Isekai No Gakusei: Students From Another World
The Shadow's

Samson closed his eyes.

"I'll cut space for this sound. Come to him and bring salvation," Samson said with his eyes closed.

Tora and Shiro looked at it with admiration.

"Is this a form of dark magic?" Tora asked Hain.

"Yes. Samson will cut the space for his voice, until it will go straight to its destination" Hain replied.

"So simple, it's like teleportation but sound?" Shiro Sahut.

"Yes, that's kind of it," Hain continued. "However, by this method, such telepathy will only apply one way. The receiver could hear Samson's voice, but could not reply. Unless the recipient is able to use a telepathic spell as well."

Tora and Shiro stared at the already closed Samson. They just wish this message could be delivered before anything happens to Darren and the others.

"May be delivered."

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Meanwhile, in Fueno...

Darren was packing his things in the room. With a dizzy head, he occasionally floated his gaze to an empty place and let go of what he was doing.

"My head hurts" he said, holding a bruise on the crown of his head that he knew where he was coming from. "It looks like I hit something yesterday. When we tried to escape from the pursuit of those soldiers."

Darren took a deep breath and exhaled. "Huff, I never thought I'd meet Michael here" she said.

He then moved and walked to the window of his room. He stared at the reflection of his shadow on the glass and frowned with a face full of doubt.

He saw a bruise on his forehead. When held, the wound feels a little sore, but also feels unreal at the same time.

"Well, I feel something is strange. Like, all this is not right," Inner Darren. "Okay, let's summarize what happened yesterday."

"Yesterday, we were chased by soldiers. I'm pretty sure it's the Erobernesian army. I can tell because it looks from their uniform's motif."

"We managed to escape and escape their shock. After that, we headed to the last drugstore out of town as fast as we could."

"But we didn't find any clues about the intruder. We finally came home empty-handed."

"Due to exhaustion, Clara decided to rent the inn for one more night and rest before continuing on her way home the next day."

Suddenly, Darren's head felt dizzy. At first he thought it was caused by a bruise on his head. But apparently not.

Darren immediately grabbed his face. His eyes twitched slightly and his mind suddenly became chaotic.

"Why this?" Ask him again in my heart. He kept rubbing his own forehead. "Why does my head hurt?"

Darren immediately turned his face from the window and walked back to the pile of his belongings.

He tried to forget the strange thing. But the more he tried to forget it, the dizziness was even more pronounced.

Tok.. tok. He immediately threw away his suffering face and acted as if nothing had happened.

"Shema, are you awake?" It turned out to be a nice sound from the outside.

Darren. "Yes, I've. Come inside."

It was good to open the door slowly and see Darren who was busy with his belongings. He walked over and sat down near Darren's bag.

"You've packed everything up, huh?" Say Good while glancing at some interesting Darren stuff.

"Yes, almost all. Some are still in the closet" Darren replied. "Have you packed up yet?"

Good to reply, "It's been. All the stuff I put in my bag."

Good then stood up and continued. "Let me help you pack."

"All right."

Nice walk to the closet. He opened the door and took as many things as he could. Then, bring her back near Darren's bag.

"Thank you, Nice-san," Darren said.

"No problem" Reply Nicely Briefly.

Working together with Bagus, even though it was just packing things, made Darren feel more familiar with him.

This was the first time the two of them had. Usually there was always Clara who was the liaison between them.

But, after talking to her for a while, Darren felt like he had known her for a long time.

Or perhaps, this was due to the fact that Darren knew that they were both from the same world. So that he felt not alone and relieved.

For a moment, it flashed in Darren's mind. "What mending did I just tell you, huh?" Say it in the heart.

But he abandoned his intention because he felt this was not the right time. He planned to tell Good everything after this conflict ended.

"But when will this end? After the victor of this civil war is determined? Or when I reach my goal of meeting the Demon King the leader of this land?"

As Darren muttered in his mind, Nice suddenly called out his name.

"Ezema, what's wrong?" Nice Saying.

"Eh, I'm fine. Just think about something" Darren replied.

It was good to look at Darren for a moment, then continue. "alright. By the way, all the stuff's been put in the bag."

"Oh yes, right. I didn't even notice" Sahut Darren stood up. Then he took his bag.

It was good to stand up. "To be honest I'm a little disappointed we didn't find anything" Good said suddenly. "The result is nothing, instead we are almost caught by the troops."

