Chapter 95

Thats all for todays class . (Diego)

Eleonor didnt appear all day . Im sure somethings wrong .

When Eleonor was in the temple she said she couldnt move by her own will . If shes in the same condition as that time then she might not be able to come meet me .

Should I go meet her?

Um, Arnos-sama . Did anyone talk to you about going to the festival? (Misa)

Fumu . Ive got a bit of business to take care of but you should go and enjoy it . (Arnos)

I see . (Misa)

Ive going to give it a miss today as well . Im pretty tired . (Ray)

Were you up late? (Misa)

I not sleeping well due to the pillow being different . (Ray)

I see . (Misa)

Misa looks a bit disappointed so Ray goes over to her and whispers

Do you want to join me taking a nap? (Ray)

. . Eh, errm . . (Misa)

I see . You want to be alone with Misa .

Dont want to? (Ray)

N . . no . I mean yes Ill . come with you . (Misa)

The girls in the fan union started whispering about them .

Ray-kun is sleepy .

Yeah . Dont Ray-kun and Arnos-sama share the same room?

Waiit, waiiit! What are you thinking about!?

Nothing . Im not thinking about any special contact or anything .

Dont say special contact!

. . Then, theeeen, in other words . . now . . Misa is .

Going to indirectly share a bed!?!?

Leaving them to their talk I leave the auditorium .

Using my demon eyes I try to locate Eleonors magic power but I cant find it anywhere .

Are you erasing your magic power? Misha couldnt find Eleonor either when she was looking .

What I can find and follow though is Diegos magic power .

If the hero academy has done something to her then theres no way the head of the school doesnt know about it .

I make myself invisible with <Rainel>, hide my magic power with <Najira> and follow Diego .

He leaves at a quick pace and heads to lake Seimei .

Using <Fres> Diego quickly moves through the empty lake and heads to a formerly underwater cave . I thought he would have headed to the temple .

We proceed through the dim cave and as we approach the back a small spring gushing out holy water appears .

Using <Coco> Diego jumps into the spring .

Following closely behind I find its both deep and very large . Its outside state is different from the inside .

Using <Fres> again Diego swims like a fish through the water and dives towards the bottom .

Just as I was wondering how deep it was the bottom finally shows up and I see a huge door locked with <Digit> .

Diego opens the door and heads inside but I wait .

Even with my magic and figure hidden hell notice someone opening the door so I wait for him to leave .

Open . (Arnos)

After waiting a few minutes I open the door to find a stone building inside .

This side of the door is dry due to magic holding the water back behind the door .

What on earth is he doing here?

As I walk down the passage I find a collapsed wall and its new . Within a few days Id say .

The further in the building I go the more internal destruction I find . Floors, ceilings and walls are crushed, cut or just fallen into holes .

Fumu . Its like there was a battle here recently .

Arent there any clues yet!

An angry voice calls out and its Diego .

Its coming from behind a nearby door .

I stand behind it and listen carefully .

. I know hes a masked man .

I received that report this morning! Im telling you to give me something new! (Diego)

Im very sorry .

Is this not the work of the demon king academy? (Diego)

. . I couldnt detect the thiefs magic power . I cant even tell if it was a mazoku

A masked man whose magic power you cant sense huh?

Thats a familiar story .

Besides, our plan isnt known to the demon king academy so its unlikely they attacked this facility . Its probably the work of the Virhia Empire to the west .

Theres no reason for those guys to do this! Weve been building up friendly relations with them for more than a 1000 years! (Diego)

. As may be but it would be foolish to completely trust all of Azeshion . Is there a spy in the academy? They might have heard the rumours of the holy mother .

The room falls silent . Is Diego keeping quiet?

Could they have an inkling of the holy mothers location? (Diego)

It seems so . The masked man was rampaging but wasnt able to find it .

Everything went silent again .

Eventually, Diego seems to come up with an idea .

Okay then . This is what well do . Well, make this attack look like the mazoku did it . (Diego)

. One of the demon king academy students? Shall I capture one?

Yeah and the method doesnt matter . People believe we are justice anyway so its fine . Itll make a good cause to invade Deiruheido with . (Diego)

Then, finally?

Yes . The time has come to fulfil our long-cherished wish . (Diego)

Yes! Understood!

Ill leave the spy to you . Find them and make them spit out everything they know . Use whatever means necessary . (Diego)

Ha!

What a stupid thing .

Creating a fake fire to make a justification for war .

Why are you so dissatisfied with peace?

I could kill him right here but I destroyed his origin yesterday and here he stands .

It would probably be quicker to stop their plans .

I dont know who this holy mother is but shes important to the hero academy .

Going on what I know so far its probably Eleonor .

If the masked man couldnt find it then theres a hidden room around here somewhere .

I look around with my demon eyes but theres nothing that could be a hidden magic device which makes sense since its the first thing that would be noticed . That means its like my dungeon back at the demon kings castle and its hidden via normal means and not magic .

I retraced my steps and came to the passage with the destroyed wall .

I raise my foot slightly and tap the floor .

Immediately afterwards the building shakes greatly with the vibration from my tap .

Enemy attack! Deploy the entire squad!!

Soldiers come surging out but when they realise no one is there they stop and look around suspiciously .

Was it an earthquake . ?

. . Its incredibly rare around lake Seimei . Is it because the waters gone . ?

While the soldiers are talking I search for their magic using my demon eyes and grasp all their locations .

Fumu . There?

I walk down the passage to my targeted place .

After all the soldiers have gone I face a very ordinary-looking wall, place my fingertip on it and pushed .

A normal non-magic hidden door swings slowly open .

In an emergency its human nature to protect what you are supposed to protect and in doing so create an information leak .

The answer became known when I compared the placement of the soldiers before and after the vibrations I caused .

I walk down the straight and dimly lit passage easily avoiding an assortment of non-magic traps .

Eventually, a faint blue light appears in front of me and I enter into a vast space .

Several thousand floating, no, theres more than that . Over 10,000 floating holy water balls and all of them have a naked girl floating in them .

Zeshia Kanon Ijeishka .

Its her without a doubt . The schools number 1 .

Every single one of them . All of the over 10,000 girls have the exact same origin .

And there in the centre of the vast room in the largest holy water ball was Eleonor .

Her entire body is glowing with magic power and like yesterday its causing her outline to become blurry .

A number of magic characters emerged from her body and floated around it while her magic power was spread amongst the other holy water balls .

Eleonor . (Arnos)

I cancelled <Rainel> and called her name .

Arnos-kun . . (Eleonor)

She looks at me joyfully but also surprised .

Sorry I couldnt come . This was a bit unexpected for me . (Eleonor)

According to our schedule, we were to meet after school and its now after school so no problem . (Arnos)

Eleonor smiles .

I knew for sure youd come . (Eleonor)

She raises her finger and stares at me with a gentle expression .

Even though its in a place like this will you hear my wish? (Eleonor)

Gladly . (Arnos)

I want Arnos-kun to destroy an origin . (Eleonor)

Fumu . Whose? (Arnos)

Eleonor responds in an eager tone of voice

Mine . (Eleonor)

Eleonor smiles a genuine smile with no hint of a lie . It was a heartfelt wish .

Ive been waiting a long time for the person wholl set me and Zeshia free from this endless hell . Arnos-kun end me . (Eleonor)

In this way she confesses .

Im a taboo magic that should never have been created by humans . (Eleonor)