Full Moon - 3
Michelle instinctively understood what the owner of the red light was.
Because she understood, she couldn't stop her body from freezing up.
'A demon...?'
It was definitely a demon. And she had seen an immense loss.
As soon as she made eye contact, her body froze like petrified. Her instincts were sending her that warning.
Blood smeared on the corner of her mouth. The opponent was a vampire among demons.
Detecting the crisis, she rummaged through her mind. She pulled out all the information that could help in this situation.
What was written... I remember...
"......Hello."
First, when facing a demon, start by talking.
And—
"There are a lot of noticeable humans today."
The response came from the indifferent man.
Second, if he answers so casually, he's a mid to high-tier individual, so you must run away. She hoped for a low-tier that couldn't even communicate, but it seemed not.
This is a big problem.
Standing still, Michelle checked the opponent's eyes. The sight of a blonde vampire with red eyes alone made her shiver.
Especially the wiping of the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"I'll just go back."
Because her hobby was reading, Michelle had been able to read books about demons naturally.
Compared to the high violence of dragon tribes or wolfen tribes, vampires were quite a rational group.
That is, all their actions were made of 'purpose' rather than 'impulse'.
Since the other side wouldn't act impulsively, I shouldn't touch their purpose. Maybe I can survive.
She started backing away stealthily.
If I can talk to a stronger opponent than me, it's best to resolve it with words...
The vampire, who had been rolling his eyes while wiping his mouth, opened his mouth quietly.
"Just going back?"
"Yeah. Really."
"Why do you think he died?"
His sharp nail pointed at the old corpse. Michelle continued talking while backing away calmly.
"I don't know. I won't care."
"No."
Whoosh.
'When did he...!'
When that sound hit her ears, the vampire was already close enough to touch noses with Michelle. He brought his face close and muttered in a low voice.
"~ That guy said the same thing to you."
"What?"
"I'll keep it a secret that I saw it, so please spare me. In the end, I killed him."
The guy lightly scratched Michelle's soft cheek with the tip of his nail.
From the line drawn horizontally, red blood flowed down.
'It means there are more dead people besides the mid-class students.'
...If that was a professor, this guy is saying that he has the ability to laugh at the academy's professors.
Stay calm. Stay calm.
"It's better to stay still. That's the best way to die without pain."
A fang approached Michelle's soft neck.
Michelle took a deep breath and slowly pulled her healthy leg back.
This was the moment she had to be more careful than ever.
"...I don't like it."
Whoosh—!
Just as the sharp fang was about to dig in, she concentrated all her mana and stabbed a telekinetic force into the vampire's chest.
"Hm?!"
With the sound of air being cut, the distance between them widened greatly. Michelle immediately jumped without looking back.
I have to survive. Definitely.
'A tragic accident where a demon preyed on a female student'
She couldn't stand for it to stay in the newspaper for a few days under such a title and then be forgotten.
"...Crazy human girl!"
Full of killing intent from behind, the vampire followed.
Being able to run with telekinesis assisting the legs is only about fifty steps. She had to draw the most efficient route.
"Huff!"
While running, Michelle moved her hands busily.
She knocked down all the cleaning supplies in the corner, scarecrows to serve as magic targets, anything that could block the path and make loud noises.
Clang! Bang! Boom!
Objects in the training ground fell to the floor with loud noises.
But the vampire started to go wild even more as the path was blocked. He easily jumped over them and narrowed the distance to Michelle.
'...Mana consumption is seriously inefficient.'
Telekinesis is not a magic that is used while moving basically.
If I can move my body freely, why use telekinesis. I should just move and hit. I use telekinesis because I want to use other things besides my body.
'But right now...'
The situation is too bad.
Having to focus all telekinesis on the legs to run, trying to control objects too was not easy.
"Ugh...!"
The distance had narrowed a lot.
The guy's nails scratched Michelle's body in several places, leaving wounds. The clothes soaked in blood clung to her body.
