Academy Ankle Reaper

32. We Need to Talk

Hayden Parker, the original protagonist… No, the symbol of the Devil Slayer is a red coat of arms, a sword with the word of God written on it, and dual pistols.

The red coat, which symbolizes the blood of a saint, has anti-magic power to block the power of the devil.

The sword forged from mithril ingot, the most effective rare metal against demons, is even engraved with the word of God, so even a lower level demon will be destroyed with just a touch.

Up to this point, these are the equipment often seen among the Church’s Inquisitors, but Devil Slayer added to them and used a ‘gun’, a weapon that is rare in this world.

In this world, guns are not industrial products.

A firearm that must be made with the hands of an artisan is a very expensive weapon.

Even so, it is a weapon that is treated as a bizarre hobby of the rich, saying that it is less cost-effective than the magic of wizards.

However, Devil Slayer noticed that if a firearm was prepared in advance, it could fire metal bullets without much effort, and used the firearm to shoot silver bullets that could damage demons.

There are less than 100 people in the empire who own firearms.

Among those gun owners, who could be here… Do you have

I don’t know about other places, but this is the academy.

Magic is the most core teaching at the academy, but if you carry around something like a pistol, rumors will instantly spread that you are a geek with a lot of money and a nasty hobby.

In that case… Is it Hayden?

The one who revealed beyond the dark demon…

“… Amy?”

It was Hayden who fired the gun, and it was just Amy Parker.

The appearance of her in the most unfamiliar form was strangely familiar to me.

The red coat of arms, the dual pistols in both hands, and the sword behind it… It was because it was the appearance of the Devil Slayer described in the novel itself.

But why Amy?

No, Youngji, how does the poor kid wear that money-eating hippo full item???

I don’t understand the situation.

I thought Amy Parker was a different person from Hayden… Could it be that she was just a female Hayden??

Now I believe it will not be TS Drift.

Amy’s fate is different from Hayden’s.

Hayden, who loses her family and the estate and burns all her life to kill demons, and Amy, who entered the academy for the sake of her living family and the estate, have very different circumstances.

But no matter how confused I am, the pistols in both of her Amy’s hands fire.

A silver bullet grazed in front of her nose.

“Amy..! It’s me “

It is the first time for me to deal with a gun.

In this world, guns have such a place.

It is a weapon that exists, but it is difficult to see people actually using it.

It’s my first time dealing with a weapon, but I know what kind of weapon it is.

The root is a weapon that fires projectiles after all.

‘The horse… Easy!!’

It’s not easy, but it can be done.

As Amy tried to use her whole body to avoid a distance that required only a flick of her hand, she wondered if there would be another hardship like this.

“Amy, it’s me.. It’s Atlas!! Why are you doing this It’s a bit mischievous!”

Amy’s appearance after hearing my words is strange.

Biting her lips tight like daytime.

I’m very angry… It looks very sad.

I’m sure he’s listening to me, but he doesn’t answer.

“!!!!!”

Amy holstered her pistol and grabbed the bayonet slung behind her back.

It was a greatsword that seemed daunting compared to her slender arm, but Amy lightly lifted it with one hand and struck me down.

From the first time I saw him, I thought his basic physical strength was amazing, but he was hiding his potential until now.

It doesn’t suit my personality to be treated like this.

She drew her longsword and struck back at Amy’s attack.

-Kang!!!!

A dull sound rang out as the thick greatsword and longsword collided.

We didn’t fight each other by the back of our noses.

It was because Amy was blown away behind her by my attack, which I hit with the intention of blowing it up.

Based on the mass of each weapon, it wouldn’t be strange if the greatsword broke my longsword, but my longsword was fine.

“If Amy is being blackmailed or manipulated by someone, please drop her pistol gently on the ground.”

I got back into my stance with a silly joke.

I don’t know what’s going on.

It seems that Amy had her own circumstances.

I thought I knew a lot about Amy because we talked to each other on the first day, but it was a big mistake.

“I don’t know why this is happening.. I don’t know what it is, but it seems like a misunderstanding?”

“Cheet..!!”

A pale flame burns on Amy’s mithril greatsword.

It was using Aura Blade.

If you look at the sharpness of the aura, it seems to be of high quality, but I know that the sword has such power because it is made of a mass of mithril, a rare metal.

It’s the same as the Flamberge of Lemnos.

“You were the one who attacked Amy first. Don’t blame me if it hurts.”

“!!!!”

Amy’s aura blade approaches me again.

There was still no aura on my sword.

No, I didn’t hold the sword anymore in the first place.

If I raised my sword in this mood, I felt like I would seriously hurt Amy.

