Knight Asylum

"I, I want to get out of the car!" Feeling something was wrong, Ise Ayaka subconsciously reached out to pull the car door, but the door was locked.

"Opening the door while driving is a very dangerous thing to do," Sudo Masashi raised his finger and shook it left and right, "You'd better remember what I said, because this may be related to the weirdo who is targeting you."

"Is it related to the weirdo who's targeting me?" Ise Ayaka was stunned and stopped pulling the car door.

"The phantom demon, the weirdo your high school girls often mention, will only target people who have the talent to become magicians. They will revive the phantom demon in the other person's body by destroying the pillar of hope. Once the phantom demon revives, unless there is a powerful magician nearby, the only result is that it will be completely replaced by the phantom demon," Takashi Sudo grinned, "and only the phantom demon will not kill you the first time."

Ise Ayaka was a little confused. Under normal circumstances, she would have been very happy to hear that she was being targeted by the phantom demon, because that proved that she had the talent to become a legendary magician, unique and very cool. But after experiencing the horror of that night, she realized the seriousness of the matter.

"If the number of phantoms increases, it will be bad. There are at least forty plainclothes policemen who have been working all night to protect you, and they will continue to work hard. And Red is an employee of Selvi Turia, specializing in dealing with matters related to weirdos."

Sudo Masashi tapped the steering wheel with his fingers neither lightly nor heavily. The rhythmic tapping sound echoed in the car. Ise Ayaka swallowed hard and her head was pressed down little by little.

"Do you understand? If you and your friends hadn't gone to the territory of the Fanggui tribe, this wouldn't have happened. Now many people are risking their lives just because of your willfulness. This is no joke."

"I'm sorry..." Ise Ayaka, who couldn't even raise her head after being scolded by Sudo Masashi, could only apologize in a low voice.

"If someone played such a bad joke," Sudo Masashi slowly stepped on the brakes and said dimly, "even a good person like Reid would be disappointed and no longer believe a word she said."

Ise Ayaka was startled and was about to speak when Sudo Masashi unlocked the car, turned his head and smiled, "Ise-san, we're at school, remember what I said."

"Thank you."

Ise Ayaka picked up her schoolbag and pushed the door open. Because the time had passed, the school gate was already closed. The thick-browed PE teacher was standing with his hands folded across his chest like a door god. When he saw Ise Ayaka appear, he immediately frowned and said, "Ise-san, you're late!"

Ise Ayaka's shoulders trembled, but the imagined scolding did not fall on her head. The physical education teacher turned around, opened the school gate, stepped aside, closed his eyes, and said, "Don't do it again. Go back to class!"

"Thanks--"

Ise Ayaka bowed her head, thanked him, and walked quickly towards the teaching building as if she was escaping.

After Ise Ayaka walked into the teaching building, the physical education teacher opened his eyes and blocked Reid who also wanted to enter Amanokawa High School, "I am very grateful that you can let Ise come back to school, but Amanokawa High School does not allow outsiders to enter at will."

"This, actually..."

Just as Red was about to explain the situation, Masashi Sudo came over with his police ID, "Sorry, something went wrong."

As soon as he saw the police ID and combined with the fact that Ise Ayaka was escorted here, the physical education teacher immediately thought of something bad and his expression became a little ugly, "Are they going to get into trouble again?"

"Regarding this matter……"

Reid had no choice but to explain the situation in detail, as he had not expected Sudo Masashi to be so direct. After listening to him, the PE teacher's two thick eyebrows almost twisted together. After holding his forehead for a long time, he sighed, "Is this true?..."

"Unfortunately, this is the situation, so please be flexible," Sudo Masashi put away his police ID.

"There's nothing I can do. I have to report this to the principal. However, I won't insist on expelling Ise Ayaka." The PE teacher raised his hand and scratched the back of his head. "You guys go in. Ise Ayaka's class is on the fourth floor, second grade Class E. How should I put it? It's a bit bad. You'd better not get too close."

