Chapter 56

Heading back home my mother is talking to the fan union girls .

Theyve left the more popular streets and the area they are in now is already dark and deserted .

Isabella-san .

My mother turns around and sees Emilia standing there .

Good evening Emilia sensei . Its amazing that the two students from your class are in the finals .

Indeed . Thank you . Both of them are my prided students .

Emilia smiles but something about the expression gives off a dark feeling .

Is your home this way Emilia sensei?

No . Im here because the regulations say that the finalists swords are kept the day before the finals so I rushed after you .

The fan union members seem to be wary of Emilia and whisper amongst themselves

Was there such a rule?

I dont knowbut

Is that so? I wasnt aware . Does the tournament committee keep them?

My mother asks without displaying any cautious behaviour .

Yes . Its to stop swords being switched . Its just a formality though .

Fumu . So Emilias aim is my sword .

Do you intend to alter it or just break it?

I see . I feel bad asking sensei to do it so Ill go and hand it to the tournament committee directly .

Its fine . I dont mind . Im going back to the school anyway .

Funnily enough, Ive left something at the school as well . Should we go together?

My mother laughs while smiling but Emilia is starting to panic a little .

Its a bit strange though . I read through all the tournament rules but having to leave the sword behind wasnt written down anywhere . It did say though that each person was responsible for managing their sword .

My mothers smile doesnt break .

Even if shes not suspicious of Emilia directly shes not accepting her words either .

Since she investigated about becoming a demon emperor she must be aware of the feud between the royals and the unification faction . Shes also aware that Emilia is in the royal faction .

Lets go . I cant believe I missed that rule . I need to confirm it properly .

Emilias really confused now .

At first glance, my mother seems like shes easy to deceive, however, compared to mazoku society human society has a lot more scammers, swindlers and fraud in general .

As such, even if you read a manual on a product youve bought youll get a headache from the level of detail written .

Humans, in particular, are very noisy and troublesome when it comes to rules and regulations .

It looks like it hasnt changed after 2000 years either .

No, it might actually be worse .

Even if my mother trusts Emilia she will want to check just in case . Emilia seems to have made light of the common sense of human society .

I guess due to that wall I made there would have been almost no interactions between the humans and the mazoku . Oh well .

Im troubled

That said, Emilia grabs the sheath of my sword .

Emilia sensei . . ?

Please give me the sword Isabella-san otherwise youll get hurt .

My mother pulls the sword from its sheath and backs off .

Are you okay with that? If you dont listen to me then you might end up dying together with that sword .

The magic formation for Grand Heat Blaze <Gusgam> appears on Emilias palm but my mother still doesnt let go of my sword .

Shall I burn that filthy body that gave birth to that child that defies royalty?

A large dark red flame that was burning vigorously attacks my mother .

Mother! Please escape!

The 8 fan union girls all deploy anti-magic fields at the same time .

For a moment the barriers seemed to block <Gusgam> but they were burnt down the next moment .

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Wounded by the intense flames the fan union girls collapsed . Though they managed to avoid death thanks to their anti-magic fields they had suffered extreme burns .

Everyone . . !

My mother screams out .

WhyEmilia sensei? Arent they your important students?

No . Lowly mixed-race peasants are not my students . They are just leftovers begging for the scraps left in my class .

Emilia lets out a smile full of dark feelings .

Will you hand me that sword now?

. . Why?

Why? Please dont say such a shameless thing . Emilia says in an upright and innocent tone .

My brother Kurt Roodwell is a swordsman representing the royal faction . More than anyone, he had a noble power and a noble heart but that unforgivable cowardly great criminal Arnos Voldigod broke that . I cant silently allow that man to brazenly stand on the final stage .

Arnos-chan fought fairly! Your older brother wont be pleased even if you do something like this!

Emilia scowls at my mother in anger .

Fighting fairly are words only allowed by the royals . There is nothing honourable in the power of Arnos Voldigod . No matter how strong he is, he is still a feeble coward of low birth . Such contemptible powers cannot be allowed to defeat royalty .

Dont you find it strange that you intend to break Arnos-chans sword so he cant appear in the finals? If you say royalty are honourable and noble then do the right thing and act like it!

Youre wrong Isabella-san . The royals dont have to do the right thing because anything the royals do is always the right thing . Your arrogant words of doing the right thing is a direct criticism of the royals!!

<Gusgam> appears in Emilias hand again .

Anti-magic appeared again to counter it .

. Mother . please run away .

The 8 badly burnt fan union girls stood up again .

Everyone, dont .

If we relax the anti-magic everyone will be burnt again . Please run as far away as possible . Arnos-sama will surely come .

But . . ! If you are all burnt by that flame you will all die! . Youre all already badly burnt!!

Emilia intensifies the flame .

