I Became the Academy’s Pink Airhead

Rota coughed due to the acrid smoke. Because she had been shouting so much, she felt a stinging pain in her throat that was burning hot.

“Cough, cough—!”

Twitch—

Even her cat ears felt strangely hot, as if smoke had gotten into them too.

‘Where is Kara?’

She could see the small mecha army moving, but it was impossible to pinpoint exactly where she was.

And then she heard monstrous cries.

Kieeek—!!

“Kyaaaah—!!”

While looking around. Again, an sub-adult chaos insect poked its head out from a mound of dirt on the ground. There, an injured elf student was struggling to escape.

Kieeek—!!

The chaos insect was looking at the female student, drooling mucus profusely from its mouth.

‘…Disgusting.’

Rota shouted in a very hoarse voice.

“Nyaan—!”

An orange cat appeared in the mouth of the sub-adult chaos insect that had rushed in. And they exploded, spewing numerous daggers while putting their teeth to the chaos insect’s throat.

Meow—!

Meow—!

Cats swelling up while emitting light.

They explode while being bound by Rota’s buff skill, [Ether Link].

It was a more efficient attack than simply throwing daggers.

Splat—!!

The cats, without leaving any form behind, gloriously oxidize while scattering numerous daggers.

“…”

…Still, it was efficient.

Just a bit unsettling to watch.

The injured elf female student limped into the barricade created by the theology department students.

“Th-Thank you! Lady [Golden Witch]!”

“Ah, I’m not quite at that level yet.”

Hearing those words, her face flushed and she reflexively denied it, but. The elf student paid no mind and fled into the plant barricade.

‘I can’t even see where everyone went…’

She could no longer hear any noise. It wasn’t that the surroundings had become quiet. Rather, her mind had become dazed from sounds that seemed to drive her crazy.

‘Focus, focus…!’

Rota took deep breaths to not lose herself in that.

“Huff… Huff…”

Having gone through numerous chaotic situations, she keenly felt that losing her reason would make her a burden. She didn’t want to be a burden to her friends who were fighting somewhere.

As she took a deep breath, filling her small chest, she felt the air of pandemonium along with the smell of gunpowder.

“Huff… Huff…”

Okay.

After regaining her senses like that, she deals with the chaos insects.

She points her finger at every visible spot and chants shortened spells.

“Nyaan—! Nyan, nyan!!”

Wherever her pointing finger touches, chaos insects’ heads burst. It was a ridiculous sight like setting off numerous fireworks.

Splat—!

Bang—!

Crack—!

There’s no leisure to use large-scale fairy tale magic now.

The ground shakes, and chaos insects appearing from who knows where.

Grotesquely twisted beings that can’t even be distinguished as sub-adults or adults kept swarming endlessly. Even if killed, they regenerate again along with black threads.

Those guys had now given up even fighting and were forcibly advancing towards some place.

□□□□—!!

□□□□!!!

…!!

□□—!!

A situation where numerous shouts and screams were mixed.

As if it wasn’t chaotic enough, it seemed like something had happened.

‘What’s going on…?!’

When Rota looked back. She realized where these infinitely regenerating chaos insects that had been rushing at them were heading.

‘Are they clinging to the World Tree’s roots?’

The roots of the World Tree that bless the farmlands of . Chaos insects were clinging to vines larger than any great tree.

Shaaaaat—!!

The chaos insects that had broken through the defense line and finally advanced were clinging there like aphids. They were burying their pincer-like mouths and gulping down something.

‘Why on earth…? It should be a meaningless action since it’s far from the World Tree’s trunk…?’

Since the World Tree is essentially close to a tree except for its trunk part… It was an action no different from just sucking on a tree.

Just because they’re thirsty?

“…”

But it seemed like they shouldn’t leave it alone.

Just as she was about to head there.

From a place where voices shouldn’t be heard.

The voices of a boy and girl were heard above Rota’s head.

[Found you—!!]

[I’ll kill you, orange inferior species—!!]

“…!”

Swoosh—!!

Two brown dragonflies rushing in.

