Rie took us to the Ophilus mansion.
So when I arrived near the Ophilus mansion.
“Rudy.”
Rie saw that Ian was a little far away and called me.
“Well?”
“Is it okay to take Ian with you?”
“Is there anything wrong with it?”
Lee opened her eyes thinly and looked at me.
“The battle for Gaju is going on right now. I could lose the achievements I could have made here.”
“Oh, it doesn’t matter if that’s the case.”
Lie tilted her head at my words.
“What else do you mean?”
“Literally? Anyway, it doesn’t matter, so let’s go in.”
After chatting, we arrived at the Ophilus mansion.
There were a few soldiers in front of him, and it looked like there was an investigation going on inside.
Lee ignored those people and walked into the mansion.
I wanted to be okay with that, but I went in naturally, so I just followed her.
widely!
“who are you. You cannot pass through this future without permission.”
Then the soldier thrust the spear in front of Li.
Rie saw the soldier’s actions and sharply opened her eyes.
“ah… … !”
The soldier looked at Rie’s face and widened his eyes.
“Sin, sorry! You were a princess… … . D, you can go in. I’m really sorry!!”
Even though Lee didn’t say anything, the soldiers bowed their heads several times.
The soldier bowed his head like that and looked at us following Rie.
“Perhaps… … Those behind you… … .”
“There, Rudy Astria, the second son of the Astrian family, and the commander and deputy commander of the Imperial Army. I gave you permission, so you can go in.”
“Oh, I see.”
At Lie’s words, the soldier bowed his head.
“Come on, let’s go in.”
“… … Can I come in like this?”
I asked with an embarrassment.
I didn’t lie, but can I do it this way?
“I am the head of this case, so what’s the problem?”
“You are the general manager?”
“Even though I look so familiar, I am the first princess. A princess who will soon become emperor. I can handle an incident like this.”
That was correct.
Even though she was a princess, Rie was not a flower in a greenhouse.
He had a lot of experience through many incidents, and he had the ability to solve them.
I don’t know how successful he is with his magic training these days, but he was a guy who didn’t lack enough to take on a case like this.
“I’m sorry I didn’t know. You were a great guy.”
“Hmmm!”
Lie smiled as if she was happy with my compliments.
So we went inside the mansion.
“I see you, Princess.”
Then the investigators inside bowed their heads to Rie.
“Is there any progress in the investigation?”
“There is not. It continues to stand still.”
“okay? Then get out of your seat. Because I brought people to investigate for me.”
The investigator looked bewildered and looked at us behind Lie.
“Hey… … They… … .”
“You know, get out of your seat. Get some soldiers.”
“All right.”
The investigator escaped from the mansion with the soldiers who were investigating the mansion.
There was a strong sense of emptiness when the Ophilus mansion, which was not very large, or all the people who were investigating it had left.
“Things are the enemy. To the extent that I wonder if it is the duke’s mansion.”
Rie nodded at Astina’s words.
“I heard other people say that it was like this from the beginning.”
“Are you talking about users?”
“For both the user and the other people who have been to the mansion.”
At Lie’s words, Astina nodded and looked around.
“Hmm… … .”
Ian looked around and closed his eyes.
He seemed to be trying to identify a space area.
I saw Ian and followed him.
Inhale and concentrate.
And look into the spatial domain.
I can’t be sure if time magic was used as space magic.
But it wasn’t impossible at all.
If he touched the space area with time magic, he could see the traces of it.
I looked around the space inside this mansion.
There seemed to be no abnormality in the area around the living room.
I widened my scope and looked around several places.
From kitchen, study to bedroom.
“… … ah.”
Then I found
Scars left in the spatial area.
Just as a human wound leaves a scar when it is healed, if the area of space has been distorted, the scar remains.
It disappears after some time, but the scar remains for at least a month.
“Did you hear Aryandor?”
Ian also seemed to have confirmed the scars in the spatial domain.
“That would be the most likely.”
Chancellor Ophilus cannot suddenly use time magic.
Even if Ian and I were away, there was no reason to use time magic so proudly.
If the two of us come back, we’ll find out right away.
Rie saw the reaction of the two of us and asked a question.
“Then what evidence could that be?”
“I moved horizontally somewhere using space magic… … . like this?”
“You moved?”
