-659- [ Valkyria ]

"Thud!"

Rozen suddenly took a step forward, and the sound of his footstep clearly reached everyone's ears.

"!?"

The Disciplinary Committee members, who had lost all their confidence due to their destroyed automatons, appeared both fearful and terrified. They all took a step back. Even Frey and Rabbi, who had been watching the situation bewilderedly from the side, couldn't help but show a timid expression, hiding behind a nearby tree, peeking surreptitiously.

As for Felix, he had become Rozen's sole target.

Watching Rozen's ambiguous expression and feeling the contemplative, sharp, and scrutinizing gaze on him, Felix had completely shed his usual elegance and politeness. However, he still maintained a hint of composure.

"Do you know what you're doing?"

Felix said to Rozen.

"You're openly resisting the disciplinary committee and even attacking its members. You've destroyed everyone's automatons. Even if the Disciplinary Committee can't do anything to you, your actions are still making you an enemy of the academy."

Felix surprisingly brought up this argument.

But what Felix said wasn't wrong.

The Disciplinary Committee is an enforcement organization affiliated with the academy, responsible for maintaining order and resolving incidents among students. It's an undeniable faction on the side of the academy.

Now, Rozen had destroyed the automatons of Disciplinary Committee members and openly defied the academy's enforcement organization, making him an enemy of the academy. In this situation, expulsion, deprivation of Night Party participation rights, and even slapping charges and sending him to prison were all things the academy could do.

Rozen's actions had led to such serious consequences.

However...

"Unfortunately, I've had the experience of openly confronting official organizations before. Although I initially chose to act wisely and compromised temporarily because I lost all my strength, I eventually fought and caused a commotion. The result? I'm still living just fine now, am I not?"

Rozen shrugged indifferently.

"Yin and yang are interchangeable. Sometimes, beneath the 'yang' on the surface, there may be hidden darkness, murkiness, and evil 'yin.' So, don't think your 'yang' can have its way all the time."

Rozen stared at Felix, smirking.

"At this moment, I won't buy into this rhetoric."

Rozen's words reached Felix's ears.

These words couldn't be understood by Felix, who came from the West.

But one thing Felix knew was this:

"I was already skeptical of the academy. Planning to use the academy to pressure me, do you think I'll be intimidated unless I run out of strength once again?"

Rozen's spoken words made Felix's entire body tense.

Then...

"Yaya."

Rozen called his automaton without any hesitation.

"Yes!"

Yaya immediately responded, releasing her magic power.

"Wait, wait!" Felix's handsome face finally lost all its composure, replaced by an incredible distortion and madness. He shouted, "I'm the eldest legitimate son of the Kingsfort family! Offending me is equivalent to offending the British government!"

This had always been Felix's reliance.

However...

"Didn't I tell you?"

Rozen spoke calmly.

"I'm not falling for this."

As Rozen's words fell, Yaya immediately shattered the ground and shot out like a bullet, turning into a shadow and darting toward Felix.

"!?"

Felix's handsome face completely changed. He was panicking as he stepped back and pulled a weapon from his waist.

It was a handgun.

Felix had always carried a handgun. He aimed the muzzle at Yaya, who was charging at incredible speed, and suddenly pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The gunshot echoed as the bullet broke through the air, heading towards Yaya. Facing the supersonic bullet, Yaya didn't even attempt to dodge. The bullet accurately struck her forehead.

"Clang!"

Under the crisp sound, the bullet that hit Yaya's forehead was deflected and only created a spark as it grazed her forehead.

Yaya completely ignored Felix's futile struggles, quickly closed the gap, and delivered a powerful punch, brimming with "Kongouriki," to him.

This Yaya didn't notice one thing...

"Swoosh!"

A breaking sound swept away the branches and leaves in the forest. An eerie shadow rushed toward Yaya, appearing from behind Felix and landing in front of him.

The sudden appearance of the shadow directly faced Yaya's incoming punch and extended its hand.

"Thud!"

With a muffled impact, Yaya's punch, charged with "Kongouriki," landed in the hand of the figure before her. A gust of wind rippled out, but the figure effortlessly caught her punch.

"You!?"

Yaya couldn't help but be astonished.

"That is..."

Frey, who had been watching the battle from the sidelines, was also surprised.

What stood before Felix was a fully-armored automaton.

It was an automaton in the form of a young girl.

The girl wore ancient-style sunset armor, held a silver greatsword, and her face was concealed by a full-faced helmet, akin to wearing a ghostly mask, looking extremely intimidating.

Thanks to the steel gauntlets on her hands, the figure was able to completely withstand Yaya's "Kongouriki." Although Yaya had reduced her strength because her opponent was a human, the fact that the figure could withstand it left Yaya shocked.

Felix, who was protected by the girl, breathed a sigh of relief, which was filled with anger and an icy coldness.

"Kill her, Eliza!"

"Eliza."

Felix used this name to address the figure and ordered her to kill Yaya.

Consequently, Eliza, the automaton, slowly raised her silver sword, aimed it at Yaya's abdomen, and released a blindingly fast thrust.

"Thud!"

The sharp tip of the sword landed heavily on Yaya, creating ripples of impact.

Yaya's body was sent flying backward, but she quickly adjusted her posture and landed on the ground. Her feet, clad in wooden clogs, scraped the sandy surface, creating a trail of endless dust.

However, Yaya didn't have a single scratch on her.

Watching this scene, Rozen remained completely unimpressed. He gazed at the knight-like girl, who was tightly gripping the silver greatsword, and smiled in a mocking manner.

"So, you finally decided to bring out your automaton?"

Rozen taunted Felix.

"I heard that the automaton known as 'Valkyria' was created during the Renaissance era, existing for hundreds of years. It can still exhibit exquisite performance even in the modern age, possessing mysterious magical circuits. It's an antique with many secrets."

Rozen explained casually, without any hint of fear.

"Not many have seen Felix Kingsfort's automaton in action. He usually doesn't carry his automaton around. Even the few times he demonstrated his power were hasty and shrouded in secrecy, much like the information about Magnus' unit. All we know is that it's a girl-type automaton clad in silver armor, quite rare."

With that said, Rozen unabashedly scrutinized Eliza and said in a nonchalant manner, "Even though she's wielding a silver sword, I still don't understand why she's called 'Valkyria.'"

//// The name Valkyria is japanese and chinese can be directly translated to "Girl with the silver spear". So the above is saying she's called the girl with the sliver spear although she use a great sword.////

That one sentence made Felix display a smile filled with sharpness.

"You'll find out."

Felix spoke with a cold and indifferent expression.

A murderous aura emanated from him.

This was bound to be a fierce battle.