"..."
In the luxurious palace, Hermione was casually following their bad little teacher (professor), Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Index and the magical girl group, namely Tohsaka Rin, Tohsaka Sakura, and Iri. The four of them, Ya and Luvia, were eating their dinner together.
While eating, Hermione turned her head and looked at the still empty seat next to her, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Of course, any empty seat belongs to Irena!
In fact, they all have dinner together happily almost every night, and they look like a big family. Therefore, the place that belongs to Irena is still neatly arranged with various tableware and dishes. Plates and napkins and stuff.
Unfortunately, until now, Irena has not appeared.
Hermione didn't think too much about this, because usually, Irena would occasionally be late once or twice, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for more than ten minutes, and they were actually somewhat used to it.
However, I don’t know what happened today. Until now, almost half an hour later, and they had almost eaten half of their food, Irena still didn’t see her come back, and she didn’t know whether the other party was busy. Something.
But anyway, Hermione knew that the other party was definitely not in the palace. She had come to eat after changing clothes and taking a shower in their room. She had not seen any sign of Irena coming back. Presumably, The other party must still be wandering around somewhere in the city now, right?
Shaking her head, she complained about Irena not coming back on time for dinner and not leaving a message in advance. She struggled for a while, then didn't think about it anymore, but continued to eat the delicious food on her plate slowly.
After all, if we don't eat quickly, Misaka Mikoto and Tohsaka Rin, the two guys who are still fighting openly and covertly, may have another conflict at some point, and then at the instigation of a certain teacher Wuliang, they will lift the plate and overturn the table. She can You have to take the time to eat your own food.
"..."
"Hello!"
"Mikoto, what's up, are you confident of reaching the quarterfinals?"
Hermione, who was eating and couldn't figure out why Irena didn't come back for dinner, simply stopped thinking about it and asked directly to Misaka Mikoto next to her.
Originally there was no competition in the evening, but starting from today, in order to speed up the process, and also for the tens of thousands of tourists stranded on the floating island to have something to do at night so as not to cause trouble (for example, Harry, because of the fever) (a hotel has incurred sky-high debts, and is now under residential surveillance), the competition committee unanimously decided after study that starting from today, there will be reinforcement matches in the evening until the final four lists of the semi-finals are determined. !
Tonight is the final knockout round to determine the places in the quarter-finals. Sixteen of the thirty-two players will be selected.
Whether it was Hermione herself, Misaka Mikoto, or Tohsaka Rin and Illya who looked up at them from across the table, they all needed to make relevant preparations after dinner.
As of now, there is less than two hours left before the game starts.
"Um……"
"A competition?"
Stopping eating, Misaka Mikoto bit her spoon and turned her head, looked at Hermione, and immediately remembered her many secret weapons.
She and Heizi once secretly went to an uninhabited place on the edge of the floating island to experiment. If the gold coins given by Annie were used to launch the 'railgun', the range would be at least several kilometers or even further. It was different from the original The fifty-meter shooting range is simply not the same level!
As for the rate of fire, it has been increased from the original eight rounds per minute to twelve rounds per minute, which is one shot every five seconds. This fully ensures that she can react quickly and counterattack during the game, making her more certain of winning. It has to be a little more full.
Moreover, because gold is the best conductor, and they have been 'enchanted', they can really withstand high temperature burning and will not melt too quickly. In addition, the weight is several times that of ordinary game coins, so specifically After a brief estimate of its power, she and Heizi felt that if there was enough acceleration distance, it would probably not be a big problem to penetrate a large mountain?
In short, the power and all that, it’s just that it’s very scary!
"fine!"
"After solving the ammunition problem, I think there shouldn't be much of a problem, right?"
"I still have a little bit of confidence."
However, regarding the secret weapons, Mikoto was not so thoughtful as to tell them all here. She just responded to Hermione's questions in such a vague manner with a forced smile.
After all, she is not stupid. Although Hermione has a good relationship with her and has already known that she is worrying about ammunition, the other party is also one of the competitors after all, and there are two strong competitors across the table who have not yet been eliminated. The opponent is watching her with eager eyes, so she will definitely not tell her about her trump card and those gold coins easily.
