Chapter 101 "Huh...So, the surveillance is gone now?"
Edith followed Joyce and heard her giving instructions. The other party probably didn't think that a freshman "victim" with a clean background would do anything, so he didn't avoid her at all.
She easily got the approximate location of the "detention".
"It's actually on the roof of the old dormitory." He jumped into the bushes and avoided the inspection teacher's light. "What is this? The most dangerous place is the safest place?"
Most teachers did not live in the college, but the college still kept dormitories. At night, the assigned rooms that were not occupied became dark and lifeless. The few scattered windows cast lights, which were particularly conspicuous in the dark night.
That being said, Shelly might not live in the house with the lights on on the top floor. On the contrary, the house with lights on might be occupied by a group of people watching him. Edith thought for a while and decided to check the situation first. If it didn't work, she could go upstairs and search the rooms one by one.
The patrol teacher came back at this time.
"Why on earth are they locking up Professor Scott?" the shorter of the two complained. "He just sent a bottle of potion out. If he violates the rules again, he can just be fired. Why are they locking him up and interrogating him?"
"There are all kinds of reasons." The taller one lowered his head and whispered in the team member's ear, "Now the association not only suspects that he sent the medicine, but also suspects that he leaked the formula. The latter is much more serious."
Team member: "...It's just a civilian, why did he leak it?"
"Only civilians are suspected. People with family interests behind them know how to keep secrets. He is alone and has no ties, so it's not surprising that he does anything." The tall man's voice became lower and lower, "Don't you remember? His teacher died a year ago. There are rumors that he was dealt with by the association - that means there is a grudge."
The team members nodded, not quite understanding.
The tall man was afraid that he would not take it seriously, so he continued, "However, the reason for being so strict this time is said to be because of an accident in the royal family. I don't know what happened specifically, but I only know that the queen was very angry and suspected that the murderer drank a luck potion, so she is investigating it strictly recently."
Edith raised an eyebrow.
What a coincidence? Palmer happened to be in the crackdown period.
"But we are useless here, right?" The team member obviously ignored the advice of the other person and forgot about it. He just kept complaining, "The association has sent people to look after us. Aren't they more useful than us?"
"It would be better for him to turn off the lights and lose his orientation, rather than walking around aimlessly over and over again."
"It's not Scott who lives in those lights." The tall man sneered, "He lives diagonally below the one with the bright light. The association is much smarter than you."
Seeing the other party was so stupid, he unconsciously relaxed his vigilance and directly reported Shelly's room number. Edith silently raised her head and looked towards the window sill.
If you look closely, you seem to be able to detect a little magical fluctuation.
She silently thanked the two patrol teachers who were kind enough to give her the information, and jumped out the moment they turned around.
A Transfiguration spell was cast on her palm, and her fingers instantly became sticky and soft, firmly sticking to the wall on the side of the dormitory. The tall man heard some noises, turned around suddenly, and saw only a wild cat jumping across the road.
"Damn it." He cursed, "The academy really needs to control these non-magical creatures running around!"
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dormitory.
There was a sleight of hand on the windows so that it looked dark from the outside, but Shelly's room was actually brightly lit.
He sat by the window, looking quietly into the distance, leaving the association members who were monitoring him puzzled.
"How long have you been looking at it?" The deputy director of the special department leaned over curiously.
"Always." The woman rubbed the corners of her sore eyes, raised her head and wailed, "I am really impressed. He didn't even move. If it weren't for the rise and fall of his chest, I would have thought he was a fake person."
He didn't eat or drink, and he didn't show any anger or fear when he was locked up. He just sat there like a puppet, looking out the window.
They also asked someone to check the direction he was looking, and there was nothing special, just an empty space.
The deputy minister sighed, "It's troublesome."
He won't respond to bribery or threats, and he can't take any force because the other party is too strong. How should we deal with such a person?
"I suspected he was creating a shadow to block my view, and I've already forced my way through the door four times in a row, but this guy is actually sitting there in person... It's not a good idea to go in and ask him now."
The girl agreed: "Yes, yes. If the door is opened too many times, it will be easy for others to take advantage of it. We should keep a closer eye on it."
"That's all we can do. You take a rest first and I'll take a look."
The girl nodded, and the two changed positions. The deputy minister put on his glasses, lay down steadily, and took over to observe Shelly's condition.
The dormitory is diagonally below.
While the two were handing over, Shelly quickly stood up and placed the phantom in its original position, making sure it was exactly the same as the real person. He walked quickly towards the bed, folded the quilt and put it aside, reached out and tore off the badge that Duke Eddie had given him this morning, put it on the bed, and looked down.
......This thing really has a surveillance function.
The first thing Duke Eddie did when he entered the laboratory was to "accidentally" discover that he had lost his old brooch. He then "generously" expressed forgiveness and lamented that he "was just planning to send a new one."
It was then that the ruby-encrusted brooch was handed over in a box.
