A Banished Failure Survives in the Borderland and Becomes an S-Rank Exorcist

All right, here's the thing.

Organize the rooms in the dormitory. Since then, my base has moved to the primary city. [M] I went to the Seventh Boundary City once and brought my luggage here. At that time, people from the Twilight Mobile Force in the Seventh Connected City gave me a small transfer. On this trip, I, Senpai, and Shelley are premium vs. magicians, so of course, the first-class vs. magicians are also coming to the First Frontier City. Among them is Sofia. She has already become a first-class anti-magician and has decided to participate in this operation, especially with the strong endorsement of Senior Eira.

"Phew... I'm a little tired."

Take a breath. There are as few things in the room as ever. I have nothing to note. [M] If you insist... it's a book. The book that Edgar gave me summarizing the dusk. Gently trace the cover. That doesn't exactly keep the book in shape. It's just a string of paper that overlaps several times.

(Edgar....)

I still have a good memory of that time. I remember very well when I was banished at dusk, and especially... that Auga village is deeply engraved in my memory. Some demons are not hostile to humanity. And they treated me very well. And Claire said... that village was already destroyed.

That is probably true. Because you don't have to lie in that place.

He's dead again. People involved with me are dying one after the other. Before I went to dusk, I was just a student and didn't know much about the world. Twilight is a grim place. It was that level of recognition. But I found out. Twilight relentlessly takes the life of creatures and is built on the truth of the weak predator.

……

I looked up at the sky through the window. When I look at the red and black light, I think about the trajectory. I forgot the weak me back then. [M] From now on, as the zero position in the Premium vs. Mage series, as the hope of mankind, I will advance that step.

"All right....."

After all the preparation, I left the dormitory. [M] Over the next week, operations meetings, force formation, etc., will be decided. I am also to participate in some meetings. [M] The job of sequence zero is not just to fight.

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"... would you say hello?

"Yes, may I help you?

I can suddenly speak on my way to the conference room. [M] The costume I'm wearing, and even I've seen her face before. Blonde hair wrapped vertically about the same length as me. Are you wearing makeup or what it looks like? Everyone will love it. In fact, there was a lot of attention at that party.

"Isn't that the Second Princess Grete-sama?

"Yeah, that's right. You are Julia Curtis, the new zero in the sequence. It's a lot different than before."

It was a long hair, but I recently cut it.

"Hmm. Well, isn't that nice?

"... I'm sorry."

The Second Princess. It's a famous story that Princess Lianne and the Third Princess are not close. The temper is a little rough, but the next queen's voice is loud because of her beauty and overwhelming charisma... perhaps the next queen will be Princess Lianne's. The birth of the first saint in hundreds of years. There is no reason why she should not be king. But Princess Grete's eyes still seemed ambitious.

"You and Lianne are close, aren't you?

"... we're getting along."

"I'll be straightforward. Julia Curtis, be mine."

"I don't know what you mean."

"Succession to the throne, you know that?

You want me to help you?

"... you don't seem to have a good mouth. But... good. I definitely want a token with a zero sequence. Of course it's okay, right?

……

To be clear, she is licking this world. I'm not saying that the succession to the throne is in vain, but now it's more important to say how to fight at dusk than that... I know very well that I am stuck to my position. This man of his hand is bound to a man of power. I have no idea how royalty, nobility, the upper echelons of the army feel about sticking to their power. With power, you can live freely in this city. You can live as you want based on your extra resources. It would be a lie to say that I have no yearning for such a life, but I have a mission now. That's why I can't swallow such ridiculous demands.

"Excuse me, but I have no intention of succeeding to the throne. And by the way, Princess Lianne awakened as a saint. I wonder if there's room for you to intervene."

"... do you know who you're talking to?

"The power struggle is yours. We're full of hands on Operation Twilight."

"Are you sure? We can disrupt your operation.

"... are you serious? The upcoming operation will be a great step forward for humanity. And yet, with such a personal feeling....."

"Personal? You can't listen to the new queen?

"To be clear, it's not acceptable."

"Hah... that's what all Premium vs. Mages are like. Everyone's got a hard head, really."

Well, excuse me.

I'll cut the conversation off and leave. We are going to fight at dusk. There is no time for succession to the throne. And the next queen will be Princess Lianne. Yes, I thought so... but I will find out from now on that I am a foolish creature.