Chapter 59

The next morning I returned to the Lognoss Clinic .

“Nn……… . . ”

Misa, who had fallen asleep wakes up and looks sleepily at me .

“…… . . Arnos-sama…… . Ray-san is……… . . ?”

“Heading to Deruzogedo . ”

“Then……… . it’s morning already… . . ?”

Misa looks at Sheila .

Her condition is a bit more stable but could get worse at any time .

I had hoped that by morning would have helped her recover to some extent but it didn’t . Misa’s and Sheila’s wavelengths are just too different and due to the inefficiency of the spell Misa’s body won’t last . If Ray hadn’t stopped Misa I would have .

“Stay here until the finals are over . ”

Using Construction Creation I made a small gla.s.s ball appear on my fingertip .

“If something comes up break this gla.s.s ball . It will allow you to escape from the shadow sewing dagger . ”

I cast Light Source and Conditions so it activates when the ball is broken . simply makes light but it will cover the entire room in light and remove all the shadows so the shadow sewing dagger has no effect .

“See you . ”

“Errm……Arnos-sama… . . !”

Misa stops me .

“What’s up?”

Misa looks at me with a serious look .

“Can you use on me one more time?”

“For what purpose?”

“I’ll help Ray-sans mother revive before the end of the finals . After that Arnos-sama can just pull the contracted demon sword from Ray-san . ”

“ doesn’t have the efficiency to help her before the end of the finals . ”

It will take at least a day for sheila to get to the point where she can even walk . Also, continuing to use the power will put Misa in danger .

“It’s better than doing nothing . ”

“Even if you pray to the G.o.ds a miracle won’t happen . ”

“… . . Perhaps . But I won’t give up just because no miracles will happen . ”

Misa’s face carries a serious expression .

“I don’t want to regret it . I don’t want to look back later and think I could have done more . Even if nothing happens I still want to do the best I can . ”

Fumu . Can’t she understand the current situation?

“I understand your resolution . ”

I use and merge their roots together again .

“If you can make a miracle happen then come to the arena with Sheila . Even if the person who collared Ray notices I’ll deal with it . ”

Misa firmly nods .

“Understood . ”

“See you . ”

I move to the school using

I told Misa Sheila wouldn’t recover enough to be in time . That there’s no use expecting miracles .

I think about the finals as I head to the waiting room .

Ray has been told to set up some type of trap for me in the finals but he’s not good at magic . The use of other demon swords is not accepted either . Ray’s weapon Initeio is a sword that slashes magic formula . It’s strong but there’s not a lot he can do with it beyond that . What is Avos Dillheavia plotting?

Well, I’m not that bothered by whatever he’s plotting . My aims are to treat Sheila, remove the contracted demon sword from Ray and turn the tables on whoever planned this .

Anything beyond that is not worth considering at the moment .

I arrive in the waiting room and Ray is waiting on the other side of the room .

Like Ray, I also wanted to fight without worrying about such a boring plot .

While we waited for the start of the finals Ray kept staring at my sword .

A knock sounded from the door .

“Who is it?”

After a slight delay, a voice answered .

“……It’s me…… . ”

Misha’s voice .

“What’s wrong?”

The door opened and Misha’s face peeped through the opening .

“Supporting . ”

“Me?”

Misha nodded .

“I see . By the way, why are you only showing your face?”

“Can I enter?”

“Of course”

The door fully opened and Misha stepped through .

“Are you nervous?”

“Nervous? Fumu . I want to try being nervous at least once but I’ve got no experience . ”

Misha blinked a couple of times .

“What’s wrong?”

“Arnos like . ” Misha said with a laugh .

“Sasha not with you?”

“With Arno’s mother . ”

“Hou? That’s unusual . ”

I know that Misha learned cooking from my mother but Sasha isn’t that close to her .

“Heard she was attacked yesterday . ”

“From my mother?”

Misha nods

“Sasha sent a message . I will protect her so devote yourself to the final . ”

She’s a thoughtful person .

“Have you changed anything in the arena?”

Misha looks puzzled .

“There was evidence that someone sneaked in . ”

“Same as usual . ”

Fumu . I left Emilia’s corpse from before her reincarnation on the floor but someone’s cleaned it up .

Emilia’s reckless actions yesterday were unplanned by Avos Dillheavia . If they made a fuss over it his plan might end up being hindered .

The likelihood of them going after my mother again is very low but it never hurts to be careful .

If Sasha’s there, there’s no problem .

“……Something wrong?”

Misha looks at my face .

“No, it’s nothing serious . ”

“Anything I can do?”

I said it was nothing serious but… .

“In that case then, you can cheer for me . ”

Misha leans her head to one side .

“Cheering?”

“You said you came to support me . That’s enough . ”

Misha nods .

“Understood . ”

She walked to my side and took my hand . Her small hand overlaps mine .

“Not nervous . ”

“I’ve never been nervous right from the beginning . ”

Misha looks down in thought then raises her head .

“Arnos can win . ”

“I’ve never lost before . ”

Misha thinks again like she’s troubled about something .

“I’ll be happy when Arnos wins . ”

“I don’t think there’s any interest in the demon king of tyranny winning . ”

Misha shakes her head .

“Arnos is a cla.s.smate and friend . ”

“That’s right . ”

“So is Ray . Two members of the same team will fight in the finals to determine the best swordsman in Deiruheido . ”

Misha is speaking in her usual flat tone .

“It’s amazing . ”

“Really?”

At that time Thought Transmission was activated in the room .

“Thank you all for waiting . Let’s start the final game of the tournament! The first partic.i.p.ant is Arnos VoldiG.o.d belonging to the Deruzogedo demon king school!!”

Apparently its time .

“I’m off . ”

Heading towards the arena Misha speaks to my back .

“Arnos was reborn . ”

Looking back Misha stares into my eyes .

“You are a student now . ”

Misha smiled slightly .

“Have fun . ”

Fumu . That doesn’t sound too bad . Is this feeling welling up from Misha’s support? It’s not a bad feeling at all .

I’m known as the demon king of tyranny but Misha is looking at the present me and not the past me .

I who was reborn into a boring, dull school life with too weak descendants and degraded magic formulas . There’s nothing to learn . No matter what I’ve done nothings come of it yet despite all this, this is what I wanted . This wasted time of idleness .

“Misha . ”

Misha looks puzzled and her face seems to say ‘what?’

I laugh .

“I’ll win the tournament . ”

“Nn . ”

I head out of the pa.s.sage to the final stage where my friend awaits .