The Magic Academy's Physicist-Chapter 223: Blueberry Rush (1)

Chapter 223: Blueberry Rush (1)

They were fucked.

This was Rosemary’s conclusion after much thought.

They were well and truly fucked.

It was a crude expression, but so what? The world might be ending.

“Arrrghhh─!!”

Rosemary dashed through the Iron Formations screaming.

Thunk!

As soon as she opened the door to her temporary room, she dove into the bed. Dust flew everywhere as she flailed her arms and legs, head buried into her turtle doll.

“What do we do, what do we do......!”

It had been good up to Klais voluntarily apologizing, and Rosemary hadn’t really bothered Aether’s research, either.

Plus, she even tried to induce human emotions through seeing the behavior of the Hasfeldt sisters and.

It had been a relatively meticulous plan, with plenty of chances of success.

‘I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’

But after everything, this was how it ended up. The plan hadn’t been working at all.

“What a headache.”

After rolling around everywhere on the fluffy covers, Rosemary went limp like wet spinach. She didn’t want to get up from here. How nice and peaceful would it be to just fall asleep like this forever?

Wait, what am I thinking right now?

Rosemary forced herself upright.

Staying put here wasn’t going to change anything; it would be nothing more than running away from reality. Rosemary fixed her messed up hair and returned to being a round blueberry.

“I don’t really want to.”

But what could she do?

Just as one had to drink even muddy water if they were thirsty, she had to be willing to do whatever was necessary to fix the problem when times were urgent.

That was how Rosemary ruined three nations so far, and how she rose to the rank of Quartus of the Great Nine Mechas.

But this rank had also been a step towards living happily with her older twin sisters in Golden-Eyed utopia.

With that step’s foundation now shaking, Rosemary realized that it was time for her to decide and focus.

“Hayup.”

She had to hurry up and get ready.

She took the corpse that she procured sometime ago to be used to fake Klara’s death and wrapped it in cloth. Then, she put magic tools including magic paper in her backpack. Besides that, she also packed some snacks and necessities. It wasn’t a field trip, not at all.

“This should be enough.”

She had enough supplies.

Having finished her preparations at the Iron Formations, Rosemary came up with a plan to sneak into Aether’s personal room during her research hours.

**Klais was lying on the bed like a dead person, her eyes blank like that of a dead fish.

“.......”

The mushroom cloud was still stuck in her mind.

The magic that had been stronger, more dangerous, and even brighter than Flare.

She didn’t know how it worked, but it was clear that it had been completed by Aether herself  who she had once mistreated.

W-what is that?

An atomic bomb.

I’m sorry?

Atomic bomb, a kind of nuclear weapon.

It was revolutionary magic.

In an age when the power of Fire Magic had been thought to have reached its limits, a Golden-Eyed girl had opened up a new horizon of ‘nuclear weapons’.

The problem was, that girl was no longer on the side of humans.

“Ah.......”

A low sigh fell from Klais’ lips.

It’s all my fault.

The karma from making a delicate and innocent girl cry because of that one Flare was now coming back to her as a boomerang.

She could always pay the price for her mistakes; that was what Klais had decided to do from now on in the first place.

However.

“What should I do....”

If the world ended because of her, and the billions of lives that had been born into this world all became history.......

If such an end was coming, then to whom was she supposed to apologize?

She didn’t know, and perhaps that was why her head hurt.

“Klais, are you feeling sick?”

Seeing Klais restless, Klara asked in concern. Klara put hands on both her and her sister’s forehead, and tilted her head in confusion.

“Strange, there’s no fever.......”

“I’m fine. Rather, are you doing alright?”

“Of course. With the rest I’ve gotten, I can even call the Elementals with ease. I’m more concerned about you....”

“I’m fine, truly.”

Cheeks heating up, Klais turned her head towards the wall.

It wasn’t out of embarrassment. Rather, it was because she was sorry, unable to look at Klara.

She had three weeks.

If she couldn’t make the room-temperature superconductor in that time, she would have to say goodbye to the sister she had just been reunited with.

“Haaa....”

That couldn’t happen.

Klara was definitely going to be taken by Gilach again, and then that awful torturing would resume.

Hooks were going to dig into Klara’s body, and the palate of her mouth was going to be pierced before she could even scream. Her body was going to be repeatedly dismembered and reattached, and her eyes were going to be gouged out then restored over and over again.

Raw torture that a normal person couldn’t endure even for a day. And when she couldn’t take it any longer, the moment that Klara pulled out the Elementals to fight back–

It was safe to say that her sister’s fate would be sealed.

Gilach was on the prowl for Klara’s Elementals. If Klara tried to use them, he’d immediately swing his hook and consume the two Elementals.

