At the association's headquarters, I was able to get them to take care of their "request" to Ilyce in the first place.
　From now on, in order to erase the mark placed on Loki, Ars must think about defeating the World Serpent Jormungandr in order to erase the mark on Loki - and do it sooner rather than later.

　If they are targeting Loki, the 【World Snake Jormungandr】 might invade the interior of the country. If they didn't know where exactly it was coming from, or even the direction, the damage that would be caused against the SS rate would be unimaginable. I'm not sure if this is the same as the great disaster of the past, Kronos.

　This means that Ars needs to contact and defeat them before they are attacked.

　That said, we have done what we came to the Association's headquarters to begin with.
　At the very least, the strongest top two of humanity would be on their way to defeat them. It's not too much of a stretch to say that you can't have three people including Loki, but it's more convenient for the two people who have different abilities, and they can fight without any qualms.

　Ars left some of the strong, bitter tea that Ilyce had brewed and returned it to the table. Unfortunately, anything more would only create a prejudice against this thing called tea.
　There would be no need to be reserved against her.

　I would like to praise myself for enduring the harassment.
　It's not worth it for the price of merely observing the magic formula carved into Ilyce's arm, though.
　Of course, the bitterness of the bitterness increased for the age-unworthy sweet voice raised by Ilyce himself.

　If it's just a look, she's just a mere Masegaki, the kind of thing that gives me the creeps considering her age. At least for the sake of mental health, Ars decides to think of her as a slightly mature little girl, just as she looks.

　The inside of Ars's mouth was now numb, as if she had chewed up a herb.
　Fortunately, though, he seemed to be able to speak.

''Hmm, you're going to go now?　Maybe we should take it a little slower.
Who said I was busy?
'Don't be so sure, it still looks like fun over there. Why don't we enjoy some adult time together?

　Qui-Qui pointed her thumb at the rooftop garden behind her, and Ilyce's smile deepened into a grin.
　Latifa and Loki were still there, strolling around, enjoying whatever it was they were doing.
　A young chairman who seems to be thinking about something not good.
　But--'

　'No--' said Ars, shaking his head.
　The reason for this was that he hadn't been able to control his magic power well since he took Tesfia and Alice to the outside world. The situation has calmed down with time, but clearly the mutation is ongoing.
　He was able to perceive the magic power like blood flowing through his body, but now the sensation was blurred and fuzzy.

　A sensation like a habit imbibed in the body. Even if you do it consciously, your senses are blocked so that they are inhibited.
　The sense of discomfort that Ars feels right now, to put it simply, is tantamount to the sudden inability to do something that used to be possible as a matter of course.

　It shouldn't be a major obstacle to constructing magic, but even so, I even feel as if my content has mutated.
　I can honestly say that I am now....

'It's weird.'
I made it a little bitter, but that's a horrible way to put it. I really just made it a little thicker.
'No, I'm not talking about the tea. I'm talking about magic. I was talking about the interpretation that it can't be replaced, but there are things that bother me. It's my body, and I've never been made aware of the idea of substitution so much. I'm going to do some research.
''That would be good too. I can only speak about the magic eye through my own experience. Hmmm, well.......maybe it's a sign.

　Arus shut his mouth when he saw the small words being spat out.

'At any rate, you're far from perfect right now. We'll take them down afterwards.'
I know. We'll do something about it soon.
It's possible that it's nothing serious.
..........

　Ilyce, who has a tone of voice that seems to be a hint of impatience, turns her eyes to urge you to go ahead.
　However, there is a good reason why she dared to say it in a roundabout way, and it could be perceived as a mockery, to put it bluntly.

''Well, what is it. It's a good thing that you're not the only one who is affected by the host's mental state. You will not have such childish worries only you, so............................say it out loud, but forget it.

　Even though he was ridiculed for being childish and so on, Ars didn't move slightly and got lost in thought. Considering the nature of magic power and various other factors, one would reach that conclusion even if it wasn't Ilyce.
　The unstable state of mind that the magician refers to is often likened to a state of panic, mainly in fear of specific demons.

　Among them, it was terribly reasonable that the different abilities were dependent on the mental state of the holder. It could even be said to be a matter of course.
　It required more mental balance than an ordinary magician.

　If that's the case, it's not hard to understand why he was distraught in the outside world that he left with Tesfia and Alice.
　And then the internal magic power inside the body became abnormal, so the logic goes.

