said, you need to train yourself. It makes sense for a guy who can use holy power to be pushed out in close combat. You can use strengthening magic too. You have the upper hand, but the reason you lost so pointlessly is because you didn’t train normally. And even if you had a gut feeling of defeat, you should have held on to it until the end. Would you give up right away like this in actual combat?”

After hearing my words, Orcus clicked his tongue and nodded.

There were a lot of regrets while watching, so the tone of the conversation became a bit scathing, but seeing as he accepted without saying anything, it seemed that he knew that he gave up too quickly for what he thought.

In fact, at Orcus’ age, his achievements were not normal. Elena is too deceitful, and Orcus is not at the level of being inferior to other guys.

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Most of the magic he used was focused on projectile-type magic that was easy to use in long-distance combat. Divine power is basically to improve and heal the physical abilities of oneself and allies. It’s not a style that directly goes into battle and fights.

In a way, it can be said that it is a fighting style that suits the guy’s position, but that’s because it was very dangerous for an emperor or a prince to fight at the forefront of the battlefield.

The true value of Orcus is displayed only when there is an ally, not alone, or when a situation arises in which an army must be commanded.

It’s not that his magic isn’t powerful, and he can even buff and heal, so it’s a very suitable combat method for a commander who commands an army from behind. If you do all of this while being protected from the rear, it is of course difficult for the enemy to deal with it.

However, Orcus is not an ordinary commander, but a prince. He was the future emperor of the empire, so he couldn’t stop there.

Of course, there will always be someone by his side who can protect him, but unexpected variables must always be kept in mind, so he must be at a level that he can protect himself even when left alone.

Because there are so many things he is carrying, he cannot die in vain on the battlefield as he did just before. You have to be able to endure and survive as much as possible. If so, reinforcements can come and live, and plan for the future.

Being a smart guy, he must have known what I was talking about. I didn’t bother explaining this in detail. The light in his eyes flashed between the fingers covering his face, because he seemed to have already made up his mind.

“Oh, there are many things to do…”

“Originally, those who stand at the top have the most to do.”

At my words, Orcus looked at me and Reinhardt alternately, then nodded and said,

“Well, I’ll have to put in that much effort to manage you guys. But in the future, when I become emperor, what are you going to do with this longing? Huh? Aren’t you afraid of the future?”

“I don’t think a person like the emperor will retaliate for something that happened when I was a small child. And since it’s not yet, you can grind it.”

“Even if I feel unfair, I will quickly rise to the throne.”

“Older brother, I haven’t even said that I’ll give it to you yet, what should I do if you say that? I’ll have to listen to the story of Obama as well.”

“That’s right. I know when His Majesty will pass it on. No one knows if we will pass it on until after we all become the head of the household. Grandfather said that with His Majesty’s current state of health, he will be able to continue his public duties for several more decades. .”

We all laughed at Noel and Reinhardt’s words. Even if it was already decided that Orcus would become emperor, the emperor decided when that time would be. In any case, the current Orcus was just a prince, so he could crave it to his heart’s content.

Orcus laughed a few times as if he was dumbfounded, then got up from his seat.

“Let’s go. Richard, we’ll see if he gets hit.”

Come to think of it, the practice wasn’t over yet. Elena will continue to win, and so will Richard. Just as Orcus said, we headed to the practice table to see Richard being beaten by Elena.

***

“There’s nothing wrong with just observing rather than participating in practice. I hope you get a lot out of it.”

The professor who was supervising the combat practice readily allowed us to observe. They didn’t seem to be curious about why the engineering department students were here at this time, but they didn’t seem to be interested because it wasn’t their department.

For us, it was a good indifference.

Elena was still standing on the practice table, and while we were talking with Orcus, the look of the practice table was very different from before, as if we had knocked down other students. The residual fire left by Orcus has long since been extinguished, and as a result of the strong shock, various scars along with the broken traces are engraved on the practice table, so there is no such thing as a mess.

Her next opponent was Richard, whom we were expecting, but unlike Orcus, he was nervous from the start. hahahaha, because Orcus suffered that way in front of him. I cheered Richard aloud to ventilate his gloomy atmosphere.

“Hey!! Richard!! What are you so afraid of! If you are a man, you should walk confidently with your back straight!!!”

“Huh? Damien?!”

