Sliteyed

“What do you…?” “Isn’t it simple? I’m telling you to choose one of the two.” Lowell fighting below. Comrades fighting here. Rodelin understood that she had to choose between them. What Rodelin was questioning was something else. “If you continue helping as you are now, I believe this place would be fine without me.” “And…

“Th-The Dark Beast Squad!?” The kids fell into confusion. Since the Dark Beast Squad’s appearance, there had been countless speculations about them. An unidentified group, the Empire’s test subjects, senile old men, perverts (?)—all kinds of theories. Speculation and rumors where no one could tell right from wrong. But there was one thing everyone agreed…

Ash’s declaration that they would fight here. One instructor immediately questioned it. “Couldn’t we retreat one or two more times?” “Unfortunately, that’s impossible.” Ash spread out the map and pointed to a section with her finger. “There are three forks ahead. It’d be great if they followed us down our retreat path, but what if…

Thud, thud. The sound of footsteps echoed throughout the mine. As we passed each fork in the road, our numbers gradually increased until we’d formed quite a group. By now, we had enough people that it was difficult to hide our presence. But that wasn’t the real problem. Tap. Our walking pace gradually quickened. Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap—!…

Urek fell into deep thought. Annwood Academy Instructor. Among those who received excellent grades at the Academy, only volunteers are accepted and selected, then trained alongside special admission students who entered through different routes. After two years of hellish training, only the top 20% are appointed as instructors. But that’s not the end of it….

The journey down was smooth. Not only did we have a detailed map made by the Empire’s Rat himself, but we also didn’t need to worry about ambushes. All the enemies were gathered in Mine 32. Even if they noticed something and pushed up, we’d meet them head-on at worst—there was no chance of running…

“Kugh…” “Insignificant bastards acting all cocky.” The knight who took Lowell’s strike collapsed with a thud. She didn’t kill him. They weren’t worth that much. Having regained her freedom, Lowell stretched her body. To think they didn’t use mana restraints on her. “Even if they were in a hurry, still. What a bunch of idiots.”…

“You’ve all likely already heard, but the true culprit behind this incident has been revealed to be Nade. Or more accurately, I should say Baron Kelven in disguise.” “That can’t be…” “It’s a lie, right? There’s no way someone so wonderful and kind could be Baron Kelven!” As soon as Caron finished his brief briefing,…

“Hmm…” Adonis, who had been half-asleep while leaning against a rough boulder, scratched his ear. His ear was itching strangely. Was someone talking about him behind his back? “No one’s left alive to talk badly about a dead man… How odd.” As Adonis stretched out a little, his joints cracked and groaned. He might’ve looked…

“I never said that! You must’ve misheard me.” Despite her words, Lowell was busy avoiding my eyes. Which meant she absolutely remembered our bet. The bet where she’d staked a ‘Wish Ticket’ that could grant anything. “Keke, not keeping your promise? Has wearing that uniform made your mind regress to a child’s?” “W-What are you…