Shadow Farms

"Lega That It's Worth More Than Expected"

With me supporting Sherry, we headed for the Vice Principal's office. Incidentally, along the way, I secretly took care of 5 more people.

We opened the rather heavy door and went inside.

The interior was decorated quite nicely, and one of its walls was covered with bookshelves that reached the height of a normal person.

There was a pile of documents on the Vice Principal's desk, and sunlight shone softly through the north-facing window.

It has a really quiet atmosphere, and really feels like ‘ adult space.’

Sherry began to examine the drawers with great familiarity.

“Please don't make loud noises, okay?”

The pink hair on the other side of the table nodded silently.

“Fuu.

I plopped down onto the two-man sofa and let out a long sigh.

I'm so tired.

There is no doubt that Sherry is the main character at the moment, but that is beyond her. There was absolutely no way he could clear this scenario by himself. In this kind of situation, the main character always had a partner character, but there was not even a shadow of such a presence. This is a very bad scenario.

So after thinking about it, I decided to take the position of assistant mob character myself.

As a horde, I must not take the position of the main character. It never will.

“Find it.”

Sherry returned to the side of the table with a handful of documents in her hand.

Then he put it on the coffee table.

“What is this?”

All symbols and numbers and equations. I don't know what this is.

“This is an artifact called the Eye of Avarice. I'm almost certain that this is what's interrupting all the magic in this place. ”

He pointed to a circular design, which looked ominous, roughly the size of a ping pong ball.

“Eye of Avarice is sucking all the nearby magic and saving it. So when activated, it becomes very difficult to use the magic around it. ”

“But the black man uses magic as usual?”

“They must have registered their magical signature with the Eye of Avarice before. It's been confirmed that Eye didn't suck magic from the registered signature. Extremely refined magic and extremely powerful magic, Eyes could not absorb, but from the very beginning, no one could handle such magic. ”

Fumu's.

“This ability alone is already quite unsettling, but actually, the magic stored in the Eye of Avarice can also be used. I believe that the original purpose of this artifact was to be used, but due to the fact that it was unable to store the absorbed magic for a long period of time, it was considered a false artifact. ”

“So, if a long period of time is impossible, does that mean a short time is possible?”

“Iya. Currently, there were a large number of magic swordsman students who were captured in the auditorium. If all the magic absorbed from there is released at once. ”

“Heeh..

“This Eye of Greed is something I have previously researched and understood. Because of how dangerous it is, I never published My results and gave them directly to the country for safekeeping, but. ”

Sherry looked at me with a gentle look.

“Either others with the same function, or those you gave to the country were stolen. So, leaving that aside, is there a way to counteract the effects of the Eye of Avarice? ”

“Ya no.”

Sherry nodded, then took out a large pendant.

“Lontin that looks dirty.”

“I believe this is the controller for the Eye of Avarice. In the first place, the Eye is not an artifact by itself, but a pair, along with the controller. With a controller, its status is no longer a broken artifact that is incapable of long-term storage. ”

“So it can long-term storage?”

“I don't know for sure because I've never studied the two together, but I think there's a big possibility.”

“Fumu”

“And as this controller, it is also able to stop the Eye of Avarice for a while. Within that time frame, we can free students from the auditorium. ”

“That sounds good. So, what's to do? ”

“Umm, I still haven't finished deciphering this artifact, so I have to finish it first.”

“Fumu”

“After I'm done, then this artifact needs to be activated and then brought close to the Eye of Avarice.”

“How?”

“Umm ..... because there are so many guards around, I think our best bet is to go underground.”

Sherry gave me a slightly troubled smile.

“Underground?”

“Iya nih.”

He walked towards the bookshelf, then started to take out some books. After that one of the bookshelves rotated, revealing a ladder that led downwards.

“Wow.”

I like tools like this.

“There are several escape routes hidden throughout the school facilities. But it looks like this one hasn't been used recently. ”

Sherry's eyes were misty with sadness and worry.

“Dust on stairs is not disturbed. How reassuring it would be if the stepfather had run away from here. ”

“Vice Principal Ruslan, yes. He's your stepfather, isn't he? ”

“He initially supported my mother's research. We were in his care for a long time. Then when My mother died and I had nowhere to go, she took Me and raised Me on her own. ”

“She sounds like a really great person.”

