Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)

3rd Play - I Wanted to Escape, But For Some Reason, I Couldn't Abandon It

Part 1

The sound of the fan, the sound of the clock’s second hand counting ti

The students glared silently at the sheets of paper on their desks

Sitting in rows in the large classroo to the lecture But out of those, probably only a tenth of the furiously

……Like I thought, is it too difficult for first-year students?

At the front of the classroolance, Enne crossed her arms

When students entered Tremia Academy, they had each selected a color to specialize in The students gathered in this classroom were the ones who had chosen [WhiteArzus] When they entered this high school, they should have had at least soe about their chosen color Because of that— She had listed the small spirits that could be called out under [White’sArzus’s] noble AriaSecond Scale Recitation and explained their differences and similarities compared to small sprits of other colors

This was the topic that Enne had prepared

However, the students had difficulty h they could write about the spirit of their chosen color, in other words, Pegasus, only a few students remembered the characteristics of [Yellow’sSurisuz's] small spirit, Will-o’-wisp

……They’re only first-year students, so it can’t be helped

She breathed a s classes were almost over

“Everyone, I’m sorry It was unreasonable of me to expect that you could write about the other colors It’s fine to skip those sections and finish only the parts about [WhiteArzus] Those of you who are finished can hand it in and break for lunch”

Sure enough, the students who had been co until now looked more relaxed

“That’s right, Sensei was being too unreasonable!”

“Well, if I had asked you guys to only do this, you would have finished an hour ago”

The students chatted as they handed in their exam sheets When the line at the front of the room had dispersed, there was a mountain of paper on the podium After that, the shadows of the students disappeared out of the classroom

Was this everyone?

Rearranging the messy stack of paper, she looked around the classrooain

“Oh?”

In the corner of the classroole student sat in an inconspicuous location

“What’s wrong? It’s fine, you don’t need to do anything unreasonable”

“Nn, but there’s only one color left that I can’t write about I somehorote about the other four colors already”

Looking down at her page, the student muttered

“It was fine to only write about [WhiteArzus], so isn’t it already excellent that you can write about the other colors as well?”

“……Umm, but that’s the problem, Sensei”

The student finally raised her head Her tanned, boyish features gazed straight at Enne

“I wrote about all the colors other than [WhiteArzus] But I can’t remember what to write for the required one, [WhiteArzus]”

—Ada Yung

She wrote about all of the colors except [WhiteArzus]? What did that mean?

“Can I take a quick look at it?”

She picked up the sheets of paper on the desk

……What is this?

Keeping her hand still, she looked over ritten on the page

Will-o’-wispsSmall yellow spirits— Their outward appearance is a yellow sphere floating in the air They do not speak the hue, but can understand si, ninety-five percent of thee as 113 cm has been officially recorded They float 60 to 80 cround and their movement speed is slow at 3 km/h Because the abilities of Reciters are different, they can exist for roughly five hours When they use their power, it shortens the ti

They give off a pale radiance when preparing for battle, so caution is necessary They then extend pale tentacles that give off a high-voltage electric current to electrify the opponent The speed at which they can stretch their tentacles is ten tith of their tentacles is the saest ones have been recorded at 1673 cm They have at most three tentacles, which have a diah they can attack horizontally or straight up into the air, they are unable to stretch their tentacles directly below them

There are not particularly any special points to mention about them

Difficulty to suppress: easy

She didn’tof=”” praise=””> that were essential to Reciters Instead, she described in detail its biological features It wasn’t knowledge necessary to conduct a Recitation Or rather— Was this data necessary when confronting a Will-o’-wispSmall yellow spirit?

“Difficulty to suppress…… Easy?”

“Ah!”

As she rimaced

“Did I write that? It’s just a habit froo”

“No, it’s not really a bad thing to write”

She flipped through the pages Things about the Recited creatures of other Recitation colors ritten there All of them consisted of detailed descriptions They also didn’t s of=”” praise=””> It was siical data

Perhaps she didn’t have enough time to write about [WhiteArzus]?