In fact, after receiving Annie's gift, she and Heizi went to the city to exchange for some silver coins of suitable size. Then in the previous games, she only used the kind of shooting speed, range and power that were all the same. There is a small improvement, but it is not obvious. It is just ordinary silver coins. It does not directly use those heat-resistant gold coins that are said to have been enchanted by an old dragon.
That was her trump card, and she, Misaka Mikoto, would definitely not use it or tell anyone about it until the most critical moment.
She had even made an agreement with Heizi that those gold coins would only be used at the decisive moment or in an unavoidable critical situation, and to deal a sudden and fatal blow to the competitors.
Think about it, the 'railgun', which usually only has a range of more than fifty meters and whose power can be defended, suddenly turned into a dimensionality-reducing strike that ignores distance, and its power and penetration capabilities have been increased by countless levels. , that kind of thing must surprise the competitors, right?
"Is that so?"
"Um!"
"fine!"
Hermione nodded, and then looked at Illya and Tohsaka Rin, who were listening to the situation across the table.
Of course, the two of them have also entered the top thirty-two, so they will also have their game tonight.
"So!"
"Rin, and Illya, where are you?"
"Are you sure?"
While Hermione was asking, she also looked at the command spells in the hands of the two men with some fear.
She knew that it was the magic seal they used to summon heroic spirits from another world, and it had been improved by her Professor Anne. After being eliminated, it could be transferred to another person on its own initiative. It could be said to be very cunning and shameless. kind of stuff.
But there is no way. It is natural for a mage to summon helpers. Just like her, Hermione, she will occasionally summon water elements, fire elements, or even divine guards to interfere and attack opponents during games. However, this is not the case. In comparison, the command spells of those two little guys were indeed a bit too powerful.
Anyway, Hermione knows that those heroic spirits can defeat the strongest knight in the Elusaria continent in one-on-one situations. If she encounters the two of them, she must use her fastest strength. They have to be defeated at the fastest speed, otherwise, the result will be unpredictable.
"grasp?"
"It should be no problem, right?"
"Anyway!"
"As long as you don't run into Illya, it'll be fine!"
Tohsaka Rin said with determination.
She has the help of her stupid sister Artoria. When the time comes, she can directly summon them and let them go up and kill people, while she can just hide behind and cast magic. That would not be too easy.
As long as she doesn't meet that bastard Illya who has two command spells and can summon Sister Jeanne and Medusa at the same time, she will definitely win.
"snort!"
"It doesn't matter if you touch me!"
"When the time comes, Rin, just surrender. That way, I will have three Command Seals!"
"Ha ha!!"
As he spoke, Illya smiled proudly.
She was already thinking that when the time comes, with the three command spells in hand, she can just summon them as soon as possible, and then hide herself, hide in the distance to set up mirrors, invisibility, traps, etc. Anyway, as long as she protects herself , and then you can wait for victory to come.
Except for herself and Rin, Illya absolutely does not believe that among the remaining thirty opponents, who else can withstand the joint attack of the three heroic spirits!
"!!"
"But why didn't you surrender?"
"Why do you want me to surrender?!"
Tohsaka Rin was angry and slapped the table and asked loudly.
"Because I have two Command Seals!"
"you think……"
"When the time comes, my Joan of Arc will drag your Artoria, and then Medusa and I will chase and fight you. Do you accept it?"
"Are you scared?"
Illya raised her eyebrows at Tohsaka Rin proudly, and asked with some disdain and disdain.
"hateful!"
"Don't be so proud of yourself!"
"Maybe you will be eliminated by others soon, and then you will still cry and give me the Command Seal!"
Tohsaka Rin was a little angry, but couldn't think of a reasonable reason to refute, so he could only blush and curse.
Because, in fact, it is exactly what Illya said. They are about the same strength as each other. No one can do anything about the other, and they are very familiar with each other. If he only has Artoria, but the other party is not. With Joan of Arc and Medusa helping her, she definitely wouldn't have much chance of winning in a three-on-two situation.
