Chapter 20: The Hunting Club's First Exploration of the Magic Circle
The woods east of Alsayin College were bustling with people. In addition to the first-year students, there were also people from outside the school.
Seeing Isidore staring at the academy's internal entrance from time to time, Kaharun said helplessly, "Wait until the opening time, and you will see it naturally."
After saying that, he looked around a bit boredly. The three-day hunting competition was, after all, just an opportunity for the first-year students to get to know each other.
The college allows students from different majors to form teams of five and find five items hidden in the woods by the college within three days. They can get 20 extra points on the final test of any subject.
There are already many students on the scene, ready to give it a try.
Osa stood in the crowd, dealing with the students and nobles who came to greet her while keeping an eye on the inner entrance.
Yesterday, she suddenly learned that Felix would enter the venue with Vifiya, and was worried that he would offend Vifiya, so she specially communicated with Felix for a long time in the training ground of the mansion, asking him to control his temper.
But Ferik would not lose his temper in such an occasion. She was just making up a random excuse to get him to train.
While talking to other students, I heard the guard shout, "Young Master Ferrick of the Duke of Dordo and Miss Vifia of the Marquis of Seronil enter."
Osa looked in their direction. Their arrival meant that the opening ceremony of the hunting club was about to begin.
The noise in the crowd suddenly became much quieter. They looked at the people who got off the carriage together, and at the same time waited for the hunting meeting to begin.
Soon, Vifiya walked into everyone's sight holding Felix's hand, and the dean and a group of nobles stood up to greet them.
This was the first time that Isidore and Kaharun saw Vifia wearing such formal clothes. Although it was not gorgeous, it gave a sense of the luxury of the Marquis of Seronil's mansion.
Vifiya was wearing a rose-red velvet dress with a long train. The hem and cuffs of the dress were inlaid with fish-scale-shaped gold. On her jade-white neck, she wore a pearl necklace and a silver chain pendant that was not particularly gorgeous. On her chest, she wore a sea jade vine brooch that symbolized the Kesley family. Her hair was tied up, and she wore a sea jade vine wreath crown on her head.
The already dazzling person became even more dazzling, but Kaharun still noticed the purple diamond and silver grass earrings on her left ear at a glance. He looked at Isidore in disbelief.
Isidore stared blankly at Vifiya holding Felix's hand, his eyes fell on her earrings. Seeing that she was wearing the earrings he gave her as promised, his depressed mood disappeared.
Kaharun knew the origin of this earring. It was designed and made by Isidore himself a long time ago. He had witnessed with his own eyes how powerful magic he cast into it.
He knew that Isidore was not the kind of person who would make jewelry for himself on a whim, and now the earrings were indeed in Vifia's hands.
Vifiya withdrew her hand from Felix, and suddenly felt something prick her fingertips, causing a tingling sensation.
The hunting school opened on time, and Vifiya participated step by step according to the agreed process.
Vifiya at the top looked no different from usual, with the same face and the same smile, but the people present could vaguely sense the indifference from the superior.
It’s just that it’s not repulsive, or rather, this is what many people think a nobleman looks like.
The nobles present implicitly prioritized her and Felix over everything else, and Vifiya navigated the situation with ease, not caring about the other nobles' appearances, which made Isidore and Mihalen intuitively realize for the first time that she was a great noble.
After all, it was because Vifiya was usually so approachable that they all ignored the fact that she was the only daughter of one of the three founding families, the daughter of a great lord, born with a gem in her mouth, a true aristocrat.
The opening ceremony ended quickly, and Vifia returned to the tent where she was resting temporarily. When the butler Gavin saw Vifia, he immediately came forward with a letter in his hand. He saluted and said, "Miss, this is a letter from the lady. The eldest master asked me to deliver it."
Vifiya took it but did not open it immediately.
Gavin glanced at Vifiya's eyes without showing any expression, and lowered his head to hide the obsession in his eyes. What a beautiful pair of eyes, what a charming red.
He seemed even more respectful: "Miss, the letter has been delivered. I will go back first."
Vifiya nodded slightly: "Yeah."
Ignoring Gavin, she walked towards the tent.
After so many lifetimes, how could Vifiya not know what he was thinking just now? No matter what he did, his starting point was only two: Vaholian or his eyes.
Gavin Root, the young butler, was loyal to her so-called elder brother, Valholian, no matter in which life, but he had a little-known hobby: he liked to collect beautiful eyes.
Vifia had lost her eye, a masterpiece by Gavin Root.
He was particularly obsessed with her eyes, even to the point of obsession. After seeing her eyes, he was no longer interested in the eyes he had collected in the past.
He makes Vaholian his first priority and once he finds out that she has no value to Vaholian, he will do whatever it takes to get her eyes.
