A student has been attacked by a headless troll.

This is what Sofia told him when she took Sivi to the scene of the incident.

But when Sivi reached the second floor, near the infirmary, there were already many students surrounding the scene of the incident, and found that the scene was far from being a 'tragic situation'.

The wall with the earth elemental enhancement magic was now dented like dough from a strong man's punch, and in the middle of that depression, a corpse that was no longer humanoid was embedded in the wall. The corpse was like a crushed tomato, muscle fibers, viscera, bones, and fat were all slimy, and bright red juice was splashed in a radial shape in the pit, and the air was filled with the characteristic smell of blood rust.

Even Sivi, who had long been accustomed to corpses, couldn't help frowning, and used his body to block Alyssa and Tio, who followed halfway. Although sooner or later they will be exposed to this cruel spectacle as they grow up, it is still too early for them.

After seeing the corpse, the blood on Sophia's face suddenly subsided, and she looked like she was shaky, but she still tried to pretend that nothing happened, and only subconsciously moved closer to Sivi.

Next to the corpse, a round-faced boy was kneeling weakly from the great shock he had received. His face was pale, and his lips kept opening and closing, but he couldn't make a sound.

may be because this scene is too infiltrating, even if there are many people watching from the side, but the scene is silent.

If this continues, it will not be good for the growth of those students.

Sivi looked around at the faces of the students around him, and then used the Wind Elemental Elementary Application to amplify his voice transmission several times before shouting, "Calm me down!" ”

It wasn't until the sound of his thunder sounded that they woke up and looked away from the corpse, and a few students who were less courageous or had poor psychological tolerance vomited directly.

"Don't even get near the corpse, keep your distance!" I don't know if there is such a thing as protecting the scene in this world, but Xiwei still decisively began to act as a temporary conductor according to the knowledge he learned from television and the like: "Sophia, you go and help that boy over here." ”

The girl nodded, trying not to look at the disgusting bolognese, and carefully helped the round-faced boy away from the corpse.

"Alyssa Theo. You go and get the other professors. Sivi commanded methodically: "Alice, don't look at it. I remember you can get in and out of the mouthy Timo's hallway, go find the Headmaster! ”

It may have been Sivi's calm appearance that gave the students courage. They also gradually began to return to their former appearance, looking at Xiwei, who had temporarily become their backbone.

However, Alyssa Theo and Alice were not able to complete their mission, as the professors had already arrived.

"The head of the house goes to St. Doragon Academy is now participating in the Wizard Education Seminar. As the vice dean and the only two high-level magicians in the Lylian Academy, Lady Lauren first showed a solemn look because of the tragic situation in front of her. Then he said to Xiwei: "I will try to contact him, but I should not be able to come back in a short time." ”

Obviously, the vice dean may have a profound magical attainment, but his ability to grasp the mood of his students is too bad.

Her words caused another sign of commotion among the students who had already begun to settle down, and made Sivi's previous efforts go to waste.

"Inform your classmates and friends. During this time, they all take refuge in the auditorium, try not to act alone, as long as there are enough people, even if there are really headless trolls, it will be fine. ”

Knowing that human words are terrifying, Sivi immediately said to the students. If rumors and riots are really allowed to happen, it will undoubtedly be even worse for the current Julian Academy.

…,

His words were well carried out by the students, who left one after another to go to the auditorium with their classmates and friends.

Then he said to Professor Barnik, who he knew better, "Mr. Barnik can take Peter...... Uh, is that the round-faced boy taking to the infirmary? He may have been an eyewitness to the incident, and if you can, it would be better to ask him about the whole story. ”

Barnick was clearly a little uncomfortable with Sivi's self-cooking...... No matter how you say it, as a mid-level magician, it is not a glorious thing to be defeated to a beginner. But Sivi's proposal was not wrong. In addition, his tone was not assigning but discussing, so Barnik still agreed to Sivi's words very seriously, and took the round-faced boy, who didn't seem to have recovered his spirit, to the infirmary.

"Let's find the trolls first!" Sivi said to the other professors, and then Sophia asked, "Sophia, can you get the librarians to close the library early?" ”

Julianne College's library is rich in books. Therefore, there is also the possibility of being coveted by others. However, its defense system is also very complete, as long as it officially enters the state of closure. Even if a high-level mage wants to break through, it will take a lot of time.

"If it's closed, I'll just go alone." "Several other students who work as librarians should have taken refuge in the auditorium. ”

"It's too dangerous to speak alone." Sivi shook his head. Her proposal was rejected.

