Maou No Utsuwa

Hildegand Ezenberg progresses through the college with dignity as he gathers his surrounding gaze all together but without any consciousness of it.

Walking behind it are the Oriental House, descendants of subordinate aristocracy. Other than that, there are several unaffiliated aristocratic descendants who became close to Hildegand, a classmate of the College, later followed.

Not everyone is in this line. It is the privilege of Hildegand only to those who have been granted its weight.

In just two months after enrollment, the Hildegand faction was able to. It's commonly known as the Hilders.

The Hildean sect boasts the largest of the mid-year. More to the point, it's the largest in the middle. Because there's nothing else in the school year that you can call a faction in the first place.

Hildegand didn't ask for numbers himself. Because there are mountains of self-proclaimed Hildeans attracted to the beauty of Hildegand in the College, it just seems that way from around.

As a result, four factions could be formed in the middle of the year, as expected.

Hildean, Dee, Oscar, Marie, Group A to Group D, one for each class. In it, as for the Maries, it is not actually what can be described as a faction. It feels like a magic research society, or a sorority, but it's better to call it a faction, because it's somewhat interesting to unrelated third parties.

Freshman faction formation was gradually beginning to show a spread across the middle, and teachers' concern that the power struggle of leading families might be brought into the college as it were struck brilliantly.

The will of the person who is the most still a child is just like hairy to the rival consciousness that they don't want to lose to the other person, not exaggerated things like the power struggle that the adults are going to do.

Students walking from behind the school building were seen in Hildegand's eyes walking refreshingly at the beginning of the line.

With silver hair, the student, from time to time, is walking his feet this way while holding hands against the walls of the school building. That bothered Hildegand.

"Isn't he hurt?

"Ha, which student is it?

To Hildegand's voice, one of the students who was walking behind him stepped forward with his legs faster. Matthias Schneider is the side Hildegand trusts most.

"It's him over there."

Hildegand pointed to the boy student, who stopped at the spot and was walking slowly along the wall.

"... Oh, is that him"

"Do you know?

Matthias' reaction showed that this was the case.

"Yes. I'm pretty sure that hair color. He's the only student in Imperial College with silver hair."

"You're famous, right?

Hildegand wants talent. Matthias's knowledge of the student, considered to be a nearby neighbor, attracted a strong interest.

"Yes, it just means bad."

Immediately Hildegand's expectations were to be cancelled by Matthias.

"What do you mean?

"His name is Kamui Honfried"

"Oh, is it the Honfleet family"

The inertia of the Honfleet family is famous in the Empire. Knowing that Kamui was from the Honfleet family, the heat of Hildegand cooled at once.

"Ex, though."

"... I don't really like far-fetched things"

Hildegand's neat eyebrows lurk. There is no room for Hildegand to enjoy the conversation.

"I'm sorry. He was abusive when he was in elementary school and he dropped out once. Even from the Honfleet family, they are allotted at that time. She was then taken as an adopted child by another house and readmitted from the middle school."

Gathering information about the college. This is Matthias' role as a sidekick, too.

"Abuse...... That's another pitiful story."

I can't think of Hildegand as pathetic. The idea that nobles must be powerful is strong.

"Yeah, re-entry doesn't seem to change that way. If that's the case, I hope you don't come back or something."

Matthias has the same idea. This is what Kamui is thinking and telling Hildegand, because it is after he has been abused.

"Right...... Let's go."

There's nothing for weak students like being abused by their classmates. Taking his gaze off Kamui, Hildegand started walking again.

◇ ◇ ◇

Why is Kamui walking like that?

"Oh, it hurts. Aur, no help at all."

Because I'm home from working out in the back of the woods. It was a forest where Kamui used to be often brought in, but now it seemed like no abuse or other existed, making it a place that almost nobody would visit.

I noticed that Kamui started using it as a workout place.

For Kamui, who doesn't want too many people to see how his workouts are, it was a convenient place in the woods for no one to come.

"But do I lose to cats? You're too weak."

Kamui's blur never stops. Workouts that do not feel life-threatening are not workouts. It's a common opinion of the masters who were working out the Kamuis in the territory.

How many times did you think you were dead? I've barely been helped by healing magic.

That, the masters say, is well calculated and done, but it seems very unlikely to the Kamui who actually meet the dying eye.

