I Got Reincarnated as a Villainous Noble, and When I Tried to Create an All-Male Academy to Avoid a Bad Ending, for Some Reason the Gender Ratio Reversed? - Chapter 24.2
Chapter 24.2: Monsters Showed Up in the Town
It desperately moved its limbs, but the wind pressure wouldn’t let it. No matter how much it struggled, it couldn’t budge.
“GUOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”
Even while groaning, its ugly eyes glared right at me. Obvious hate in that stare, but the situation didn’t change.
Good—now’s the chance.
“Lucina!”
“Huh? I’m supposed to finish it?”
“With your full power, you can take it down. Believe in yourself.”
“But…”
“You ate all that food earlier. It’s definitely gonna work.”
“What kinda reasoning is that? That’s so mean.”
She gave a wry smile, then…
“…Fine, I get it.”
She took a huge breath, like she’d made up her mind.
“I’m going all out. If it explodes, you’re going down with me, okay?”
“…That’s more than fine.”
“You’re totally scared though.”
She said it kinda teasingly, then her eyes changed color.
The next moment, a water sphere appeared.
It grew insanely fast and turned into a massive torrent.
Spinning like a tornado, it aimed straight for the Orc King’s head from above.
“Just so you know…”
“What?”
“If the whole town gets soaked, I’m not taking any responsibility, got it?”
“…Don’t worry. Fran’ll handle it.”
“You handle it!”
I couldn’t help but grin. Lucina was smiling too, but her eyes never left the target.
“Here I go!”
Just like she said—the water torrent slammed right into it.
“GUGOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”
The Orc King roared and thrashed desperately.
But no matter how much it struggled, there was nowhere to go. I wasn’t letting it escape.
“GUGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”
The vibrations from its flailing shook the ground.
I almost lost balance but barely held on. Kept my focus, staring only at the enemy in front of me.
Slowly, the Orc King’s movements got slower. Couldn’t breathe maybe—couldn’t even roar anymore.
“……………………”
Right after that, it stopped moving completely. No more roars, no more twitching.
That meant—we won.
“We did it, right?”
“That’s a flag.”
“Flag?”
“But yeah, looks like we actually took it down.”
The Orc King didn’t twitch at all. Even after I released my magic, it stayed down.
“You two! You okay?!”
A bit later, guards finally ran up. They stared at the Orc King’s corpse in total shock.
The chaos would probably calm down from here.
“……………………”
While everyone’s eyes were on us, I looked at Lucina.
She was breathing hard through her shoulders, but she was still holding the magic.
“Hey… can I ask you one thing?”
She glanced at me, looking kinda awkward.
“Can you do something about this magic?”
“What are you—”
“I went too hard and I can’t release it. I don’t really get it, but it turned into way more magic than my mana pool can handle. I can’t even suppress it myself.”
“……………………”
“Say something!!”
The water vortex was still crushing the Orc King’s body, lingering there.
But it was starting to fray at the edges—looked like it could explode any second.
“Guess the only option left is to let it go.”
“But if I do that the whole area’s gonna flood!”
“…Fran’ll handle it.”
“That’s way too irresponsible!”
She shot me the most intense side-eye ever, but her face was clearly panicking. Her eyes were getting teary—classic original Lucina.
“By the way, I can’t do anything about it.”
“You’re so unreliable. Weren’t you super confident saying ‘I’m here’ earlier?”
“I used up all my mana on that last spell. I’m at my limit.”
“Ughhh!”
She grumbled, looking all fidgety.
Her mouth opened like she was about to say something, then she held it back—looked kinda like she was holding in a sneeze.
“Wait… no way…”
She jerked her head back hard and opened her mouth wide.
“…Achoo!”
The moment she sneezed—the magic she’d been holding exploded free.
“UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!”
A muddy torrent slammed into us. People all around screamed.
“……………………Ah.”
The water came up to our knees. I lost balance. Lucina was about to fall backward too, so I grabbed her hand to try to steady her.
But the force of the water was too strong—
“Hyaa—!”
We both ended up plopping straight down on our butts.
Since I fell first, she basically pushed me down.
We stared at each other up close. Her face went bright red. She blatantly looked away, but still didn’t pull back.
“…”
Up close like this, she was… honestly beautiful. We were both soaking wet, hair plastered to her cheeks, and yet somehow that look suited her even more.
Her expressions changed so much I almost forgot, but—she’s the main heroine of the original story.
The girl who captivated tons of players. And now I was the one monopolizing her. No way my heart wasn’t pounding like crazy.
“……………………”
After what felt like forever,
“Can you get off me soon?”
“My mana’s completely drained. I can’t move.”
“You’re seriously asking for another piggyback?”
Even while complaining, I sat up.
“W-w-w-what are you doing?!”
For a second it looked like I was hugging her, but I quickly stood and wrung out my drenched uniform.
“At this rate we’re definitely gonna catch a cold.”
“Y-you better take responsibility!”
“I’ll do my absolute best.”
Yeah, we caused a flood in the town, but since we took down an Orc King, nobody was gonna blame us.
If anything, people would probably thank us like crazy.
And the one who really pulled it off was definitely Lucina.
“You’re really gonna take responsibility, right?”
She stood up, cheeks still flushed, and grabbed the hem of my uniform.
“Yeah.”
“Absolutely? No take-backs?”
“Of course.”
I didn’t really get why she was so desperate to make me promise, but she was the hero of this town now.
I was planning to support her with everything the marquis family had.
“…As expected.”
She looked embarrassed but smiled softly, then stared straight into my eyes.
“I wanna know more about you.”
Same words as before, but somehow… they felt completely different this time.
“I wanna know more, and become someone worthy of you. That’s my goal. That’s probably… what’ll make me happy.”
Because her eyes were shining with strong, determined light.
“So you better brace yourself, okay?”
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