## Chapter 247 – Mademoiselle (16)
“Lady Vivian, did you find them?
It’s about time to move, isn’t it?”
“I got a good catch. They’re from the Magic Engineering Division.
About twenty of them.
Looks like they infiltrated amidst the chaos…
They don’t seem to have encountered any monsters.
Not sure if they’re lucky or not.
There might be more elsewhere.”
Aurora, crouching behind a tree trunk some distance away, listened to Vivian’s calm and composed voice as she looked down from the rooftop, her eyes narrowing.
“It seems you’re right.
Ten more from the Engineering Division.
They clearly don’t look like students.
Heading towards the Magic Engineering Division. Looks like they’re joining up.
They should arrive in a few minutes.
Should I do something?”
“It’s too dangerous for you to step in. Just wait there.
Tell Ranier when he arrives.”
“Understood. Then…”
Aurora, who had been communicating with Vivian through the spider, slowly spread her legs and pushed the spider into the crevice Nemea was creating.
“Heeheehee…♡ Master, I wuv you…♡”
She bit her lip and smiled happily, then, as if she had forgotten what Vivian had said, she dusted off her bouncy butt and stood up.
Her eyes fell upon a group of people in suspicious-looking black outfits, cutting through the undergrowth where no one else dared to go.
Seeing them move like that, despite the possibility of a monster jumping out of the bushes, suggested they had the ability not to worry about such things.
“Or they’re just fearless fools…”
Muttering to herself, Aurora suddenly darted out and ran towards the masked figures, who stopped in surprise and became wary.
“Hehe… Oppas…!!
I was so, so scared…♡”
But realizing that the approaching figure was a delicate and pretty girl, the masked men hesitated as Aurora nestled into the arms of one of them.
“Hic… Scary things came at me…
I barely managed to escape…
I feel safe now that I’m being held like this…”
She was acting like a terrified female student.
The somewhat seductive atmosphere she exuded was a little strange, but it didn’t seem to matter much to them.
The masked men didn’t seem to notice that she was wearing a blue Nemea outfit that resembled a full-body stocking.
Instead, they were captivated by her angry-looking butt, her smooth waistline, and the soft volume they felt from her embrace, and they lowered their guard.
The Nemea outfit revealed the curves of her body, conveying the elasticity and softness of her flesh.
The masked man who was holding Aurora was involuntarily savoring the softness of her fingertips through the palm of his hand, thanks to the way she was embracing him.
Moreover, her sweet breath, with its fragrant and sugary scent, was scattering right in front of his nose.
“Uhehehe… Ahh… Pervert…
If you keep touching me like that…
And look at me with those eyes… No way…
Those eyes… are embarrassing…♡”
Aurora, amused by the masked man’s innocent reaction for a back-alley criminal, giggled and gently placed her hand on his cheek, tilting his face towards the sky.
“I’ll show you something else good instead…♡”
Aurora lightly pushed the man away, and he staggered back, caught off guard by her unexpected strength.
Suddenly, he was swallowed by something huge that erupted from beneath his feet, and the other masked men recoiled in horror, their faces filled with terror as they gazed at the enormous figure of the unexpected attacker.
“Ahaha!! Ahah!! What’s wrong, Oppas?
You’re supposed to have a good time with me, right?
You can’t go to Vivian, okay?”
The sound of Aurora’s laughter echoed around them as she leaned against the massive, pillar-like body of the Kernel Worm, which towered as high as the trees.
“You know you can’t run away, right…?”
The masked men dropped everything they were holding and began to scatter in all directions, their desperate footsteps echoing as Aurora licked her lips with a sweet smile.
“You’re so nice, so why do I get the creeps whenever I see you…?
Ah, well~ Maybe it’s just my imagination…?”
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At the same time, Vivian, who had jumped from the rooftop of the Magic Engineering Division, was rapidly falling towards the ground.
The masked men she had found on the roof had now infiltrated the Magic Engineering Division.
All that remained was to round them up and eliminate them.
“Hmph…!!”
She quickly gained speed, then suddenly grabbed the window frame that passed by her with one arm.
Vivian grimaced slightly, but the pain was not as great as she had expected.
‘Amazing, as expected…’
Normally, falling at such a speed would have dislocated or even torn her wrist the moment she grabbed the window frame.
She had been holding a sword in one hand, so it was an unavoidable choice, but she was amazed at how her hand was able to grip the frame so tightly while supporting her entire weight. She quickly pulled herself up and threw herself through the window.
“Find them quickly. We don’t have much time.”
“Search the professors’ labs first!!”
Listening to the occasional voices, Vivian quietly opened the door and peeked out to check the sign on the room she was in. She then quietly closed the door again, leaned against it, and sighed softly.
“Haa… Professor Eloise’s office…?
Should I just go downstairs…?”
Perhaps it was because it was lunchtime and not long after the lecture had ended.
When she heard the voice of a gray-haired woman who had taken refuge in the professor’s office in the Magic Engineering Division instead of her own lab in the workshop, Vivian rushed towards her like the wind and covered her mouth.
‘She couldn’t move because of her students…’
“Hic… sob…”
Although she was a combat mage, she probably couldn’t fight while ensuring the safety of her students.
Several female students were hiding behind the desk with her, their faces filled with fear as they cried.
Vivian, who had made an effort to cover her face, whispered urgently to Eloise.
“Quiet. It’s a bit much to say this, but I’m not a suspicious person.”
Hearing footsteps approaching from beyond the door, Vivian slapped her cheeks as if to regain her senses and quietly drew her sword.
“If you want to live, just be quiet.
I have to deal with those guys.
Don’t make things difficult.”
Just as the door was about to open with a click, Vivian let go of Eloise and quickly ran to the door, stabbing it with her sword. A tingling vibration ran through the sword as it pierced the door.
