The Heroines All Want to Kill Me

"...You bastard,remove the magic circle first."

" remove the magic circle, Frey. If you do, I can spare your life."

"Are you planning to sacrifice the lives of everyone in the commoner dormitory?"

When I summoned all the monsters and wore an evil smile, the people on the top floor began to shout in panic. It seemed that no one here actually knew how to remove this magic circle.

"..."

Of course, Serena, who was quickly reverse - analyzing the magic circle in the distance, would understand soon.

'Hahaha! It's useless!'

So, I decided to speed up my plan. Stroking the Stone of Domination, I began to control the crow that had been standing by the window with its mouth open.

"That, that guy is...!"

"...The Demon King's pet, right?"

The crow's eyes sparkled, it cawed a few times around, and then flew over and landed on my head. I immediately gathered starlight magic in my throat and started imitating its voice. At this moment, the heroines who had memories of the previous round all showed shocked expressions. After all, they were already tired of seeing that crow that was always by the Demon King's side, and naturally remembered its voice, so such a reaction was only natural.

"This guy has fallen under my mental control. So, whatever you say is in vain."

Using the hidden power of the Stone of Domination that can control all monsters, I manipulated the crow's expression and continued to speak to the heroines in an arrogant tone.

"Whatever you do, this magic circle will be activated. At that time, the Demon King will reappear in the world after a thousand years."

After saying these words, I gently shook the wings of the crow on my head, looked around arrogantly, and continued, "So, surrender now. If you do, I will appreciate your fighting spirit and let you become members of the Demon King's army..."

"W, we will never surrender!!"

However, Pelosh interrupted me and took a step forward.

"Sacred Sun God, please lend your power to humble me... Ugh!!"

Pelosh then began to chant a killing spell that could purify all evil beings. But due to the excessive consumption of sacred power before, she stumbled halfway and finally fell to the ground.

"It's useless. If you don't surrender... there's only death."

When I exuded black aura and spoke to her in a crow - like tone, Klana and Isollette stepped forward and said,

"...We'll deal with him. Pelosh, you focus on gathering sacred power."

"If it's a purification spell, it should be able to eliminate that crow. So, please do your best."

After saying these words, the two of them began to approach me with hostile eyes.

"...Huff."

Seeing Irina and Arianna behind me stretching out their hands to cast magic, I took a deep breath and fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

'...Here today, I have to raise my notoriety as much as possible.'

Perhaps after this 'update' ends, my 'notoriety' across the country will be converted into 'evil points', and the 'accumulated evil points' system will be activated. Since things have developed to this point... it seems I have to make good use of this opportunity to push my notoriety to the extreme. To do this, to restrain the Third Princess with the 'Covenant', I must rely on the Empress who needs me and the Solar God Cult, which has a close relationship with me, to maintain my 'political status'... At the same time, my own image needs to hit rock bottom.

In addition, if I want Serena and her younger brother to completely break with me... this incident is undoubtedly the best opportunity. In this way, after things are over, my image will reach the lowest point, becoming a public enemy of the whole people who can only barely maintain myself with my 'political status'... But it doesn't matter. Because that's exactly what I've been longing for.

'...Moreover, if I want to remove the magic circle, this is the only way.'

What's more, if I want to remove this magic circle naturally in full view of everyone, there's no other way but to make a big scene like this. To completely eliminate those deeply - branded magic graffiti from the first floor to the top floor, the magic powers and sword qi of the world - class heroines must be evenly spread throughout the entire building. When these energies spread evenly...

"Haa!!"

"Heya!!"

Before I could fully sort out my thoughts, Isollette and Klana charged towards me.

"It's useless!!"

I showed an evil expression towards them and shouted in an exaggerated tone. At the same time, I attached pitch - black energy to my sword qi and released it towards them.

— Zzzzzzz!!

At this moment, Isollette suddenly stopped in her tracks, and with a fierce wave of her long sword, a gust of sword qi surged up. A moment later, my black sword qi collided with hers, and black smoke spread out in all directions.

"Whether it's mind control or smoke tricks, since the opportunity has come... then be prepared."

A moment later, a brilliant light seeped out from the pitch - black smoke. Along with Klana's cold words, a destructive ray was launched.

"...Tsk tsk, it seems I've made quite a few enemies usually. Everyone is really ruthless."

I stared straight at that ray, speaking lines as if I were under mental control. At the same time, I blocked the ray with my sword and began to disperse the attack to the lower floors.

"As I thought, I knew it would be like this... Probably."