Darren only realized that what Good was talking about was yesterday's incident. "Yes, I think so too" Darren said.

"It's a good thing we got away with it" continued Good again. "So we have a little time to rest."

"Yes, right. Clara-san also looked exhausted yesterday," Darren replied. "But by the way, is Clara-san awake already? Usually he's the most enthusiastic."

"should've. How about we go check into his room?" Good Proposal.

"Good idea."

Darren carries his bag and follows Good to Clara's room. Clara's own room is not far from Darren's. It only took a few steps, and they were already standing at the door of his room.

"Clara-san, are you awake?" Call Darren a bit loud, making sure his voice can reach into the room.

There was a small voice coming from behind the door. "Yes, I'll be right out" Clara replied.

A few minutes later, Clara seemed to be preparing to continue the journey. They immediately drew up a plan and made sure everything would run smoothly until it returned to headquarters

Clara proposed to take the same route as their previous trip while heading here. However, Bagus rejected the proposal outright.

"We better get through here" said Bagus as he pointed to the green section on the map. "Nort Pulvis. Forest located between Fueno City and Cinis City."

Clara scrunched her eyes. "Cinist? You know we're supposed to be heading the other way?"

Good nods. "I knew. But, I also know how the soldiers think," he said. "They must have found the route we used before. If we go back the same way, they'll have set up a trap for us."

Clara began to think that the word Good had a point.

"alright. Your reasons can be digested" said Clara. "I think it's better to take a little detour than to face the soldiers."

After deciding on the route, they set off and walked out of the city. More precisely, towards the dense and lush Pulvis forest.

Pulvis Forest is a forest located between two major cities of Avon, namely Fueno and Cinis. The forest has a fairly large size. The area is almost even Fueno and Cinis pants combined.

Formerly, Pulvis Forest was inhabited by a lot of rare and dangerous animals. But because of the war decades ago, a lot of fauna extinct.

Because of the many fauna that disappeared from the place, resulting in the development of increasingly wild plants.

Herbivorous fauna, which is supposed to maintain the balance of the ecosystem, has abandoned its task to withstand the increasingly rampant growth of flora.

Therefore, the Pulvis forest also becomes more lush with trees and will always increase its prowess in the future.

Back to Darren and his team. They seemed to have arrived at the mouth of the forest entrance.

Darren flashed his gaze and was favored by the denseness of the forest.

The trees are high. The bush grows everywhere. And the whole forest was dark because almost ninety percent of the sunlight could not penetrate the leaves.

Darren was stunned. But at the same time, the spectacular scene evokes a small portion of his bad memories.

"Everyone, light your torches" Clara said.

Good and Darren picked up a piece of wood and set the tip on fire. While Clara only used her fingertips that lit up with magic.

Entering the forest, dark shades began to envelop the entire view. Even with the torch, the vision was still not very free.

"Good, Esema, watch your steps" Clara said cautiously. "If this forest seems peaceful, there's still no guarantee the danger won't lurk."

They walked further and further into the forest. When they arrive at some point, they will take the direction of attacking to form a circular route.

Whoops... Good and Darren's torches suddenly went out.

"What's this?" Darren asked in panic.

Clara. "It's okay. It's just a fire element anomaly" he said. "This forest was once a battlefield. There is a lot of magic here. Although the war has passed for decades, but some magic anomalies are still felt today."

"Oh, so it's like nuclear, huh? Although it exploded decades ago, the negative effects still last for decades to come" Inner Darren.

Although the blaze on Darren and Bagus' torch was extinguished, it did not seem to have any effect on the fire at Clara's fingertips.

Although the fire was small, it did not look disturbed at all by the magic anomaly in the area.

"But it's still very dark. I can't see clearly" said Good. "One light source can't help much to see in this darkness."

"No problem. I'll cast a night vision spell" Sahut Darren.

Darren cast a night vision spell. "Night Vision."

They are going further and further in. Increasingly, Darren began to feel a goosebumping feeling. His neck was sweaty and his hair was standing.

But what he felt was not the creeps of fear, but because of the unpleasant feelings that haunted him.

"Why does it feel like something's weird?" Inner Darren while continuing to walk behind Clara. "Everything looks fine. Do I just feel parno?"

"Michael's appearance yesterday still made a mark on my mind. Now I'm thinking and it's hard to throw it away."

