All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 250

125. Twisted Ones Together – 2

Kirishnan screamed and raised her hands as Ian’s sword struck her.

Then, an even stronger light poured from the artifact on the ceiling.

The shadows, which had been splitting and scattering, gathered and began to darken again.

“Hey, Ian. Are you okay?”

The Squad Leader, who had joined him, asked, and Ian nodded.

“The reason there are no shadows in this tower is because of that artifact.”

The King of Shadows draws all shadows as his power.

In other words, its influence is currently limited to this tower. But as the dimensional gate reopens and that world begins to encroach upon this one, expanding its influence, it will gain more shadows.

“And the stronger he gets, the more he will absorb the shadows of this territory, the empire, and eventually the entire continent if left unchecked.”

His tone was so indifferent that it was even more eerie.

That’s why everyone aimed their weapons at Kirishnan.

“Hahahahaha!!”

Kirishnan, who had regained her strength while they were talking, laughed loudly.

As she reached out her hand, dozens of shadow blades rained down on Ian and his party.

Ian, the Sword Saint, the Squad Leader, and Charles easily blocked them, and Kirishnan roared.

“You bastards!! Are you going to stop me?! Kirishnan, who has the power of the Shadow King?! King! Give me even more power!!”

“Ah….”

Charles, hearing her cry, collapsed.

Kirishnan’s memories were flooding her mind.

“Aaaah……?!”

“What’s wrong with you?”

“S, strange memories are flowing in…….”

And the Shadow King will take her place.

Kirke was worried, and Ian moved immediately.

“Mya ne!!”

“Myaaaaaaa!!”

As Charles sat down and started panting, Ian shouted roughly.

In response to his shout, Myane roared and bristled, and only then did Charles’ expression stabilize a little.

“Galleries!”

Gust and Baba, who could only watch from behind because they couldn’t cut the shadows, suddenly came to their senses.

“Take her and fall back!”

“Got it!”

Gust and Baba quickly ran towards Charles.

The shadows flew towards them, but Gust and Baba were also skilled masters.

They couldn’t cut the shadows, but they could avoid them.

“Huh!! Do you think we’re just playing around?!”

“Please take her away quickly!”

To help Gust and Baba move Charles, the Sword Saint and the Squad Leader quickly slashed down the shadows.

However, the flying shadows could be cut or blocked, but the shadows protecting Kirishnan’s body could not be touched.

“Kyahahaha!! Is that all you’ve got?! Sword Saint, and Squad Leader, you… are weaker than I thought?”

As the saying goes, the Shadow King is taking Kirishnan’s place.

Incomprehensible words were mixed into her speech.

But she still didn’t realize that she was changing.

“Tch. Relying on the power of another dimension.”

“Hehehehe~.”

The Squad Leader sneered, and Kirishnan rejoiced.

“Ha ha ha ha ha!!”

The Sword Saint, who had avoided the flying shadow blades, focused again and slashed at Kirishnan.

But it didn’t work.

As their attacks kept missing, the Squad Leader got angry.

“Aish! Seriously! Ian! Are you just going to stand there and watch?”

“No, I thought you two were fighting hard. I thought you were practicing cutting those things.”

And Ian, who naturally avoided the shadow blades, went in front of Kirishnan and lightly swung his sword.

Cheonma Shin Gong [Heavenly Demon Divine Art], Chapter of the Moon.

Moonlight Slash.

“Aaaaaaack!!”

A brilliant full moon was revealed.

As it cut through the shadow armor in one blow, Kirishnan screamed and collapsed.

Deep wounds appeared on her chest and abdomen along with the dissipating shadows.

“Is that it?”

“Yes.”

The shadow armor surrounding Kirishnan’s body slowly began to dissipate.

The Sword Saint breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the shadows contained within scattering and returning to their original places.

“I’ve been to the Forgotten City countless times, but… this is a first.”

“The dimensions called by the Magic Kingdom were at least friendly and stable.”

“But this woman. She looks like she’s about to die.”

The Squad Leader pointed to the fallen Kirishnan.

Not only the shadow armor but also nearly half of her organs were cut by Ian’s Moonlight Slash.

Ian, looking down at her spitting out blood, spun his sword around.

“Wait a minute. Count Ian. Shouldn’t we hear about Rubellin and Keshin from Princess Kirishnan?”

As the Sword Saint worried, Ian turned his head.

Charles, who had been covering her forehead, was getting up.

“…Princess Kirishnan’s memories… have entered me….”

“Huh? Is that possible?”

“It is possible.”

Baba was surprised, and Gust looked down at the dying Kirishnan.

“Then we don’t need to save her, do we? There might be some strange restrictions on her.”

As Kirke had figured out, a significant portion of Kirishnan’s mind and memories had been transferred to Charles.

In other words, Kirishnan here was little more than an empty shell, even if she was saved.

So it was impossible to extract information from her.

Ian stared at Kirishnan, who was taking her last breath, and then lowered his sword.

-Stab!!

The faintly beating heart is pierced.

As Kirishnan took her last breath and closed her eyes, Ian looked around and said.

“It’s all over, let’s go.”

Although they had caught Kirishnan, it wasn’t all over as Ian said.

They also had to investigate and collect the data held within this territory.

Gust, Baba, and the Squad Leader decided to search for Keshin and Rubellin’s data that might be with Kirishnan, as originally planned.

After promising to share the information, Ian sat down in front of Charles with the Sword Saint.

“If you have Kirishnan’s memories, you’ll know. Tell me what you know.”

