Going to the Magic Academy was something Tsukasa had planned a long time ago. From the moment she learned from her teacher that a Reincarnator was born into the Royal Family, she had already formulated the nascent form of this plan.
Reincarnators are modern people after all. They are different from the natives of this world; they don't have as much attachment and loyalty. Even if they are born into nobility, they cannot change the nature formed in their previous lives.
Such people are most suitable for manipulation.
"Student Shunsuke Yamada, huh?"
Although she had no impression of him at all, she hoped he would be a sensible person.
According to the teacher's introduction, he seemed to be a very gentle person. To be honest, she didn't quite understand what kind of trait 'gentle' was supposed to be. Furthermore, using 'gentle' to describe a boy always felt a bit off to her. Her only impression of gentle men came from Japanese manga protagonists, but in her eyes, that wasn't exactly a positive evaluation. From her perspective, this so-called 'gentleness' was actually just a synonym for indecisiveness and being overly sentimental.
However, she was naturally someone who wasn't good at socializing, so it was normal for her not to have a clear understanding of the impression of 'gentleness.' Since the teacher said he was a good kid, she might have misunderstood. For the time being, she would take the teacher's word for it and treat Yamada Shunsuke as a good student.
Tsukasa didn't know that in the eyes of the current teacher, her
former students were all good students.
Her plan was very simple and crude. If Yamada Shunsuke was willing to be obedient, she would make him the King of this country at the fastest possible speed. Then, in the name of the Kingdom, she would expose the evidence she had gathered regarding the crimes of the Elf Race and recruit a massive army in the name of righteousness to crusade against the evil elves.
When that time came, she would join the allied forces in her capacity as a Witch and lead the army to take down the Elf Race. As for the matter of the Reincarnators inside the Elf settlement, a solution had already been found. This was the result of a discussion she had after being cornered by a group of people during a trip to the Labyrinth, where she eventually collaborated with them.
That's right, that group of people was Wakaba-san's group.
There wasn't much to say about that incident. At the time, she just felt that the timing was about right and wanted to check on the Bone Dragon's condition. Since her connection with the Bone Dragon was still intact and she knew it wasn't in danger, she assumed the people from the Demon Race had given up on seeking revenge against her.
But events proved that she had still been careless.
The moment she teleported over, her path of retreat was blocked by two women—one in white and one in black. She was very familiar with the white-haired woman, as she was the Wakaba-san from her previous life; except for the hair color, she hadn't changed at all. As for the black-haired girl, she only found out later that she was the Demon Lord.
Being cornered by these two, she wouldn't have been able to escape even if she had wings.
Fortunately, they weren't there for revenge; otherwise, she would have been dead that day. Whether it was Wakaba-san or that Demon Lord who looked like she lacked any sense of majesty, their power far exceeded her previous estimates.
After the Demon Lord stated her purpose, she realized they actually shared a common enemy. The Demon Lord's side was also thinking about how to destroy the Elf Race. Under the Demon Lord's explanation, Tsukasa learned that the Demon Lords Army started the war to save the world, and another goal was to eliminate the Elf Race.
After they realized she was also dealing with the Elf Race, they wanted to cooperate with her.
The terms of the cooperation were that the Demon Race would help rescue those Reincarnators and ensure no one was lost. Her task was to help the Demon Race deal with the border guards so the Demon Lords Army could enter, and also to break the Elf Race's barrier. Although she had to contribute more in this cooperation, it increased the probability of eliminating the Elf Race, so she didn't have any complaints and agreed to cooperate with them immediately.
As for Wakaba-san asking to borrow the Ruler Key afterward, losing that item wouldn't affect her skill effects, and it was useless for her to hold onto it anyway. Although it was a key to enter the internal system, there was a System Goddess inside, and she had absolutely no desire to go there. Remembering that Wakaba-san had helped her a lot before, she lent the Ruler Key to Wakaba-san.
She felt she might have misunderstood Wakaba-san before, because the reason the Demon Lords Army was willing to help rescue the Reincarnators was due to Wakaba-san's request. This meant Wakaba-san joining the Demon Lords Army was likely a sacrifice of her own freedom to protect these classmates. Although it didn't feel like something that Wakaba-san would do, she didn't actually know what kind of person Wakaba-san really was.
So this was very likely the truth. For a moment, she felt that Wakaba-san's figure seemed somewhat grand.
Her view of Wakaba-san was completely different from her initial view of the teacher. After all, Wakaba-san's plan was feasible, unlike the teacher's self-deceptive approach.
She hadn't told the teacher about any of these things.
Because in her eyes, the teacher was useless except for being cute.
Regarding the matters at the Night Sky Pavilion.
She had originally hoped the teacher could help her manage it, and even hoped the teacher could suppress Leona. But the actual situation now was that Leona was completely managing the Night Sky Pavilion's affairs, and the teacher was just there helping out. The only good thing the teacher did was win over Leona through their emotional bond; now, Leona seemed to have completely integrated herself as a member of the Night Sky Pavilion.
She honestly didn't know how the teacher, with that silly appearance, managed to control a young lady like Leona. She couldn't learn that method; her only way of controlling people was through magic.
Chronos moved very quickly.
The next day, she arrived at the villa with the admission notice from the Magic Academy.
Facing Tsukasa in her Witch persona, she didn't dare to breathe heavily.
In her eyes, the Witch and her superior, Lord Uchiha, were beings on the same level.
"That will do. You may return. This is your reward for this mission."
After confirming there were no issues with the school's admission notice.
Tsukasa took out a Magic Sword from her storage item and handed it to Chronos. She could clearly see Chronos's excitement in that moment; for a swordsman, a Magic Sword possessed that kind of allure.
But in reality, a Magic Sword wasn't anything particularly precious; it was just a sword imbued with spells. For her, having mastered Alchemy Magic, creating a Magic Sword was an incredibly simple task.
"The spell on this Magic Sword is Dark Erosion."
「Dark Erosion」:
"A domain magic where enemies within the domain will lose HP and MP based on a percentage."
The magic on the Magic Sword was only Level 5.
The effect was:
"Within the domain, lose 0.5% HP and MP every second."
However, this magic had a weakness: it could not be fatal.
When the opponent's health points dropped to 1,
they would stop decreasing.
Chronos accepted the Magic Sword with immense excitement.
"Thank you, My Lady!"
Although she could see that the Lady didn't care about this Magic Sword, when she later saw the effect of this magic, she couldn't help but gasp. This Magic Sword was simply too powerful.
She felt somewhat apprehensive about receiving a Magic Sword of this level for just doing a small task. It was only after asking Lord Uchiha and learning that creating a Magic Sword of that level was nothing to the Witch that she set aside her worries.
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