65 – Discovery (1)
A private stage where a martial arts competition is in full swing.
Around it, the heat of cheering for the players in the center flowed out and spread like a haze.
There was one person watching this with indifferent eyes, and that was Sirius, who hid himself in Phantom’s vision.
His current appearance would make others see him as an ordinary academy cadet, so spying on the enemy in such a bold place wasn’t too difficult.
‘Not a single suspicious glance. It’s just amazing.’
While looking around, Sirius stuck out his tongue at the Phantom’s ability, which he had witnessed for the first time with his own two eyes.
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According to ancient times, the academy is not a very comfortable place.
As it is a place where cadets, who are regarded as talented in their own way in the empire, are looking for it, even the security for this place is different.
Right now, even the barrier around this academy serves as a gateway to filter out those who are not members of the academy, such as cadets and professors.
Most of the renegades who try to do something about the academy will probably be filtered out in this process.
If it wasn’t for the Phantom’s hallucinatory magic, which can play with even inanimate objects, Sirius would have already felt quite helpless here.
Although he hates to admit it because of his inherent reluctance as a human being, Sirius realized that the existence of a phantom was a stronger ally than anyone else when taking on a mission.
– Kiki! It looks peaceful. So, when are you going to start working? Gigg!
‘Not yet. I need to get some more usable cards.’
Answering the phantom’s voice in his head, Sirius moved his right hand hidden in his bosom.
Magical thread, an essential virtue for puppet masters who control puppets.
Although it was invisible to the naked eye, it was connected to his fingertips and connected somewhere.
Originally, it would be impossible to use even this in such an open place due to the risk of being seen by others.
However, it was possible for Sirius, who reached the stage of constructing a thread invisible to the naked eye by erasing the existence of magical power as much as possible.
– Kiki! Still far away, how long do you plan to keep people waiting?
‘Wait quietly. It’s important to collect the tiles as inconspicuously as possible in order to bring the target.’
Currently, Sirius has a total of five people.
Four cadets and one professor guarding the entrance, but these aren’t enough to bring Astesia’s blessing.
The good news is that we’ve already found out where Astesia’s blessing is, so we don’t have to mess with her with it.
– Kiki! Please remember. That those who left the academy will come back tomorrow at the latest. It’s safe to say that the time limit is until tonight.
Not only that.
If a member of the followers in Igrexia realized that it was hallucinatory magic, there is a possibility that they would realize what it was for.
If the personnel who left the academy return tomorrow, and it focuses on strengthening security, the mission will be more difficult than it is now.
If the sword must be drawn after all, it must be done this evening or overnight at the latest.
‘You don’t have to tell me, I know. I’ll contact you when I need help, so until then, just watch.’
– Kiki! Take care of it Instead, know that I don’t like waiting, so you never know when I might interfere! Gigg!
Even though it was transmitted through his head, there was no difference in this grotesque voice that was extremely unpleasant, so Sirius unilaterally cut off contact.
Just as it is, pretending to be a member of an ordinary cadet watching the martial arts competition, he continues to act as if he is trying to gradually increase his number of cards through the cards he has in his hands.
“…… !”
My eyes met with a man in the audience seat across from me.
To be precise, it was with a man and two people, including a petite woman next to him.
When our eyes met for the first time, I thought it must be a coincidence.
As long as he was hiding in Phantom’s hallucinations, he thought there was no way his identity would be revealed.
However, as Sirius studied the man’s face closely, his pupils gradually widened, and he thought that it might not be a coincidence.
‘It’s him.’
Yes.
The opponent was the youngster who prevented him and Barter from taking Astesia’s blessing in the Wizard’s Forest not too long ago.
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The story goes only 3 minutes ago.
Immediately after Leverick’s defeat, voices mixed with regret and cheers continued in the hall.
While giving enthusiastic applause to a junior who worked hard, Lizerote accidentally cast her eyes to the other side.
“Hmm?”
She doesn’t claim to have a very good memory of her people, but there was a man who had apparently not been there until just now.
Even the outfit wasn’t the academy’s cadet uniform.
That said, it wasn’t that he was dressed suspiciously with a thick robe or something over his head, but I couldn’t understand why anyone in the academy was wearing that kind of outfit unless he was a professor.
Above all, the strangest thing was that the cadets around him didn’t seem to notice this sense of incongruity at all.
However, there were very rare circumstances in which she could not wear cadet uniforms, so she asked the professor for permission and thought that there were cadets who went to school in plain clothes, so she thought it was impossible to conclude.
“… Dear.”
So, Lizelotte stared at the man in silence and eventually called her bell beside her cautiously.
Even if everything else is like that, it was great that I didn’t feel any emotions such as disappointment or joy in her eyes as she watched her stage.
It was as if my attendance at this dance was only in name, and in reality I came for another reason.
“Yes, senior. Why?”
“Can you see that man on the other side? This is the one wearing her plain clothes and a thick coat over her top.”
Spring is still in full swing, and even the clothes don’t match the season.
With her doubts growing deeper and deeper, Liserotte wanted to make sure that the other person would notice when she pointed her finger at her, so she explained only her external features and gave Belle a glance as if to look the other way.
“… Are you wearing plain clothes?”
However, an unexpected reaction came out here.
That’s also true, Bell couldn’t see a person in plain clothes.
No matter how much I washed my eyes, everyone was wearing ordinary academy cadet uniforms.
“Can’t you see? Apparently over there in plain clothes…. Ah.”
Lizerote, who continued her explanation, let out a low exclamation as if she realized something.
Bell also frowned at her, feeling that her words were out of sync with what she saw in her own vision.
What does it mean when two people looking at the same situation have different views?
Unless one eye is severely damaged, the number of cases is limited.
First, when one person sees something they shouldn’t be able to see.
Secondly, if one person doesn’t see what they need to see.
And both of these cases are typical cases of hallucination magic.
Originally, I would have been confused because I did not know which one was the truth even after making two moves, but in the case of two people, it was not necessary.
Even if you see the same scene, it is only one person’s job to project only the truth.
That was also the most decisive reason why Bell wanted to borrow power from a person called Rezerote.
“… Wake up at once If you make a fuss here, even the cadets around you will be involved.”
“I guess so.”
At Belle’s invitation, she got up from her seat and moved on, staring at a figure who had mingled among her cadets.
With the thought that maybe the enemy’s witchcraft reached the academy earlier than expected.
That moment.
Shih.
“!”
The body of her man, whom Lise Rotte was staring at, disappeared as if he were sinking into water, and he disappeared from sight in an instant.
When her legs stopped and her pupils widened, Bell, who confirmed this, felt strange and asked.
“Why is that? Senior.”
“… Missed. It disappeared before her eyes.”
Even if you’re hiding yourself in a hallucination, you’d be so bold to disappear in front of others.
Liserotte thought her own judgment was wrong and clenched her fists fiercely in her sorrow.
Even if there were a lot of cadets around, it was difficult to show off your skills right away, but there must have been a more certain method.
“Seeing that it remains the same in my field of view, it seems that only the substance has escaped. He probably went somewhere out of sight. Let’s look for it.”
“Let’s see.”
She nodded her head as she listened to Belle’s heartfelt consolation and advice.
Her indigo-blue hair swayed and the light in her red eyes shone fiercely.
Anyway, considering it a good thing that she noticed her enemy’s existence, she decided to calm her mind for now.
She decides to release her resentment over missing out when she catches him.