The World After the Bad Ending - Chapter 84



Prince Sweet Potato

Seron Parmia.

With her appearance, Ban and I stopped fighting and stared at her quietly.

“…Seron?”

When Ban called her name, Seron flinched her shoulders.

“I, I’m not Seron?”

If you’re going to hide, do it properly.

That forehead shining above the mask was unmistakably Seron.

“Seron, what are you doing now?”

Then Lina also recognized her as Seron and shouted.

What on earth are you doing on that side?

Seron looked even more flustered, but she bit her lip, gripping the two axes tightly.

“I don’t know! Just come at me!”

Seron showed hostility towards Isabel’s group.

“What is she saying? Does she even understand the situation right now?”

Rina, seeing this, reacted with disbelief.

“That’s not Seron.”

At that moment, Ban’s sword emitted a chilling aura.

It was so eerie that even Seron flinched.

“Anyone who stands in my way is the same.”

Ban expressed his intent to break through anyone.

But Seron didn’t back down and raised her axes.

“…Come at me.”

The honey badger in front of the lion bared its fierce teeth.

It was a somewhat absurd situation for me.

I didn’t expect Seron to suddenly jump out.

‘Has she been watching all along?’

It seemed she thought I was in danger and came out.

I appreciated the sentiment, but this way, Seron would also get entangled with the boycott.

It was the moment I raised my hand to stop her.

“I came here of my own will.”

A firm resolve could be felt between Seron’s clenched lips.

She came here of her own volition.

As I looked at her back, I lowered my raised hand.

“Can you stop Ban?”

“Of course.”

Seron clashed her axes together with determination.

Good.

I’ll leave Ban to her.

What’s left is…

Rumble-

At that moment, flames began to swirl around.

My gaze landed on the one commanding the flames.

The contractor of the highest-ranking spirit and the top spirit scholar.

Beakiring Monem.

The highest-ranking fire spirit she commanded manifested and began to spew flames.

The highest-ranking spirit, reminiscent of a giant lizard, flicked its tongue.

Even I, with my high resistance, could feel the heat.

Moreover, the two eyes of the highest-ranking spirit were fixed solely on me.

‘Did it sense the flame of fire?’

I am the one who harbors the corpse of the Fire Spirit Lord within me.

It was highly likely that the highest-ranking fire spirit sensed something.

“I don’t know what the situation is, but.”

Beakiring flicked her hand as if she had waited long enough.

“Sharin and Ling are here, yet you’re so arrogant.”

Sharin, who was beside Beakiring, looked at me with disapproval.

Then she sighed and lifted her staff.

“Senior Vickerman, this will sting a bit.”

Sharin came here today at Isabel’s request.

So she had no intention of going easy.

A situation where I had to fight the highest-ranking spirit master and the top magic scholar.

Moreover, Isabel wouldn’t just stand by and watch forever.

Just when I anticipated a tough battle.

Whooosh!

A gust of wind blew away the swirling flames.

“Huh?”

A bewildered reaction emerged from Beakiring’s side.

As she hurriedly looked up, a giant jade-colored bird was descending from the sky.

A bird so enormous that it felt majestic to the human eye spread its transparent wings.

Each time it did, the gusts of wind shook everyone present.

“That, Spirit Lord?”

Beakiring spoke in a bewildered voice.

The true identity of the bird was none other than the Spirit Lord.

It was the spirit contracted with Poara Silin.

Thud!

A boy descended on the wind and landed beside me.

“Ugh!”

He landed in a very awkward position, then flailed around and stood up straight.

Then he pushed up the glasses he wore over his mask.

“I-I’ve come to assist!”

“Poara Silin, why are you here?”

At Beakiring’s question, Poara shook his head vigorously with a flustered face.

“I’m not Poara! I’m just a passing spirit mage!”

“What nonsense.”

Beakiring showed a reaction of disbelief.

Then he frowned as if being treated like a fool.

‘It seems he felt the power of the spirit and came.’

I roughly guessed the reason Poara came here.

He must have felt the power of the highest-ranking spirit and came to play his part as a member of the boycott.

“I-I’ll handle the spirit.”

Poara said, turning his gaze away as if Beakiring’s eyes were too piercing.

