Chapter 1800: The Magic Academy's Eastern Exchange Student 31

Laisuo was taken away by the academy Investigation Team; all students in the lower division saw this, and rumors spread again.

Lai En was extremely anxious, vowed to find a way to save his brother, and hurried back to the Holy Temple.

"Jin Chen."

Blum and those who should leave had left; he called out again to stop Jin Chen, who was also preparing to leave.

"You just had something unsaid?" Jin Chen asked.

"A letter from the Royal Family: be careful of the Holy Temple, especially the newly awakened Holy Son Lai En."

Blum finally had a chance to finish speaking, his expression unusually grave: "Just now Lai En suddenly came over; I couldn't say it, but it seems already too late."

Jin Chen's eyes flashed coldly: "Is that all? No other explanation?"

Blum was frightened by his aura, quickly shaking his head: "I'm just passing on my father's message; I don't know anything else."

Jin Chen pondered a moment, took out several magic spirit stones and gave them to him: "Watch over Lai En for me; if I don't return home before Laisuo's investigation is over, tell him I'm at the Holy Temple."

"Alright..."

Blum, fearing that refusing now would also get him beaten, accepted the magic spirit stones.

Outside the Holy Temple, the repaired prison building.

"Hey! Wait! Impolite jerk!"

A half-transparent, whiskered ghost old man shouted, "I can fly myself!"

Being held by Jin Chen, he had not a shred of the former Holy Emperor's dignity!

Jin Chen let go, threw a red rope over to pull him, dragging the ghost like a balloon: "Answer my questions, don't run!"

"Is that how you ask questions!" Duoduo, his beard bristling with politeness, greatly regretted introducing himself to Jin Chen that day.

Jin Chen raised his fist.

"Oh! You damned brat! What do you want to ask!"

Duoduo awkwardly rubbed his beard, coughing twice.

Jin Chen spoke extremely fast, not wanting to waste time on nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"What happened inside the Holy Temple, and is there any improper relation with the demon clan?"

Duoduo blinked, the ghost's body swirling around Jin Chen like an inspection: "Strange, strange, what did you discover?"

"I am a ghost; I cannot speak of these things."

Duoduo was completely serious.

Jin Chen, dizzy from being shaken, frowned: "I set up a barrier; no one knows, speak quickly."

"Perhaps you'd want to check the training ground." Duoduo's mysterious attitude unchanged, he suddenly leapt behind the stone pillar and struck a hiding pose.

"You know, a ghost is just a ghost."

Even as the former Holy Emperor, he would still be subject to the Holy Temple's imprisonment of ghosts.

Jin Chen, having learned nothing important, grew angry and punched Duoduo three times; taking advantage of the Knight Corps' shift change, he sneaked again into the Holy Temple's Mage Training Ground.

The training ground also had a finely carved moon-white stone pillar, just like the one Duoduo had pretended to hide behind earlier.

Jin Chen approached, placed his hand on the stone pillar to test, his eyes suddenly narrowing coldly, and pressed down hard with his finger.

With a few crackling sounds, the stone pillar cracked, releasing a spiderweb-like halo of light.

Residue of non-system magic.

Thinking of Aliya, who had mysteriously disappeared that day, Jin Chen's eyes turned icy and hostile as he looked toward the corresponding Holy Son Hall.

"【Wow! The Holy Temple, symbol of light, is actually this complicated!】 Ling Gun Gun flipped through the original plot again and suddenly understood."

"【No wonder in the original plot Aliya could rightfully become the Holy Son; the Holy Temple had always planned it this way.】"

Boom—

The stone pillar was smashed by Jin Chen and collapsed with a roar.

Alarms sounded; Jin Chen coldly watched the approaching Knight Corps, his figure vanishing on the spot, and as he left he snatched two Seek-shadow Sprites scattered in various corners of the Holy Temple.

——

Vispas Academy

Ms. Ailianna happened to be heading to the Royal Family for a meeting, unaware of Laisuo's investigation; the Investigation Team was jointly stationed by the Six Institutes, and even the Vice Dean couldn't control them.

Laisuo underwent an investigation lasting three class periods.

The final result was that no evidence was found, but due to Laisuo's overly sensitive identity, he still couldn't clear his suspicion, receiving a punishment of half a month's confinement.

"Absolutely unreasonable!"

Upon hearing this, Professor Jiefuli was extremely indignant, suspecting that the Investigation Team's interior had also been infiltrated by the Holy Temple, wanting to punish their students despite having no evidence.

The Investigation Team's head, wearing a neat magic robe, put on an elegant fake smile: "Mr. Jiefuli, this is the final result given by the Six Institutes Investigation Team; if you have any objections……"

He inexplicably chuckled, scanning Jiefuli, seeming to think him unqualified.

"Or wait for Dean Ailianna to return, then let her file an application for a retrial."

Laisuo stood in the corner, his shadowy gaze beneath the hood fixed on the person in charge; after a few seconds he walked away without a word.