The more I think about it, the more I get angry.

Why did she have to be attacked like this when I didn’t do anything wrong?

She just killed some fanatics and suddenly she gets this misunderstood?

At first, I was just dumbfounded, but now that I think about it, I get angry.

I don’t know what the circumstances are, but a misunderstanding is a misunderstanding.

I don’t know what Amy is thinking, but I’m sure I’ll regret it if Amy is seriously hurt….

‘Then I’ll just have to beat it in moderation.’

My body moved quickly in response to Amy’s movements.

My hands dug under her, one grabbed Amy’s hand as she swung down her greatsword, and her other hand grabbed Amy’s collar.

“?!”

Then, with her right foot, she kicks Amy’s step foot, knocking her off balance… Hung on the floor

– Kung!!!!!

“Kahak!!!”

As she hung from her back to the hard rock floor of the cave, the air in her lungs rushed out of her mouth at once.

“Keep..Ah…. Heo Eo Eok….”

In just one moment, all of her breath in her lungs came out, and Amy was distressed.

Her body wanted oxygen, but it couldn’t be filled with enough oxygen at once.

Seeing Amy clutching her breasts on her floor and gasping for her breath made her feel bad as well.

“Amy… “

“..!!”

As expected, I felt sorry and went to help her, but Amy disappeared in front of her eyes.

“Ah, what the hell!!”

The last time I saw Amy, she was in tears.

“It’s embarrassing….”

I was the one who almost got shot, so why do I look like the perpetrator?

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The next morning, Amy didn’t come to her morning workout.

“Atlas apologizes.”

“What else…”

After the morning workout, she met River again at the academy, and as soon as she saw me, she said something like that.

“Isn’t it coming out of the dormitory?”

“She doesn’t come out saying she’s not feeling well.”

She says that after the morning exercise she went all the way to Amy’s front door of her dorm and didn’t even open the door.

Because this is the first time something like this has happened, River is quite perplexed.

“I mean Amy. Any guesses?”

“Ah, that…. Hmm….”

Would you be angry if I told you that Amy was rambling on me last night?

I pondered for a moment on how to explain this, but River’s eyebrows turned naughty.

“Look! I’m guessing!! What have you done to Amy!!!”

“Wow, this is really unfair…. Why do you think I was wrong?”

“I think your hand will rise before Amy.”

“It’s okay, even if I think about it. “

When I think of my usual image, I think about it, so it’s really unfair, but I couldn’t refute it.

“It looks like that, but it’s not…” . I think Amy misunderstood something with me, but she doesn’t want to have a conversation….”

“… Have you ever killed anyone?”

“Why do you think so?”

“I’ve already seen people being cut into pieces, but isn’t it an attempted murder if it’s a scene that can be misunderstood?”

I’m just starting out, but my ability to pinpoint what happened yesterday is amazing.

Wow, it’s true that I saw someone killed by a real unfair….

It’s pagans that are a problem only if they’re alive, but is it really because of that?

Coming to think of it, I must have seen the first time I killed a person after entering the academy.

Really?

Huh?? Is that????

Is it really because of that??

“If it’s hard to say, you don’t have to.”

River pinched my cheek.

A refreshing citrus scent wafted from her hands.

“Let the two of you talk well, clear up the misunderstanding and apologize. Amy is precious to me, but you are also precious.”

“It’s because I feel unfair.”

“Then make up. Do you know that I feel anxious when the two of us fight like this?”

“That’s right too.”

I’m sorry if I make you worry too much.

I’ll have to organize my thoughts within today, and if I don’t come out, I’ll have to break into the dormitory.

——————————————

Amy didn’t go to school after all.

There is no problem with the academy classes running even if there is no student.

As scheduled, the time has come to prepare for the dungeon exploration practice.

What monsters appear in the dungeon, how it is structured, and how far you can go are explained as if it were recreation.

But I didn’t get excited at all.

‘Something will come.’

It is important from here.

Both River and Amy, who seem to be born with the fate of the protagonist, are anxious.

It’s better for me to move as much as I can because I know how the worst will happen.

First of all, my goal is not to let a single person die in the dungeon exploration practice.

If anyone dies by mistake here, the empire will begin to crumble.

I can’t die yet.

There is a clear reason why you cannot die.

If I die now, my height will be recorded as 149 forever.

At the funeral, it will say “Funeral of Atlas, a short titan dwarf with a height of 149″…

It will be remembered as 149 in the records of later generations.

‘I will never lose to the trash demons who take my soul and can’t even grow taller.’

He is small now, but he survives until the end and dies with a height of over 180.

This is the goal of my life right now.