Chapter 191

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Chapter 191

The archmage stopped herself from thinking further; she was almost unable to resist agreeing. Before that, she composed herself with great self-control, stood up, smiled politely but distantly, straightened her wrinkled clothes, and walked out the door.

Sylas followed behind.

Her spiderweb-like imagination was not intimidated by the faint scare just now. She walked step by step, appearing calm on the surface, but in her imagination, she was now embracing Sylas’s neck and being carried upstairs by her.

Sylas’s footsteps followed closely behind her, even making her feel like each step would reveal a part of her thoughts. As a result, she walked faster, hoping to quickly escape this situation. Finally reaching the door, she didn’t even dare to turn around and calmly said to Sylas, "You should go back."

Sylas didn’t sound willing to go downstairs. She sighed deeply, quickly washed herself, and then threw herself onto the bed, thinking quietly, "If my imagination were to come true, I would definitely try to keep her."

And it certainly wouldn’t be by simply asking, but rather by hooking her neck and forcing her onto my bed.

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Several days after their relationship began to progress smoothly, Sylas had to go back to school. Xerath didn’t send her off, using the excuse of "it’s not suitable to be seen near the school." Fortunately, after Sylas stepped out of the teleportation array at Star Song CastleMage Guild, the Rost Family twins were waiting for her at the door.

"What discoveries did Swis find that were inconvenient to say in the letter?"

Swis said, "I’m really sorry to have called you back two days early, interrupting your time with the teacher. But it’s a matter of great importance that must be discussed in person. I’ve also called Luna back, and she will join us in the activity room later."

Mentioning the teacher so naturally made Sylas blush, and she remembered the failed kiss, making her blush even more. Why did Xerath always wake up so conveniently? Did she sense the danger?

"Let’s go straight there, Luna must be getting anxious," Caroline said. That’s true, Luna enjoys hearing all kinds of gossip, and making her wait like this would drive her crazy.

After crossing half the campus, they reached the dilapidated northeast corner tower of Sisters Hall. Luna was already waiting inside, she opened a window with a wild spider web behind her. Her figure overlapped perfectly with Shirley, as if the Terrifying Spider Queen murder would happen in the next moment.

Hearing the noise at the door, Luna suddenly turned her head and exclaimed loudly, "Swis! Tell me quickly!"

Swis got overwhelmed by her charging towards him and grabbing onto his collar, the poor twin brother. Even at this age, he was still almost the same height and build as his sister, so Luna could easily grab onto his collar.

"Alright, alright, let go, I’m about to start…"

Angrily, Luna pushed him, and he bumped into the door with a loud "bang." But he still managed to climb up to the front of the table bravely, adjusting the position of the petrified turtle, and opened one of the books piled up messily on the table.

This is "Yearbook," Swis said mysteriously, looking around as if waiting for someone to ask, "What is Yearbook?"

Sylas, of course, recognized the cover. Xerath kept all of the Yearbooks, and this year’s updated version still included her name.

But Caroline refused to give her brother face. When Swis wanted someone to ask, she purposely stayed silent. Luckily, Luna was very supportive and asked, "What kind of book is Yearbook? Why did you call us back so mysteriously?"

Swis said, "Yearbook is a measurement of the crystallized veins every year. Do you know what ‘crystallized’ means?"

Luna tried to give a definition. It’s a phenomenon mentioned in both primary and middle school textbooks. However, Luna’s hometown didn’t have any crystallized points nearby, so she didn’t know much about it.

"Almost there. The data of the crystallized veins is measured by a primitive measuring device, the main part of which is the Moon Stone."

"Moon Stone, hmm. And then?"

Swis wrote down the words "Moon Stone" on their small blackboard, followed by "veins" and then "measurement."

"The Moon Stone part was explained to me by Sylas, so I won’t go into detail," Swis tapped the blackboard, and Luna quickly sat up straight.

"The most interesting thing for me is what I discovered in the Yearbook. All the measurements of the crystal veins are given to the committee, who reviews them and compiles them into the Yearbook along with the readings. During my summer job at the committee, I unexpectedly found that many followers of Sauran have requested a geomagnetic measurement gauge, which seems suspicious."

Luna agreed and said, "Yeah, they are not knowledgeable at all. Why would they think of measuring the veins? Where exactly is the nearest vein to Star Song Castle?"

"It is in Mount Borliboli in the Dalis Mountains."

Sylas was familiar with this location. She had read about a hypothesis that suggested that the activity of Mount Borliboli was caused by the influence of the veins.