With their pointed skewer-like mouths extended, their attack plunging straight down was like a throwing spear. Two giant spears over 10 meters long were aiming at Rota and coming down.

[Twin Priests]

The brother and sister were joining forces and rushing in.

They were charging, drawing a large straight line in the sky.

If pierced by those, she would probably die without even leaving a form behind, like the chaos insects she had killed so far.

“Ah…”

Rota’s body froze stiff the moment she saw that.

‘Ah, I’m going to die.’

She could tell instinctively.

Her mind went blank.

She closed her eyes tightly, bracing for the pain.

The only word she thought of at the end was:

‘Sorry.’

…

…

…

But…

She didn’t die.

“…?”

Hot heat.

She feels hot heat beyond her closed eyes.

When Rota opened her eyes.

There were giant bird wings there.

Whoosh—!!

They were huge wings burning with red flames.

Wings so large that just one could be used as a blanket for all the students of . Between the two wings was a girl with a familiar face.

[Kuk?!]

[That’s…!]

The two dragonflies were shocked seeing the giant flame bird that suddenly interfered.

That bird had a girl’s face.

That flame had a familiar energy.

She was spewing flames that could kill a ‘dragon’.

Brown bobbed hair.

What she held in both hands was a longsword burning with red flames.

A crimson holy sword… darker than the red of ether.

Alvit turned back and shouted.

“Rota—!! Are you okay?!”

“…Alvit.”

“I’m sorry. I was too late.”

“Uh, um… Those wings?”

Apart from being saved, tt was amazing that she suddenly came with such huge wings.

Alvit grinned and answered her friend’s sudden question.

“The form of my soul.”

[Ruby Flash].

That was the power the hero had discovered for herself.

But Rota tilted her head hearing those words.

“…Is that imitating what Senior Clara said?”

“…”

Alvit pouted at her tactless friend’s question.

No romance at all.

“Alvit Comrade—!!”

And suddenly Kara appeared in the distance leading his [Revolutionary Comrades]. The flag she was holding had long since become tattered.

“What on earth are those wings?”

“She said it’s the form of her soul.”

“Is she imitating Senior Comrade Clara? It seems to lack some gravitas though.”

“…”

Unromantic guys.

And there were unromantic guys up above too.

The two giant dragonflies shouted while busily moving through the sky.

[Moin!! We must kill that one!!]

[I know… I know!!]

“…!”

Alvit said to her two friends.

“Senior?”

“…I don’t know.”

“[Verdant Great Bow]… Senior Anna?”

“…Don’t know.”

Then…

Now was the time only they had to break through.

The time they thought would come someday had arrived.

Breaking away from Senior Clara’s embrace. Now the battlefield they had to break through for the first time.

‘No, it’s not the first time. It’s exactly where Senior has been leading us until now…’

Alvit shouted confidently.

“You guys, can you follow my wings?”

“…Are you imitating Senior Clara with that too? If you’re going to do that, just call your epithet [Spiral] too.”

“I thought she had a strangely cool side… I didn’t know she had such a cute side.”

“Shut up—!”

Slam—!

Alvit aimed her ruby holy sword towards the sky. There was… the executive that the senior had been fighting alone until now.

This time for sure.

“We’ll defeat them—!!”

Whoosh—!!

Alvit’s two wings burst into flames. At the same time, the two priests spewing killing intent from beyond the sky also rushed towards her.

Booooom—!!

A ruby flash shone in the sky.

* * *

Future— He takes out an object full of magic circles from his bosom. It was an object that blocks the opponent’s movements for a while.

Present— He puts his hand into his bosom. I’ve already seen what he will do in the future.

Zing—!

Wrapped in a rainbow spiral, I approached the prophet’s side.

“…!”

The rainbow vision flashes.

The approaching future has changed.

Future— The prophet escapes.

‘Where to?’

The prophet flinches seeing the instantly closed distance. Reflexively flapping his black robe, he uses spatial movement to create distance.

Fwooosh!

His figure disappears from the western valley of the academy city.

“Tch—!”

I closed my eyes and focused.

Then rainbow-colored light clusters follow the prophet according to my will. My vision follows him like opening an internet map.

