I Broke Off My Engagement and Got a Job at the Academy

94. Hostage Situation

While Giselle’s body was asleep within the ice crystal, Giselle’s spirit was trapped within.

Chains made of ice bound my ‘arms’ and ‘legs’. There was no way to move my body at all.

She was laughing, her face hanging open. It was more of a self-mocking laugh than a genuine laugh.

What the heck is this?

Because he was foolish and was fooled, a disaster occurred. His mind became immobile, and the spirit ran wild in the world with the magical power supplied by his body.

I didn’t believe in spirits from the beginning. When you said you would surpass Vanessa on your own, didn’t you end up like this because you relied on others? You should have taken the test with your own abilities, whether you were killed or eaten.

Yeah, that’s how I am anyway. I’ve been acting all smart and good, but when it comes to important things, I always just get help… Isn’t that why I’m like this now?

If I had headed to the village when I sensed something fishy from the spirit, or if I had never gotten help from the spirit, or if I had never gotten that bracelet in the first place… would things have been different?

“Phew, phew, phew… Now it’s no different than when I wasn’t an expert.”

Giselle laughed at herself as she spoke. How foolish she was to be so easily fooled, how weak she was to be fooled and thus bring about disaster.

Giselle glanced at her bound arms. The tips of her little fingers were slightly blue. Not only that, but there was a little bit of ice stuck to the tip of the tip.

She instinctively realized that this was the limit of her soul. If that blue, that ice, were to cover her entire body, her soul would break and die.

Even in such a situation, Giselle could do nothing. A feeling of helplessness swept over her entire body.

Her body was being used by the spirits, and her soul was trapped in the inner world, unable to do anything. Giselle felt as if she was suffocating to death.

That wasn’t all. Giselle’s inner world was already covered in ice.

The coldness continued to strike her body. As a spiritual body, Giselle had no means of shielding herself from the cold, so she could only sit still and feel the cold seeping into her bones.

Perhaps, that ice-filled landscape is the ‘erosion’ that the spirit spoke of to itself. It must have eroded itself like that in order to continue to manipulate its inner self as it pleased, while it was with it, as if it were guiding it.

Giselle desperately wanted to beg to be let go. But soon she realized that there was no one who would listen to her plea, and she slumped down. Crunch! The icy chains made it impossible for her to keep her upright.

Perhaps he himself will die. Either his soul will be broken and he will die because he is under the control of the spirit, or he will be killed by someone who tries to stop the spirit.

It was only natural. The spirit that approached him… The blue wolf was a high-level spirit, so it was much easier to just kill the summoner than to confront the high-level spirit head-on.

The higher level spirits are monsters that rival the high experts. They are like natural disasters. Who would dare to face such things head-on to save themselves?

Giselle let out a laugh. Before she knew it, tears were running down her cheeks.

Feeling a sense of despair as if she was falling down and down again, Giselle let her body fall.

…

I looked at the academy faculty around me and spoke to them.

“I’m sorry. I think I need to find that spirit first.”

At those words, Professor Cordelia shouted.

“Hey, Eden! Are you crazy? You’re a high-level spirit. Just because you’re a high expert, do you think they’re all the same level? Even among high experts, you’re a half-ass who can only use one or two 5-circle spells, and a high-level spirit is…”

“Yes, I know. If we confronted him head on, I would almost certainly lose.”

“Then you should stay here! I, I’ll take care of it, so you just stay here… .”

“Professor. You have to protect your students. It’s not like I’m going to do anything dangerous. I’m just… going to assess the situation. I’m not very good at rescuing students or anything like that. If something’s dangerous, I’ll get out of the way and call for help.”

Yes. Right now, it’s better for me to move and have Professor Cordelia help the students. I’m literally a high expert on the other side. Since I can barely use the advanced magic of the 5th and 6th circles, what I can do in this situation is no different from an expert level.

In that sense, it would be much more efficient for me to track down the spirit that caused this incident. If I succeed in neutralizing the spirit, it would be a good thing, and even if I fail, I am confident that I can escape on my own.

And more than anything, the fact that the person involved in this incident could be a student made me anxious. If we don’t move a little faster, who knows what will happen?

And… there was one more reason.

I whispered in Professor Cordelia’s ear.

“I wish this was just a matter of the spirits, but maybe not. There are also warlocks, and the Emperor has a grudge against me. So I think it would be good for you, Professor, to protect your students a bit.”

Professor Cordelia frowned when she heard that. Then, after thinking for a moment, she said.

“…Hey, Eden.”

“yes.”

“Come back safely, no matter what. If there’s even the slightest problem, I’ll kill you.”

I smiled at Professor Cordelia, knowing the worry in her voice.

“Don’t worry. I still can’t die because I feel wronged. I think I’m finally starting to see some light, but if things go wrong, how can I close my eyes because I feel wronged?”

Professor Cordelia heard what I said and hit me on the back.

“You little brat, that’s funny. Okay. I’ll protect the students somehow, so go.”

Professor Cordelia said as she looked around.

“I’m going to focus on finding and protecting students. What do you think?”

“Then let us do the same.”

“I will investigate what happened. You said there was a village. I can get there in a few hours.”

“I will ask for help from outside.”

After roughly deciding what to do about this situation, the professors all began to disperse. I also saw that, closed my eyes tightly, opened them, and started flying with magic.

After flying around for a few hours, enduring the environment created by the spirits, I finally felt a strange aura. Something mixed with the magic of the water, it was a very dirty and turbid aura.

“It’s over there.”

I flew towards it. Then, as I approached the owner of the aura, I began to feel a colder and colder chill.

Damn. The closer I get, the more vivid it feels. They say it’s the same high expert level or something, but that spirit is incomparably stronger than me.

However, that doesn’t mean we can just give up easily. At the very least, we need to find out the true identity of the spirit and its summoner.

Gulp. I swallowed once. And finally, the spirit’s appearance came into view.

It was the appearance of a man with long, wavy blue hair. The man’s appearance was quite cold and hard.

“Hmm, are you human? You’re a brave human. You must know how strong I am, yet you come within my range. But… how foolish.”

I kept my mouth shut and looked at the ice crystal next to the man. Inside the ice crystal, a human figure was reflected. I guess that was the summoner of the spirit. A victim who was controlled by a corrupted spirit and made a contract.

The spirit let out a loud laugh as it realized that I was looking at it.

“Oh, you want to see my summoner here? Good. It seems like he approached me to save this girl.”

Soon, I was able to confirm the identity of the girl inside the ice crystal.

“…Giselle, Irkali?”

A familiar face that I had seen countless times. I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide at the sight. The spirit spoke to me as if mocking me.

“I guess this is the face of the person you want to save? If you can, try it. My name is Akantiras. I will show you that the methods of mere humans are no match for this superior spirit.”

I looked at the spirit and scrunched my face. Then, I gripped my staff tightly.

“Hmm, you’re trying to fight… You’re stupid. You’re really stupid. Alright, let’s fight for a while.”

With those words, a cold air that was incomparable to that before began to wash over me.