Chapter 132 Can You Let Go of My Hand First?
Shelly lowered his head, was silent for a while, and held his forehead helplessly.
How come it recovered?
He was very sure that there was no problem with his design. Since Edith's magic fluctuations had returned again, she probably wouldn't have any major problems.
But having said that, I still feel uneasy until I meet him in person.
"Edith has returned to the back hill." He turned his head and looked at the people who were standing a few steps behind him but were unwilling to leave. He said calmly, "Go back now."
Everyone was immediately excited.
......
Edith stood there bored, closing her eyes and sorting out the information in her mind.
After a night of no sleep and the onslaught of news, she could feel her head getting hot.
The ruins in the cave lead all the way to the imperial palace.
If the palace can be connected, what about other families? Would Heda and Amy, who have high titles, have already been under the other party's surveillance?
What is the purpose of surveillance? To find the right child?
There are only a few roads in total, and I feel that the families that can be covered are limited...
"That explains a lot of things. Celeste doesn't seem to have the blood of the Eddy family, maybe because she was originally a commoner." Edith pondered, "The arrogance and pedantry she displayed was because the one who controlled her at the time was actually Mrs. Eddy, an elderly traditional aristocrat."
"This can also explain Mulin's experience. She is somewhat similar to Celeste. She was born in a commoner family and has great talent. If she succeeds, she might be able to readmit her school in the name of an illegitimate child. Shelly is similar."
As a commoner with high talent, and without parents and social connections, no one would suspect that his body was taken away from him.
"It's not enough to have wealth and status, they really want to squeeze every last bit of value out of the common people."
She combed her mind briefly, but her head did not become clear, but became more dizzy. Edith held her neck and was about to squat slowly, but suddenly her vision went dark.
She fell forward.
At the end of her consciousness, Edith did not feel the pain of landing - a hand suddenly appeared and caught her head.
Everything seemed like a replay of her own death. Her consciousness gradually sank and she fell into a dreamless deep sleep.
…
"call--"
Edith woke up in bed with a start.
The warm sunlight outside the window fell evenly on her. The late autumn sunshine neutralized the dropping temperature very well. Edith just felt warm all over and wanted to continue sleeping comfortably.
—Wait, why is the sun so high?
She struggled to sit up in bed, and before she could figure out her surroundings, she quickly felt a pulling sensation in the palm of her hand.
She turned her head and saw Shelly who had woken up.
Edith: “…Hi?”
Shelly was silent.
His skin was terribly pale, and he stared at Edith without blinking. After five seconds, as if to make sure that the person in front of him was not a dream, he spoke: "Are you feeling unwell?"
His voice was visibly hoarse.
"Why didn't you get enough rest?" Edith asked subconsciously, suddenly remembering the scene before she fainted last night, and touched her head, "Ah, it was you who was there last night?"
"Yeah." Shelly deadpanned, "Luckily it's me."
He remained expressionless, but Edith had studied with him for so long that she was already adept at reading his body language.
Shelly's neck visibly relaxed and her hair fell naturally, which was a sign of relaxation.
"Why am I here?" Edith also relaxed upon seeing this, and unconsciously resumed the way they used to get along. "Something went wrong at the academy last night. Is it okay for me to take a leave today?"
"I asked for it for you, for an experiment," Shelly replied, and he stretched out his right hand to help Edith adjust the position of the cushions behind her so that she could sit more comfortably.
Edith: "...Thank you, but can you let go of my hand first?"
Her right hand is still firmly held in Shelly's hand.
The other party seemed not to hear her words, and his hands did not move: "What happened to the magic power in your body?"
He carefully examined Edith's body and didn't feel anything wrong, but the complete disappearance of the magic fluctuations couldn't be an accident.
"Ah, you mean this." Edith moved her body, feeling the fluctuations of magic deep inside her body, and brought out the part that belonged to Louisa. "Yesterday was because of this."
The detector in Shelly's hand returned to zero instantly.
"This is?"
"Louisa's magic."
Edith took some time to briefly recount what happened last night. Even though Shelly already knew about Edith's precedent, he still couldn't take in this huge amount of information.
"Luisa is resurrected."
"Yes."
"It's... unbelievable."
Shelly was quiet for a while, still holding Edith's wrist, feeling it carefully, "You are completely unaware of the existence of your own magic."
"It's like you have two completely independent magic systems in your body. No one can detect the part you hide. You can close one and still use the other."
"I just don't know if it will still exist after I take it away." Edith thought thoughtfully, "I have to find some time to look for Langman in the next two days..."
Fortunately, I have a good relationship with him.
Edith pressed her head and used force with her right hand again, and this time Shelly finally let go of her hand.
"I'm sorry." He said softly, his head bowed. "I have to make sure you're okay."