At that time, Gavin Root's eyes were full of madness and infatuation. Thinking of this, Vifiya felt a chill.
She ordered the knights sent by the Marquisate to guard the tent, "No one is allowed in from now on. Do not disturb my rest."
The knights responded respectfully upon hearing this.
Neve heard the sound and came over with a glass of water in her hand. Seeing that Vifiya had something in her hand, she didn't offer it to her.
Vifiya sat down, opened the letter and read it quickly, and found that there was another completely different variable.
However, the Marquise also brought good news. The Marquis would give up on letting her marry Ferik. As for the variables, a magician was hired by the Marquis and lived in the Marquis's mansion.
The Marquise was able to discover such a secret matter, it seems that she really cares about her illegitimate child.
As for the Marquis's behavior, Vifia did not think that the Marquis was crazy.
Vifiya was in a state of confusion but did not show it on her face. She asked Niv to light a fire and burn the letter.
Niffe held the bag she had just picked up in her arms and said softly, "Miss, I have prepared everything you want."
Vifiya's eyes fell on the bundle, her brows relaxed: "Well, well done."
She reached out her hand to take the bag in her arms, but she saw the worry on Niv's face. She understood what Niv meant and said to her helplessly, "Niv, believe me."
After hesitating for a while, Niv handed over the bag. Even though she didn't know what Vifiya wanted to do, she was sure that she would stand on Vifiya's side, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Obeying orders without asking any other questions is what a loyal servant should do most, and this is what she learned from serving the Marquis.
Vefiya took the bundle, took off her clothes, and changed into light clothes. Except for the jade gourd pendant and earrings, Vefiya took off all other accessories one by one, put a dagger on her waist, put her hair up in a high ponytail, and put on the invisible cloak she asked Isidore to make a few days ago.
Although it is only a semi-finished product and the invisibility time is not long, for Vifiya, it is enough to be usable.
She didn't want to hide the cloak from Neve, after all, she needed Neve's cooperation. When she showed the cloak to Neve, Neve was shocked.
Vifiya explained that it was a chance encounter and she found it by accident. Only Neve would believe such a perfunctory and flawed reason.
Vifiya could clearly feel that since that day, as long as she told Neve to do many things she wanted to do, Neve would not ask the reason, which saved her a lot of effort in explaining.
"Miss, you have to be careful." Niv finally couldn't help but remind her.
After saying that, Neve opened the tent door as Vifiya had instructed before, holding it with her hands.
She looked at the knight at the door and said shyly, "Sir Knight, could you please get me some water? I have to take care of the young lady here and I really can't leave."
The two knights looked at each other after hearing this, and one of them agreed, while Vifia had already headed towards the cliff through the opening opened by Neve.
As for Osa and Isidore, she had already informed them that, as a family representative, she couldn't attend the hunting competition, so they didn't have to wait for her. And Stellan, ever since that unpleasant parting, neither of them would bow down first when they met.
Vifia shuttled through the woods, the sound of the wind rang in her ears, and her cloak gradually lost its effect. Fortunately, the place she planned was not within the scope of the hunting club, and she would not see anyone coming here.
Seeing the cliff, Vifiya stopped and breathed slightly, her heart beating faster than before.
She walked step by step to the edge of the cliff and stood still, looking quietly at the land she could see at the bottom of the cliff, and she felt a vague sense of weightlessness.
The wind blew the ends of her hair against her face. Suddenly, she couldn't help but want to move her feet, to release all her strength, to just fall down like that, facing the feeling of weightlessness. Then, "bang!"
In my mind, I imagined myself stretching my legs out and falling off a cliff over and over again.
That's how it all ended.
No, it won't end.
She knew the outcome better than anyone else.
Impulse drove her forward, while reason locked her legs.
After a moment, she took a step back. She shouldn't have such thoughts. She couldn't give up. It was not the most desperate time yet. She had persisted until now. There was no reason to give up.
She reached out and touched the dagger at her waist, making sure it wouldn't fall while descending the cliff. Then she opened her bag, took out the grappling hook inside and fixed it on the tree trunk. She pulled hard a few times, made sure it was safe, and slid down.
She chose this time because this place would be blocked at night during the hunting training meeting, and would remain so for the next two days. However, today she could take advantage of the fact that everyone's spirits were high at the beginning and they wouldn't be paying attention to other places.
Her feet touched the ground, giving her a sense of reality, and she walked towards the bend of the cliff in her mind.
My heart was still beating fast, and I couldn't tell whether it was because of the exercise or the nervousness of seeing the magic circle again.
She suddenly stopped at the corner, and the person standing in front of the magic circle turned around and their eyes met.
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