An Angel Lives in the Academy
Chapter 170: The Angel Who Raids a Dungeon (8)

Suyeon.

An unlucky child who happened to be on a passenger ship bound for Wonsan Harbor.

A child who was on one of the many ships that disappeared due to the appearance of the Dragon Lord’s Nest off the coast of Wonsan.

And the child Leffrey made a promise to.

“Promise?”

Yumari tilted her head.

Although her voice was flat and emotionless, yet Leffrey felt an inexplicable sense of unease in her tone.

“Yeah, I promised to find her parents for her.”

“Then we’ll just send her to them.”

But Yumari couldn’t move.

This was because Leffrey had grabbed Mari, who was trying to move with the lightning. Despite the tingling sensation remaining in his hand, Leffrey ignored it and continued speaking.

“…Mari, don’t tell me?”

“Yes, that's exactly what I mean.”

Yumari muttered, as if devoid of any emotion,

with an incredibly cold attitude.

“That girl’s parents are obviously already…”

She couldn’t finish her sentence. Because Leffrey had covered her mouth with his hand.

“Why are you doing this. You're saying this while knowing everything.”

“Just…”

Yumari licked Leffrey's palm—the very hand covering her mouth—with a quick flick of her tongue.

“Ugh?”

Leffrey immediately pulled his hand away.

A faint smile played on her lips.

“Just, I’m tired of acting.”

“Acting?”

“Yes, pretending to feel emotions I don’t feel, wearing a mask in front of others. I call that acting.”

She says she can't feel emotions.

Leffrey was shocked by those words again, but he couldn't show it in front of these two girls.

‘Right, I knew something was off.’

Yumari’s gentle smiles to others, the way she nodded at their pain, her trembling fists when she’s supposedly heartbroken - all of it.

He had felt before that it all seemed somewhat like an act.

Still, he had assumed it was just because she was socially awkward and had been trained that way since she was a child.

“Onee-san, Oppa?”

What broke Leffrey's confusion was Suyeon, the girl having the worst day of her life.

Yumari sighed and asked Leffrey again.

“So, what do you want to do?”

“…”

Leffrey glanced at the people trapped inside the stone door. A hostile air filled the space, tension between the superhumans and the civilians.

The civilians were enraged at being used as sacrifices, while the superhumans became even more forceful when outnumbered.

And in a place like that, there’s a girl without an adult’s protection.

‘A child exhausted from crying, collapsing. A nightmare she can never escape…’

As Leffrey's expression became slightly pale, Yumari spoke to the boy again.

“Leffrey, the dragon is looking for us. We have to move now.”

“I know.”

“Since the enemy is trying to pick us off one by one, we have to quickly regroup with Miss Soya and Miss Hongwol. There’s no time to be taking a child with us.”

It was a fact Leffrey couldn't deny.

However.

The girl's dirty appearance with large eyes brimming with tears.

‘Protecting children is an angelic act. And my stats increase significantly when I do angelic things.’

So, if he were to compare the advantages of acting like an angel versus the disadvantages of protecting a child…

‘The buff I get from acting like an angel is much greater. I've experienced this many times before.’

Leffrey slightly knelt and spread his arms behind him.

“Suyeon, hop on.”

“Leffrey…!”

“Let’s get out of here safely first, then we can find your parents.”

The girl, after hesitating for a moment, immediately climbed onto the boy's back after seeing Leffrey's angelic smile.

“….”

And Yumari watching this with a cold, expressionless face. No, it wasn’t just coldness, she was slightly angry.

*Saa-aa-aa—*

With a chilling sound, like icicles growing, Yumari’s horns grew a little larger.

“Then let’s go. We’ll avoid the enemies as much as possible and track the flow of karma.”

“Okay.”

Leap—Leap—

The two of them jumped around as if performing acrobatics.

However, neither spoke a word.

Leffrey because he was worried and concerned about Mari. And Yumari because she was angry at the girl on Leffrey’s back.

Despite their silence as they traversed the lowest level of the nest, their movements were perfectly in sync. The joint training they had with Lusa, the martial arts professor, wasn’t completely useless after all.

When a double jump was needed, they would use each other's thighs for support. When one had to crawl through a narrow space, Leffrey would go first and then reach out to Yumari.

When they had to cross a long distance, Yumari would cling to the wall first, then Leffrey would grab onto Yumari’s back.

Leap—Leap—

Thus, the three of them traversed the dungeon while avoiding the searching enemies.

And before they knew it,

They were blocked by a horde of Dragonkin.

Hidden in a corner of the high ceiling, Leffrey looked at the Dragonkin army guarding the only door and was lost in thought.

‘Dragonkin.’

Wherever he went, Leffrey could see the Dragonkin, the main monster type of the Dragon Lord’s Nest. These Dragonkin, also called Draconics, were known as tough monsters born from the blood spilled by dragons.

‘There are so many of them. It's impossible to deal with them quietly like this…’

Dragonkin never moved alone. Normally, in most dungeons, the monsters would be scattered throughout…

But not in the Dragon Lord’s dungeon.

Moreover, the nest guardian.

Those called elite monsters were nowhere to be seen.

‘I really don't understand why dungeons in human games are designed like this. This way, the guardians are just picked off one by one, won't they?’

Leffrey could almost hear Ormantor’s terrible voice saying this.

“It seems that all the elite monsters are near the Dragon.”

And Yumari also had the same thought.

“And their precautions against stealth and assassination tactics are thorough. Have you heard of a dead man’s switch?”

