Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 32

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟐: 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (3)

One week later. . . . . .

First-year students of Imperius Academy were on a steam locomotive, heading towards Abas City, a port city located at the southernmost part of the empire.

They were going to the Chaos Dungeon near southern Abas City for field training. The academy had requested the cooperation of the Chaos Defense Bureau, and the bureau readily accepted.

Some of the students of Imperius Academy had decided to pursue a career in the bureau, so wouldn’t it be good to take a look at the promising candidates in advance?

“Oswald, try eating this.”

“. . . . . .”

Alicia, who had been bothering him since who knows when. He couldn’t tell if this was for Vanguard recruitment or if there was some other ulterior motive. If he flatly refused, what if it was for Vanguard recruitment. . . . . .

‘𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. . . . . .’

Because of that, he had not been able to do anything particularly significant.

‘𝘈𝘩. . . . . . 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.’

As luck would have it, he was assigned to the same room as Alicia, Elsa, and Natasha. No matter how open-minded he was. . . it seemed a bit too much.

At least the train operated by the academy was enchanted with various types of magic, so the amenities were excellent. The guest rooms were also enchanted with space expansion magic, so they were more spacious and comfortable than ordinary train rooms.

However, the fact that it was a one-room type didn’t change. . . but at least he could use a single bed instead of a bunk bed.

‘𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.’

Winchester V11.

It was a new series that Oswald’s father had modified over and over again, specifically for Oswald. It was equipped with three gold-grade magic stones and had a magic circle engraved on it that automatically accelerated and penetrated the bullets. It was a part that had been borrowed from the Revolver B12 series.

In addition, it was made with a caliber that was larger than that of the existing bullets. As a result, it became much larger than the previous one. . . but it was not a problem for Oswald, who had a high strength level.

After finishing the gun maintenance. . . Oswald headed to the dining car for dinner. Alicia followed him immediately, and Elsa and Natasha soon followed.

The dining car was also enchanted with space expansion magic, so it was a very spacious dining room. Inside the dining room, many students were already having their meals.

Of the 210 students, about 70, or one-third, were using this dining car.

Set A was a regular steak set, Set B consisted of sausages, scrambled eggs, and bacon, and Set C consisted of salad and bread, and all three had meat soup in common.

Since the academy was so wealthy, each person could eat up to three meals per meal.

Oswald ordered Set B, received his food, and took it to his seat. Then Alicia, Elsa, and Natasha took their seats one after another.

‘𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦?’

Just then, Royman came for dinner, received his food, and came to Oswald. Oswald thought that Royman’s arrival would give him a little breathing room, but he could only look on in amazement as he passed by without a word.

At that moment, someone sat down at Oswald’s table. She was the second princess, Arwen, a member of the royal family who had entered the same class as Oswald this time.

“Natasha, Elsa. It’s been a long time.”

She smiled brightly, and she was really, really pretty. It was no wonder that the chaos of fascination would follow her. They said she was the most beautiful woman in the western part of the continent. . . She was pretty even in the game, but she was even prettier when she was face to face.

‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.’

Not only were the children of famous families gathered together, but the second princess and even a saint sent by the Chronos Order had entered as students. Of course, the saint was in the administrative department, so there was no chance of meeting her here. . . but he could still meet her in the academy.

“Your Highness.”

“Your Highness.”

“Your Highness.”

Elsa, Natasha, and Alicia greeted her.

“You don’t have to be so polite. We’re all students of the same academy.”

She smiled brightly, and even Elsa and Natasha, who were women, blushed.

“Rather than that. . . . . .”

The second princess, Arwen, looked at Oswald with eyes that seemed to ask for an introduction.

However, Oswald only found her actions disgusting and funny. It was probably because she had heard about him through the seduction chaos demon but pretended not to know.

Oswald continued to eat without saying anything, and Elsa, who couldn’t stand it any longer, stepped forward and gave him a hint. . . but he didn’t even care.

“Hey, Oswald. How rude of you to be in front of the princess? I’m sorry, princess. . . it’s just that, he’s. . . . . .”

Elsa tried to say a few more words, but she soon closed her mouth. If she went any further, she would only alienate herself in the future when she had to work with him.

“It’s okay. Are you Oswald of the Winchester family?”

‘𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬.’

“I’ve heard a lot about you, so I know you well. I heard that you had a hard time at the beginning of the semester because you were involved with my brother. I apologize on behalf of my brother, Douglas.”

“. . . . . .”

Meanwhile, Elsa seemed a little flustered when she realized that there was something more to the reason why Oswald had caused such an accident.

“That’s why I’m here. When will you have time, Sir Oswald. . . oops. . . . . .”

‘𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?’

“Oswald, would you like to have dinner with me formally?”

‘𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦?’

No matter how strong Oswald had become, he wasn’t so reckless as to just walk into a tiger’s den where he didn’t know what kind of traps were lurking.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything good come out of being involved with the royal family. . . . . . I’ll have to politely decline that invitation.”

“Oh, my. . . . . . My brother Douglas may have been a little harsh. Maybe. . . you’re being more sensitive because my brother Douglas and I are full siblings?”

The first prince, Valentine, and the first princess, Amelia, were full siblings, and their mother died early due to illness. After that, the first concubine became the empress, and the second prince, Ludwig, the third prince, Douglas, and the second princess, Arwen, who were originally the concubine’s children, became the legitimate children.

