Editing Tosho Meikyuu:Volume1 Chapter2 (section)

===◇◇◇927 Pages until Memory Loss===

After reaching the huge brick lecture tower, you turn a few times in the wide corridor and arrive at a narrow corridor lined with countless doors.

Each and every single one of them has a number on it, and they probably represent the class number. Calmia stands before one of them and turns around with a cheerful smile on her face.

"…Nyafufu! We’re here, nya!

"Haa, haa…e-erm, classroom 1032, right?"

""Unya! This is the classroom 1032 where Okutsuki will be studying with us!. Teacher Yuzu is probably explaining what you need to revise, so get the introduction ready, Okutsuki!"

Calmia says with a smile and enters classroom classroom 1032. You’re left alone on the corridor, muttering to yourself while trying to calm the heart down that’s racing as you have just ran..

"Haa, haa, phew—…I’m turned into a vampire, but my heart’s still beating so quickly.”

''"…You may have received immortality from I, but you still about seventy percent human…the reason for your racing heart is the mental strain rather than the physical.""'

"Vampire…well, it's been five years since I've been to the ‘Apothecary’. I’m certainly nervous."

You imagine the future that awaits you beyond this door, and your subsiding palpitations starts to hasten again.

As aforementioned, you practically lost the memories you have prior to five years ago. Even if it’s a transfer, you are basically re-enrolled into this school. It is normal to worry that you may not be able to adjust to your new class.

(…But I’m more excited because of it. I’m standing in the ‘Apothecary’, where Father once studied magic…!)

You touch the talisman on your chest and recall your father's face.

"I want to regain my memory and magic, and become someone who can save others."

Joining the ‘Apothecary’ will be the prelude in your life to fulfilling this  wish.

"…Nyafufu! I'm back, Teacher Yuzu!"

"Nyafufu! Calmia-chan! Have you found Okutsuki-kun~?"

"I found him! He's waiting outside the door now!"

''"…The owner of this voice is your form teacher, ‘Yuzuriha Daphniphyllum Walla."''

As you overhear the conversation beyond the door, Arteria whispers to you softly.

(What? This childish voice with a lisp…is the form teacher?)

''"Truly. The voice may sound like a little girl’s, but she is definitely one of the Doctor Magnas."''

"Ehhhh? Do-Doctor Magna?"

You shout in shock once you hear the rank of the form teacher.

‘Doctor Magna’ is the third rank of the four major guilds in Library City Alexandria, and also the degree and position granted as a title, only to the best explorers in the ‘Apothecary’.

In other words, ‘Teacher Yuzu’ is a superhuman who excels in all aspects of Labyrinth exploration, magical combat, book research, and the training of future generations. She will instantly eradicate you with her impressive magic the moment the fact that you are a vampire is exposed.

''"As you can hear from the voice, your form teacher has an appearance and age unfitting for a teacher. But don't act all surprised and go all ‘she’s a little girl!!’, you know? She was the contact person for the ‘Apothecary’ who welcomed you at the port yesterday. If you act suspiciously…"''

I may be suspected of being a vampire because I lost my memory, and end  up executed…! It’s scary…!!)

"…Now all that’s left is to welcome the transfer student! Okutsuki-kun, please come in!"

As you tremble in fear, a young voice calls out through the door.

(Hii, the teacher’s calling for me…vampire, don’t you talk to me suddenly in the classroom.)

''"Mmm, how rude of you! It is rare of I to provide a suggestion. Go ahead with your failure of a self-introduction and embarrass yourself in front of the humans!"''

(I-I don't care if I fail. I didn’t return to the ‘Apothecary’ just to enjoy school life. I’m here to regain my memory and magic, and become a Doctor Magna. …!)

You quietly refute the vampire's anxiety-inducing words.

Well, compared to losing your memory in eight hours, the class atmosphere and your relationship with your classmates may indeed be of lesser importance.

"Alright." You mutter to yourself and and open the door to the classroom.

(…This is the lecture room of the best academic institute in the world, the ‘Apothecary’…!)

The classroom you enter is various spacious, and a Japanese terakoya can’t compare..