<Gusgam> was already twice the size of the last one and it was getting bigger .

The fan unions magic cannot prevent it . Its hopeless against the power difference but they all laughed .

Its fiiiiine! Theres eight of us but only one over there .

Fumu . I held back a little last time .

Oi! Are you imitating Arnos-sama!?

By imitating Arnos-sama I can borrow one one-millionth of his power! Thats fan union magic!

Was there such a magic!?

If we can borrow one one-millionth then this will be easy!

Despite the crisis in front of them, they are fooling around trying to calm my mothers anxiety .

Please hurry up and go mother . If mother is here then we cant get serious!

My mother nodded immediately .

Ill call for help! Please wait!

My mothers starts to run while carrying my sword .

As usual I dont know what any of you are thinking . Even doing this wont buy you any extra time . No honour, no power no wisdom . Theres a word for all of you . Stupid .

In Emilias other hand another<Gusgam> appears .

. . Its not useless .

. Its not stupid

They say it like they are persuading themselves as well .

Ill protectthe important Arnos-sama . .

. . Protect . !!

Everyone, lets go!!

The fan union match their magic power together and deploy their anti-magic but the <Gusgam> from Emilias right-hand burns it away instantly .

All eight people had spread out and dodged the flames . They quickly used Construction Creation <Ibis> and created spears before attacking Emilia all together, however, Emilia exploded the <Gusgam> in her left hand releasing flames in all directions .

The fan union was surrounded by flames and blown away .

. . Kyaaaaaa . . !!

Like I said, you cant buy any time by doing this .

My mothers figure is still reflected in Emilias eyes .

Another <Gusgam> appears in her hand .

If she releases it my mother has no way of dodging it .

At that time I heard a faint melody .

. You are under and I am above

Singing . The fan union girls lying on the ground are singing .

. Shuu, shushushu, Instant death . . Fuuhaa . .

They unsteadily start to get up but theres no power to resist . If Emilia ignored them it would be over .

. . You are under and I am above

Emilias face distorts and she says in a low voice .

Would you please stop?

Another fan union girl gets up .

. La lalaala easy victory . Uuuahaaaa

Emila shouts out like she cant bear it .

Dont you understand what the word stop means!!

Emilias <Gusgam> burns one of the fan union girls but she continues singing whilst on fire .

. . The noble Arnos-samas gift~ . .

They are doing anything to attract the attention of Emilia .

Attentive in bed . The prey dances~ .

The remaining seven people rush Emilia empty-handed .

. . Arnos-sama will put it . Get filled with the best magic power

Stop it!! Stop it right now!!

Another girl burns but still the singing continues .

. . Strong m-a-n in one shot~

Another girl collapsed . If they are singing they are burnt but still, they continue .

Geeeet filled with . . geeeet filled with . geeeet filled with

Gasps for breath and a weak melody sounds .

. You are under and I am above . .

You are all underneath!! You are all under the royals!! Stop this stupid song!! Its royal criticism!!

Emilia furiously burns the fan union girls .

. Byuu, dobyuuu, instant kill fuu ahaaa

One by one the girls fall to the ground .

You are under and I am above

Two people are left .

Ahh, Aaahah relief . Uuahaaaa

One falls, another <Gusgam> and the last person falls .

. . Hey, struggle . . receive the . noble gift

Still, she sings . A painful voice comes out from the flames .

Making me go through this extra trouble!

Emilia clicked her tongue .

But like I said it was useless after all .

Emila cast Flight <Fres> and rises into the sky . Scanning around she quickly caught sight of my mother .

. Die . . !

<Gusgam> burnt violently in her hand and then shot towards my mother in an instant .

The next second a huge pillar of flame shot up into the sky .

Fufu, aha, ahahahahah!

Emilia descends to the ground with a laugh .

Haa . I finally feel refreshed . Should I send her corpse to that in inept person?

She begins walking then begins to skip .

Fumu . Youre in a good mood . Did something good happen?

She stopped moving and turned around .

. Arnos-chan . .

I moved to my mothers side using Transfer <Gatom> and became her shield .

Mother, are you injured?

Im fine .

My mother hides her hands behind her back .

They are slightly burnt .

Because I arrived right at the last minute I wasnt able to protect her .

I healed her using Healing <Ent> and turned to my teacher .

Hey Emilia .

I take step forward .

Despite the fact we are quite far away from each other Emilia steps back like shes been struck .

Im a tolerant person . I cant remember a single time I ever got angry in my past life . Fools used to buzz around me all the time but if they changed their attitude I forgave them . I thought that it was narrow-minded to get angry over such small things .

I stare straight at Emilia . I wonder what type of face I have right now? I cant even imagine it .

The thing is Im sure that was a mistake now .

I take another step forward .

My voice sounded much colder than I would have thought .

Emilia . You, I do not forgive .