chapter 15
15 – Invasion
It was dawn when all the lights were off and only the soft moonlight was supposed to remain.
Although it was dawn at the entrance of the academy, all the lights were turned on.
There are dozens of people in protective suits that look like they would be at a nuclear power plant.
Taking pictures or walking around with state-of-the-art equipment.
The back of the protective clothing had a sign that said ‘Magic Investigator’, so anyone could see that it smelled dangerous.
Not only that.
In that place, not only the instructors of the academy, but also the instructors of the military academy do not sleep at this time.
Standing in place, everyone had very serious expressions on their faces.
What the hell happened at this time that everyone involved is gathered in one place?
From the outside, it may look like a sturdy iron barred door guarding the entrance without any problems, but
It doesn’t mean much in this world where iron bars, doors, and magic exist.
The problem now is the state of the ‘protection magic’ and ‘barrier magic’ that were protecting the door.
The magic circle, which was fine until 6:00 p.M. When it was last inspected, is now like a rag, and there is nothing
It was not effective.
The magic circles hanging at the entrance of the academy are all castle-level magic, higher than the advanced magic circles.
To break the magic circle, you must use a force equal to or higher than that.
Of course, if magic was activated to break the magic circle from outside, it would have been caught by all kinds of sensors and stopped before it was activated.
No, maybe the dean of the academy beat the intruder to death before it caught the sensor.
However, it did not respond to any sensors, and the dean himself did not feel anything.
What does this mean?
Actually, there is one more way to destroy the magic circle at the entrance.
That’s not a way to offset it from the outside, but to erase the magic circle from the inside.
It takes quite a while to do that, but you can break the magic circle without leaving any traces of magic.
“Chief of the investigation team, are there any traces?”
“Yes, I think it must have been the work of an insider.”
Even though the dean heard from the head of the investigation team that it would be the work of an insider, in his heart he thinks that such a thing will not happen.
At least, because the academy instructors are all people they believe in.
Of course, some of the instructors at the military academy are friendly and greet each other, but they don’t know all of them.
Still, they were also his colleagues, so I didn’t want to doubt them.
“Is it okay if I smoke?”
“It doesn’t matter, isn’t it a non-smoking area?”
Smoking is prohibited inside the academy, except in designated areas.
Not only does the dean know it, but he must know better than anyone since it was the school rule he made himself.
But, in the current situation, if I didn’t smoke, I felt like I would go crazy from stress.
For the first time, she started smoking in the smoking area, even if it meant breaking her own rules.
When the nicotine enters her lungs through inhalation and exhalation, and she burns a magpie while feeling a sense of pleasure
A question popped into the head of the dean.
‘Why did you break the magic circle at the entrance while you were already infiltrated inside?’
If an intruder whose magic is not registered takes out a magic core to use magic inside the academy,
If you show up inside the school, the head of the academy will know everything.
Even if it is underground at 5 km or in the sky at 5 km above.
You should be able to do everything secretly on the line where there is already an outsider hiding a spy.
Introducing insiders is the extreme of right.
Not even an idiot would think that way.
“So, is it a declaration of war?”
“Declaration of war… You mean?”
“The Academy is a royal institution. Declaration of war??”
The dean and the investigation team leader are surprised by the instructor’s conclusion.
I was momentarily taken aback by his outspoken words, but it’s not an unthinkable direction.
A declaration of war against the Kritias family is tantamount to a suicide declaration.
It’s no different from just saying ‘Please kill me’.
“The Academy is a royal institution, isn’t it? It’s a declaration of war because you threatened it by terrorism.”
“Then, after all, informing His Majesty of this incident…?”
“mmm…”
The queen of Kritias, ‘Alice Kritias’, is in a very bad mood right now.
Not long ago, she had an incident in which her husband, ‘Yuke Zeke Hart’, was assaulted at her cafe.
Because of that incident, the dean suffered greatly from school security and enlightenment issues.
But this time, break the magic circle at the entrance and inform the queen that the crime prevention has become virtually useless?
No matter how long you’ve known each other, you’re not going to get over it simply.
“Haa…”
The dean sighed deeply and took the phone out of his pocket and headed for a far distance.
She seems to have made up her mind to report directly to the Queen.
While the dean called her queen and it was broken, the investigation team leader who was investigating there
I found something familiar.
It is an object that people all over the world can be sure to own, and it is an indispensable part of everyday life.
It was a smartphone.
And judging from the fact that the power is also turned on, it seems that it has been dropped recently.
Could it be related to this case?
‘No matter how meticulously the perpetrator behaved, he couldn’t have done something like an idiot dropping his phone…’
No, come to think of it, there are quite a few assholes like that… Wasn’t it the case that the investigation team leader himself was in charge of?
It was a legendary incident in which a duo who robbed a bank in an almost perfect crime dropped the keys to their car.
The investigation team leader put the fallen smartphone into a sealed zipper bag just in case.
***
It’s been less than a week since I entered the school, but I ended up skipping the first time.
It’s already 5pm.
Maybe because I cried all night, the area around my eyes couldn’t swell.
Because it was obvious that it would become a big problem overall if it went out like this.
The swelling has gone down now, but class is over anyway, so what do I do when I leave…
‘Weiyiing’
‘Weiyiing’
Since a while ago, the vibrating sound of the mobile phone is no joke.
The bell was noisy, so I switched it to vibrate mode, but it keeps ringing.
Starting with Lily, let’s have a little sister and a homeroom instructor
It’s very upsetting.
I picked up my cell phone and called my older sister.
