The second day of the Garden of Hope's school anniversary.

Today was just an ordinary holiday, and after a busy morning, she was about to wait until 1 p.m. to rest, and Alicia thought so.

It wasn't until she was just before she took a break that she saw a light brown haired girl with a ghost girl floating behind a fat cat into the classroom.

Yesterday afternoon, she was tossed into a double ponytail by Sophia, and this morning she was made into a super-sized single ponytail similar to Remy's, and it was coiled up after dinner, and I heard that she would have to perm her curls and braids tomorrow, so that while Alicia mourned for her hair, she couldn't help but wonder if Sophia had become addicted to playing.

Because of this, Xiao Jing actually failed to recognize Alicia in the first place.

"Alysia, it's a shift. Chasi patted the little Lori who was staring at Reiko Natsume and said, "Well, your acquaintance?"

"Sort of. Alicia nodded, and then walked straight to Reiko, who had just sat down.

"Yo, you're finally here. Little Lori raised her hand to greet Reiko, it seemed to be just an ordinary greeting, but in fact, her eyes were looking at Xiao Jing in mid-air.

Xiao Jing looked carefully for a long time before she suddenly realized: "You are the indifferent, ruthless, bloodthirsty and terrible little girl who threatened to let the dog in last time, I'm really sorry, you changed your hairstyle so I almost didn't recognize it." ”

[I think you got the wrong place to apologize......]

"I see, the person this girl is talking about is you. Reiko nodded slightly, then looked at Asami, who was following Sophia, and said in surprise, "Magic Deflector? ”

"She is my Heroic Spirit. Alicia explained awkwardly.

"Oh, that's really amazing," Reiko motioned for Lori to sit down opposite, "I didn't expect to meet the same kind of person in the academy." Meet me, my name is Reiko Natsume, a student in Class A of the third year of the Department of Magic. ”

"Year A in the Department of Magic, Alicia Harris. Nice to meet you, Senpai. ”

Reiko had obviously never heard of Elicia's name, and of course it had something to do with her lack of communication with humans, so she didn't show a shocked or other expression. I saw Reiko take out a piece of paper from the pocket of her school uniform, hand it to Alicia and ask, "You look like you should be a good person, so you have nothing to do with these pieces of paper." But did you see anyone carrying this piece of paper yesterday?"

[I was issued a card by a girl...... What's going on with this subtle feeling?]

Alicia took the piece of paper and looked at it carefully, but she didn't see anything: "What is this thing that looks like a magic array but actually has no effect at all?"

What Lori was holding in her hand was the mercury lamp and the kind of paper that Nightshade had seen.

"Yesterday, the same piece of paper suddenly appeared in all corners of the academy, and quite a few people picked it up. If it weren't for the premeditated planning of a group of people, it would not have been possible to complete such a large-scale operation in a single day. Reiko said as she shook the piece of paper.

"So you mean that there is a group of guys with sore eggs who plan to make trouble for the Garden of Hope by throwing waste paper?" said Lori with an embarrassed face, "Aunt Cleaning will definitely scold the street." ”

Reiko ignored Elicia's deliberately funny, and instead said with a serious face: "This thing is indeed a magic array, but it still lacks the last process." As soon as the piece of paper is stained with water, the other half of the magic circle drawn with a special potion will be revealed, thus activating it. ”

Alicia wondered, "And what exactly does it do?"

Little Lori asked, but Chasy next to her came over and began to order for the two. After ordering two cups of coffee and sending Chasi away, Reiko continued, "It's to summon evil spirits. Once the magic circle is complete, it activates on its own, and then opens a passage to the underworld to release the evil spirits. I don't know who did it and for what, but they certainly didn't have a good heart. ”

"It is indeed a very hidden method, and ordinary people will definitely throw away this inconspicuous piece of paper when they pick it up. Then how did you find out about the abnormality, senior sister?" Lori scratched her scalp and asked, "Is it because you are particularly sensitive to ghosts and the like?"

“...... I found it this morning while going to the bathroom. ”

[That is to say, you wiped your hands with a piece of paper after washing, right?

Ordinary people can't see spirits, and even if someone accidentally or deliberately wets the paper, he or she won't be aware that he or she is being attacked by an evil spirit - unless he or she has a large amount of spiritual power that can affect the surrounding matter (such as Xiao Jing), the attack of evil spirits is only limited to the spiritual aspect. Therefore, if it weren't for Reiko's ability to see spirits, no one would have discovered the role of this piece of paper until now.