Reid understood what the physical education teacher meant and nodded. It was during class time, so Amanokawa High School was very quiet.

"Well, actually, I found out something," Sudo Masashi paused and shouted to Red and Qiao who were walking in front of him, "This kind of game seems to be popular among high school girls recently."

"game?"

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Returning to the classroom that once made her extremely irritated, facing her classmates whom she hadn't seen for just a few days, Ise Ayaka suddenly had a sense of satisfaction as if she were in another world, and wanted to cherish it all. As soon as she sat back in her seat, her hot girl friends surrounded her, asking all kinds of questions. Their envious tone and eyes brought Ise Ayaka a sense of security that was different from Reed's. She felt free of any burden, and could accept it as a matter of course without making any changes.

Ise Ayaka's tense nerves gradually relaxed, and she slowly started talking about things prohibited by school rules with her hot girl friend leaning against the window in the corridor as usual.

"Hey - you went to the territory of the Fanggui tribe and ate the set meal at First? I'm really envious~ I pestered my parents for a long time, but they didn't agree. The uncles immediately became paralyzed when they heard that we were going to First," the brown-skinned hot girl holding strawberry juice was full of envy, "So how is the food at First? I heard that it is called Michelin three stars by many gourmets because the highest Michelin rating is only three stars."

"It's just so-so," Ise Ayaka raised her hand and shook her hair, "You'll know once you try it, it's just a gimmick and hype."

Seeing this, the hot girls around started to make a noise, and Ise Ayaka couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.

"Come to think of it - Isechin, when I came to school, I saw a lot of strangers around your house. Could they be plainclothes police officers?" the hot girl, who was holding a lollipop in her mouth, seemed to remember something and asked excitedly.

Ise Ayaka was stunned and wanted to avoid this question, but the gazes from her hot girl friends blocked her way out. The sense of comfort that she had built up with great difficulty began to crack. She knew very well that if she shook her head, her friends would feel bored and would no longer pay attention to her. She would then feel like she was exiled to another world and extremely lonely.

But on the other hand, as long as she nodded and said something that was no big deal, she could always be the center of attention among her friends and get...cheap sense of comfort.

"Yes, they are all plainclothes policemen," Ise Ayaka raised her hand and shook her hair, her tone extremely proud, "There are at least more than 40 plainclothes policemen guarding around my house."

“Eh——that’s amazing.”

"Ise-chan, did you do something?"

"It's not a big deal," Ise Ayaka waved her hand and smiled with great ease, "It has been confirmed that I have the qualifications to become a magician, so the phantom demon has set its sights on me."

"Eh!!!"

The hot girls all widened their eyes, their faces filled with surprise and envy.

"Really!"

"Of course it's true, otherwise why would those policemen be surrounding me?"

The teasing and envy of her friends made Ise Ayaka gradually become distracted.

"It's such a pity that this rare opportunity to transform into a phantom demon was discovered by those policemen," the hot girl holding the strawberry juice sighed regretfully.

Ise Ayaka was stunned and instinctively felt that something was wrong. Just as she was about to speak, the hot girls around her started talking at once.

"Yes, I heard that the phantom is himself, and can cast all kinds of magic. Unlike those magicians, they either have to take an exam, or find a magic stone by themselves, or buy it."

"I'm really envious... I heard that only one in a million people are qualified to become a magician."

"Why not think of a way to get rid of those annoying policemen and go find those phantom demons."

"Right, Ise-chan~"

"Right~"

Under the gaze of her friends, Ise Ayaka trembled her fingers and spread her hands.

"That's true. To be honest, after being stared at for a whole night, I really feel..."

Ise Ayaka's voice paused, and her slightly dilated pupils reflected Red at the end of the corridor. At this moment, Red was looking at her with a complicated expression.

“It’s so annoying…”

All heard! ?

