The Author's POV

"Sure, yes, okay, we're coming."

Hanging up the phone, Kevin headed for the entrance of the academy.

I followed him from behind.

Glancing around the place, I curiously asked.

"Where are we going now?"

"Section B."

Kevin answered before he turned his head to glance my way.

"By the way, I forgot to compliment you about the glasses."

"Oh, these. "

Raising my hand, I pushed my glasses up a little.

"Wanted to look the part."

"...Kind of cringe."

"Says the guy who is wearing a suit."

I bluntly replied while pushing my hair back.

Actually, the reason why I was wearing the glasses wasn't actually because I wanted to look the part.

Well, a small part was. However, the main reason was something else.

Connected to the glasses was a small camera that Smallsnake and Ryan could see through.

From there, whenever I wanted to pick information about someone, they would quickly send me a brief overview of their information.

Was kind of handy.

"Wait is that..."

"It's them."

"It can't be..."

Along the way, some of the staff and students that were not in the auditorium managed to recognize us as I could hear faint whispering coming from their direction.

Some even went as far as taking out their phones and started taking pictures of us from the distance.

I feigned ignorance to that.

"We're here."

Walking for the next ten minutes, we soon stopped in front of a familiar rectangular infrastructure.

Even after having seen the building countless times in the past, I couldn't help but be amazed by the sheer size of the structure.

"Let's go."

Waving his hand toward the guard, Kevin and I entered the building and soon made it all the way toward Donna's office which was on the fifth floor of the structure.

To Tok—!

Kevin knocked on the door and Donna's voice echoed soon after.

"Come in."

"If you will excuse us."

Clank—!

"Welcome you two."

Upon entering the room, we were greeted by Donna who sat behind her desk. Kevin was the first to greet her.

"Hey. It's been a while, Donna."

"Mhm, it's nice seeing you again, Kevin. Did you have any trouble getting here?"

"Not at all."

"That's good."

As the two were talking, I glanced around the place. It had been a while since I had been in Donna's office and it still looked exactly as it did in the past. Small, and comfy.

"Ren?"

Snapping me out of it, I suddenly felt someone tap me on the shoulder. It was Kevin.

"What is it?"

"Are you not paying attention at all?"

nudging his head, in Donna's

saying hit to

to a realization, I lowered my head and greeted

good to

to

a smile, not minding my rudeness. She then pressed her hand

the point, I need you two to

passed the papers, a stern look appeared

"Mana contracts?"

"That's right."

placed two pens next to

the academy policy. Each professor, be it an assistant, staff, or regular professor must sign a mana contract. This is

"I see..."

Donna's argument, Kevin sat down on a brown leather chair opposite Donna's desk and picked up

sign, his hand came

this, how come the

a

contracts, how was it possible for people to infiltrate the

knew the answer

her face,

just tells you how deep-rooted the influence

I sat down next to Kevin and did a quick skim

I was against, I signed it and put the

this by now, but a mana contract

although useful, weren't

people to escape its influence, although, the method was actually extremely complex and it required massive amounts of

the fact that the user would find their lifespan shortening by a large degree due to the fact that their soul

Monolith had managed to infiltrate the Lock despite all of this went to show how big of

"I guess you're right."

Kevin signed the paper and

I barely

passed the contract

"Here you go."

"Thank you."

satisfied smile, Donna put the

then projected in the

give you a brief rundown on who the

of professors began

professors

rank, and the level of suspicion that the Lock had

Lock suspects of being

at the projection. There were quite a few familiar faces amongst the list of professors, however, I never

the point of being surprised by what

a couple of figures whom I knew were in fact spies. I quickly memorized

of

you will be a professor while Ren you will be

snapping me out of my thoughts were Donna's

is a

lips curved upward, then

first year at the Lock. Even if you do have the qualifications to be a professor given your strength, unlike Kevin,

"Oh."

my head

I was happy with this arrangement. Since I was an assistant professor, it could only mean that

have any

Donna clapped her hands.

projection in front of her and started to brief Kevin and m, on all the

your roles are. I will now start giving you

...30 minutes later.

left after Donna gave me a proper rundown on the situation,

summarize everything, all I needed to do was stick close to one of

***

Demon Hunter Guild.

"Young Miss? Young Miss?"

"Hm?"

of her

worried look, he

everything alright,

"Yeah."

lowered her head

"What were we discussing?"

were discussing the launch of the magic cards system. We have currently mass-produced over a couple of millions of cards, and we're currently sold out in terms of pre-released booking. We're practically ready to launch them, however, what we need at the moment is

"Ah, right."

through her notes, Amanda's eyes squinted. After a

nothing happens to the reserves. Make sure that nothing happens during the transition phase. We

"Understood."

with a

folder,

"Is there anything else?"

"No."

shook his head with a kind smile

reaction caused Amanda to tilt her

there something else you need from

"No, no."

took his folder back. Lowering his body, he bit Amanda goodbye before leaving