Just then, Serena, who had been staring at me with sharp eyes, suddenly sneered, and unfolded the fan in her hand.

- I'm. here. to. play. with. you.

Then, she covered her face with the fan, mouthed the words only to me, and then gently winked.

- Probably.

"...This is really troublesome."

She then showed a somewhat skeptical expression, and stopped speaking again. Seeing this, I couldn't help but sigh softly. It seemed that Serena had deciphered the magic circle within a short period of time and deduced my entire plan.

'...However, I had expected this, so I've already come up with a countermeasure.'

She didn't fully trust me. In other words, even if the facts were right in front of her eyes, whenever it came to things related to me, she would always have a bit of 'doubt'. And I could just take advantage of this to disappoint her. Thinking of this, I gently nodded and refocused my gaze on Klana in front of me.

"Haa!"

However, Pelosh suddenly rushed out of the smoke and pounced towards me.

"Miss Pelosh! It's dangerous..."

Klana screamed in panic.

"Ugh!!"

Just then, Isabelle, who had quietly approached from behind her, took a solid punch and flew out. Klana stared blankly at Pelosh, unable to react for a moment.

"...As I thought, rather than quietly accumulate strength in the dark, it's better for me to do my part."

"B, but..."

"I was able to cast that spell immediately at the auction that day because I had reserved sacred power in advance for that moment. So, if I want to use that spell again now, it will take a rather long time to recharge."

Pelosh glanced at Isabelle in the distance, who had her eyes rolled back and was trembling. The Demon King's magic power was almost exhausted. She calmly concluded, "...It's not worthy of being called a saint to stand by and watch a friend in danger in the dark."

"Y, you..."

Klana looked at Pelosh with a somewhat touched expression.

"Ugh..."

However, when they simultaneously released sacred power and sunlight magic at me, while bearing the attacks, I spread the power evenly to the lower floors, and it was excruciatingly painful.

"...Does Frey actually have such strength?"

Isollette, who had been observing me silently, gently adjusted the position of her sword and tilted her head in thought.

"...According to the evil arts recorded in ancient books, the monsters raised by the Demon King will erode people's minds. After injecting the Demon King's power, they will use them as hosts."

At this time, Serena, who had been standing still, joined the heroines and said with a cold expression.

"The aura emanating from Frey is mixed with dark magic that strengthens the body and the power of the Demon King... It seems Miss Serena is right."

Kania softly echoed and squeezed into the circle of heroines. Except for Arianna, who stared at her blankly, the others all nodded silently in agreement.

"...As expected, you're a dark magician."

"You've known for a long time, haven't you?"

"How could I not know? I've slain quite a few dark magicians."

After Isollette spoke calmly, Arianna opened her mouth wide and started stuttering incoherently.

"I, Irina...! D, did you hear that..."

"...The situation is special now. Just pretend you didn't hear it."

Irina gently scolded her like that. Isollette, while gathering sword qi on her sword, said, "However, I don't sense an evil aura from you. If you're willing to help this time, I'll take it into consideration."

"...Thank you."

After that, the two released black aura and sword qi at me respectively, and the others also silently began to gather their own powers.

"All of you..."

In such a situation, I stretched out my arms, slightly raised the corners of my mouth, and shouted loudly,

"...Charge!!"

As soon as the words fell, the monsters lurking behind me pounced on the heroines all at once. I briefly admired the scene, then gently wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth, turned around, and muttered in a low voice,

"...It's time to escape."

Even for me, a direct confrontation was impossible.

.....

"Frey!! Stop!!"

"Miss Pelosh, could it be that you're being protected by the Sun God?"

Following closely behind Pelosh, who rushed out in a hurry, Serena rolled her eyes and threw out a question.

"Yes! But how did you..."

"Seeing you, who has no combat ability, suddenly rush out, anyone can guess. Anyway... we can't use the Sun God's protection now."

"...Why?"

Once the person who drew the magic circle dies, the entire magic circle will go out of control... and everyone will be in danger. So, please restrain yourself."

Serena said sternly. Pelosh showed a frightened expression and nodded repeatedly. Serena looked at her uneasily, then turned around and shouted to the others,

"Everyone, also keep this in mind! Our goal now is not to kill, but to subdue! So, please control your strength appropriately!"

Isollette, who was running at the front, heard these words and said to everyone in a cold voice,

"...Focus on attacking the crow on his head. Once we catch that guy, it's all over."

Immediately after, a non - discriminatory attack was launched on Frey, who was running around in the building.

"It's useless!! If you surrender now, at least you can be a minor pawn in the Demon King's army..."