“The sound of an influence on the spatial domain means that the space itself has been touched.”
taken from noblemtl.com
Moved from place to place with time magic.
That’s all I could find out.
I don’t know where the place was or why he made such a choice, but it seemed to become clear that Aryandor had come.
Ian confirmed that fact and looked at me and Li.
“Then what are you going to do with this fact?”
“Aren’t we supposed to find it soon?”
“When found, what is the probability that Prime Minister Ophilus is alive?”
“virtually… … .”
Few.
Chancellor Ophilus is virtually incompetent.
He didn’t have any fighting skills.
If such a person were to fight Aryandor, he would not be able to hold out for even a few seconds.
“I still have to find it.”
“Rather, Aryandor could use him to dig a trap.”
“But, maybe Prime Minister Ophilus is still alive.”
I’m not sure, but there’s a very small chance.
If he really is a time magic user… … I could somehow hold on.
“You mean we can hold out until we find it?”
I couldn’t answer that.
Quite a bit of time has already passed.
There we now have no evidence.
We do not know where Prime Minister Ophilus is or what condition he is in.
When you gather these evidences, no matter how much time magic you use, you can’t stand it.
I will give up physically and physically.
“We will find it as quickly as possible.” “How?”
How to find Ophilus with the evidence we have now.
No such method exists.
However, there was no need to find him with the evidence we had.
“You should ask someone who knows where Aryandor is.”
Ian narrowed his eyebrows.
“Who knows where Aryandor is? If there was such a person, they would have used it before.”
“At the time, I didn’t know where he was.”
“Then do you know now?”
“I still don’t know.”
Ian snorted as if it was ridiculous.
“Are you kidding me?”
“no. I don’t know where he is.”
I smiled.
“I found a way to call him out.”
***
next day.
A great commotion broke out at the Liberia Academy.
“Ah, the head of the Astria family has been decided!”
“No, why did Rudy-senpai suddenly give up?”
The reason was the extravagance that spread in the Empire.
Rudy Astria, the second son of the Astrian family, has announced that he will give up his position as head of state.
For the Academy people, the news was very shocking.
Apparently, until yesterday, news had spread that Rudy had captured the rebel leader.
Although he was caught with Ian, the news was that the contribution was more focused on Rudy.
Under such circumstances, Rudy gave up her position as head of state.
All the students couldn’t get the question out of their minds.
“Isn’t that because of Prime Minister Ophilus?”
The two dukes of the Empire were absent, so Rudy sacrificed it.
It was the most popular speculation among students.
When all kinds of guesses come and go between students like that.
“… … You don’t even know?”
Cromwell called Uni and was having a conversation.
It was not only the students who were perplexed by these rumors.
The professors also wondered what the hell was going on.
Apparently, he was a guy who was trying to become a head of state even when he saw him in the capital.
If you suddenly gave up like this, there must be some reason.
Still, I wondered if Uni would know something because he is one of the current sophomores who keep in touch with Rudy.
“Yeah, I’m confused too.”
“ha… … . i get it. Is there anything difficult about being the student council president?”
“Every day is difficult. If I can quit, I want to quit. How did Rudy-senpai do this for a year? How, there is no way to quit?”
“… … none. stop go suffering.”
“yes.”
Yuni sighed in disappointment and walked out of Cromwell’s commissary.
Everyone made a fuss about Rudy, but Yuni didn’t really care about him.
Rudy didn’t forcibly give up on him, but he gave up on himself.
Then there must be a reason for that.
Rudy made a promise to Yuni.
I will stand up without being frustrated by Robert’s death.
So, it wasn’t really a waiver.
It would be a stepping stone to the next course.
Yuni had no doubts.
Yuni was more concerned about the fact that she had to go to the student council room today to work than these rumors.
‘Are you going to run away today? … . I want to take a break… … .“
Even with that thought, Yuni’s feet were heading towards the student council room.
Although she grumbles every day and looks like she will quit tomorrow, she is surprisingly diligent in her work.
“I’m here… … .”
Yuni bowed her head and opened the door to the student council room with a weak voice.
“Uni is here.”
“How are you?”
The student council room was noisy.
“Why are you so noisy… … .”
Yuni raised her head with a puzzled look.
in front of him.
“Are you here?”
Rudy, who was smiling brightly, was sitting in the seat of the student council president.