Time Healer Ceres - Chapter 86

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Eventually, the giant’s heaving breaths began to slow, his massive body growing still.
[Chirp! Chirp!]
Kkamangi let out a pleased sound, as if celebrating victory.
“The… the giant fell.”
“…What?”
“The giant fell, Christine!”
“……!”
Christine, who had been crouched on the floor with her head covered, slowly lifted it at Yulia’s cry. With eyes still trembling, she cautiously peered out the window.
“It’s… really true.”
As Christine took in the sight of the giant sprawled motionless on the ground, her eyes widened in disbelief.
How on earth had this happened?
It was then that something pitch-black caught her eye amid the confusion.
[Chirp~ Chirp~]
Kkamangi fluttered proudly around the two children, as if to claim credit for the deed.
“…What is that thing?”
Only then did Christine’s gaze settle on Kkamangi.
“That?”
When Yulia extended her hand, Kkamangi descended obediently and perched on her palm.
Though it puffed out its chest and lifted its head to appear dignified, Yulia’s assessment was merciless.
“Our household’s freeloader.”
[Chirp! Chirrup!]
Kkamangi took flight again in emphatic protest, then began viciously nibbling at Yulia’s hair.
Chapter 23. The Transfer Student
“Sister!”
“Sis!”
After dealing with the boss, Seres had been moving quickly when she saw two children and a small creature rushing toward her, and she stopped in her tracks.
Kkamangi, who had taken it upon itself to guide the children and led the way, fluttered forward.
[Chirp!]
Seres lightly tapped Kkamangi’s forehead with a fingertip, acknowledging how well it had protected the children.
Yes, you did well.
“Sis! Where were you?”
“I had something to attend to.”
“You weren’t in the classroom, and when I asked others, none of them knew where you were!”
Ugh, so loud.
This kid had plenty of faults, but these moments when he became unusually noisy were the worst.
“You both look unharmed, at least.”
“Don’t change the subject! Where did you go?”
“Brother.”
“……?”
Antonian, who had been running his mouth at full speed, looked down at the small hand tugging at his sleeve.
“Why are you angry?”
“What? When did I ever get angry—!”
“If you were worried, you should’ve said so. Why are you lashing out?”
“I, I wasn’t worried about anything!”
“Brother, you weren’t worried about sister? Really?”
“That’s not what—!”
Leaving the flustered Antonian behind, Yulia scrambled to Seres and nestled into her embrace.
“He’s awful, isn’t he?”
“He really is.”
Seres gently stroked the girl’s head while looking at Antonian with an air of sympathy, his expression now utterly vacant.
I’ve never seen anyone win an argument with our youngest.
“Sister, I saw a monster! It was so scary, but then it just suddenly collapsed!”
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Nope! Christine’s fine now too!”
“Good.”
Seres turned her attention to Kkamangi. This creature must be the one that defeated the giant Yulia had encountered.
Seres tapped its forehead again with a gesture of approval.
[Chirp~]
As she watched the creature emit a satisfied sound, Seres surveyed her surroundings.
Fortunately, from what she could see, there was no major damage. The buildings looked a bit battered, that was all.
“Huh? Sister!”
At Yulia’s startled cry, she turned to look behind her and caught sight of a familiar face.
A man stepping casually into the Academy now that the Black Forest had vanished.
It was Kainel.
“What are you doing here?”
“I heard the Black Forest had appeared.”
“…? You didn’t have to come?”
In truth, Kainel’s arrival wasn’t particularly unusual.
Since the Black Forest had erupted at the Academy itself, not just anywhere, every nobleman who’d sent their children there would have been clinging to Kainel’s sleeves, begging for help.
Even an A-Rank Black Forest would crumble easily if Kainel Persha stepped in.
Nobles might be weak, but parents are strong—Kainel had probably moved just to escape that incessant whining.
And yet…
“You knew I was here, so why’d you still come? Could’ve at least had another spoonful of soup instead of wasting the trip.”
“…”
“…? What?”
Why did his expression look like that?
Seres caught sight of Kainel radiating obvious displeasure and threw him a puzzled look.
A hand swept through the air.
In the next instant, his hand reached toward Seres’s left ear, which had been hidden behind her hair.
