Chapter 212

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Chapter 212

"Is that it?" Caroline asked, "I still think we should tell…"

"Oh my goodness, can’t you just get rid of this idea quickly? Who knows who those bad guys are, do you think those damaged houses will get compensated by them? They will definitely ask for it when you turn yourself in!"

Caroline asked skeptically, "Really?"

Luna nodded confidently, "Of course! We can’t expose ourselves." We mustn’t be caught by the adults!

This plan to stick together seemed perfect. Every day, Luna was responsible for sneaking Swis out of the dormitory, then waiting in a hidden place for Caroline and Sylas to join them. Then, they would all go to the library to study together, and return to the dormitory before the campus got empty at night. Overall, the days were quite calm, as if everything that happened that night was just an illusion, except for occasionally overhearing students discussing the strange disturbances in the city and Sylas being mistaken for a boy by the dormitory supervisor several times.

"They said there was no evidence left at the scene, no bodies, no bloodstains. Most of the signs of the fight were also erased. And the lookout tower was completely burned, the stone even melted."

"Nothing else?"

After Swis’ eavesdropping earring was exposed, everyone expected him to eavesdrop on conversations to deduce who attacked them that night, but the most well-informed person in the school had no information at all.

"Nothing, but what exactly is Sylas? A monster?"

Leunen sneakily squeezed over and said, "This is a shard of the powerful Lord Flamestrom, a creature with a very bad temper, you know? Once released, it transforms into a fearsome lava monster! I’m in charge of keeping it locked up!"

It sounded quite believable, but the children had a deep understanding of its slippery nature, and this time they didn’t want to believe anything it said.

"Because neither the city security officer nor the Oversight Committee can find out anything fishy, so let’s just leave it at that," Swis eavesdropped for a while, tilting his head, and said.

Caroline seemed unwilling to accept it, quietly complaining, "Are we just going to let them go like this?"

These five or six days passed relatively calmly, but that doesn’t mean Swis is as honest as everyone imagines. At night, he heard the tapping on the window and jumped off the bed, opened the window, and released the ghost bird outside.

He fumbled to take out the Tower Rock that had been hidden under the pillow for a long time and handed it to Shamodial. He used the faint light to illuminate the envelope in his hand and repeated in a low voice, "Office of the Oversight Committee, Diego Westcounty, Office of the Oversight Committee, Diego Westcounty, can you go to this address? You must personally deliver the letter to him. It’s all up to you! Please deliver it as soon as possible! This is for you!"

Shamodial tilted its head skeptically, suddenly bumped Tower Rock with the helmet on its head, picked it up, tilted its head back, swallowed it, then picked up the letter and placed it in its mail tube. It dropped another letter in Swis’ hand, flapped its wings, and flew away from the window.

Swis collapsed on the bed, exhaling heavily, then carefully looked at Sylas’s face as if afraid of waking her up.

Sylas had her back turned, curled up in bed. Swis quickly raised his hand and looked at the letter in his hand. The envelope was marked "For Sylas" and the handwriting seemed to be from "Teacher," that mysterious young woman. He placed the letter on the bedside table. The next morning, to prevent Sylas from remembering anything, he took the initiative to say to her, "The teacher sent a letter! The ghost bird woke me up last night, and after I let it in, it left this."

Sylas didn’t ask anything and went straight to read the letter. But her expression didn’t seem to get any happier. Swis didn’t dare to touch her furry beard and hid in another corner until Sylas turned her head and asked, "Do you still have classes today?"

"Yes, what’s up?"

"Let’s go."

"What about them? Without Luna, how can I…"

"Jump down. The two of them have another exam, and Eilan is the invigilator. " A golden feather fell on Swis as she spoke. He was thrown far away, while Sylas slid down using a wind shield. It was still early, not the peak time for students to travel. They landed in a hidden corner, blended with the crowd on the roadside, and joined the big crowd to the cafeteria. After eating, they walked together through the Falcon Fortress gate, passing by signs, and arrived at the staircase classroom on the second floor.

After class, Swis followed the teacher out of the classroom. Sylas quickly caught up and grabbed Swis’s shoulder, asking, "What’s going on? Where are you going?"

"I’m going to the teacher’s office, why?"

"I’ll go with you."

"I’ll be there in a moment, it’s not a big deal, right?"

Sylas hesitated and said, "I’ll go with you, which teacher?"

"…Lucius, Lucius Manel, teaches potion cultivation."

Sylas had a feeling something was wrong. The name Lucius Manel sounded familiar, but she couldn’t remember. She followed Swis to the office and watched him go inside, then peeked in worriedly.

Lucius Manel caught Veses cheating on the rhetoric and logic exam, but was blackmailed because of an affair…

She kicked open the almost closed door and saw Swis looking at her in surprise, along with Lucius Manel’s face. She happened to notice the ruby ring on his hand.

