Chapter 49

“Not funny. no.”

“You must read it, Princess Terica.”

“Why do you keep calling me Terrika? Because I’m Daisy! It is a precious name given by Sister Roselle. And what princess is a princess? My dad was a woodcutter!”

Chew!

She was a bright blonde girl. He yanked the book that was lying on the desk and threw it aside.

Daisy crossed her arms.

“I won’t see you.”

“… … Okay. As I said, if you don’t read the book, we won’t serve you any food.”

“I do not need. I’m not going to eat.”

“It is.”

Although his eyebrows twitched, the servant cautiously backed away.

‘I’ll tell you everything when I get back.’

He brought him to the imperial family out of the blue, and forced him to read a book he was not interested in.

When I said I didn’t know the handwriting well, I made him study hard, and when I asked him to send it back, he didn’t even pretend to listen.

The rice they gave was delicious, but she wasn’t particularly dissatisfied with life at the convent. I missed Sister Roselle and her friends.

growl

“… … I’d say eat.”

However, Daisy regretted it within 5 minutes. The servant has already passed away.

If this happens, there is no choice but to starve until tomorrow morning. Daisy lay down on the bed and forced her eyes shut.

It has been almost a month since I entered this room. The nun said that she would be able to get along well with a dignified appearance like she has always been.

“Huh.”

Daisy whimpered, hugging the needlessly soft pillow.

I should have said I didn’t want to go. Because I promised to support the convent if I go.

right. You said you shouldn’t lie

That’s why you get punished.

“Violet, Clover, Camellia… … .”

didn’t even sleep

I was in the middle of calling out the names of the convent children one by one with my face buried in the pillow.

thump thump!

“Hick!”

Daisy, startled, jumped to her feet. It wasn’t the sound coming from the door. the window side?

“This is the 5th floor… … ?”

Looking at the clock, it was a very dark night, long past midnight. A bleak shadow swayed outside the window.

Daisy moved cautiously. I firmly believe that there is no such thing as a ghost, but in reality my legs were shaking.

When I got closer, I was really hit by a person. I was frightened for a moment, but soon after I saw that face, Daisy’s mouth came out with admiration.

“Wow.”

He is a very handsome brother!

After knocking on the window in succession, Daisy hurriedly opened the window.

She’s a pretty blonde, just like you. Even though he was soaked in the rain, he didn’t seem to mind at all.

“Do you want to go out?”

Baeller said with a bright smile.

I don’t know why, but Daisy nodded.

“Yes Yes!”

“Excuse me for a moment.”

“oh.”

Baeller bent over and hugged Daisy.

Hug the princess!

I had been hugged by a nun before, but it was the first time in my life to be hugged by such a handsome man.

Come to think of it, I think I heard that this blonde hair is the symbol of the Rongrute family!

“Is your brother a prince?”

“me? Um, right.”

“Wow. But, wait a minute! 5th floor here… … Kyaaak!”

“Shh. You can’t make a sound.”

Before he had time to stop, Baeller jumped out of the wide open window. Daisy closed her eyes, thinking she was sure to plummet.

Pong. Pong. Pong.

“uh… … ?”

Bumping into the three layers of [Wind Curtain] he had prepared in advance, Baeller landed lightly on the floor.

“Are you a wizard?”

“right. I’m here to pick you up. Let’s go.”

“yes! Go!”

I was worried about following without a shadow of a doubt, but getting out of here was the first thing.

The royal family’s annex is not very closely monitored as there is no direct lineage. Nothing has changed from when he stayed.

It is disappointing to live in such a poor place for five years.

“But Oppa, isn’t it too far from here to Creditia?”

“Not far.”

is there any star? There is no place to stay in the empire anyway.

I had to hide the magic core, so I thought of heading to Credia if possible.

“Isn’t it difficult?”

“It’s still okay.”

“I am proud of you.”

I’ve been moving for several hours without a break, and they follow me well without complaining.

“Be patient a little longer. If you go to the capital, you will be able to rest.”

“… … yes.”

Baeller stroked Daisy’s hair gently.

I was just running aimlessly, but the far east is already brightening.

Thanks to the forced speed, I succeeded in getting out of the system.

The hood was wrapped around Daisy, and the rain that poured all night still didn’t know how to stop, so my whole body was drenched.

“Who is chasing you?”

“Not yet, but soon it will be.”

You never know when you’ll be chased.

They are not the only ones to follow. Even in the imperial family with Daisy, Professor of Summertage, or at worst… … .

It was just when I was thinking about it.

“This way!”

“There are traces!”

“Look all around!”

It was a forest with no roads or anything, so there was no way people would come and go. There’s no reason to be so noisy.

“I hope those people… … .”

“Shh.”

In the overgrown bush, Baeller shut Daisy’s mouth.

It was a home I didn’t want to imagine. How could such an ominous premonition fit so well?

‘The magic core was tracked.’

Baeller swallowed.

