Chapter 200: Am I a bad woman? Have you been disappointed? (5K)
Helvinia thought she would get a good night's sleep.
Because the series of encounters in the past few days have pushed her body and mind to the limit. She can hardly walk steadily and will fall into a deep sleep as soon as she touches the pillow.
But in fact, as soon as Hevinia closed her eyes, all kinds of sounds came out.
Arianna's scream before her death, Daphne calling her name with a smile, Haddock's puppet strings shuttling through the air...all echoed in her mind like an unstoppable noise, almost driving her crazy.
Until an unquestionable voice sounded from the deepest part of my brain.
"Okay, let's go to bed."
Then the noise disappeared.
This way, Hevinia could fall into a deep sleep.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.
Hevinia stared blankly at the rising sun, and after a long while she spoke softly, "Mr. Visas."
"Hmm?" Bai Wei responded.
"That voice that rang in my heart last night and lulled me to sleep, was that your power?" Helvinia asked.
"Oh? You still remember it." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Don't worry about it, it's just some insignificant little tricks."
"……Yeah?"
"Yes." Bai Wei said leisurely, "I don't know why, but the people who work with me don't have very good sleep quality. And I didn't have any way to deal with it. But now it's different. I think I have found the trick. Next time if you can't sleep again, I can sing a lullaby for you."
Bai Wei's two short sentences made Hevinia feel a lot of complaints, but she didn't know where to vent. In the end, she gave up the idea, simply said thank you and got up.
"Don't you want to sleep for a while?" Bai Wei asked, "It's still the seven-syllable day today, right? You don't have to go to class, right?"
Helvinia shook her head: "No, it's time to prepare for another troublesome person."
"Another troublesome person?"
"Phoenix," Hevinia said, "The Taichu family has sent people to win me over. It's impossible that Phoenix didn't notice anything. I don't think that with his personality, he will wait for me in the Second Hospital as planned after learning about this. So he is likely to come today, or even more likely to have arrived last night. We must be prepared to deal with him in advance."
"You've already thought of all this? You really have a smart mind." Bai Wei praised, "But, you need to prepare for more than just dealing with him, right? It's about time you choose your first target, right?"
Helvinia nodded slightly.
To be honest, this was also the point that made her feel difficult.
At first, Hevinia wanted to pick the simple Jinyin first, and put Phoenix, who looked like he was not easy to deal with, behind as much as possible.
However, the Daniel who appeared yesterday was a more dangerous and troublesome character, even certified by Bai Wei.
What will happen next? There are two people in the Taichu family. Will there be more powerful ones in the future? After all, those who can become Jinyin are not simple. If you continue to hesitate like this, you will definitely achieve nothing.
And hesitation was not in Helvinia's character.
So now it's time to prepare, and the first target is...Phoenix.
Having made up her mind, Hevinia got out of bed immediately, adjusted herself in the shortest possible time, and then went out.
If Phoenix really came to the Third College to find her, this would be a good opportunity, at least better than taking action in the Second College where she was unfamiliar with the place.
So the first thing Hevinia had to do was to find a suitable place to do it, and come up with a reason that would not arouse suspicion, so as not to be caught right after doing it, which would be too stupid.
However, Hevinia was not starting from scratch in this regard. After all, when she first arrived at this college a year ago, she had already been thinking about how to collect those golden sounds. This made her walk to every corner of the three colleges and select several suitable places to start.
The forbidden forest where Eyman was attacked before, and the chapel where Arianna was ambushed, were both Feng Shui treasures found by Hevinia.
However, the chapel is no longer usable, and the janitors are still guarding it.
The Forbidden Forest can still be used. After all, it is too large to be defended. Besides, there is a wandering Snowthorn Beast in it that has never been dealt with.
But isn't it too blatant to invite Phoenix to the Forbidden Forest? If Phoenix knew there were snowthorn beasts in the Forbidden Forest, it would be too suspicious.
Hevinia walked to the lobby on the first floor while thinking.
Just as she was thinking about sitting by the fire and sorting out her thoughts, she suddenly felt a chill blowing towards her. She subconsciously raised her head and found that the door of the dormitory was pushed open, and a person with a tired face and snow all over his body walked in.
And this person is Olenna.
Hevinia immediately remembered that she had met Olenna here last night, and she was as tired as she was now.
No, now she was even more tired than she was last night, just like a lifeless corpse.
And judging from Olenna's current state, she looked like she had been outside for a night.
After staying for a whole night...what was she going to do?
Helvinia narrowed her eyes slightly.
