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Latia slowly walked out, looking at Davian and Nubes.
Exclamations burst out from the audience.
"Wow, she's pretty."
"A blonde swordswoman. Is she playing Roanne Kaehruem?"
"Roanne? The lover of Fabian the Archmage?"
"So the Archmage and Roanne Kaehruem first met in the Evertere Mountains!"
"But who is that first-year? She's so pretty!"
"Don't you know her? It's Latia Meridiem."
A thrilling story and script.
Passionate performances by the students.
A spectacle of magic and swordsmanship interspersed throughout.
The performance was gradually reaching its climax.
Before they knew it, it was the climax of the first act.
The scene of the Demon Legion Commander's appearance.
Bonita, who had been hiding behind a curtain in the corner of the stage, tore a scroll.
Bright light emanated from the magic circle faintly drawn on the floor.
Soon after, Bonita Portis appeared as if by magic in the center of the stage.
An expensive magic scroll used to move only 10 meters.
But the effect was amazing.
"Wow!"
"What's with the directing? It's amazing!"
Bonita was wearing tight-fitting tops and bottoms made of black leather.
The tops and bottoms were just big enough to cover the main parts.
A design similar to a bikini.
She wore a headband with demon horns on her head.
"Woah!"
"Wow, amazing!"
"Crazy!"
"That's the Demon Legion Commander! The one who was said to be super sexy!"
"I could sell my soul to a demon like that!"
Bonita had been bickering about this outfit until the very last practice.
But the moment she saw the audience's reaction.
Bonita's chin was slightly raised.
A sexy expression she had never shown during practice was a bonus.
In the meantime, Latia unobtrusively activated telekinesis.
Bonita's body floated into the air by Latia.
"Waaaa."
"What is this first-year? What kind of play is this?"
Nubes shouted, holding out a large sword as if he were going to have a real battle.
Nubes' acting had also become quite natural.
"It's, it's at least a legion commander-level demon! Step back!"
Bonita, floating in the air, spat out a cold voice with a sexy expression.
"Legion Commander level? I am the legion commander. Get out of the way, you insect-like human."
Bonita, floating in the air, raised one arm and pointed at Nubes.
Whack.
Bonita vigorously swung the arm she had extended to the side.
At the same time, Nubes' huge body flew sideways.
Thud!
Nubes, who had flown to the end of the stage, collided strongly with a pillar.
It wasn't enough of an impact to cause injury, but Nubes, who was startled, blinked his eyes.
Davian turned his head slightly and looked at Nubes.
He said in a voice that the audience couldn't hear.
"Sorry. Failed to control my strength."
Other magic isn't like this.
This telekinesis magic is still difficult to control.
Nubes raised his hand slightly and gave an okay sign.
Only then did Davian feel relieved and glared at Bonita again.
That's when it happened.
Squeak.
The iron door of the passageway connecting the inside and outside of the stage opened slightly.
A female student wearing an academy uniform peeked her head out.
The female student brought a travel bag that she had been dragging to the front of the iron door.
The words 'Theater Props' were written in large letters on the travel bag.
The female student took out a dagger from her uniform pocket and tore the side of the travel bag.
Thump, thump, thump.
Roll, roll.
Steel drums the size of watermelons began to roll out of the torn side.
There were a total of six drums.
Only then did the audience check the drums rolling onto the stage.
"What is that?"
"What kind of special effects are they going to show this time?"
The moment Davian and his group turned their heads to look at the drums.
Boom! Bang! Kaboom!
Loud explosions echoed in succession.
The inside of the stage, surrounded by a magical shield, was instantly filled with a blazing red flame.
Black smoke rose quickly and began to fill the sky.
"What, what is that?"
"Isn't something wrong? The shock is echoing all the way here?"
"Are the students okay?"
Beep. Beep.
The academy alarm sounded belatedly.
"What?"
"Is this a real situation?"
An hour east of the Academy.
A grain storage warehouse next to a quiet country road.
Tss.
Light emanated from a magic circle, and a female student wearing an Elton Academy uniform appeared.
"Whew."
The black-haired female student grabbed her own hair and tore it off.
Swoosh.
A wig came off, revealing her original short brown hair.
"Ah, stifling."
She then took off her uniform jacket and tore off her blouse button by button.
Inside, she was wearing dark brown leather clothes.
Clothes that assassins or thieves would enjoy wearing.
Until just a moment ago, she looked like a rookie academy student, but when she took off her wig and uniform, her appearance in her early 20s was revealed.
"I succeeded cleanly this time as well."
The woman threw the wig and uniform anywhere, opened the warehouse door, and came outside.
Then, she took out a fist-sized ball from her bosom.
Flick.
The ball that she lightly threw back went exactly through the grain storage warehouse window.
A while later.
Boom!
A strong explosion occurred inside, and the grain storage warehouse was engulfed in flames.
The woman started walking down the leisurely country road again as if nothing had happened.
But she had no choice but to freeze in place before she had even taken a few steps.
"Uh...? Uh?"
Seven students wearing academy uniforms were standing in front of her.
Three men and four women.
They had familiar faces.
"But... I definitely should have killed them on stage?"
A black-haired male student walked forward.
It was Davian Naone.
