Chapter 549: Dragon Boat Festival, out for a field trip, taking a short leave

Dragon Boat Festival, out for a field trip, taking a short leave.

Anti-theft chapter.

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"Dearest Aunt Salina:

Seeing this letter is like seeing me; I hope your lumbar spine is as sturdy as the old rattan chair in the Huayuan.

I still look forward to receiving your letters like a child waiting for their birthday; whether it is Nayali's complaints about her newly purchased green wool coat or your disgust for the noisy neighbors, both allow me to find a little breath of life in this place that is so tense it makes one gasp for air.

Although I once swore before the statue of the King to dedicate my life to the Human race, this Academy has made me have thoughts of regret more than once. I know this shouldn't be, but I cannot disclose too much about the inside of the Academy to you; after all, every letter is reviewed to ensure that no state secrets are leaked.

I can only complain to you about some mundane trifles; perhaps these things are mundane to me and my classmates, but to outsiders, they are interesting enough to become fodder for your afternoon tea.

After graduating from university, I signed up to join the Review Tribunal with honors to show my loyalty to the King and, incidentally, to secure a good life for us. But as you know, there are always some strange things happening in our lives. Here, I must admit to you that things like magic do indeed exist, and what I am studying at the Academy is magic.

I once mentioned the etiquette Teacher Balesi to you; he teaches us how to become members of the upper class, and that is indeed the case. However, the main course Balesi teaches is Illusion Magic. Forgive me for deceiving you at the time; the reason I can tell you that now is entirely because the King is letting Academy members understand that matter this past week. After all, with cases occurring frequently lately, the Academy wants to make your family members more vigilant.

What I want to tell you is an incident that recently happened to Mr. Ketisi, which you might have heard a little about outside the city. I may have described Mr. Ketisi's appearance to you before; he has deep blue eyes, fair and well-maintained skin, a neatly trimmed white beard, and clean fingers. Sometimes he even wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses with a chain. Mr. Ketisi is undoubtedly a proper gentleman, both in appearance and in speech and conduct.

Your nephew, Anshaoliao."

Luolinuo Nuomatiya was never Human.

"Good God," Inspector Yaozena Weierlong made a sign of the cross over his chest and downed the strong liquor in his glass in one gulp. "To think such a thing could happen; the last time I went to Buckingham Palace, a wizard might have been watching me."

Therefore, the Countess of Aoluolata chased after him, using fire, lightning, and ice to pursue Mr. Ketisi until she chased him out of the city. This is also something you might have learned about; it is said that witnesses have been brainwashed by law enforcement agencies, and the *King Louis Daily* also claimed it was a gas pipeline explosion, but the truth is as I said. Up to now, no one has news of Mr. Ketisi, and no one has seen him.

Inspector Anyali Weierlong jumped up from the soft chair as if he had been greatly insulted. "That is not baldness!" he said, waving his arms. "That is just genetics."

"That couldn't be better," Inspector Anyali Weierlong sat back down with a smile. "Why don't we have some Cloud Top whiskey and a fine cigar? You tell me more about magic, and we can spend a pleasant afternoon."

"There is no problem with this letter, but what about Anshaoliao's family?"

"It only costs 10 pounds, my friend," Safunuuo tapped his pipe on the cork mat of the ashtray. "My Alchemy can solve that problem; I will resolve the issue for your friend."

"They are a bunch of upper-class scum," Safunuuo drank some wine and said with a grimace. "Sir, do you think Henry VIII established the Church of England just to change a Queen?"

"Rest assured, good Inspector," Safunuuo smiled and poured another glass of wine for Anyali. "You are not yet worth a wizard making a move; whether it is incense or potions, they are all very expensive."

"That is all a matter of the Tudor Dynasty, my good Inspector; I feel sorry for your history teacher," Safunuuo smiled and cut the cigar. "After Merlin helped Yuse Pandelalong produce Ashe Pandelalong, he began to try to intervene in court politics, but the result was that the Celtic people were defeated by the Anglo-Saxon people, and Druidism was wiped out. Subsequent royal families all trusted the Church rather than wizards. Of course, the royal family still has the custom of hiring wizards; those positions like medical officers could all be wizards."