—No, that’s not right She really could not write about it

Ada Yung Gillshuvesher Looking at the nae, Enne finally understood the reason

Salareen spirits

“Everything written on here is about offensive Recited creatures, isn’t it?”

The girl gave no reply More than anything, her silence confiruess

That’s right Pegasi and unicorns included in [White’sArzus’s] Second Scale Recitations did not possess offensive traits Therefore, she hadn’t learned about them

It was like Enne had thought All of this girl’s knowledge of Recited creatures was for the sake of fighting against them

“Must I write about [WhiteArzus]?”

The student had on a troubled expression

“Well Since you’ve written solike ‘……Compared to what’s written above, there are few of [White’sArzus] small spirits that have offensive characteristics’ You can hand it in like that”

“Ah, I see! So so like that also works!”

Nodding vigorously, the girl turned her focus back to the pages

—Eh, she’s not blinking?

Suddenly, Enne noticed that the girl’s concentration was quite strong as she wrote quickly It was different than how she norht that she usually see class and wasn’t a very enthusiastic student

“Here, Sensei, I did it! Whew, it’s finally finished”

The student cheerfully tidied up her desk As she shouldered her bag, Enne called out to her back

“Hey, Ada-san”

“Hm?”

“This is a personal question, but your father is Klaus-san, right?”

Her bright expression suddenly changing, the girl’s eyes darkened

“……Well, that fa like my father”

Klaus Yung Gillshuvesher He was the head of the Yung family of noble warriors and the leader of the several hundred GillsheExorcists

GillsheExorcists— They were people who had the closest connection to Reciters but at the same time were also complete opposites

[Nussis], also called the Reverse Song, is a technique to send back Recited creatures It can be conducted by holding a catalyst and directly touching the creature For exa the recital contest, in order to save Enne, Xins had used the Reverse Song by sacrificing his left arerous

“Do you also have an GilExorcist Spear?”

In response to that question, the girl unhesitatingly nodded

“If a person is born into the family of GillsheExorcists, they will definitely have one”

The Reverse Recitation was dangerous because it required directly touching the opponent Therefore, a technique had been created to conduct the Reverse Song by using a spear instead of bare hands

Gems of all five colors were eet with it, the [Nussis] technique could then be used A spear which undergoes that special treatment is called an GilExorcist Spear and a person who specializes in that technique is called an GillsheExorcist

“Being fro down the road of an GillsheExorcist?”

“……Who knows”

The girl spoke a from her expression, she didn’t seem to be concerned about it

Currently, other than the Yung family which was the main family of GillsheExorcists, there were also several other branch faenerations, children born in those families had traditionally becoinator of such practices, they were traditionally treated as iiven escorts Even now, the warriors had a wide-spread status

Ada Yung If she wished, she could become well-known as Klaus’s successor

—No, there was noGillsheExorcist techniques

This was indicated clearly by the results of hershe had learned froe, just like her trained body, was soraved into not her brain but the marrow of her bones

“……Well, unfortunately, it seems I don’t have much talent when it comes to that”

“Talent?”

“Yeah, yeah When there are so-called practices or drills, I immediately run away”

Clasping her hands behind her head, Ada laughed with a self-deprecating expression

“……But……”

Before she could finish speaking

“Hey hey, Sensei, can I ask you one ?”

What could it be? Enne’s gaze encouraged her to continue

“Enne-sensei is the hoht? Why did you come to teach at the first-year students’ summer school?”

“One of the teachers in charge of first-year students isn’t very healthy Because of that, I was called to join in at the last minute”

That was one of the questions she had assumed the students would first ask She sht, she had expected it to suffice as a response

“Ah, that’s a lie”

Suddenly, the girl’s gaze beca

“Eh?”