Good.

This was becoming quite interesting.

“As I said before.”

I raised my fist towards Isabel’s group.

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The highest-ranking spirit and the Spirit Lord clashed, and a thunderous roar echoed.

In the unexpected disaster, the ordinary students were tossed around.

Amidst the chaos.

Seron and Ban, who had charged forward, collided and tangled together.

Seron’s desperate counter-magic had improved to the point where even Ban was surprised.

Beyond them, the light of magic was woven.

Every time Sharin’s light magic fell, the surroundings turned into a wasteland.

It was practically a meteor shower.

Tak!

At that moment, Rina, Isabel’s friend, appeared through the afterimage of the light cluster.

She tried to corner me with her skilled swordsmanship.

But I was someone who had fought Ban to a draw.

My heightened dynamic vision caught and evaded every point her sword aimed at.

“How can a mage be this fast!”

Rina screamed, gasping for breath.

Sorry, but I’m not a mage.

I feinted by pulling my body back, then leaned forward instead.

The distance between Rina and me closed in an instant.

Taking advantage of her confusion, I punched her wrist.

Boom!

The explosion magic activated from my elbow gave my fist propulsion.

Crack!

“Kyah!”

Rina couldn’t react in time and took the hit on the hand holding her sword.

As her grip weakened, I sent a faint current through the blade.

When the current from the lightning rune in my hand flowed out, she flinched and dropped the sword.

She had seen what happened to Paladin Parcen earlier.

So she let go as soon as she felt the current.

Clang!

I kicked the dropped sword away with all my might.

With this, Rina was disarmed.

But Rina was never the problem from the start.

Whoosh!

Isabel appeared through the smoke where the light bullet had fallen.

A beast-like line extended in her crimson eyes.

Her sword surged towards my neck in an instant.

This, I can’t dodge.

I immediately raised my hand and swung.

Kaang!

Blocking with the edge of my hand, I disappeared into the smoke with Isabel.

In the blurred dust of the field of vision.

I quietly heightened my senses.

As I held my breath, Isabel’s silhouette appeared.

Before the silhouette, the sword pierced through the smoke.

Kaang! Kang!

The hand edge I swung without hesitation repeatedly clashed with the sword.

The tip of the sword is alive.

‘Just by its sharpness, it’s more than half.’

I realized anew how much Isabel had trained all this time.

Come to think of it, this is the first time I’m fighting Isabel like this.

To think that the fight I had been putting off would happen here.

One must live diligently.

The moment I dodged the soaring blade once again.

Thump!

I realized that I had my back against the wall.

Oops.

I had been too focused on the tip of Isabel’s sword and neglected my rear.

Just before the sword that extended once again touched my chest.

I swung both hands simultaneously.

My fingers dug into the blade coming towards my chest.

A trick I used against the half.

It’s the Sword Breaker.

Crunch!

The moment I shattered Isabel’s sword.

I saw a glimmering light from the other side.

Another sword was rising there.

Isabel had abandoned her old sword and was wielding a new one.

The source of the sword was Rina’s sword, which I had just blown away a moment ago.

‘Pierced.’

Isabel had anticipated this, having seen me use the sword breaker against Ban last time.

So, from the beginning, she had intended to abandon her old sword and wield Rina’s sword.

I saw Isabel’s crimson eyes.

She was someone who would stop at nothing to truly defeat me.

Before I knew it, I had inadvertently smiled.

Yes, the main heroine should come at me like that.

A magical engraving on my back, pressed against the wall, burst into light.

Isabel realized this, but it was already too late.

Boom!

With a roar, the wall collapsed entirely.

“You!”

I heard Isabel’s voice, but I quickly rolled backward.

Then, I kicked off the ground and dashed away.

Anyway, I had bought enough time.

Now it was enough.

I grasped the Thunder Summoner in my hand.

Then, I maximized the remaining electric shock from Professor Valkio.

Magic Engraving · Lightning Catcher

Holding the black lightning in my hand, I threw it without hesitation towards Ban and Seron.

Ban, who was swinging his sword at Seron, sensed it and withdrew.

“Eek!?”

