Chapter 203 No Explanation Required (5K)
"That's not something you would do, Helvinia."
When she was about to return to the dormitory, Hevinia heard Bai Wei's slow and leisurely voice.
"Will you also be soft-hearted?"
Facing Bai Wei's question, Hevinia acted calmly: "I don't quite understand what you mean, Mr. Visas."
"You pushed that little guy away, didn't you do it to protect him?"
"Of course not," said Helvinia. "It's just a reasonable choice under different circumstances."
"oh?"
"He is of no use to me anymore, and if I continue to let him pester me, Phoenix and Tupac will become suspicious." Hevinia said calmly, "With his background, he is not worthy of being by my side."
"Yeah?"
"You don't look like you really believe it."
"No, why not believe it?" Bai Wei said with a smile, "No one would deceive his own heart."
"……What?"
"I am in your heart now, so if I deceive you, wouldn't that be deceiving your heart?"
Hevinia was silent for a while, then slowly said: "That makes sense."
After a little joke, Bai Wei did not delve deeper into the topic. It seemed that he just mentioned it casually, and this also made Hevinia's tense heart relax a little.
Then, she heard Bai Wei ask, "Your original target was Phoenix, right? But he's not alone now, there's also that guy called Tututu or something."
“Tupac.”
"Oh, yes, Tupac." Bai Wei shook his finger, as if nodding, "There are two Golden Sounds at once. Counting the guy named Daniel, now there are three Golden Sounds gathered in the Third Academy besides you. This should not be in your original plan."
Helvinia nodded slightly.
Indeed, Hevinia's original plan was to take Phoenix away first when Phoenix came to the Third Hospital to find her.
But Phoenix did come, but Daniel and Tupac also came, which was completely unexpected by Hevinia.
"They are all coming for you." Bai Wei said slowly, "Ah, you are such a sinful woman."
"...Mr. Visas, can you please stop joking at this time?" Hevinia also sighed softly. After a while, she asked again, "Mr. Visas, do you have any better suggestions about Daniel?"
"Are you still staring at that Daniel?"
"Because I think he is the most uncontrollable of the three." Hevinia said, "Whether it's the identity of the Taichu family, or what you said, there are also pieces of your body on him. These factors combined make it hard not to care."
"I understand what you mean." Bai Wei said with a smile, "If you want me to give you some advice, then I'll stick with my previous advice. Don't touch him for now. It's too troublesome."
What kind of person is this guy who even Bai Wei considers to be troublesome and is unwilling to touch?
Hevinia really cared about it, but seeing that Bai Wei had no intention of continuing to explain, she could only give up for the time being.
After thinking for a moment, Hevinia said slowly: "The plan remains unchanged. Let's still take Phoenix as the first target."
"Can I hear the reason?"
"Because if we attack Tupac first, Phoenix will probably see through us," Hevinia said, "so it's better to get rid of Phoenix first."
"I understand. One is smart and the other is stupid. It is more advantageous to kill the smart one first." Bai Wei summarized Hevinia's reasons very skillfully.
And that is exactly what Helvinia meant.
As they were talking, Hevinia arrived at the school's training room.
Tomorrow is the last day of the Seven Syllables. If nothing unexpected happens, Phoenix will only stay until tomorrow night at most, so there is not much time left for Hevinia.
Because this time, Hevinia hopes to completely get rid of Phoenix with her own strength without Bai Wei's interference.
It would be best if the rule of three body parts was not used at all, and Bai Wei had no objection to this, and was even quite happy to see this scene.
So Hevinia spent the entire day in the training room, using all the music magic she knew, while Bai Wei gave instructions.
"Pull your hand back a little."
"There are too many extra moves, and why do you have to stand still when casting a spell?"
Bai Wei made a lot of suggestions, and Hevinia naturally listened very carefully, because she knew that in this academy... no, not just this academy, perhaps it could be said that there was no one in the whole world who was more suitable to teach her how to fight than Bai Wei.
After all, Bai Weike had previously directed her to get rid of Haddock with just a few words, and Hevinia didn't think that any professor in this college could do that.
Moreover, Bai Wei's fighting concept was completely different from the fighting concept that Hevinia knew about players casting spells at each other, which opened Hevinia's eyes.
Of course, Hevinia couldn't fully understand Bai Wei's suggestions.
For example, "using rolling to end the afterswing of casting" made her feel a little subtle, but after hesitating for a moment, she still did it. Then she got a surprised sentence "I just said it casually, you really believed it", which made her speechless for a moment, and she could only get up from the ground silently.
