Chapter 95

“That’s all for today’s cla.s.s . ” (Diego)

Eleonor didn’t appear all day . I’m sure something’s wrong .

When Eleonor was in the temple she said she couldn’t move by her own will . If she’s 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 . I’ve got a bit of business to take care of but you should go and enjoy it . ” (Arnos)

“I see . ” (Misa)

“I’ve going to give it a miss today as well . I’m 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 .

“Don’t want to?” (Ray)

“N . . no . I mean yes I’ll… . come with you . ” (Misa)

The girls in the fan union started whispering about them .

“……Ray-kun is sleepy…… . ”

“Yeah . Don’t Ray-kun and Arnos-sama share the same room……?”

“Waiit, waiiit! What are you thinking about!?”

“Nothing . I’m not thinking about any special contact or anything… . ”

“Don’t 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 can’t find it anywhere .

Are you erasing your magic power? Misha couldn’t 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 there’s no way the head of the school doesn’t know about it .

I make myself invisible with

, hide my magic power with

and follow Diego .

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

Using

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 gus.h.i.+ng out holy water appears .

Using

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

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

.

Diego opens the door and heads inside but I wait .

Even with my magic and figure hidden he’ll 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 pa.s.sage I find a collapsed wall and its new . Within a few days I’d 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 . It’s like there was a battle here recently .

“Aren’t there any clues yet!”

An angry voice calls out and its Diego .

It’s coming from behind a nearby door .

I stand behind it and listen carefully .

“…… . I know he’s a masked man… . ”

“I received that report this morning! I’m telling you to give me something new!” (Diego)

“I’m very sorry . ”

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

“… . . I couldn’t detect the thief’s magic power . I can’t even tell if it was a mazoku…”

A masked man whose magic power you cant sense huh?

That’s a familiar story .

“Besides, our plan isn’t known to the demon king academy so it’s unlikely they attacked this facility . It’s probably the work of the Virhia Empire to the west . ”

“There’s no reason for those guys to do this! We’ve 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 Azes.h.i.+on . 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 mother’s location?” (Diego)

“It seems so . The masked man was rampaging but wasn’t able to find it . ”

Everything went silent again .

Eventually, Diego seems to come up with an idea .

“Okay then . This is what we’ll 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 it’s fine . It’ll 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!”

“I’ll 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 don’t know who this holy mother is but she’s important to the hero academy .

Going on what I know so far its probably Eleonor .

If the masked man couldn’t find it then there’s a hidden room around here somewhere .

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

I retraced my steps and came to the pa.s.sage 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… . ?”

“… . . It’s 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 pa.s.sage 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 pa.s.sage easily avoiding an a.s.sortment of non-magic traps .

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

Several thousand floating, no, there’s more than that . Over 10,000 floating holy water b.a.l.l.s and all of them have a naked girl floating in them .

Zes.h.i.+a Kanon Ijeishka .

It’s her without a doubt . The school’s 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 it’s 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 b.a.l.l.s .

“Eleonor . ” (Arnos)

I cancelled

and called her name .

“……Arnos-kun… . . ” (Eleonor)

She looks at me joyfully but also surprised .

“Sorry I couldn’t come . This was a bit unexpected for me . ” (Eleonor)

“According to our schedule, we were to meet after school and it’s now after school so no problem . ” (Arnos)

Eleonor smiles .

“I knew for sure you’d come . ” (Eleonor)

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

“Even though it’s 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 .

“I’ve been waiting a long time for the person who’ll set me and Zes.h.i.+a free from this endless h.e.l.l . Arnos-kun end me . ” (Eleonor)

In this way she confesses .

“I’m a taboo magic that should never have been created by humans . ” (Eleonor)