Chapter 430 (2) – The Academys Weapon Replicator

The Academy’s Weapon Replicator

That night.

“Ex, excuse me……”

Carla stepped inside cautiously.

Into Frondier’s room.

Frondier and his companions were already gathered there.

“Are you the Headmistress of Atlas?”

Arald asked with curious eyes.

“Indeed, you are truly beautiful. The rumors did not exaggerate. Or rather, they were too modest. I am Arald.”

“Th, thank you. I’m Carla.”

Arald looked at Carla as if she were a masterpiece hanging in an art museum. He was using the word “beautiful” in its most literal sense.

Next, Pielott bowed his head.

“My name is Pielott. I’m a third-year student at Atlas. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Pielott was looking at Carla with curious eyes.

And then.

“…… Excuse me, but.”

Frondier was looking at the women with cold eyes.

“How long are you going to stare at her like that? You’re making her uncomfortable.”

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

Elodie, Selena, and Lily were staring at Carla with petrified expressions. Naturally, Carla became incredibly tense.

“…… Hello, I’m Elodie.”

Elodie spoke in a less than welcoming tone.

“I’ve heard a lot about you. I’m Selena.”

Selena said as if she had only just learned about Carla today.

“…….”

Lily didn’t even bother speaking.

Seeing this, Frondier intervened.

“Lily, at least introduce yourself.”

As if suddenly remembering, Lily gave a bashful smile and said,

“Hello! I’m Lily. I’m Frondier’s servant.”

“What are you talking about?!”

“It’s not wrong, is it?”

“How is that not wro…… Wait a minute.”

Frondier tilted his head in confusion, unable to refute her words.

Elodie and Selena’s gazes shifted from Carla to Frondier.

‘Just say no.’

Their silent pressure was palpable.

“…… She’s our companion. Ms. Carla, you’re not a servant or anything, are you?”

“Th, that’s right.”

Unable to follow the situation, Carla just nodded her head.

“Anyway, these are my companions. Well, there are more elsewhere, but…”

There were also the devils Arald had brought with him, but he couldn’t introduce them all individually.

Carla looked at each of them in turn. Her eyes lingered on Elodie, Selena, and Lily in particular.

“…… You’re all so beautiful.”

Carla breathed, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

“Huh?”

“How can you all be so beautiful?”

Carla approached Elodie and took her hand.

Elodie blushed and pulled her hand back in embarrassment.

“Uh, what?”

“I’ve never seen anyone so beautiful. Look at your eyes, they’re like the first lake ever created, reflected in your gaze.”

“Wha, what?!”

Elodie’s face turned even redder at the overly exaggerated and cheesy compliment.

Meanwhile, Pielott, who had been observing Carla curiously, nodded his head as he looked back and forth between the two.

“How intriguing.”

“What is?”

Frondier replied from beside him.

“No, it’s just that after seeing only ordinary students at Atlas and Constel, I’m reminded of something.”

Pielott smiled at Frondier.

“There always seem to be beautiful people around Senior Frondier.”

“……!”

Frondier’s face froze. It was a bombshell declaration at the worst possible time.

Then, Pielott launched his second attack.

“Don’t tell me, Senior, you’re planning to keep all the beauties you’ve got your eye on all to yourself? Hahaha!”

“…….”

Pielott was obviously joking, but it didn’t sound that way to the others.

Frondier, in particular, thought to himself,

‘Are you seriously saying that right now?’

Was this the price he had to pay for teasing Pielott in the past?

“See?”

Elodie muttered coldly.

“I told you he was weak to women.”

It was a declaration spoken as if laying down a curse.

‘I tried so hard not to hear those words…’

Of course, the others had no idea about his inner turmoil.

* * *

After Frondier agreed to join forces with Carla, he decided to come clean about everything.

Carla was also a foreigner on this continent. It would be beneficial for her to belong to a group, so there was no reason for Frondier to hide his secrets.

So, he tried to explain, but he hesitated for a moment, unsure where to begin.

And the first words that came out were,

“We’re foreigners too.”

“…… What?”

“Of course, it’s a bit different from your situation, Ms. Carla, but we’re from a different continent.”

“A different continent… So they really do exist.”

As expected, Carla had no knowledge of them. Most people on the Agoris continent were probably the same.

Starting with that, Frondier slowly explained their situation.

However, when he tried to explain why they had left their continent, he had no choice but to talk about becoming enemies of the Empire. And to explain why they became enemies of the Empire, he had to talk about how he had been targeted by the God, Odin.

As he went on, explaining the reason behind the reason, and the reason behind that reason…

[T/N: Carla be hearing 400 chapters in minutes]

“…… And that’s how it happened.”

When he finished, Carla’s face was strangely contorted.

She blinked several times, her eyes rolled up to the left, tilted her head, scratched her cheek, and then finally spoke.

“So, you’re saying, Mr. Frondier, that you were branded as a devil and became an enemy of the Empire because Odin intervened, and Odin intervened because you became dangerously powerful after defeating the Sin of Gluttony, Beelzebub, to prevent a war… Is that right?”

“…… That’s, right.”

Even Frondier felt that he had just told an absurd story.

Even though it was based entirely on facts.

“I want to ask if you’re serious, but everyone’s expression is so serious….”

Carla looked around at the others.

Of course, she found it hard to believe, but the people around her had seen and experienced it firsthand, so they couldn’t simply dismiss it as a joke.

“Then, are you planning to stop the war that’s about to happen here, Mr. Frondier? Just like you did on the other continent?”

Frondier had explained to Carla the risk of war on this continent as well. Of course, he hadn’t specifically mentioned the name “Trojan War.”

However, Frondier shook his head this time.

“If the war that breaks out here is simply a conflict between humans, I won’t intervene.”

“What? Really?”

Elodie was the one who asked this time.

Frondier answered as if it were obvious.

“That’s their choice. I’m not some kind of deterrent, and I have no intention of stopping every war that breaks out in the world.”

Could Frondier, as an individual, stop all wars caused by humans?

Even setting aside the possibility, Frondier had no intention of doing so in the first place.

That would be absurd.

Frondier’s only goal was to clear the game.

“However.”

He continued, his voice changing. Or rather, returning to its original tone.

“If it’s not just a conflict between humans, if devils or Gods are pulling the strings from behind the scenes…”

Frondier’s face was grim.

He, at least, had every intention of doing so.

“I doubt they’d mind if I played some pranks of my own.”