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Chapter 72 - Extra C's Childhood Friend is the World's Strongest Heroine

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Investigation

One dark night.

"Gasp…!! Gasp…!!"

A man was running through a dark alley.

Behind him, a pitch-black darkness chased him.

The darkness approached him, swallowing all the light around him.

"Damn it!! Damn it!!"

The man looked down the alley, which was sinking into darkness, turned his head, and cursed.

Why?

Why was this happening to him?

Of course, no one answered his question, and the darkness continued to chase him.

Just a little bit.

If he went just a little further, he would reach a wide street with many people.

If that happened, he could ask for help.

Seeing the lights of the main road in the distance, he held onto a small hope.

He was out of breath, but the fear of death that had reached his back was far more terrifying.

As the lights of the main road grew closer, he felt the embers of hope for survival flicker and reached out his hand towards the empty air.

However…

-Thud!

As always, the crushing of hope happened in an instant.

"Cough…!!"

A hot pain in his abdomen accompanied by a cough.

A sticky, metallic taste started to rise in his throat.

Strength drained from his body, and his vision began to darken.

Even in that situation, he struggled to muster the last of his strength and tried to move forward.

The last thing he saw was…

Chilling red eyes lurking in the darkness.

* * *

Rudell and Leje arrived at the scene late at night.

"Haaam… Sleepy…"

"Get a grip. It's a murder scene."

Leje snapped at Rudell, who spoke in a sleepy voice…

Arriving at the narrow alley, the two stopped.

Lanterns on the walls dimly lit the surroundings, and many people were coming and going in the alley.

"Hello, Professor."

"You're here."

Fernand de Pasell, the homeroom professor of Pilsberg Academy's A-1 class and former deputy head of the Royal Capital Security Guard, nodded at Leje and Rudell, who bowed their heads.

"The Thorn Carpenter again?"

"Yes, he seems to be late again."

Many soldiers were busily moving around Pasell as he spoke.

Since the incident occurred at dawn, there weren't many onlookers, but people in the windows of nearby buildings watched the scene with anxious faces.

"We're going to examine the scene now. Are you interested in joining?"

"If you're going, Professor, we should too."

The two were assigned to escort Fernand in this case.

While Fernand was undoubtedly skilled, one could never know what might happen against a serial killer who was causing a stir.

Of course, that wasn't the only reason they were assigned to escort Fernand.

"Remember, our objective is to secure him before the Security Guard."

Outwardly, they were cooperating with the Security Guard, but Fernand had a different objective.

It was to capture the Thorn Craftsman before the Security Guard and spirit him away.

Rudell later learned that Fernand was also one of Jade's collaborators.

In other words, the three were grouped together to be prepared for any contingency.

"Understood."

The two nodded at Fernand and followed him to the scene.

"Halt."

A Security Guard soldier controlling the scene stopped them as they approached.

"Fernand de Pasell, former Deputy Head of Division 1. I've come as requested to cooperate."

"Welcome, Deputy Head Fernand. We've been waiting for you. But who are these people?"

The soldier, after checking Fernand's identification, looked at Rudell and Leje behind him and asked.

"They are my escorts. Here are their Pilsberg Academy identification cards."

"Confirmed. Welcome, Leje El Lagrind, Rudellheit Weinstein."

"Let's go."

As the soldier stepped aside, Fernand walked into the scene, followed by Rudell and Leje.

A moment later…

"This seems to be the scene."

"Ugh…"

Leje covered her mouth with a pale face as she saw the scene where Fernand stopped.

"…"

Meanwhile, Rudell looked at the scene with a calm expression.

A corpse riddled with sharp thorns and a large amount of blood splattered across the alley.

It was a scene similar to what he had seen countless times.

"Truly horrific."

"Indeed…"

Fernand took out a notebook from his pocket and began to write something down.

Rudell watched him and then lowered his posture to examine the gruesome corpse closely.

"…"

At first glance, the wounds looked similar to those inflicted by Shadow Magic.

However, Rudell was certain he hadn't done this.

He never killed innocent people.

His enemies were only the Death Eater Cult.

The man in front of him was just an ordinary human.

"…"

The moment he saw the horrific scene, Rudell knew.

The real purpose of this murder was to lure him out.

"Rudell? What are you doing?"

"Nothing. Just wondering if there are any clues."

Rudell straightened up at Leje's voice.

"Even if there were, the Security Guard would have already collected them all."

Fernand closed his notebook and began to look around.

Then, as if he had found something, he started to walk somewhere.

Rudell and Leje followed him, leaving the scene and walking deeper into the alley.

The surroundings became more complex and darker as they went in, but they continued to follow the footprints on the ground.

How long had they been walking?

"Wait."

Fernand raised his hand and stopped.

At his signal, Rudell and Leje also stopped and looked around cautiously.

"Rudellheit Weinstein."

"Yes, Professor."

"Do you sense any traces of mana around here?"

"…Yes."

At his question, Rudell channeled his mana and began to examine the surrounding traces.

And what he saw were very faint traces of mana.

"You seem curious how I knew."

Fernand smiled faintly at Rudell, who looked surprised, and continued.

"Look closely at the surrounding walls."

"The walls?"

Rudell examined the walls at his words, but he couldn't find anything unusual.

"Look more closely. Do you see something like a ripple pattern?"

"I don't see it."

No matter how much he looked, the walls just looked ordinary to him.

At Rudell's reaction, Fernand approached the wall and brought the lantern closer.

Only then did a very faint trace appear on the wall, and Rudell couldn't help but look dumbfounded.

The trace was so faint that it was barely visible.

It was so faint that it would be practically impossible to find with the naked eye unless one was as skilled as Fernand, who was renowned for his abilities, having served as the youngest Deputy Head of the Royal Capital Security Guard.

"Usually, using magic in an open space doesn't leave such traces, but if you use it in a narrow place like this, it's bound to leave a mark."

"But is this trace so important?"

"Of course. Even the smallest things can be clues."

He nodded and began to look for traces on the ground again, and Leje and Rudell looked at him with perplexed expressions.

It wasn't that they doubted his skills, but watching him searching for traces like this… what should they say?

He was like the chief of the riot police in modern terms.

In military terms, he was equivalent to a major general.

It was hard to believe he was acting like this.

As Fernand was searching for traces,

"…?"

Rudell turned his head, sensing something amiss.

However, all he could see was the dark alley…

That was when it happened.

"…!!"

"Rudell?"

Rudell quickly channeled his mana, sensing something, and Leje let out a puzzled voice as she watched him.

The next moment…

-Clang!!

A blood-red thorn flew out of the darkness and collided with the blue barrier created by Rudell, spreading a metallic sound around them.

Surprised by the unexpected attack, the other two, except for Rudell, looked in the direction the blood-red thorn had flown from with shocked expressions.

[…]

Then, a pair of crimson eyes flashed in the darkness.


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1 Comments

  1. Who else thought Rudell is the "Thorn Carpenter"? Is it just me? Ahaha

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