“If that was the case, then there would be no reason for Zessel-sensei to come as well You said it was at the last minute, so I have to accept that Sure, there is a teacher in charge of first-year students who didn’t come to summer school this ti on this trip, so it doesn’t make sense that the teacher’s health is the reason”

Her thorough reasoning put Enne at a loss for words As she was arranging it with Zessel, she had certainly thought of this But, she didn’t think there would be a student ould think this deeply about it in the first place In her mind, she had underestimated them

—But she had never expected this girl, of all people, to ask about it

Usually, no matter who talked about her, they would say that she was a troublesome child as often late to class Enne hadn’t expected her to notice such a trivial issue Even her teacher, Kate, hadn’t told Enne about anything like that

……What to do? Should she hastily uely talk around it?

“Um, that is…”

When she started to speak, the bell signaling the end of

“Oh, it’s finally lunchtime!”

In a completely different manner than the tense atmosphere from before, Ada turned around and ran towards the exit of the classroo

“Eh, ait! Ada-san?”

“Sorry, Sensei, but everyone in ether this afternoon!”

Saying those words with an innocent sirl quickly ran away

“W-Wait!”

The an to chase after her—

The world outside theflared up in scarlet

“……Eh?”

The large classrooh she couldn’t clearly see everything fro fire burned before her eyes It was a scarlet color more vivid than pure red Rather than the color of flames, it looked more like the color of fresh human blood

—Just what is going on?

It was an endlessly large scarlet inferno, as if even the heavens were burning Because of the brightness, she couldn’t fully open her eyes Outside theshould be a view of the plaza close to the schoolyard If she remembered correctly, Zessel had made plans to teach a Recitation practical skills lesson there at this time

Then was this Zessel’s doing? No, even using all of his power, he couldn’t call out these monstrous flames In the first place, there was no reason for hi in a practical skills lesson

She gazed at the flames that dazzled her eyes, and then— Suddenly, the radiance went out

“The flames disappeared……?”

The chain of events that quickly happened one after the other had made Enne unconsciously hold her breath

The cal to the world outside As she watched, the sparks that had entered the classroom also faded away

She quickly ran to theBut looking down at the plaza, she didn’t see a single person

Neither the students nor Zessel could be found In other words, his lecture had already ended Then sure enough, that wasn’t Zessel’s Recitation Just who—

“Enne, are you there?”

Loud knocks came from the classroom door

“Zessel!”

A rattle sounded as she opened the door Her unusually well-dressed coworker entered

“Zessel, did you see the flames in the plaza?”

“Yeah, it was so bright that I couldn’t not notice it”

In an easygoing manner, he spoke with a cheerful tone and nodded In other words, he didn’t seem to be moved by what had happened

“Do you happen to knoho called out those flames?”

“Ah When I was giving le person whose hair color was unique, so I becah the other students returned to the school building, only that person didn’t go back And when I couldn’t help but observe from the shade, it happened”

No ere the flames just now Recited by a student? A student still in their first year of high school?

“Who is that student?”

Although Enne taught students in higher grades, she knew about students in other grades who excelled in Recitations Even a first-year students, there were several students who she had begun to take notice of

However—

“No, you wouldn’t knoho it is even if I told you”

He slowly looked up at the sky, as if pondering so

“How can you be so certain?”

“……Because she wasn’t one of the ones ere keeping an eye on”

Muttering in an unsure tone of voice, he shrugged his shoulders

“Enne, do you remember the student who called out a lot of red feathers at the recital contest?”

Red feathers? In Recitations, feathers were not considered very difficult to call out In the recital contest, there was a student who had Recited otten a lot of attention Even she remembered the face of the student who called out the birds, but in the case of feathers…

“……nobody immediately comes to mind”

“Don’t think too hard about it I also couldn’t remember at first”

During the recital contest, that student had been at the sa ca Zessel’s attention

“So that’s how it is I don’t knohat she experienced from the recital contest up until now But if she keeps developing at this rate, I’ll have to take note of it”

As if Zessel seemed happy, his voice rose in pitch

“Next year at this tirades and becoht even happen in the middle of this year instead of next year Anyways, in htly scary She’s just an unpolished gem”

“As a teacher, isn’t this a good time to show off your skill?”