Caroline explained, "Mount Borliboli is a very dangerous place, not only because it is an active volcano, but also because it is close to where demons are active. Swis believes that these ignorant folks wouldn’t risk traveling for days and nights just to measure some strange crystals there."

Luna immediately agreed, "Exactly! I don’t think it’s possible either!"

Sylas said, "Well, it might not be impossible. Most of them are experienced in combat, so it’s possible that they have a mission in this area and they are taking the opportunity to do some measurements. Swis, have you checked with the adventurer’s guild about this?"

"Um… no. I mean, why did you become the defender of the other side, fairy?"

Sylas laughed and said, "We must consider all possibilities, right?"

The smile defeated the challenger. Swis hung his head and said, "Alright, I’ll double-check these. But let me finish talking about something else first." He tapped the blackboard again and said, "I believe the simplest way to verify the truth of their data, whether they actually tested crystallization or not, is for us to test it again."

At this moment, Luna raised an objection, "Even if we measure it now, it may not necessarily match their data. What if the earth’s veins have changed?"

Swis said, "You make a good point. However, what is unusual about their findings is, first, many people submitted measurement reports in a short period of time. Although the values were the same, it wasn’t necessary. I also asked Slote Miss to find out if the school organized any crystallization measurements, but she didn’t find any registered projects. This rules out the possibility of it being a collective practice activity."

Luna raised her hand and said, "Um, is it possible that it’s an activity by the ‘Star Song Castle Why Does Xerath Dominate Association’? That’s why they don’t register?"

Caroline said, "Do you expect this third-rate sand literary association to do research like this?"

"Oh…"

"Secondly, Mount Borliboli erupted twenty years ago, and someone has been measuring crystallization readings every three years. The names of the registrants… um, they change every year, but it’s very regular, they are all students from here. However, the ones who submitted the reports are… Eilan and Kat."

Caroline added, "This can still be explained. First of all, measuring crystallization is an obligation under the convention, but Dalis Mountains are very dangerous. Kat is a battle mage, Eilan specializes in studying demons. It’s much safer for the two of them to go to Dalis Mountains. It’s just a small task for students to fetch the measurement device."

"The first measurement was twenty years ago, which means… these suspicious measurements, as Swis believes, don’t fall within this cycle."

"Yes, this is the second strange thing about it."

"Anything else?"

"Isn’t this enough? Sauran’s followers, strange measurements of time, strange measurements of data."

"The measurement data may not be strange, since they are measured every three years, their values could be calculated based on previous data."

"Are you saying that this data is fake?"

"Yes, it’s possible that they never went at all."

"So what should we do…" Swis sat down, anxiously biting his nails. Sylas opened the Yearbook and said, "The measurement report usually includes the date of measurement, if we go and ask the locals…"

"Yes! That’s the plan! Let’s go, let’s go!"

Sylas looked at Swis skeptically, "Are you just wanting to go play?"

"Can’t we go? Have you seen a volcano? Have you seen a demon? Don’t you want to go take a look?"

Sylas shook her head. "I don’t plan on going on an adventure without knowing about demons first. Have you chosen your courses? I need to choose mine."

Luna leaned in. "What courses are you taking this semester? Our teacher asked if you’d be interested in the Fine Gemstone Array Design class."

"How many credits is it?"

"Um… three credits."

I won’t go. I only take courses that are worth four credits or more. It’s a pity that some high-credit courses can’t be repeated, or else Sylas would definitely take the same class over and over again.

When Luna looked again, she had already chosen Eilan’s "Introduction to Contract Spells and Demon Spells." "It’s also worth three credits! Why did you choose this one? Is it extra fun?" Luna asked.

"It should be fun. The teacher recommended Eilan’s class to me. Don’t you think Eilan would teach in an interesting way?"

Luna heard the word "teacher" and immediately got excited at a visible speed. "Recommended by the teacher? It must be an amazing class! I’m going, what about you two?"

Swis said, "Of course we should go! Don’t you think we should get on good terms with Eilan if we want to go to the Dalis Mountains? Maybe if she’s happy, she’ll take us there together!" He whistled and wrote down this lesson.

"And also, the scroll, Sylas, don’t forget to write down the scroll class. This semester, the scroll class is taught by Vice Principal Karrom. He is the successor of the scroll master, Karvik, who came up with the Karvik constant."

Having previewed the textbook, Sylas certainly knew the Karvik constant: The intensity values derived from the formula are always slightly higher than the actual values. The Karvik constant is the average value obtained by the wealthy "big shot" Karvik after burning ten thousand scrolls.