Chapter 337: The Angel in White vs. Synthia

"Noblesse students really are as excellent as they say; it’s a huge help," Teacher Coco said. "They make a weakling like me feel like I’ve actually become someone powerful."

Teacher Coco had been draining the mana right out of us, using it to cloak her body in an absurdly high level of defensive power.

The shrine was enchanted with a magic similar to an Inviolable Domain. We had tried attacking it several times, but it wouldn't even budge. My Glass Sword, Glacies, was capable of dealing damage to her Shield, but the magic was instantly overwritten the moment I made a dent.

The most terrifying part, however, was that Teacher Coco’s magic defied any normal attempt to analyze or dispel it.

I’m not trying to brag or anything, but I’m actually capable of analyzing even Weiss’s Blessing of Healing and Impulse of Destruction. But Teacher Coco’s magic formula? It was just too complex.

She clearly knew it, too. Wearing a fearless smirk, she parried our attacks as if we were nothing more than experimental subjects on a lab table.

Weiss had told me once that even he couldn't imagine a way to shatter Coco’s defenses. But he’d also said there was definitely a way to win.

And that was...

"Lilith! Lady Luna! Let’s keep going—don't give up! We can still fight!"

The secret was to never, ever give up.

She had more experience, more mana, and to top it all off, we had absolutely no idea what she was hiding up her sleeves. If our spirits broke now, there was no way we could ever win.

No matter how desperate the situation or how dire the straits—even in some absurd Narou-style crisis—Weiss would never give up until the very last second. He’d even said it himself: even on the verge of death, he’d go out laughing.

I’m not sure I could ever have that much resolve.

But I did have one thing: the sheer, stubborn tenacity of being Weiss’s fiancé!