I was afraid that the magic power would stop fluctuating again, and that the teacher would close his eyes and never wake up again like before...
"Of course I'm fine, but speaking of this, where are Hedda and the others?" Edith didn't notice Shelly's mood change at all. She suddenly thought of the ones who left early, "Have they come out?"
"They are all out." Shelly said calmly, "They came out earlier than you and they are not injured."
Edith glanced at the other man and somehow felt that he was not happy.
......
In classroom.
Heda was sleeping soundly on the table when she suddenly felt an itch in her nose and sneezed unconsciously.
A heavy book slammed down on her desk at this moment, followed by the teacher's sharp voice: "Ms. Turner, please answer this question."
Hedda woke with a start. She wiped her mouth and stood up dazedly.
The hair left red marks on her face, intertwined with her already bright red hair, making it look particularly messy.
"Well, the answer is..." She hesitated and looked at the blackboard, and found desperately that this was not a choice, "The answer is..."
The teacher sighed and said, "Sit down."
Hedda was relieved.
She was now completely awake, and she complained to Bell who was sitting upright beside her: "Why did you only catch me..."
Bell did not respond.
Heda stared at the other person's eyes with a little suspicion, stretched out his hand, and touched the pupil in the middle directly.
She only felt the soft eyelids.
"What's wrong?" Bell woke up and turned to look at the other party, "What happened?"
Hedda: "Illusion?"
Bell: "Yeah, illusion."
Excellent.
Hedda pouted and looked around. Tattle was also staring at the podium without blinking. She tested it and confirmed that it was also an illusion.
Lin Qi was relatively calm. He held a book in front of his face, supported his chin with his hands, and hid behind it.
Amy...Hey, where's Amy?
She frowned and leaned over, finally finding Amy's upper body under the table full of legs. He was folded up, his chest pressed against his thighs, his head drooping naturally, sleeping peacefully.
"This is just putting away all the books and pretending no one is here." Bell sighed, "Good idea. It's not too late to get up again when the teacher calls you out."
Hedda: “,,,,,,”
She eventually set her sights on Mulin.
His eyes were moving and his hands were taking notes, which meant he was not using any magic. He was sitting upright with the book spread out, and he was not secretly sleeping.
She is really sober.
"Me? I was born with little sleep."
Mu Lin smiled shyly, "I slept for three hours last night, and I slept for another hour this morning. That's enough."
Hedda: “…”
Well, it’s not unfair to arrest her.
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laboratory.
Edith ate something simple, got out of bed, and turned around to be pushed into a chair by Shelly.
"I'm not sure if that kind of transformation is harmful to the body. Sit down and rest first."
"Okay." Edith shrugged and got straight to the point. After explaining everything she had sorted out, she concluded, "The group led by Duke Eddie seems to have been monitoring the civilians and selecting those with high talents to take into the family."
Shelly frowned and sat down on the chair opposite Edith. "Civilians with high talents are rare. Those with medium talents have all been sent to the Swordsman Academy. Duke Eddie and his men probably don't like them. If we want to find enough bodies, we can only expand the search area and win by quantity."
"No matter how big the organization behind them is, it is difficult for them to control the entire kingdom—"
His voice stopped abruptly, and half a second later, Shelly and Edith spoke at the same time, their tone urgent.
"——Magic Lock!"
"The kingdom has mandated the distribution of magic locks. Even the ramshackle slum houses are equipped with one each, which basically covers everyone." Edith thought of the lock on her door when she was in Oliver City. "Mulin herself also mentioned that since she was born, the locks at home have been changed almost every year, and every time there is a special person sent by the city hall."
"The magic lock happens to be the property of the Eddie family." Shelly pondered for a moment, "Everything fits together."
Only in this way can all the data on potential geniuses in the entire kingdom be collected.
"...You thought the City Hall was doing good things, but in fact, they were just sucking blood." Edith exhaled slowly, "I knew they were not doing good things, but I didn't expect it to go this far."
However, that’s not even the scariest thing about the whole thing.
"Do you think the Queen knows about this?"
Edith raised her eyes to look at Shelly. Her green eyes were hidden by the shadows on her face, as dark as a deep pool. "The City Hall is also under the control of the Queen. Without her permission, Duke Eddie cannot implement the magic lock."
"Besides...I care a lot, why this year?"
"Why did the queen, who always values blood relations, suddenly relax her policy on civilians this year, allowing civilians to enter the Bo Yunis College, allow civilians to teach, and allow civilians to apply for the court mage examination... and, just when we were in the promotion competition, she summoned all of you to take the court mage selection exam, causing us who asked for help at the time to be unable to wait for rescue."
Although Duke Eddie's underground passage seemed to be carried out without the Queen's knowledge, was the Queen really unaware of the whole thing?
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