The vampire's eyes sparkled even more as he smelled the blood. The killing intent felt from behind was incomparably stronger than before.
Fifty steps was too little to escape. Michelle's balance broke.
'No.'
If this continues, she'll be pierced. She would die by being pierced by that sharp nail...
"Be careful!"
Someone's shout. With a clanging sound, Michelle's figure rolled on the floor.
Claw marks four in a row on the spot where Michelle was standing. Just looking at it made all the hair on her body stand up.
"...Charlotte."
It was Charlotte who fell while holding Michelle.
The girl who hated Michelle to death. Charlotte.
"I came because I heard noisy sounds."
Not at all happy. Michelle's face distorted.
"How stupid are you. I made you make the loudest noise possible to run away."
"...It was an extremely desperate voice."
Ugh. She couldn't deny that. The instinct to survive was unavoidable.
"Let's run away. Professor Adrian said to run away when seeing a demon."
"Noisy..."
But she couldn't shoot back. The enemy rushed towards the two girls again.
Michelle quickly reached out to repel it.
If designating the opponent, telekinesis to stick to the ground is about...
But the opponent spun lightly in the air and easily avoided the point designated. As if telekinesis was visible to the eyes.
"...Avoid that."
Her spine felt cold.
She had heard that demons are dangerous so much that it was engraved in her ears.
But she was confident.
When she actually faced them, she thought she could fight quite well. But the result was so dismal.
"Annoying! I'll gouge out those eyes first!"
But it seemed not only Charlotte misunderstood Michelle's intention. Another shout was heard.
"With the flow of light!"
A unique gentle shout. With Isabell's voice, a white barrier unfolded in front of their eyes.
Of course, the effect wasn't that great.
With a clanging sound, as soon as the enemy's nail touched it, it shattered.
"A, Aah!"
Feeling sharp pain from her shoulder, Isabell sat down.
By now, sharp nails had dug into her shoulder blade.
"Fall!"
Michelle pushed the enemy away with telekinesis.
As the opponent widened the distance, flesh fell from Isabell's shoulder and blood flowed.
"Everyone! Are you okay?"
Late, Rotin joined.
The blonde vampire looked at the four students clinging to each other alternately, and then smiled satisfiedly.
"Whoa. The number of prey is increasing."
Word for word. It was no different from four rabbits huddling in front of a tiger.
"While Isabell is healing, we need someone to buy time. Charlotte and I will do it."
"What?"
"Michelle, you assist with telekinesis. You can do that much, right?"
Rotin adjusted his glasses.
She knew the students were also in despair.
Nothing had changed by gathering. The situation was still desperate, and answers still didn't appear. But...
'Different.'
She couldn't pinpoint exactly what was different. But it was definitely different.
What was the meaning of these four students huddling.
How amazing was it.
It felt like a completely different situation from before, and slightly different options floated in her mind.
'I have to do it.'
The noble bloodline of the Maynans family, and the title of genius that Adrian said suited him whispered to Michelle.
To do what appeared in her mind.
...There was no reason to refuse. The dark history of trying to escape was enough to write a resignation letter.
Finally, Michelle stood up from her seat.
"I'll do it alone. You guys step back. Run away or whatever."
"We can't handle it even if all of us rush in! How can you leave us behind!"
Isabell shouted.
But Michelle just spread her palm. She took the stance of telekinesis.
"If you are here, it will interfere. I said it."
She hadn't healed the wounds at all.
If the power of telekinesis had weakened compared to before, it had weakened, but it hadn't strengthened. Michelle would definitely lose.
But still.
"...I hate group actions."
It was something a successor of the Maynans family had to do.
That pride made the other three startled.
The usual unlucky tone didn't sound unlucky now. Rotin pushed up his glasses.
"No choice. Let's trust Michelle. I'll go to Professor's office as fast as possible. I can transform to that extent."
