A few days later…
On a holiday, the dormitory’s free space was reserved from the afternoon for a study session. It was Raze first time gathering in casual clothes like this. The noble students’ casual clothes were as luxurious as commoners’ finest attire. Whether it was because of Folia and Raze or for ease of movement, everyone seemed to have chosen simple, minimally adorned clothing. The shirts, pants, or skirts were all branded. As a matter of course, the family crest embroidery was added as a subtle touch, appealing to their refined upbringing.
The seating arrangement consisted of a large rectangular table with Carne, Ruben, Luca, Folia, Raze, Addis, Ian, and Claude lined up in two rows of four. Even with a calm analysis, the feeling of being out of place was undeniable.
“This question has clues in the first half of the passage.”
“Ah, is it this passage?”
“Correct.”
Ruben was teaching Carne smoothly.
“Wow, Cressias-san’s notes are really easy to understand.”
“T-Thank you.”
Folia seemed to be engaged in a lively conversation centered around Ian.
“I actually prefer physical activities over studying, so I was worried about the test. But I’m starting to feel confident.”
“Ian just struggles to move on after stumbling once, but once he understands, he can do it properly.”
“Really? If Luca says so, then I’m good for this test!”
“…Too optimistic…”
Although Luca’s voice was exasperated by Ian’s positivity, Folia seemed amused as she watched him.
“Huh?”
Folia, who seemed to be in the middle of self-scoring, tilted her head as she glanced at her notebook.
“Are you okay?”
Claude, who was quietly studying in front of Folia, asked her.
“Well… I don’t know why I got this question wrong.”
“Can I take a look?”
It seemed Folia was able to properly ask about things she didn’t understand, and she appeared to be thriving in her own way.
This was quite different from Raze, who tried her best to avoid having Ruben and Carne, with their odd sense of distance in the seats right in front of her, enter her field of vision.
“Sorry, can I borrow your biology materials if you’re not using them?”
“Sure…”
But then there was that face identical to the Lord of Death sitting beside her, leaving her no respite.
(Clear your mind…)
Raze had to muster her steely resolve and focus on her studies. She couldn’t afford to be distracted.
Raze, participating in the study session for the snacks, silently worked away by herself. If she kept at it for a little while, she would soon become immersed in her own world, no longer noticing her surroundings.
The other members, noticing her aura of quietly studying without being asked questions by anyone, likely due to her chosen seat, felt a slight surprise at her visibly concentrated demeanor.
Except for Folia, her roommate in the dormitory, and Addis, who sat next to her in class, they had never consciously observed Raze studying seriously.
(…I brought the wrong workbook.)
Unaware that she was being observed, Raze, forgetting about the workbook she had left behind, wordlessly fetched it from the bookshelf in her dorm room and held it in her left hand naturally.
Opening the workbook as if nothing had happened and returning the textbooks that had become a hindrance to the room, the others were completely captivated.
If they didn’t know that Raze was a teleporter, the phenomenon of objects disappearing and reappearing might seem like a strange spectacle.
“Hey, scholarship student.”
“…What is it?”
Stopping Raze, who was concentrating on her hand, was Addis, who was sitting next to her.
Seeing her raise her face with an unpleasant expression due to the terrible disruption, Addis said to her:
“It’s a bit surprising to have something suddenly vanished like that.”
“Huh?”
Raze, upon seeing his troubled expression, noticed the attention from those around her for the first time.
(Huh. What? Did I do something?)
Since she had no idea what she had done, she looked over her desk to see if she could remember, but the mystery only deepened.
“Um, what…?”
She had no choice but to seek an answer from Addis, who had pointed it out.
“You did that unconsciously…”
At his response, a slightly surprised voice from Luca could be heard from a distance.
“It’s surprising when things suddenly disappear or appear out of nowhere. You do it without warning, so it’s a bit unsettling.”
With Addis’s explanation, Raze’s expression changed to shock.
“I’m sorry! Did I distract you? I’m sorry!”
Realizing that she had caused trouble inadvertently, she immediately apologized.
Since her military days, Raze had used magic to streamline transportation and handling in administrative tasks. Never did she expect the consequences to manifest in this manner.
Having performed these tasks routinely for years, she never once questioned it.
It must have been irritating, akin to someone repeatedly opening and closing a drawer next to you while studying.
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‘Why didn’t I notice? I’m sorry…’
“No, it wasn’t loud, so it didn’t bother me that much,”
Raze fully reflected on her actions, but Addis didn’t blame her.
“Well, maybe you were just too focused?”
Even receiving reassurance, Raze felt embarrassed.
“I thought I was being shown off,”
Meeting Luca’s gaze after he cheekily commented, the situation felt incredibly awkward.
