23-2. Who are the uninvited guests?

The curtain on the summer festival has risen. The inside of the academy was overflowing with people and making noise,

“This is the magic club’s horror experience booth! Please come!”

“Ariel, it’s about to begin, so let’s get ready to go in.”

“Yes! Okay! Kai..!”

Lovers holding hands, walking around booths having fun with each other.

“Licht, what are you doing..?”

“I just like the look. Oh, Mardol, don’t you have anything you want to do at the festival?”

“Not really. Doesn’t exist.”

Memories and happiness mixed together, and the whole world looked excited. Except for the two of us. Mardol dressed as Quer looked at me blankly.

“..Licht.”

“Why is that?”

No matter how much I think about it, this person doesn’t seem to have a relationship with anyone. Is there anyone, like Dennis, who needs to catch the Demon King to make a love line?

“..Festival, are you enjoying it?”

“What.. Of course it is, right? You can see things you wouldn’t normally see.”

“I see.”

The tree monster lowered its head. Why are you depressed again? He said he was afraid that the guards would appear. I hinted at her.

“Are you not enjoying the festival by any chance?”

“..I don’t know. It’s just that there are too many people.”

“That is good.”

“Uh..?”

What a good timing to watch Soon-ae. It’s a pity that you don’t know this pleasure.

“Now, look over there.”

“With Harpy…. Are you coming?”

Yes. She pointed with her finger as a woman with bird wings and a man with horns clung to each other and walked side by side.

“You look hot.”

“It’s still early summer, of course, right?”

In the helmet, the corners of my mouth naturally rose. A smirking oni man and a harpy woman with a smirk.

“..Why is that?”

“Maybe those two like each other? It’s like a friendship that only has one step left before becoming a lover.”

“How do you know that..?”

“Persimmon.”

I deliberately spoke a little louder so that Kinel and Ariel could hear. My voice echoes in Mardol’s flaming helmet,

“Hey Yak.”

“…”

The yellow Cerberus and the red Cheshire Cat, who were finishing up the booth preparations next to me, looked at me in surprise. I want you guys to get married soon and get married.

“That fresh feeling. Can’t you feel it?”

“..I don’t know. We are just ashamed of each other.”

Golden wolf eyes gleamed in the twig-covered helmet. Is this still cold to everyone but me?

Habitually put my hand on my chin and pondered. It would be a bit difficult if the nobleman, the main heroine, was like this. You should always be at the center of the chaos.

It’s not like I’ll be helping Mardol forever. After all, other couples have to connect.

‘What will happen to this person’s love line?’

He smiled bitterly. I wondered if a character who could truly love this glass knight would appear someday.

Actually, she is a person who even turned her mother into a card because of the magic hat. A person who can understand this person and help by the side is not common….

‘Let’s think about this. It’s no use. Oh yeah.’

I stopped thinking, lamenting myself at the dizzying sensation I felt at the moment.

Love is fair. Isn’t there a saying that there are days when the rat’s hole is sunny? I, who used to be like a rat, changed a lot after meeting the nameless saintess.

‘Habitually thought negatively. I need to fix this too….’

The Northern Grand Duchess’ favorability is similar to the lifting of a ban. Maybe if she catches the magic hat, she too will meet a good person and fall in love naturally.

I was relieved that my emotions seemed to have returned a bit, but it seems unreasonable since the Magic Hat incident has not been resolved yet.

‘Though it’s rare to find someone like a Pillar West.’

The important thing is the heart. Even if it shakes, it doesn’t break. Like me, the glass knight still has a chance of revival.

“Will you find out someday? Mr. Mardol.”

“Licht, will you tell me?”

“..As a ‘friend’, I will help.”

“Wow. I was promised.”

As I tried to encourage him, Mardol said he was promised. It is to help as a ‘friend’ to the end.

It is often said that friends do not exist in a relationship between a man and a woman.

If you search all over the world, you won’t find a relationship like Mardol. A rival and just a friend. I said it twice because it’s important.

“I will only give you advice as a friend. Like a promise….”

“Isn’t that a promise?”

“It’s not because I like it either.”

The main heroine. No, I’m pretty sure lately I wouldn’t have had anything to do with this person if I hadn’t mistaken him for the crown prince in the first place.

At least I thought I had a gender change like Magic Hat.

‘I didn’t know she was a new person called the princess.’

Information was lacking in necessary areas, and information was overflowing in unnecessary areas. Being so close was due to my carelessness.

“But Licht’s eyes. You look happy.”

“Me? It can’t be.”

“..A lie.”

