What are you doing here, Mr. Ray?

　Rotia and Lurimes sat a bit in front of Wraith, who looked impatient. The two, who didn't know what was going on, looked at Wraith with a doubtful expression.


Not... what?

　Wraith's words, which opened his mouth heavily, lacked any concrete information. At that point, Lurimes asked, although he was half sure of the answer.

''I don't have a golem that I made.

　At that word, Lurimes showed a very subtle expression. Wraith also has a similar expression now, so it's hard to say about others.

　It's just that Rotia and Mimi, who weren't there when the golem was created, don't know what she's talking about, but she still has the same dubious expression.

''........Golem?''
Yeah. Yeah, I made one as an experiment a while back. But I put a lot of effort into it and it ended up being too fuel-efficient, so it's not in the cards.
So how does it go away?

　Wraith sighs to the heavens at your question.

'As much as I'd like to hear it...'

　However, I can't just lament. It would have been better if this was just a loss, but it was an event that was originally impossible. At any rate, that golem can't move because it doesn't have enough magic power. It couldn't disappear from the room where it was stored.

　However, no one who lives in this workshop has done anything to the golem. What kind of horror story is this? It's not funny at all.

"Ray, is the golem really gone?　You're not hallucinating?　You're definitely watching, right?
'Don't try to clear it up with my hallucinations just because it's too much trouble. First of all, I'm not so backed up that I'm hallucinating.
Well, let's just put it that way. Some things are better left unsaid in this world.

　I head to the room where the golem was supposed to have been, with a complaining Lurimes in tow. However, when I look again, the room is empty.

'Ugh, it's really gone........eh, what's going on here?
''Come on. Why do you disappear from here without any magic power...?

　That's right, the golem lacks magical power.

　--In other words, as long as they have magic power, they will move.

　At his own words, which he casually muttered to himself, Wraith stops moving with a snap. Didn't you use the word "magic power" many times until just now?

　On the contrary, hadn't there been any anomalies related to magic power until recently?

　--No way.

　A bad premonition accelerates, undeniably.

''........Hey master, when was the last time the flow of magic power became normal?''
Oh, I thought that was the day before yesterday?

　Rulimes blinked at the sudden question, but put a hand to his chin and dredged up his memories.

　Yes, the anomaly in the flow of magic power that had somehow become an everyday occurrence ended the day before yesterday. It ended as abruptly as it began, without any warning at all.

　And the abnormality in the flow of magic power at the magic academy happened yesterday when the test was conducted.

''--Then when did the abnormality of magic power start here?''
As I recall, Ray, on your first day at the Academy, is it possible that...

　Rulimes' eyes widened as he came to the same idea as Wraith.

''Ah. Right after I made that golem, the abnormality in the flow of magic power started right after I made that golem. And although I haven't told my master yet, the same thing has been happening at the magic academy since yesterday.
...What do you mean?

　With a word from Rotia, who had been listening quietly all this time, the Wraiths suddenly turned into a puzzled expression.

'The cause of the abnormalities in the flow of magic power is probably my golem. Moreover, I don't know how, but I'm currently running away from home in progress. And that's at the magic academy.

　In other words, Wraith's golem had been in the academy since yesterday, when there was an anomaly in the flow of magic power in the academy.

　Let's go back to the story here.
　The incident of the destruction of the golem that occurred at the magic academy today. The culprit destroyed the golem with something like a sharp blade and took away the magic power from the magic stone, and thus aimed at magic power.

　It is also thought that he used his magic power on the spot.

　And yet, there was no trace of it left. Where did they put that much massive amount of magic power?

　-- maybe if there was a golem with poor mileage, it might inadvertently take in that magic power.

　Wraith smiles with a very calm expression.

''........Hey, Master. Is this going to be my responsibility?''
'Well no, well I don't know... yeah, I don't know.

　Rulimes gave a vague reply that could not be taken as either an affirmation or a denial. As expected, he couldn't help but feel pity for his apprentice.

''No, it's crazy. Why is a golem that doesn't have magic power moving to the academy? It's not only that, but it's also that the same golem has been destroyed by mistake and its magic power is taken away. It's not like they're eating each other. Live in peace. It's peaceful. I'm going to destroy it.
No, Ray, let's make peace first.

　Rulimes admonished his apprentice, who was beginning to have a rough time of it.

　The Wraith's eyes were no longer looking somewhere far away, not here. He was muttering a small, "I'm screwed," and seemed to be going to a different world in earnest.

'Come back, Ray-kun!

　I grab both shoulders and buzz and shake them.
　It's good to escape reality, but even at this moment, I don't know what the golem will have in store for me at the academy.

　What has happened can't be helped. We have to stop it before anything more happens.

　Wraith sighed heavily and decided to rely on his friend.

''Well I'm sorry, but I'll have Raffy and the others help me.
Well, maybe it's wise...



　*****



''To put the story in perspective, a Wraith golem that somehow gained magical power traveled to the academy and destroyed the students' golems. He's still in the academy, so he wants you to help him stop it, so that's why.
You put it all together.

　Wraith, including Rotia who didn't understand the story well, told Raffy and Sylvia the end of things. In order to stop that golem that was made into a high spec for nothing, the two of them can be said to have the power to stop it.

　The two of them smiled bitterly at Wraith, who asked for help as if they were about to fall to their knees, but willingly showed their willingness to cooperate.

''Nevertheless, it's a calamity........''
I really hope you don't...

　It's a story that makes my head hurt as the golem I created destroys the golem created by the students of the academy. He went to the academy to make money, but there's no care if he's causing problems on the contrary.

　It's sad that it was never intentional, though.

　If this becomes a liability issue and the reward disappears, Wraith's hard work of teaching life will be lost.

''Well, for once, I can't say that Wraith is at fault.
I've never heard of a golem starting to move on its own!

　This is how Raffy and the others comforted me, but instead of disappearing, Wraith's anxiety is only growing. Rather than worrying about whether or not the golem can be stopped, all that's going through my mind is the worry about what happens after the golem is stopped.

　Are you okay?　Don't the parents of the students complain about it...?
　I mean, I don't know, maybe they'll make you pay for it or something?

''........Unless you self-report, how can we know who created the golem?''

　Wraith's expression is filled with a huff and a puff, as if to say that it's a flash of genius.

　In contrast, Raffy and the others' expressions are reluctant.

''No, it's something that might be revealed by its performance, but...''

　A golem that transforms made of mithril is far beyond the level of what those alchemists can make. That doesn't mean it will be determined to be a wraith, but it will definitely be suspected.

''Then why don't we just collect the golem without anyone finding out...?
That's the hard part, isn't it?

　The current Wraith is desperately trying to escape the two words of responsibility. She has spent her college life so far in peace. You have to avoid wasting everything at all costs.

''.......For now, let's head to the academy. In secrecy.
Can I sleep?
It would be too much trouble. I'm not going.

　Mimi jumped off of Rotia's head with a whimper as she said that with a bobble. Before Rotia could escape, she grabbed her wrist and the Wraiths began to make their way to the academy to stop the golem.