[Mysterious Magician]
Marden Rodelton.
For Principal Abigail to know his name, he had to possess extraordinary skills.
“I-is he strong?” Raul asked timidly.
In response, the principal nodded silently before explaining, “Marden Rodelton… He was talented, but due to his unstoppable violence, he was fired from the Magic Corps he originally belonged to. After that, he ran an illegal human trafficking organization, but a single merchant wiped it out, and he ended up in prison, but…”
In other words, he was super bad news.
Also… his story somehow hit a bit too close to home.
In the original novel [The Rising of the Weakest Holy Swordsman], despite everything he had done, Barrett Albers only disappeared into the slums, but now that I thought about it, I wouldn’t be surprised if he had ended up in prison.
Maybe Raul in the original novel gave Barrett a chance to rehabilitate himself. It might be too much of a leap, but upon further consideration, the way Raul handled Barrett felt kind of odd.
–Wait, now wasn’t he time to think about such things.
“Hehehe, it’s an honor to be able to meet the famous Principal Abigail of Astor Academy, who is a famous wizard.”
“Spare the flatter. Let my students go.”
“Ah, I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can fill that request,” Marden said with a fearless smile.
With the mercenaries, his side had the numerical advantage.
However, we were superior in quality.
Of course, it was unclear how powerful this person named Marden was, but Raul and I were wielders of respectively the demon sword and the holy sword. Andrei was the best martial arts user in the academy. And Principal Abigail was one of the most strongest individuals in the country.
“You don’t need to act, Principal. I’ll take this man down!”
Raul took a step forward and charged his demon sword with his mana.
“Hmm… the demon sword kid?” Marden’s expression completely changed.
His calm demeanor was replaced by a frown and a serious expression.
“Seems like I’d better settle this quickly.”
It seemed that he was aware of us and our capabilities.
But what was he planning to do now?
He showed no intent of running away.
It meant that he was confident in dealing with us.
“Raul! He may have a trump card up his sleeve!”
“In that case–I’ll defeat him before he can use it!”
“Ah! Hey!”
Raul was unusually reckless.
He wouldn’t just charge straight toward the enemy like this normally. Both the principal and Andrei were left stunned by his actions and were unable to react.
…Wait, the same had happened once before.
It was when Raul lost control of his demon sword and went berserk.
But he should have overcome it.
How come he lost it again now—no, was it really the cause of his current behavior?
“Oh, we’ve got one hot-blooded kid—but sorry, I don’t have fond memories of demon sword wielders like you.”
Facing the charging Raul, Marden remained unmoved.
…I had a bad feeling about this.
“Take this!” Raul’s demon sword swung at Marden――but almost immediately after, Raul’s body was blown into the air by a strong impact.
“!? Shield magic!?”
Marden blocked Raul’s attack with a magically created shield.
“That was a splendid strike, but you lack composure. The demon sword wielder I fought before was more on the calm side.”
It seemed he had previously fought another demon sword wielder like Raul. From what he had said, they sounded to be quite skilled.
–But of course, that was beside the point.
The enemy hadn’t revealed his trump card.
I was concerned about Raul’s strange behavior, but for now I had to focus on rescuing Jarvis and Madeline.
[Mysterious Magician]
Marden Rodelton.
For Principal Abigail to know his name, he had to possess extraordinary skills.
“I-is he strong?” Raul asked timidly.
In response, the principal nodded silently before explaining, “Marden Rodelton… He was talented, but due to his unstoppable violence, he was fired from the Magic Corps he originally belonged to. After that, he ran an illegal human trafficking organization, but a single merchant wiped it out, and he ended up in prison, but…”
In other words, he was super bad news.
Also… his story somehow hit a bit too close to home.
In the original novel [The Rising of the Weakest Holy Swordsman], despite everything he had done, Barrett Albers only disappeared into the slums, but now that I thought about it, I wouldn’t be surprised if he had ended up in prison.
Maybe Raul in the original novel gave Barrett a chance to rehabilitate himself. It might be too much of a leap, but upon further consideration, the way Raul handled Barrett felt kind of odd.
–Wait, now wasn’t he time to think about such things.
“Hehehe, it’s an honor to be able to meet the famous Principal Abigail of Astor Academy, who is a famous wizard.”
“Spare the flatter. Let my students go.”
“Ah, I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can fill that request,” Marden said with a fearless smile.
With the mercenaries, his side had the numerical advantage.
However, we were superior in quality.
Of course, it was unclear how powerful this person named Marden was, but Raul and I were wielders of respectively the demon sword and the holy sword. Andrei was the best martial arts user in the academy. And Principal Abigail was one of the most strongest individuals in the country.
“You don’t need to act, Principal. I’ll take this man down!”
Raul took a step forward and charged his demon sword with his mana.
“Hmm… the demon sword kid?” Marden’s expression completely changed.
His calm demeanor was replaced by a frown and a serious expression.
“Seems like I’d better settle this quickly.”
It seemed that he was aware of us and our capabilities.
But what was he planning to do now?
He showed no intent of running away.
It meant that he was confident in dealing with us.
“Raul! He may have a trump card up his sleeve!”
“In that case–I’ll defeat him before he can use it!”
“Ah! Hey!”
Raul was unusually reckless.
He wouldn’t just charge straight toward the enemy like this normally. Both the principal and Andrei were left stunned by his actions and were unable to react.
…Wait, the same had happened once before.
It was when Raul lost control of his demon sword and went berserk.
But he should have overcome it.
How come he lost it again now—no, was it really the cause of his current behavior?
“Oh, we’ve got one hot-blooded kid—but sorry, I don’t have fond memories of demon sword wielders like you.”
Facing the charging Raul, Marden remained unmoved.
…I had a bad feeling about this.
“Take this!” Raul’s demon sword swung at Marden――but almost immediately after, Raul’s body was blown into the air by a strong impact.
“!? Shield magic!?”
Marden blocked Raul’s attack with a magically created shield.
“That was a splendid strike, but you lack composure. The demon sword wielder I fought before was more on the calm side.”
It seemed he had previously fought another demon sword wielder like Raul. From what he had said, they sounded to be quite skilled.
–But of course, that was beside the point.
The enemy hadn’t revealed his trump card.
I was concerned about Raul’s strange behavior, but for now I had to focus on rescuing Jarvis and Madeline.