Seron, also startled, withdrew, and I reached out and grabbed her waist.

“Eek!”

This time, Seron screamed for a different reason.

I held the blushing Seron and shouted.

“Poara, retreat!”

“Oh, yes, yes!”

Poara stopped fighting with Beakiring and retreated.

“Stop right there! After making a mess of the ring like this!”

Beakiring shouted at the fleeing Poara but couldn’t bring himself to chase her.

No matter how high-ranking the spirit and contractor were, the spirit lord had no choice.

Beakiring gritted his teeth in frustration at his disheveled appearance.

It seemed Poara would suffer quite a bit later.

As I was running, I saw Sharin in the distance.

She was glaring at me with a slightly displeased look.

Her face seemed to say, “If this was going to happen, you should have at least told me.”

I should apologize to her later.

For now, it’s time to make a strategic retreat.

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After running for a while, Isabel’s group no longer chased us.

Even if Isabel didn’t know, their main goal was to mediate the boycott group causing chaos at the academy.

There was no reason for them to follow me.

After successfully evading them and hiding in a building, I caught my breath.

Even though I had undergone hellish physical training with Aisha, running like this was exhausting.

Even I couldn’t help but get tired.

Bang, bang!

In the meantime, I could see the student council members and the boycott members still fighting.

Though they were quite far away, everyone was fighting desperately.

“Ah.”

At that moment, Seron let out a voice.

I had forgotten about Seron and put her down.

Seron was looking at the window, not at me, with trembling eyes.

“Seron?”

When I called her curiously, Seron bit her lip tightly.

“Your Highness, no, Senior Vickerman.”

So, you finally learned the name.

In that chaos, Vickerman’s name echoed several times.

It would be impossible not to know the name.

As I gave a bitter smile, Seron lowered his head.

“This incident, it’s because of Nikita, right?”

Vickerman likes Nikita.

Because of that, he crossed the line while tormenting Lucas and ended up getting expelled.

Even if Seron didn’t know my face, he must have heard the story somewhere.

To Seron, it was like a heartbreak.

“It’s okay. I would have done the same.”

Seron spoke in a slightly sorrowful voice.

Seeing Seron with a faint, tear-stained smile, I couldn’t say anything.

“But this is as far as I can help.”

Seron’s eyes were still outside the window.

“I have a friend in the student council, a bit lacking but close to me.”

I belatedly realized what Seron had discovered outside the window.

There was Hania, in the form of Hannon.

“I can’t betray my friend any longer. To me, he’s the only precious friend I have.”

Seron said with a light smile.

“A bit of a nasty friend, though.”

My fist clenched tightly.

Seron turned around.

“That day, thanks to Vickerman, I didn’t think I was entirely unhappy.”

She conveyed her honest words.

“Thank you.”

With that, Seron left.

As I blankly watched her back, I bit my lip hard.

I lost love because of the veil’s bandage.

But I could understand the meaning of friendship that Seron showed.

Seron and I are friends.

This is how it is now, and it will be so in the future.

How long can I deceive such a friend?

With this misunderstanding, can I reveal my true self to Seron?

My intuition tells me.

The opportunity is now or never.

“Beaten Tomato!”

This was, after all, my impulsive action.

I am a stranger in this world.

But even so, Seron genuinely considered me a friend.

But impulsiveness was fine.

I wanted to ventilate this suffocating world at least once.

So I smiled as hard as I could.

Calling Seron by the nickname I gave her before, I pressed the bandage of the curtain.

Under the moonlight streaming through the window.

My appearance instantly transformed into Hanon.

I was wearing the pendant that Seron had seen before.

The pendant that Seron misunderstood as something I gave to Bikamon.

Holding that pendant tightly, I raised it above my head.

“Huh?”

Seron, who turned around, belatedly let out a startled tone.

She was staring with wide eyes, not understanding the situation.

I looked at her consistently dumbfounded expression and grinned.

“Let’s talk again tomorrow.”

With that, I quickly ran away.

For now, I didn’t know and just shouted.

I’ll leave the resolution to tomorrow’s me.

Please take care of it again today.

Tomorrow’s me.

【Act 4, Scene 1 ‘Boycott Commotion’ ends here.】