There Is No Spring in the Stolen Field

10. graduate

I was definitely getting stronger.

However, it was nothing compared to Master’s strength.

I awkwardly responded to Master’s sudden announcement of the graduation ceremony.

“Ah… Master, are you kidding me… I still can’t land a single effective hit on Master?”

Luna, who was dazed, also helped me as if she agreed.

“That’s right. Even if the two of us attack together, we won’t last even 30 seconds and we’ll lose?”

Even after our words at the great party, Master’s expression did not change.

this person. Do you really want to graduate?

“You are right. It is impossible for you to defeat me by magic or force in the first place. But it is also true that I have nothing more to teach you.”

Master tapped the floor with the black parasol she always carried.

Then, as a magic circle glowed from the floor, two rings were summoned to her hand.

“This is a gift from me to you.”

She placed identical rings on each of Luna’s and mine’s hands.

It was an ordinary silver ring that looked nothing special.

It was a form that was difficult to detect even if it had no magical power.

Luna was staring blankly at the ring in her hand, as if she was thinking the same thing as me.

“Master. Is this just a ring?”

Master looked at me with pitiful eyes as if that could be the case.

“Take a look.”

Also, Master. don’t talk too long

Luna and I tried on the rings at the same time.

Nothing seems to be happening…?

I looked at her, wondering if there was something special about Luna, but it seemed like she was similar to me, so the reaction was boring.

Luna made eye contact with me, perhaps conscious of my gaze.

At that moment, I recognized the function of the ring.

Luna’s eyes had turned to the same sky color as Seria’s.

Where did her red eyes, which are the symbol of the demon race, go? Luna, who looked somewhat innocent, tilted her head and looked at me.

“Luna. Look in the mirror.”

“Yes why?”

I magically summoned a mirror and handed it to her.

“It’s just as pretty as usual, but what? Huh? What is this?”

It was only then that Luna seemed to notice a change in her body.

Luna threw the mirror away and reached into the air.

But compared to the tightly stretched arm, nothing happened.

“…the mana is gone…”

She looked really bewildered.

Master said nothing and smiled at us.

Luna, who had lost her red eyes and magical powers, was, no matter how you look at it… human herself.

no way…

“The time has come, disciples.

The reunion with Seria, which he so longed for, came much earlier than expected.

All the heroes of the past passed through certain stages according to the tradition and reached the seat of the demon king.

The first is flowering. The warriors appointed according to the saintess’ revelation become aware of their mission and develop their qualities as warriors.

The second proof. In order to prove that they have the strongest power among humans, the warriors enter the academy where the best talents of each continent gather, gather helpers to help them, and reign as human representatives at the apex of the academy.

Third, qualifications. In order to stop the demon lord with the power of the primordial demon, not only the power of the main body, but also the ability to fully handle that power by being recognized as qualified by the holy object.

And it is said that only after going through these three journeys can the hero begin his journey to the Devil Castle.

The demons tried countless times to cut off the buds so that the hero could not reach the demon castle in the abyss.

Already at the first stage of enlightenment, the warriors were beings who had already reached the limits of human potential.

Therefore, killing him by force or assassination was only possible before the enlightenment, and aiming for surprise in the second and third stages has been dismissed as a meaningless act.

Until the existence of me, Yuwol, appeared as a variable.

From the stage of enlightenment, successive warriors were armed with the trauma and hatred of losing their family members to the demons.

In a word, it is a story that the plan to lure out with words has not worked so far.

but. If the hero’s family was alive, and if the survivor was a living witness who would stand on the side of the demons and prove the ugliness of humans, Master and all the demons expected from me that I would be able to twist the bridle.

And in the worst case, if my plan fails… I was also used as the best hostage.

Yeah… if I were a human… I thought there would be quite a bit of hope, but

Thanks to someone living somewhere, I now have a status in the human world that would be fortunate if I didn’t get executed.

“Luna… Even if you bring them all, you can’t leave them all in the dormitory… Bring them in moderation…”

Master informed us that the hero’s ‘proving’ would soon begin.

this warrior. In the case of Seria, it was also explained that it was unusual that ‘flowering’ proceeded at a much faster rate, unlike the record.

Poor Seria. How many people have been abused to achieve that level…

I wanted to jump right in and take it out.