"I have to focus on what's in front of me. I have to get back to base safely."

Dupf! Suddenly, a dizzy feeling returned to attack Darren's head.

"Ghh, why? Why did it show up again?" Darren immediately held his dizzy head for no reason.

He held his head with his left hand. But accidentally touch the bruises that imprint.

"Bag this. I remember" Darren said in his heart. "Middle of the night. I almost woke up. But go back to sleep immediately."

"There's people, staring at me. His eyes are sharp, but also soft. When I woke up, he immediately put me to bed."

"No. It's not like that. He hit me for a moment. And I went back to lying and fainting."

The dizziness is attacking stronger. Even stronger than the first time.

"Dam. Whatisthis? What the hell is going on? Everything seems so myopic."

"We've been there. Wait--What is that right?"

Darren suffers from severe dizziness. At some point, he even felt himself about to faint. But he regained his senses when suddenly a voice appeared.

A familiar sounding voice. But the sound is not real. Except being in their heads.

"Clara, I hope you can hear this," A voice flashed through Darren's head.

It was obvious Clara was showing the same expression as Darren. He also heard that voice.

As soon as they heard it, the two of them could immediately recognize that it was Samson's voice. He must have used long-distance telepathy to teach him something.

The telepathic voice continued. "I want you to be careful. The intruder seems to be targeting you right now" he said. "A mess happened at the base, and it was caused by the intruder. Fortunately, Shiro, Tora, and Dyland managed to soak it."

Clara nodded in understanding. "So, the intruder already knows our plan, huh?" Say it to himself.

Suddenly, there was another voice saying.

"Are Tora and Shiro-sama okay?"

Clara and Samson were shocked.

"Whose voice is that?" Samson was surprised. "It's supposed to be one-way telepathy."

Clara immediately turned to look at Darren who was closing her eyes.

"It's me, Esema," Darren replied in his mind.

"The enema? That you?" Reply Samson. "But how can it be?"

"There's no time for that. The important thing is, please tell me everything" Darren continued.

Samson did not think long and told all the events at the headquarters. Both from how Marvin and Rosemary fight, to the conclusion about memory magic that is the main cause.

"Anyway, I want you to be careful" Samson said. "My men may already be near you. And maybe you're prepared to eliminate the three of you."

Darren furrowed his brows. "So you said fake memories?"

"Yes. He can make you feel like you've had an experience you never had" Samson replies. "Therefore, you should not look at things from your own point of view. You can't be easy to believe, even with yourself."

He continued, "You should quickly complete your mission. If we can find out who the real culprit is then we can figure out what the real purpose is." After that brief message, Samson closed the telepathic channel and cut off contact.

Clara looked at Darren from a distance. "How can you do that?" His question.

Darren simply returned his gaze. "I don't know."

Clara seemed dissatisfied with Darren's reply. He looked away as if he no longer cared.

Darren scrunched his face. "False hints. I think I've heard this."

Good to say Darren. "What's up, Esema?" His question. "So you two seemed to have experienced something."

Darren retaliated. "Yes. Samson told us something."

"Simson?"

"Yes. He used telepathy remotely to tell us about the situation at the base" Darren said. "The situation there is chaotic. But it was succeeded in the redam by Dyland and the others. I asked you how the details were."

Good to look surprised. But he didn't discuss it further. All he left behind was staring at Darren with a strange look.

Clara also seems to be doing the same thing. The two of them looked at Darren with unfamiliar gazes. I don't know what really happened.

But Darren doesn't care about that. He only focused on the "false memory" Samson said.

"Why, suddenly my head started getting weird." Darren told himself. "It feels like something's foggy."

"The drug store. Why do I feel unreal" Darren closed his eyes.

"It feels like myopic. I can't see it so clearly. I sure remember, but I don't remember at the same time."

"What is this strange feeling? Don't-don't-"

Darren immediately walked over to Clara and Bagus.

"Clara-san, Bagus-san, do you feel that something is strange?" His question.

Clara and Nice just raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, indeed. I feel something is strange" Clara said. "How do you use a telepathic spell? Is that your talent?"

Darren shakes. "No, that's not what I'm talking about. We can discuss that later," he said. "You mean. Do you feel like there's something weird about the drugstore?"

"You mean the drug store we visited yesterday?"

"Yes, that. Try to remember how the shop is shaped. How we get there. And how we see it."

Clara was silent for a moment. He closed his eyes and suddenly changed.

