The bus sped along the highway.
The carriage was much quieter than when it had started. It was precisely because of this environment that Mayumi Saegusa was able to sleep soundly. But Yunyi, sitting next to her, was wide awake. He looked at the girl, who was curled up in her arms like a kitten, and his face was full of helplessness.
Suddenly, the vehicle began to brake suddenly, and the huge bus tilted due to the sudden braking.
The sudden turn of events startled everyone in the carriage. But what they saw next was even more terrifying.
A small car traveling at high speed from the opposite lane suddenly suffered a tire blowout. The car crashed into the guardrail and flew sideways, causing it to flip over the guardrail in the middle of the two lanes and land directly in front of the bus!
Although the speeding bus applied the brakes, its previous speed combined with the inertia generated by its large size meant that it was not long enough to come to a complete stop, and it was about to collide with the small car that was rolling in its direction.
Don't underestimate the small size of a car; if it were to crash, the people on the bus wouldn't be any better off! Moreover, the wreckage of the small car is still burning, and there's a possibility of a secondary explosion.
This crisis even threw the magicians on the bus into a panic!
The first to notice the accident was Kanon Chiyoda, a second-year student who had been sitting by the window idly watching the outside world. Her reaction was also the fastest among those who were panicked. She quickly manipulated the CAD on her wrist, trying to cast a spell to stop the collision.
As if inspired by her actions, the others pulled out their CAD cards and began casting spells on the oncoming small car.
For a moment, the carriage was filled with shouts of "Disappear!" "Extinguish!" "Stop!" "Repel!" and so on. But they forgot another point: casting different kinds of magic on the same target would cause interference between them.
"Idiot, stop it!" Mari Watanabe had clearly noticed this and shouted to stop the others from acting recklessly, but the magically activated Psions had already surrounded the small car. Even for a skilled mage, preventing a collision and extinguishing the fire under these circumstances would be difficult, let alone for the students inside!
"What's wrong?" Mayumi Saegusa, who was nestled in Yunyi's arms, was also startled awake. She blinked blankly and looked at Yunyi.
Yunyi chuckled and said, "It's nothing, I'll handle it. You can continue sleeping."
At the same time, Miyuki Shiba, who was sitting in the back row, also stood up. She knew very well that her brother had a solution to the situation. So, as she stood up, she made it clear that she would be in charge of putting out the fire.
But just as she raised the CAD in her hand, Yunyi's raised hand was already aimed at the small car that was about to collide with the bus.
" Banishment!"
As he finished Kanon, a dark crack appeared between the car and the bus. The rolling car crashed straight into the crack. The next moment, the dark crack closed, and the burning car had completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Huh!?"
"What... what happened!?"
How is that possible?
Are we dreaming?
The students who witnessed all of this were completely bewildered. They couldn't understand what was happening before their eyes.
Miyuki Shiba also looked bewildered, and awkwardly lowered her arm that she had just raised.
"What was that just now? Was it magic? What kind of magic could create that phenomenon?" This thought kept lingering in her mind, even shaking her understanding of magic.
"Hey, Yunyi, that was you just now..."
Sitting behind Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe naturally saw Yunyi raise her hand just now, and she also clearly heard the word " Banishment ".
"Quiet down, Mayumi is still sleeping." Yunyi waved to shoo Mari Watanabe, clearly not wanting to continue discussing what had just happened.
The driver, sitting in the driver's seat, leaned out and asked the people in the passenger compartment, "Um, can we continue now?"
"Ah, this is troublesome. Let's move on." The Katsuto Jumonji realized that staying here wouldn't yield any useful information.
The bus turned around and started moving again, but the atmosphere inside the bus became deathly silent.
Discussion? Don't be ridiculous. How can you explain that scene with magic? And what was that crack? Was it a portal to another world?
The person who had this idea was Gyoubu Hattori. What he didn't know was that his conjecture was already close to the truth.
The magic Yunyi just used is a type of Modern Magic magic cannot yet achieve— Spatial Magic! If general-purpose Flight Magic is only temporarily unable to be broken through due to difficulties, then the research on Spatial Magic hasn't even been determined in a precise direction yet.
"You've revealed some more." Nestled in Yunyi's arms, Mayumi Saegusa didn't continue sleeping. Although she hadn't seen the whole accident, she had witnessed Yunyi's magic engulfing the small car.
Yunyi said nonchalantly, "It's just the simplest Spatial Magic, don't make a fuss. Go back to sleep, there shouldn't be any more trouble later."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Yunyi-kun." Mayumi Saegusa smiled, adjusted her body, and fell asleep again in a more comfortable position.
They didn't try to lower their voices, so everyone sitting in the rows in front of and behind them could hear them clearly.
While Suzune Ichihara and Azusa Nakajo in front were alright, Kanon Chiyoda, sitting next to Mari Watanabe in the back, was far more shocked.
" Mari- nee, who exactly is this guy?!" Kanon Chiyoda whispered in Mari Watanabe's ear.
Even with her carefree nature, she was still shocked by Yunyi's move.
Mari Watanabe rubbed her slightly swollen temples and said softly, "I don't know who he is either, but just don't mess with him."
Kanon Chiyoda nodded silently, but in her heart, she couldn't help but feel worried for those who coveted Mayumi Saegusa.
"With the president having a boyfriend like this, they have absolutely no hope left."