Anyway, it was a bit like pushing someone who looked so pitiful just because she was a woman. I was good too

At the bakery, I cried in my arms. He is the first person I met after noticing my trauma and worrying about it, or after the battle with Magic Hat was over.

‘At that time, he must have been looking for me all along.’

He had a weaker heart than anyone else hiding under his strong-looking armor. Because humans are contradictory beings. Even if you don’t notice it, you know that much.

“Don’t regret later. If you make a reverse harem, I will punish you right away.”

This should be enough to learn. He was someone who had come to know too many things to dislike. Her I spoke to her, laughing at her inwardly.

“..I’ll be looking forward to it.”

From the beginning, it seems that he was talking about my reaction. If it’s fun to tease me, I lean forward and show blatant interest.

‘Are you a wolf?’

I felt like I was dealing with Nex Aureus.

It looks like the tail of a black wolf is moving inside.

He sighed lightly. In fact, it didn’t matter if the flags seemed to be piling up.

Because in my heart, there is absolutely no other priority for Mardol other than our saintess.

“Mr. Mardol. Are you ready? Now the festivities really begin.”

“Promise, three. Licht.”

“I know….”

She changed the topic to avoid falling into a trap, but it only confirmed her excellent memory.

‘A nameless saint, please take good care of me. The second is Dragon Heart…. The last thing is dating help as a friend.’

There were no words that could be flagged. Besides, no matter how high the affinity is, there will be no change in the degree of love, which is the feeling of both parties, so it should be fine.

“The helmet, I will hold it. Licht. If it’s hard, tell me.”

“Thank you.”

I walked into the booth of the club, moving my steps that felt heavy that day.

***

That moment. At the front gate of Grand Hearts Academia.

“This is an involuntary check. Old man.”

“Oops.. I died a lot too.”

The head was blocked by two men guarding the entrance, expressing disapproval. A gentleman with a look of helplessness.

“The time is now, one minute late.”

“You can also use binding magic in case of noncompliance.”

“Don’t rush me. The magic tower’s permit….”

Looking at those guards, I tried to take something out of my chest, and as soon as I did, the opponent in front of me threatened me with a spear.

“Raise your arms!”

“I see. Okay. After all, I can’t stand the young guys’ blood.”

As if it was expected. Head obediently raised his arms. Then, the permit suddenly fell to the floor. It was a small piece of parchment with the words “Sage of the Magic Tower” Written on it.

“Oh, by the way, I’ll warn you.”

The demon king leisurely warns the two men approaching him.

“Don’t touch my body.”

As if they weren’t paying attention to such heads, the two armored guards were groping their suits to see if there were any dangerous items.

“This is…. What?”

How much time has passed like that? A guard found something in Head’s arms.

“Is it a magic tool..?”

“It’s a strange thing for anyone to see. Confiscate it immediately…. Confiscated?”

In my hand was an eight-shot revolver with an impressive red color. A foreign body that does not fit into a medieval fantasy.

“Ehh..?”

“Huh….”

At that moment, the two men lost their focus and fell to the ground. Two humans, drooling to the point of saliva, sitting down and crawling on all fours.

“Oh, did you touch the Holy Sword?”

Looks like a newborn baby. As if the sight was familiar, Head didn’t react much.

“mmm! Oh dear!!”

The guards, crying and babbling to find their mother, seemed to have been hit by something before they could deal with it using spears or magic.

“So, didn’t I tell you to be careful? Well, obviously the name….”

As if something was about to come to mind. He moved slowly forward. Even if there is a guard who behaves strangely like a baby right in front of the academy,

“..I don’t have time to recalculate. I’m sorry. At least you didn’t save your life.”

The people around him didn’t seem to care. Crowds of people enjoying the festival as if nothing had happened.

“If I had touched it more, I would have forgotten how to breathe.. Consider this much luck.”

The demon king sighed and picked up his revolver that had fallen on the floor, and even took back his permit with the name of the wise man on it.

“Then, what kind of hero is the protagonist of the sudden change seen in the grade exam?”

Head smiled happily. It was unexpected that his calculations were wrong, but it was because he had assumed such a variable.

“Emotion, intellect, reason, will…. It was definitely swordsmanship, so he must be a warrior in Tardun.”

The screams, like the cries of a child, grew farther and farther away, and the summer festival of Grand Hearts Academia unfolded before his eyes. I saw an entrance with a big sign saying.

“Let’s try appeasement first.. If a person doesn’t fit my ‘prophecy’.”

He touched the revolver in his bosom and continued. A magazine with only one round empty.

“..We have to get rid of him. In the most probable way.”

As Head blended into the crowd, the air around him vibrated and felt momentarily cold.