There Is No World For ■■

* * *- Everyone! This is not a drill! Please remain calm and proceed to the shelter in an orderly manner!As soon as the emergency siren blared, Miss Gemini began guiding everyone to the shelter.- Please do not panic and follow the evacuation procedures! Starting from the front row, please get up slowly and proceed to the emergency shelter!- Everyone, please maintain order and do not panic! If anyone around you has gone to the bathroom, please let me know!Following the lead of the teacher, the students left the classroom and descended to the basement via the central staircase.Should we say, ‘as expected of Lord Howe’?No students seemed to be scared or screamed. There was no sign of anyone attempting to cut in line, as you’d usually expect during a large-scale evacuation. What more could be said?Some were even chatting casually, as if nothing was wrong.- We’re getting some good exercise this morning, aren’t we?- Did the Department of Magic mess up again?- Does anyone know what’s for lunch today?Their composure seemed beyond calm—it was familiarity.The odd atmosphere of the blaring alarm mixed with the students’ chatter continued until they reached the shelter.Once inside the shelter, which resembled a massive air-raid shelter, the students seemed to finally relax, either gathering with friends or plopping into a seat.Observing the scene for a moment, Yeomyeong turned to Soe Miri, who was standing next to him, and asked.“…Why is everyone so calm?”Soe Miri blinked at the unexpected question, before giving him a faint smile as if realizing something.“Oh, that’s right. Du—I mean, Yeomyeong, you just arrived yesterday, right?”She then added briefly.“Actually, this is the third evacuation already. So, everyone’s pretty much gotten used to it.”“…The third one?”Yeomyeong raised an eyebrow, baffled. Didn’t the semester just start?Soe Miri explained as if it was nothing.“The first alarm was the day after the entrance ceremony. The Magic Department accidentally set off some fireworks leftover from the ceremony, causing the alarm to go off.”“…”“The second time was last weekend… They said that the staff had accidentally triggered the alarm or something? Anyway, it was nothing serious, so we dispersed around five minutes after we had gathered in the shelter.”Yeomyeong glanced around the shelter with a new perspective.After all, humans were beings who would learn to adapt by nature. If they had already experienced this twice, it made sense why there was no tension.However, this was precisely the reason Yeomyeong was unable to relax.Just because the previous alarms were nothing serious, didn’t mean this one would be, too.“…Complacency always leads to a major accident.”Yeomyeong remarked briefly as he gazed at the students in the shelter.“I have a bad feeling about this.”“Hmm… Aren’t you worrying for no reason? With the number of Superhumans and Mages stationed at the academy, it’ll be resolved in no time.”“Well… I don’t think so. Look over there.”Yeomyeong pointed at Miss Gemini.She was tapping on a phone prepared in the shelter and her own cell phone simultaneously, trying to send messages somewhere.Was there no service? Her expression while holding the phone wasn’t good.She was trying her best to conceal her expression, to prevent the students from becoming afraid… but that wasn’t enough to fool the Superhuman eyes of someone like Yeomyeong or Soe Miri.It was only then that Soe Miri realized something was amiss and began to quietly gather her mana.“…I’m suddenly getting a bad feeling, too. What should we do?”“What do you mean, what should we do? We don’t even know what triggered the alarm, so it’s not like we can make any plans.”“…That’s true.”Soe Miri paused for a moment before turning her head towards Seti.More precisely, she was looking at the Saintess who was clinging to her.“…Should we ask the Saintess?”“Ask her what?”Standing on her tiptoes, Soe Miri brought her lips close to Yeomyeong’s ear. And as if that wasn’t enough, she whispered in a very low voice.“This is a secret… but the Saintess has the ability to see the future.”She spoke with utmost caution, as if she were revealing a tremendous secret.Yeomyeong didn’t ask how she knew that. After all, she was the elven princess.And considering the legendary exploits of elven spies during the Cold War, it wasn’t all that surprising for her to know such a secret.Anyway, after glancing around to ensure no one was listening, Soe Miri continued.“If the Saintess can look into the future and let us know what’s going on… maybe we can prepare for it.”It wasn’t a bad plan. And even though Yeomyeong wasn’t keen on getting further involved with the Saintess… he was unable to think of a better plan at the moment.Having made up his mind, Yeomyeong immediately walked towards the Saintess without any hesitation. Not expecting him to act so quickly, Soe Miri was startled and hurried after him.