The Greatest Warrior of All Time Returns

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Chapter 498

What changed Arsha was trauma caused by separation anxiety.

And after she completely overcame the trauma of her past, it began when she enrolled in the Imperial Academy.

She had been such a quiet, pure child.

But as the child grew up and mingled with the academy cadets, she became a tomboy.

“Wouldn’t it be right to just destroy the academy?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Arsha isn’t a little kid anymore either.”

Arsha had already passed adulthood.

“To be precise, it’s our family’s genes finally showing their temper.”

Melissa muttered while clutching her throbbing head.

Now that I thought about it, Melissa and I had both caused quite a lot of trouble since we were young.

Melissa had been on the milder side at first, but as for me, hadn’t I caused accidents at every turn and been grabbed by Melissa and dragged away?

“You know. I’m thinking maybe it’s better this way. As for the compensation, well, I don’t know how much it’ll come out to, but we can just pay it, and they say that’ll be enough on their end too.”

It did seem like they were giving Arsha some convenience because she was from the Cascadia family, but…….

Once might be fine, but if this kept happening, it would become troublesome.

“You were still quite the model student, weren’t you?”

“You know I was part of the student council, right? When I got stressed, I’d take it out on the guys breaking school rules, and then I wasn’t breaking any rules myself and everything got resolved.”

Saying that, Melissa smiled wistfully.

It was then.

“Family Head. An additional letter has arrived from the Imperial Academy.”

Looking at the letter the maid brought, Melissa opened it with a relaxed expression.

And then.

Thud…….

The letter fell from her hand.

I picked it up.

“…….”

Due to the accident caused by Cadet Arsha Cascadia, we request that you pay 1.5 billion Sels in compensation for the damaged school building, destroyed artifacts, and various other items.

-Imperial Academy Finance Department-

“Are my eyes wrong…….”

I muttered, rubbing my eyes as if they had gone blurry.

However, the number written in the letter did not change.

No. I must have seen the number wrong.

[The possibility that you have misread the numerical value is infinitely low.]

-It says 1.5 billion.

At the Librarian and Lucifer’s sharp, fatal comments, I closed my eyes.

Considering Cascadia’s current financial power, 1.5 billion sels was not actually a large sum of money.

No, in truth, it was a level that was no big deal.

However.

Melissa had always emphasized that if one perceived the concept of money that recklessly, one would get badly burned.

I thought the same as well.

And.

The amount of 1.5 billion…….

When considered on the standard of something caused by an individual, it was an enormous sum of money.

“1.5 billion…….”

Melissa slowly rose from her seat.

“Rudy. Any contact from Arsha?”

“Th-that…… she hasn’t replied.”

Melissa pushed back her chair with a clatter and stood, then trudged over to the wall.

There, the sword I had made for her was hanging.

“I’m sorry. Dad. I promised I’d protect my younger sibling for sure.”

Sreung…… click!

With a chilling sound, she drew the sword slightly and then pushed it back in as she opened her mouth.

“Where is that damn bitch.”

* * *

With her usually lively smile, friendly personality, polite conduct, and endlessly bright energy, Arsha Cascadia was quite a famous figure at the academy.

It was not only because of the prestige of her family, but Arsha Cascadia’s sociability was truly astonishing.

Leaving aside the family’s position or the schemes among nobles, there were many who acted favorably toward Arsha alone.

If one asked the cadets who their favorite senior or junior was, Arsha’s name would come up seven times out of ten.

Among the male cadets, there were many who admired Arsha, who had a beautiful appearance, excellent grades, and good skills.

Literally, a flower on a cliff.

A flower that was beautiful but difficult to pluck—such was the existence known as Arsha.

That Arsha’s face was currently pale blue.

The clubroom she was in, unlike the other clubrooms, was located in a small grove on the outskirts of the academy building.

The reason was simple.

Because that was romantic!

That had been the staggering single remark of the senior who had invited her to the club.

“Senior…… Is that. True?”

“Huh? Yeah. My classmate is a graduate student under the professor in charge of the Finance Department, you know. They said a letter was sent directly to the Cascadia territory? Compensation of 1.5 billion sels.”

“No, even if it was half-destroyed, it shouldn’t be an amount expensive enough to come out to that much?!”

She shouted in a hurry, but the senior merely shrugged.

“Well, I think so too. But I guess you were unlucky. Apparently, of all things, they were carrying out an operation test on an artifact sent by the Imperial Family inside the old building. And then your chow tiger went kwaaang!”

“Senior!”

“Ahahahahaha!! Khehehe! How can the compensation amount be 1.5 billion…… Kheheheuk! Oh man, I’m dying! People of the academy! Our junior here caused a massive accident!!”

The sight of him rolling around on the floor and laughing as if he had completely committed to it made her blood boil.

