[The Outside] / That's my own flesh and blood, my beloved friend-use the Flame Fist on him

Author's Note:

Eighth update, with 63 chapters still owed, desu~

Chapter 1644: [Outside]

Lord El-Melloi II, who had driven at full speed all the way to Windermere, had never expected students to follow behind him.

And not just one—two!

"Flat Escardos!"

"Svin Glascheit!"

"...Present!" ×2

Being called by their full names by their teacher was enough to scare the vast majority of students.

But these two blondes were exceptions.

Flat grinned cheerfully at Lord El-Melloi II.

Meanwhile, Svin stared intensely at Gray.

"What exactly are you two doing here?!"

This was bad. His stomach hurt so much...

"Professor, you left home in the middle of the night. We were worried!" Flat explained. "After all, Professor, you can't beat anyone, and tonight has been so strange. Of course I'd worry!"

"Gray..." Svin, meanwhile, looked toward Gray.

"An increase in combat strength should be a good thing, shouldn't it? After all, Brother, you're completely useless in a fight."

Reines finally could no longer suppress her malicious amusement.

"..."

Lord El-Melloi II was utterly speechless.

There was a tiny bit of logic to what Reines had said, but it still infuriated him.

This whole situation should never have turned out like this.

But there was nothing to be done now.

Since it had come to this—he would just have to deal with it.

"Professor! What are we doing? Are we going to rely on us to save the world? Ooooooh, I'm fired up!"

The carefree Flat found this incredibly exciting.

"So what should we do, Brother?"

Reines knew that her brother could do nothing by himself, so he could only rely on the few of them.

"That depends on how far Mao has gone." Lord El-Melloi II looked at Irena.

"The changes in the sky represent changes in the body." Although Irena had