This time, she couldn’t help but feel it was her fault for provoking such a comment.
“Activation of teleportation magic typically involves the formation of a magic circle. However, the one you were using didn’t have that. You cancel it before the circle appears. That’s quite a difficult technique to master, but this?”
Though lacking in physical prowess, Luca excelled in magic among the members of this otome game group.
(‘He observes well and knows a lot…’)
Raze thought to herself, amazed at his display of knowledge, which surpassed what even the school taught.
While contemplating how to navigate this awkward situation…
“Is that so? Amazing, Raze-chan!”
Folia exclaimed, swiftly extending a helping hand of an Angel.
The tension that was about to escalate was purified by her sparkling emerald eyes.
“Since it’s a good breaking point, why don’t we take a break?”
Thanks to Carne’s smart change of subject, they decided to take a break.
As Raze was tidying up her desk, Carne called out to her.
“Yes? Mmgh…”
Raze responded, turning around to wipe the desk. Carne pushed a cookie into her mouth and said,
“Thanks for your hard work. Is it tasty?”
Seemingly having made her feel awkward, Raze nodded vigorously as she chewed.
（It’s a homemade cookie!)
Raze nodded her head while chewing.
Unaware that Carne found her behavior “adorably squirrel-like”, she kept munching away.
The cookies had a peculiar sweetness unlike sugar, incredibly sweet.
(So sweet~ I thought they were chocolate cookies, but there are sweets like this too!)
Chewing, she nodded enthusiastically, thinking that Carne must have made something special.
“Huh? “
However, she felt something liquid-like flow in her mouth, and she instinctively covered her mouth.
Then, upon seeing what was on her index finger, she realized she was bleeding from the nose.
“Raze!?”
Sensing something wrong, Carne quickly handed her a white handkerchief.
At her panicked voice, everyone’s attention turned to them.
—Something was off.
By the time she realized this, her consciousness was already fading.
To prevent herself from collapsing, Raze leaned against the desk. With a thud, the desk and chair collided.
Brain function and the activation ability of magic stones are directly linked. The military taught to target the head, where thoughts reside, rather than the heart, to efficiently eliminate the owner of a magic stone.
(Why poison…?)
If it were Carne’s homemade, she would eat poison. No, she already had, but this felt like her brain was boiling. Her nosebleed wouldn’t stop.
“Are you okay? Can you sit down?”
Though Addis, who was nearby, quickly pulled a chair for the swaying Raze, he didn’t notice. She couldn’t even show a smile of gratitude to those who were concerned for her. Her gaze shifted to the tray brought by Carne and Folia.
The cookies, pound cake, and tea on the tray Folia was holding seemed suspicious.
Just like when she received poison from a demon, she needed to remove anything dangerous since then.
Should she collapse here and make it an incident, or should she handle it herself and pretend nothing happened?
She had to start thinking from there, but Claude-Ol-Lezaia-sama, who runs an assassination business in secret and is good at pharmacology, didn’t give her time to ponder as he had set his sights on the sweets.
(…If it’s revealed that I was fed poisoned sweets, Carne will be suspected.)
If they find out that what you fed them is a poisoned candy. They’ll suspect that Carne is the culprit.
(– Toxin, Transfer ……)
The moment Claude touched the cookie, Raze’s magic was activated.
There was no one here who could perceive her magic.
Due to using magic, Raze was afflicted with a severe headache, causing her to close her eyes and sit down where he was.
“Raze…?”
“Sorry, just a bit–“
It was an insane level of magic to extract components mixed into food. Precisely activating delicate magic stones also placed a heavy burden on the brain. Furthermore, putting aside removing the poison she had ingested herself and instead focusing on what they would consume made it difficult for her to properly respond.
“Are you okay?”
Folia, who was at the entrance to the room, hurriedly placed the tea set on the desk and came over to her.
She felt like she had been worrying her too much lately.
“Sorry. I think I was feeling a bit unwell. I’m sorry for surprising you.”
Despite the pounding headache caused by removing toxins recognized as such from her memories through sweets and tea, Raze decided to hide it and had to push through. She had to show her pride as a soldier.
Feeling like her feet might not be firmly on the ground, Raze stood up and smiled weakly.
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Thanks for the chapter
BTW, “… putting aside removing the poison (he) had ingested himself…”, should be, “… putting aside the poison (she) had ingested (herself)…”
fixed, thanks
Tftc~ also in “Raze was inflicted with a severe headache, causing -him- to close -his- eyes and sit down where -he- was”
Is it supposed to be male pronouns here? pretty sure it should be “her” and “she”
fixed, thanks