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?"

before nudging his head,

hit to

I lowered my head and

good to see you

good to see

my rudeness. She then pressed

I need

passed the papers, a

"Mana contracts?"

"That's right."

two pens

be it an assistant, staff, or regular professor must sign a mana contract. This is for security

"I see..."

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

was about to sign, his hand came to a sudden

this, how come the academy

was a

sign mana contracts, how was it

I already knew the answer to

a helpless smile on her face, Donna leaned back in her

tells you how deep-rooted the influence of the Monolith

next to Kevin and did

nothing I was against, I signed it and put

now, but a mana

although useful, weren't exactly without

people to escape its influence, although, the method was actually

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

and the fact that the Monolith had managed to infiltrate the Lock

"I guess you're right."

his head, Kevin signed the paper and put the pen

wasn't thinking straight. I barely signed more than

then passed the

"Here you go."

"Thank you."

a satisfied smile, Donna put the papers

then

give you a brief rundown on who the individuals you should keep

of professors

professors

varied in gender, rank, and the level of suspicion that the Lock had of

Lock suspects of

at the projection. There were quite a few familiar faces amongst the list of

being surprised by

after a quick skim, I was in fact able to spot a couple of figures whom I knew were in fact spies. I quickly

can be of use

will be a professor while Ren you will be an assistant

out of

is

lips curved upward, then

the Lock. Even if you do have the qualifications

"Oh."

my

arrangement. Since I was an assistant professor, it could only

you don't have any

Donna clapped her hands.

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

your roles are. I will now start giving you

...30 minutes later.

a proper rundown on the situation, and what I was supposed to do in

needed to do was stick close to one of the targets and

***

Demon Hunter Guild.

"Young Miss? Young Miss?"

"Hm?"

of her thoughts was her

worried

everything alright, young

"Yeah."

in short. She then lowered her head and stared at the papers in

"What were we discussing?"

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

"Ah, right."

her notes, Amanda's eyes squinted. After a bit of thought,

the time, and make sure that nothing happens to the reserves. Make sure that nothing

"Understood."

replied with

the folder, Amanda looked

"Is there anything else?"

"No."

his head with a kind

reaction caused Amanda to tilt

something else you

"No, no."

folder back. Lowering his body, he