I felt like I was going to cry again because I didn’t get any calls from my older sister, but…
‘Duuu…Uouuouuo…
-This is Duct Lieutenant of the Strongest Team 1 of the Royal Capital Central Police Station. Excuse me, but who are you?
“Yes? The police station.”
It wasn’t my older sister who answered the phone, it was an old man with a voice I had never heard before.
A police officer, am I wrong?
“I’m sorry. I think you walked the wrong way.”
-Oh wait a moment…
‘Duk’
I was scared for nothing, so I quickly hung up.
Since yesterday, a series of strange things have been going on, so I’m dying.
For now, let’s bet on the little sister.
When I called my youngest sister, she screamed and didn’t make a fuss.
I put a threat to the dormitory if I don’t come to the conference room right away after cleaning everything up.
Originally, the youngest sister used to be irritable with her, but this time she seems to be getting a little angry.
She picked up the clothes she had thrown away one by one, put them on, and went out.
And she also read the book she got from her older sister yesterday.
Even if my heart breaks down, I want to hear what Lara and her older sister are thinking.
When I arrived in front of the meeting room, my youngest sister came out and was waiting for me.
Looks like he got a little angry because he skipped a class.
The glaring eyes at me made me even more nervous.
When I opened the door, my older sister was standing in front of me.
It’s the look I saw at the cafe during the dating incident before.
My eldest sister looked me over and saw the book in her hand, and she gave me a surprised look.
“How does Yuk have it?”
“My older sister came and gave it to me yesterday.”
“What are you talking about? Where did I go?”
Are you trying to pretend you don’t know?
Are you doing this on purpose in front of other sisters?
My heart thumps and thumps as if it’s about to explode
I felt my emotions escalate.
Until just now, she justified herself that there must have been some mistake.
My sister’s reaction was fleeting and indifferent.
“My sister brought it to me yesterday! I heard it was from Lara!”
I couldn’t control my boiling emotions and shouted.
Then she dropped the book she was holding in her hand, and tears repeatedly fell from her eyes like books.
I was embarrassed because I didn’t know why my sisters were crying all of a sudden, but instead, the teardrops got bigger and bigger because they were just swearing.
I finally started to cry out loud.
I came here to argue loudly without ever crying, but I hate the feeling of being out of control.
“Your sister did something wrong, so stop crying. Yes? I’m sorry.”
I am so unfamiliar with my older sister who comforts me and hugs me with a kind and warm voice that is different from yesterday.
She took out her handkerchief and wiped my face and patted me on the back,
Tears flowing down like an inexhaustible fountain wet only the handkerchief.
I called to scold you, but I didn’t know the reason why I was crying sadly because it was unfair.
The little sisters picked up the book I dropped next to them.
Opening it on the desk, the younger sisters read page by page,
He is smiling.
‘Couldn’t it be that you overslept while reading this?’
‘If it’s Yuk, it’s worth it’
Etc. Whispered in my ear, but I heard everything.
Because even my little sister knew how Lara was to me in her mansion.
I read it with a happy expression on my face.
And the very last page.
Looking at the page full of curses on me and curses on the Sieghart family,
The happy atmosphere was distorted and turned into an ice field.
As expected, it wasn’t an illusion that only I could see.
The eldest sister, who was wiping her face covered with her tears and runny nose, also felt that her mood had changed.
I headed to the place where the little sisters had opened their books.
My sisters seemed to be taken aback and closed the book.
If their sister saw this, how would she react?
Although still young, she is the eldest daughter and heir of the Sieghart family.
Its position is one of the most prestigious in the hegemonic kingdom of Kritias.
“Spread out.”
The little sisters heard that one word and had no choice but to follow the ‘order’.
When you turn over one page and reach the last page
The eldest sister rubbed her eyes with her hands, wondering if she was looking at herself.
“What is this? What is the last page like?”
My older sister looked at me when she came with the book, but I didn’t answer anything, just whimpering.
Her whole body was trembling in the cold, freezing atmosphere, just like her younger sisters.
No one said anything.
***
After the evening training, I entered the room, as if I had been caught by a thief.
The room was messed up.
Everything from the dressing table and wardrobe to the safe for storing valuables.
Once in a while, things were stolen from lockers in changing rooms, but it happened quite often.
A thief broke into the dormitory, probably because it boasts a long history.
He must be the first thief of Crescent Academy.
Because touching the scene before an investigation can cause confusion
I roughly checked only the missing items.
A total of 3 items were stolen.
Cell phone, parcel received yesterday, wallet
Except for the mobile phone, all items are stored in the safe.
I understand my wallet, but why did they steal my phone and yesterday’s package?
First of all, I borrowed the phone from a friend in the next room for a while to report it.
There was a security police in the academy, so when the case was filed,
It depends on your priorities, but we can resolve the issue as soon as possible.
But why?
The security police aren’t even answering calls.
Of course, you leave your seat when you are in a hurry.
My cute younger brother will soon arrive at the dormitory and call me.
What will you think if I don’t answer the phone you asked me to call…
Well, I can’t help it.
I will skip the phone call today and go see you tomorrow.
In case you didn’t know, I sent a text message to my younger siblings on a borrowed cell phone.
If you get a text message or call, let me know that I lost my phone.
Oh… And something worse than a cell phone was stolen…
It was the book that Mr. Lara asked you to give to Yuk.
The item I asked for was also sent along, so I had no choice but to open it.
I saw it once.
From beginning to end, it was a book written with heartfelt essays for YOUK.
It warmed my heart for no reason.
I put it in the safe to deliver today, but it was stolen…
How can I explain this…
I’m already worried about this.