"Ah!"
"What a headache..."
"Mikoto..."
"look!"
"No matter who wins or loses, it's not good news for us!"
Seeing the two men looking at each other angrily and arguing, Hermione suddenly felt that her hope of winning the competition seemed vaguely slim?
"If they lose together, that would be news!"
"Pray!"
"I pray that it would be best for them not to be assigned together, and then, it would be best if they meet that kind of super powerful player at the same time?"
Misaka Mikoto thought for a while, then fantasized like this, and hoped to express her expectations.
Although she now has a secret weapon, if possible, she really doesn't want to face the two troublesome guys across the long table who can both summon heroic spirits and also know all kinds of weird magic.
Thinking about a powerful heroic spirit rushing towards him, and a mage in the distance throwing spells vigorously, that situation, in Misaka Mikoto's opinion, is simply a nightmare!
"Ha ha!"
"Yes, it is……"
"Speaking of which, it seems that there are indeed many powerful guys who have entered the top thirty-two!"
As she said that, Hermione began to think back to the battle report she had read in the afternoon.
There are many powerful warriors and mages up there, as well as guys who are both warriors and mages, such as the orc named Thrall. The opponent has a hammer that emits lightning, and can fight in close combat. Attacking from a distance is indeed difficult to deal with.
There are also thieves who can attack from a distance and make stealth attacks at close range. Just thinking about it makes Hermione feel a little numb.
In this way, Hermione began to chat with Misaka Mikoto, while on the other side of the table, Tohsaka Rin and Illya quarreled. Neither one wanted to give up easily and give up their heroic spirits to the other.
"..."
(￣～￣)Chew!
"??"
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"Hey! Hermione, where is that idiot Irena? She won't be back for dinner tonight?"
(ˆ⌣ˆc)
At this time, Annie, who had been silent while eating, suddenly asked a question and successfully attracted everyone's attention.
"ah!"
"Well..."
"I don't really know either."
Hermione stopped whispering to Mikoto, and then turned her head again to look at the empty seat next to her.
"It sounds strange."
"I didn't see her in the room before. She seemed to have never come back, and she didn't say where she was going."
"but……"
"It's already this time. She doesn't seem to be this late usually, right?"
As she said that, Hermione couldn't help but frown and became worried, because this was the first time in so many days of contact.
"Is that so?"
(°ー°〃)
"Forget it! Leave her alone!"
(￣～￣)Chew!
Seeing that Hermione didn't know anything about it, Anne started to eat again.
After all, Irena didn't participate in the competition, and it didn't seem to matter whether he came back for dinner. Anyway, she definitely wouldn't care too much about that guy. Since she didn't know even if she asked Hermione, that's all. Forget it.
"ah!"
"I remembered!"
Suddenly, Hermione exclaimed, and then quickly took out a large thing like a desk clock from her seamlessly expanded pocket.
"??"
(๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣
"what?"
∑(´△｀)? !
Seeing this, Annie stopped what she was doing and expressed some curiosity.
"nice one!"
"Professor Anne, you should still remember Ron's wall clock, right?"
Each needle of Ron's wall clock is engraved with the name of each Weasley family member, pointing to the place where each family member may appear, including 'home', 'school', 'prison', and 'missing'. ', 'Quidditch', etc., and at 12 o'clock on the clock, there is also 'Mortal Danger' engraved on it, just like the mobile phone positioning and other devices in the Muggle world, it is very easy to use.
"But this is not from the Ron family. This is an experiment we made together after I told Irena about it before."
"Although it's not perfect yet, if you look at it, it can be used!"
After explaining, Hermione took out her wand, waved it in the air, and then pointed toward the dial of the wall clock.
The next second, something magical happened.
The wall clock on the table actually had hands with Hermione's face on it?
Then, the pointer began to rotate rapidly on its own, and the patterns and words on the dial also began to change. After a certain scale pattern of Anne's beautiful palace appeared, it quickly turned there and stopped. Come down.
"look!"
"This is where I am now, the palace, right?"