And even with such a strenuous workout, I don't feel stronger at all is bothering the Kamuis. In fact, the strength of the Kamuis, in their generation, jumped through, but at any rate, the masters who work with them are too strong to measure. Even if one is ten, it is only an error in a thousand opponents.

Every workout like this, Kamui will be depressed.

"Is Lutz alive?

After Kamui's workout, it's Lutz's turn next, then Alto.

Kamui came back from the scene to study. I wasn't allowed time to just watch the Kamuis train others.

If you can't see the color of growth out of hand while you're in college, that's what kills you after you return to your territory. Plus I feel sorry for Ignaz and Maria, who remain in the territory and continue to work out. You two should also be in a whirlpool of Spartan education at this moment.

"Okay, let's go."

Kamui trying to regain his temper and keep walking. A voice hung on such a kamui.

"Um, are you okay?

A female student stares at Kamui with her blonde hair shining in the light of the sun, her big blue eyes even wider. My classmate Claudia.

"Eh?

"... it's Claudia"

Claudia was a little depressed that Kamui didn't remember her name.

"Oh, yeah, yeah. Mr. Claudia. What's going on here?

"What's wrong with Kamui-kun? You're hurt, aren't you?

"Oh, never mind this. Because I'm perfectly fine."

"But..."

If you don't mind, Claudia won't call from the beginning either.

"It's okay."

"... If it's good, shall we cure it?

Claudia is also a little mean because Kamui's attitude is so unsatisfactory. I really wanted to be dealt with and I said something I shouldn't have said.

"Dear Claudia!

A voice blames Claudia for her loss. That's Theresa's voice I was holding back. In a hurry, Theresa breaks in between Kamui and Claudia. It's like protecting Claudia from Kamui. Theresa is actually going to do that.

"Did I do something weird?

Kamui is bewildered by such behavior and Theresa's gaze at herself. Kamui doesn't have the feeling that he can turn this attitude.

"Hey, Theresa"

"But..."

"Just stay back."

"... Yes"

Claudia praised me twice and still, quite reluctantly, Theresa lowers back.

"I'm sorry."

"Nothing good"

"So, you're cured, right?

"That's good too"

"What?"

"Recovery magic, right? I don't need anything else."

"What about Theresa... Well, worry about me... I'm sorry."

Again, Claudia uttered words of apology, thinking that Camui refused treatment because she was angry at Theresa's attitude.

"So I don't care. I'm just saying if you're going to fix it, I'll fix it myself, so be good."

"What?"

"I dare you to leave this in pain. I really can't if I blunt my movements with this much pain. I'm not trained enough yet."

"Could you possibly use restorative magic?

Claudia questioned that it was still painful, but Kamui's words were more important than saying he would heal himself.

"Well."

"Really!?

Recovery magic can only be used by a limited number of people.

"Ah. Uh, just elementary school"

Claudia's reaction made Kamui think of it.

"But you can use it?

"What are you surprised about? You can use Mr. Claudia, too, right?

"Yes."

"Well, it's not weird if I can use it, is it?

It was Kamui trying to mislead his failures in reopening.

"... right"

That forceful way seemed to work for Claudia. However, Kamui has other things to lose track of.

"... Ah. Could it be my old story, you know?

"It was a long time ago?

"Don't you know? All right then. Why don't you go now? I told you I don't care, but what I've been staring at isn't something I feel very good about."

Even after falling back, Theresa was staring at Kamui the whole time. Claudia wasn't aware of it.

"Theresa!"

"Yes! Excuse me!

Claudia pisses me off, Theresa mouths words of apology. But the apology is not for Kamui.

"... good, I'll go. Not if you're wasting your time here."

"... sorry"

Claudia was depressed by what she said was a waste of time.

"And because you don't have to apologize so much. I don't care most of the time because I'm not really into things."

"Yes."

"Bye. All right, let's go."

When lightly tempered, he is forced to correct his posture and Kamui walks out. Still, he couldn't seem to put up with the pain, and he couldn't walk fast enough. Kamui continues to walk forcibly through it.

"What is that?

Seeing how that Kamui was doing, Theresa wondered, asking Claudia.

"Come on? You said training, right?

