Healing at the Academy Convenience Store - Chapter 1028

1028. Episode of EVE 22

Regina Ciel bit her thumbnail.

It was a bad habit that came out when she was anxious or when things didn’t go her way.

Regina, who was extremely angry at Wolfram von Lohengrin’s criticism, devised a plan to frame Wolfram.

However, somehow, Wolfram, who should have died, gained public opinion in his favor.

And it was the origin of the elves, Yggdrasil.

How did she persuade those arrogant elves? By using the power of the Evergreen Grove family? Dirty elves wouldn’t give in to such pressure.

So it must have been some kind of deal or threat.

Regina called the executives of Yggdrasil, but they acted as if they didn’t know. Or maybe they pretended not to know in a way that Regina wouldn’t notice.

Anyway.

Her ambition to lock up Wolfram and beat him unilaterally collapsed from the beginning.

Although the Ciel family is radical, the main line is an elf. Even if they can ignore Yggdrasil’s attention, they are reluctant to openly oppose it and make a stand.

“Hoo…. Even if he’s a half-breed, a prince is a prince. I’ve been hit hard this time. Your Highness.”

Regina organized her thoughts and got up from her seat.

Today is magic class. It’s a day with practice.

Regina Ciel, a pure mage, doesn’t enjoy moving around.

But even she can’t miss today’s class.

Today’s practice is practical magic. There’s also a duel with Eve von Lohengrin.

Originally, they would never meet, but it happened because it was an integrated class for all grades.

It’s a meaningless duel where they just exchange hands, but it can be considered part of socializing.

Regina headed to the lecture hall.

It was a refreshing face that had no idea what would happen to her today.

***

When she heard the story of what I had done, Sylphia looked up at me blankly.

“Did you really do that?”

“Yeah. Now Yggdrasil is a parrot I raise.”

“No, I mean, that’s…. Is that what you meant by creating power?”

“Isn’t that it?”

“You just bribed them! Do you have no justice!”

Hey.

Miss Sylphia. No, Miss Elf No. 1 in Bribery.

I didn’t say it because I was afraid she would really smash the interior with lapis lazuli, even though she was the subject of bribery….

“Why do you only use justice to deal with unilateral evil?”

“But it has to be just! Wasn’t it to help Eve-nim’s path!”

“Yeah. I don’t care if you’re a fool who only shouts about justice.”

“Who’s a fool!”

“If Yggdrasil had kicked out the bribe and executed justice, this deal wouldn’t have happened in the first place.”

At those words, Sylphia froze.

I’m trash who gave bribes, but what about Yggdrasil who kicked me out and tried to swallow the bribe? Are they trashy?

“Th, that’s…. I see. Yggdrasil is also wrong. No, it’s a bigger mistake.”

I was a little surprised by this. This guy is just a fool for justice, but he knows how to make a fair judgment.

“Yeah, so….”

“Hoo. It’s really a time of chaos. So, we have to fix everything with justice. When Eve-nim ascends to the throne, all the trash who take bribes will be punished, and only fairness will fill the world. Wolfram. Don’t you think so?”

“…..”

Didn’t you also receive a bribe and not change my mind?

I didn’t say that.

I’m telling you, I’m really kind.

***

“Hoo…. Haa. Heuk….”

Regina Ciel doesn’t know why she’s rolling on the floor or why her body is covered in dust.

Today, she definitely had a lecture, started a duel with Eve, and then….

“Let’s not play this duel and do it with all our hearts. Let’s get to know each other as wizards.”

“How can I dare to join hands with Eve-nim…. I’m afraid.”

Regina tried to back off as usual.

If it were usual, Eve would have backed off, saying, “I can’t help it.”

However, Eve was different that day.

She frowned as if she was very displeased and took a step forward.

“That’s right. There’s no way someone like you can reach my talent. Because my talent is the highest.”

“You’re right.”

“That is correct.”

Hundreds, no, thousands of arrows of light, embroidering the sky, descended in a row. They pierced through the tip of the fist made of swamp and stabbed it into the ground, and the arrows of light continued to pierce through the fist, ignoring Regina, who was groaning with her magic power crumbling.

“That is why. I shall bestow my teachings upon you.”

“Teachings. Are you serious?”

“Yes. I, Eve von Lohengrin, who can see the end of magic, shall teach you, who is far inferior to me, a trick. What is magic?”

“I am humbled.”

“You must have been annoyed inside? Being made fun of by me, who is a year younger, being suppressed by authority…. You must have enjoyed bullying and harassing the weak.”

“The weak…. Who are you referring to?”

“Well. One thing for sure…. You must have been shaken since I’ve provoked you this much, and there won’t be many opportunities to attack Eve von Lohengrin in the future. Or….”

“A trick. I shall receive your teachings.”

Regina cut Eve off.

While the other students around them and even the professor were frozen stiff, the two great mages headed to the training ground and raised their magic power without a word.

Regina first created a giant fist using the magic power of the swamp.

Eve von Lohengrin is a first-class magician in terms of magic power, but a mage’s fight is different from a magic power contest.

Regina’s idea was to hit the ground in front of Eve, not Eve herself, with this giant fist, and snipe Eve with the shattered stone fragments.

I had no intention of fighting seriously, but you made me serious.

Regina’s fist bent sharply just before it reached Eve and slammed into the ground.

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!!

The earth and magic power collided, and the ground collapsed due to the one-sided trampling.

The students standing in the smoke screen were shaken and fell back due to the vibration.

The spectators, who were initially astonished by Regina’s magic power, were soon bewildered by the aftermath it would bring.

It was not difficult to imagine what Eve von Lohengrin, who was hit by physical force rather than magic power, would look like.

Eve is a pure mage, and unlike knights, she does not have agility or durability.

