Sudden changes
The reaction is so close to that of a normal person that it is so vivid that it makes people look sideways.
Seeing that the target had been captured, Morina, who was in charge of cover, stopped chattering and came over curiously.
Judging from the voice of the young man who was pinned to the ground by Ximu, he was obviously of the same age as them, but the skin on his face and hands was rough, showing signs of sun and rain. He was very different from those broken magicians who had vaguely revealed some young master-like demeanor after the transformation.
He was wearing a robe that was quite common in the magic academy, but unlike other students, his robe did not have any obvious moon or star patterns on it, and it was surprisingly clean.
Most importantly—
His limbs were intact, his facial features were normal, and at this moment, his expression was filled with panic but also with some doubt and vigilance. He looked like a completely normal person with sound reactions.
Ximu finally caught one that could communicate among the overwhelming number of monsters, and naturally he would not let go of this opportunity.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
"I'm a student here, who are you? Let me go!"
The strange boy tried to struggle, and Ximu was surprised to find that he was actually quite strong.
However, due to his lack of common sense in joint unlocking and the disparity in strength, although he struggled several times, he still couldn't break free from the grip of the person on him.
"I advise you not to waste your energy, or you will suffer."
Ximu is indeed not as professional as her brother in interrogation, but she knows very well how to make people feel pain accurately and efficiently.
After applying slight force on certain joints with his knuckles, the boy suddenly screamed and then stopped moving very tactfully.
"Oh, this little brother..."
After the hard part, it's time to use some soft tactics, so Morina squatted down beside him and said kindly, "You were the one who spied on us first, so my companions took you down. You were the one who was wrong in the first place, right? If you have no ill intentions and explain yourself clearly, I can persuade her to let you go quickly, and we can all have a polite chat."
After saying that, she glanced at the boy's hands that were tied behind his back, and there seemed to be a hint of regret in her smile.
"But let me warn you first. My friend has a bad temper and is very wary. If you continue to refuse to cooperate, she might break your limbs for safety reasons and then simply leave you here—ah, but you're a magician, right? That's okay, after all, powerful magicians don't have much need for limbs..."
The short-haired girl remained calm and kept spouting cruel words with her cute face, which made the boy's hair stand on end.
How could it be that broken limbs make no difference to humans?
Magicians are human too. How can someone use magic normally while in excruciating pain from broken limbs? What horrible things are you saying?!
Understanding the resentful accusation in the boy's eyes, Morina tilted her head and said seriously, "Ah, I was careless. I shouldn't have made the decision for my companion on my own initiative... There must be a more efficient way to handle this, right?"
Seeing that Molina was winking at him from an angle, Ximu said nothing more. He drew out his short knife and stabbed it directly into the ground across the boy's neck, leaving him with only a sharp cold reflection.
"Don't try to resist with magic unless your spellcasting speed is faster than my sword."
The hand holding the knife handle tilted slightly, and in just a moment, he could cut his carotid artery on the spot.
The fear of death overwhelmed his doubts and vigilance. The man who was almost on the guillotine swallowed his saliva and had no choice but to compromise and beg for mercy from the two ferocious girls in front of him.
The boy's name is Sorens. He was born into a commoner family in a lakeside town. He was specially admitted to the school because of his magical talent.
But in such an academy where aristocratic families gather, people of ordinary background like him either choose to become followers of those powerful children, or be excluded everywhere. Not only are the resources limited, but even the academic achievements are often plagiarized or suppressed. In short, life is indeed not easy.
According to him, he could not get the right to use the laboratory during the day, so he came at night to see if there was a vacant laboratory available, but he did not think of "that thing".
"...What happened?" Xi Mu asked naturally.
"Enemy attack! It's an enemy attack! The alarm has been sounded in the academy. Soldiers from another country have broken in—didn't you hear it?"
He tried to turn his head anxiously, but gradually stopped moving in the face of the girls' slightly puzzled expressions and the silence that clearly showed no alarm, and his eyes became blank.
"How long have you been here?"
Facing Ximu's question, Sorens replied in confusion: "I've been enrolled for almost three years..."
"She didn't ask you that," Morina interrupted. "She meant, how long had passed between the 'enemy attack' you mentioned and the academy's current state?"
"What has it become?"
Sorens asked back, seemingly having no idea what they were talking about.