I was quickly chasing after the scenery of the academy city.

Valley.

Sky.

Golden Street.

Plains.

East.

Numerous sceneries were passing by swiftly.

It felt like becoming a bird, flying at the speed of light.

Swoosh—!!

The prophet was visible where he stopped.

‘I see him!’

He’s moving to the eastern plains.

I feel his power in the east of the academy city.

Though he simply fled to the farthest east from the west, it was the place I knew best. It was where I had wandered countless times pedaling Red Hare.

It was a wasteland filled with memories of Hilde and me.

“Reach, [Bifrost]—!”

The rainbow spiral enveloping my body.

Leaping over tens of kilometers, I chased after him who had fled from the western valley. Along with an impact ringing in my head, I saw the leisurely sky of the eastern plains.

A black dot in the middle of the blue sky.

Found him.

I’ll kill him.

“[Bifrost]!”

I appeared in front of him.

The prophet had anticipated it, forming a hand seal made of black ether. Then black threads entangled in the air, and black chains sprang forth.

Rattle!

“[Gleipnir]—!”

This too is a scene from the future.

The scene of the present that has returned.

He was still in the same posture.

“[Gleipnir]—!”

“It’s useless!!”

I created a small spiral in my fist and thrust it out. Rainbow-colored fragments were created at the end of the endlessly rotating ether.

Crack—!!

The chains containing ominous power scatter.

The prophet’s figure beyond those fragments disappeared.

He must have realized I was seeing the future and preparing.

‘Did he induce attention to that side by making an impressive attack?’

After the rainbow vision has already passed.

It was impossible to see the immediate future.

But…

“If he disappears, from behind—!!”

Because you’re an unmanly guy who aims for the opponent’s weakness.

I thrust my fist behind without hesitation.

Tuuung—!!

Then it hit the prophet’s face beyond a crack formed in empty space. As expected, when he’s scared he tries to stab from behind right away.

Because it’s a move that can surely incapacitate an off-guard opponent.

‘I understand that feeling. Because I often had such delusions too.’

…But high school girls don’t fight so cowardly.

I filled the fist that hit the prophet’s face with ether and made it explode.

Boooom—!!

He fell rapidly from the sky to the ground. His trajectory falling diagonally through the blue sky is clear.

The prophet quickly distancing himself.

But I immediately appeared in front of him again as he distanced himself.

“[Bifrost]!!”

“…!”

The prophet is shocked seeing me freely using spatial movement.

The prophet who had been hit by an attack in the sky. Just when it seemed he was distancing himself while falling to the ground, suddenly a pink airhead appeared in midair.

‘Did he kill Hilde by toying with her with spatial movement like this too?’

I’ll kill you.

Following you to the ends of this world.

I’ll definitely kill you.

I swung without leaving afterimages of my fists. Along with a sound like firing a machine gun, he started getting buried in the ground.

Tudadada—!!

“Kuuuk—?!”

So he can’t survive even if he regenerates in black. To thoroughly crush and erase him from this world.

I tried to kill him while swinging my fists.

Tudadada—!!

Despite exchanging so many blows, the prophet’s robe was only now slightly torn.

At that moment.

Two voices were heard.

One was Urd’s voice.

-Clara—! Look inside!!

One was the voice of pink airhead Senior… the spirit of the sword, Verdandi.

-Junior—! Stop him!! Look inside the robe!!

I lifted the prophet’s robe.

There, a vast darkness spread out in distorted space. Magic that separated space… a power possessed by ancient beast gods was cast.

The black robe was no different from a universe.

Beyond another universe… a silver star was visible.

It was floating while wrapped in chains in the darkness.

“Hilde…!”

The prophet had already recovered and grabbed my hand.

“Kuh, that place…! It’s not for you to go!!”

“Shut up!! Reach!! [Bifrost]—!!”

A rainbow spiral enveloped me, heading towards the infinite subspace spread inside the robe.

‘Reach…!’

I instantly reached right in front of the silver star. I untied the chains wrapped around the body of the impossibly pale silver girl.

“…Hilde!”

“…La, ra.”

I reached her.