"Then Charlotte and I will howl as a warning..."
In front of the students who were catching on one by one.
An indifferent voice fell.
"That male professor. Are you his disciples?"
Even after hearing only that, it suddenly felt ominous. The four froze and waited for the next words.
"Stop it. By now, not even corpses would remain. The Queen personally came out."
Charlotte started rummaging through her mind.
The mid-class professor is female, and the upper-class professor is also female. The only male professor who would remain at this time is Adrian.
"...Professor, died?"
Charlotte, with her eyes narrowed to slits, asked.
"Of course. Not even a trace of existence would remain."
Whoosh—!
As soon as the words ended, a fireball shot from Charlotte's hand.
"Hahahahaha!!! Why? Did you get angry?"
As if a fun game had started, the vampire jumped into the air and easily avoided it.
Boom—! Boom—!
None of the many fireballs hit properly.
"How... how is that possible!!!!"
Hahahahaha–
The guy's laughter filled the training ground. Charlotte was thoroughly being toyed with.
He landed on one light, and when a fireball flew, he jumped to another light and dodged.
The lights attached to the ceiling of the training ground broke as they collided with the fireballs.
Even in the brightly lit training ground, darkness began to spread.
"Stop it, Charlotte! If the lights break, we'll be at a disadvantage!"
Isabell grabbed Charlotte to stop her, but it was meaningless. She was no longer in her right mind.
"Die... Die! Die!!!!"
Veins stood out on the girl's forehead. With hands trembling from anger, she continued to spew fireballs.
Finally, at the moment when the last light lost its light.
Crack—
"Kuh...!"
A ruthless sound of something piercing something. At the same time, Charlotte sat down.
Michelle, Isabell, and Rotin stood back to back around Charlotte.
In this training ground that had lost all lights, the only remaining light was the opponent's red pupils.
"All humans who died today took the same path as you."
A creepy voice was heard. From the side, from above....
No, from below? She couldn't tell where it was.
The red pupils disappeared once and appeared in another position.
"At first, I threw magic in anger, then begged to be spared, and then accepted death with resignation."
"Noisy."
"Noisy?"
The red pupils disappeared.
And appeared right in front of Michelle's nose.
"Ugh...!"
Startled, the girl flinched unconsciously.
"From now on, you will be much noisier. How big a scream you will raise, I'm looking forward to it already. And don't worry too much. It's better to accept it! In the end, you will die anyway!"
Michelle bit her lips.
I have to do something somehow.
Somehow. But how?
If it was Adrian, he would have presented the answer.
But there is no Adrian to give the answer now. Michelle recalled her memories.
Adrian's body was already not normal. He had vomited a lot of blood. If he faced a demon in that state, he would have died.
And hoping to live again and again, dead people don't come back.
'...If I had greeted him at least once.'
What was the big deal about greeting once.
What was the big deal about not greeting, that it bothered and weighed on her heart so much.
So, I have to do something. Somehow, something.
It was the moment Michelle firmly made that decision.
"The demon who will die today will also take the same path."
A familiar voice pierced her ear.
An emotionless voice without any accent or emotional fluctuation.
Without forgetting the situation that there was an enemy in front of her, the students' heads turned back all at once.
Golden eyes.
The man's eyes that had always stood on the lecture hall podium were shining in the darkness.
"Hmm?"
The blonde vampire tilted his head.
What is this. It doesn't seem like a student.
Because the clothes he was wearing were different from the previous guy. But it was ambiguous whether he was a professor. The atmosphere wasn't too different from other professors.
Yeah, like —.
"Who are you?"
"I don't know."
"What?! This arrogant guy...!"
The golden eyes started approaching the red eyes.
"Already angry."
The tall man passed by the standing students.
At the same time, a rich perfume scent pricked their noses.
...Definitely, his scent.
"Don't worry too much. It's better to accept it."
"......"
"In the end, you will die."
Finally, the students' eyes began to show interest.