He was startled by my voice and turned around. Reinhardt also waved his hand next to me, and Richard looked at us with a puzzled look, but he didn’t say anything. A slight nod of the head was the only reply that he knew without saying anything.

“Well?”

A stinging glance flew from the other side of Richard, so I looked and saw Elena glaring at me with a pouty face. Maybe he didn’t like that I was rooting for Richard. So Noel asked me.

“It’s a big deal. Damian. Elena is really pissed off. What are you going to do now? Wouldn’t Elena look after you if you cheered for her now?”

“It’s okay. I did it on purpose.”

“Yes?”

I waved hello to Elena instead. It was cute seeing her turn her head away pretending not to look. After seeing my laugh and Elena’s behavior, Noel realized that I was playing a prank on Elena to see her like that.

“Keuk keuk keuk .. Where do you hang on well?”

Orcus smiled sinisterly at Richard, perhaps wishing that Richard had suffered worse than he did. For such a narrow-minded guy to be the future emperor… The future of the empire is bleak.

“I’ll let you go first.”

“Please come.”

The battle between Elena and Richard went the exact opposite of what Orcus had hoped for. As in Orcus, Elena’s opponent, Richard, took the lead, but Elena’s method in this battle was to destroy it with elemental magic of the same attribute as the elemental spirit summoned by Richard.

Of course, in order to destroy the attack with magic of the same attribute, the skill of the caster had to be higher than that of the opponent, so Elena showed Richard the gap with herself.

The battle between the two was short and concise.

Whenever an attack was nullified, Richard summoned spirits of different attributes, and Elena cast elemental magic accordingly. When all attacks were nullified like that, Richard admitted his defeat and went down to the practice table. Elena didn’t particularly stop him.

“Oh…overwhelming.”

“What, what!! Why!! Why did you only do that to me?! What did I do wrong!!!”

Because of that, Orcus was yelling at me from the side, but I lightly ignored it. I guess I just wanted to hit him. I didn’t open my mouth to Orcus’s question because I couldn’t see her inside as clearly as if I were looking through a window.

After Richard went down, no one went up on the practice table for a long time, so I thought the class was over, but Elena was still standing there, so I knew it wasn’t over yet.

Soon after, a girl with a familiar face came up to the practice table trembling. It seemed like Elena’s last opponent, but looking at her face, I could see why she was so clumsy.

“…”

“Huh! Heuuu…”

Elena’s last opponent was the girl who confessed to me the other day. Water was reflected in his eyes, as if he had been frightened, but he was shaking to the point where he couldn’t compare to Richard before.

Even though Elena didn’t put pressure on her with magical power like before, the girl shuddered just by looking into Elena’s eyes. The curious thing was that she wasn’t the only one like that, but when the girl shuddered, the students under the practice table reacted in sequence. Most of them were female students, but all of them were dressed in a mess, probably because they were Elena’s practice partners that we hadn’t seen before.

In the end, the girl on the training table lost her mind before even fighting a proper battle. At the same time, it is truly exquisite to hear the bell ringing to announce the end of class.

I didn’t feel any sympathy. It was because it was already in my head that if I were Elena, I would not have acted similarly.

The professor left the practice room as soon as the bell sounded, and Elena walked toward me with light steps, leaving behind the girl who had collapsed on the practice table.

Elena’s face as she walked towards me was a vague expression, not sure if she was in a bad mood because she saw the girl or if she was angry at my support for Richard. That meant that the emotion on his face was light, but it wasn’t a very good feeling, so I decided to make an excuse about Richard’s work earlier.

“Elena cheered for Richard earlier… yup.”

I couldn’t finish my words and my mouth was blocked by her. As soon as he approached, he suddenly pulled the tie and pulled his lips out before taking any action. It’s been a long time since I’ve been ashamed of a kiss, but it happened so quickly that my head was confused.

“This feels a bit different.”

The atmosphere of Elena, who calmly talked about her impressions, was something I had never seen before. Should I say I’m mature? I can’t really express what it is. I’ve seen something like this before, like last time, when she got mad. However, this time, I couldn’t say it was completely the same because I didn’t see any anger toward a specific person.

Elena spoke so briefly and turned her head slightly to look at the children, and she could see them all overwhelmed by her gaze. This was her warning to her children. Because of this, I realized that this image was an extension of what I had done at the flower garden last time.

“Certainly…it’s different.”

It felt strange to feel like a princess captured by the Great Demon King.

Oh, not that it’s bad. just so…