The classroom is built with runes reinforced building materials, and the seats descend like stairs towards the podium at the back of the room. The blackboards, nearly five meters wide, are connected together with pulleys, designed to be raised and lowered at will.

The long desks, two students for one, are very wide, and allow stacks of textbooks. The entire room is brightly lit by sunlight shining through the light absorbing windows, and the artificial light pouring down from the ‘self-illuminating book’ on the ceiling.

(…No, now’s not the time to be observe. I need to greet everyone properly so that people don't suspect my identity!)

You walk down the stairway between the desks, receiving a mixture of curious and expectant stares. You walk onto the podium and turn to face your classmates.)

"Erm…nice to meet you, I'm Sōshi Okutsuki! I've been away from Library City Alexandria for five years, so I probably have lots of things I’m still not used to. Please take care of me!"

You bow politely and scan the classroom while you greet heartily

—Gashan!! And,

You hear the sound of a chair that was kicked down.

"Eh?"

The eyes there are staring at you turn towards the noise in unison. They are looking towards a girl at the far right corner of the corridor, one who’s frozen in place.

—Now, then, allow me to write down some very important information you need to remember.

After all, the class atmosphere and the classmates’ personalities are important in any situation.

Even though you are not half a vampire, or have a thousand pages worth of memory, these are aspects you can never take lightly under any circumstances.

Why?

Y-you, you…! "

"Wait, you…are you!"

Because amongst your classmates, there may be murderers or vampires.


"You're yesterday's vampire!!!"


"You’re yesterday’s murderer!!!"


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The screams of you and the girl echoed throughout the lecture tower of the Apothecary’.


"Wh-why are you here!?"

There was no way you could have mistaken her

She has changed her clothes from black to a dark blue robe, but the lush swirls of blond hair, the ominous horns and the icy glare of the blue eyes definitely belong to the culprit who '''murdered you'''.

"T-that’s my line! I definitely killed you thoroughly!"

It appears the murderer has not forgotten the face of this failed prey. She puts her hand into the sheet metal armor covering her right shoulder and howls at you, intending to pull out a grimoire.

"I didn’t think a murderer is a student in the ‘Apothecary’!  You disguised yourself to escape the magic criminal inquisitors of the ‘Cathedral’, didn’t you!?"

"I don’t know what you’re talking about. I got no reason to be slandered by a vampire disguised as a transfer student! You filthy bloodsucking demon!"

"Whose fault do you think it is!? You’re no different yourself, you murder! My life’s ruined because of you! make sure your crimes are exposed to the light of day!!"

"You’re never alive to begin with. Don’t speak as though you have a ‘life’! I was just intending to eliminate the vermin that were hurting people and heroes!"

"Er-erm…Okutsuki, Eri? Are you two friends nya…?"

""Huh?""

Calmia timidly tries to stop you two as you two appear to be on the fighting each other. She’s probably trying to fulfil her responsibility as the class president…but she merely stokes the flames.

"Friends? You’re joking, Calmia! He’s a vicious and indiscriminate killer! He should be dragged to the court of justice and given a harsh trial!"

"Calmia-san, please don’t be fooled by her nonsense! She’s a monster beneath that human skin! She’s the embodiment of evil, the vampire who should be purged from this earth immediately!"

Your conversation devolves into unruly insults, and then…


"—Y-you’re violating school rules!

The immature voice of what clearly sounds like a girl interrupts you.

"!!"

"H-how dare you start calling each other a vampire or a murderer. This should not be the attitude a student of the ‘Apothecary’ should have! This Teacher will be angry now!"

Flailing her hands and expressing her anger was a Doctor Magna who appears to be ten years old.

"'''T-Teacher Yuzu'''…?"

Your form teacher, Teacher Yuzu, looked like a perfect little girl herself.

Her chestnut hair that almost reaches her waist retains the light sheen characteristic of a young child. If it hasn’t been for what Calmia has briefed you, it’ll be absolutely impossible for you to recognize her as a teacher.

''""…Do calm down for now. Even I cannot guarantee protection if you battle here.."''