"then……"
"It belongs to Irena. She also left a mark on this clock before, and then..."
Hermione once again waved her wand in the air, then pointed upward again and cast some kind of spell.
"Huh?"
!(;ﾟoﾟ)o
"It's turned to the direction of twelve o'clock. What does the blood mean?"
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At this time, Annie saw that the pointer with Irena's idiot head quickly turned to the scarlet one at twelve o'clock, and there was also a drop of blood pattern. At the same time, the original pointer of Irena The hateful smiling face instantly turned into a miserable and sad face, not to mention how fun it was.
(…)
(●￣㉨￣●)
"not good!"
"Professor Anne, it is Irena who is in danger!"
"quick!"
"We must go get her immediately!!"
Unlike Anne who looked amused and everyone who was curious, Hermione gasped when she saw this. Then she made a decision and pushed the chair away, then hurriedly stood aside and said loudly.
"alright!"
"I have located her, she seems a little far away from here!"
"Everyone, I'm leaving first!"
"Apparition!!"
After saying that, under everyone's surprised eyes, Hermione resolutely raised her wand after sensing a certain coordinate object that she placed on Irena, and then disappeared in this luxurious palace in an instant. In the restaurant.
Although, Hermione can also use the more comfortable portal technology, but because she is not very skilled, most of the time she is still used to using the kind of apparation that she is better at, even if the spell is indeed It was uncomfortable, like squeezing someone down the toilet and flushing them away, but now, she couldn't care less.
"Really, I haven't even finished the meal yet!"
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Looking at the half-eaten soup on her plate and in her bowl, Anne was vaguely dissatisfied.
"People know that Irena is a useless idiot!"
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"All right!"
ε=(´ο｀*)))Alas
"Just go and see!"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
Thinking that she was almost full, thinking that even Irena would be in danger, and thinking that the extra Hermione was probably Annie who was delivering food, she reluctantly jumped down from her chair, and then, with a wave of her hand, She opened a portal and walked in without a care in the world.
After all, she didn't want her two students to belch all of a sudden. It would definitely be embarrassing if she said something like that.
"oops!"
ヾ(=･ω･=)o
"Almost forgot!"
(｡•̀ꌂ-)✧
(…)
(●￣(ｴ)￣●)
Then, Annie, who had just walked into the portal, suddenly turned back. First, she made a big face at Mikoto, Tohsaka Rin, Illya and others who were still a little confused, and then grabbed the table. A certain bear named Tibbers, then got back into the portal and disappeared completely.
"Decided!"
"I also need to go!"
"Wait for me!"
Finally, Misaka Mikoto came to her senses.
Although she didn't know what happened or what the magic was about, she only knew that something happened to Irena. So, feeling that she couldn't turn a blind eye, she hurriedly got up and wiped her mouth with a napkin. , and then planned to run into the portal and see what happened together.
"no!"
However, before Mikoto could take action, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out and tightly protected her.
"Sister-sama, you can't go!"
"You have to compete tonight!"
"What if you can't come back by then?"
"I won't let you go!!"
Of course those hands belonged to Shirai Kuroko, and while hugging Mikoto, she also plausibly stated her reasons.
"I know!"
"But Irena is in danger..."
"Say it again!"
"Maybe we'll be back soon?"
"It's still more than an hour before the game starts!"
Mikoto felt that although the time was a little tight, if it was faster, maybe it would be in time?
"No! No!"
"What if I can't come back?"
"besides!"
"Maybe I'll never come back!"
Kuroko protested, but still hugged her sister Mikoto tightly, and refused to let go no matter how hard she struggled.
"How can it be?"
"Stop joking!"
Mikoto felt a little dumbfounded. In her opinion, with Hermione and Anne here, it would be impossible for something like that to never come back.
"Don't listen! Don't listen!"
"Anyway!"
"Sister, I won't allow you to go!!"
Heizi didn't want to hear it, she just gritted her teeth and hugged her sister's slender waist tightly, refusing to let go no matter what.
"But!"
"Irena is our friend!"
