Tale of Discovery

Chapter 126: Plan ; Battle Act

Louise seems like she wants to say something, but before she can do so, I use Hypnotism to make her lose consciousness.

Then, I telekinetically lift her body and place it on the bed.

"Why am I not surprised?" Tiamat suddenly says.

"Forget that," I say in a serious tone, "How do you feel?"

"Weakened," Tiamat directly replies while Gabriel nods along with her response.

"How much, exactly?" I inquire, having already expected such an answer.

"I'm not sure," Tiamat replies, "It feels weird"

Weird? Does she mean that she's not used to being in a weakened state, or is it something else?

"Father, what do you plan to do?" Gabriel questions.

"Right," I say before explaining my plans so far and the identity I've taken over at the moment.

Once I'm done, Tiamat says while pointing at Ddraig,

"So, are you going to introduce that little girl to us anytime soon?"

Clearly offended, Ddraig jumps up from the bed and says with a raged expression,

"Don't call me that! I'm one of the Two Heavenly Dragons, the Red Dragon Emperor!"

Finding her words surprising, Tiamat and Gabriel both curiously look my way.

Letting out a sigh, I begin explaining the matter with Ddraig and how I had to resort to creating her the current body she is in.

Right after I was done, Tiamat bursts into a fit of laughter as she says,

"The Welsh Dragon is now nothing more than a little girl. Good job, master!"

Ddraig seems like she wants to skin Tiamat alive, but isn't able to do much about it.

Nevertheless, it sure is refreshing to see Tiamat laugh like this. Usually, she stays calm no matter what, so this is a rare occurrence.

Well, this matter is rather abnormal, so I can understand why she lost her composure.

"Anyway," I say, once Tiamat has stopped laughing, "Now I need to find a way to introduce you without arising too much suspicion."

This part is rather troublesome, as no matter what, there will be a lot of suspicions if three girls just appeared out of nowhere.

I can have Tiamat reside within my Code, but that still leaves Gabriel and Aruru.

"Father," Gabriel's voice suddenly interrupts my thoughts.

Shifting my focus to Gabriel, I wait for her to say what she has in mind.

"Couldn't we simply attack this academy and have Father stop us?"

This idea is a good one. Not only will it help me determine the strength of the academy, but it will also give me the opportunity to make them 'owe' me.

As for Ddraig

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Checking the state of the academy using Clairvoyance, I can tell that no one is in an alarmed state.

It seems like there isn't any magic barrier around the academy to sense intruders.

Well, it's either that, or it simply doesn't detect it when someone leaves the academy.

Currently, all the students, apart from two, are outside the main building, talking in groups and doing odd things.

As for the two that aren't outside, one is Louise who's still unconscious and the other is Guiche who's in his room recovering.

Of course, I check on the professors, Osmond and Longueville as well.

Seeing the calm state of the academy, I sense that it's the perfect time to go through with what we have in mind.

"Let's start," I mutter.

[Affirmative.]

Having gotten Gabriel's confirmation, I get up from my seat and plan to leave the building.

However, Louise suddenly opens her eyes and jumps up from the bed before anxiously looking around.

Upon setting her eyes on me, Louise immediately says,

"Who were those girls just now?"

Acting confused, I say,

"What are you talking about?"

Shaking her head vigorously, Louise says a little forcefully,

"Don't try to trick me! Who were those girls?!"

While showing a concerned expression on my face, I say,

"Louise, is something wrong with you today? Earlier, you entered the room before suddenly fainting."

Louise seems like she wants to say something, but I continue,

"I had to carry your body over to the bed and make sure that you weren't injured."

Right after I say that a deep blush appears on Louise's face as she mutters to herself,

"Ca-ca-carry Body ch-check"

Suddenly she looks at me and exclaims,

"Idiot! Pervert!"

Then, not giving me the chance to respond to her words, she lies down on the bed and covers herself with the blanket.

Amused by her response, I slowly walk over and place my hand on her body that's covered by the blanker before saying,

"Your body is so soft and warm that it makes me want to hold you close to myself when going to sleep."

Hearing my words, Louise flinches under the blanket before pulling it closer to herself and clenching it.

However, I surprise her by suddenly removing the blanket and looking into her eyes.

Before Louise can say anything, I use Indoctrination on her before pulling out one of the needles in my ring and saying,

"If I ever insert this needle into your neck, you will act like you've gone mad and attack everything with your magic."

Louise's unclear eyes suddenly clear up, indicating that the notion has been successfully planted in her mind.

Now that this matter is set, I need to act my part.

I leave the dorm room and make my way to where the noble students are.

Halfway there, I hear a sudden scream before a loud crashing noise soon follows.

Looks like it already has started

Changing my walking pace to that of a jog, I arrive at the place in no time.

Upon arriving, I am stunned by the sight of several students attempting to take down Gabriel who's standing on top of the wall surrounding the academy.

However, before they can chant, Aruru suddenly appears and jumps down from the wall, earning horrified looks from the students, as it's quite the sight when a little girl falls from a wall.

Be it their fortune or misfortune, but this little girl is no ordinary girl.

Upon making contact with the ground, Aruru redirects her body to the wall and lungs at one of the students.

Before the student can react, she gets punched in the gut with enough force to be sent flying for a few meters.

The other students immediately realize the danger Aruru poses on them, so they turn their wands in her direction and begin chanting.

A second later, three magic attacks are thrown at Aruru.

One of them is a fireball, while another one is a water slash.

As for the last one, it's a sudden earth spike extending from behind Aruru.

