Aiming at them, a blue light emanated from his fingertip, ready to unleash destructive magic at any moment.
The Temple Knights, filled with murderous intent, saw this scene and immediately felt their minds go numb.
They clearly remembered the scene of these two girls slaughtering monsters on the battlefield; it was like a nightmare.
For such terrifying figures to want to kill them, it would simply be… child's play.
"We are the Temple Knights directly under the Church!
If you kill us, the Church will not let you off!"
The Temple Knight Captain named David warned loudly.
His voice was trembling uncontrollably.
"So what if it's the Church?"
Hiyama said disdainfully, "If they have the guts, let them come find me. I'll kill every single one who comes."
!!! The crowd exploded!
In this world, the Church was the actual ruler, a colossal power with overwhelming might!
Hiyama actually casually said, "I'll kill every single one who comes," such rebellious words, it was simply… like wanting to oppose the whole world!
The atmosphere on the scene instantly became extremely tense.
People were momentarily… somewhat unable to accept why the person who had just saved them, a hero-like figure, had in the next second become an enemy of the Church!
But one thing was certain: if they clashed, it would definitely be these Temple Knights who died.
If they were too close to them, they might even be caught in the crossfire!
Thinking of this, the townspeople subconsciously moved a little further away from that group of Temple Knights and a little closer to Hiyama and his companions.
For a moment, the scene looked as if Hiyama was leading all the town residents in opposition to the Temple Knights!
The two sides became distinctly separated, and the scene was utterly silent.
"Everyone, calm down!"
The Kingdom's Knight Commander, Meld, stepped forward; only his position could remain neutral now.
He said nervously, "Everyone barely escaped death; why must we kill each other?"
Unfortunately, no one was willing to give him face.
Commander Meld's words had no effect at all; Hiyama continued to quietly release his killing intent, and the Temple Knights did not lower their swords.
"What should we do? If this continues, something big will happen!"
Commander Meld's mind was in a mess; if this continued, they might not die at the hands of monsters, but instead be completely annihilated by Hiyama and his group.
"Kaori! Yes, Kaori!"
Commander Meld thought of someone and immediately turned to Shirazaki Kaori, saying, "Shirazaki Kaori, only you can calm Hiyama down now."
Commander Meld knew that among their group, only Shirazaki Kaori had a deeper relationship with Hiyama.
If anyone could stop this conflict, it was none other than… Shirazaki Kaori!
"I, I'll try…"
Shirazaki Kaori hesitated for a moment but still agreed.
If this continued, Hiyama would definitely not hesitate to kill all the Temple Knights, eventually escalating into a conflict with the Church, and by then, it would be irreversible.
"Hi… Hiyama-kun, please, can you calm down?"
"At least… at least… let go of Aiko-sensei first…"
Shirazaki Kaori approached Hiyama, her eyes pleading.
She actually had little confidence in herself, because she felt that Hiyama was unlikely to listen to her request.
Unexpectedly, Hiyama neither put Aiko-sensei down nor told her to leave; instead, he looked at her with an amused expression: "Shirazaki Kaori, are you sure you want to stop me?"
"I… I just hope that everyone will be fine…"
Shirazaki Kaori didn't dare to look into his eyes.
"Interesting."
Hiyama suddenly realized that he might not understand Shirazaki Kaori well enough.
Having someone he didn't understand well enough by his side was very dangerous, because she could turn into a ticking time bomb at any moment.
Hiyama pondered for a moment and then made a decision.
There was a rare opportunity right in front of him to thoroughly judge whether Shirazaki Kaori was useful to him or not.
"Alright, I can not stop her, and I can also not harm Shimizu Yukitoshi."
Hiyama's faint voice came from above her head.
"Really?!"
Shirazaki Kaori said with a surprised expression.
She didn't expect Hiyama to agree to her request. Did this mean that she was actually very important to him, and that's why he was willing to change his mind for her?
Thinking of this, Shirazaki Kaori felt a slight sweetness in her heart.
"Of course it's real, I never lie."
Hiyama's lips curved into a smile.
Seeing this scene, Yue, Shea, and Tio's hearts all skipped a beat.
They were all too familiar with that smile!
Whenever Hiyama wanted to "trick" someone, he would reveal such a smile!
"Did you hear that, Aiko-sensei?"
Hiyama said to Aiko-sensei, who still had a defiant expression and clung to his hand, refusing to let go.
"I won't let you hurt…"
"Huh? So Hiyama-kun, you're willing to let Shimizu go?"
Aiko-sensei said blankly.
"Of course, you can thank Shirazaki Kaori properly."
Hiyama still said with an amused smile.
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"Thank you, Shirazaki Kaori!"
Aiko-sensei quickly let go of Hiyama's hand and bowed to Shirazaki Kaori in thanks.