If that happened, then Klara would no longer be an Elemental Mage. The fate of an Elemental Mage who lost their Elemental at the Demon Castle was usually the same:

Being killed.

She’d absolutely be killed.

The Demon Army weren’t a charity. Would they feed and house an Elemental Mage who was nothing without working Elementals? Of course not.

Not this, not that. Unable to find an answer, Klais pursed her lips.

“What, what should I.......”

“What is it, Klais? Talk to me.”

“I-it’s nothing, Klara....”

But she couldn’t talk about this with her sister.

‘I’ll handle everything. Don’t research anymore.’

That was what Klara would say if she confided in her. She would sacrifice herself to delay the destruction of the continent.

Klais actually knew in her head–that it was more reasonable to delay the destruction of the world in exchange for Klara.

But she was human, and humans weren’t only driven by rational decisions. Even if it was for the sake of the world, how could she so easily throw away her family....

If only Klais could take on all the sin. If she could do that, she’d throw her life away like it was nothing.

Although Klara would object to it in this case, of course.......

Thunk.

Just then, the door of the spare room opened.

“.......”

“.......”

The face of the Hasfeldt sisters became dumbfounded.

“What.”

A gruff voice. Rosemary frowned as she put down her backpack, then soon dragged a large cart inside with some effort.

“...W-what is that?”

“You don’t want to know.”

“And why did you come here?”

“You’re so impatient, geez. Just wait a bit.“

The Hasfeldt sisters were dumbfounded by Rosemary suddenly showing up and unpacking this and that.

Wasn’t her actions like that of someone who was taking refuge here?

Click.

Rosemary locked the door completely, then sat on a nearby chair.

“Klais Hasfeldt.”

“...Me?”

“Yes, you. You saw that mushroom cloud earlier, right? The masterpiece that Aether made.”

“.......”

“Answer.”

“Yes.”

“That’s what I’m here to talk about. You were curious, too, right?”

Klais quickly sat up on the bed.

She had been curious. How on earth did it work to be able to produce that kind of power?

But right now, worry outweighed her desire to know. What awful thing was going to happen if that thing was dropped onto the capital of elf country or the Empire?

“That atomic bomb thing, that’s what Aether named it. I don’t know how it exactly works, either. So if you’re going to ask, ask her.... All I know is that if you have pitchblende stones, you can pull out that kind of power like pulling spaghetti noodles.”

“Pitchblende....”

“And that stone isn’t important right now, right?”

Klais nodded.

“...Sorry, what are you two talking about?”

In the meantime, Klara wasn’t able to follow the conversation at all.

“Ah, that’s right. I should also tell you what happened today.”

Rosemary suddenly began explaining, and Klais was puzzled at that because she was giving information that she wondered if was okay to be shared.

“...So, we’re going to use the bomb Aether made and burn down the World Tree of Verdure. It’s so that we can resurrect the Demon King.”

“What are you.......”

Klara looked stunned.

The plan was to drop this ‘nuke’ thing on Kaurelia and wipe it out?

“Is that even possible?”

“I saw it, Klara. That thing was a powerful explosion that can’t be done even with Elemental Magic. It’s going to be possible for sure.”

“Klais....”

Rosemary let out a sigh.

“Anyway, you fools, do you understand what I’m trying to say?”

Rosemary deliberately spoke strongly to prevent the two of them from talking without her.

Aether, Akasha–she learned from her two older sisters, to always take the lead in a conversation.

The advice was quite effective. Afterwards, Rosemary was able to convey what she wanted in detail.

Long story short without all the little details:

“At this rate, we’re all going to die..”

Neither Klais nor Klara, who had heard the explanation, was able to respond.

It was that clear. Klais’ expression hardened, and seeing that, Klara also realized that they were against the clock.

“The hostility between the Hasfeldts and the Demon Army runs deep. We killed you to go down south, and you were giving it your all to stop us. I know; if we go back in history, it’s difficult to understand each other.”

“......You.”

“Even the Golden-Eyed kingdom where I lived was destroyed by your ancestors. I hate you guys, too, actually. You’re despicable. I want to kill you.”

But.

“I can’t. Everything ended from us hating each other.”

Rosemary’s expression turned sad as she said that. She glared at Klais with bright eyes. On purpose.

“If we don’t work together and stop, it’ll all be over.”

“I-I understand. I get it so please stop making that face...!”

It was then that Rosemary nodded in satisfaction.

“Good. First, Klais Hafeldt. There’s something you’re troubled about, right?”

“To continue helping with Master’s research or not...... you mean?”

“Yeah, it’s a dilemma, isn’t it. I’ll tell you an easy way to break it.”

“......There’s such a way?”

Seeing Klais’ face light up, Rosemary smirked as well.

“Of course. I’ll only tell you once so take notes.”