I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit - Chapter 191

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“Fire!”
Chaos erupted in an instant.
The flames spread across the entire dormitory in moments.
‘Ah….’
This fire didn’t feel like an accident to me.
It felt like deliberate arson.
‘Please, Reina. Tell me it wasn’t you.’
Smoke quickly filled the air until it was impossible to see where anything was.
Olsia was in a panic, frozen and unable to move.
“Olsia. Come here.”
I grabbed her wrist and pulled.
“We can’t go through the corridor. I’ll get us out through the window.”
“B-but…!”
There was no time for lengthy explanations.
I opened the window and drew upon my mana.
“Th-this is the 9th floor… kyaaaah!”
I understand that feeling well.
It reminds me of sledding down the Erbe Mountains with Michael.
I thought I was going to die that time too.
But I didn’t.
Olsia won’t die either.
I layered my mana thickly beneath her, creating a cushion under her bottom.
It was like a mana barrier that would absorb all impact when she hit the ground.
‘I need to get down there too.’
I leaped down using the same method.
“Whoop.”
Olsia had fainted from sheer terror, but she appeared to have no serious injuries.
The professors and Principal Lugeltter came rushing toward us in a panic.
Principal Lugeltter examined my body.
“W-what is this! Are you unharmed, Scholar Isabel!”
“I’m fine. Please attend to Olsia first.”
I stood facing the dormitory, where crimson flames raged.
“I’m going to extinguish the fire. Please help ensure no one interferes with me.”
Principal Lugeltter tried to stop me.
“The fire brigade will arrive shortly. Please evacuate to somewhere safer….”
“There’s no time.”
I know the situation inside better than anyone.
Of course the fire brigade will arrive within five minutes, but I don’t know how many will die in that time.
I bit my lip slightly.
‘There are several magic professors here….’
If I were to ask the professors here whether there was anyone capable of using magic powerful enough to completely destroy the dormitory, they would all raise their hands.
‘That’s magic in this era.’
Though the trend has been changing recently, a tradition spanning five hundred years wouldn’t disappear so easily.
‘It’s the limitation of magic theory designed for warfare.’
If they used water-attribute magic to extinguish the flames, students who couldn’t evacuate would likely suffer severe injuries.
Their magical power inherently carried the force to harm people.
The magic they’d learned since childhood was mostly designed for warfare.
That’s why the professors were waiting for the fire brigade to arrive.
I spoke.
“This is the kind of magic I want to leave behind.”
It’s awkward to say this myself, but I was chosen as Narbidal’s vessel, which means I possess an enormous amount of magical power.
According to Viscount Biatonn and Teacher Karin, my magical capacity is the greatest in the world.
‘If only I had enough time.’
The professors were protecting the area around me.
In a situation where I could draw upon my magical power without worry, I could manifest magic more powerful than anyone else.
‘Materialization of imagery.’
Through the Arctic shaved ice, I had awakened to the method of materializing images.
The first attempt was difficult, but the rest wasn’t so hard.
‘I’ll drop a massive waterfall onto the dormitory.’
I imagined a colossal waterfall.
However, ordinary water alone seemed insufficient to suppress that enormous inferno in an instant.
‘In the form of a waterfall….’
Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate.
The main component of powder fire extinguishers.
‘Since I know the molecular formula, reconstruction is easy.’
[(NH4)H2PO4.]
I generated magical matter with a composition as similar as possible.
The experience of creating granules similar to red bean shaved ice while imagining Arctic shaved ice proved immensely helpful.
In other words, this was a waterfall composed of fire extinguisher powder.
Whoooosh—
The extinguisher waterfall descended.
The fire was extinguished in an instant, and fortunately, there were no fatalities.
When the fire brigade arrived and inspected the dormitory, they found signs of arson in multiple locations.
The fire had started in Reina’s room.
It was highly likely that Reina, unable to contain her anger, had committed arson.
“Cadet Reina is nowhere to be found!”
Reina had vanished from the dormitory.