“Haa… I don’t know where to start.”

Charles sighed, recalling the memories of Kirishnan that had entered her earlier.

The Sword Saint smiled kindly at her.

“Do you really have Princess Kirishnan’s memories? How is that possible? Count Ian, you seem to know something….”

“It’s like osmosis.”

“Osm… what?”

“It’s one of the techniques used in reagent manufacturing. Well, to put it simply, it refers to the phenomenon of a solvent moving from a low concentration to a high concentration.”

Ian shrugged as the Sword Saint and Charles looked puzzled.

It wasn’t class time, and he had no intention of explaining this in detail.

“Let’s just say that’s how it is.”

“Haa… well, anyway, Princess Charles. Where is Keshin?”

“There are three havens in case something happens. The first is Light City.”

“Isn’t Light City where the main headquarters of the Sun Cult is located?”

“It’s darkest under the lamp [a common saying meaning the safest place to hide is in plain sight]. If you can hide your power properly, Light City is the best place.”

Who would think that there is a demon in the main headquarters of the Sun Cult?

Of course, such a trick would be meaningless if Ian caught on to it.

“The second is… the Forgotten City.”

“Hmm. Well, that wouldn’t be bad either.”

The tower in the Forgotten City was closed, but there were still dimensional trees there.

In addition, there were many guardians, defense facilities, and artifacts left outside.

Many people came and went looking for them, so it wouldn’t be a bad place to hide.

“Finally, the third. Dwarven City.”

‘It wouldn’t be bad to check it out. I was going to go there anyway, so let’s investigate it slowly then.’

“Then next. Let’s talk about Rubellin.”

“…That is….”

The more she touched Kirishnan’s memories, the paler Charles’ face became.

The Sword Saint, seeing this, gently took Charles’ hand.

“You don’t have to push yourself if it’s too hard.”

“Is that all you wanted to hear?”

“Oops.”

Unlike the Sword Saint, Ian wanted information about Rubellin, the god of demons.

While the Sword Saint was feeling sorry, Ian stared straight at Charles.

“Tell me. Where is Rubellin?”

“That’s… that’s….”

“If it’s hard to answer, just say one thing.”

Ian grabbed Charles’ shoulders.

“Is that bastard on this continent?”

At his question, Charles hesitated and then nodded slightly.

“Three years ago, Rubellin came to Princess Kirishnan.”

“So?”

“He just said he was going to stay here for a while and disappeared. I haven’t seen him since.”

“Rubellin… then what is the reason why Princess Kirishnan learned about that other dimension?”

“She said she learned it from Rubellin….”

“Why would the god of demons give teachings to humans?”

“I don’t know.”

That information was not in Kirishnan’s memories either.

Ian said nonchalantly as Charles sighed.

“He must have wanted to show off.”

“Yes?”

The Sword Saint tilted her head at the sudden answer.

Ian continued nonchalantly towards her.

“Most of the guys who watch that kind of thing want to show off what they know to others.”

“E… is that really true?”

That’s what Kirke said.

When he met Lucien, Rubellin deliberately appeared and told him that he saw other dimensions.

In other words, he wanted to feel superior by telling others what only he knew.

“E, hey. Would someone who is called the god of demons do such childish things?”

“Well, this is just my speculation, so I have nothing to say.”

The Sword Saint nodded as Ian didn’t say anything more.

Charles’ face was getting worse.

“Count Ian. Why is Princess Charles like this?”

“Because there are two people’s memories in one body. She is suffering from the sense of incongruity and alienation.”

“Oh… is that so? Then is it okay to just leave her like that?”

“No. We have to make medicine and treat her.”

“Aaaaa… ugh….”

Charles, writhing in a headache, gritted her teeth.

Ian, who was looking at her, got up from his seat.

“I can reduce the pain.”

“No… I can endure it….”

“Why endure pain that you don’t have to endure stupidly?”

“If this is something this princess has to endure….”

“I want you to resist and live, not suffer and live.”

Ian put his hand on Charles’ head.

As she flinched in fear and looked up, he stroked her soft hair.

Ian sent the energy of the moon to her to give her mental stability.

Charles, who was staring blankly at him, touched her head.

The throbbing head from just now had been healed with just one stroke.

But surprisingly, Kirishnan and Charles’ memories were still being maintained at the same time.

Perhaps because of that, Charles’ expression was still stiff.

“I’m confused whether this princess is Charles… or Kirishnan….”

“I’ll solve the problem of that sense of incongruity, so don’t worry and rest.”

Ian, who was staring at her, snapped his fingers.

“I’m just saying this in case, but tell me right away if you have strange feelings for me.”

“Strange feelings?”

“Like liking me. Or wanting to have me. Or wanting to kill me fiercely. Or wanting to make me family. Most of them are obsessions with me.”

Why would you suddenly have such feelings?

The Sword Saint was puzzled, and Ian said nonchalantly.

“When there is a sense of incongruity, you tend to be attracted to and react to a greater sense of incongruity. Right now, she has two people’s memories mixed in one body. The possibility is high enough.”

“Is it normal to feel alienated?”

“Of course not. You have to get tested and treated right away.”

Charles listened to Ian’s words and looked up at him.

As usual, he was still blunt, but for some reason, he felt different.

“Then I’ll go.”

As Ian, who had finished his business, left, Charles sat down with a tired expression and sighed.

“Haa…”

She stared intently at the door Ian had left through.

The Sword Saint, who noticed it, muttered awkwardly.

“Hey. No way.”