"My head, suddenly dizzy," Clara said. In that instant, he realized something. "Don't, this-this"

Darren nodded. "Yes. We may already be in the palm of the enemy's hand" Darren said.

Clara only showed a small surprised face. Darren then continued.

"False memory magic. I think it's magic similar to memory-giving magic" he said.

"I've heard that before" said Clara.

Darren continued his theory. "Before I went here, I was given a memory transfer by someone. He was a user of light magic, "She explained. What is meant here is his experience with Lionna.

"Magic light?" Clara stared hard. "That's magic that only humans can use."

"That's right," Darren continued. "If you think about it, false memory magic has almost the same way of working. The difference is, the transfer of memory will only be a knowledge. But the spell of false memory will become a memory of an experience that never happened, and convince the victim that he had experienced it."

Clara clenched her chin. "It makes sense."

Darren continued. "If memory transfer magic is light magic. Then chances are, fake memory magic also includes light magic" he said. "From my experience so far, I've come to understand a little bit about how light magic works."

"really? What'sthat?"

"Light magic is magic that controls memory. Whether it is taking, giving, seeing, or changing its shape. But this is just my speculation. Because I've seen someone use light magic to create damage" Darren explained.

Darren. "Anyway, now we have to quickly decide the next step."

Clara. "So, what are we doing now? Go back to town and find that drugstore, or go back to headquarters empty-handed?"

Darren had doubts. If they returned to go to that drugstore, they could be in even greater danger.

But on the other side. Returning to headquarters would also only make everything go to waste.

He wanted to ask a good opinion. But when he turned his head, the young man was no longer by his side.

"Where's good-san?" Darren asked spontaneously.

"I think I'm going back to the city and looking for the identity of the enemy" said Clara.

"No, that's not what I meant" Darren said, looking back and forth. "Good-san doesn't exist."

Before they realized it, a sword blade floated towards Darren.

Swooshes!

Darren spontaneously raised his hand to take cover. He was about to draw his sword, but could not.

The slash also managed to injure both of Darren's hands.

"Gahh!" Darren yelling. When he looked up, he saw Good holding the sword.

"Good-san, what are you doing?" Darren said with a look of shock.

Nice biting his lips. He did not return a word and immediately launched a second attack.

This time Darren managed to pull out his green sword. He immediately repelled a Good attack. However due to his injured wrist, he ended up being thrown and lying on the ground.

"Ezema!" Clara wants to help. However, suddenly a voice sounded from the other direction.

"Non-Elemental Spell: Canceling!"

The spell also erases the night vision magic on Clara and Bagus.

"Damn it, I can't see anything" Clara said frantically. He immediately let out a small flame on his finger as lighting, but in vain because the place was too dark.

Darren felt his back hit a rock. He was about to stand up, but his body hurt when he was lifted.

"Dam. I can't move."

Suddenly, there was the sound of a crowd coming from within the darkness.

"Hurry and catch them!" His voice sounded like dozens of troops cheering.

The ground started to shake. The sound of the footprints began to flinch into the entire silent forest.

Darren once again tried to stand up, but his body was instantly stepped on by Bagus.

"You stay there" he said, staring at Darren. His eyes seemed to pierce through the darkness.

Clara tried to counterattack, but the elemental anomaly in the forest made her strength shrivel. He can only make a small fire that is enough as lighting only.

"Clara-san, go!" Darren Shouts.

Without further ado, Clara immediately left regardless of Darren. He left the place and got away.

"Damn it, he ran away" said one of the soldiers.

"It's okay. Just one for questioning" Sahut Bagus. "All of you, good work."

Darren could only stare in frustration. He didn't expect all this.

"Good-san, are you..." Her speech. Then cut by Bagus himself.

"Yes, that's right. I'm quite surprised you can realize everything, Esema," said Good. "A little more. A little more and my plan will work. But you screwed up everything."

Darren could see a Nice look that was beginning to change. His eyes became slightly dim and glittering.

"When I could almost go home," Little Good continued.

"Come home?" Darren.

Good immediately hit Darren's head and knocked him unconscious instantly.

It was good to hold the fainted Darren and hand him over to the soldiers.

"Take him to the castle. Let the holy priest take care of the rest."

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"Now I remember how I got this bruise."

"I woke up in the middle of the night, and found him casting a spell on me."

"Then he knocked me out."