"Phew… Thankfully, a situation of classmates harming each other didn't occur; otherwise, it would be my dereliction of duty as a teacher!"
Aiko-sensei let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing Aiko-sensei safe, the Temple Knights also put away their weapons, and only then did they realize that their backs were already soaked with cold sweat.
Everyone present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
.... "Shimizu-kun, are you alright?"
Aiko-sensei walked towards Shimizu, asking.
"You… what do you want to do?!"
Shimizu's body trembled, as if stimulated, and he reacted strongly by backing away.
Shimizu kept retreating, revealing an anxious expression mixed with wariness and inferiority, his eyes darting around.
"Shimizu-kun, Aiko-sensei doesn't want to hurt you. Aiko-sensei just wants to know why you did such a thing."
"Can you tell Aiko-sensei?"
Aiko-sensei said with a sorrowful expression.
"Why? Don't you even know something like this?"
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault for looking down on me!"
"Day after day, it's just… Kouki, Kouki! If I were the Hero, I would definitely do better than Kouki!"
Shimizu Yukitoshi showed no sign of remorse; instead, he kept cursing and complaining.
"But Aiko-sensei doesn't understand why you attacked the town. If you want everyone to recognize you, you should use your abilities to help everyone."
Hearing Aiko-sensei's question, Shimizu slightly raised his head.
He revealed a sinister smile and said, "Because this is my agreement with the Demon Race."
"What?!"
Aiko and the others were astonished.
Only Shizuku looked at the equally calm Hiyama with complex eyes, thinking that another secret had been predicted by him.
Seeing Aiko's expression, Shimizu seemed to find it extremely amusing, revealing a triumphant smile, and continued, "The Demon Race promised me that as long as I killed all of you, they would make me the Hero!"
"Become the Demon Race's Hero!"
Aiko's eyes were filled with shock; she must have thought that Shimizu was deceived by the Demon Race to become like this.
Shimizu seemed to recall what happened then, his lips trembling, his voice growing louder, "Only the Demon Race understands my true worth, so they helped me build this strongest army!"
"But!"
"But why did we still lose?! Why did it turn out like this?!"
"They!"
Shimizu became more and more agitated, then turned his gaze towards Hiyama and his group, yelling hysterically at him, "What kind of monsters are you?! Why are you so strong?!"
In his eyes, besides… gloom and inferiority, there was more anger at the reality that things couldn't go his way!
He hated Hiyama and his group for obstructing him! And he was jealous of his power! Jealous of the beautiful girls around him!
All these emotions mixed together, causing a look of madness to appear in his eyes.
But in stark contrast to his hysteria, Hiyama watched him with a cold expression, as if looking at an insect.
Even if an insect could speak, he was still just an insect. Shimizu couldn't help but fear such a gaze, but it quickly turned into anger!
Why! Why can you look at me like that?
"Shimizu-kun, honestly confess to everyone. As long as you are sincere…"
Aiko-sensei continued to gently persuade.
Shimizu quietly listened to Aiko-sensei speak, and unconsciously his shoulders began to tremble.
His classmates and the guard knights all thought that Shimizu must have been touched by Aiko-sensei's words, and was shedding tears of regret.
Only Hiyama's lips curved into a smile—the "show" was about to begin.
Shimizu lowered his head, his shoulders trembling continuously.
Seeing this, Aiko-sensei showed a gentle expression, leaned forward, and tried to stroke his head.
At this moment, Shimizu suddenly grabbed Aiko-sensei's hand, pulled her towards him, wrapped his arm around Aiko-sensei's neck, and tightly choked her!
Then, he held the terrified Aiko-sensei from behind, took out a needle about ten centimeters long from behind him, and pressed it against Aiko-sensei's neck.
"Don't move! Or I'll stab you!"
Shimizu screamed in a hysterical tone.
A crazy aura emanated from his eyes.
It seemed that his trembling shoulders earlier were just from laughter.
Although Aiko-sensei painfully clutched Shimizu's arm that was choking her neck, she couldn't pull him away.
The people around, warned by Shimizu, desperately suppressed themselves from rushing forward.
Because from Shimizu's appearance, it was clear that if he said he would act, he really would!
Everyone called Aiko-sensei's name and cursed Shimizu, with voices full of worry and regret.
"Listen up, everyone! This needle is a poison needle extracted from a monster from the Northern Mountain! If I stab her, she'll die in agony within minutes!"
Shimizu said these insane words, making the faces of the people around turn pale.
Seeing the students and the guard knights completely stop their movements, Shimizu laughed triumphantly.
He turned his target to Hiyama and said, "Hiyama! That's you! If you don't want her to die, then behave!"
Hiyama heard Shimizu's words and looked at him with an extremely cold gaze.