Chapter 4. Andso their story begins.(9)

4.5 Their Story

[3] Harnel Rel Cia: Ifyou think you can run, just try it.

Ah

He left.

Thatwas the only thing I could think of whenI came back to my senses.

I had never thought of failing from the start. Teacher was the most talented anddetailed person I knew about, butapart from that, he was weaker thanthe average person.

Thatwas what teacher was like.

Becausehe was better thanno one, he had to be better thaneveryone,

Andbecausehe was better thanno one, he had to think more thananyone.

Becauseof that, he always strove to make the best situation forhimself atall times.

ButI thought thataslongasI could dig into his weaknesses, I would be able to render him powerless.

Becauseof that, I did not think thatI would lose.

Youre always above me.

Whowouldve thought? Whowouldve thought thatthe tool of pain wouldve transformed into an armor? Whowouldve thought thatthat armor would be able to use magic?

With that, I understood. Teacher was never thinking of the best situation forhimself inthe first place. No, he had been always thinking of the worst situation. He was always thinking of a battlefield wherehe could never win norsurvive.

Andhe thought of methods to survive insuch a place.

Did the teacher know thathis escape path was discovered from the start? No, he probably expected something like this to happen.

Did the teacher never think about fighting long-ranged attackers? No. Sincethey were his greatest weakness, he probably thought about them the most.

Thatwas whohe was. He was someone whowas always one step ahead, someone whoalways went foryour weaknesses.

The damage?

Those whowere struck are still unable to move, andthe rest are casualties from our own troops. Two are heavily injured, andtwenty are paralyzed from our arrows By the way, what inthe world was that?

The unknown.

What?

It is the unknown. It is something we cannot comprehend.

The unknown, is it.

Yes.

I could not understand it from the start. I could not take it from the start.

Afterall, teacher was the person whotaught me, whothought I could take anything inthis world, thatsomething known asthe unknown existed.

Those whocan move will take the injured with them. Those whohave fainted Just beat them tillthey wake up. They wont die from just a single hit from thatthing.

I think death would be a better option.

I got beat foran hour becauseof thatthing.

He beat an unconscious woman?

Nope. Whenyou get hit by thatthing, you come back to life. Fainting? Thatwould be a heavenly blessing. Honestly, thatthing isnt too painful. Just a little bit more painful thanthe wooden bat?

Everyone looked atme with a sick face, butthey didnt know. Afterall, I didnt know beforeI experienced it myself.

Whats the wooden bat?

The unknown.

Thats the unknown aswell?

This particular subordinate usually had a very straight face, buthe was showing me a variety of expressions today. Was this the power of the teacher aswell?

Anyway were going back.

Back where?

The Imperial Palace.

His eyes widened onceI said this. Hah, he really is showing me all kinds of faces today

I thought the princess betrayed us?

The princess? You think we have the time forher?

You mean

Right. Sincethe matters atHowling are all sorted out, were going back.

Does the emperor know?

Nope. ButI have enough power inmy hands to do something like this.

There is something thateventhe teacher doesnt know about.

The reason whythe Organization fell sofast. Teachers calculations were perfect. Ifhe knew about all the variables involved, everything would have gone ashe had expected.

Theres a lot of things we need to clean up.

Right.

The one thing thatthe teacher didnt know about was the fact thatthe Empire was the one thatsupported the Organization. This was something thatnot eventhe boss of the organization knew about. The Empire thought thatit would be good to have an evil force they could control, especially whenthey knew thatthere would always have to be evil inthe face of good. Inessence, this Organization was only there to help the Empire detect anddestroy corrupt nobles andofficials.

Well all thatonly half-succeeded becauseof the teachers Utopia project.

Things will get busy again.

Because we need to start from scratch?

If the Empires going to create a new evil organization, itd be better to be under the emperor.

But he was talking about killing teacher? Do you evenknow how fragile teacher is?

The definition of fragility inmy head must be slightly skewed.

WhenI glared athim, he shut up. Wasnt he usually the silent type? Whend he get soloud ah.

By the way, Im going to go ona vacation?

Theres a lot of work.

Work hard.

Miss!

Shut up. Im going ona vacation. Havent gone onany ina long, long time.

We dont get vacations

The laws regarding the people whowork forthe Empire are really nice, ha.

We dont get included inthose laws No, inthe first place, were ina secret organization.

Go ona strike orsomething, then.

I made a small pout, andwalked out whileblocking my ears. I think someones shouting behind me, but I cant hear~

Butin any case

If you think you can run away, just try it.

Try it ifyou can.