Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 131- Massive Scale Investigation (Part 2)

"The top 10 rankers are involved? What is the meaning of this?" Emilia asked Letum with a confused look on her face.

She didn't get why the academy would let those 10 monsters into this mess. She already had an idea about who they were and how 'uncontrollable' they were so she already anticipated how bad things could get if those were to be allowed to wreak havoc among the lower-floor students.

'They will only make it harder for us to do our work. Tsk, this isn't good at all. Those 10 better stays where they are and not do anything.'

Letum looked at Emilia for a second before he shook his head as if he was refusing to answer her. But, she knew that he was instead saying a 'It's an order, don't ask, just follow' type of sign.

Sighing, Emilia could only crush the piece of paper in her hand and continue reading whatever was left of the letter.

The latter paragraphs described the process of investigation in great detail and also gave them clear instructions of what they should exactly do in each case.

In a nutshell, the process was dissected into two main parts: Element Appraisal and General traits.

The first one means that they had to appraise each and every person in the academy to check their affinity with what element and since they have a clear idea of what element they were searching for, in this case, the shadow element which was something they didn't even know existed until recently, they can easily recognize who the culprits are and then eliminate them.

But, if in the off case that didn't work, they will go to the second part which is the General trait investigation where they will have to make a complete check on that person's background, when they entered the academy for the first time, what their occupation is if they aren't students and other information about them.

This method was way harder than the first one and more complicated so they put it as a second resort in case the shadow element wasn't actually real and all of this was a mere new type of magic they never heard of.

This plan is filled with so many holes that could easily make it useless.' Emilia pointed out as she finished reading.

First of all, the first investigation can be easily evaded in multiple ways including manipulating the appraisal stone and making it show the results they want. They can also simply escape and evade the appraisal.

The second part is even easier to evade even if they didn't escape as they can easily fabricate a perfect lie about their personal information. If they could invade the house of a tower master and send them a letter, they can easily create a whole new identity for themselves.

'Those old fuckers didn't even try to work their rusty brains more and come up with a less useless plan. Sigh…' Rubbing the bridge of her nose, she just put the letter back on the table and looked at Lilia beside her.

"This is… Well, it's better than nothing, at least?"

"Yeah, better than nothing." Emilia rolled her eyes.

"Oh my! We will be busy for the next couple of weeks." Licht commented with a weird smile.

"What about us?! We will have to deal with 3 floors each!! When can I rest?!"

"Dear brother is right! We can't handle all of this alone Hmph, I'm angry at this unfair treatment."

"You two wanted to take 3 floors each, stop complaining," Lilia said as she brushed off their protests.

"Yeah, no one told you two to accept it." Licht chuckled at their sad looks.

"But, but… Mou, dear sister, hug me!" Merlin jumped in his sister's embrace and hugged her.

"It's ok, dear brother, we can only rely on ourselves in this cruel world."

"Yes! We have to do it alone!"

They showed so many overly dramatic expressions as if they were the most unfairly treated people in the world.

They liked to act so childishly even though they looked fairly old, in their early 20s. For their age, getting the role of a tower master was a great accomplishment that was only done because of their great talent. Merlin was once a top 20 ranker and Selina never left the top 30 ranks in her life.

"I guess there is nothing to discuss any further?" Licht said as he got ready to stand up.

However, before he could do anything, Letum suddenly spoke.

"Sit."

One single word… Just one small word and the whole room was damped into a freezing cold atmosphere. Licht's always nonchalant and smiley face crumbled when he felt the pressure of Letum fall on his shoulders.

'Sigh, this monster seems to be getting stronger every time I meet him.' Licht could only smile nervously as he sat down again.

"There is one more thing," Letum said with his deep, domineering voice.

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"I'm done… I want to eat." Rin stretched his limbs as he stood up.

The magic lesson took a few hours to finish but Rin was able to understand many things about magic, mana, and a more in-depth understanding of human anatomy related to magic.

After seeing all of that, he could only say one thing.

'Broken.'

The method of getting stronger in Divine Sapphire is simply so stupidly easy and straightforward that he could only shake his head in disappointment. Not only do people have two methods to gain strength, but they are also so talent-oriented that it makes them stupidly easy for some people and extremely hard for others.

Hard work is still pretty much as crucial as talent but for talented people that have an affinity with magic, getting stronger will be more of a smooth sail compared to average joes.

An extremely talented person can go from being completely average to destroying a building with his bare fist in less than 2 months if he worked hard and focused on training. This was even more insane when you look at Rin and Elise, two monsters the world had never seen before.

It has been 2 months and they could easily destroy a whole village let alone blast a building.

'I guess the scale of power will only get more and more ridiculous the more we get stronger.' Rin rubbed his head.

But, when Rin and Elise were about to leave the class, Evelyn called for them.

'What is she doing?' Rin thought as he tapped Elise's shoulder gently and gave her a sign with his eyes. Elise immediately understood what he meant with that mere glance.

Spending such a long time with him made her completely understand what he means whenever he looks at her. She didn't think much about it but it was a sign of how close the two got albeit they never notice that.

After everyone left, Elise and Rin walked to Evelyn warily. Especially Rin who was basically screaming in his head.

'Please don't say anything stupid.' He kept repeating in his head. 𝘧𝚛𝗲𝘦𝚠𝙚𝙗𝙣o𝙫𝗲𝚕.𝐜o𝓂

If Elise knew that he almost ended up doing 'it' with Evelyn, she might never look at him the same again.

"Hello, both of you." She said with a mischievous smile, mainly directed at Rin.

"Good evening," Rin said as he kept a neutral expression. He was already mastering the art of keeping his emotions hidden when he is in a tough situation and that was something Rin took pride in. Going from being a very expressive person to this was a great personal achievement.

However, before he could even try and act as though this was a normal conversation, Elise simply went ahead and threw everything into chaos.

"What do you want from Rin?" She asked with a calm face.

"Huh?"

"Oho?~~"

"Oi, wait a mome-"

"Shut up, Rin. I'm the one asking here." She said as she continued glancing at Evelyn who was now smiling even wider than before.

"So he told you? Rin, you naughty boy~~"

"No! No! No! This isn't even a matter of me shutting up or not!" He tried to reason with Elise who seemed to be acting very odd.

He could swear he could see anger flashing in her eyes for a split second.

"Yes, he did. I was intending to ask you directly either way."

"My! You are a brave girl~~!" Evelyn didn't appear offended at all by Elise's clearly cold attitude toward her.

"So… are you both dating?"

"No, we aren't." (x2)

Both of them said at the time.

"Fufufuf! But you seem so close! Even closer than both of us, Rin, don't you think?"

"We were never close," Rin replied as he tried to not break a sweat.

'This bitch is going to spill the bean!! If she does that, I'm screwed!!'

"Don't talk with him, talk with me," Elise ordered.

"What do you want from him?"

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