“Well said ……But still, I feel slightly uneasy”

He continued speaking in a vague manner that was unusual for him

“After they succeed in a Recitation during the lecture, most students would happily couess it could be described as absentmindedness She had a scared expression, and it felt like she wouldn’t talk to me unless I spoke first”

Recitation is a ritual to praise the thing one wants to call out Therefore, there are essentially no cases where one is surprised at what they Recited Instead of being scared, her expression should haveelse

“Well, those are just my unreasonable fears I mean, I hope they’re just fears”

Although she knew the flaain looked out theand down at the plaza In any case, there didn’t seeirl

“Thanks, I get the general situation noorried At first, I thought it was so”

“……Ah, really?”

As if he was sulking, Zessel turned away Honestly, how child-like As she laughed at his actions, Enne walked down the hallway in front of him

“Well, let’s go If we’re sloe ht not be able to make it back on time today”

—Their destination was the place where the gg> had been manufactured, Kelberk Research Institute

Part 2

“Well, let’s end it here for today”

The teacher in charge of the class, Kate, closed her textbook

“Alright Thank you very much”

“It’s already lunchtime, so I’m sorry that it ended a little late”

“N-No, it’s fine…… It’s because I haven’t learned about this before”

Putting the textbook into his bag, Neight frantically shook his head

Tremia Academy’s courses were based on a credit system, so other than the essential subjects, students could freely choose the courses they wished to take

The course that Neight had been taking was one of the required subjects concerning Recitations, historical studies This was an area he had learned nearly nothing about before being enrolled in Tremia Academy

“Like I thought, was it too difficult studying one-on-one with a teacher?”

Gazing at him with a wry smile, Kate asked, amused This course was one that his other class before suht had ended up co to one-on-one lessons with Kate

“……Difficulty-wise, it really is hard”

“I’ honest”

The teacher smiled happily

“By the way, that Rainbow Color Reciter was also bad at this subject”

“Xins-san, you mean?”

“The director of education secretly told me about it She used to be Xins-san’s teacher”

The director of education, Jessica He hadinto this school After that, he didn’t re ever talked to her She was often by the head a teacher, she now seemed to be more like the headmaster’s secretary

“Was Xins-san an outstanding person ever since he was a student?”

“When he was a student, his grades seee in his school Or rather, he didn’t seem interested in school lectures And that includes the history that I was just teaching you How contradictory, that a person whose nahout history wasn’t interested in studying history himself”

—Speaking of which, Mother hadn’t taught him about Recitation history either

Was that by chance, or was it so inevitable? In this aspect, Mother and the Rainbow Reciter were probably quite similar to each other

“Now then, enough of our useless talking Let’s go eat lunch If you don’t hurry to the cafeteria, your seat will be taken!”

Ah, oh no! Speaking of which, hadn’t he been invited by Mio-san and Kluele-san to eat lunch together?

“Please excuseon ahead!”

Carrying his bag under his arht hurriedly ran down the hallway

In the hallway outside the first floor lobby, thick lush plants were planted at regular intervals, and a simple roof was built overhead to block the rain

Leaning back against a beam that supported the roof—

Kluele gazed blankly at the roof overhead Under the hot sun and hot wind, without wiping her forehead that was covered in sweat, she simply let herself enjoy the tranquil moment

What broke the silence was the voice of her close friend

“Ah, Kululu, you’re here!”

With quick steps, the girl with a familiar face ran up to Kluele

“……Mio?”

Behind her, Neight could also be seen

“Kululu, you didn’t co for you”

“Eh, it’s that time already?”

Rubbing her eyes, Kluele stepped away froainst

“……Sorry,out for a bit”

“Honestly…”

Puffing up her cheeks, Mio crossed her arms in front of her chest

“Mio-san and I went to take a look, and like we expected, the cafeteria is crowded I don’t think there will be a free seat for three people any time soon”

“It can’t be helped Let’s go there to just buy lunch, then sit and eat at a bench outside”

The two exchanged glances and nodded

“Ah……Mio, sorry, but could you help me buy my share as well?”

