“Chief, this.”
Doran Slade, head of the 1st Special Affairs Division, accepted the file folder presented by his subordinate mage Runnen.
It was a damage report and a list of the dead. The results of a recent murder spree in the Alliance’s outskirts were documented.
As Doran went through the list of victims, he quickly grasped the implications of these documents.
“Hmm, it was disguised as a retaliatory raid, but I guess the purpose was to get information. As a bonus, cheating.”
“That’s right. And look at the names of missing or dead personnel.”
There was no contact with the victims. Their origins were different, their ages were different, and their areas of activity were polar opposites.
They had only one thing in common: their names were all Lane.
Crows are looking for Lane Ludwig… … Doran’s eyes opened slightly, revealing cold eyes.
“I’m curious what happened in ＜Redacable＞ to make the Black Church look for it with its eyes on like this.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to take protective measures? There are now only two adventurers with the name Rain, including Rain Wizak.”
“No, if we intervene here, we will hide our tails right away. Wait until you bite into the rice cake.”
If my guess is right… … Turaina’s nemesis is already inside Deliten. Since he’s been looking for Lane so blatantly, he’s going to move slowly.
“But wouldn’t it be too dangerous to forge lanes if we waited longer?”
“well. You’ll have to see that, but I probably won’t say I’m going to die.”
Lane Ludwig is an out-of-the-box strongman who doesn’t fit his age. Maybe it’s because he was gifted with magical talent from his parents… … If he grows up smoothly, he will surely become a leader in the world of magic.
So, what we need to worry about now is the other lane.
“I will go this way. You wait near the school with Miss Tirinthed. Intervene as soon as you detect a black magic reaction.”
“yes.”
“Oh, try to capture them alive if possible. We have to figure out how they’re trying to resurrect Rin.”
The purpose is known. The problem is the process and means to achieve that goal.
The opponent is a shrine maiden who accomplished a legendary feat. Even if you assume the worst of the worst, there is no shortage of existence.
I smile, but I think darkly.
‘I don’t know if it’s not the case that Rin should be resurrected to stop such a monster.’
* * *
“This is a riot!”
As soon as the convening of the auditorium was over, I went to the office of President Burinake.
After tutoring Cassena, going in and out of the president’s office became a daily routine, to the point where even the secretary just announced Lane’s visit and let her in without stopping.
“I don’t know what you mean.”
Madelia Page brazenly made a joke.
“It means getting Lady Cassena into school. And I’m the map… … ?”
“I just followed a long tradition. After I enrolled you, it was just a coincidence that you were the top cadet.”
Is this really a coincidence? If the other guy had been the chief, would Madelia have made such an irrational number?
Perhaps reading this expression of mixed feelings, Madelia smiled wryly along with a sigh.
“Actually, it is true that I was able to make this decision because of you. Cassena wanted that too.”
“Even though… … .”
“Since she is my daughter, she definitely has aptitude. What I want you to do is to help me not to be embarrassed in this final exam.”
Would that be easier said than done?
Cassena certainly inherited the best lineage as a mage, but it was questionable whether she could compete with other cadets in the current situation.
When I closed my eyes tightly in pain, Madelia finally spoke in a soothing tone.
“Of course, I’m not brazen enough to simply ask for a give. Would you like to make a second deal with me?”
“yes?”
“Kennis, bring me the gold badge.”
Then secretary Kenneth brought out an insignia made of purple silk. It was an item luxuriously embroidered with the page family crest and intertwined golden roses.
“This is a pass that gives you unlimited access to the Central Library’s banned book list. Of course, it’s only up to the third kind, the test.”
“???!!!”
“You are of the same kind as me… … You have an insatiable thirst for knowledge. How about it, don’t you want to take this?”
Like waving a fish in front of a cat, Madelia waved the curtain in front of her eyes, and her mouth watered.
If the terms of the deal are good, there is no reason not to accept them. Could things be so easy and so good?
Think about it. How many times have I tried to get one of Turaina’s books… … Can you read those books to your heart’s content?
‘Wait, this is the devil’s temptation.’
It’s the devil’s temptation
It’s the devil’s temptation… … Ugh, I just can’t get over it.
A trembling hand stretched out toward the curtain at will.
“Actually, did I want to teach you more? You can’t miss such a good opportunity.”
Then Madelia blinked her eyes in amazement.
“I was worried about what to do if I had a naive side like my father, but I like this.”
Soon, he smiled mischievously. contract has been established.
“Of course, I used it as bait, but this is only a part of the reward I have to give you.”
“Reciprocate? What return?”
“Are you trying to be humble? Heh, this story will be told after the final exams are over. You and I will be busy without a break until then.”
I didn’t think deeply about what you meant. It was more important now to enjoy the texture of this insignia in my hand.
“Whoops.”
With no intention of hiding his expression, he left the president’s office and closed the door, stroking the insignia.
“What are you laughing at like an idiot?”
While saying that, I heard a voice from the side. Because Cassena Page was standing there in her school uniform.
‘Umm, contrary to my expectations, they match well.’
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If there is one difference, is it that he is not wearing the pure white school uniform cape?
I don’t know if it’s because it’s uncomfortable when using crutches, or if it’s just that I don’t wear them because they’re cumbersome.
While looking up and down at the clothes she was wearing only a blouse, Cassena did not try to hide her excitement.
“Today is a school trip! Since Lane is my guide, I need to make sure she looks around!”
It’s so loud that it hurts my ears. So, a sigh came out of its own accord.
“what! Why are you sighing!”
