Hii-kun and the two didn’t return.
Immediately after entering the nest, he said he had forgotten something. I told him to catch up soon.
「Onee-chan, they haven’t returned」
「Maybe they’re lost」
「That can’t be. I mean, they have a wind-attribute senior with them」 If they’re coming back, they should be able to join right away」
「That’s true….」
Safira-chan and Luvis-chan are also worried. How did it come to this?
I should’ve prepared for this. I worked hard to finish that request. I even bowed to ask everyone in the class to help. I was supposed to show that I’m a cool and good senior in front of them and do everything in my power to win against that guy.
Despite that, before the match began, the third-year students arrived, and in response, Chi-kun was left with them.
Hii-kun, Sui-kun, and Fuu-kun, I have no idea where the three of them were. Fuu-kun’s detection skill is important to win this request.
(I was working so hard, and yet, why is this happening)
I beat every ant I saw, from the walls, ceiling, and floor.
The ants must be deep in the nest as their color is changing from red to purple. However, I’m not even sure if this is the right path. If Chi-kun had been here, he could’ve told me where I was walking now.
I lit the passage with a light magic tool I borrowed from the guild, but Hii-kun’s flames were brighter than this.
Sui-kun’s always fighting everyone, he told me stories and won’t let this walk be silent.
If everyone was here, I wouldn’t feel this lonely.
「Hang on a little longer, the Queen should be up ahead, just a bit more and victory is ours!」
I have to play the role of the ideal senior, pushing the anxiety welling up in my chest.
If Ruu-nee had been there, I wouldn’t have forced herself to act confidently like this.
I might’ve told her that I’m lost and laugh about it.
But I can’t do that.
I want to be cheered on. I want to be doted on. I want to show off as a great senior.
There’s no way I could show my cowardly self.
If so, I have to do my best no matter how anxious or hurt I am.
■
Ground. A place where the plain senior was gathering the soil and fighting a fierce battle against the third-year students. It was noisy with roaring sounds before, but now it’s quiet.
The guild staff had evacuated far away and returned to see the situation as the noise had stopped.
「W-What’s going on?」
Students lying around the floor. Both fourth and third-year students are lying on the ground. When the staff rushed to check on the students, they were unconsciously pale, but still breathing.
「Kiryu students are like this. Just who made this…」
They don’t consider this a natural phenomenon They assume that there’s some kind of intervention. There’s a presence that one-sidedly annihilated dozens of Kiryu students, and the guild staff was unaware.
「Could it be a Shinryu?」
It’s not unusual for an adult and a lord Kiryu to die from a genuine dragon.
If it’s a Shinryu, they could twist and kick off the young Kiryu. If they mow everyone’s consciousness in one blow, they won’t even be able to scream.
「Contact them immediately! A Shinryu may have appeared! We need the Lord’s cooperation」
「Y-Yes! Right away!」
Nobody knew the fight between the fourth and third-year students and the winner.
■
At the far end of the nest is the Queen’s room.
There was a huge white ant protected by countless pale ants.
「–Nobody’s here yet! Not even him! I won! It’s my win!」
There’s only one entrance and exit, and there’s no sign of Emily’s competitor, Alec and the girls.
「Giiii!!!」
「You’re in the way, die!」
Emily kicks out the bodyguard ants threatening Emily and the girls.
Numerous black stone bullets created using magic power pierced through the pale white metal shell and it easily took their life.
「This is the finishing move!!」
「Gugyaaaaa!!!」
Then, Emily’s magic bullet is shot at the white queen sitting at the back of the room, blowing the head off.
No matter how strong its vitality is, if they lose their brain, an important organ, then they die. Emily’s blow definitely ended the Queen Ant.
「Y-Yes! I’ve done it! It’s my win!」
Her knees fell off.
She can’t help but fall on her butt in relief.
「Mimi-oneesama, congratulations!」
「Alec-senpai’s not here! It’s Mimi-oneesama’s win!」
The twins hugged Emily and celebrated their victory.
「T-Thanks, you two, thanks for coming with me」
If not for those two, Emily might’ve been crushed halfway. But, she was able to get a victory because she didn’t want to show that she was incompetent to her lovely juniors.
Then, the three shared their joy.
「Huh?」
「What’s wrong, Onee-cha…Hmm?」
The twins had their legs lose strength.
Why? They looked in wonder, then hugged Emily…
「Emily-chan! Block!」
She heard Alec’s shout just in time for her to bring up her barrier.