Finding her current situation fun, Aruru easily breaks the earth spike by kicking it and dispersing the fireball by punching it before easily dodging the water slash.

The next moment, a few light spears about the length of an arm appear in the sky.

Gabriel swings her arm in front of her before all the light spears are launched in the direction of several students.

None of the spears directly strike any of the students, however, two of them manage to graze two students.

The reason for this weak display isn't because that's how weak they are right now, but because I simply instructed them to do so.

Anyway, it's about time Osmond or any of the professors made an appearance

Fortunately, they seem to have finally realized the commotion as Jean and a brown-haired woman in pink and black attire appear in the scene.

Sensing their arrival, Gabriel and Aruru immediately switch their attention to them.

The woman raises her arm with a wand in her hand and begins to chant something before a wall made of earth surrounds Aruru.

Naturally, something like this is just a mild obstacle for Aruru as she easily jumps out and dashes at the woman with a smile on her face.

However, a wall made of flames appears in front of her path as Jean says,

"Ms. Chevreuse, go alert the headmaster. I will try to hold them off."

After hesitating for a moment, Chevreuse nods her head and runs back into the building.

I lean against the door frame beside me and watch the show unfold before me with a smile on my face.

"Victor!" someone a voice suddenly resounds behind me.

Turning around, I see Kirche and Tabitha both standing behind me.

"What's going on? Who are those girls?" I say while putting on a befuddled expression.

"We don't know," Kirche says, "They suddenly appeared and began attacking everyone."

Nodding my head, I say,

"Perhaps, I should go and provide some support."

Upon hearing my statement, Kirche exclaims,

"With all due respect, Prince Wales, if the teachers are unable to deal with them, your chances of doing so are low!"

Ignoring her, I walk into the field with a serene expression.

I'm not planning to act just yet, as I want to see what Osmond will do about this.

Checking his office out, I find Chevreuse looking around anxiously in the now-empty office.

From the looks of it, Osmond isn't present, which thwarts one part of the plan.

Still, when did he leave? I checked on him a short while ago, yet he has now suddenly disappeared.

Well, time is important, so I have to play my part now.

"Mr. Jean!" I exclaim while running over to his side.

"Sir Wales? Please return to the building, it's not safe here!"

"Forget that," I say "I can't just sit around and do nothing when the academy is being attacked like this."

"Sir Wales-" Jean wants to say something, but as if realizing something, his expression turns serene as he says, "I understand."

"Do you have any plan?" I question while looking at Gabriel who has formed more light spears.

"I was supposed to hold them back until the headmaster appeared, but it's taking him longer than I expected."

Then, he looks down at the several fresh wounds on his body before facing me and saying,

"What do we do?"

After showing an expression of deliberation, I say,

"I want to try something out. You support me."

Jean nods his head in confirmation and turns his attention back to Gabriel and Aruru.

Now then, let's do this.

Before the eyes of the students who are a safe distance away from the battlefield, I dash in Aruru's direction.

In response to my actions, Aruru also dashes at me.

Once the two of us are close enough, we both send a punch at each other, which 'coincidentally' meet and cause a small shock-wave.

The next moment, I place my palm against Aruru's chest and lightly push her.

However, this action of mine appears as if I attack her, as she launches into the distance before making on the ground and losing her consciousness.

Now, I need to 'deal with' Gabriel.

Suddenly, flames appear on my head blocking her from my sight and vice versa as Jean shouts,

"Sneak attack her!"

This guy He seems to have actual battle experience? I need to investigate this matter later.

Anyway, I do as he instructed and leap into the sky before flying over to where Gabriel is.

Soon, I am close enough to 'punch' her down the fall.

As the flames are gone, everyone can clearly see that the 'intruders' have both been taken down, so they all begin cheering and shouting.

Jumping off from the wall, I slowly walk over to Gabriel's 'unconscious' body with a lost expression on my face.

Jean soon reaches where I am and sees the look on my face.

"Is everything okay?", he inquires.

"Yeah. It's just that these girls were acting weirdly"

"Has Sir Wales noticed something?"

"Look," I say while pointing at Gabriel's neck.

Looking over to where I'm pointing, Jean takes a moment to notice a thin needle fixed into her neck.

"There is a needle in her neck," Jean says in a baffled manner.

"Victor!", Louise's voice suddenly resounds behind me.

Jean and I both turn to see her running over with Kirche and Tabitha slowly walking behind her.

"Ah, Louise," I say once she's close enough.

"What are you doing?" She asks before looking at Gabriel who's lying on the ground.

The next moment, her eyes widen as she turns to face with a slightly confused expression on her face.

"Right, Louise, you mind helping me with something?" I ask her.

"Hm?"

I crouch down beside Gabriel and pull the needle out of her neck.

"Sir Wales?" Jean voices, most likely having realized what I'm planning to do.

"There is no other way to test this," I say.

"What are you going to do?" Louise asks as both Kirche and Tabitha reach where we are.

"This," I say before swiftly, yet gently, insert the needle into her neck.

"Sir Wales!" Jean exclaims.

The next moment, Louise pulls out her wand and begins chanting while pointing the tip at me.

As soon as I feel like she has reached the end of her chant, I move out of the way just in time before a small burst of energy leaves the wand and hits the ground a few meters away.

Right after that, the spot the energy struck begins to contort before abruptly exploding.

Using telekinesis, I change the trajectory of any soil coming our way before pulling the needle out of Louise's neck.

Louise seems to regain clarity as she looks around, confused before asking,

"What happened?"

Turning my head to face Jean, I say,

"We need to talk to the headmaster regarding this."