"Are you training to put up with pain? That's kind of a weird hobby, isn't it?

"What hobby?

"No, that's weird training"

"Right."

"It's better not to get involved with a man like that."

"Why?"

"I looked into that man. I used to be in elementary school, but she dropped out of school after being abused. Such a weak man does not deserve a friend of Lady Claudia"

Theresa plays the role of Mathias for Hildegand. The amount of information we are collecting, even if it is not comparable.

"Abuse. How could you abuse me?

"Anything, he said, that man can't use magic. It's impossible that you can't use magic on noblemen. I don't think I can help being abused."

"... but he said healing magic can be used, right?

Listening to Theresa's explanation, Claudia noticed a contradiction in Kamui's story.

"No, but the reason for the abuse is that magic can't be used."

"That's crazy, huh?

"Aren't you lying? I pretend I can't use magic but I can. With that said, I thought you were anxious to hear if you knew the old story. I was in a hurry to see if I could have lied."

It's true that Kamui was in a hurry, but that's not because he lied, it's because he told the truth.

"Is that right? Then what about that injury?"

"Didn't you get abused again?

"But you got abused and you dropped out, and you came all the way back? I can't believe I'm going back to the same college again..."

"Didn't you think it would be okay to be in the middle? That's a shallow idea."

Theresa's attitude toward Kamui is rather harsh. I do not know that evaluation without objectivity is of no use.

"... Theresa doesn't like him?

"I hate all those who disrespect Lady Claudia."

"I'm not being rude."

"It's disrespectful. What is that way of mouthing? That's the Empire's..."

"Theresa!"

Claudia hastily blocked Theresa from speaking.

"... excuse me"

"Mr. Kamui is already right. We're just apologizing, aren't we?

"Right."

"But if I could really use it. I wonder how you got it on, huh?

Claudia didn't seem like Kamui was lying. How can those who could not use magic if they do so? This really bothers me.

"So it's decided to lie. More than that, it's impossible to use healing magic. There are only a few divine magics that can be used, and that is the talent that is born."

"He didn't seem to know about it, did he?

"That helped. Be careful. If you find out you can use healing magic, you'll make a scene immediately. Because there are only so many people who say they can use it at Claudia's age."

Recovery magic belongs to sacred magic. Attributes of Firewater Feather Let's say you're not good at magic, and those who can use magic have less use of sacred magic than anyone can.

It is God's gracious, chosen move, and therefore called divine magic. That is what the Church claims.

Claudia is one of its few users of divine magic. Users of sacred magic often receive attention because of their rarity. The names of those who are supposedly available are widely known.

"Right. I'll be careful."

"But our class doesn't have locks, does it? Isn't that very impossible, such as finding Claudia's side?

"You can't say that."

"But it's true. I've been watching the class for the past two months, and no one has ever had anything to stop me from seeing. I'm not proud of anything else. I am disappointed to see these people who are beyond me because I know that I am powerless to protect Claudia."

Theresa doesn't know. That the Kamuis are out of hand all the time in class. For the Kamui people, it's like training in practical skills in class, life threatening, no mushrooms, no games. There's no point in being serious in that place. If that's about it, you'd better hide it in your hand. This is how the Kamuis were thinking.

And that wasn't just the Kamuis. Many of the students in Claudia's class are civilians or peripheral children. Civilians don't think about getting a job ahead of them and lose their hands, but there's no way they're better than Theresa in swordsmanship and magic for the first time. If there is such a person, that is what is gifted, but there are no such civilian students in the class.

It is the children of the periphery who hide their strength.

They are only enrolled in college because it is their duty, and there is no one here who has the idea of being recognized for their power.

In particular, students with complex thoughts about the Empire in their hearts hide their strengths thoroughly.

If we know that there are good people on the border who don't know when to rebel, the Empire will crush them instead of honoring them. Yes, the relationship between the border territories and the Empire is far from trust.

In terms of not being able to see through the disguise of those students, Theresa is, as she says herself, certainly powerless.

"Maybe, but not all swords and magic, huh? I can trust you as a person. I think that's more important than anything else."

That's the same with Claudia. When it comes to magic, even if you have special talents, you don't have enough power to identify the power of others.

