Would you like me to be your escort?

'Yes. 'There's still a day before the Prince of Ciria arrives, right?　That's fine by then. And I'll be back by then, too.

　The sun is setting earlier and the nights are getting longer in mid-November. The school, which will be on winter break in about two weeks, has a calm atmosphere.

　A week has passed since I went to the mansion before. Marco has already left the royal capital. We also went to see him off before he left.

　It seemed that Arabella's sister-in-law was going to stay in King's Landing. Or rather, it was more like Marco made her stay behind. Arabella's sister-in-law looked sadly at the carriage Marco was riding in.

　She probably didn't want to take him to the battlefield either. I couldn't say anything because I understand that feeling.

　Today, after a slightly misty day, class is over, and I was about to go home when Aeris came into the classroom and called me to the student council room. To the student council room.

　And back to the conversation we had earlier.

'But why me?　It was an escort, and I'm sure there are other guards in the palace's Kingsguard and others?

"We can't keep our own soldiers in private, can we?　Besides, it's perfectly private this time.

'Then why don't you and the student council go on winter break?

''There's no one better than you in this school, right?　Well, everyone else doesn't seem to admit it inside.

　Then he glanced to the right. The man with the glasses, Brooke Kermily, was standing there. The student council of this school is headed by the president of the student council, with two vice-presidents, a treasurer, a secretary, and several general affairs staff members each. In all, the association has about 20 people.

　As a rule, second year students are only allowed to join the student council from the second year onwards, and except for me, all of us here are upperclassmen. On top of that, everyone except Aeris, the president of Marina and a few others are sending me murderous looks. ........What have I done?

'Mr. Chairman!　I knew we didn't need this guy to do it on our own!　You're just getting in the way of being a hero and a cheerleader!

Bruckle!　If you insult Ray, I won't let you get away with it. You don't even know what Ray's capable of!

　When that Vice President Brookl criticizes me, Aeris, who was on the other side of the room, snaps at me. Then the two of them glare at each other. They're not that close.

'Bruckle. This is a decision. He'll have to follow me. The members are me, Bruckle, Aeris, Mirkle and Berg. And Ray, with you, we'll have six.
　The headmaster has given us permission to go, since there will be little student council work at this time of year. I'll have to ask the rest of you to stay behind, but please do your other duties.

""Yes!"

　It's something I've noticed is decided....

'Speaking of which, what do you do?'

　I didn't know what it was for, so I asked.

It's not...

　◇ ◇ ◇.

It's a dungeon that only student council can enter.

　The next day, I came in front of the special labyrinth that we used in the previous competition. One of the founders of the school created this labyrinth, and apparently, for fun, he created a dungeon that only the student council can challenge. It seems that only the student council can challenge it once a year at the end of the year.

　The reason for this once a year is because of the magic power. Well, it seems that a lot of magic power is needed to create the labyrinth, to make the monsters appear in it, and to transfer us if something goes wrong, so the magic power accumulates at the end of the year. It seems that the demons are all different.

But how do they make the demons appear?

It's shaped by magic.

"Master,

　As I was mumbling to myself, my mentor came from behind me.

''That freak was thinking about the kids, no matter what he said. He figured that if something were to happen, he could just stop the supply of magic, and then he could use his magic to make everything. That's what this labyrinth is. Well, you'll need quite a bit of magic power to enter it once for that.

　Well, I don't know much about it," said Master, laughing. Or rather, from the way he just spoke, Master and its founder are acquaintances.

　When I was talking to Master like that

You're home early, Ray.

　The members of the student council arrived. Behind them are Aeris, Brookl, a green-haired elf girl carrying a bow named Mirkle and a boy named Berg. Vice President Bruckle is glaring at me, though.

'You're here, Marina. Are you ready for this?

'Of course. We'll clear our generation.

　This special labyrinth takes place every year, but they haven't cleared it in the last few years. The last time he cleared it was three years ago, in Alexia's generation. That's what I'm talking about.

The boss in Alexia's time was an elemental golem, wasn't it?　The attribute is fire.

　That's another nasty monster. I think it's an A-ranked monster, nearly 3 meters tall with a huge, sturdy body. It also has various attributes. It's a troublesome monster, as each attribute has a different way of dealing with it. Well, I guess I'll just cut it off if it's Alexia.

Then are you ready?　Well, if you die, you can come back, so feel free to come over. Then we'll hold hands.

　That's true, but don't say too much. I'm not going to die, of course. We tried to hold hands so we wouldn't fall apart like we did in the rivalry. Just.

"...Chairman Marina?

　The right hand is held by Aeris. This is fine, but the left hand is held by the president of the marina. And

Mr. Chairman!　Why are you holding hands with that man?　At least shake it with Aeris and Mirkle!

　And Vice President Bruckle is angry. Well, this time I agree with Brookill.

I don't care who you're shaking. Let's go.

　But Chairman Marina didn't seem to mind, and we just walked into the labyrinth. I'm worried about the future.