She pulled the sword out of the door and saw a viscous bloodstain on the tip. She then rammed the door with her body like a One-Inch Punch.
The door shattered from Vivian’s charge, and the masked men’s faces, filled with panic, were visible through the shattered fragments.
“A… a woman…!?”
“It’s the enemy!! Kill her!!”
“Kuaaak!!”
Except for one man who had already fallen to the floor with a sword through his forehead, three masked men charged at her at once, stabbing their swords into her body at a very fast speed.
“Ugh…!! Is it… armor…?!”
“The… the sword doesn’t… Krghack!!”
But there was no way Nemea would fail to block ordinary swords.
Even with swords stabbing into Vivian’s thigh, waist, and chest at the same time, Vivian responded immediately without a scratch, cutting down all three men in one fell swoop.
Vivian dashed outside, leaving behind only Eloise’s bewildered gaze at the shattered door in the now-silent professor’s office.
“Who is it…!!”
“An ambush!! An ambush!!”
In any case, to stop Vivian, who was running wild like a fish in water, the masked men stopped what they were doing and began to pour out from all directions.
Since she didn’t have to worry about defense, Vivian was able to fight even more aggressively, and no one seemed to be able to stop her.
Moreover, considering the 17-on-1 battle in Floras, the opponents who were giving her a leisurely two- or three-person tournament were rather kind.
At first, she dealt with those who approached her, but before long, Vivian began to seek out the enemy herself. It took her only about 10 minutes to take down all twenty or so masked men.
But as she was searching for enemies, she turned a corner in a hallway.
“Dieee!!”
Her face, which Nemea couldn’t cover.
Vivian’s breath caught in her throat as the tip of a sword suddenly came towards her.
She tried to move her body in response to the sudden attack, but it was too late. Just as she was about to make a last-ditch effort.
“Defleah!!”
A powerful pillar of fire that blew away both the sword and the attacker at the same time swept past her eyes, and her face flushed hot in front of the pillar of fire.
Even after the pillar of fire had died down, Vivian, her legs weakened by shock, slumped to the ground, panting.
When she turned her head, she saw Eloise, her hand outstretched with a surprised expression, clutching her chest and gasping for breath, just like her.
Judging by the way her hand was trembling, it was probably the first time she had used offensive magic on a person.
‘A combat mage reserve? So it was true?’
Vivian nodded slightly at Eloise, who had shown that she certainly had combat abilities, and then dragged her limp legs and staggered to her feet.
“Th-there… are you okay…?”
Ah…”
Eloise looked dejected as Vivian ignored her concern and turned away.
But what was important to Vivian right now was not whether she was okay or not, so perhaps it couldn’t be helped.
There had been a dangerous moment, but she had somehow overcome the crisis.
Now it was time for her to take care of her other business.
She walked past the corpses scattered throughout the hallway, checking to see if there was anything she had missed.
As she picked up the items that had fallen on the floor one by one, she soon turned around and began to walk back the way she had come.
There was still one person left alive that she hadn’t killed.
‘Bring one or two back alive…
I wonder if he has something in mind?
Still… he’ll like it, won’t he…?’
Her footsteps stopped at a spot where a pretty woman with a delicate jawline, her mask removed, was lying unconscious after being struck in the solar plexus with the hilt of a sword.
Vivian, hugging the items she had picked up in one arm and carrying the woman over her shoulder with the other, had a bright smile on her face.
– Kwaaaang
“Lucia di Borgia, assistant instructor of the Swordsmanship Department, announces to the students and faculty of the Magic Engineering Division.
A rescue team led by Associate Professor Edward von Rommenberg of the Swordsmanship Department has arrived.
The monsters outside have been exterminated, but the inside of the building is still unsearched.
Please wait in your rooms for rescue.”
“It’s dangerous to rush out!!
If you want to let us know you’re okay, just make a noise!!
Eloise!! Is Eloise there!!?”
Vivian, who turned her head at the shout coming from a distance, immediately looked ahead and ran off somewhere.
“W-wait a minute…!!
Who are you…!?
Kyaaaaaaak!!”
Eloise, who had been about to follow her in a daze, screamed as she watched the girl jump out of the window without hesitation, smashing the wooden frame and falling below.
Eloise rushed to the window, clutching her surprised heart, but it was already too late.
Even when she leaned out of the window and looked down, she couldn’t see the tragic final moments of someone who had fallen from a high floor.
“Eloise…? Eloise!!
You were here…!!
Are you hurt anywhere?
I heard something breaking?”
“I’m okay… I’m okay…
My office… the students… Ah…”
Even as she felt the warmth of Edward, who had run up and embraced her, on her shoulders, Eloise continued to stare blankly out the window for a long time.
In her face, reflected in the side of the sword he was holding, she felt that her dark circles looked even darker than usual.
Had the tension finally been released?
Only Edward’s urgent voice, supporting her as she clutched her forehead and slumped to the ground, echoed in the quiet, ruined hallway.
“Uh oh…? Eloise!! Eloise!! The magic professor has fainted!!
And it looks like there are other students in the professor’s office, so let’s go in for rescue!!”
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“You came just in time, Ranier. Excellent.”
“Of course? Lady Vivian told me to come, so I had to!!
But I didn’t think you’d really jump.
I was a little startled when I caught you, you know?”
“Huh…? Why…?
Ah…!? I didn’t gain weight…!!
Don’t be startled by that!!”
“Ehehehe… It was nothing…
That’s right… It was nothing… Until just now…”
“‘Until just now’? What’s that supposed to mean?
Really… I really didn’t……!!”
“Heeheehee!! Yes~ I understand~”
“Eek!! Nooo!!”
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