"That's true...... I'm really in a hurry. You saw that one earlier, didn't you, Claudia? The Oriental House is definitely gaining more allies during this short period of time. That's the same thing in other houses. Compared to that, we..."

Find your people. Claudia came to the Academy for this purpose, but compared to the fact that the Hildegands are building a faction and expanding it, it's the same as doing nothing.

"It's only been two months, right? Besides, are you sure you can trust the people you've joined in a short period of time? I don't think so."

"Still...... Why don't you tell me you're gonna reveal your identity?

"Do that and what will it be?

"People will come together."

That's all Claudia's identity is worth.

"... what do you think? There's no one near me with a low inheritance rank, no back shield, nothing. Even if you were there, it would only bother the person's home."

"So what brings Claudia to the Academy?

"Regardless of who I am, I'm here to find someone to be my friend."

"But that's not all..."

Gather the same people. But there's a difference between Claudia and Theresa's thoughts.

"Theresa, I'm not trying to win a succession fight myself. I just want to get the power to prevent the future of the Empire from becoming just that of some privileged aristocrats. You've explained this many times, haven't you?

"Yes......"

"I really don't have to have any more allies. I will leave it to them, without doing anything, if I know that the leading families are people of good sense, who will be in charge of the future of the Empire."

"It's..."

"To do that, we have to know people for them. For their vegetables."

"Yes."

Find your buddies and explore information on who they might compete with. This is exactly what the Kamuis are trying to do.

"I don't think they'll show me who I really am when I find out who I am. So I have to learn in college as just Claudia."

"... ok. In the future, we will throw away any extra ideas."

"That's it. It's time to go back. Something that will make us all worry late."

"Ha."

Cut up the conversation, the two of you going home.

There was a Kamui figure in the shadow of the school building where the two of them left, who should have walked away a long time ago. Next to it is Alto.

"Fool."

After you two are gone, this is Alto's first voice.

"Bad. I ran with my mouth. More than that, that's Alto. You were right."

"Naturally. It's too crude to hide your identity. It's normal to use a pseudonym, right? If you don't think anyone will notice that, you're such a dumb princess."

If Matthias is in Hildegand and Claudia has Theresa, Kamui has Alto.

"What's the purpose? I could have predicted that by now."

"You'd better explain that along with everything else I've looked into. There's no Lutz now, and we'll talk when we get back to the orphanage."

"Right. Alto's still working out."

"Ha... it's depressing. I don't like swords."

I hear it's a workout, and alto's expression darkens all at once.

Unlike Kamui and Lutz, Alto is intelligent. What an excuse, not the masters.

"Still, you have to be able to protect yourself to some extent, right?

"I know that. But is that a level of training to protect yourself?

"You can't beat a cat, there's nothing to protect you from."

"Even if the cat is actually much stronger than the Warcraft there?

I say cat, cat, but that's just because it doesn't stand out in the Imperial Capital, and the contents are the masters of the Kamuis. It's just that division, to be exact, but still, looking for the entire college doesn't make anyone the first to win.

"If you say that, you're done, right? Besides, when you were Alto, you were out of your hands, right? It should be a little better than us."

"I know that. That's pathetic. You look like a normal black cat, but you don't have any teeth at all."

"Me too, I was snagging until just now. Well, it's the usual thing."

"Well, let's get ready to go"

No matter how much you complain, you don't lose your workout. Alto decided to regain his temper and head to work out.

"Good luck with that. I'm going back to the orphanage like this."

"Oh, I'll be straight home when I'm done, too. I'll tell Lutz that, too."

Away from Kamui, Alto walks toward the back of the school building.

"What does the Empress want to do hiding her identity? Don't give me any trouble. You can't move so badly. Around, should I tell him anyway? But it's enough for us to know, so I'm sure there are some people out there who do... If you think about it, there are a lot of guys in our class who can't eat out of the way."

There are many peripheral territories that are hostile to the Empire in the shadows. Even though it is now part of the Empire, many of them are countries that were once destroyed by the Empire. Among the students from the border area, that is the Prince and Princess of the diaspora.

If the Empress of the Empire is in the same class, no matter what she thinks in her belly, she must avoid words and deeds that are suspicious. That's troublesome for Kamui and possibly for the children of other borderlands.

In the end, in the third month of school, Claudia lost many classmates who spoke for themselves.