"Then teacher, I'll go too." Alyssa, who didn't work, also said to Sivi. Not only her, but even Theo and Alice volunteered.

Although Sivi is still not very reassured, it is only these professors who can win against the trolls now. Eleven people wanted to search this huge castle in a short time, and the manpower was already stretched.

"Ms. Lauren, can I swap areas with your patrol?" After thinking for a moment, Sivi asked the vice dean, who was hanging out to the side. The area patrolled by the Vice Dean included the library, and with a change to the patrol route, it should be no problem to send Alyssa and her to the library all the way, and then just return the way they came, as long as they were sure to be safe.

"No problem." Mrs. Lauren thought about it, and finally agreed to Sivi's proposal.

She is not stupid, and naturally she knows what she means. As one of the few people who knew that Dao Xiwei had the Order of Merlin, it didn't matter if he gave such a grace to such a rapidly rising genius: "But before that, can anyone recognize who the poor student is?" I wrote a bereavement message to his family that we needed. ”

The rest of the professors looked at each other, and even a magician known for his wisdom could not restore the appearance of the victim with a lump of meat sauce, so it seemed that he could only check the student roster in the auditorium later.

There is one exception, however.

"The victim is Basha? Dursley. Sivi used the abilities of his mage hat to determine the identity of the victim.

However, when he blurted out the name, he was stunned.

Only now did he know what he had forgotten!

There was indeed a boy named Dursley in this year's year, but he only appeared once in Sivi's first class. Because he was criticized by Xiwei, he never took Xiwei's class again.

It was because of this that he did not remember such a student when he first heard the surname Dursley.

What is this surname a coincidence...... Or is it something else?

For example, because he got clues about the treasure of Lange from his father, he wanted to find it. As a result, the guardian of the treasure was angered, the headless troll, or something?

These thoughts only passed through Sivi's mind, and they didn't show anything in particular. Now there is no need to add other troubles.

…,

After reconfirming the response policy, they dispersed and went on patrol.

Incidentally, the area that Barnik used to patrol was divided between a few nearby professors.

"But it's weird." Walking beside Sivi, Alice tilted her head and said suspiciously, "According to the Seven Incredible Things, the Headless Troll Lord should only appear at night?" ”

"Maybe it's because it's too dark, and that guy thinks it's night." Sivi said nonchalantly.

"Speaking of which, tomorrow will be the night of the double moon." Alice suddenly returned to an irrelevant topic.

However, Xiwei understood the meaning of her words: "You mean that the hanging painting that will become the Shura picture scroll?" ”

"If you can't find the Headless Troll Lord this time. You might be able to find some clues from somewhere! Alice seemed to be interested in this kind of thing, and kept pleading with Sivi to see it.

If there had not been an incident of trolls, then Sivi's reaction would have been to refuse, but now that the headless trolls of the seven incredible ones have been confirmed, then the other incredibles may have some special meanings.

Besides, it would have been strange to hang a picture drawn with special pigments of dragon's blood wormwood in the academy. And if it's really that simple, then why don't you come out to refute the rumors?

But on the other hand, if the hanging paintings that are the property of the academy really contain that kind of clues. Then the other professors should have found out a long time ago, right? After all, as an academy of magic. Smart people are always more stupid than stupid.

Thinking of this, Xiwei suddenly came back to his senses: why do you think so much, if you can find the troll now and kill it in one go, everything will be fine?

"I still hope this is the end of the matter." He sighed, compared to the current feeling of black clouds crushing the city, Xiwei still preferred the usual leisurely atmosphere: "But if you really can't find a clue, maybe you can choose one of the paintings to look at." ”

At this time, Alyssa suddenly asked, "Teacher." If there are a few other incredible things, wouldn't it be easy to solve the problem by asking the all-asked armor 'where is the treasure' or 'where the trolls are hiding'? ”

"Hmm. The reason why the incredible is incredible is because there is no way to think with common sense. Alice pondered for a moment Alyssa's question. In the end, she could only give an ambiguous answer - it seems that she doesn't know what is going on.

"Let's admit that the unthinkable exists." At this time, Sophia, who had been outside the topic, spoke, because the appearance of the headless troll made her finally and reluctantly admit the existence of those things: "But even if it exists, it must only be a product of some kind of magic or alchemy principle." The headless troll must be the effect of solidifying the undead magic, and the armor that asks a lot of questions must be just a puppet with the ability to speak! ”

Sivi looked at Sophia, touched her chin, and said thoughtfully, "Why do you want to deny the existence of that kind of thing, Sophia...... Aren't you afraid of the unthinkable? ”

"Only, not yet!" Sophia decisively denied: "I just hate to attribute everything that doesn't have a good cause to something abnormal!" ”

As they chatted and headed towards the library, Theo suddenly stopped and looked out the window.