“Sure That’s right, the cafeteria is crowded, so I should just go by myself and buy all of our shares”

—No, that’s not what I meant

Kluele had a different reason in mind But she couldn’t say it out loud

“……Kluele-san?”

They watched Mio hurry away in the direction of the cafeteria After a little while, Neight looked up at her

“Kluele-san, did so happen?”

“What do you mean?”

With his deep purple hair swaying in the wind, he looked anxiously at her

“……For soetic today”

Facing Neight, who looked up at her intently, Kluele couldn’t help but close her eyes

—A part of you is really perceptive, isn’t it?

He had given off that i It wasn’t that he was looking carefully at her face Perhaps he was simply sensitive like that

“Yeah…… I was just feeling kind of lost”

Like she was trying to deceive hih

……But what should she say? She couldn’t find any suitable words Therefore—

“Hey Don’t you feel scared?”

Kluele spoke honestly, the terribly direct words co embellished at all

“Scared?”

“About Recitations”

His eyes widened, perhaps because he couldn’t guess the ht, e

“Hey A while ago, didn’t you see a huge blaze of fire that came from the plaza?”

“Ah, I saw that!”

With an excited expression, the boy spoke

“It was a, wasn’t it? Even Kate-sensei, ith me at the time, was surprised It seeate the cause of that Because of that, my lesson ended a little late”

“—Neight”

“The one who called that out was me”

“…………Eh?”

There was a silence that lasted forto breathe

“That can’t be…… No, but…… No way, it was Kluele-san?”

“You can’t believe it, right? But it’s true”

That’s right It was natural that he couldn’t believe her right away

Because after all, she couldn’t even believe it herself

“During the recital contest, I unexpectedly called out the PhoenixDivine Bird of Dawn, right? After that, I felt a bit strange Youis a bit weird, but…”

She took a breath As the faint sound lingered in the air—

Looking down at the palms of her hands, Kluele apprehensively continued

“My Recitations are going too well”

“Too well?”

Shocked, he repeated her words like a baby

“Sorry I , but…… That’s really not the case I’m actually really scared”

During this ’s practical skills lesson, the Recitation she had conducted to solve the situation had been done so easily that she had thought it was strange Without even singing a OratorioSong of Praise, the time it took for her to Recite had only been a few seconds

No, it wasn’t just that She had also involuntarily thought that the Recitations of the other students were terribly immature

Their is of Praise had been too childish She had easily been able to see through the parts of their Recitations She had felt the illusion that there was nothing she couldn’t do in Red RecitationsKeinez

“Surely I’ of which, when class was over and I was left alone, I secretly tried to Recite some fire…… The catalyst was ordinary red paint”

The result was that trelad that nobody had been nearby when it happened If there had been someone close beside her— They wouldn’t have received just a burn

“……That was really scary”

With both hands, Kluele hugged her own body It wasn’t that she was cold or that she was shaking It was because her agitated heart and scalding body felt nearly painful No matter what she did, it wouldn’t subside

Perhaps it was a side effect of calling out a True Spirit during the recital contest Surely it was because she was still in a state of excite

“I don’t want so like this to happen! I didn’t call out the Divine Bird for this purpose……”

She felt like the higher-grade students she had seen at the recital contest, who relied on power and violence What would she do if she overestimated herself and her Recitation ended up spontaneously discharging? It wouldn’t be like the five-colored hydra back then, but there was definitely a chance that she could call out soerous

When she had realized that possibility, she had felt cold and light-headed

“That’s why I suddenly feel afraid of Recitations”

Before the sound of her words vanished…

“—But”

The boy who usually acted quiet and reserved said in an abnor tone of voice

“But, I don’t think Kluele-san will becorade students or conduct such a scary Recitation”

I’ that But, it’s useless I……

“After all, I believe in you”

Please, right now, don’t look at me with those eyes

“Thank you…… But, I’ht now”

She involuntarily averted her eyes His excessively straightforward gaze felt painful to the point of hurting

“—Kluele-san”

Suddenly, his tone of voice changed

“Please ‘I can’t even believe in s”