Fortunately, she was the only one in the training room. After all, the Seven Syllables Festival had not yet ended, so the training room was still theoretically closed. Moreover, most of the students who returned to school early had no intention of doing combat training, so Hevinia successfully reserved the room.
Finally, as the sun was setting, Hevinia finished all the training. She lay on the ground panting and sweating, looking totally out of place like a performer.
"Okay, that's about it." Bai Wei said leisurely, "The training is complete, let's go challenge Phoenix tomorrow! If you can defeat Phoenix without getting hurt, you can get my reward."
Hevinia: "..."
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Bai Wei was playing a game called "Training the Player", and she was the player being trained.
It is obviously a very serious matter. After all, if Phoenix dies, there is a high possibility of a series of unpredictable chain reactions.
But in Bai Wei's eyes, this seemed to be nothing.
But think about it, in the place of Holy Sound, the only one who can attract Visas' attention is probably the Lord of Holy Sound.
Thinking of this, Hevinia's originally heavy mood suddenly relaxed a little.
Maybe it’s because no matter what happens, Bai Wei can provide support.
Hevinia thought so.
After a short rest, Hevinia left the training room and returned to the dormitory.
She planned to clean herself up before going to eat, otherwise going to the restaurant all sweaty would attract too much attention.
But when she passed by the lobby, she suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye and stopped immediately.
She saw a girl sleeping on a table in the corner of the lobby.
But this is not the point. The point is the book the girl is holding under her arm.
On the surface, the girl just fell asleep while studying in the hall, and there was nothing special about it. But with the help of Bai Wei's extraordinary vision in his left eye, Hevinia saw a few words on the page.
"Magic of Ascension".
Hevinia's pupils narrowed slightly.
Then she walked to the girl's side calmly. The girl didn't notice and continued to sleep, looking very tired.
Hevinia naturally also saw the girl's fair skin and the bloody silver notes on her skin from her loose neckline.
Sure enough, this girl was also using upgrade magic.
Same with Ogg and Olenna.
But why is this?
Hevinia had been a little confused before. No matter what, "Upgraded Magic" is forbidden magic, right? Where did these people find it?
It is normal for Olenna to get this thing because she has the support of the Lawrence family, and it is understandable that Oger accidentally finds one or two forbidden books because he is a librarian.
Then where did this girl in front of me get the "Upgraded Magic" from?
Meeting three people who used "Upgraded Magic" in a row, was it just a coincidence?
Or is it that there are more people using this magic than she imagined? That's why she keeps running into them.
Just as Daniel said, when he was wandering in the Forbidden Forest in the early morning, he could see many students who were trying to advance secretly.
But how does this make sense? Could it be that all these people have a copy of "Upgraded Magic"?
Hevinia didn't care much about this at first, after all, she didn't need to upgrade.
But she couldn't convince herself to turn a blind eye to a large-scale abnormal situation.
So after a brief hesitation, Hevinia reached out for the book "Upgraded Magic" that was pressed under the girl's arm, ready to take a look at what the book was about.
But when her hand just touched the book, a muffled sound came from behind her.
Someone fell to the ground, accompanied by screams from people around him.
The girl who had just fallen asleep was immediately awakened. Fortunately, Hevinia had already withdrawn her hand so that the girl did not notice her action.
What's going on?
Hevinia thought someone was trying to stop her on purpose, so she turned around to look.
Then I saw a girl with purple body lying on the ground, covering her throat and twitching, obviously poisoned.
Next to her hand was an opened letter with the emblem of a noble engraved on it.
Helvinia understood immediately that this was another "Emmia".
Things like this are still happening.
The poison that the fallen girl and Emilia were poisoned by was obviously not the same. She did not die immediately like Emilia, but her body quickly rotted and turned black, becoming extremely horrifying.
Her throat seemed to be corroded by the poison, making it impossible for her to utter complete sentences. She could only mutter a few words intermittently.
"Save, save, save me..."
But no one dared to step forward. Everyone was afraid of her discolored skin and was afraid that the toxin would get on their bodies.
So the onlookers just asked her to hold on and then ran to find the teacher. No one offered her a hand and they just watched her turn black and rot.
The same thing happened to Hevinia. She just took a look and planned to leave first. She would come back when things here were almost finished to see if there was a chance to find one or two copies of "Upgraded Magic". If this thing was really popular among students as she imagined, then it should not be difficult to find it.
If she continued to stay here, she would be taken away by the teacher on duty, which would waste time explaining, and what she lacked most now was time.