Xiwei, who had been paying attention to her surroundings, immediately noticed her abnormality, and also stopped and asked, "Theo, what's wrong?" ”

"Bats." The little girl pointed out the window: "There are a lot of bats." ”

Hearing this, Xiwei also leaned to the window and looked out.

I saw that in the gray rain curtain, I could vaguely see many black shadows hovering in groups in the distance. Because the distance is sufficient, the alert barrier is not triggered. So the Eye of Sauron didn't activate.

…,

The number of levels can no longer be explained by natural phenomena. And at first glance, their flight trajectory seemed irregular, but Sivi always felt that something was not quite right.

"It's raining so hard that I can't see it at all."

Although the torrential rain also affected the other party's flight. However, it has also become the best protective color. If it hadn't been for Theo's discovery, I'm afraid that even if Sivi accidentally looked out the window, he wouldn't have noticed anything unusual.

"Alyssa, Theo, Alice. Go back the way you came. Mrs. Lauren is not far off, so go tell her about it. After speaking, Sivi took out a short silver staff and handed it to Theo: "Compared to me, it is better to let a high-level magician distinguish this situation." ”

The staff was bright silver and had a metallic sheen, but it didn't have any weight to pick it up. The body of the staff is also covered with mysterious patterns. The top is inlaid with a dark purple diamond-shaped gem, and around the gem there are four cyan magic patterns, and a green halo links those magic patterns.

Even if you don't make contact, you can feel the rhythm of the wind elemental excitement around the short staff.

This is one of the rewards that Sivi received after completing the quest 'Most Popular Teacher', a short staff called [Platinum Smoked Wind].

The stats are very good, in addition to increasing the transmission rate of wind elemental magic, it also adds additional lightning damage, in addition to [Mana +5], an attribute that allows Theo, who is currently in a weak state of mana, to use magic.

"This [Platinum Smoked Wind] was originally intended to be given to you when you were able to perform the Mizumi Style. But now the situation is urgent. So I'll make an exception for you first. Sivi touched Theo's little head, which had a happy smile on his face, and said with a little doting: "Do you want to listen to Alyssa's words on the way?" ”

Then he told the three of them to be careful on the road several times before watching them leave.

After sending Alyssa away, Sivi and Sophia are left alone. Without the maid and the two little girls who can liven up the atmosphere, their own atmosphere seems a little dull.

"Still, that guy is pretty unlucky. I actually encountered a headless troll twice in a row. Sivi tried to open the conversation from somewhere else.

"Who are you talking about?" Sophia's voice sounded the same as usual, but it was deliberately half a step ahead of Sivi. So that Sivi couldn't see her delicate cheeks with a slight flush.

While rejoicing that the conversation was established, Sivi continued: "Is that the one named Peter? K. Lawrence's little guy. Didn't he say he heard the trolls before? At that time, you even stepped in to help him. ”

"Oh. That guy. As soon as Sivi said this, Sophia seemed to remember.

However, it is just that when I think about it, it seems that I do not intend to discuss this in depth.

The silence between the two remained until the library.

The smell of paper and ink fills the library as usual, but unlike usual, the library is empty and there is no one left.

However, the book return area at the front desk was full of books that the students had just returned, and some students had not had time to put the books in the book return area, so they were spread out on the table like that, and even the pile of bound books that Sivi had borrowed were thrown in the reading room and had not been put back in their place.

But now is not the time to continue with the two of them putting the book back together.

After checking the library a little to make sure there was no sign of anything intruding from the outside, Sophia decided to officially close the library.

However, she suddenly noticed that Sivi's eyes were fixed on a large hardcover book in the return room.

The girl looked curiously at the name of the book, "The Examination of Ancient and Modern Surnames of Omaste", and the subtitle was "Let you know the origin and development of those surnames".

This kind of book is read by more students as a storybook than as a learning material, because the origin of the surname in it is a short story with twists and turns or bizarre.

But apparently Sivi is not someone who forgets to get down to business just because of a story.

"Is there anything new in there?" Sophia glanced at the part where Sivi was looking, but didn't see anything particularly noteworthy in it, so she simply asked.

"The missing piece of the puzzle ......" Xiwei picked up the book, read it carefully, and then showed a sudden expression on his face: "I finally found it." ”

"Although the truth of this incident is not very clear, it is already clear." Putting the book back at the return desk, Sivi said to Sophia with a serious expression: "Next, it's time to solve the case." ”