Davian, who had narrowed the distance to some extent, opened his mouth.
"Sophie."
The woman was startled and stepped back.
"How... how do you know my name?"
"You're the one who tried to kill me, so I should at least know your name, right?"
"You... you! What are you! Are you a ghost?"
"Don't talk nonsense about ghosts. What else could I be? I'm the person you were ordered to kill by your organization."
Davian stretched his right arm forward and activated telekinesis.
Sophie, whose back was bent like a bow, flew straight into Davian's hand.
"Aaaaaah!"
Sophie, who was instantly grabbed by the neck by Davian.
She was helplessly suspended in the air by the strong grip containing internal energy.
"Cough, let... let go!"
"Yeah. I'm going to let you go. I don't plan on carrying you all the way to your house."
"What, what?"
"Let's go home."
"Crazy... do you think I'm going to guide you?"
"You don't have to guide me. I already know the location."
I went there during the third playthrough.
"Don't bluff!"
"You also know that if I don't take you, I'll get caught up in the explosion while opening the door, right?"
The pupils of Sophie's eyes, who was being held in the air by the neck, widened.
"How do you know even that...?"
Davian loosened his grip.
Thud.
Sophie's body fell to the ground powerlessly.
"Let's go. Well, you don't have much of a choice. Sophie, an expert in magic explosion terrorism. A spy for the Marino Empire."
Libel stuck close to Davian's side.
"Davian! How did you know in advance? How did you know to give us warp scrolls? And how did you know that this woman was a spy? And how did you know she would pass by here?"
"Ask one by one. One by one."
"Okay. Then I'll ask the most important thing."
"Go ahead."
"You. Won't you start a business with me?"
Davian turned his head and looked at Libel.
He's full of questions, but suddenly he's asking something completely out of the blue.
"What?"
"Let's start a business, a business. I don't know what you found out or how, but Davian, you're catching spies as soon as they appear."
"So?"
"I'll share all the information I have, so let's start a business. Let's catch all the spies in Elton City! And then the spies in the capital city, Kanzar!"
Davian shook his head.
'He seems to want to play detective.'
But when I thought about it, it wasn't a bad offer.
The information power of the Specula family and Libel's analytical skills...
But if I accept at once, it will seem too easy.
"I'll think about it."
"Okay! I understand! Be sure to think about it positively! How wonderful! You and I will catch all the spies of the Marino Empire!"
Sophie, who was listening to the conversation between the two, let out a sneer.
"You guys are so funny. You just happened to catch me and now you think you're great detectives or something? You're just first-year academy students."
Davian replied.
"You were completely caught by that first-year."
"What?"
"I knew everything you were going to do. But do you know why I just let you cause the explosion?"
"......"
"What will happen when we catch you and hand you over to the academy? Sophie, who dared to cause a bombing in the middle of Elton Academy's public area."
"You... you bastard. On purpose? You could have stopped me in advance, but you let me detonate the bomb?"
"Yeah. It's not a problem to be caught by the academy anymore. You'll probably be taken straight to the royal interrogation room, right? You'll be tortured there and eventually die."
Sophie's complexion began to darken rapidly.
"What. You're an expert in disguise and escape, so let's say you're lucky enough to run away. Then will your organization leave you alone? I don't know what you said in the royal interrogation room, or what kind of cooperation you promised."
"......"
"Are your thoughts a little clearer?"
"......what do you want?"
"Let's go home first."
Assistant Rubens, who woke the Gray Witch from the ice cave.
The summoner Ellix who attacked the Amandria Merchant Group.
I could tell just by looking at their eyes.
It was impossible to find out any information from them or ask for cooperation.
But Dilan Nedon, whom I met after that, and Sophie, whom I captured today, are different.
They are still young and immature.
Nevertheless, there must be a reason why they have already infiltrated such clumsy spies into enemy countries.
It would be to carry out espionage activities in a wider variety of environments.
And the secret to not getting caught even while using these clumsy spies is surprisingly simple.
To execute them first.
Both the exposed and the exposed.
Dilan Nedon, who is still attending the academy, is still healthy.
But what if it was known that he was a spy?
He would probably have been murdered without a trace.
The only reason he is still alive is because he was known to have lost in a duel with Davian and failed to complete his mission.
And Sophie, who is being forcibly dragged along bound with ropes, is in the same situation.
"Hey, are you coming or not?"
"But you're a first-year, aren't you? Aren't you seventeen? I'm your older sister, so why are you always talking down to me?"
Sophie, who had been walking for over an hour, gradually relaxed and started to regain her spirit.
'They're just academy freshmen. What can they do to me? Let's run away when we get the chance.'
But on the other hand, she was still uneasy.
'Why are they going to my house? They seem to know the location exactly......'
Davian and his group arrived at Sophie's cabin in the woods.
Sophie shouted fiercely.
"Okay! As you know, I can't step into that house without me. If you really want to go in, I think it's time for you to listen to my demands?"
"You still haven't come to your senses."
Davian, who approached the door, grabbed the handle and turned it as it was.
Libel, who was surprised, stepped back.
"Hey! Davian! You said that if you open the door without that woman, you'll get caught in the explosion!"
Nubes had already taken out a large shield and held it in front of him, and Luna and Belum hid behind him.
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