He also seemed to find the calmness of the brightly lit academy unusual, and his expression became even more puzzled as he muttered to himself:
"How long ago? Just now, just now—I was walking down the hallway when I heard a chaotic noise coming from downstairs. Someone was shouting, 'Enemy attack!', 'Run!' I looked down and saw men who looked like soldiers rushing in, killing everyone they saw. Some people fled, some fought back, and the alarm was sounded. The scene was in complete chaos!
"I, I hurriedly hid in a classroom, hiding under a desk and chair. I didn't dare come out until the alarm stopped... and I ran into you before I even took a few steps."
After hearing what he said, Ximu and Molina exchanged glances very quickly, and were somewhat shocked in their hearts, although they did not show it on their faces.
Although this person is conscious and can communicate normally, the most crucial part of his memory seems to have been erased very naturally.
And for him, time in this academy seemed to have never passed - he was stuck in that day, and everyone in the academy was stuck in that day.
"...You really don't know?"
Morina still didn't give up and tried hard to observe Sorens's various expressions, but the latter's confusion was very real. If this could also be acting, then the acting skills were too amazing.
Xi Mu has always lacked patience when dealing with outsiders, so she didn't say much. After dragging the man up from the ground, she took him directly to the corridor and pressed his head to look at the lobby on the ground floor.
After seeing clearly the various weird things that were rampant and the completely impossible to ignore monster with a nebula on its head, Ximu's fingertips felt an uncontrollable tremor.
"How, how could this happen? What is that? What's wrong with these people..."
It seems that Sorens doesn't know as much as they do about this issue.
Seeing that his panic did not seem fake and he was obviously very frightened and no longer resisted, Xi Mu simply let go and let him collapse on the ground leaning against the railing.
After giving him some time to calm down, she asked again, "Do you still remember where the riots first broke out?"
"I'm not sure about that..."
Clearly fearing this young woman who could take his life at any moment, and perhaps worried that his answer might displease her, Sorens immediately added, "But I vaguely heard someone say there was a fight over in the tower, and the unrest in the teaching building seemed to have spread from there."
tower?
Is this the Moon Viewing Tower where Dean Phises lives?
After receiving a positive response, Ximu looked at Molina and suggested, "Shall we go and take a look?"
"Now?" Molina clearly disagreed. "The Moon Viewing Tower is built on the highest point in the academy. To get there, we have to pass through the courtyard garden. With our current equipment, it's a bit difficult, isn't it?"
"It's true that we can follow the map, but we can go around from another place, and..."
As Ximu spoke, he turned his gaze to Sorens, who felt as if he was being looked at by the abyss and shuddered with fear.
"We now have a 'local' to lead the way."
After saying that, the girls all looked at him at the same time, one was as cold as ice, the other was smiling expectantly.
The simple country boy rubbed his wrist which was hurt by being grabbed before, stood up wisely, and his eyebrows drooped helplessly.
——But he never expected that the "detour" Ximu mentioned actually meant climbing out of the window and then going up to the roof.
"no……"
Although the strong wind on the tower is not as wild as imagined, stepping on the narrow window frame to move slowly to a position where you can gain leverage and then climb up the wall is still too advanced for people who are used to walking normally.
"Do we have to go this way?"
Morina moved carefully along the wall while being alert to the stranger next to her - although the stranger's tense expression didn't look much better than hers.
"Although the light is bright on the other side, we might be attacked by crossbows again." Xi Mu obviously didn't realize the hidden meaning of his complaint, and even explained seriously, "This side is along the lake. If we go up from this side, at least we won't be attacked while moving."
"That's not what I'm talking about… Ouch!"
The excessive emotional fluctuations caused Morina to lose her balance and her feet slipped instantly - but before she could scream more, Ximu and Sorens pulled her from the left and right.
"Thank you, thank you."
It was not surprising that Xi Mu would save her, but she did not expect that this stranger who was forced to come here would be willing to lend a helping hand.
The young man who was thanked nodded woodenly without saying anything. When he saw that Morina had stood firm, he let go of her hand.
After following Ximu and Molina upstairs and seeing them deal with those mutated magicians with his own eyes, Sorens became a little silent, not knowing whether he was suspicious or had complicated feelings.
"I'll go up first, don't be afraid."
After reaching the edge of the windowsill, Ximu climbed up the bulge of the building, gave a few instructions, and then climbed up the wall. He soon found a relatively flat and convenient passage.
There are always some convenient walking areas on the top of this kind of complex spire building to facilitate the maintenance of craftsmen. If you walk along this road and the cover of the towering roof to the side, you should be able to see the small square in front of the Moon Viewing Tower.
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