“My lady, don’t you know what situation you are in right now?”
“what… … What?”
“Final exams are in two weeks. And I was asked to make sure that the lady would not be humiliated during the final exam. How about school visits? Do you have 72 hours a day, young lady?”
Being sarcastic about the mistakes of others has been his specialty since he was young.
‘Even though I’ve refrained from becoming Rain.’
Cassena opened her mouth with a cold expression, then pouted her lips in a calm manner.
“Oh, I know! I was just kidding!”
yes yes
You’re really kidding, right?
But I don’t know why you look down.
“So where are you going now?”
“I have to go to class. I skipped today because of the briefing session, but now it is class time for the first period.”
“Ah, I know!”
I wondered if I would die again, but when I started to see Yongmyeon Hall, the first year undergraduate building, my eyes started to light up.
Watching the cadets entering Yongmyeon Hall from afar, he even busily tidied up their school uniforms.
I would have thought that I would never be able to come to ＜Delayten＞ for the rest of my life, but I wonder if the feeling is new… … I just laughed and didn’t say anything.
“Now, hold on!”
As soon as the classroom door was opened, Cassena quickly restrained her, then put her hand on her chest and took a quiet breath.
She was a girl who still had the frankness and shyness of a six-year-old girl.
Thinking that way, I finally nodded my head to mean that I was ready.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
The classroom, which had been buzzing with stories about Cassena, turned into a bitter silence as soon as the two appeared.
The fact that these two appeared so friendly was also the moment when rumors that had spread throughout the city were proven to be true.
Christa Warden was also one of the people watching the scene blankly, but Gertrude chattered beside her because she thought it was going to be a very funny situation.
“Oh my goodness! Was it true that the two of you were trying to escape at night?”
Rain originally wasn’t very interested in the gossip of others, but he was slightly worried about Cassena, who was quite conscious of others’ gazes. But it seems there was no need for that.
“Wow… … !”
breathe in admiration classroom, classroom I’m here in the classroom I’ve always dreamed of… … Cassena pointed to a seat by the window.
“When it comes to class, it’s a window seat! I’ll sit over there! So, follow Rain too!”
Cassena’s innocent adventure was immediately blocked by a huge mountain. To the mountain called Christa, who arrogantly walked arm in arm.
“Rain, you can talk to me.”
Cassena instinctively felt a strange reluctance to call Lane’s name so friendly. Cassena’s eyes narrowed.
“Is Lane talking to me?”
As Cassena stood in front of Lane, Christa’s eyebrows naturally raised. The eyes of the two intertwined, and an electric current jumped out.
“It will only take a moment… … yo. this?”
Even Christa belatedly added an honorific. There are only five electors who do not have to use honorifics for the Page family.
“You have 72 hours in a day?! Wait, there’s nothing like that! It’s the final exam soon!”
Lane was dumbfounded and glared at the back of Cassena’s head. That’s the nagging I said earlier. Are you in a position to say that?
“Yeah, that’s right, but… … .”
Christa became dumb for a moment because of the unexpected reasoning.
‘It’s stuck… … !’
‘Warden and Paige… … !’
‘Because of Confucius Inseong… … !’
The students in the class swallowed in vain, Hubert, the late exponent of the Rowfinham School, frowned in amazement, and Gertrude covered her mouth to suppress the burst of laughter.
Perhaps thinking she was going with the flow, Cassena looked at Christa carefully and then looked back at Lane with a suspicious look.
“Rain, who is this wicked woman?! Are you friends with this guy?”
“Oh, the devil? Let’s listen, let’s listen, there’s nothing I can’t say! A wicked woman is probably the one who says things like that to strangers!”
Actually, we met once.
But while Krista at that time had no special skills or looks, Cassena was remembered by everyone with just that hair color.
“That one? I don’t need to say more to say such inelegant words! So, what kind of relationship do you have with Lane?”
“And, the relationship… … ? I’m a rival! The nemesis of rivals fiercely competing for the top graduation! What is your relationship with that guy?”
“funny! Are you like Lane’s rival? i am the employer Lane is my tutor! If I had to ask, would you say master?”
Lane, who didn’t care whether the two of them had a fever or not, drew a line firmly as soon as their problems intervened.
“No, it is not.”
There was no one who was not taken aback by the words of a tutor of the same age, but the one who was shocked the most was Christa Warden, who learned life through novels.
A tutor, a tutor?
For Christa, a tutor of the opposite s*x was the best greenhouse for love to grow. How many stories is this a staple material?
“I see now. Did you mean that Prince Lane was straddling his legs somewhere else after worrying about our lady for 40 days?”
Gertrude nodded her head in agreement and grotesquely summarized the point.
“What, what bullsh*t, you again!”
Christa raised her fist, and Gertrude ran away.
But it was not wrong. Always coming to school, Joe sees Lane, and Krista has been working hard on math, saving sleep at night… … .
Christa, who instantly became the center of attention of all her classmates at Gertrude’s slander, her face flushed like a blush.
“I, I, I… … .”
“me?”
Uninterested in the squabbles of the women of this family that everyone is paying attention to (in the first place, she is not very interested in others), Lane yawned lazily as she sat down and took out her textbook.
“I told you that a man and a woman at the age of seven sit together!!!”
Krista grabbed Lane’s collar tightly and started shaking it like crazy.
“You man! You’re not studying, huh?! What, what were you doing shooting around?! What about a match against this Christa Warden?!”
“No, I mean, this was a force majeure… … .”
“Force majeure will freeze to death! You don’t even know the term “7-year-old boy and girl”!”