A very cautious voice approached Pielott and Dier.
"I'm a new student this year, and I have a question..."
When Pielott and Dier turned to look, a girl much shorter than them was standing there wearing a Constel uniform.
Dier's eyes sparkled at the sight. Oh, he had finally met the junior he had been longing for.
"What are you curious about?"
Pielott asked with a cold tone but a warm voice. His arrogance had faded a lot after meeting Frondier, but his tone of voice remained out of habit.
"Ah. This is the second-year building. The third-year building is over there."
Dier pointed out the direction through the window. The girl checked the direction Dier pointed to beyond the window and nodded.
"Ah, I see. Thank you!"
The girl bowed politely. Dier smiled and asked, "So, what's your business at the third-year building?"
It was just a light question he casually asked a polite junior, but...
The answer was a little different
"Ah, I'm looking for Frondier."
Dier felt a sense of dissonance at those words.
'This child, she didn't use the title 'Senior'.'
This polite girl called Frondier simply by his name, without any title.
There were several possibilities, but two main ones: she was originally acquainted with Frondier and called him that way, or she had malice towards him. 𝘳аƝŎʙËş
Ding- Dong- Dang- Dong-
Meanwhile, the bell signaling the start of homeroom rang.
Soon, the teacher would enter the classroom, and Pielott, Dier, and this first-year girl would have to return to their respective classrooms.
So this was the last chance.
Just in case, Dier asked again with a smile, without a hint of faltering, "What's your name?"
"Ah. I haven't even introduced myself. I'm sorry."
Judging by these words, she was definitely a polite and cute girl.
The girl bowed and said, "My name is Cain."
If she was someone related to Frondier, Dier might have heard of her.
With that expectation, he asked, but...
Unfortunately, it was a name Dier was hearing for the first time.
However, Cain added one more sentence.
"I am the granddaughter of the former Zodiac, 'Heldre'."
For a moment, Dier looked away from Cain and met Pielott's eyes.
They both had the same thought.
'The Zodiac that Senior Frondier killed!'
At that moment, Pielott reached out towards Cain.
His hand grabbed Cain's collar, but...
"Whoa! What is this!"
Cain's entire body fragmented into small, black things and scattered.
The spiders had clumped together to impersonate a complete human. Since they were living spiders mimicking a person, not a doll, they weren't detected by mana sensing.
"Then where's the main body?"
Pielott asked, but the answer was obvious.
"...She's probably heading towards Senior Frondier by now."
"...Ah, um. Hello everyone. I'm Jane, and I'll be in charge of Class 2 of the third year."
Frondier had roughly guessed it.
From the moment he saw familiar faces filling the third-year classroom.
Something similar to what happened in the second year had occurred.
"Hmm, it might not be easy to adapt to new friends and environment, but let's work hard for the remaining year."
Jane happened to look at me while saying that line.
Of course, it was a line that didn't resonate with me at all. I knew all my friends and the teacher.
'Kora and Aten are next to me too.'
Even the seating arrangement was the same.
Kora, the white tiger beastkin, seemed to have adapted to life at Constel. Since the last rampage, nothing like that had happened again.
However, perhaps due to her beastkin characteristics, she found theoretical classes incredibly boring. She did, however, show great interest in practical classes. Kora's desire to become a mage despite being a white tiger beastkin worked out rather well at Constel.
She learned combat classes easily thanks to her innate talent, and magic classes stimulated her passion and curiosity, leading to high concentration.
Well, even so, her combat ability was still overwhelmingly higher compared to her magic.
"You are all third-year students now. It's time to think about your future, not just learn from classes. Based on your talents and aspirations, you should choose the right path..."
While Jane was saying something teacher-like for once, there was an untimely knock.
Jane looked at the front door with a slightly puzzled expression.
Jane's light reply, and the front door of the classroom opened lightly accordingly.
A girl politely bowed to Jane.
Jane just tilted her head at the polite gesture.
"Yes, who are you...?"
And I, upon seeing the girl's face...
I even said her name.
The girl, who had been gentle and polite until a moment ago, her eyes changing, turned her head towards me at high speed.
The former Indus member, the granddaughter of Zodiac Heldre.
She was wearing a Constel uniform, standing at the front door of Constel's third-year classroom, looking at me.
Cain started to say something, but before she could finish, I felt something approaching the entire classroom faster than her words.
Rustling, shuffling, sounds like paper brushing against something, scratching.
The identity of those sounds was soon revealed throughout the classroom.
Someone identified them and shouted, and screams erupted from the students.
Amidst the brief panic, the owner of the spiders glared at me with murderous intent and shouted,
And then, she charged towards me.