She grabbed Swis and ran out, not looking back. They raced up the tower, climbed over the railing, and slid down to the ground using a wind shield. After experiencing drastic changes, Swis felt confused, helpless from being pulled along, and terrified from the fall. She screamed and asked, gasping for breath, "What’s happening?"

"Lucius Manel, the only wizard that night. He can simultaneously ignite fire spells and fireballs. If you had entered earlier, I guarantee you’d be a pile of ashes now. Wait…"

She protected Swis behind her, and the Water Lord appeared by her side, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Wh-what’s happening?!"

"There are people surrounding us." She pulled Swis back into Falcon Fortress and stood in front of a sign with people coming and going. "What should we do? If the other side can enter Star Song Castle, it means that the school is not safe either. Should we go back to Withered Leaf City?"

"Let’s… let’s go find Eilan… Request protection from the school, or at least request protection from the demons, how about that?"

"… " Sylas also wavered. This seemed simpler than escaping to Withered Leaf City and causing a lot of trouble, and then disturbing Xerath. It at least skipped the step of causing a lot of trouble in the middle. "So, what should we do… "

"Children, don’t be afraid." A handsome and elegant middle-aged gentleman stopped them in the corner of the corridor. Sylas had sensed someone appearing before that, so she preemptively raised ripples. Leunen stood in front of her and solidified into a barrier.

This didn’t block her line of sight. Dazzling finger movements traced a jumble of lines in the air, and miraculously formed a spell. After the golden light scattered, sparks ignited on the ground.

The other side jumped to the side and narrowly avoided the blazing flames.

The explosion caused many students to look over here. When they saw Sylas, many people thought it was another duel. Someone even shouted, "Go, little fairy!"

"No, no! It’s me!" The middle-aged gentleman raised his hands, indicating that he didn’t have any weapons. But that didn’t matter because for a mage, hands were the best weapon.

Sylas continued to watch him cautiously. "Inspector?"

Diego secretly showed his credentials, "Yes, it’s me. I received his letter."

Sylas widened her eyes and turned to stare at Swis, "What? You told someone after all?!"

"I’m sorry… We can’t handle this ourselves… If I had any regrets this morning, they are gone after meeting Lucius."

"Don’t worry," Diego reassured, "Maybe Swis didn’t mention how this relates to you in the letter, but I urge you, we will protect Swis well. The Oversight Committee cannot let the child face danger."

Sylas didn’t know what to say. She had no leverage to threaten Diego. Not knowing what to do, she simply held onto Swis’ wrist. Swis protested softly, "You’re hurting me! No need to worry, we were already cooperating."

"What? You’re a traitor? I thought you were investigating independently?"

"Don’t say that… It’s because you didn’t help me!" Swis quickly hid behind Diego.

"Let’s not argue, let’s go somewhere quiet and talk." He magically opened a door that didn’t exist and pushed the two children inside. Inside, several people stood miraculously, each dressed like a gentleman and wearing black wizard robes.

"And the reason I brought you here is to ask you to keep silent about this until the mission is over, don’t let anyone know."

The gentlemen stood up one after another. Sylas noticed that there was a man inside who was incredibly handsome but not human. Just like Kuowa, he must be a demon.

"Because you are one of our witnesses, I don’t want to harm you. So I need your assurance. Otherwise, we’ll have to find a way to make you forget about this."

Sylas was taken aback. "Don’t tell anyone? Until when do we have to keep this a secret?"

"I can’t tell you that. But once it’s over, I will let you know. Perhaps someday in the future, you may need to testify in court."

"Just keep it confidential?"

"That’s right."

Sylas asked, "Will you also keep it a secret from everyone else who is related to me?"

Diego gave a strange expression. "Of course, we won’t expose this ourselves."

"That’s great!" Sylas finally smiled. "I agree. I won’t say anything, and I don’t want anyone to know about my involvement in any fight."

According to her and Swis’s previous thoughts, Detective Diego is here to investigate the illegal sale of the Moon Stone case. Now he not only stepped forward to assure Swis that everything is fine, but also promised to keep this matter a secret, so she doesn’t have to disturb Xerath.

No need to be heartbroken! She skipped the middle reasoning step.

Only Swis was still surprised, "Can that bird really fly so fast?" Xin was taken away by Shamodial last night, and it’s not even noon yet.

Diego yawned, and it seemed like all the inspectors were infected by this yawn, yawning one after another. They were just one step away from saying "I didn’t sleep all night last night."

Swis was protected like this. Sometimes Sylas and the others could still see Swis eating in the school cafeteria with a handsome young man. It started as a joke that Caroline made up, but somehow turned into a gossip: Swis finally got a boyfriend who is in a higher grade, and he is very handsome.

Only Sylas, who was under a secrecy order, knew what happened: Swis was carefully protected, which means he has to sleep in the same bed with several men every night to ensure safety. He moved to a special place, where someone watches over him all day.