“Ah…”
Seres let out a short breath at his gesture.
‘As always, his perception is irritatingly sharp.’
She’d taken a slight wound while dealing with the boss just moments ago.
Had she been careless? She’d dodged the boss’s attack—or so she thought—but the creature’s razor-sharp claws had caught the tip of her ear instead.
“What are you doing.”
“What?”
“Why did you get hurt.”
…What the hell was he saying?
“Why did you get hurt, I’m asking.”
Seres seriously considered smacking the back of his head at the absurd sight of him even flickering killing intent in his eyes.
“I’m the one who’s hurt, so why are you upset?”
Did I want to get hurt? Now this bastard was really grasping at straws.
“Come with me.”
“Why? It’s not even work hours yet.”
“Aren’t you going to get treated?”
“Of course I am.”
“Then come with me.”
“I can just treat myself…”
Whoosh!
“Hey…”
Seres could only throw another exasperated look at the way he hooked her hand and pulled her along.
‘Sigh.’
Fine, do whatever you want.
After taking down the boss, she didn’t have the energy to fight anymore.
In the end, Seres found herself dragged away from the Academy in Kainel’s grasp.
“Now then, you two should come along with me. I’ve prepared some delicious refreshments.”
Kainel’s aide Del ushered along the two dazed children of the Drew Marquis Household and moved forward.
Catching sight of the cake box Del held, Kkamangi smacked his lips eagerly.
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“It really has been subjugated.”
“…”
By the time Aseraian arrived at the Academy with his forces, the Black Forest had already vanished. All that remained scattered about were the corpses of giants sprawled across the ground and the wreckage of damaged buildings.
“How did Grand Duke Persha know beforehand?”
“I couldn’t say…”
At his aide’s words, Crown Prince Aseraian felt the same bewilderment.
How could he possibly have known? That everything would be over and done with before they even arrived.
“What of the casualties?”
“There are those with serious injuries, but no deaths. As for the buildings, as you can see…”
“Well, it’s fortunate at least…”
None other than an A-Rank Black Forest. That the casualties remained contained to this extent was almost a miracle.
The problem was that he couldn’t fathom what had caused this miracle at all.
“Aseraian.”
Aseraian, lost in thought, lifted his gaze at the adjutant’s call.
A figure came rushing toward them across the grounds.
It was Metyu, the Academy’s security chief.
“Your Highness, I greet you.”
Aseraian nodded toward Metyu, who bowed respectfully, and posed his question at once.
“What exactly happened? Will you explain?”
“Yes, of course!”
Metyu bowed again, then recounted in detail what he had witnessed.
“A female student?”
“A shadow? You’re telling me a shadow attacked the monster?”
Yet the more the two men heard from the security chief’s account, the more bewildered they became.
A female student, no less? And what in the world was this shadow?
“Do you remember her face?”
“It was far too dark to make out the details, I’m afraid. My apologies.”
The event had unfolded so rapidly that there had been no opportunity to observe the figure properly.
“From what little I could discern, her hair appeared to be platinum blonde…….”
Though even that, he admitted, was uncertain.
In the dim light, it had merely seemed that way.
“Platinum blonde?”
Aseraian found a certain figure surfacing unbidden in his mind.
A woman who had, of late, drawn his notice more than once.
But he quickly lowered his gaze.
The girl he knew bore no resemblance to a swordswoman whatsoever.
“Your Highness, they say the boss’s corpse lies over there.”
“Then let us go.”
At the adjutant’s words, Aseraian set aside his musings and made his way toward where the boss lay dead.
He well understood that the Black Forest had been purged so swiftly precisely because the boss had been eliminated.
Which made the mystery all the deeper.
Who could have dispatched an A-Rank Black Forest boss? And in such a short span of time, no less!
If the security chief’s account was accurate, it was likely the handiwork of that figure who appeared to be a female student…….
“Extraordinary.”
Shortly after witnessing the boss’s corpse, Aseraian could not suppress an exclamation of awe.
Beyond the sheer size—readily over ten meters—the prince’s breath caught at the sight of the giant’s hand.
The black talons extending from it appeared as sharp as any blade.
Even the slightest brush against them would have shredded flesh entire.

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