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‘Dwener?’ People in the fountain plaza were talking about him. I stopped walking and listened carefully. This was the first time I’d heard this conversation. A conversation I’d never heard before, despite having experienced the Carpathia Defense Battle tens of thousands of times? That could only mean one thing. ‘A hidden piece.’ Come to think…

“Hm?” Yuridia frowned slightly upon seeing Victoria. It wasn’t just because their rival, Victoria, was with them. “What is this awful smell?” Yuridia pulled out a white handkerchief and covered her nose. Indeed, there was a terrible smell lingering in the room. The source of the smell was, of course… “Don’t you know that good…

What greeted me when I opened my eyes in the morning was the sight of Luna still lying on the bed with her eyes closed. “Oh, no. It can’t be. That, that can’t beee…” Rezé was crouched in the corner of the room, mumbling unintelligible words to herself. She shivered intermittently as if she were…

How much time had passed since then? I wasn’t sure, but it was clear that a significant amount of time had gone by. Our backs were pressed against each other, and the dampness from our body heat made it obvious. It wasn’t Luna whose back I was pressed against. …That’s right. It was Caron and…

‘Something’s off…’ Normally, Caron used the window as if it were the front door, so coming through the window wasn’t particularly strange. But today, there was one thing different. Caron had crawled in on all fours, like a dog. Thud! He even tripped over the window sill and fell, failing to land properly. It was…

“…What?” “Exactly what I said. We’re more bad adults than good ones. You’re not going to deny it, are you?” Caron was a rat. Fundamentally, he collected information while hiding his identity, but sometimes, during espionage activities, he had to resort to violence to extract information. Kidnapping, torture, betrayal, and even murder were not off…

It was when they were moving to the temporary dormitories as per the instructors’ orders. “You saw that earlier, right?” “That Mr. Caron tried to kill those two?” “To try and kill a noble, and someone from Duke Aziz’s faction at that, in such a public place… he’s really something.” “Well, in a way, it…

The surroundings were shrouded in silence. It was partly because of Dwener’s sudden appearance, but more so because he had just punched Count Zachary. The shock was brief. The children soon erupted into cheers. “Wow…! He hit the Count!” “Is this for real?” “Is that really our useless principal? This is amazing.” Amidst the complex…

Crack-! With a swing of Caron’s dagger, the base of the tree split open, and a person tumbled out. It was an old woman. Aside from her body being stained a dark purple, she was an ordinary-looking elderly woman. Ash-like substances were slowly falling from her body. It was a sign that the flame of…

“Hmm, is this Carpathia?” “It’s one of the most renowned areas in the central empire. I was planning to visit someday… didn’t expect to come like this.” “Wow…! Look at that wide road. Four carriages could pass side by side!” The children couldn’t stop marveling as they looked around. I wasn’t much different from them….