Who hid My Corpse!

But exactly what kind of trouble it was still required a face-to-face meeting to ascertain.

However, marking them beforehand was always the right move.

Golden Second Note Phinis Lawrence, Golden Fourth Note Karen Chuke.

So now, the only one missing was a Golden Six Notes.

From this perspective, the previously assumed difficulty in finding the targets wasn't much of a challenge after all.

The First Academy truly couldn't be compared with the Third Academy, where the eligible candidates for the Golden Note were only Hewinia and Orenna, who had succeeded in her ascension.

But there were simply too many at the First Academy.

The previous public declarations that the Three Colleges were divided by the different musical rhythms weren't entirely true.

At least not completely.

Hevni mulled over this.

And then, she suddenly felt that something was amiss.

Why... was she still climbing the staircase?

Hevni stopped in her tracks.

The dormitory at the First Academy was also different from that of the Third Academy.

A gigantic spiral staircase crossed the center, and since Hevni's room was on the seventh floor, she hadn't thought much of it and had gone straight up the stairs.

But now, after walking on the staircase for more than ten minutes, she had yet to arrive.

She hadn't encountered any paths branching off to other floors on the way.

She looked up and saw the staircase still winding upwards, its end reaching the ceiling.

Could it be that this wasn't the staircase?

Just a decoration?

Hevni was slightly doubtful and prepared to head back down, but before she took two steps, she discovered that the staircase leading downwards had disappeared.

The cutoff point from the first floor's ground was about ten meters high.

What was going on?

Hevni subconsciously gripped the magic wand hidden up her sleeve.

Could it be that her identity had been exposed and someone was making a move against her?

Hevni's sense of caution instantly went through the roof.

But as she looked around, she could find no trace of the enemy.

Aside from the staircase's abnormality, she didn't notice anything else that seemed out of place.

Just as Hevni hesitated whether to use her left eye to survey her surroundings, she suddenly felt a tingling sensation in the palm of her hand.

She looked down and noticed that the middle finger of her left hand was gently scratching the palm of her right hand.

"...Mr. Visas?"

Hevni remembered that Bai Wei was still watching her, and at the same time, she recalled the previous admonitions from Bai Wei.

Here, try not to use the power of Visas.

And, in some special places, Bai Wei wouldn't directly tell her what to do with words because it could likely cause unnecessary complications.

So, was this the "special place" Bai Wei had referred to?

Hevni's heart tensed up.

She didn't know if it was just her imagination, but she felt like someone was watching her from somewhere.

Fortunately, if it weren't for Bai Wei's reminder, she really would have used the power of the eye.

But now she should... huh?

Hevni's palm itched again.

Of course, it was Bai Wei, scratching her once more.

Was the reminder not over?

Hevni was somewhat puzzled.

But she soon realized that Bai Wei wasn't just scratching randomly; there was a rhythm to it, as if he was writing something on her palm.

"I will try to contact you using short phrases in the future."

Bai Wei's earlier words echoed in her mind again.

Could this be the short phrase?

Hevni paid close attention and found it wasn't a short phrase, but rather a... note.

The Seventh Note.

Why the Seventh Note?

Hevni looked around with some confusion, finding no marks related to the notes.

Could it be the melody?

Just like in the main hall, a certain melody was constantly echoing throughout the dormitory as well.

So, was it about singling out the contained Seventh Note in this melody?

But how should she do it?

Hevni tried hard to recall knowledge related to rhythms.

Was she supposed to extract the Seventh Note from the segment of the melody?

Hevni took out her magic wand and lightly tapped the air twice.

The Magic Ripple slowly undulated.

Yet the melody remained the same.

The staircase had not changed.

Not this then.

Hevni murmured to herself, "Does it mean to blend my own rhythm into this segment of the melody?"

That was difficult.

Hevni wasn't even sure she could succeed.

But with no other options available, and Bai Wei unable to intervene, she had to rely on herself.

So she once again raised her magic wand and began to attempt.

But still, there was no change.

As Hevni furrowed her brows, deep in thought over what else she might have overlooked, she heard Bai Wei let out a deep sigh in her mind.

"It's not that complicated. I just wanted you to play your own Seventh Note."

Hevni's hand twitched, and the Seventh Note within her resonated.

A resonance of the Seventh Note also suddenly emanated from a spot within the dormitory.

Then, a direct staircase extended from there, landing neatly at Hevni's feet.

Hevni regarded the new staircase in silence, before speaking after a long moment.

"I thought you were unable to speak."

"I wasn't planning to," Bai Wei continued with another sigh, "but I couldn't bear to watch any longer. I am not really some kind of riddle master. You should have thought of the hint I gave you in the simplest terms. If the situation really had been critical, do you think I'd still have you trying to decrypt it?"

"...Understood."

Bai Wei didn't respond further, seemingly indicating that this hint was just a preemptive simulation.

It's just that the simulation results were less than satisfactory.