The Survival of the Third-rate Villain

"Big sister Jerusha!"

"Big sister is back!"

"Big brother is saved!"

"Jerusha!"

The kids and caretakers exclaimed upon seeing Jerusha up in the air.

"..."

But Jerusha didn’t hear them...

She was focused on Raye’s bloodied body lying on the ground.

And then, opening her mouth...

"I’m gonna ask again... Are you the one who put Raye in that condition?"

Jerusha asked the demon that.

-...

The demon remained silent, feeling a slight chill down his spine.

And because of that...

-...?

He frowned.

Receiving no reply from the demon...

"Are demons so stupid that they can’t understand human language?"

Jerusha mumbled that.

And hearing this...

-What did you just say?

The demon asked, annoyed.

"Oh, so you can understand me after all..."

Jerusha said.

Then, looking at her...

-’She’s stronger than that male human, but she’s not stronger than me.’

The demon assessed.

-’She must be the one that ugly fucker said is fitting to be my wife.’

He concluded in his head with a mischievous smile on his face.

Anyway...

"What are you smiling about? Aren’t you going to answer my question?"

Jerusha spoke again!

And her voice pulled the demon out of his thoughts.

Then, with a grin...

-Hmm, and why should I answer you again?

The demon asked that arrogantly!

And immediately after hearing his response...

"[Water Spear]"

Jerusha used a skill!

Swoosh—

A two-meter-long spear made of water formed beside her!

Fwoosh—

Then it launched straight toward the demon!

-Huh?!

The demon, surprised...

Bam—

Jumped back to avoid it!

And the place where he had been standing...

Boom—!!!

It was destroyed!

A massive crater appeared as Jerusha’s skill hit the ground, producing even a weak earthquake!

-’She’s a lunatic.’

Tap—

The demon thought, landing softly on the ground.

But smiling slyly...

-I can handle her, though.

He whispered that under his breath!

Swoosh—

The demon circulated mana, preparing to attack Jerusha!

But before he could even try to...

"Jerusha, take care of Raye... Leave the demon to me."

He heard a different voice somewhere!

-?!

The demon was shocked—another human had approached without him noticing!

Swish—

He quickly turned toward the voice...

And then...

-Huh?

He saw a tall, muscular man who looked like a bear, with a big cigar in his mouth!

It was Ramiel Hale!

"Hey there, little demon."

Ramiel casually said!

And looking at him...

-’He’s strong...’

The demon immediately realized that and grew wary!

On the other hand...

"..."

Jerusha looked at Ramiel.

"The academy gave the orphanage a magic crystal to contact us when they need help. That’s one of your conditions to enroll in Zion, right?"

Ramiel said, looking at Jerusha.

"We received a distress signal earlier, so I hurried here."

He explained.

"Raye probably held off that demon on his own for a while. He’s in a dangerous state—help him."

And then he continued, taking the cigar out of his mouth and puffing out smoke.

Hearing his words...

Jerusha immediately realized what she needed to do at the moment.

"Okay..."

She replied and nodded her head gratefully.

Then, turning her back against the demon...

Swoosh—

Jerusha flew toward Raye.

-Not on my watch!

Bam—

The demon suddenly dashed toward her and Raye!

But...

Fzzzt—

Ramiel appeared in front of him in a flash!

"Not on my watch either."

He said.

Bam—!

And then he punched the demon in the face!

Bzzt—!

-Urgh...?!

The demon groaned—not just from the punch but from an electric shock that felt too!

-’What was that?’

The demon wondered, confused.

Then, with a smirk on his face...

"Shocked?"

Ramiel asked arrogantly!

He was cool and all...

"You get it?"

"I asked if you were surprised, but I used ’shock’ because I shocked you with my electric power."

All until he started explaining his stupid pun!

*****

(Jerusha’s POV)

Tap—

Landing softly beside Raye...

"Raye."

I crouched down and checked his condition.

I flipped his body to face upward...

"...!"

And my eyes widened when I saw the gaping hole in his stomach!

’He’s losing a lot of blood!’

I exclaimed internally.

Raye’s skin was pale, sweat dripped from his body, and his lips quivered!

Then his breath...

"Hufff... huff... haa..."

It’s becoming shorter and weaker!

"[Grace Healing!]"

I immediately used my strongest healing skill on him.

And Raye’s breathing eased a little bit...

"Ugh... huff... haaa..."

But he was still in a dangerous state!

"Please..."

I muttered, looking at him.

’Please don’t die...’

I silently prayed, closing my eyes.

"Sniff..."

Tears threatened to fall from the corners of my eyes.

I was disheveled and in panic...

But just then...

"I’ll help."

I heard Sister Irish’s voice.

"Huh?"

And opening my eyes...

I saw her on the other side of Raye, her hands aimed at him.

She opened her mouth...

"[Goddess’ Healing]"

Swoosh—

And then Sister Irish used holy magic on Raye!

"Haaaaaa... Haaaaaaa..."

Raye’s complexion quickly improved, and the blood stopped gushing out from his wound!

And seeing this...

"Thank you!"

I exclaimed that to Sister Irish!

"..."

She didn’t reply immediately, she was focused on healing Raye.

Beads of sweat fell from her forehead.

It was clear that continuously using such a strong holy magic was taking a big toll on her body.

After all, Sister Irish doesn’t have a large mana pool, just like Raye!

Anyway, forcing a smile as she glanced at me...

"Your friend here tried his best to defend us..."

Sister Irish muttered that.

"The kids and I are only alive right now because of him... I’m just returning a small part of what he did."

"There’s no need to thank me... I’ll be the one thanking him after he wakes up."

And then she added.

"..."

I was speechless.

Then, looking at Raye...

"Thank you."

I thanked him sincerely.

’I’ll say it again later, after you wake up...’

I thought.

’So please, don’t die.’

And with that...

Swaaaa~

I calmed down and just focused on healing Raye too.

Sister Irish and I paid no attention to our surroundings, we were solely focused on our task.

’Please handle that bastard, professor.’

I thought, slightly glancing at Professor Ramiel before closing my eyes again.