She didn't like leaving such suspicious things until the next day, so she gave up the idea of sitting by the fire and immediately stood in front of Olenna.
"Miss Olenna." Helvinia smiled and said directly, "What are you doing?"
Olenna didn't react at first. She was stunned for a few seconds before she realized who was blocking her way.
"Helvetia!" She immediately became alert. "What do you want?"
"I should be the one asking this question." Hevinia stood on the steps, looking down at Olena. "You didn't go back to the dormitory all night and you are in this state. What do you want to do?"
Although it was early in the morning, there were already quite a few people in the lobby. They looked over immediately after hearing the noise. When they found out it was Helvinia and Olenna, they became even more concerned.
Olenna, who was being questioned, was stunned for a moment, and after a while, her anger surged up.
"Who do you think you are?!" Olena asked, "What does what I do have to do with you?!"
"Originally it's nothing." Helvinia said calmly, "But your sneaking around makes me feel uneasy, Miss Olenna. You know, the grand ceremony is coming soon, and the academy is not as peaceful as before. Yesterday, an innocent classmate was poisoned."
"What does this have to do with me?" Olenna hadn't reacted yet.
Hevinia looked into Olenna's eyes and spoke word by word, "Some people often resort to shameful means to get to the top, so yesterday Teacher Adele kept reminding us that we must be careful of people with strange behaviors recently, especially... people who belong to the same musical scale as us."
Hevinia said this to the point that even if Olenna was slow to react, she could understand what it meant.
Then, more anger came out, and everyone in the hall heard Olenna roaring at Helvinia: "You think I will murder you?! Helvinia, you think I will murder you?! Murder you in the most despicable way?!"
"To be honest, I didn't mean to assume the worst of you." Hevinia's tone was still calm, but every word she said was heartbreaking. "But, classmate Olenna, you have a criminal record here, don't you?"
Hevinia's words made Olenna's eyes widen and her body tremble uncontrollably.
"It's not me..." She screamed in a hoarse and trembling voice, "I didn't do it last time, this time... No, not this time, I won't do such a thing! I won't!"
After that, she walked past Hevinia and headed upstairs.
But Helvinia simply grabbed her wrist.
"If you didn't do it, then what are you rejecting?" Hevinia looked at Olenna's collar. "Don't you dare let me see what's hidden in your clothes? Who knows if you've been out all night tinkering with some contraband? Like temperance worms, poison dart frogs, and three-step snakes..."
As Hevinia named the poisons one after another like reading out the names of dishes, the people in the hall stood up one after another.
Because most of the people here had seen the tragic death of Emilia yesterday, even if they hadn't seen it, they had heard about it, so naturally their nerves were touched. For things like poisoning, everyone's vigilance was already full.
And now seeing that Hevinia used this reason to stop Olenna, who already had a precedent in their eyes, they were naturally more alert and concerned.
"Olena, if you have no problem with this, let everyone see it."
No one knew who in the crowd was the first to say this.
As a result, the herd mentality instantly made this argument spread like a tide.
"Yes, Olenna, if you have no problem, let us take a look."
"What on earth do you want to do when you stay out all night at a time like this?"
"Don't blame Hevinia for being wary of you. Who told you to have a precedent?"
Olenna had not expected that she would be put on the fire all of a sudden. She was not good at speaking and had no idea how to defend herself in this situation. Her face, which was already pale, became even paler.
Finally, with a "snap", she shook off Hevinia's hand.
"Hevinia!" She stared at Hevinia, tears in her eyes. "Remember, I, Olenna Lawrence, will never use such despicable means."
"But I will defeat you! Remember, I will defeat you, and I will defeat you fairly!"
"Today... no, all the pain and humiliation you have brought upon me till now, I will pay you back! Double!"
"And this day... won't last long!"
After that, she turned and went upstairs without paying any attention to anyone.
Then, there was dead silence in the lobby.
Slowly, the sound emerged.
"This guy, what is he so arrogant about?"
"I think she just wants to poison you, Miss Helvinia. You must be careful with her."
The discussion intensified.
"You and Master Phoenix don't look like siblings at all."
"And after talking for so long, she still didn't show it to us. I think she's just feeling guilty. Otherwise, why don't we rush into her room and take a look!"
While everyone was discussing heatedly, Hevinia remained silent.
She lowered her head and looked at the palm of her hand.
The palm of her hand was covered in traces of blood...naturally it was Olenna's.
And when Olenna turned around, Hevinia also saw her body through her collar.
I discovered that the musical scale pattern, which should have been silver, was actually emitting a faint golden glow.