"Ah - it turned out like this. I'll wait for you outside," Qiao raised his hand, patted his forehead, and turned to leave.

Red sighed deeply, and just as he was about to speak, Sudo Masashi walked towards the hot girls with an angry face, "Do you know what you are talking about! How many people do you think are running around for you alone!"

Ise Ayaka panicked and subconsciously wanted to explain, but her good friends had already stood up for her.

"Any questions?"

"Isn't this the job of you police officers? If you don't want to do it, you can just leave."

"That's right, anyway, Ise-chin finds you guys annoying as hell."

"Don't be afraid, Ise-chan, we are all your friends and we support you!"

Ise Ayaka, who was protected by the hot girls, turned her head away, crossed her arms over her chest, clasped her shoulders tightly with her fingers, and said nothing.

"It's unbelievable! You think this is funny?"

"What! Do you want to hit someone?!"

"If you have the guts, take action!"

Masashi Sudo blushed, and just as he was about to say something, a pleasant ringtone came from the cell phone in his pocket. Masashi Sudo glared at the hot girls, took a few steps back, took out his cell phone and answered the call.

"It's me, huh? Did you find it? Really... That's great."

Sudo Masashi looked at Ise Ayaka, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and Ise Ayaka's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Red, we found Hamamura Miyo in the mall, and she confessed everything. This was just a prank directed and performed by the two of them," Masashi Sudo handed the phone to Red.

Reid glanced at Ise Ayaka, who was shaking her head slightly, and reached out to take the phone, "Is Hamamura-san here?"

"Ah~ This voice, it's my brother - sorry~ I played a little too much of a prank, can you forgive me if I apologize now?"

A characteristically careless drawl came from the phone, and Red sighed helplessly, "Hamamura-san, this is not fun at all."

After saying that, Reid returned the phone to Sudo Masashi.

"I'm sorry, Ise-san, but your prank has been exposed. You have the qualifications of a magician, but being targeted by a phantom demon is all a prank to attract attention."

"Huh?" Ise Ayaka was stunned and immediately became panicked.

Sudo Masashi glanced at the hot girls who protected Ise Ayaka and smiled, "Well - it seems that your goal has been achieved and no trouble has been caused. I will not pursue it this time. You can take care of yourself. Let's go, Red."

After saying that, Masashi Sudo waved in the direction of Reid, and the hot girls stuck out their tongues at Masashi Sudo as if they had won a battle, and some even took out their cell phones to take pictures.

Reid glanced at Ise Ayaka who was standing among the hot girls and didn't dare to look at him. He shrugged his shoulders slightly, rubbed his hair and followed Sudo Masashi away. Having lost Sudo Masashi as a target, the hot girls' attention returned to Ise Ayaka.

"Well - after all, only one in a million people are qualified to be a magician."

"But Isepin is still amazing. He was able to fool the police."

Friends' gazes were dispersing, and the topics of discussion were also diverging. The reassuring circle began to deviate. Ise Ayaka stammered and smiled a little forcedly, "Well - I knew this would be the result from the beginning. I was just killing time."

"As expected of Ise-chin—"

"Next time you play a prank on me, take me with you and just say... that Ophino has been targeting me!"

Ise Ayaka once again became the center of the circle, but her body was supported by the shattered cracks.

But, it’s okay… With so many reliable friends around, I’m safe.

Ise Ayaka comforted herself, but her fantasy was shattered when school was over.

"Eh? Going to Ise's in-laws' house for a girls' gathering? No, my schoolwork is really going to fail lately. I have to go to cram school."

"I also hired a tutor. I don't want to repeat a grade."

"Me too~"

"Me too."

Ise Ayaka looked at the rebellious and free-spirited girls in front of her in great confusion. They kept saying "No one will really go to make up lessons, no way no way" all the time. They had clearly agreed to be free and not be controlled by the school, but her friends betrayed her as if they had agreed. If she started to emphasize the previous events, she would be seen as an untactful and boring person by her friends.