He had already obtained the answer he wanted.

Lai En was waiting outside the hallway, and the whole academy knew of Laisuo's punishment result.

"Brother!"

Lai En hurried over, his adorable face full of worry: "Are you alright?"

Laisuo's eyes darkened slightly as he looked up at him: "I'm fine; why are you here?"

"I'm very anxious, wanting to see my brother soon."

Lai En comforted: "Still, it's just confinement; there's no danger."

He didn't notice; Laisuo's gaze grew increasingly complex, even approaching indifference.

Suddenly Laisuo raised his hand, gently stroking Lai En's cheek, curling a smile, his voice soft and gloomy: "Then you go put your brother in confinement, how about that?"

"What?"

Lai En froze for a moment, quite surprised, not expecting Laisuo to say such a thing.

"No… brother, I'm scared."

Lai En quickly composed himself, pulling Laisuo's other hand to act coquettish, eyes brimming with moisture: "Brother, you can't bear to, right?"

Laisuo's expression changed little, suppressing his anger so it wouldn't spill out; his hand that had been stroking the face moved down, pulling open Lai En's collar.

Similar to his vine marking, Lai En also had a unique light‑magic pattern that no one could copy.

Seeing the familiar pattern, Laisuo's pupils trembled; he pressed tightly on his shoulder.

"Brother… it hurts."

Lai En flinched from the pain, his expression growing more pitiful: "What's wrong with you? You never used to treat me like this."

Laisuo froze in place, the hand hanging in the air slowly lowering; he lifted his eyes, forcing a cold smile, his red eyes fixed on Lai En.

"You weren't like this before."

All this strangeness over this period is no illusion; someone has taken over Lai En's body.

Where is his brother now?

Lai En merely felt hurt: "Brother, you've become so strange."

Just as his words fell, neither heard approaching footsteps; they unconsciously turned to look behind.

Lai En in a white robe, pure as an angel; Laisuo beneath a black cloak, his face icy cold—identical in appearance and build.

Lai En's sorrowful expression had not yet faded; he stared straight at Jin Chen, truly evoking pity.

This scene fell into Jin Chen's eyes; that familiar feeling rose again faintly. He narrowed his gaze, eased slightly, and a thought‑provoking ruthlessness flickered in the depths of his eyes.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value +5, total 30!】

"Jin Chen..."

Laisuo called softly, his voice no longer cold, sounding somewhat helpless.

Jin Chen strode straight over, embracing the boy who lunged into his arms, his voice low and calm: "I heard the punishment result."

"Before Miss Ai Lian Na returns, we'll go live in the Rear Forest and ignore them."

Laisuo let out a muffled hum in Jin Chen's embrace, his voice choked as he wrapped his arms around Jin Chen's neck, confirming once more.

"Just us."

"Of course."

Lai En was extremely upset: "Brother, you…"

"Shut up." Jin Chen snapped sharply.

Lai En jumped in fright, his light‑gold eyes brimming with tears as he looked at Jin Chen: "Why are you being harsh with me!"

Jin Chen's fierce glare was terrifying; his icy gaze flicked over, one hand gripping Lai En's throat: "If you don't want to die here…"

Lai En's pupils widened instantly; the feeling of his breath being constricted was truly unpleasant, plus shock lurking beneath the fear.

"It hurts…" Lai En squeezed out a breath from his throat, fingers trembling as they touched the back of Jin Chen's hand, only to be avoided in disgust.

"Jin Chen, don't." Laisuo grabbed Jin Chen's hand, whispering: "Him… let's go back and talk later."

After all, this is his brother's body.

Watching the two hurry away, Lai En gasped a few breaths, shocked by Jin Chen's ruthless strike—evidently… they had become the same.

Truly uncanny.

Jin Chen, in front of the entire Investigation Team, led Laisuo away; the Academy Guard Team collectively lifted their heads to stare at the sky, pretending not to see, while the hands hidden behind them frantically signaled them to hurry.

The S Class students, under the guidance of Teacher Bai La Ke, also blocked the Investigation Team's pursuit.

At the entrance of the Rear Forest, the little witch erected a high magic barrier: "Pah! Foolish humans! Anyone who dares to enter, watch out—the Black Mist Kid will unleash spiders to bite you!"

"Just spiders—who are you trying to scare?"

The Investigation Team members sneered.

Just as his words fell, with Laisuo's black mist swirling, a two‑story‑tall giant spider magic beast slowly crawled out of the vine‑covered mountain cave.

The entire Investigation Team: "……"

The S Class students all shook their heads: "What's the point?"

The Investigation Team's faces were like rotting vegetable leaves; they could only watch helplessly as they left.

Teacher Bai La Ke let out a breath, feigning an explanation: "This also counts as confinement."

"If you folks in the Investigation Team think it's not enough, then wait until our Dean returns to discuss."

The sarcastic remark boomeranged back, leaving the Investigation Team furious yet unable to say anything.