episode_0074

Day 3 of the Romantic Festival, 7 a.m.

“Tangaroa senior. Senior Tangaroa. Are you sleeping?”

A single room at Cheongryong that is only allowed to those with excellent grades.

Tangaroa slowly opened his eyes in his room.

The excitement immediately after turning over the desk had turned into a feeling of pouting and discomfort.

I managed to sleep with this in mind.

“Senior, sleeping-”

“No, I woke up, I woke up.”

When I open the door, the face I see is Cleo.

“Why?”

“Well, it looks like there has been a thief in the student council!”

“… What are you talking about? You are the phantom thief Ombre who stole the model.”

“That’s not it… ”

ah. Is that right? No way.

I followed Cleo to the student council room, her face turning pale, and it was just like that.

An overturned desk and documents strewn everywhere.

A little thing eating a large amount of food.

“As you can see. Last night, someone broke into the student council room-”

“This is how I am.”

“Yes?”

Not feeling much of an explanation, Tangaroa set his desk back up and began organizing his papers.

I wanted to leave it in a disorganized state.

Because it would be a shame to clean it up yourself after you put it down.

But you can’t act so irresponsibly in front of Cleo or Hwayoung.

Lilac or Coleman, let’s pretend that one of them can’t win and leave…

While I was picking up documents while muttering to myself, something caught on Tangaroa’s front flippers.

Small crushed beads.

Tungaroa casually put it in his pocket.

I guess I’ll have to throw it away when I leave in a bit.

Cleo had a very curious face, but she helped with the cleaning without asking any questions.

When things were getting sorted out-

“Chairman!”

Hwayoung’s voice. I hear footsteps and there are two more people.

Baroness Cantor knocked cautiously on the door and then came in, greeting them.

“Hello.”

“Yes. Hello.”

“Uh. The chairman is not here. Vice President. Have you ever seen Coleman?

Coleman’s parents are looking for you right now… ”

Baron Cantor added, scratching his bald head.

“I couldn’t meet Coleman yesterday because he seemed busy.

Still, I felt like I needed to see each other one more time before I went, so I went to the dormitory… ”

“Not in the dormitory!”

Not in the dormitory?

Tangaroa closed his beak tightly and pondered.

“Sorry. We don’t know either.

Still, the semifinals start at 10 o’clock, so won’t you come by then?”

“… okay. If Coleman comes, please tell him that his father and mother have come.”

“Okay.”

When the couple returned, Tangaroa quickly gave Cleo instructions.

“Cleo. If you go down to the first floor, is there a crystal ball that connects you to the dormitory’s office?

Contact Baekyang and check where the Chairman is.”

“Okay.”

Five minutes later, Cleo came running in a huff.

“The chairman is not in the room either. You didn’t come in at all last night.

Oh, and-”

Cleo swallowed her saliva and then spoke.

“I heard that Mr. Coleman was wandering around looking for the Chairman around midnight yesterday?”

“Coleman?”

“Yes.”

Something happened.

As he rushed out of the student council room, Coleman apparently went inside and met with the president.

But after that, they suddenly come looking for the chairman?

Tangaroa, racking his brain, realized that it wasn’t urgent right now.

Current time is 8 o’clock. The semifinals begin in two hours.

However, neither the chairman nor Coleman, who are supposed to host the semifinals, are present.

“Cleo. What happens to the semi-finalists now?”

“1st place in romantic power is Graven Albatross, 2nd place is Angela, 3rd place is Mina Karcic, and 4th place is Phantom Thief Ombre.

Ah.”

Cleo hesitated a little before speaking.

“Excluding Phantom Thief Ombre, 4th place is Emily Sigma.”

“Then… Hwayoung.”

“Yes.”

Tangaroa immediately began giving instructions.

“Contact CEO Priestley and tell him that he needs to help out.

Let’s let you take the commentator’s position, which was originally supposed to be Coleman, and let Priestley take over the hosting of the congratulatory event, which was supposed to be the chairman’s.

Cleo. You should quickly disguise yourself and prepare to compete.”

The clerk waved his hand and refused.

“That’s not possible. It’s an emergency situation where the Chairman and Mr. Coleman have disappeared… ”

“It can’t be done. Why can’t it be done?

This is a surprise show that you worked hard to prepare for 3 days, right? Didn’t you decide to prove it to your parents?”

“But… ”

“Then proceed as planned. What if I give up here and the Chairman and Coleman suddenly come back?”

“What if you don’t come back in time?”

Gyo Hwa-young’s voice filled with worry.

“I am looking for these two people. Hwayoung, get help from President Priestley and proceed with the competition.”

“… I understand.”

Hwayoung ran out toward the guesthouse, and Tangaroa followed suit to find the two.

But even if you look for them, there is no way to know where they are.

