109 Secrets (1/2)

Aaron felt something amiss upon arriving at the door where they assume Yumi was in.

”Did you feel any presence together with her just now?” Aaron asked his subordinates beside him. They were standing in front of the room but a few were scattered to surround the whole area.

”No.” One answered behind and some nodded in agreement but Aaron was still skeptical and asked one of the high officials of Lucent Force he brought together with him.

”How about you, Griffin?”

”I'm not sure a while ago. But it feels like a remnant Mana was left by a strong magician just now.” Now that Griffin had gotten closer, he felt that the Mana density in this room's area was thicker than anywhere else.

Aaron nodded at this. He wasn't stronger than anyone here but his status allowed him to equip exclusive Mana artifacts for himself.

One of his silver ring, a Mana Artifact he wore on his left middle finger had a magic structure called Life Source Prober. As the name implies, it's capable of detecting life force in a certain area.

A few seconds ago when they detected Yumi's presence, Aaron had activated the ring and probed her surroundings. It probably just took a milliseconds where he felt another presence beside Yumi then it suddenly vanished into thin air.

He hadn't thought too much about it since he was focused on confirming Yumi's state but now that he was about to open the door, he remembered the life force that has disappeared a few seconds ago.

Aaron looked at Griffin who nodded in return indicating that it's alright.

The former made up his mind and opened the locked door using basic mana manipulation. The inn doesn't have any protection against Mana interference but it was normal with this cheap inns within the city.

As soon as the door was opened, Yumi woke up and opened her eyes as she carefully analyzed her current situation.

She was in an unfamiliar room lying in a soft bed that was made for couples. She felt the familiar presence of the Lucent Force members near her so she calmly tried to remember what happened before she was made unconscious.

”I just asked that armored being about Wallace and...”

Yumi was trying to remember the scene prior to this and could only recall that she was brought inside the aircraft. The place was something she had never seen before. The patterned lights that flash at the controls panel, the exquisite metal craftsmanship that exudes unknown energy, piles of unfamiliar weapons, and the unfathomable being itself was something she couldn't just forget.

”Miss Yumi Juria. Please, pardon our intrusion. I'm Aaron Schmidt, a member of Lucent Force. We have used all means to locate your presence here, we thought that you've been captured by the enemies in the Araceli Island.”

Yumi glanced at the young man in front of him and assessed his bearing. She didn't have that much of an impression at the man but his last name made her remember the undying old monsters being kept by their country out of the public eyes.

They were the hidden officials of Zairus that were not leaving the capital city and was only being called when a national level threat was identified 35 years ago in a certain incident involving Aeolia's project...

”Miss Yumi, are you hurt? Do you need any medical attention?” Aaron worriedly asks upon seeing Yumi's blank expression. He brought a magician focused on the study of medicine, so he was about to instruct someone to call him. He just wanted to make sure that Yumi was in the best condition.

Although she still looked like a kid, the aura she exudes made Aaron careful with his words. He was well aware of the identity of this young-looking girl with an abnormal gift that was being treasured by NMTI. Although she doesn't possess destructive power as an Adept Mage, she was someone who had an ability above the average Adepts, excels in her agility, tracking ability, and sensory aside from her hobby as a Magic Engineer.

”No need. I just needed a rest.” Yumi calmly answered.