And Frey, somewhat struggling to block the attacks from all directions, continued to run in a certain direction.

"...Something's wrong."

Irina watched this constantly repeating scene with a rather skeptical look.

'That appearance, I always feel like I've seen it somewhere before...'

For some reason, from the way he nimbly blocked the magic, she was reminded of 'Liana' who had saved her in the 'Ashen Forest'. Exactly, why was that?

- Woooooo!!

Was it because in the sword qi he wielded, although faint, there was a familiar, twinkling magic power?

"Monsters, stop those guys for me!!"

"...Tsk, what principle is he using to control the monsters?"

Or was it because from the voice of the Demon King's pet crow that he kept summoning, she felt the magic power that 'Liana' would exude every time she opened her mouth?

"Miss Arianna, Miss Pelosh! Please help to put up a protective shield!"

"...Damn it, he's deliberately deflecting the attacks in all directions. Doesn't he care about the safety of the students at all?"

If it wasn't that, could it be that he was preparing something and was dispersing everyone's attacks in all directions?

'What on earth are you trying to do, Frey?'

After her magic power was exhausted, two changes occurred to Irina. The first change was that she trained desperately every day to control her magic power, and as a result, she became able to perceive even the slightest magic power acutely. In fact, this was almost an impossible achievement for humans, but Irina was a future great magician. In terms of magic talent, even if you searched through the entire history of the empire, she was one of the top geniuses. Her talent combined with her unremitting efforts made her magic - sensitivity reach a level that shocked the Magic Tower.

Precisely because of this, at this moment, Irina felt an astonishing similarity between Liana's magic power and the magic power Frey was using. Secondly, the time she spent on magic research multiplied. This was mainly due to her innate magic talent. Originally, she didn't need to delve too much into theory, but because her magic power was depleted and she couldn't cast magic, and because she had mastered a lot of magic knowledge accumulated in the previous reincarnations. Unable to conduct a large amount of magic training, Irina, while taking revenge on Frey, also carried out various researches in her dormitory to prevent possible future magic incidents. And the first and most dedicated research she did was the'sacrificial magic circle' that now filled every corner of the commoner dormitory.

"That guy... couldn't it be..."

Although the magic circle was severely damaged and no one could reverse - calculate it, she, relying on the remaining memories in her mind, day after day, speculated and analyzed it, and finally repaired it. At the same time, she also conceived a way to crack the magic circle. The first method was very simple. Just transfer the sacrifices to other places. However, because the inside and outside of the dormitory were separated by time - space magic, the first method was no longer feasible. Therefore, in the current situation, only the rather dangerous and rough second method was left.

This second method... required a large amount of magic power to be evenly spread around the magic circle and then all injected into the medium located in the center of the magic circle. Frankly speaking, this method was too radical and could hardly be called a cracking method. If this was done, the magic power condensed in the medium would resonate with the magic circle and completely shatter the structure of the magic circle. But the reason why this method was quite radical and dangerous was...

- Crackle!!

"...Huh?"

In front of Irina, who was thinking repeatedly, a huge flash suddenly lit up.

- Bang! Boom!!

The wind containing moonlight magic released by Serena's fan - waving and the huge black bird summoned by Kania collided with the sacred power of Pelosh and the golden ray of Klana flying towards Frey, triggering a chain explosion.

- Clang!!!

Frey briefly blocked the sword qi of Isollette flying from the explosion with his sword, and then scattered the magic power scattered around in all directions. At first glance, this scene was rather strange, but the monster s surging from all directions and those who were focused on Frey seemed to have no time to pay attention to these abnormalities. Only Irina, a combat - magic genius who couldn't recklessly cast magic and was quietly observing everything from the rear, noticed something strange.

"...That kind of conflict keeps happening. It's definitely not a coincidence, right?"

Irina watched the constantly repeating scene and muttered in a low voice.

"But... why? Exactly why?"

All the situations and clues pointed to one answer, but my heart and mind were denying that answer no matter what. Therefore, Irina thought repeatedly until her brain was overloaded. She threw a small fireball at the monster that was approaching quietly from behind and muttered in her heart,

'...Put it aside for now.'

In the previous reincarnation, he was so evil and cruel. So, his current behavior might also be part of some kind of evil deed. Just now, when I was a slave in his room, didn't I suffer from his bullying and teasing many times? The unpleasant gaze and sticky touch he cast on me were exactly the same as what I experienced in the previous reincarnation. So, I still can't be sure...

"Cough!!"

Irina was thinking repeatedly when a sudden situation made her eyes widen.