The chow tiger he was talking about was none other than Radon.

How could one be this unlucky!

Arsha’s vision went dark.

She grabbed the arm of the senior who was looking into some unknown, grotesque ancient book.

“Senior! Help me!”

“Ahem! Let go! Are you trying to get us all killed together!”

The boy before her was the prince of Pascalia, one year older than Arsha.

Kelis Lu Pascalia.

A member of the Imperial Family, and a direct descendant at that, yet a lunatic who had no interest in imperial succession and was completely obsessed with paranormal phenomena.

And.

He was also the person who had brought her here.

“Senior! A club junior is feeling a threat to her life right now, and is that really what you should be doing?! Besides, you helped with that revenge!”

At Arsha’s shout, Kelis chuckled and nodded.

“Mm. That’s right. I did help. But Arsha.”

“Yes, Senior.”

“Taking responsibility for yourself is what makes you an adult. You’re an adult too, so you should…….”

“Shut up!!”

Arsha clutched her head with both hands and groaned.

“Ah…… no. At this rate, my sister will come looking for me. Then I’ll die…….”

Clatter!! Bang!!

Soon, the door burst open and three men and women entered.

Orena Lavren, a direct descendant of Lavren.

Cheon Muhyeong, who was originally from a young family head of an eastern continent noble house, but was now studying abroad at the Imperial Academy as a senior.

And finally, Robed Allen, a candidate for High Priest of the Holy Kingdom.

“Arsha! I heard you got caught after causing trouble? Ahahahahaha!!”

Looking at the boy who was openly roaring with laughter, Arsha ground her teeth.

What kind of High Priest candidate was that?

He was just a rotten lunatic with a nasty personality.

“Senior……. Grit…… gnash.”

“Whoops. Your teeth are going to fall out. I can heal you, but. You know this, right?”

At the senior’s pathetic appearance as he curled his index finger and thumb into a circle and demanded payment, Arsha’s eyes shone fiercely.

“Stop teasing her. Robed. Our cute junior is in trouble. How can you laugh?”

At the sight of the girl covering her mouth with one hand and making a bitter expression, Arsha narrowed her eyes.

“Senior Orena. Move your hand.”

At that, when Orena moved her hand, the corners of her mouth could be seen rising.

“Oh dear. I got caught.”

None of them were any help.

Looking at Cheon Muhyeong, the only senior who still looked like a young boy, Arsha made a tearful face.

“Senior Cheon, you won’t be like that, right?”

“Arsha. Don’t worry. People don’t die easily.”

These people!

Grinding her teeth, she shouted.

“Forget it! I’m leaving this stupid club!”

The moment she turned around, the seniors all grabbed onto her arms and legs at once and clung to her.

“Uh~ go ahead and leave! If you leave, the club can just go under~”

“Where do you think you’re running off to? No. You’re trapped in an antlion pit.”

“Arsha. Want some snacks?”

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There was not a single helpful senior among them.

In truth, the paranormal club that Arsha belonged to was also quite a famous club.

For the fact that not a single person in it was sane, that is.

If the student council came to catch them at every turn, that said it all.

Despite the fact that many men within the academy had fallen for Arsha, the reason they did not enter the paranormal club was also because the nickname of this paranormal club was the Abyss.

The club president and senior, Prince Kelis, who had been laughing so hard that the clubroom seemed like it might shake apart, wiped away even the tears that had flowed from laughter and chuckled.

“Khehehehe. Even after living all this time, you, who blew away a school building because you got angry, aren’t exactly sane either.”

“Senior!”

When Arsha shouted with a sense of betrayal, Kelis waved his hand dismissively.

Then he rose from his seat.

“Now, now. Guys. First of all, she’s our junior, and once we graduate, the one who has to protect this club is Arsha, right? Right now, we seniors have to protect her. Isn’t that so?!”

“Mm…… well, I do think the same.”

When Orena Lavren agreed, the other seniors also agreed.

“Now. Then from now on, we are going to find a way to make our youngest club member escape. Everyone, grab your tools.”

The paranormal club, which studied specific paranormal phenomena that even necromancers could not uncover.

It was called the Abyss from the outside.

But it had another nickname.

That was none other than the Trickery Club.

These madmen were also doing side jobs bringing in items that should not be brought into the school, or plotting schemes on someone’s behalf.

An imperial prince, a direct descendant of one of the thirteen great families, a young family head from the eastern continent, and a candidate for High Priest of the Holy Kingdom—such were the people they were.

Of course, because their skills were certain, Arsha felt hope.

“Don’t worry. No matter what means we use, we’ll help you escape. What happens after that is up to you, though. The plan is already sufficient. You don’t need to worry about anything.”

“That much is enough!”

Arsha nodded vigorously.