"Okay, let's not mention that. Alicia had an embarrassed expression on her face, "Now Senior Sister, do you mean to let me help find the big bad guys who litter the paper everywhere, and then hand it over to the police uncle Oh no, the city guard will deal with it? Why don't you inform the academy, I remember that there is a teacher who teaches psychic?"

"I don't believe them, and the blind don't believe me. ”

"I see. Little Lori nodded and said, "Don't worry, these pieces of paper won't cause much harm." As soon as the school celebration is over, the hard-working cleaning aunt will turn into a messenger of justice to help us solve this crisis in two days. Unless we're unlucky enough to have a rainy day, but look at the cloudless blue sky outside, it won't rain this week......"

Before the words fell, Elicia's face suddenly turned pale, and cold sweat couldn't stop flowing.

On the other side, in the dean's room, Howard was leaning back on a wooden chair and brushing his beard with his eyes closed.

The potential threat reported by Alicia and Sophia remains unclear to this day. Because the other party can change into anyone's appearance, in order to avoid mutual suspicion, Howard did not make the matter public, but only arranged a few cronies to investigate secretly. In this way, progress is naturally pitifully slow, and it can even be said that there is no such thing as progress at all.

Although I was a little uneasy, the school celebration still had to be held normally. Howard had no choice but to order a few stronger cronies to protect Alicia and Sophia in the dark, after all, no matter how much the other party tossed, they would definitely be the target in the end. As long as those cronies resist him coming, Howard is confident that with his strength as a level 6 mage, he will be able to keep them all.

Yes, a level 6 saint, not a level 5 archmagiser. Because the Garden of Hope is too famous on the mainland, Howard has been hiding his strength in order not to provoke right and wrong. But the fact that these thieves are wandering around the neighborhood makes Howard understand that sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing to be too modest.

Having turned his mind to his most proud student and a noble princess of the Empire, Howard felt that he had been a little inactive lately.

Suddenly, there was a fluctuation of magic power from all over the academy at the same time, causing Howard to snap open his eyes and stand up. But soon, after noticing that the magic was harmless at all, he slowly sat back down.

There are many people on the mainland who admire the Garden of Hope, but there are also many who are jealous. This kind of non-harmful magic causes trouble for visitors almost every year, and it can be difficult to guard against all kinds of greasy spells to smelly potions. The academy's guards ignored it after several failed attempts to stop it, and over time it became a rather unusual tradition, and the inhabitants of Reeds City were even proud to have been subjected to this prank magic at the school celebration.

This year's scale is relatively large, and it seems that a group of people have joined forces to do it, but they have chosen the most ordinary type.

Rainfall.

=============================I'm the dividing line =============================== to collect clothes in the rain

Alicia meets Elijah in the hallway as she takes Michelle back to the classroom.

Watching Lori and a strange senior sister running down the corridor with anxious faces as if every second was precious, Ilya's instincts immediately told him that something might be going to happen - if he ignored the catly cat that followed behind him and was shaking his fat and panting for breath to keep it from being left behind, this was definitely the perfect scene for the protagonist to stop after discovering the Great Demon King's terrifying plan.

Ilya ran in the face of little Lori in a hurry, and she didn't even see that she was about to pass by, and grabbed her when she grabbed her: "Alicia, what's wrong?"

"Uh, Elijah?" Lori was stunned, "It's not happened yet, I just hope my hunch is wrong......"

Before he could finish speaking, the sky outside the window suddenly became extremely dark, and then the pouring rain fell with a sigh.

"Well, something big is happening now. Little Lori shrugged.

Michelle looked at the sky curiously and then at Alicia, "Did you dry your clothes on the balcony, Sister Ellie?"

You have to admit that natural nerds are actually very imaginative sometimes, and a line similar to Michelle's "thunder, rain to collect clothes" gave Lei an embarrassed little Lori covered her forehead and said: "This has nothing to do with drying clothes, I mean another thing......"

"Ah," Michelle cried out suddenly, "I dried my clothes myself."

"This kind of thing should be thought of before you remind others, right?

Reiko looked at the two of them speechlessly, and it took a long time before staring at Xiao Lori and saying, "You ran out in such a hurry just now, shouldn't you plan to go back to the dormitory to collect the sheets first?"

"Ahaha, Sister Reiko, don't laugh, I'm seriously prepared to stop the evil plan, right?" Alicia said with a smile and a wave of her hand.

Ilya looked back at the direction in which little Lori was going, and said indifferently, "Elicia, that's the direction of the girls' dormitory." ”

"Don't be so sensitive to the location of the girls' dormitory, you pervert...... ，