“Y-Yeomyeong! Wait, hold on. You can’t just ask her about her Foresight directly. You have to go about it subtly….”“No need for that. I already know.”“Huh?”“I said I already know.”Before Soe Miri could ask him what he knew, Yeomyeong strode over and stood right in front of Seti and the Saintess.“So, as I was saying? My mom… huh? Yeomyeong? What’s going on?”Having noticed Yeomyeong approaching them earlier, Seti didn’t make a big deal out of it. As a result, the Saintess was the one who spoke up first.“Could you spare me a moment? I need to speak to you in private.”“…Just you and me? What’s this about all of a sudden?”“It’s urgent. It won’t take long.”The Saintess hesitated, not wanting to part from Seti.Then she stood up reluctantly when Seti gave her a firm push.“Follow me.”As Seti finally let out a sigh of relief, the Saintess and Yeomyeong headed to a corner of the shelter with no other students around.Although this place wasn’t completely secluded, it was enough for a private conversation.“What’s going on? Don’t tell me….”The Saintess looked Yeomyeong up and down with a sly glance before he could say anything.“…You’re not jealous of me and Seti, are you?”What the hell was she talking about now?Forget about Foresight—Yeomyeong flicked his finger against the Saintess’ forehead in exasperation.Thwack!Caught off guard by the sudden flick, the Saintess let out a sharp yelp and threw her head back.“Hey! That hurt…!”Just as she was about to protest further while holding her forehead, Yeomyeong cut her off in a serious tone.“I need your Foresight.”“…Why all of a sudden?”“The timing of this alarm is giving me a bad feeling. I don’t think it’s something we can just brush off.”Perhaps realizing that he wasn’t joking around, the Saintess rubbed her forehead but now had a serious expression.“Looking into the future isn’t something that can be taken lightly….”“Please. I’ll return the favor later.”“Huh? Really? You’ll grant me a favor? You promise?”“…As long as it’s not something weird.”As soon as Yeomyeong said that, the Saintess smirked and crossed her arms.She looked confident, but the red swelling on her forehead made her seem far less imposing.“Alright, just wait a moment.”And the next moment, the Saintess’ gaze shifted to a distant place.Shuffling about to hide the dazed Saintess behind him, Yeomyeong used his body to shield her from others’ view.He was a bit worried that her Foresight might fail due to all the people watching them.And just as Yeomyeong feared, numerous eyes were drawn towards the Saintess and him.For unknown reasons, most of the people staring at them were male students.Among the curious watchers were Wesley, who had fought Yeomyeong back at the dorm, and Jeon Yunseong, squinting his eyes.Ignoring the spectators, Yeomyeong remained calm and continued to block everyone’s view of the Saintess.In the meantime, he also observed the people in the shelter one by one.The students who still seemed relaxed, Miss Gemini turning her back as if making an attempt to hide her worry, Jeon Yunseong staring at Soe Miri with a complex look, and…Baonic Lerac biting his lip as if he was terrified, glancing back and forth between the shelter wall and the Saintess.…What’s wrong with him?It wasn’t just some typical fear; his hands and feet were all restless, as if there was a bomb right in front of him.Just as Yeomyeong squinted his eyes to take a closer look —Gag!The Saintess, who had just finished using her Foresight, bent over and began to dry heave all of a sudden.“What’s wrong? What did you see?”“N-no… can’t… die… can’t let them die…”“Die? Who’s going to die?”“Se-Seti, my Seti…”As Yeomyeong patted her back, she clung to his sleeve, mumbling like she was in a daze.“W-we need to get out of here right now… If we stay like this…”Looking at the Saintess, who was trembling and trying to reach Seti, Yeomyeong sighed and grabbed her shoulder with his left hand, pulling her up.And with his right hand…Slap!He slapped the Saintess across the cheek.The slap, loud enough to ring in everyone’s ears, echoed throughout the shelter. The Saintess’s head snapped to the side.The students who had been watching them opened their wide in shock.“…Ah.”Only then did the Saintess regain her senses and finally look straight at Yeomyeong.“Tell me clearly. What did you see?”Startled, Miss Gemini rushed over to them as the Saintess spoke.“Soon, people of unknown identity will break through the wall and enter the shelter.“Are they terrorists? Or Necromancers?”“I don’t know… The prophecy was too blurry to see anything clearly… but a lot of students will die…”“How much time do we have left?”