Vol. 6 Ch. 2 Ep. 11: Students

Th-The Angels!

The Angels of Revelation! Two of them, on top of that...!

How many trumpet blows was that?

Hold on...five...six, I think?

Then all that's left is...

...

W-Wait! Why are the angels coming this way?!

Ahhhhhhh?!

!!!

Th-The angels are attacking our students...?

D-Does that mean it's true?

What Ui and Shimiko said...?

I identified one common factor in each of the two groups.

Their participation in Sensei's class.

From what I understand, the students who heard the trumpet's blow, the sign of the end of the world...

...In other words, students who were less resistant to new perspectives coming into Arius.

Sooner or later, those students could end up like her...

They might be branded as "enemies" at any moment, by the students who don't want Arius to change.

We can think about that later! We can't just sit by and watch!

They're our fellow students, after all.

W-Will we be okay...? These things were really strong...

She's right... The Remedial Knights aren't here to protect us either...

...But it's also half the number. We can only try.

Ugh...!

Sensei?!

Is everyone okay?!

Y-Yes...!

It seems like the other Arius students also took the opportunity to hide.

...But the angels are still wandering around Porta Pacis. Like...they're looking for their next target.

Wh-What should we do...? We don't even know what they are yet...

"Huh? Isn't this emote..."

A waving white flag? That's...?

That signals surrender, doesn't it? What exactly are they even surrendering to here?

Well, we're here...

H-Hello...? Is anyone there...?

Sensei! And the Squad!

And you...

H-Hi... We meet again... Although, maybe not in the best circumstances.

...So you went to Sensei.

Y-Yeah.

That's a relief. Thank you for looking after her, Sensei. We were all worried.

Ah, right. That

We...know a byway.

A byway?

Yeah. We checked, the angels didn't react when we took it.

...I was really scared they were going to notice, but it actually worked out!

But still, they'll see you if you're not careful!

...I see. Thank you. It must've been dangerous...

Heehee. Don't mention it. Sensei...just seemed like a good adult.

You all helped us a lot, so we wanted to return the favor.

...It's funny saying this now, but I actually enjoyed studying...

Even though class was boring, it was fun too. It's a little hard to explain, isn't it?

It was fun seeing Saori as a teacher!

...

Atsuko's class was... Um...

I don't know why, but it was really interesting to me. Not fun, but something else.

Fufu. Thank you. Maybe it was because it was new content?

...I felt like I could memorize and solve things in calculus, but I couldn't understand trigonometry...

...That means you didn't study enough.

...

...I want to be in Hiyori's class again. THAT one was fun.

Th-Thank you...!

I'm honestly still confused by the whole "exam" thing, though... But that's because it's something new. To us, all of it was.

And it's...

Well, it was nice to have someone be nice to us and teach us things, besides how to hurt other people.

Yeah. The whole thing...

It felt like once in a lifetime, but still.

It's...not?

Our...everyday lives?

...

Sorry. I can't even imagine it...

A-Anyway... Enough about us.

You want to talk to Subaru, right? Come this way. We'll guide you to the byway.

Over here. If you go through those stairs... You'll reach the rear door that leads to the underground archive.

No one knows what she's doing in there right now. She said not to let anyone in.

I don't know what you want to talk to her about, but I really hope it works out.

Without Subaru...everyone who was left behind in Arius would've disappeared...one by one...

Yes, Sensei!

These stairs just keep going.

Ugh... It feels like a road leading down to the abyss, like in the scriptures...

I wish we could turn on the lights... We can't, right...?

Mm. We don't want to give away our location.

Ack...?!

"Atsuko?!"

Atsuko?!

Thank you for holding me, Sensei. But is everyone else okay?

Did something happen? Was there a rock or trap, there?

I can't really see, but I don't feel anything either.

Nothing on my end.

...I see. It must have been me.

(It seems I'm the only one who can feel it.)

(...The pressure is so intense. It's like someone is gouging into my head and shaking my brain from the inside.)

(I have to...focus...or I'll pass out...!)

Huh...?

What's wrong? Do you feel something too?

I-I don't know exactly. Why do I feel so...

...so scared...and sad... It hurts...

It's not me...but like I'm feeling it from somewhere else...

You're finally here, Sensei.

Subaru...?

A-Are you okay? What's wrong? D-Did something happen to you?

...

I have a rough idea of what you want to talk about, but let's move elsewhere for now.

There are too many things in Porta Pacis and Arius that we didn't know about.