"Ugh... Damn it..."

Frey suddenly spat out blood and stumbled to the ground, sitting down.

.....

"...Finally, has he reached his limit?"

"A mortal body can't endure the Demon King's power for long. This power is too heavy for Frey."

"It's time... to take down the crow on his head and end this."

The people who had been attacking Frey violently were now slowly approaching him, who was sitting on the ground.

"Ugh..."

"Although I don't know why you were mentally controlled, even you can't get away with it this time..."

Isollette, who was walking at the front, said coldly.

"Hehe... Hehehe..."

".....!"

Frey suddenly let out a gloomy laugh, and she immediately stopped in her tracks and quickly drew her long sword.

- Woooooo!!!

Frey swung his sword at her with all his might. In an instant, a murderous sword qi rushed towards Isollette.

"...Ugh!!"

Isollette gritted her teeth and faced the sword qi head - on, but it seemed that she was not strong enough and began to be forced back step by step.

"Haa!!"

To help her, Pelosh and Arianna summoned shields and defensive barriers and began to block the sword qi. The others also joined in and contributed their own strength.

- Rumble!!!

In an instant, the sword qi exploded in the air and finally did not harm anyone.

".....?"

However, when they blocked the sword qi, they found that Frey in front of them had disappeared.

"O, over there!!"

Just as everyone was looking around, searching for Frey because of this abnormal phenomenon, Pelosh widened her eyes and pointed to the first - floor hall.

"Hahaha!!" There, Frey was standing right in the middle of the graffiti, greedily absorbing the scattered magic power.

- Wooooo!! "It's far too late to realize now!!" As his voice echoed through the building, the graffiti from the first floor all the way up to the top floor began to glow brightly. In an instant, the entire building started to shake violently.

- Rumble!! "...I told you, it's useless." Witnessing this, those who instinctively sensed the approaching crisis launched a frenzy of attacks. However, their assaults were either deflected by the massive magic power encircling Frey or simply absorbed without a trace.

"With today's ritual... the great Demon King will be resurrected, and the world will be set on the path to destruction!! Hahaha!!" After uttering these words, Frey levitated into the air and shot upwards at an astonishing speed.

Isollette, who had been watching all of this unfold, gritted her teeth in determination and immediately sprinted towards the top floor, shouting, "...You all stay here. I'm going to the top and diving into that magic power."

"No!! You'll..."

"If it can protect everyone, then it doesn't matter." With that, Isollette swung her sword and shattered the staircase, then took off running. Seeing this, the others also unleashed their magic and rushed towards the top floor.

"...Frey, can you hear me?"

"For the Demon King... for the Demon King's sake..."

Moments later, Isollette, who had been the first to reach the top floor, approached Frey with a calm expression and started talking to him. "It's my fault that I couldn't stop you from becoming like this. So, at least let me take the responsibility and stop you now."

"Ugh..."

"Then..." Just as Frey was being engulfed by the huge torrent of magic power, Isollette finished speaking, drew her sword, and prepared to charge into the magic stream. However...

"...You can't!" Serena, who had suddenly emerged from behind, grabbed Isollette's leg and tripped her, halting her actions.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!"

"W, what...? What's wrong with her...?"

"F, first, put up a protective shield..."

Moments later, the others who had been delayed by the collapsed staircase and Isollette stared blankly at Frey, who was now suspended in mid - air, screaming.

"The flow of this magic power... Could it be?"

"It seems the magic circle has failed."

"Thank goodness, there probably won't be any casualties."

Of course, being people with world - class talents, it didn't take them long to roughly understand what had happened. They soon wore relieved expressions and began to talk in hushed tones.

"....."

Meanwhile, Kania, Serena, and Irina, who knew the full story in detail, each remained silent. One lowered her head, while the others wore expressions of shock.

- Crackle!! At that very moment, a blend of relief, solemnity, and astonishment filled the air. The magic power that had been building up within Frey took the form of a lightning bolt and pierced through the ceiling of the top floor in an instant, streaking all the way downwards.

- Rumble!!! The lightning - shaped magic power continued its descent, destroying the floors of the commoner dormitory, the monsters, and the graffiti.

"Ugh..." With a short groan from Frey, his body went limp, and he began to slowly fall from the air. Only then did the magic power stop being released and dissipated into the void.

"....."

After that, the top floor was plunged into a long - lasting silence.

"....Huff." Finally, as he hit the ground, Frey's consciousness began to fade. His eyes met Irina's, and he held her gaze until she let out a brief sigh.