…
Ten minutes later, Hevinia was walking by the Forbidden Forest again.
Bai Wei's voice echoed in her mind: "What a bad woman! You could have just used my eyes to see, right?"
Hevinia, who was thinking about the change of Olenna's musical notes, was stunned for a moment when she heard Bai Wei's words and then replied, "Are you talking about what I did just now? Indeed, I can use your eyes to see, but that would cost extra. To be honest, I don't want to waste too much energy on her."
"You can also let me help you look."
"Perhaps I would rather see it with my own eyes, and also want to feel out her reaction." Helvinia said, "But you are right, I am indeed a bad woman, am I disappointed in this?"
"Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed?" Bai Wei said with a smile, "Am I not praising you?"
"……Yeah?"
"You will do whatever it takes to achieve your goal. That's why you can wait for me to come." Bai Wei said, "Otherwise, my current partner would be someone else."
"Wouldn't someone else be better?" Helvinia said, "In your eyes, a bad woman like me who is out of control and disobedient wouldn't be a good partner, right?"
"Well..." Bai Wei said slowly, "Who knows?"
…starting to be a riddler again.
Hevinia didn't know if she should ask more clearly.
But at this moment, footsteps suddenly came from the Forbidden Forest, and Hevinia instantly straightened her body.
Who will emerge from the Forbidden Forest?
She immediately took out her staff, turned her head and looked, and then...
"Mr. Daniel?"
The person who came out was Daniel holding a staff.
"Oh, I can actually see you here, Miss Hevinia." Daniel greeted Hevinia happily, "We are really destined to meet... but it's a pity that I met you at this time. I originally wanted to tidy up my manners after finishing the business and then go to see you."
Although she did not sense any hostility from Daniel, Hevinia still remained vigilant.
After all, he came out of the Forbidden Forest.
Helvinia had come to the Forbidden Forest for a legitimate reason: she was looking for a good place to kill someone.
But what is Daniel here for?
Daniel also noticed Hevinia's vigilance, and then put away the staff with a smile.
"Don't be nervous, Miss Hevinia." He said with a smile, "I am just here to help clean up the garbage as asked by your teacher."
"Cleaning up the trash?"
"Yes." Daniel said, "It's the... Snowthorn Beast, right? You should know this."
“Everyone in the academy knows it.”
"I think so, after all, several lives have been lost." Daniel smiled as he brushed off the fallen snow on his body. "To be honest, when I heard about the Snowthorn Beast, I thought I had traveled back more than ten years. Wasn't that thing long gone? How did it suddenly appear again? Then your teacher told me that there was only one, and it was not easy to clean up. After all, the grand ceremony is approaching and he can't spare any help, so he asked me to take a look."
After hearing what Daniel said, Hevinia relaxed her guard slightly and put away her staff.
Of course, it was only on the surface. In fact, she put the staff back into her sleeve to ensure that she could pull it out at any time.
"As the young master of the Taichu family, do you have to do such a job?" Hevinia asked, "Aren't you afraid of danger?"
"What's so dangerous about a Snowthorn Beast?" Daniel said with a smile, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I just came for a walk. And even if I'm not afraid of death, there are many people in your academy who are not afraid of death."
Hevinia keenly heard something from Daniel's words.
"What do you mean?"
"Because I noticed that there are quite a few of you wandering in the woods." Daniel said, "When I came here in the morning, I saw a few people."
early morning?
Helvinia immediately thought of Olenna, so she pretended to be surprised and asked, "Is that so? What are they doing?"
"What else can I do?" Daniel said lightly, "It's a fixed item in every grand ceremony. Upgrading magic."
Upgrade magic?
The golden light of Olenna floating on the silver notes instantly appeared in Hevinia's mind.
"What is that?" she asked immediately, and then added, as if realizing that something was wrong, "I was just asking casually. If it's something private..."
"It's not private, but it is indeed forbidden magic." Daniel obviously didn't mind sharing it with Hevinia. He smiled and said, "And it has nothing to do with us. After all, we all know what the upgraded magic does, and we have already reached the top. Of course, it's not impossible to use it, but it's not necessary."
Upgraded magic... This was not the first time Hevinia had heard this term.
She had heard the term in many places long before the seven syllables.
I even came across a person who used a similar magic - Aiman.
But at that time she didn't care much about this magic. After all, she was already Jinyin, and she still had a lot to learn, so she put this thing aside for the time being.
It was also because she had never heard of anyone being able to reach the gold level with this magic.
"Is it really possible?" Helvinia asked, "to go from silver to gold?"
"Of course." Daniel replied with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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