“Yes, she is very. I've always been helped by him .. Which is why this time, I want to help him. ”

“Hopefully he is safe. So, what happens after we get close from underground? ”

“Ah, umm .... we are close from underground, then discard the activated artifact to auditorium.”

“It won't be broken?”

“Even if it is broken, it will still cancel the Eye effect for a while, so it will be fine. Then everything after that should depend on the magic swordsman student himself, I think .... ”.

The cover is a bit weak, but I think I can become Shadow and somehow succeed. Moreover, it would make a pretty good entrance scene for Me, so I should probably thank you for that.

“Great. Let's go with it, then. ”

“Yay. Then I will continue deciphering this artifact. ”

“Luka I'm sick, so I'm afraid I can't help much. I wish you all the best.”

I was relieved that he actually had a pretty good plan. With this, then it seems that there is almost no more screen time for monster assistant characters.

“Sid-kun too, don't push yourself too much. I'll do my best. I've never been able to do anything so far, so now I'm going to save stepfather and everyone else. ”

“Un, Add oil. Ah, I have to go to the toilet. ”

Leaving Sherry, who was already engrossed in her work, I went to have some fun.

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The man with the eyes of a starving stray dog, Lex, opens the door to the auditorium and walks boldly.

A few men in black followed Lex in.

As they passed by, the students sitting on chairs all lowered their heads.

All the doors of the large auditorium had been blocked by the men dressed in black. The students are constantly under surveillance, and speaking is prohibited.

With a frivolous smile on her face, Lex walked through the auditorium and into the waiting room in the back.

“So, how did it go?”

So, asked the black-clothed man sitting inside the room, as soon as Lex closed the door.

It was a low and dignified voice.

His face was covered by a mask, and although the rest of his appearance was the same as the others, he had an aura so that anyone could tell with one look that he was of a different status.

“Don't be so impatient,‘ Thin Knight’-san. School work is almost done. The Knight Order raised a commotion outside, but it is none of our business. ”

“I don't care about it all. What I'm asking is, how are the artifacts retrieved? ”

“Ahh, artifacts, artifacts ...”.

Lex shrugged and looked at Thin Knight.

“Maybe the girl has it. The pink haired one. ”

“You failed to retrieve it?”

Lex scratched his head and averted his eyes.

“Well, you can say that, I guess.”

“Are you chatting1nta with me?”

The Thin Knight's magic increased, causing the air to tremble.

That killing intent caused Lex's face to stiffen.

“Come, don't get mad. We know the general area where he is, we'll get him. ”

“Do you know how much your nonsense has hindered the progress of that plan ?! Next time you fail, I'LL kill you. Do you understand!”

“Yes yes! FINE.”

The Thin Knight watched with sharp eyes as Lex left the room with his hands raised.

“Ah, by the way.”

Stopping right at the door, Lex seemed to remember something.

“I think there might be quite dangerous people around here.”

Lex turned around to measure Thin Knight's reaction.

The Thin Knight secretly asks Lex to continue.

“Some 3rd people were killed. Two 2 have also been killed. Most of them died with their hearts crushed, or the fatal point pierced by a small hole. The latter is most likely from the rapier. All bodies have only one wound. Which means the opponent has to be very skilled. ”

Therefore, Lex smiled like a starving wolf.

“Hou.... so Shadow Garden moves. We have managed to lure them out. ”

“Maybe. You may have to guard your back as well. ”

“Kuku...... You say I am to guard my back? ”

“Well, you might be fine, former Rounds-san.”

“Hmph-deep. Bring me the artifact and the Shadow Garden member's head. Failure will not be forgiven. ”

“Che, I shouldn't have told you.”

With one last smile, Lex left the room.

The Thin Knight, left alone in the room, laughed to himself.

“Finally, everything will be fulfilled ....”

Taking the ominous-looking artifact out of his chest pocket, he looked at it with a suspicious glint in his eyes.

“With this, I can regain my rightful place among Round.”

Disturbing laughter continued to echo around the room.