Episode 70 – Mana Crystallization (1/2)

Did he see this redhead before somewhere?

Eruan Arite had an iirl before, he would have surely realized it, if not remembered where he had seen her Yet, he was sure only of one thing – this was the first time he saw her face

Which meant that the sense of familiarity should be caused by the resemblance of her face to someone he knew

Yet, no matter how he searched his memory, he couldn’t come up with the face of a person that this redhead reminded him of

He even tried concentrating on specific features Such as her hair and skin color There was, indeed, several people he knew quite well that had ahair and skin color, but that’s where the siirl, her face didn’t resemble those individuals at all, not to

If he covered the rest of her face and looked just at her eyes, the sense of farew, but at the sale person with eyes like those

The ht about it, the more puzzled he beca si different enough for him to be unable to point out who they reminded him of?

Eruan shook his head Was this matter really worthy of his time? For all he knew Elaru Wayvin’s looks could be just a façade Not her true appearance

Regardless, he could just ban her fro in the exams, and the matter would be dealt with

Or would it?

What if, later on, it turned out that he banned her without just cause? That he pinned the blame on her that wasn’t hers to bear?

And what if the face he was looking at was indeed her real appearance? What if his subconsciouswho she re would allow hiin was important?

If I ban her, would that draw out the person standing behind her in the shadows?

Or would that… just make her disappear?

Eruan’s frown deepened

“Icya… Tell me, does this face remind you of someone?”

He could feel his vice-principal frowning deep in thought “I’uely it reminds me of…”

She didn’t need to continue Eruan could tell who she was referring to “Ignore the hair and skin color Concentrate on the face”

“The lips are also similar…”

Eruan closed his eyes and sighed He could tell that his vice-principal also felt a sense of familiarity, but it was ht as well not be there

She couldn’t help him with this matter

Eruan Arite rubbed his tired eyes and sighed again Ban or not to ban?

Eruan’s mind suddenly cleared I don’t make uninformed decisions The opti the final decision until I have more information on the matter

He wasn’t worried about the potential destruction of his property Material things were easy to fix Even if the entire building was de fixed in a matter of days

On the other hand, elusive things such as reputation and relationshi+ps were ed

Eruan Arite would much rather sacrifice the material to save the elusive

The temperature in Ashar was still rather warm, yet, there was a room inside the Rroda manor where that warmth seemed unable to reach

Judging how deathly quiet and still the at by the o the air, one would think the room was empty

One would be wrong

Venric Rroda sat at his desk, a deep frown etched onto his face His butler Lawrence stood to the side, as motionless as a statue

Venric was usually in a bad mood, but today, his mood was unusually foul

If any of the other nobles found out that he had spent several days and countless randson, and still failed to catch hih he knew exactly the place where he would be at – the a

To say that Venric Rroda was furious would be an understatement

Yet even though he was bursting with rage, he could do nothing about the facts

No s he sent out, no matter where he sent them, the only result he received was a no result

He even sent out “caed” men that blended with the crowd and tried their best to look in no way related to the Rroda fa for someone

Yet all his efforts failed to catch any scent of his grandson

He even caved in and bought another DI report, hoping that the fahten him as to why his efforts returned no result

The report mentioned places where the two rebellious teens were seen such as the Black Pearl restaurant and the public library, however, it too contained no information on their current whereabouts

He didn’t knohether he should feel pleased or frustrated Pleased that even the Etezzas couldn’t find any infor that it was natural that his men failed Frustrated that he had paid for a report that contained no useful information and still had no clue of their whereabouts

What baffled Venric Rroda was that Kiel Rroda and Elaru Wayvin didn’t miss any of their exams, which meant that they had to enter Muni Yet his men were stationed at all entrances and saw no trace of the two

Venric concluded that the two brats had the means to avoid detection

Thinking further about the issue, his nize them or see them The two also had to control their mana so precisely to not leave any of it behind that could be tracked Thirdly, they had to have means to not leave any scent behind them

If his men ran into someone whose mana and scent couldn’t be detected, they would have stopped them

Since they reported no such person, it would mean that they didn’t see Kiel Rroda at all

As in, he was completely invisible

Since his useless grandson couldn’t possibly turn hiranted to hi of someone else

Elaru Wayvin came to mind

The mastermind behind all of this had to be her

And if it was her that enabled the two of them to remain undetectable and untraceable for several days, her skills were nothing to laugh about It is one thing to hide in the large city, it’s coht under their noses when they were vigilantly looking for any possible trace of them

Venric Rroda’s frown deepened and he let out a frustrated growl

Elaru Wayvin doesn’t exist No past or background Untraceable and undetectable

All the information slowly connected inside Venric’s mind

“We are…dealing with a Shadow” Venric mused to himself

Shadoere a special existence aes – individuals who could completely conceal their presence and avoid all atte them

They were an existence everyone dreaded – ultimate spies, thieves, and assassins Shadows usually worked for the Shadow Lodge, a e that Peacekeepers have unsuccessfully tried to root out for centuries