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Ellis muttered softly, recalling a moment she had seen just a moment ago, when she had just returned to the circle.

“Haa, this is chaos.”

Ellis, who arrived at the circle after noticing the commotion, let out a sigh and immediately locked down the area to prevent any possibility of the culprit escaping or a secondary attack from outside.

Kiiing-

At the same time, the auxiliary calculation devices, magic storage tanks, and magic implementation systems within the circle were operated to their limits.

If it was simply a matter of destroying the entire circle, then it would be okay, but in order to grasp the situation and personnel inside as quickly and in detail as possible, it was necessary to have the assistance of a device.

“Constellation Eye.”

Magic activated in the best condition.

Through him, Ellis took in the situation of the entire circle in her head in an instant, and searched for and caught the mines located throughout the circle in a split second.

In the process, it was a bonus to collect information about students, members of each guild, and those suspected of being dangerous and save them on a list.

“Originally, instead of organizing only the people who stand out like this, they would have just saved information about everyone in the circle.”

But the timing wasn’t right for that.

Because there were a lot of outsiders in the circle right now.

It was possible to investigate them all, but there was no capacity to store all that information.

Simply put, it is the lack of performance of the computational devices that exist within the circle.

This phenomenon occurred because the devices within the circle could not keep up with Ellis’ abilities.

“Excellent detection performance is actually a hindrance.”

Muttering that there was no irony like this, Ellis slowly cooled down after discontinuing use of the auxiliary device that had overheated due to overuse.

‘Well, then in the meantime, let’s just check the damage to the circle.’

Ellis examined the damaged state of the circle with the idea of gathering materials that could be used to repair the broken circle.

At that moment, the state of the entire circle flashed through her mind.

“Huh?”

Ellis let out a new sound without realizing it.

“What, a trace of a mine being shot with a gun? Was there something like this?”

A gap that arose because information about the character was given priority.

This came as a huge shock to Ellis, who thought she had a perfect grasp of the situation.

That would be the case.

“Who the hell are you?”

Because in the list that Ellis had compiled a little while ago, there was no one who could demonstrate this kind of skill.

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Ellis felt that the sensation of using the computing device was similar to a dream.

For a brief moment, you may feel a sense of omnipotence, but after that fleeting moment, most of the information that filled your mind will have vanished like smoke.

Chook-!

So Ellis urgently checked the list she had written a little while ago.

Because I thought that maybe there was someone among the information I had missed who could clarify this situation.

However, no matter how much I searched through the list, I couldn’t find anyone who seemed to be suspected of having shot Mines.

So the conclusion is one.

“There’s someone who avoided my magic? It’s a magic that even uses the calculation device in the circle?”

A look of absurdity rose over Ellis’ face as she muttered in a small voice.

A small gap created by his almost arrogant confidence in his own magic and his willingness to avoid excessive use of devices and resources.

It was only at this moment that he realized that someone had taken advantage of his gap and escaped.

And that too, not through logical thinking, but through chance.

In these unexpected circumstances.

Shhh-

“Ha! What kind of cocky guy is this?”

Ellis smiled wickedly, the corners of her lips curling upward.

“Eye of the Constellation.”

Ellis cast her spell again.

It didn’t matter that the range was small and the speed was slow because there was no help from overheated devices.

The magic that was activated this time had a much smaller range than before.

“Is that it?”

Ellis, who succeeded in finding the place where the criminal who hit her on the back of the head appeared to have shot her, moved immediately.

‘I met that student on the rooftop I went to.’

At first, Ellis didn’t pay much attention to Han Si-yeon’s existence.

But after a short conversation with her, I realized it naturally.

That insolent fellow, whose identity is unknown, dared to do this with the confidence that he could escape from him.

And Han Si-yeon says that it is a letter that the guy left behind for her, who followed him around.

“Not only did you dare to think of stepping outside my magic in my domain, but you even did it so perfectly that it was hilarious… … ”

Nod-

“Well, I can’t stand this. I absolutely can’t stand it.”

I felt like I wouldn’t be able to relax and do my research unless I found out what kind of arrogant guy he was.

‘The problem is how to find him… … ‘

‘Should I use the device again to search the entire circle?’

It’s impossible, using the equipment now would mean nothing more than destroying the auxiliary computing device.

‘After you’ve prepared your position, use the auxiliary calculation device?’

It didn’t make sense, because by the time enough time had passed for the device to be reused, the ghost would most likely have already left the circle.

Even if there was some reason why it didn’t escape, it was a bad idea to use the device again unless you knew how it escaped the magical detection area.

And that would be the case, because using the auxiliary calculation device once again and doing nothing would be like admitting that you have no cards left.

This is also impossible.

That’s impossible too.

Ellis drummed her fingers on the armrest, feeling lost for the first time in a long time.

‘It’s clear that he knows something about me, but I don’t know anything about him… ‘

It’s been a long time, no, it’s the first time since I was called S-class.

It’s amazing that I’ve ever felt this deep curiosity about someone else.

“Okay, it’s been a while since I’ve had fun.”

Ellis, with the switch in her chest pressed, laughed ferociously.

Riddles and hide-and-seek were also things that Ellis really liked.

‘It’s an overwhelmingly unfavorable situation for me, but fortunately, there are still some clues.’

Ellis thought about the person who had been sitting in front of her just a moment ago.

“You said your name was Han Si-yeon, right? I guess I’ll have to keep a close eye on that kid for a while.”

Ellis chuckled.

“I was wondering what to do here until I left the Demon Realm, but thanks to the interesting challenger who came back after a long time, I don’t think I’ll be bored for a while.”

Ellis muttered with a smile on her face, lightly scratching the table with her fingernails.

Ellis, the queen of the circle and a great sorceress, actually had one thing that could be called a bad taste.

Cadduk-

He enjoys roughly handling any toy he gets his hands on to the point of breaking it, and he enjoys leaving his mark on the objects he finds interesting.

Swish-

Ellis stroked the table, where her fingernails had dug deep marks into it.

She was also very aware of this personality of hers, so she spent most of her time on tasks such as exploring the Demon Realm rather than training disciples.

However, her personality, which had been holding back for so long, exploded because of this incident today.

“Ah… … ”

Crack-!

“I want to catch you quickly and make you cute.”

Ellis chuckled and leaned back against the chair.

“Well, no matter what, it’s impossible to catch the ghost right away. Then, I guess I need something to do to pass the time… … ”

As Ellis was thinking about it, Han Si-yeon’s existence came to mind once again.

‘That kid seems like he has some talent. Should we play together for a bit?’

Ellis nodded, then hesitated.

‘Hmm, no. Looking at the report, it seems like there are quite a few talented kids in the circle this time, so if we take this opportunity to expand the scale a bit… … ‘

Ellis moved her pen quickly, pleased that the circle had become much more interesting in her absence.

Although it was a rather impure motive, this became the opportunity for Principal Ellis, who had disappeared, to actively participate in the operation of the circle.

In other words, it could be said that the flow of the game began to seriously twist from this moment on.

If Do Yu-jin were watching this situation right now, she would sigh and grumble that she would die, but then nod her head.

Do Yu-jin also wanted to give the main characters a trial, and he had been prepared for the change in the story due to Ellis’ appearance from the beginning.