The Myriad Worlds Shuttle Starting from Demonic Inferiority Chapter 39

While Watanabe Mari and Mibu Sayaka were still conversing, Saegusa Mayumi had already quietly pulled Kudo Mitsunobu outside.

"You didn't get hurt, did you?"

Saegusa Mayumi was currently scanning Kudo Mitsunobu from head to toe with her eyes as they stood in the hallway.

"No, not at all."

"They were just a bunch of terrorists with guns; barely any of them could even use magic. I wouldn't get injured by something of that level."

Kudo Mitsunobu spoke in a relaxed tone, though he felt quite happy seeing that Saegusa Mayumi was genuinely worried about him.

"Is that so? I'd be relieved if that were truly the case."

"However."

"You went with Jumonji without calling me. Are you two trying to exclude me?"

Saegusa Mayumi pouted as she brought up the matter.

"How could that be! Doesn't the Student Council have plenty of things that require your attention? For that level of trouble, having me and Senior Jumonji go was more than enough."

Kudo Mitsunobu poked Saegusa Mayumi's puffed-up cheek with his finger as he spoke.

"Really? I feel like your explanation makes it hard for me to let it go!"

Saegusa Mayumi looked at Kudo Mitsunobu with half-belief, simultaneously pulling down the hand he was using to poke her cheek before taking his hand in both of hers.

Kudo Mitsunobu was taken aback by Saegusa Mayumi's sudden bold action, though he was not like those naive fellows who would panic the moment a girl looked at them.

He turned his hand over to clasp her small hand in his palm. "Then, would you like me to put it another way?"

"For instance, I simply don't want you to be exposed to danger."

"That's cheating!"

Saegusa Mayumi felt as if her heart were about to leap out of her chest. She had always scoffed at such lines when watching dramas.

Yet, when the person she held dear was the one saying it, was this suffocating feeling of breathlessness really what it felt like?

Chapter 33: An Advanced Relationship

The disturbance caused by the Japan branch of [blance] had been successfully resolved thanks to Kudo Mitsunobu's efforts, and the Ten Master Clans had spoken highly of his performance during their monthly routine meeting.

Mibu Sayaka had also been discharged after staying in the hospital for three or four days. Due to Shiichi's confession, the First High School students were granted leniency, receiving only a one-week suspension without a permanent record.

As for the issue of improving the system for Course 2 Students, it was pushed through a week after the final exams, thanks to Saegusa Mayumi's hard work.

The Course 2 Students now had hope for advancement, and the Course 1 Students no longer felt complacent, as there were now people chasing them from behind.

In short, the atmosphere at school was quite good now.

Although the two groups of students could not yet get along perfectly, the previous tension and hostility had vanished.

Logically, students should have been on vacation after the final exams, yet many still came to school.

All of this was due to one event: the grand festival known as the Nine Schools Competition.

This was the reason the school remained so lively even during the break.

Naturally, most people gathered in their respective clubs, as many of the school's sports clubs were established based on the competition format of the Nine Schools Competition.

The facilities within were naturally very similar to the actual arenas of the Nine Schools Competition, making it easier for students to maintain a good competitive state while practicing at school.

At the school pool.

A glowing green Psion Bullet hovered directly above the pool like a scorching sun hanging in the sky.

The pool was not filled with water, but rather with giant ice pillars, each one meter wide and long, and about four meters high, arranged in neat rows.

Several beams of light shot out from the glowing green mass, and in just a few seconds, the ice pillars in the pool were completely pierced through by the rays splitting off from the core.

The split Psion Bullets seemed to have completed their task and vanished into the air, leaving behind a tattered, crater-filled pool.

"Here, a sports drink."

Saegusa Mayumi, who had been waiting on the sidelines, stood up from her seat, took a drink she had prepared earlier from her bag, and handed it to Kudo Mitsunobu.

"Thank you, Mayumi."

Kudo Mitsunobu took the drink and gulped down two mouthfuls.

This was roughly how the two of them spent their time now; whenever they had free time, they would stay together to enjoy the atmosphere of being alone.

Of course, the two of them had yet to pierce through that layer of window paper between them.

"Is this the magic you said was nearly finished when you were at the Student Council that day?"

Mayumi looked at the tattered pool and clicked her tongue in secret.

She wasn't surprised by the destructive power of Kudo Mitsunobu's magic; what surprised her was that he could maintain such a massive energy mass and keep its form without it collapsing.

"Still not quite there. The piercing power of the split [Atomic Ray] is weakened far too much. Plus, the preparation time required in the early stages is a bit long; it still can't be applied to actual combat."

Kudo Mitsunobu shook his head, still somewhat dissatisfied.

His [Atomic Ray] is a high-speed particle-wave cannon fired by manipulating the electronic state between particles and waveforms through a combination of acceleration-type and divergence-type magic.

Its advantage is that when fired at full power, the speed is extremely fast and the piercing power is immense.

Piercing through walls, thick iron plates, and the like is a given. Even the barriers formed by magicians are no exception; by Kudo Mitsunobu's estimation, only the Jumonji House's [Phalanx] would be able to withstand his [Atomic Ray].

The drawback is that it is difficult to control; even with Kudo Mitsunobu's calculation ability, he can only manage to stabilize its structural framework, rather than drive it at will.

[Dragon Star Cluster] is a super A-rank magic concept created based on his A-rank [Atomic Ray] and C-rank [Split Bullet].

Yet, looking at the current situation, it ultimately remains in the category of A-rank magic. After all, if the piercing power of the [Atomic Ray] itself cannot be realized, there should be no shortage of people capable of blocking this move.