Probably the personnel who were stationed in the vicinity of Summer Turge.

It is said that magic cores can be targeted at any time, but I did not expect to be pursued so quickly.

Professors who follow from Summer Turge a little late can easily get away with it. However, it is difficult to escape if there are people chasing the traces of magical power that remain short every moment.

‘It’s still the limit.’

Baeller clutched his chest.

Controlling one’s magic naturally consumes one’s mental power, just like magic. The pain, like being stabbed with a needle in my head, did not go away.

It is impossible for an individual to hide all the magical energy flowing from the magical power core. It wouldn’t be strange if they were caught within seconds.

Now that it’s like this, you have to forcefully break through this place with Daisy.

It’s dangerous, but you can… … .

‘Because I will definitely find a senior.’

Then, suddenly, a word passed through Baeller’s mind.

“… … under.”

Lockstrin Aindarlock.

okay. That’s what it meant.

I understand now.

If it was the level of magic, he would be much better, but if he wanted to block it, he would have been able to stop it enough.

It didn’t.

Understanding his insignificant story, he let himself go as if he couldn’t win against the uncompromising threat.

Is that all? When I brought up the story of Daisy, they were angry together with a cold face I had never seen before.

“After all, I can’t do anything on my own.”

How far were you looking?

Perhaps sooner or later, Rockstrin is coming.

However, they were the ones who openly attacked the imperial family. Is it different from Aindar Locke? The same goes for being at risk.

“Daisy, the situation is not good.”

I’m fake, but I don’t intend to be a piece of baggage until the end.

“It’s dangerous to be with me right now. Those people are after me.”

“Well, then what?”

“it’s okay.”

Baeller grabbed Daisy by the shoulders and pulled the hood over her hair.

The rain-soaked blonde hair shined exceptionally even in the early morning twilight.

“Sooner or later, another black-haired oppa will come here.”

“yes… … ?”

“In two hours at the latest. So please wait here quietly.”

“Black hair… … .”

“Was the explanation a bit lacking? Alas, yes.”

The guys chasing her have nothing to do with Daisy. Daisy is safe as long as she is away from herself.

The rest, sorry.

Baeller smiled and said.

“He’s more handsome than me, that guy.”

Rockstrin, I won’t leave it to you.

* * *

“Ro, Rockstrin Student!”

When I came out of the dean’s office, Professor Katrina was stamping her feet.

I briefly conveyed the situation.

“Did you understand?”

“Yeah, but how? It’s tomorrow morning right? What did the dean tell us… … .”

“We’re going to filter out the faculty. How did the transparency verification, which was proposed at the regular faculty meeting not long ago, go?”

This is the agenda proposed by Kanin.

It was revealed in the ‘Class A Kidnapping Case’ that there was Liden’s hooker among the faculty of Summer Turge.

So, a detailed survey conducted on all professors to dispel the mistrust in this regard.

“I just finished the first round last week. However, in most cases, the results suggest that further investigation is needed, so it is difficult to judge based on that.”

As famous professors, it is difficult to easily approach confidential areas such as personal research.

Since it is impossible to conduct an investigation without the cooperation of the professor himself, only a few professors can be trusted with only the first verification.

“How many are there?”

“Only 27 people have been verified with certainty… … . Even half are associate professors.”

“Enough. First of all, please write an official letter so that we can bring all the other professors to the auditorium for further investigation.”

I arrived at the secretary’s office right next to the dean’s office with Katarena.

Professor Katrina also serves as Yurain’s secretary. Since he can act on behalf of Wirain when he is absent, he also has the authority to summon a professor.

“To prevent being caught, wouldn’t it be simpler to close the faculty research building altogether? I heard that Mage Kanin was chasing the Baeller student.”

“no. There is a difference between that and convocation. The dean said Professor Kanin couldn’t find it alone. All the professors will have to step up in pursuit.”

Otherwise, you will die inevitably.

can’t kill He’s a guy who shouldn’t die here.

“What is the title? It’s not the kind of people that professors just call in and can do that.”

“How do I know that as a student? Think about what the professor said about the last verification. We also need time to call individually.”

“That is easier said than done… … .”

“Then the dean even sighed, but did you think it would be easy?”

I said, taking out a list of all the faculty members and a pen.

It’s an emeritus professor’s badge stuck there. Katrina, who had muttered, soon picked up a pen and started scribbling.

“That, Rockstrin student.”

“I am busy.”

“It is because it is important. The fact that the culprit was a Baeller student… … .”

“It has to be revealed.”

As expected, the offer is rejected.

Even so, there is no such thing as not receiving support from aristocratic professors.

“That will definitely be a big deal. Are you Rongrt? No matter how you deal with it now, it will eventually leak out. Then the honor of the imperial family would be greatly damaged, and… … you know? We have cliques too.”

“I don’t know anything about the professors’ circumstances, but there are certain things.”

I continued writing notes next to the names of the professors.

