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Translator: Nemui
Editor: Nemui
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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 59: The Three Powers, the Muto Faction
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"Scatter in the wind!"
The duel between Lilisha and Togari began.
The moment Togari's form vanished, a tornado rose inside the field.
With the tornado constantly raging, Lilisha naturally could not keep her feet on the ground.
She was carried by the storm and unable to move, while Togari, who had disappeared, launched a surprise attack.
Togari, who had vanished into the wind, slammed a vacuum slash into Lilisha.
Lilisha took it head-on, but the damage was light.
The precision of her mana-based body reinforcement had improved tremendously.
Lilisha had always focused only on the power of her fire magic, but now it felt like she was training herself from the foundation up.
And that was not all.
She looked as if she was being toyed with by the storm, but she was properly handling it by swimming through the air.
"Muho! Togari-kun's ability isn't really working?"
"Wind Demon Kamaitachi. Its ability is to hide the user's form and cut with wind. He contracted with a decent magic beast."
"Alphys-kun, how did you know?"
"Unlike you people, I keep the knowledge I need in my head."
I tapped my head with a finger.
They seemed to have gained great confidence after becoming summon-possessed, but if it had not been long, there was not much meaning to it.
In a word, it was like a racer getting a monster machine they were not used to driving.
Well, Togari's actual ability was about that of an amateur who could just barely fail to become a pro.
It was only a slight extension of Togari's original fighting style, and his mastery was terribly low.
"Pointless. Training with Alphys is far better than this."
When Lilisha cut the air with one hand, the vanished Togari screamed and revealed himself.
She was pinpointing mana reinforcement in that hand while generating heat with fire magic.
And Togari was not completely gone.
He was only making himself invisible.
"Daaamn it! You brat!"
"How noisy. I wondered how much you could do, but is this all?"
Lilisha generated fireballs around Togari as he struggled while riding the wind.
Togari could ride the wind because he changed the flow of wind only around himself through mana control.
If someone like Togari could do it, Lilisha could do it easily.
In Lilisha's case, it was a little different because she was using mana to suppress wind resistance in her favor.
That was why she could ride the wind smoothly, like swimming in the sea.
"This brat is riding the wind like it's nothing!"
"I'm bored already. Blast."
"Goffoh!"
The instant an explosion slammed into Togari's stomach, the waiting fireballs focused fire on him without mercy.
After taking the chain of attacks, Togari was knocked out of the field in an instant.
"Ugh..."
"Your head is bad. Your face is bad. You are weak. Senpai, you are a second-year, right? What have you been doing? You do not even reach Alphys's feet."
"Y-you bastard..."
"Senpai who is below first-year Alphys, how does it feel to lose to a bratty little girl? Since you have no talent anyway, why not hurry up and drop out?"
That was too much provocation.
I had completely forgotten, but she had originally been this kind of person.
Togari-kun was teary-eyed, and his life was already at zero.
"Lilisha, don't keep taunting a third-rate forever."
"A-Alphys! But this guy is so weak compared to training with you. It annoys me."
"I have nothing to do with this..."
Why did she keep dragging me into it?
Togari-kun was so depressed he might never recover. This was tragic in its own way.
After all, he had been completely defeated even after becoming summon-possessed and receiving that boost.
As Togari sank down with his hands on the floor, Muto crouched and peered into his face.
"Togari-kuuun. I went through the trouble of letting you contract for your sake, you know. This is a little boring."
"U-ugh..."
"Huh? Are you crying? Sorry, sorry! A man shouldn't show tears so easily. Come on, cheer up! Everyone, encourage Togari-kun!"
When Muto egged them on, the Muto faction members surrounded Togari.
"Togari-kun is strooong."
"Togari-kun is handsome."
"Someday, a wonderful girlfriend will appear before Togari-kun."
They all surrounded Togari, who still had his hands on the floor, and sang.
I was not one to talk about others, but I had never seen anyone degrade another person's dignity this much.
He was making his underlings sing something like an elementary school choir contest and getting excited over it.
Unable to keep watching, I decided to speak to the watching students as well.
"Hey, everyone. Are you watching? This is the fate of someone who joins one of the Three Powers factions. You might gain backing, but these people have no sense of fellowship. If you are useless, they mock you like this."
The students listened awkwardly to my call.
If they reacted too dramatically, the Muto faction might set their eyes on them.
"Everyone who entered this academy must have some kind of goal. If you have time to waste on something this pointless, I think polishing yourself would be far better."
As I continued without holding back, I saw changes among the students.
Some clenched their fists and left, while others kept looking away as if they wanted to say something.
I approached Togari and crouched down.
"If you still have even a little pride, you can start over as many times as you need. Lilisha said all that, but your sense was not bad."
"Sh-shut up..."
Even while muttering that, Togari staggered to his feet and left the training ground.
Watching him go, I gave Muto a cold glance.
"Hah... Boring. I'm kind of annoyed now, so maybe I'll kill Alphys-kun right here."
Muto's expression changed completely.
The whites of his eyes vanished and turned round and black, making his face look like a reaper's.
"L-Lord Alphys. That person Muto suddenly feels..."
"The thing possessing him is probably..."
At that moment, someone came up from behind the panicked Leticia.
"There are still students here? It is almost time to go home. Your enthusiasm is good, but anyone not in a club should leave."
Rinrin arrived, clapped her hands, and urged us to go home.
Good timing.
"...Okay. Then everyone, we good students will go home."
The Muto faction filed out of the training ground.
As he left, Muto glanced sideways at me and smiled.
This guy was completely looking down on me.
Perhaps sensing that I was getting heated, Rinrin placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Alphys, we need to talk."
"I know."
I understood she had come here because she needed me.
There was no reason to refuse, so after this, I headed to the staff room.
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