　Although he didn't want to admit it, it was something that had been stirring his heart, as was normal since Ars began attending the academy. Maybe it was because they had gotten to know each other and become so close to each other that their feelings had shifted.

　So, the smallest thing could upset my emotions.
　It's harder and harder to kill the heart.
　Their presence was beginning to occupy Ars's mind. They were beginning to fill it.

　If you think of it that way, it doesn't matter if you're called immature. If that was the case, I would not be ashamed of such immaturity, I would even want to laugh it off. After all, it is the same as the last of the mages that Ars has abandoned in the outside world.

　A race that can easily throw its own life away with just a pretty face. Those who live in their own reasoning, which others cannot understand. It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to get rid of them. The faces of these people, who should have been scattered for nothing, have not been filled with regret.

　Even though regret remains in the way they died, they were only the last to accept the consequences of their actions.

'I'd like to say that childishness is unexpected... but I'm still a teenager myself. Maybe that's just the way it goes.
What's the matter with you? Is this an act of revenge?

　Ilyce lifts an eyebrow at Ars, who raises the edge of his mouth in self-mockery, and his come-cum-mechanism twitches in response.

　The elements that make up one's self do not refer only to what is inside oneself. Rather, everything on the outside, including others, constitutes oneself.
　In this respect, they are the "important beings" in Ars.

　It's a good thing that you're able to get the most out of it.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

　-- so that they can be strong. So that we can protect ourselves.

　One answer was given, as if Ars had finally found the meaning of what he had been training the girls for so far.
　He had managed to put on the training just to make himself comfortable, but that purpose was changing as the girls became more important to Ars.
　No, he finally realized that it had changed.

'I can't let Loki hear this,'

　She unconsciously spits that out because she must have noticed it a long time ago.
　As I was thinking about this, Loki and Latifah came back in time. Latifa, who is being pushed in her wheelchair while chatting and laughing, would be smiling innocently behind her cover.

　Being able to assist her blind in this way is such a sign that Loki and Ars are able to build a trusting relationship with her.

'You're back, did you have fun, Lattie?'

　Ilyce's voice came back with a muffled but bouncy yes, even though it was such a childlike way of speaking to him.

　Just as Ars opened his mouth to follow Ilyce, Latifa suddenly clutched his hair in his lap as if he were hugging it and turned his covered face to the floor.

'There seems to be a lot of noise downstairs, what's going on?'
I don't hear anything.

　The chairman's office was soundproofed. There should be no sound leaking in the room and no noise coming in from outside....

　However, it wasn't long afterwards that the sound of a wild knock resounded in the room, as if it had been a blow to the head.

　In fact, when the door was opened, even the miscellaneous sounds outside the room, along with a single woman, came in together.
　The woman, dressed in a tight-fitting association uniform, must have run up to the top floor as fast as she could. She didn't even have time to adjust her disheveled hair, and furthermore, with a single glance at Ars and the others, she opened her mouth as if to roll up.

''A report of a state of emergency has been raised in the ongoing mineral deposit exploration mission currently underway!
--!

　Halfway through, both Ars and Ilyce's brains went cold. Their thoughts immediately calculated what should be the priority.
　With the response that experience speaks of, Ilyce calmly reported to the woman who had come to report--.

He urged her with a stern expression, "Tell me the rest of the story in a nutshell.

'Ha, yes!　Several high-rate demons have appeared inside the deposit and some students have been injured.
Where are the dead?
There are no reports........but there are still three students left inside the deposit and one was taken by a demon.......

　The woman cleared her throat and looked fearfully at the chairman at the gritty, back-tooth grinding sound that Ilyce made.

　They should have been strong enough to just run away. Nevertheless, it was harder to anticipate what would happen in the outside world than to count all the grains of sand in the desert.

We've already received reports that Lord Ordwise, who is in command of the area around the deposit, has brought an elite force to the rescue and that the deposit is in good hands.
Speak up.
We have discovered two underground passages in the deposit that lead to the underground.
The--they're in the basement?

　Ilyce turns over in thought and bites his thumbnail.
　Als throws a question to interrupt him.

'Which student was stranded in the deposit?
'Yes!　Leah April and Mea April of the Fifth Academy of Magic in Balmes the student who was allegedly taken and the student who was allegedly taken from the Alpha Second Academy of Magic Felinella Socalento.
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