“Ten minutes… no, less than that. And…”The Saintess’ shifted her gaze to the wide wall of the shelter. No, she was looking beyond it.“It’s not safe outside the shelter either. Under the sea around the school… there are countless corpses, and… they’re all swarming towards this place after turning into undead.”“…Corpses around the school? Why?”“I-I don’t know, it’s beyond the range of my Foresight…”Releasing his grip on the Saintess’ shoulder, Yeomyeong turned toward Miss Gemini, who had arrived right next to him.“Hey, transfer student! How could you slap the Saintess like that?! Violence between students is—“Miss Gemini raised her voice as she began to scold him, but Yeomyeong cut her off immediately.“Miss, are there any weapons or firearms in the shelter that can be used immediately?”His question seemed out of place, but his tone was dead serious.Glancing back and forth between Yeomyeong and the anxious Saintess, Miss Gemini sensed that this was not just some simple student quarrel.“…Why are you looking for weapons?”“Enemies are coming. If we don’t take immediate action, the students will die.”Full of conviction, his manner of speaking left no room for doubt, with a faint trace of mana emanating from him.Miss Gemini didn’t ask him how he knew enemies were coming. No, she couldn’t.She was overwhelmed by the aura flowing from Yeomyeong’s golden eyes. She averted her gaze before answering him.“…This is a shelter. There’s no way there would be weapons here.”“Then we need to get out of the shelter immediately. Be it the dormitory or anywhere else, it needs to be a better place than this.”As Yeomyeong said this, Miss Gemini’s expression clearly grew darker.“Leave the shelter… can you tell me the reason?”“…That’s…”Yeomyeong couldn’t simply talk about the Saintess’ Foresight. He hesitated, touching his lips for a moment, before coming up with another solution.“I can’t explain it. But is there any way we can at least let those who want to leave go?”“…This is an emergency. You’re aware that your decision could put everyone at risk, right?”“Yes.”On hearing his firm response, Miss Gemini massaged her forehead. She glanced back and forth between Yeomyeong and the Saintess before suddenly realized that the Saintess, who had been slapped, was not making any attempts to stop Yeomyeong; instead, she kept glancing around, as if worried about something.Her deliberation didn’t last long. She still didn’t know the reason, but she decided to put her trust in the Saintess. Miss Gemini carefully jotted down something on a small piece of paper and handed it to Yeomyeong.“Enter 19740809 into the lock mechanism on the lower left side of the shelter door.”“Thank you.”Yeomyeong bowed his head to the teacher, who had just made a tough decision, and immediately headed towards the shelter door. Just as Miss Gemini said, there was a small dial on the lower left side of the door, and without hesitation, he entered the code.However…

The dial’s reaction was strange. The door didn’t open; No, it didn’t budge in the slightest. What was happening? The exterior looked fine, so it wasn’t due to old age. Thinking the code might have been wrong, he asked Miss Gemini again, but she looked even more bewildered. R

“The shelter code didn’t work? That can’t be.”Only after she entered the code herself did she realize that something was wrong. As she murmured ‘an insider…’ under her breath, Yeomyeong quickly made up his mind.They were trapped.As Yeomyeong furrowed his brows, the Saintess ran towards Seti, who was approaching them.Seti, looking surprised, hugged the Saintess. She gently patted the Saintess’ back and shot Yeomyeong a questioning look.What’s going on here?The expressions of the other students weren’t much different from Seti’s. Why had Yeomyeong suddenly slapped the Saintess and then started fiddling with the shelter door?Only Soe Miri, who was already aware of the Saintess’ Foresight, and Baonic, whose eyes shone strangely, remained calm.Just as Yeomyeong struggled to come up with a plausible explanation and kept his mouth shut as if expecting the worst-case scenario, Miss Gemini spoke up.“It’s not a proper weapon, but there are some practice weapons that the club members have left behind…”Although the teacher trailed off, Yeomyeong nodded. If they didn’t have teeth, they had to use their gums.And even if they were practice weapons, they were meant for Superhuman students, so they wouldn’t be mere toys.“Please bring them out. And…”Then, Yeomyeong turned toward the students in the shelter.Bewilderment, suspicion, expectation, fear… a range of emotions filled the gazes directed at him. Yeomyeong spoke, infusing his voice with mana.“I will pick those who will join the fight.”