Chapter 363 Inference
In addition to these matters arising from the assessment results, Xia Liang did not forget that he had other things to explain to Cuique.
The content, of course, is about her meeting the examiner Yue Ji after she escaped from the maze, and what Yue Ji said to her.
These were issues that she was unable to handle and could not make up her mind about at this stage, so Xia Liang naturally did not hide anything and described everything she had seen and heard at the time in detail.
--"I see."
Xia Liang's description, especially the information about "something possibly happening on the viewing platform," reminded Cui Que of many things. It wasn't hard for her to guess that perhaps the people from the Civil Affairs and Finance Departments were trying to take advantage of this situation. It was even possible that the power-hungry new Diamond was trying to extort something from the Magic Affairs and Research Institutes. However, explaining these matters to the children was inappropriate; she would have to discuss them with the Magic Affairs Department later.
In addition to the undercurrents behind this, perhaps what Xia Liang needs most at this moment is what Delphinium thinks about Rose's invitation.
"If she's from the research institute, then I can bet she's right. Her invitation is likely genuine and true."
Delphinium folded her hands in her arms, a thoughtful look on her face. "Having professionals help research the principles of magic armor would probably be a good thing for you, Xiaojin. However, this would also mean that your magic armor abilities would become completely transparent to the research institute... What are your preferences?"
"Oh, me?"
Xia Liang didn't expect that the ball he kicked out would be thrown back by Cuiqiao. After blinking twice, he said honestly: "If you think they can be trusted, then this kind of thing should be more beneficial to me, right?"
She stretched out her hand, counting on her fingers, analyzing as if she were counting: "After all, the better I understand my magic suit, the closer I can get to the core of my abilities. Maybe I can develop more uses for it and become even more powerful..."
"indeed."
Delphinium nodded in agreement. "The intellectual managers at the institute are all exceptional scientific researchers. In terms of their knowledge and achievements in their respective fields, they are far more accomplished than even I or Asagao. You have a strong learning ability, and if you study with them, you will definitely improve."
"So, should I go?" Xia Liang put down his hand and waited for Cuique's decision with a slightly nervous expression.
There was no doubt that she wanted to go.
Today, Xia Liang will not hide her desire to become stronger. She will never be satisfied just because she is more advanced in the team, so she must want to seize this opportunity.
Delphinium could see this and understand this, but when she really had to make the final decision and agree, she still hesitated for a moment.
She knew that once she agreed to Yueji's invitation, her interests with the research institute and the Institute of Magic would be further bound together.
Although it was absolutely impossible to withdraw at this point, the only two possible outcomes for Delphinium were to accompany Emerald and the others to complete the task, or to be exposed and become a wanted criminal for illegally entering the border. However, sending Xia Liang to the research institute meant that the children were also involved in this matter to a certain extent.
If something were to happen, and the royal court discovered this connection...
Delphinium knew that she shouldn't do that, but she couldn't help but have such thoughts.
So even though the words were on the tip of her tongue, she didn't say them. Instead, she changed her words and said, "After the assessment is over, I will take you to the research institute."
If everything goes well, I will have time to take Xia Liang to find Yue Ji after the assessment.
And if things don't go well, he and Yueji will probably be waiting for the verdict in court, so naturally they will not let Xia Liang be involved in the relationship with the research institute.
As long as no obvious evidence is found, even if he is the captain of the Fangting City team and the captain is arrested, the team members will not be implicated, and there will be room for maneuver to a certain extent.
Of course, she also knew that when the Queen was involved, all rules in the magical kingdom were no longer rules, and the Queen had the power to ignore all regulations. If the Queen truly intended to punish everyone involved, then no matter how right she was or how many excuses she made, it would be useless. But in this case, it was better to be prepared than to be completely unprepared.
Xia Liang naturally had no idea what she was thinking. Even though she could sense some subtleties in the atmosphere, she couldn't guess anything out of thin air about things that the Delphiniums had never revealed.
After discussing the issues related to Xia Liang, the next person to speak up was Lin Xiaolu.
"Speaking of which, I also encountered some problems here..."
Lin Xiaolu described her new teammate, Bohe, and the peculiar candidate, Arrowroot Potato, whom she met in the maze. She also recounted the strange conflict between these two and Bai Jingxuan, and even mentioned the "promise" she and Bohe would have. After this long list, she couldn't wait to ask, "Delphinium, what do you think we should do next?"
If the news brought by Xia Liang made Cuiqiao realize the internal disputes that might be faced next, then what Lin Xiaolu said was undoubtedly the prelude to some kind of event related to foreign enemies.
"A magical girl who can devour residual beasts, and Bo Xue can even sense a beast-like aura from her?"
She summarized the series of events Lin Xiaolu had described, frowning slightly, "Are you saying that the child might be the one who left the claw marks?"
"Worse than claw marks!"
Bai Jingxuan corrected him, "Or rather, it smells very similar to that bad director!"
"Bad director? Who?"
"The one on the night of the Full Moon Festival!"
Now Cuiqiao understood that Bai Jingxuan was talking about mousse.
When the clues pointed in this direction, combined with Lin Xiaolu's description, the answer was already obvious.
"...Dawn of Black Embers?" Not only Delphinium, but Xia Liang also came to this conclusion almost at the same time.
As far as everyone knows, the organizations that have mastered the use of the magic power of the remnant beasts are none other than Black Cinders Dawn and Claw Mark. Compared to Claw Mark, the degree of "beastification" displayed by Black Cinders Dawn is undoubtedly more thorough, which is in line with what Bai Jingxuan said, "more like a remnant beast."
Although Xia Liang and Lin Xiaolu don't know it yet, Cuique is very clear about the source of the residual beast magic power in Bai Jingxuan.
The so-called "Holy Son Plan" of Black Dawn, as well as the existence of a series of terms such as sacrificial son, beast son, and holy son, undoubtedly indicate that children like Bai Jingxuan are probably not isolated cases in this world.
And if Lin Xiaolu and Bai Jingxuan's descriptions were true, then Kuizi would have to come up with an even more shocking, even horrifying, inference:
——"Among the magical girls, are there actually people from Black Dawn?"
(End of this chapter)
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