“Sirius. Girls’ luggage is usually this much. And. Do you want to see me go to the academy and be ignored by other girls?”

After the departure date for the human world was set, the person who seemed busiest was Luna.

Master is peaceful under heaven. He did his job as usual, telling me to do well.

Luna diligently collected information on the human world, and recently ordered her minions to obtain fashionable clothes.

I heard that uniforms were given there, but even when I told her that, Luna didn’t even pretend to listen.

Luna seemed to be going on this journey with the thought that she would overpower Seria in all aspects.

Luna… Seria doesn’t even know who you are…

Seeing her constantly fighting Seria, whom I had never met before, I couldn’t help but have a subtle expression.

To be honest, I still haven’t been able to sort out my feelings for Seria.

i love luna

that’s sincere

But Seria was my first love and everything to me for more than half of my life.

Right now, I am faithful to Luna and spend happy days with her,

In fact, meeting Seria was something I wanted so badly but didn’t want.

How are you… Seria…

But first of all, since you’re a hero, there won’t be anyone who can’t live with you…?

Her long blonde hair came to mind.

When I always overslept, I remembered her face looking down at me with a disapproving look.

3 years. Almost 4 years have passed, so she must have grown up just like me.

Just like Luna went from a girl to a beautiful lady.

Half hopeful, half worried. Time passed like that, and before we knew it, the day of admission to the ‘academy’, a place of proof, approached.

Master told us that he had prepared identities for entering the academy.

Demons have been hiding in various places in the human world, observing the birth of humans and moving secretly.

From aristocrats to beggars on the street, providing them with fake identities was nothing more than a job.

We entered the school as children of the Countess Iaros of the Kingdom of Zeros, not from the Imperial Kingdom.

“So Luna is the daughter of a countess named Luna Giaros, and I am her servant?”

“I understand correctly, Sirius.”

“Why don’t I become a noble?”

I also wanted to live like a nobleman for once.

I sighed as if regretting it.

Luna was laughing beside me as if I was cute like that.

“Sirius. It’s enough if you marry me… Shall we get married in the human world?”

Wow… such a way…!

To say that, if he appeared as a married man in front of Seria, the human June’s life would not be preserved.

I could guess.

About a week before we set off, we made it a habit to wear a ring all the time.

In fact, I was used to a life without using magic, so there was no problem, but Luna had a hard time using magic with only pure mana without magic.

Luna looked at me with pitiful eyes, saying that after living as a human being, it was urgent to reevaluate me.

Because demons are supposed to eat it raw…

Our strength was estimated to be about half weak compared to before wearing the ring.

In particular, Luna was unable to demonstrate even half of her body’s strength.

Even so, living in a group of humans, no, normal humans were so powerful that they couldn’t even hold out a business card, so it seemed that there would be no problem.

Master gave us some final advice and checked our assignments.

“If you can’t stop the hero in the stage of proof, it will be more difficult to stop the hero in the stage of qualification. So I recommend doing it somehow within the given 3 years.”

Three years… I thought it was a long time, but I was not allowed to be careless.

“If you finish all the steps and head this way, it will be an all-out war. Sirius. You must go to the battlefield too.”

I gulped. I wanted to avoid that much.

“The method doesn’t matter. Whether you use your relationship with the hero to convince them, or use your own magic to make them taste better. Whether you knock them down. If you have the ability.”

It’s a unique magic… I couldn’t quite guess how it would change if I used the unique magic on Seria now.

Would you like me more like Luna…?

“The ring you are wearing right now is made by me, so while you are wearing it, your identity will never be revealed.

This seemed like something I needed to take seriously. The moment identity is discovered. It would have been fortunate if he hadn’t been killed on the spot, no matter what the plan was.

“This is the end of the delivery. Don’t be miserable. Disciples.”

Master swung the parasol around and created a portal.

“I’m coming.”

Luna took my hand and dragged me in.

One last look at Master as she turned and walked away, but she pointed at her right hand.

right hand…?

I felt the texture of the paper in my right hand.

Note?

On a small piece of paper it was written:

[This is a message from the Demon King.]

It was all very clean and concise.

[I’ll be watching.]

My left hand, which held Luna’s, was drenched in sweat.