Professor Yaozena Nuomatiya never showed any expression; she hid any emotions deeper than anything else, and she did not strictly follow classroom order. We could often see her finish lecturing on the lesson plan quickly and then sit on the podium drinking black tea—the kind without sugar.

"But it wasn't just the Church of England; the Roman Church also had witch-hunting activities?" Inspector Anyali Weierlong raised a question, to which Safunuuo sneered a few times.

However, after this incident happened, we only then learned that Mr. Yaozena was actually the lover of the Countess of Aoluolata—such things are very common in the upper class. Marriages between nobles are not based on affection as a bond; many nobles have not seen each other again after marriage, and it is common for both husband and wife to have one or even several lovers. And Mr. Ketisi, as a proper gentleman and a teacher with an annual salary of 2000 pounds, was a member of the upper class; the fact that he became the lover of the Countess of Aoluolata could not surprise me and my classmates.

"And learning magic is very difficult, good Inspector," Safunuuo exhaled the fragrant cigar smoke, the mellow aroma making the reception room even warmer. "Ten Sephirot, three Pillars, twenty-two Paths, plus Astrology and Alchemy. It can be said that everyone's learning direction is not the same; every wizard starts from the beginning, and then everyone chooses different Sephirot and learns different Paths. For example, the Path from the tenth Sephirot to the ninth Sephirot, Path 32 (Tau), requires learning knowledge about Saturn in Astrology; then the ninth Sephirot is Yesod, which is the Qi between the soul and the body, symbolizing the moon, so one must also learn knowledge about the moon in Astrology." "My good Sir, the Church itself uses magic; how can they accuse others of being wizards?" Safunuuo said with disdain on his face. "Of course, they claim to use Divine Magic, which is a gift from God. And the witch-hunting actions were actually actions to arrest cultists, but the problem is that in this process, many wizards were indeed threatened with their lives. I certainly cannot say that those wizards were all innocent good people, but looking at the tragedies caused by the Church during the witch-hunting actions, one knows how vicious they were. And later the Church itself split; whether it was holding up three fingers or two fingers during Mass, whether it was knocking the big end or the small end first when eating eggs, the Church split because of their own desire for power."

I have already informed you of the existence of magic in the beginning of this letter (if you didn't see it, you can have Nayali help you get your reading glasses). Magic is not too big a secret in the upper class. And banks are generally equipped with an Anti-Magic Field, where magical items and continuous spells will be temporarily suppressed. But the maintenance cost of the Anti-Magic Field is extremely high, so the Anti-Magic Field is usually turned off, and this maintenance fee is used as a subsidy for the bank manager; this is a general practice within banks.

"Thank you very much for your help." The Inspector took the envelope from the desk, put his top hat back on his head, left the room obediently, and even closed the door gently behind him.

Kissing your cheeks again, and Nayali's.

Subsequently, Inspector Anyali Weierlong leaned over again with a fawning smile. "But I have a friend, it is my friend, not me, who has this kind of trouble; can you..."

"Good heavens!" Inspector Anyali Weierlong put down his wine glass and covered his ears. "Slandering the royal family is a major crime!"

Luolinuo Nuomatiya stood up from the chair. She untied the laces at the back of her long dress, took off her gloves, and revealed her fair and graceful body. The only regrettable thing was that at her elbows and knuckles, one could clearly see the gaps that did not belong to a Human body. Subsequently, various parts of Yaozena's body popped out a piece of skin; those charming breasts and the flat abdomen opened along the midline to both sides, revealing the internal structure of the body—those were not internal organs belonging to a Human, but a body composed of copper gears and silver gears. On the copper gears was engraved *AdonaTzabaoth*, on the silver gears was engraved *ShaddaiElChai*, the stomach was a metal Time Jar, and at the position of the heart was a stone emitting a deep red light.

What really surprised us was what happened when the Countess of Aoluolata took Mr. Ketisi to the bank to withdraw money. As for why they went to withdraw money, I don't know; I only know that Mr. Ketisi's expenses had increased a lot during that time.