Shirley didn't want to alert the enemy, so he accepted it as usual. Unexpectedly, the Duke was very anxious and urged him to wear it again and again. "The gems are not well chosen. It will easily collapse the fabric if it is not placed on the collar. Try it on first to see if it fits." He explained.
Shelly knew he couldn't escape, so he put it on obediently.
Duke Eddie seemed a little anxious.
He has always been a steady person. He would directly raise reasonable demands and discuss unreasonable ones in a roundabout way. If negotiations could not be concluded, he would end them peacefully. He never forced anyone to do anything directly.
This was the first time that Shelly had been asked so forcefully by the other party.
Sure enough, the moment he put on the badge, he felt the familiar feeling of being watched again. Shelly lowered his eyes, glanced at the vague black shadow behind him, then raised his head and said calmly.
"I love so much."
Duke Eddie smiled sincerely: "As long as you like it."
The two pretended to chat for a while, although most of the time it was Duke Eddie who was talking and Shelly who was listening. After a few minutes, Shelly raised his hand to end the conversation and said that he was going to go to the internal laboratory to get the samples.
Eddie finally waited for the main purpose of this trip. He readily agreed and pulled over a chair and sat down.
Shelly looked at him silently, confirmed that the other party was sitting on the magic circle he had set up, and walked into the inner laboratory without changing his expression.
He had already made preparations in the morning. Although he did not expect to encounter such a thing suddenly, it was not a big problem and he could still solve the problem here.
Hopefully it will be over once and for all.
Shelly let out a breath and reached out to touch the surface of the badge. Although his wand was taken away by the association, fortunately, he could still cast simple spells with his hands.
A pool of gray powder poured from his sleeves, forming a small heap on the gem. Shelly peeled off his outer robe, undoing another thread and pulling out a folded scroll from the inner layer.
The people from the association's special department only searched him with magic and didn't even ask him to change his clothes. This was a bit careless.
Shelly lowered his head, spread out the scroll, and walked along the edge with his hand dipped in dust. A dark shadow flashed in the clear ruby in the center of the scroll, and it became agitated, as if it had sensed something was wrong.
Shelly ignored it and continued to apply the ointment with his hands, chanting the awkward spell over and over again.
Ruby trembled violently.
Shelly frowned. This was beyond his expectations. He didn't know if it was because the ceremony had dragged on for too long, but the reaction to the ceremony was much more intense than he had imagined.
This might arouse suspicion from observers. Shelly paused, casually put a protective shield on the brooch, and walked towards the window.
We need to strengthen the sleight of hand.
As soon as he touched the glass, several deformed fingers suddenly appeared on the windowsill. Then, another hand climbed up, and two rows of fingers worked together to push the person hanging below onto the windowsill.
Eyes met.
Edith: “!”
The girl rushed into the room, covered Shelly's mouth with her hands, and pushed him against the wall. The other party immediately raised his hands high, and his sleeves, which had just been unbuttoned, slid down to his shoulders, indicating that he had no hostility.
Edith calmed down a bit, gestured with her hands, and silently asked, "Is it safe to talk here?"
Shelly's eyes moved slightly.
Before he could say anything, the thing inside the protective cover on the bed began to beat violently again. Edith turned her head and looked at the thing beating like a heart, and decisively let go of her hand.
Without asking, she rushed to the window alone, raised her wand, and quickly chanted a spell. Magic ripples spread out in circles, strengthening the room's defenses. At the same time, she threw Silencing Spells and Invisibility Spells one after another until she could see the color blocks produced by the accumulation of magic.
Shelly regained his freedom and without caring about Edith, he immediately went forward to deal with the things on the bed.
He removed the protective shield, and the gem instantly broke free of its golden shell and jumped forward on the bed, as if trying to break through the scroll.
A complicated spell flowed out of Shelly's mouth, and several thin silk threads appeared around the gem, gradually tightening and binding it in place.
But in the next second, the gem suddenly rose up again and broke free from all the restraints.
It was so fast that before either of them could react, it rushed towards the window. Edith was closer, so she pounced on it without thinking and pressed it under her.
"Hiss—" The surface of the ruby was extremely hot, and it seemed to carry poisonous gas, which made Edith feel extremely uncomfortable in just a short moment. She struggled to throw her wand, and Shelly caught it smoothly, and quickly knelt down to sort out the scroll destroyed by the gem.
He gathered the ashes again, and the scroll was activated again. Blue marks flowed between the lines, like a stream flowing through a dry field. Edith stood up with the gem in her hands, and fell forward, pressing the mark before it completely connected.
The shadow in the gem seemed to want to escape, so Shelly stepped forward to hold it down, and with his free hand he reached behind his ear and forcibly pulled out another shadow. The two of them worked together to press the two shadows together and precisely press them into the center of the scroll.
A heart-wrenching scream came from the gem.
The beautiful red color broke in the middle, and the black shadow inside was sucked into the scroll and disappeared completely in a few seconds.
Seeing this, Edith loosened her hands, covered the wounds on her body, and collapsed to the ground gasping for breath.
Her vision was blurry: "Huh... So, the surveillance is gone now?"
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