"That's true - but I'm always studying, so I don't need to take extra classes," Ise Ayaka shrugged.

"Hey - Isechika is so cunning."

"At least call me."

Ise Ayaka once again gained friendship, but by the time Ise Ayaka realized what was happening, her friends had already gone home, leaving her alone standing at the school gate.

Chapter 81 [Weird Person]

Maybe, those plainclothes policemen did not leave, and maybe Red did not leave either, but just hid in order to catch the weirdo.

They are the police and Selvi Turia. They have already confirmed the existence of the weirdo. Even if she is a little willful, she can't just leave like that.

When she returned home, there was no plainclothes policeman around. When she opened the door, Red and Qiao were nowhere to be seen. Ise Ayaka then realized that everyone had left, because the police had found Hamamura Midori, who she said was attacked by a monster and disappeared. The found Hamamura Midori was able to turn every word she said into a prank to attract attention, and no one would believe what she said anymore.

Ise Ayaka threw her schoolbag on the ground, staggered up to the second floor, and returned to her room. She didn't know which kind-hearted person had done this, but the room she had messed up had been restored to its original state.

"It's not... like that. It's really not like that. I just..."

Ise Ayaka held her head and whispered that she didn't know who she was confessing to or apologizing to. But no matter how many times she confessed, no one would come out to forgive her willfulness. It was she who made things so bad. Now the only one she could rely on was herself.

She pushed the desk back to the door, taped all the books to the windows, blocked all the entrances, and turned her room into a secret room that could not be entered or exited again. Then, exhausted, Ise Ayaka lay on the bed, wrapped herself in the quilt, and fell into a deep sleep.

It was late at night and the only sound in the dim room was Ise Ayaka's steady breathing. At this moment, the mobile phone standing on the bedside lit up and a text message popped up. The sender was Hamamura Midori. At the same time, the flashing phone screen vaguely reflected Ise Ayaka's locked room. In the reflection, the door that was blocked by the desk was kicked open, and a black figure slowly walked towards the sleeping Ise Ayaka.

The screen gradually dimmed, as if urging the black shadow to move. A text message popped up and briefly illuminated the dim room. Ripples appeared on the surface of the phone screen, and the black figure no longer existed only in the mirror, but appeared beside Ise Ayaka's bed.

The black shadow shook his head left and right, and stretched out his right hand towards Ise Ayaka who was wrapped in a quilt. But before he could touch Ise Ayaka, the quilt was opened with a bang and covered the black shadow's head. Ise Ayaka, who was sleeping soundly, jumped up with a scream, and stabbed the black shadow hard with a fruit knife.

I didn't expect such a black shadow to appear and was hit head-on by Ise Ayaka.

"I did it, I did it... I did it on my own..."

Looking at the fruit deeply embedded in the quilt, Ise Ayaka's pupils contracted repeatedly, and she couldn't help but raise an uncontrollable smile, but the hard touch from the tip of the knife made Ise Ayaka's smile gradually solidify. The quilt slipped off, and the full picture of the black shadow appeared in Ise Ayaka's eyes.

His entire body was black and gray, like a shadow, and the helmet covering his head was flat like a crab, and her knife stabbed into the opponent's hard armor.

Not a weirdo, but... someone wearing armor?

Before Ise Ayaka could react, the other party swung his hand hard, and the huge force directly pushed Ise Ayaka back to the bed.

"It's really unexpected. If it was yesterday, I might have fallen into your trap."

He broke the fruit knife casually, leaned over and grabbed Ise Ayaka's hair, dragged Ise Ayaka off the bed amid Ise Ayaka's painful whimpers, forced Ise Ayaka to stand up, raised his left hand with sharp crab claws and pointed it at Ise Ayaka's eyes, "What a pity, no one will come to save you this time."

Under the threat of death, Ise Ayaka subconsciously closed her eyes and screamed.

"Someone, someone come and save me——"