Well, if you ask the students…

Tangaroa, who was thinking such things, shook his head.

There is no way the Chairman and Coleman could not have come because they overslept or got lost.

Either he went into hiding on purpose, or something happened that made it impossible for him to come even if he wanted to.

In this situation, the Vice President asking about the whereabouts of the two people only causes fear in the Academy.

In a situation where the emperor, two dukes, and the head of intelligence are present, we must refrain from doing such things…

continence? Why should I restrain myself?

… Why should I act in a way that takes into account the circumstances surrounding Lilac?

She spoke smartly last night? I can keep you here forever if I want?

At that point, I am no longer a loyalist but a slave.

If you are a loyal subject, you must understand all of your master’s intentions and position, but if you are a slave, just do what you are told.

Let’s just let Lilac take care of the rest.

I happen to see some Cheongryong second-year students over there, so I guess I can ask them.

But for some reason, my steps didn’t stop.

Does Tangaroa’s subconscious still care about his master’s reputation and reputation?

I frowned and put the web in my pocket –

“Oh, that’s right.”

A fragment of a broken bead that had been forgotten.

Where on earth did this come from?

It’s too small to be a fix, and the damage is too big to have been accidentally stepped on…

Tangaroa, who sensed something unusual, immediately drew magical power from his dantian.

The properties of full magic power include healing and restoration, and when applied to the orb through the filter of earth magic power…

The crushed beads are put back together with a whistling sound.

and-

“Call… far… ”

A voice leaked out of the beads at that moment.

Then, Rosewater’s face appears briefly as an illusion and then disappears.

“Hmm?”

But even for a moment. Once the bead is completely fixed, it no longer responds.

Tangaroa shook the bead and saw it even when he injected magic into it, but the illusion never appeared again.

There’s a security spell in place. While restoring something that was broken, the insides were revealed for a moment.

Anyway, this is a very important clue.

There was a recording or communication ball in the student council room with Rosewater calling out Coleman’s name.

why?

Tangaroa quickly called the second-year Blue Dragon students.

“Uh. Guys.”

“Tangaroa!”

His classmates greeted him warmly.

“Tangaroa, Carl is depressed. Please comfort him.”

“Yes. Wouldn’t it be broken by Graven, wouldn’t it be broken by Ombre-”

“Have you ever met Rose?”

At Tangaroa’s sudden question, the Blue Dragon students looked embarrassed.

“Rose Water Senior? uh… No.”

“Now that I think about it, he completely disappeared when the social festival started.”

“I’ve never seen you in the dormitory… ”

“… I get it. Thank you.”

That suspicious appearance on the rooftop right before the social festival started.

Tangaroa turned his doubts into convictions.

There is something. Something to do with Coleman and Lilac’s disappearance.

Tangaroa hurried back to the Blue Dragon dormitory and headed up to the 4th floor.

Normally, there would have been an order against anyone who went up to the fourth floor without permission, but González, the head of the military base, was crushed and it was festival time.

Crash.

Of course, Rose’s single room is locked.

Tangaroa immediately injected full magical power into the wooden door, twisting the door frame itself.

When there is space, insert the pen, open the lock, and go inside.

You may not be able to hide your trespass using these ignorant methods, but that’s not the point.

As expected, it was a room with no one in it.

Looking at the amount of dust accumulated on the bed, it seemed that no one had stayed in this room for at least two days.

Since you’ve come this far, there’s nothing to hesitate about!

Tangaroa began searching through the bookshelves and drawers.

To find even the slightest clue that might remain.

And what I found-

A map of the Academy’s underground dungeon.

Next to the point marked with an X, today’s date is written.

Tangaroa was troubled.

Should I take this to the dean’s office and request a search?

no. It is difficult to motivate the academy faculty with this alone.

Not only do I have no idea what this point means, but I’m probably going to be questioned as to why I broke into my senior’s room.

I don’t know if it’s an emergency situation with the Crown Princess missing, but if that happens, the intelligence agency will get involved…

Why don’t you give up here?

A voice came into his mind.

Right? There is no lilac, and the only clue is an unexpected map obtained by breaking the school rules…

No one will blame you if you give up here.

And what if Lilac doesn’t come back?

Then who will send me back to my hometown?

Tangaroa, you know?

You don’t need any more lilacs.

The platypus stiffened.

You are Blue Dragon’s deputy. Maybe I’ll be the academy student council president next year.

After graduating from the academy and saving up money and connections for about 5 years, you can go home on your own.

It’s not much different from what Lilac sent me.

But why should I help Lilac?

… I already committed it. He said he came into Rosewater’s room.

Now that things have turned out this way…

Tangaroa opened the window and stretched out his hand.

The ivy growing on the wall of the Blue Dragon dormitory gradually grew thicker and turned into a ladder.

All you have to do is try something first.