Even Regina herself, who was the subject of the result she created, narrowed her forehead.

And when the sand and dust settled. The figure of one person that everyone was curious about was revealed.

“The end?”

Wrapped in a huge sphere of light that no attack magic could penetrate, the student council president of light looked down at the ground.

How could Eve von Lohengrin resist physical force?

While the other students were puzzled by the result. Only Regina Ciel, who faced her, knew what Eve had done.

“Mon….ster.”

Never.

It was a word that should never come out of the mouth of a young lady from a noble family.

Her opponent is the Imperial grandson, and if she makes a mistake, she will be punished for her rudeness.

However, if she understood Eve’s magic, everyone would have given Regina an indulgence, or agreed with her in a very small part of their hearts.

Eve von Lohengrin’s magic was mainly divided into two.

One is the magic power sphere around her that blocks both physical force and magic power at the same time.

This sphere, which consumes enormous magic power, is almost impossible to penetrate with an ordinary rock.

However, the magic that Regina was astonished by was the second magic that made ‘almost impossible to penetrate’ into ‘completely impossible to penetrate’.

Dozens, no, hundreds, or even tens of thousands of arrows of light, shining with holy light, were woven like a spider’s web, piercing all the pieces of stone that were rushing towards her. Not even a single tiny piece of gravel or dust could dirty Eve’s clothes, let alone her body.

The Goddess of Magic just looked down at the ground proudly.

“How… How can you….”

Regina created fists again. The number increased from two to four. Then it became eight. No matter how strong Eve is, she won’t be able to block all these fists.

Unable to bear the humiliation, the surrounding students began to run away, worried that they would be caught up in the fists she swung.

It was a kind of frenzy.

The former Eve.

In other words, Eve before she met Wolfram, would have been bewildered by that blow.

However, her vision was much higher than that time.

“【Rain of Holy Arrows】”

Her hand reached even the magic that she could never reach before.

Hundreds, thousands of light spears embroidered the sky, descending in a row. They pierced through the tips of the fists made of swamp, skewering them to the ground, and the light spears continued to pierce the fists one after another, ignoring Regina, whose magic power was crumbling and groaning.

Kwagagagagak!

Countless spears tore apart all eight fists and pinned them to the ground.

Regina felt an overwhelming and dense magical power penetrating her, and she trembled and collapsed on the spot due to the foreign feeling.

Thud. Thud.

Eve stood in front of Regina, who was dragging her body with both arms and crawling on the floor miserably.

Whiing. With just a wave of her finger, a single spear of light was created and approached Regina’s forehead.

Ah… Ah. Regina tried to express her despair with a lump of sound that was not even a groan. Eve turned away as if she did not want to hear that voice.

Just as a human does not rejoice in defeating an ant, there were no words to mock the loser or to celebrate the victory.

The victor left quietly, and only the loser’s miserable cries followed, telling the tale of victory and defeat in this duel.

***

Since there was nothing to do anyway, Eve was holding her head as she returned to the student council room.

“Ugh, uwaaaa….”

“….”

“Ugh, guk… heeuu….”

She was holding her stomach as if she was in pain, and her head as if it was throbbing.

I wondered why she was like that… come to think of it…

Ah. That’s right. Girls have that once a month….

Hmm. Yes. I’m a considerate man, so I’ll refrain from pointing it out and be considerate.

“Do you need painkillers?”

“It doesn’t hurt. I’m just running out of magic power….”

“Lack of magic power? What happened?”

“Ah… I had a proper duel with a woman I don’t like, and I completely crushed her…. but I used too much magic power.”

That woman you don’t like, by any chance, is it Regina?

“Did you fight to the point of suffering from magic depletion?”

“She makes me angry…. ugh… uwa… my head hurts….”

Eve groaned, holding her head.

What kind of magic did she use…

“What kind of magic did you use?”

“I tried to make a rain of spears of light… but. I ran out of magic power… ugh… huu….”

“A rain of spears of light?”

She tried to use Bright Rain even though it wasn’t a Holy Light Spear? And she hasn’t even leveled up yet?

Then it’s understandable that she would be in such severe pain.

To be precise, Eve is not lacking in magic power, but she is using magic inefficiently, and her magic circuits are not trained to handle large amounts of magic power.

In other words. What she’s groaning about now is because her circuits are overheating, so I brought out some iced tea and flower seeds that have a pain-relieving effect for her.

“Drink this and take the medicine. It’s fast-acting, so you’ll feel better right away.”

“Huh? But it hurts….”

“Just drink it.”

“Huu. Okay.”

Eve took the medicine I gave her, and her face looked much better as the pain subsided.

“So, you used magic that was way beyond your level?”

“Well… yes.”

“I’m glad your circuits don’t seem to be badly damaged.”

If her circuits were badly damaged, she wouldn’t be in the student council room right now, but would be hospitalized, foaming at the mouth.

“I know. I’m surprised too. It was a kind of magic that could have caused serious damage….”

“Magic beyond a certain level can also be manifested by the mind. Maybe you had a strong desire to use this magic? When the mind takes precedence, the efficiency of the magic power naturally improves.”

“The mind… the mind first… I did think I wanted to defeat Regina perfectly.”

“That’s a good feeling. If you explore that a little more, you’ll be able to use it for other magic as well.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Why did you want to defeat Regina perfectly? What kind of feelings were at the root of it? Tell me.”

“Well… I didn’t like Regina, and the reason I didn’t like her was… I didn’t like how she pretended to be weak to the strong and trampled on the weak, so… I wanted to protect the weak….”

Eve looked at me for a moment, then blinked.

Her thoughts were branching out with a very good feeling, but they suddenly stopped.

“Who do you want to protect?”

“Every….”

“Everyone?”

“Shut up…!”

What the.

Why is she suddenly getting angry?