Amidst the Countess's screams, Mr. Ketisi nimbly dodged the staff trying to capture him and ran out of the Anti-Magic Field. And the Countess of Aoluolata had studied in this Academy; she graduated as an excellent graduate of the Evocation department, which is the kind of fire and lightning, bang-bang-sounding stuff you imagine.

"Of course, of course, you can say whatever you want; anyway, it cannot change the fact that there is dense hair on your head," Safunuuo said with a smile.

But on that very day, the bank's superior department requested an inspection, so the Anti-Magic Field was turned on again, but no one was notified. So now we also know that Mr. Ketisi had been using advanced illusions to cover up his true face, and the Countess of Aoluolata was stunned after seeing his face.

Almost everyone likes Professor Yaozena Nuomatiya, and so do I.

But we also subsequently discovered that Professor Luolinuo had rich knowledge of Alchemy. When my deskmate Huan Bulietta was secretly doing his Alchemy homework in the Illusion class, he was discovered by Professor Luolinuo. She casually pointed out several errors in Huan's Alchemy thesis and incidentally doubled his Illusion department thesis (it was a full 20 inches long). But after that, whenever students had questions about the Alchemy course, they would go to ask Professor Luolinuo; after all, Professor Luolinuo would only provide answers, and would not just give scoldings like the Alchemy professor Liyeta.

If Mr. Ketisi had been using illusions to cover his face all along, then who had our Illusion professor been all this time? However, I soon stopped worrying about that matter, because a new Illusion professor had taken Mr. Ketisi's place.

This new professor had beautiful and elegant golden long hair; Aunt Salina, I don't deny that I was captivated the first time I saw the new professor. Because that is a beauty that Humans cannot reach, whether it is that delicate fair face, that long dress with gold trim, white lace long gloves, or even the black and white butterfly hairclip by her ear, everything was so fascinating. But as soon as I thought of Mr. Yaozena, I shuddered, because no one could be sure that Professor Luolinuo Nuomatiya had not used illusions to cover her face.

"I am very happy to," Safunuuo nodded. He watched Inspector Anyali Weierlong get up to pour wine. After taking the glass, Safunuuo took a small sip and continued: "As mentioned before, magic originated from King Solomon."

"That is enough, you can take this letter away; I will arrange for a Prophecy department teacher to investigate the scene."

"Received the report yesterday evening; it has been confirmed that all were killed. Preliminary speculation is that it was done by believers of the Andean Pantheon. We found scratches on the tongues of the corpses, the hearts were all gone, and the dissection technique was clean and neat." The Inspector wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand. Even though he was wearing a thick trench coat, he still felt that this office was very cold, as if it were not a place for the living, and the overly dark environment also made him unable to see Luolinuo's expression clearly. "Many rookies threw up, but fortunately, the scene was not destroyed."

On Professor Yaozena Nuomatiya's desk was a cut diamond; this diamond could emit brilliant light even in a dim environment. If someone had sharp eyes, they could see a line of words faintly engraved on the diamond: *Eheieh*. The blonde beauty did not make any movements, and the diamond began to deform, extending butterfly wings. Subsequently, it dyed the diamond black just like ink dropped into clear water, turning it into a butterfly that looked exactly like the hairclip of Luolinuo Nuomatiya. This butterfly flew around the office for a lap and drilled into the gap of the ventilation duct.

"Your words are hurtful," although he said so, Inspector Anyali Yaozena still had a smile on his face. After all, not everyone wants their life to be pried into by a wizard. As for why the Inspector was not afraid of Safunuuo, it was entirely because Safunuuo was not a Prophecy Expert; otherwise, he would not have needed to go and request the help of Professor Yaozena Nuomatiya.

"Is this the last letter Anshaoliao wrote?" asked the blonde beauty sitting behind the solid wood desk. The office had heavy wool curtains that completely blocked the sunlight outside. The law enforcement officer sitting far away in the soft chair of the reception room nodded. He felt that the stiff collar around his neck was a bit uncomfortable, but what made him more uncomfortable was the atmosphere in the office.

"Yes, Professor Luolinuo Nuomatiya."