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Arun had been sleeping rough for the past few days.
For him, homelessness was no problem at all.
What mattered most to him was staying as close to Isabel as possible.
He spent his time in a cave behind the mountain of Henkel Magic Academy.
‘Hmm?’
A powerful magical aura washed over him.
‘This is Isabel’s…’
Arun felt joy simply sensing Isabel’s magical presence.
Because he could feel her.
Arun smiled brightly and drew his sword.
“When my fiancée releases such tremendous magical power, side effects like this occur.”
Fortunately, this time it happened very close by.
An unidentifiable magical circle was generated, and from it emerged an enormous demonic beast.
It was a demon drawn by Isabel’s magical power.
The Hydra—a great demon known to be capable of annihilating an entire kingdom.
A colossal serpent with three heads.
A demonic beast stretching over thirty meters in length, yet Arun paid it no mind.
“Listen. I intend to let Isabel do whatever she wishes.”
That’s why he didn’t mention that such side effects occurred when Isabel used magic at full power.
If something like this manifested because of Isabel, he would simply handle it.
“So why don’t you quietly return to where you came from?”
But demons and humans could not communicate, and thus battle erupted between the Hydra and Arun.
The male lead, far stronger than in “The Doomed Villainess Dies,” could dispatch a great demon as easily as brushing aside dust.
Boom!
The great demon, the Hydra, crashed to the ground.
A massive crater formed in the earth.
“Ugh.”
Black fabric scraps were visible inside the crater.
Arun summoned his magical power and covered the ground again.
“Isabel shouldn’t see anything unpleasant.”
One reason Arun was here was to protect Isabel.
Isabel’s ransom value was beyond imagination, and there were always forces seeking to kidnap her.
“But why do these kids always lack individuality? They all wear the same clothes.”
Another figure in black clothing and a mask came into view.
She was muttering to herself.
“Isabel. I will definitely kill you.”
It was a woman’s voice, though her gender hardly mattered.
The bloodlust radiating from her made it clear she was an assassin.
“Friend, where are you going?”
Arun chuckled lightly.
The masked assassin was startled.
“Y-you are!”
“Farewell, friend.”
Arun swung his sword.
The masked assassin couldn’t evade Arun’s blade.
Even Arun was taken aback.
She was far too weak.
“Where in the world did they send such a feeble assassin from?”
He decided not to dwell on it further.
The rest was Sermon’s and Biatone’s responsibility.

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In this world, there exists a group known as the “Unarmed Assassins.”
Though not official, seven kings referred to them as such.
They were called the most terrifying assassins in the Empire’s history—those who wielded no blades.
But that was only half the truth.
The Unarmed Assassins were strong without weapons, but far stronger when they wielded them.
“Why do creatures like you keep appearing no matter how many times I eliminate you? Like cockroaches.”
“Y-you are… Prince Sermon!”
“You targeted my younger sibling, didn’t you?”
His crimson eyes gleamed with malice.
Sermon licked his lips as he drew his dagger.
“P-please, spare us…”
“That won’t happen. I will eliminate anyone who dares touch my sibling.”
Sermon’s anger flared.
“No, but I have no sibling as lovely as mine. Why would you even try? I don’t understand.”
“It’s a misunderstanding, Your Highness.”
“No amount of money justifies this.”
“We are righteous people. We’ve never killed anyone!”
“That’s not my concern.”
Whether they were righteous or not, whether they’d killed or not—none of it mattered to him.
“What matters is that you targeted my beloved sibling. If Arun hadn’t been there, your filthy scheme would have reached Isabel, tainting my pure sibling.”
Madness gleamed in his eyes.
“So you will all perish today.”
Paul, the leader of the recently risen assassin alliance, clenched his fists.
This man clearly had no intention of letting them live.
“D-don’t be arrogant! You’re just one man…!”
He couldn’t finish his sentence.
He found himself viewing his own body from an angle he’d never seen before.
Looking down at my body from beneath my feet, this strange phenomenon felt utterly unreal.
Countless assassin guilds across the continent had been annihilated.
“Mission complete, Viscount Biatonn.”
“You’ve worked hard, Your Highness.”
“So who are the next bastards to—?”
“You’ve already dealt with the entire Rosild Duchy, haven’t you?”
“I didn’t do it myself, but it got handled anyway. What a shame. I should have cut them down with my own hands.”
Had Rosild Duke managed to slip through the crowd, Sermon would have moved personally at that moment.
But in the end, Rosild Duke never escaped the throng.
“Understood.”
“We already confirmed this last time. So why are you asking again?”
“Well… that is. This is rather ambiguous, I must say.”
Biatone explained the full circumstances.
The masked assassin who had been filled with murderous intent was none other than Reina.
“What does the context matter? She said she’d kill Isabel, didn’t she?”
“She did.”
“Then it’s only natural to—.”
“Oh!”
Biatone’s eyes widened as he lightly struck his left palm with his right fist.
Understanding had dawned upon him.
“How wise of you.”
Sermon had merely acted for Isabel’s sake, yet the people believed the Empire was conducting perfect security reforms on a national scale.
There was no longer any place for illegal organizations like assassin guilds to stand on the continent.
The leaders of illegal forces even surrendered en masse and repented (?).
Countless citizens of the Empire praised the “unarmed assassins,” and an unprecedented era of peace unfolded.
A year had passed since then.
Isabel’s final birthday was only days away.

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