Chapter 14

Episode 14: The Dark God of Destruction <2>

In the equipment storage room of Crawford Magic Academy, a female student calls out to Shion, who is crouching on the partially frozen floor, from behind. The skirt she was halfway through putting on was now properly worn.

“Do you think you can just peek at me changing and then run away?”

Though her acting was convincing, it was hard to take seriously the sudden claim that the Dark God of Destruction had awakened in this situation.

“…Hmm. It’s been a while since I had a physical body, and it’s not going as smoothly as I thought. Well, I’ll get used to it in time.”

But Shion persisted. He muttered something along the lines of, “I didn’t slip and fall; I just lost control of my body,” and stood up, avoiding the frozen floor.

“Anyway, first, a test of strength. I’ll head to the royal palace and see how much power I have now by testing it on the royal knights… Heh heh heh.”

Shion, still pretending to be the Dark God of Destruction, walked toward the inner door of the equipment storage. At this point, he had no choice but to force his way out.

Just as he was about to grab the doorknob…

────Zag! A sound echoed through the storage.

A 30-centimeter-long icicle shot out from behind Shion and stabbed into the area near the doorknob.

If Shion had been holding the doorknob, his hand would have been pierced by the sharp icicle.

“……”

“Hey, are you ignoring me?”

A voice colder than the still-frosty icicle came from the female student behind Shion.

Shion, who had been planning to leave the storage without acknowledging the female student’s presence, finally reached his limit.

“…Oh, there was someone here? Your magical energy was so insignificant that I didn’t notice.”

Shion slowly turned around, his purple eyes glowing eerily as he spoke. In response, the red-haired female student, now fully dressed, tapped her head with her index finger.

“…Are you okay in the head?”

Shion, as if he hadn’t heard her, continued, “Do you dare stand in the way of the Dark God of Destruction, Vasago Deus Gregor? How foolish. But I’m not in the mood to kill a mere insect like you. You’re lucky this time; I’ll let you go──”

────Zan! A sound cut off Shion’s words.

A blade of wind shot forward, grazing Shion’s neck and leaving a mark on the door behind him as if an axe had struck it.

“If you open your mouth again and keep up this nonsense, I’ll cut your head off next time.”

“…Sigh. Well, well. I didn’t expect my perfect acting to be seen through. I surrender.”

“Are you sick in the head or something?”

Shion quickly dropped the act, his eyes returning to normal.

The warm blood trickling down his neck was proof that the female student’s words were no mere threat.

However, raising his hands in an exaggerated surrender pose, Shion still seemed as reckless as ever.

“Anyway, trying to act crazy isn’t going to work on me.”

Taking a deep breath to reset, the female student glared sharply at Shion.

“Do you really think you can get away with peeking at Eliza Rowlett, the third-ranked second-year student, while she was changing?”

“…I was hoping to get away with it, but if you’re not going to let it slide, then I won’t either.”

“…You’re so annoying with that careless attitude.”

──At Crawford Magic Academy, the color of the stripes on the uniform varies by class.

Class A has red stripes, Class B has blue, Class C has gray, and Class D has no stripes.

The female student in front of Shion had red stripes on her uniform, indicating she was a top-tier Class A magic student.

“(This person is the third-ranked in the year…)”

The “yearly ranking” is a title given to the top ten students in each grade based on their magical performance. Her claim of being “second-year, third-ranked” meant she was the third-best magic student in the second year.

“By the way, can I ask you something?”

“What?”

Shion spoke calmly, while the girl named Eliza responded irritably.

“I’m not trying to make excuses, and of course, I’ll apologize, but why were you changing in the equipment storage?”

Ideally, Shion’s earlier crazy act would have made the female student feel no humiliation, and the matter would have ended there.

But if she was genuinely angry about being peeked at, Shion was prepared to make amends properly.

Still, he couldn’t help but wonder why she was changing in such a place.

“Sigh… I spilled some chemicals on my uniform while working in the lab, so I thought, ‘I’ll change quickly, and no one will come here anyway,’ and changed in the nearby equipment storage. Got a problem with that?”

Eliza answered with a tone that heavily implied, “Are you saying it’s my fault for changing here?”

“No, if that’s the case, then it can’t be helped,” Shion said, seemingly convinced.

“So, how should I apologize to you?”

“Hmph, isn’t it obvious? I want you to feel even more humiliated than I did.”

“Alright, I understand.”

“…Huh? Understand what? What?”

As if he had accepted something, Shion suddenly began unbuckling his belt.

“Wait, what are you doing? Hey, wait!?”

“What do you mean? You saw my underwear, so now you want to see mine to humiliate me, right?”

“Wha—no! Are you stupid!? What are you thinking!? Stop it!!”

With her face red, Eliza grabbed Shion’s arm as he reached for his zipper, trying to stop him.

“Let go, I can’t take my pants off like this.”

“Don’t take them off!! Are you an idiot!? Stop!!”

Shion tried to pull down his pants, while Eliza desperately tried to stop him.

“Ngggh…”

Despite Eliza’s desperate resistance, Shion managed to lower his zipper and was about to pull his pants down.

But then…

“I said stop!!”

“Whoa!”

Eliza jumped and headbutted Shion, who was slightly bent forward, looking down at his lower body.

“…Ugh.”

Shion staggered back, dropping to one knee and holding his forehead with his right hand.

“Ughhh!!”

Eliza also crouched down, holding the top of her head with both hands.

“…What was that for?”

Shion, still holding his forehead, asked Eliza as if he couldn’t understand her actions.

“That’s my line!! Are you stupid!? What were you thinking!?”

“What do you mean…? Didn’t you want to see my underwear?”

Shion, completely oblivious to why Eliza was angry, asked her with a confused expression.

“Of course not!! Are you seriously an idiot!?”

Shion widened his eyes in shock and apologized to Eliza.

“My bad… I thought you wanted to see my underwear…”

“What kind of thought process is that!? And stop saying ‘you wanted to see my underwear’! You’re making me sound like a pervert!!”

“Don’t worry, I don’t think you’re a pervert.”

“Of course not!! I’ll kill you!! Just put your pants back on!!”

With her face still red, Eliza pointed at Shion, who was pulling up his pants, which had slipped down slightly after the zipper was fully undone.

“Well, this is a loss. I didn’t even get to show you.”

“Just shut up!!”

“Anyway, that’s not the point,” Shion said, turning to Eliza, who was still fuming. “So, how should I apologize?”

Eliza, still sitting, took deep breaths to calm down before standing up.

“At first, I was going to make you kneel and lick my shoes while begging for forgiveness, but I changed my mind. You’d probably do it without feeling any humiliation.”

“Rude. I do have some self-respect, you know.”

“Shut up! That’s not enough to satisfy me! I’m going to beat you to a pulp, make you suffer, and then make you kneel, cry, and lick my shoes while begging for forgiveness!”

Eliza tilted her head slightly upward, her sharp gaze fixed on Shion as she pointed her index finger at him.

“Crawford Magic Academy, second-year, third-ranked, Eliza Rowlett. I challenge you to a duel.”

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