Thinking of this, Hevinia walked to the stairs and prepared to return to her room.
As soon as I raised my foot, I heard people around me talking in low voices.
"Isn't this Polly?"
"Ah, you know her?"
"I know him. He works in the restaurant every day."
"Huh? Why are you working in a restaurant?"
"To earn tuition fees." The girl said, "I came from the seed area."
Helvinia paused.
She turned her head and looked at Polly lying on the floor, her eyes filled with despair as the vitality was rapidly fading.
"Why, why..."
"I, I don't want to go to the ceremony... really... I don't want to go."
"Why did you come to me..."
She said so.
…
A white cloth was placed over the girl’s body.
The black blood immediately seeped out from the white cloth.
"The poison of the rotten corpse frog may not be the most harmful, but it is the most corrosive. Once it reaches the stomach, it will be difficult to save it." Adele shook her head and looked at Hevinia sitting next to her and asked, "Is your hand okay?"
Helvinia shook her head.
"Really? You actually just carried her here like this." Adele said, "If you have a wound on your hand, the poison will flow into your body through the wound, and you will be in trouble."
Adele was quite surprised.
When she received the news that someone was poisoned, she immediately packed her things and prepared to rush over. But before she set off, she saw Hevinia rushing in holding the body that had already rotted beyond recognition.
Even when putting the poisoned girl down, Adele saw Helvinia's hand tightly clasped with the girl's hand, and the black poison was almost seeping into the white little hand.
It was as if the poisoned girl was a member of Helvinia's family.
But how is this possible?
The two sides are not from the same class at all.
Adele shook off the strange thoughts in her mind and asked, "Do you know her name? I want to register it so that I can notify her family."
"I think her name is Polly," said Helvinia. "I heard it from someone else."
...You don't even know her?
Adele looked at Helvinia in even greater surprise, then nodded and began to take notes: "Where are you from?"
"From the seed area."
Adele paused.
"It seems that there is no need to inform my family." Adele put the paper and pen aside, "No wonder."
"What?"
"Generally speaking, when the first person is poisoned to death, the next ones will not be so easily poisoned." Adele said, "Everyone is vigilant and usually brings their own food and water during the ceremony. At worst, they will learn a few ways to protect themselves. There is a music spell called purification, which can remove 95% of the poisons in the world, and it is only a two-note spell. You should also know this spell."
Helvinia nodded.
"But this spell is not in the textbook. It is a general spell that needs to be purchased separately. However, it is very cheap. After all, it is just a two-note spell. Generally speaking, especially at a time like this, no one would be stingy with that little money." Adele said, "Of course, it's only generally speaking. Some people are indeed... too frugal."
Hevinia understood what Adele meant. She looked at the body covered with white cloth again. Her pupils, as bright as stars, were filled with incomprehensible emotions.
She always had a strange feeling, as if the girl covered by the white cloth was not a complete stranger.
But it was another thin boy.
Then, it slowly turned into a little girl with red hair.
But she hid this emotion very well, and when she looked at Adele again, she had returned to her usual smiling self.
"Teacher Adele." Helvinia said, "Although this girl died, I brought her here, so I think she still made a contribution."
"Hmm?" Adele didn't react immediately, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, does this count as a contribution to the academy?"
Adele understood what Hevinia meant: "You want extra credits? Did you send her here just for extra credits?"
"Of course, this is not all I think, but..." Hevinia chuckled twice, "But you know, Professor Arianna's class is really difficult. I don't want to make up for the paper after attending the ceremony, so..."
She clasped her hands together and raised them above her head.
"Please, Teacher Adele! Give me a credit!"
Adele looked at Hevinia in silence, and nodded slightly after a while: "Of course, I will give it to you according to the highest standards, you don't have to worry, I don't think others will object."
Hevinia was naturally even happier: "Then I'll leave first, Teacher Adele."
Adele nodded: "Well, go ahead. I still have to deal with this girl's funeral. I won't see you off."
Hevinia was satisfied and left happily.
But before she left, she took one last look at the girl.
Dark red blood oozed out from the white cloth.
Helvinia closed the door.
…
After leaving the office building, Hevinia stood alone in the moonlight, and then took out a blood-stained envelope from her pocket.
On the envelope was a noble emblem, with its origin noted below.
Roger's house.
Tupac Roger.
Helvinia narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Mr. Visas."
"Um?"
"I want to change my goal for tomorrow night."
"Can."
"Change it to the person next to Phoenix."
"no problem."
"Because I think..."
"No need to explain." Bai Wei said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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