"friend?"
"What about friends?"
"The big deal is that I don't have to prepare her dinner anymore. What's the big deal?"
"But!"
"Heizi, is it more important to have friends or competition?"
"snort!"
"Of course onee-sama's competition is important!"
Actually, in Kuroko's heart, one sister is the most important, followed by her sister's competition, then her Kuroko, and then other people or things, such as the wild girl named Irena. Women or something?
"etc!"
"cold!"
"Don't worry yet!"
At this time, after hearing Kuroko Shirai's words, Illya also stopped warily, stretched out her hand, and grabbed the hand of Tohsaka Rin, who wanted to follow him into the portal, and motioned the other party to look at a certain person first. Let’s talk about a competitor.
"elder sister?"
"??"
Seeing the two people stop, Tohsaka Sakura and Luvia who were walking in front also turned around in confusion, and while asking with their eyes, they also did not forget to look at Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko who were having a fight together. The two of them looked at each other.
"Ha ha!"
"They've always been like this, so you don't have to mind."
Sitting on the chair, as a 'non-combatant', Index, who had never thought about causing trouble with her, could only smile like this and look at the four magical girls across the table like this. explained.
"..."
Mikoto didn't have time to pay attention to what the four people across the table were thinking. She just pulled hard, trying to get rid of Kuroko's nonsense.
"!!"
"open!!"
☇
After arguing for a while, Mikoto finally became angry when she realized that she couldn't get rid of the other party's entanglement. Then, a trace of lightning began to flash on her forehead, directly threatening her with force.
"Don't let go!"
Unfortunately, Kuroko didn't even lift her head, still hugging her tightly and burying her head on Mikoto's waist.
"you!!"
"Let it go or not?"
☇☇
More lightning began to flash and crackle on Mikoto's forehead, and she began to threaten with words and actual actions through gritted teeth.
"!!"
"Don't let go!!"
"I won't let you go even if I beat you to death!"
Kuroko said stubbornly, and at the same time she hugged her arms tighter. She even buried her head in Mikoto's belly, which was still a little bulging after just eating. She leaned against it and rubbed it hard. Oh, rub it.
"..."
☇☇
Click!
Finally, the impatient Mikoto launched an electric shock of 100,000 volts!
Then, with stars in his eyes, Heizi twitched all over. At the same time, he slowly released his hands and fell down gorgeously on the floor of the restaurant. The super gorgeous dress with various exquisite embroidery patterns looked like it belonged to Kui. On the golden red carpet in the high elf style of Erthalas.
"!!"
"Really!"
"Can you stop me?"
After clapping her hands and taking care of Kuroko, Mikoto planned to turn around and walk to Annie's portal.
But...
"ah!"
"hateful!"
After she solved Heizi's trouble, she turned around and realized that the blue portal had completely disappeared.
"Kuroko!"
"It's all your fault!"
Then, feeling annoyed, Mikoto could only turn around bitterly and glare angrily at Kuroko on the ground.
If there were no outsiders here, she might have to give him another million-volt electrotherapy package to make him incontinent!
"Na!"
"cold!"
"Anyway, as long as our teacher is here, everything will be fine. Otherwise, why don't we just go?"
At this time, Illya blinked her beautiful red eyes, and then suggested this.
Although they had a way to open the portal and follow them, seeing that their rival Misaka Mikoto didn't go, she thought about it and was afraid that something would happen and she wouldn't be able to come back, so she started fighting too. Withdrew.
"Seconded!"
Although she was eliminated, Luvia immediately raised her hand to express her approval.
"good!"
"With that teacher guy here, there must be no problem!"
Crossing his arms, the more Tosaka Rin thought about it, the more he felt that compared to rescuing people or something, their game seemed to be more important?
Besides, their little teacher is so awesome, it would probably be a disservice to them if they went there, so they might as well not go!
"elder sister…..."
After hearing what the three said, Tohsaka Sakura was a little worried and wanted to say that she wanted to follow them. However, she was a little afraid of being scolded, so she could only shrink aside timidly, not daring to say anything at this time.
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