However, the strongest species, Arteria, appears to be able to sense the magic power hidden in her young body.

She is a mage whose ability is such that even the High Daylight Walker will flat out admit that ‘she cannot protect you’. If the fact that you were converted into a vampire is revealed, a subordinate like you will be charred in an instant.

"N-no, this is…"

"B-But Teacher, this guy…!!"

You feel infuriated to see the murderer who brutally killed you…but this is the teaching block of the ‘Apothecary’, the headquarters of the Labyrinth explorers that have overwhelming combat strength. It is not prudent to escalate matters here.

"O-oi, vampire…" "What did Erika do to be insulted as a murderer?" "I don’t think it’s likely, but he probably won’t be a true vampire, right…" "…how suspicious..."

"Mugu…!"

Your classmates, who have been listening to your faceoff, start to chatter about the true identity of this new student. At this rate, your true identity may end up exposed.

(Ku…! If I'm exposed as a vampire, I'll be punished with a fate worse than dying in a sulfuric acid bath! The indiscriminate murderer who killed me is in this ‘Apothecary’…!)

Truth be told, you have no intention to be in the same room as the murderer for even a second…but it appears you have no other means of survival aside from suppressing your feelings.

You bow your head to Teacher Yuzu, wary of the murderer’s grimoire.

"I'm sorry about that, Teacher…I was impulsive."

"A casual apology won’t do. Okutsuki-kun, please apologize to Eri-chan."

The teacher puffs her cheeks, urging you to apologize to the murderer.
.
You find it ridiculous to be apologizing to the one who killed you. But if people are to discover that you have been turned into a vampire, perhaps you will be executed with no way to revive.

Left with no choice, you turn to the girl called ‘Eri-chan’.

"…Sorry, it’s my fault. Erm… "

"…’Erika K. Austral’…me too, pardon me for my rudeness."

You apologize, and with a disgusted, anguished look on her face as though she has bitten on a bitter bug, the murderer introduces herself as ‘Erika’.

Though you are worried that she might reveal your identity as a vampire right away—

"…"

(…Huh? Sh-She didn’t say anything?)

The murderer Erika merely lowers her head in silence, shooting a hostile glare at you. Truly, it shows that she has intentions to kill you once again, but she does not show signs on acting again.

(Why? She could have killed me right away if she reveals my identity as a vampire…)

''"…Is she one of the feuding parties…?"''

"Looks like you two have calmed down. Now then, Okutsuki-kun, please take a seat,"

"Eh, ueehhh!?"

Before you can question the murderer’s actions, the teacher urges you to take a seat.

And before you know it, you find yourself in the middle of the classroom, with you classmates staring at you.

"Oh…-I-I’m sorry, Teacher! I’ll get seated right—"

You look around the classroom…the only empty seat available is the one ""next to the murderer"".

"…Erm, Teacher? I think there's only one seat available?"

"Hurry up and sit down. You’re the only new student, Okutsuki-kun."

"But, actually, my religion forbids believers to sit on chairs."

"That's an odd doctrine. Please defy that teaching though."

"And…erm, I can’t think of an excuse not to sit in that chair."

"You can think about it after you sit down."

You try to fool the teacher, but fail.

You lament your cruel fate and stagger across the classroom to sit down next to the murderer.

"…Cherish the last few hours of your life."

(S-someone just proclaimed my murder and remaining lifespan!)

"I’m happy. Now then everyone, please give assist to Okutsuki-kun is in trouble.)

You're in trouble and you want everyone to help you, but all you can hear is a ‘nyafufu~’ from somewhere at the front of the classroom, and no one is offering you a helping hand.

You pretend to fold your arms, posing as though you can immediately pull the ‘book’(me) out of your right shoulder.

"Once class is over, prepare yourself. I’ll definitely send you to the netherworld."

For the left side of your body is basking in sufficient killing intent to pierce through you outright.

(…Vampire, if this fellow next to me does anything strange, please let me know right away.)

''"Do be at ease. This is what I shall do""

And so the second day of your memorable boarding school begins in the worst way possible.