Of course, Valentine and Amelia were also adopted as the empress’s children, so they maintained their status as legitimate children. . . . . .

There were other children of the royal family, but they all died early due to ‘accidents’ or  ‘illnesses’. In the meantime, the fourth prince, a concubine’s illegitimate child, was adopted and caused a stir.

Anyway, Oswald didn’t care what she was talking about and finished all the food in front of him and got up from his seat.

“Oswald!”

Elsa shouted at Oswald’s rude behavior, but he simply ignored her.

“Ahem. I think I’ll get up too, Your Highness.”

Alicia also tried to hide her displeasure and got up from her seat.

Thanks to that, the atmosphere became awkward in an instant. . . . . .

Meanwhile, Alicia, who had returned to the guest room, persistently questioned Oswald about his incident with the third prince, Douglas.

“So, was it His Highness, the Third Prince, who was behind what you did?”

“Alicia.”

“Yes?”

“That’s enough.”

“What?”

“I know you’ve been digging into the third prince. But you’d better do it in moderation.”

“Why?”

“Because you won’t be able to remove the Third Prince from the academy with the meager amount of power you get from the academy.”

Moreover, Marquis Valian was not an elector family belonging to the senate. It meant that he could collapse at any time, attacked by the forces supporting the third prince.

Alicia had been defeated and humiliated many times in the game so far. She had been able to escape with Gilgamesh’s help when she was with him. . . but now that she wasn’t with him, there was no need to put herself in danger.

“Are you telling me to kneel before the third prince’s power now?”

“Among the forces supporting the third prince are electors belonging to the senate. It means that not only you, but your family as well, could be in danger. Justice? What good is justice when you have nothing left to protect?”

“. . . . . .”

When she was told the reality, Alicia’s eyes shook noticeably.

Of course, the Winchester family was also an elector belonging to the senate, but the problem was that the current successor of the Winchester family was not Oswald, but his older brother, Lewis. It meant that Oswald, the youngest, couldn’t put the future of the family on the line and do whatever he wanted.

“Think carefully and act during this field training period. Although the academy is not subject to the interference of the empire, on the contrary. . . the academy cannot exert any influence on the empire’s political world either.”

The academy and the empire were, how should I put it, in a non-aggression treaty? It was an ambiguous relationship.

That day, only an awkward silence flowed in Oswald’s room, and thanks to that, he was able to arrive at Abas City quietly.

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“We will now proceed to the new team formation.”

“Excuse me, Professor? What does that mean?”

Alicia looked at Rosen with a puzzled face.

“It’s field training in preparation for actual combat. It’s a training that focuses on being able to quickly work with people you’ve never met before, rather than those you’ve always worked with, so we’ll randomly reorganize the teams, so please be aware of that.”

Soon, the team formation began. . . and Oswald was paired up with Abigail. However, there was a problem. . . . . .

‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?’

It was that Gilgamesh was in the same team. Even Abigail looked really confused.

It was said to be random, but Oswald’s team was a group of people planned in advance by Professor Rosen. . . Even Professor Rosen looked confused.

Abigail looked at Oswald with an expression that asked what to do, and he fell into thought. Gilgamesh couldn’t have missed their strange vibes.

“As expected, you were up to something, Oswald.”

“You wouldn’t. . . . . .”

“Yes, I interfered.”

“. . . . . .”

“What are you planning?”

At those words, Abigail looked at Oswald with her eyes to ask what the situation was, and he sighed and told her about Gilgamesh.

“He already knows that I’m a member of the Order of the Holy Knights.”

“Hmm. . . . . .”

At those words, everyone’s tense gazes became a little more relieved.

“They are agents sent by the CID as undercover agents. Of course, they are also real students because they are the same age as us.”

“CID. . . . . .”

“Since things have come to this, I’ll have to get Gilgamesh’s help.”

“Explain what’s going on.”

“I planned this operation to strike at the supporting forces behind the chaos demons in the capital.”

“Field training?”

“Yes, I was going to do it alone. . . but they said I couldn’t leave for a month. . . . . .”

“It’s a big scale. So, the location is Abas City?”

“No, we’ll take a ship across the strait and go to the desert.”

“. . . . . .”

It was as if he had interfered for nothing.

“It’s too late. You’re already on the same boat.”

“. . . . . .”

The next evening, all the teams were led by agents dispatched from the CID to their respective Chaos Dungeons.

And Oswald’s team headed for the port and boarded the ship prepared by the CID.

The ship was filled with people with extraordinary abilities.

“Is the support too much?”

“It’s because it’s a Blood Chaos Dungeon. Moreover, since it’s a dungeon that can’t be detected by observation equipment, it was judged to be highly dangerous.”

The Blood Chaos Dungeon was a place filled with undead and monsters of the bloodsucking type, including ghouls. That’s why the CID seemed to be planning a large-scale subjugation.

‘𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭. . . 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴.’

Since the Blood Knight was hiding there, it was not an easy place to be. It was highly likely that a chaos demon was guarding the Blood Knight, as in the case of the Plague Grimoire. Furthermore, as far as Oswald knew, there were quite a few demons in this dungeon.

‘𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. . . 𝘪𝘵’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺.’

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