“Thank you. Seniors! I’ll definitely buy you coffee later!”

Bang bang bang!!!

It was then.

When the door of the clubroom was knocked with loud bangs, everyone’s gazes turned there.

Creeeak.

“Excuse me. I’m Melissa Cascadia. I heard my younger sister is a member here.”

Soon, a woman with beautiful gray-colored eyes entered.

Melissa Cascadia.

A person who had once been an academy cadet, and was also a senior from an earlier class than theirs.

And.

Excluding Isna, the officially youngest Sword Master on the continent.

Seeing her, Arsha’s face turned pale blue, and she looked at the seniors.

The seniors had said they already had a plan!

What she could believe in was the stratagem of those seniors who would save her from the clutches of that death god-like sister.

It was then.

“Arsha Cascadia is here!!! Senior!!”

Prince Kelis threw away even the pride of an imperial family member and prostrated himself flat before Melissa just like that.

“We caught her for you!”

Right after that, Orena Lavren prostrated herself flat, and the others reacted at the same time as well.

“We even hid the information on purpose!”

The betrayal of the High Priest candidate.

“Mm. If one has done wrong, one must be punished.”

Even the betrayal of the senior from the eastern continent whom she had trusted.

They were trash-like seniors for whom the phrase “a betrayal faster than light” fit perfectly.

“Wh-what nonsense are these traitors saying!”

The moment she, flustered, stepped back one step, then two.

The enemy-like seniors of the club, including Kelis, grabbed Arsha’s arms and legs.

At the same time, Melissa approached with a pretty smile.

“Our little sister. You caused trouble, didn’t you? Shall we hear just what you did for the compensation to come out to that much?”

“Kyaaak!! No! Radon! Nessi! Save me!!”

At Arsha’s cry, Radon, who normally would have appeared, was already curled up in the corner in the form of a small cat, trembling violently.

And.

Tstststst…….

From the teleportation circle that formed on the floor, one small tentacle slowly rose up, shook left and right as if expressing refusal, and disappeared.

Even the magic beasts she had trusted betrayed her!

Horrified, Arsha attempted a final negotiation.

“S-sister. Let’s talk this out!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll watch over your end with my own eyes.”

At the same time, Melissa’s hand shot out like a flash of light and snatched Arsha’s ear.

“Follow me, you bitch. You’re really dead today.”

“Kyaaaak! Save…… save me! Senior! Brother!!”

Watching her being dragged away while screaming, the club seniors looked at one another.

“What do you think will happen?”

“What do you mean, what will happen? I heard from the seniors. That Senior Melissa. They said her personality was seriously no joke. It runs in the family.”

“Well, they did say the Martial God’s personality was no joke too.”

“Graeven Coltus. That lunatic should consider himself lucky. He spread a scandal with Arsha and tried to use it to do something, and ended up hospitalized, so that was the end of it. If not, that anger would have been directed at him too.”

Though it was not one of the thirteen families, it was also true that the weight of the Cascadia name was incomparably stronger than it had been in the past.

“Still, it’s a little pitiful. The way she called for her brother.”

“It is. News of the Martial God’s survival still hasn’t arrived, after all.”

“He’s known to have died together with that monster. Even if she acts bright on the outside, she must be suppressing sadness inside.”

Finishing their conversation among themselves, the seniors expressed their condolences for Arsha as she was dragged away.

At the same time.

“S-save me! Please save me!!”

Graeven Coltus, the culprit who had caused Arsha to cause the accident, looked around while completely frozen stiff.

Around him, death knights in the form of black wraiths were lined up and surrounding him, and before him, someone wearing a black robe and a bear mask over their head was silently looking down at him.

“They say you spread a scandal about Arsha Cascadia? Looks like you roughly spread rumors and somehow tried to create public opinion to create a point of contact, but…….”

A strangely distorted voice.

Because of that voice, Graeven could not tell who that person was at all.

His eyes rolled around.

His guards had already been unconscious for a long time.

As soon as he was caught rolling his eyes, one wraith death knight approached, squatted down, matched his eye level, and wagged its index finger left and right.

The meaning was…….

Do not try any petty tricks.

He gulped down his saliva.

Each and every one of them was exuding a presence equivalent to the level of a Sword Master. Then just who in the world was that?

Why was a necromancer with this level of skill at the academy?!

All sorts of thoughts came to him, but in the end, he did not recall the truth about Leon Cascadia.

Because he was already a dead hero of the continent.

Soon, the figure wearing the teddy bear mask slowly approached and looked down at him.

Because the teddy bear’s eyes revealed no emotion, it felt even more frightening instead.

Seeing that, Graeven trembled violently, then screamed and foamed at the mouth right there.

After that day, Graeven Coltus began screaming and running away like a man possessed whenever he saw even Arsha’s shadow.

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