“If we don’t find Baeller-senpai in time, not only the honor of the imperial family, but the whole system will be lost.”

“I wonder if it would be that difficult to track down the magic core.”

“It is only a matter of time. There must be a limit to Baeller-senpai’s ability to control magic. The important thing is to find it much sooner than that.”

The stolen item is a mana core, a huge mass of mana.

Right now, Baeller is controlling the magic leaking out of the magic core, but it doesn’t last long. It is also after Kanin has already inferred the direction, and from then on, tracking becomes easy.

“… … It’s difficult. If it’s going to be known anyway, you might consider notifying the imperial family from the beginning and getting help.”

“The dean must have an idea, too.”

The conversation ended simply by selling the name of Urrain.

Besides, in order to do what Katrena said, you have to manipulate the entry and exit list, and that is not a simple task either.

If I prepared in advance or had a child, I could erase Baeller Rongrt’s record, but there was no child right away, and if that happened in the first place, my name would remain at the very end. I’m afraid I’ll do that because I’m crazy.

“Take it, Professor.”

“Yes Yes?”

I handed out the list to Katrena, who was pulling out her hair.

In the elegant handwriting of Rockstrin, there were notes written next to the names of about a hundred professors.

“What is this?”

“After convening, you have to call them individually and secretly spill them as you wrote down. Like hearing news from another professor all of a sudden.”

“That much is possible, but… … . ‘I went to the southwest forest’, ‘I went out with expensive wind magic research materials’, ‘I went out with the rocktrin’. What are you talking about?”

“It’s all bullshit. So we have to make them believe it.”

Even if the player plays the game several times, the professor who leaks information to the ‘enemy’ is random. That’s why I don’t even know now.

In other words, you need to find out the ‘enemy’ as quickly as possible. Make their movements predictable.

“Deliver the exact situation to only 27 professors you can trust with certainty, send them to the location you noted in advance, and let them testify that you witnessed Baeller.”

“ah… … !”

“I overlapped them little by little, so it won’t be enough. If someone suspicious comes to that place or finds something related to it.”

“I can definitely filter it out.”

Urgent situation, urgently delivered information. The whereabouts of the magic core in the hands of at least one student.

Before verifying the reliability of information, the body has no choice but to move first.

They are the ones who communicate with the ‘enemy’.

“Where is the supply storage key?”

“Furniture warehouse… … ? You mean the one on the playground side? It’s in the lower left drawer.”

“I’ll be back for a while, so keep doing what you were doing.”

I grabbed the key to the supply room and left the secretary’s office. It was the same warehouse in the playground.

Took, toduk.

When we arrived at the warehouse, it started to rain. It feels authentic. Because the sixth episode is with rain until the end.

I searched the dark warehouse for about 30 minutes and was able to find it.

[ITEM]

[old beacon]

: A magic tool with a lighting function.

It was made for night training at Knight Academy. It has been neglected for a long time, but it can be used.

Communication magic tools have not yet been developed at this point. Therefore, you have to make or find a magic tool that can exchange opinions from a distance.

This one is still correct. Since I haven’t held any events with students who can make magic tools, I have to use this signal that was made for use at the young knight academy.

The function is simple, so no matter which signal is turned on, all signals are equally turned on.

The effective distance is about 1km, but that is enough because the professors are arranged like stepping stones.

“What is all that? It’s the first thing I see.”

“It will be too late if we move and deliver it one by one. We will communicate our intentions with this.”

A total of 29 signals are required.

It was Katrina, the 27 professors, and myself.

“Please make me familiar with this.”

“It’s a password.”

“yes. Distinguish between short and long lights. I decide to enter the positives and negatives first, the location number second, and the professor number third. You must tell me as soon as you find out.”

I took only numbers from Morse code and made a simple table.

After that, I checked that the beacon was working properly, and took various items from the faculty research building as written in the memo.

In the meantime, Kathrena somehow completed an official document to summon the professors and false data to be used for this purpose.

I looked out the window and saw the sun rising in the distance.

“It is morning now.”

“I have no mind at all. I think I’m ready… … .”

“Then I’m done.”

“yes?”

I got up after checking my notes and stuff one last time.

it’s time to move slowly I secretly took a video recorder from the secretary’s office.

“You made a note of it. ‘Went out with Rockstrin’. We have to do it.”

I can’t entrust this to anyone.

The enemies in the sixth episode are random, but only one professor is a definitive enemy, and is also connected to the most dangerous force.

“The role of a professor is the most important. Be sure to deliver each person separately as per the memo.”

“ha. I’m nervous. Rockstrin students are amazing again. How can you be so calm?”

“You are very nervous.”

“Huh, you’re also humble.”

“No, it’s true.”

I’m really nervous enough to die.

I’m just saying it sounds comfortable.

“Then let’s begin.”

shoot it

with the pouring rain.

Steps were heavy as they left the main gate where the dawn was bright.