A Dead Man’s Switch.

It referred to a device that automatically activates when a person dies or loses consciousness.

“Yes.”

“The leaders of those Dragonkin search parties have dead man’s switches on them. Probably the type that automatically transmits their location of death. There’s no way we can take them out without being noticed.”

No way to take them out without being noticed.

But Leffrey and Mari didn't have time.

The encirclement was closing in.

“I know you'll despise me for this, but I'll say it anyway.”

With those words, Mari glanced at Suyeon on Leffrey's back.

“Then don't say it. Never suggest something like that again.”

Knowing full well what kind of suggestion she was about to make, Leffrey rubbed his face in disbelief. How on earth did Mari become such a girl.

‘It hurts.’

And why did his heart ache so much.

However, Suyeon, not knowing what the suggestion was, just muttered with a clueless expression.

“Onee-san, Oppa, you’re finally talking.”

“Then we’ll have to use another method.”

With those words, Yumari relaxed and took a rest. Leffrey was confused by her sudden relaxation.

“Mari?”

“This method takes a bit of time. Let’s rest for a moment.”

“…I trust you.”

At that, Leffrey also put Suyeon down and lightly stretched his arms and legs.

“…Are you an angel too, Onee-san?”

“No, I'm not.”

Suyeon spoke up again in the slightly lightened atmosphere. Seeing her so easily talk to Mari, who looked as cold as she was beautiful, it felt that children's ability to socialize was almost like a survival instinct.

‘As I thought, this girl, she has a tendency to talk non-stop even in a situation like this.’

Life is so amazing, Leffrey thought as,

he continued to stretch.

“You’re not an angel?”

“No.”

And thankfully Yumari also answered the girl's question without any problems…

“I’m closer to a demon than an angel, in terms of bloodline.”

…Or not.

Leffrey raised his head at the sudden chuunibyou-like statement.

But Yumari, still with a blank expression, was spilling unnecessary TMI (Too much information) under the sole pretext of silencing the child.

“I'm the daughter of a dragon whose corpse was neatly used as crafting material after being wronged by trash from a superhuman family that knows nothing but tormenting others.”

“…Ah.”

“Ah.”

“So, with this bloodline, I'd be closer to a demon than an angel, right? Miss Suyeon, so please stop talking and be quiet.”

An unbearable silence hung in the air for a moment.

‘Mari, what’s wrong with you? Is puberty hitting you all of a sudden? Or is it really because of that item set, The Splendor of the Dragon King Family?’

Leffrey’s worries deepened.

As the unbearable silence stretched for ten minutes…

“Kruk. Krak.”

“Kalak?”

“Kirik, kirik. Kuruk. Kalak.”

“Kalalak!”

Strange noises like this started to be heard. The Dragonkin were looking at each other, shouting some sounds. And then the Dragonkin army began to move.

‘What's going on…?’

Leaving behind only a small squad, the Dragonkin army began to march quickly towards the sacrificial chamber where Leffrey had been.

And Yumari, as if this was only natural, showed no surprise.

“Then let’s go.”

“…Okay.”

What kind of method did she use.

Leffrey wanted to ask, but he decided not to.

*Zap*—The Dragonkin squad was frozen in place. Mari had paralyzed their nervous systems with her lightning.

“There's a chance these ones also have dead man's switches on them, even if I can't sense them.”

“Right. Ormantor is cunning, so it’s possible that he’s hidden one or two on these low-ranking soldiers.”

Magic tools like dead man’s switches were expensive.

But Ormantor’s trickery could be making you believe that he didn't bother equipping low-ranking soldiers with such expensive items.

And so, the two of them ascended to the next floor. (TL Note: Huh? Two? Did author forget suyeon?)

*Kwagagagaggang—Kugagagagang—*

As soon as they ascended to the next floor, they heard incredibly loud explosions.

And the next thing they could feel was truly magical and colorful pillars of five-colored light.

“Dark Magical- Black Hole Light- Beam!”

*Kugwagagaggang—* The Dragonkin troops stationed on this floor were wiped out in that single rainbow-colored blast.

And the one who unleashed that light was none other than.

Soya, dressed in a pink magical girl outfit with pink frills and lace.

It was shocking and terrifying.

Leffrey was speechless as he looked at Soya who was immersed in her Magical Girl power.

And as soon as she defeated the Dragonkin guardian, Soya sealed the dead man's switch it was carrying.

“In the name of hope, I will never fall!”

After that, she delivered a cool line all by herself in a space where (Soya thought) no one else was present.

“I am Soya, the Black Magical Girl! The magical hero who will protect this world!”

“…..”

“…..”

And it was just a little while later that Soya, who was so immersed in being a magical girl, noticed the boy and girl standing behind the door.

“Ah.”

“…….”

“Uh, uhm, eua? Ah?”

Soya's cheeks turned as red as a tomato. Leffrey, feeling a secondhand embarrassment, turned his head away from Soya.

“Si-Since when were you watching?”

“We’ve been watching since ‘Dark Magical’.”

Yumari said with a blank expression.

Soya, her hands trembling, took out her magic wand again.

“Both of you, your heads…”

“Huh?”

A dangerous aura emanated from Soya. Leffrey flinched and took a step back.

“I’ll make you forget. It won’t hurt. Probably?”

Soya, radiating a dark aura, charged towards them.

Of course, they didn't put their heads down.

“Quickly…!”

But they were forced to endure watching Soya's miserable struggle.