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

hit

lowered my head

yes, good to see

good to see

rudeness. She then pressed her

point, I need you two to sign

the papers, a

"Mana contracts?"

"That's right."

as she placed two pens

is the academy policy. Each professor, be it an assistant, staff, or regular professor must sign a mana contract. This is for security reasons, I'm

"I see..."

sat down on a brown leather chair opposite Donna's desk and picked

to sign, his hand

this, how come the academy still

a valid

academy made everyone sign mana contracts, how was it possible for people to infiltrate

I already knew

a helpless smile on her face, Donna leaned back in

deep-rooted the influence of the Monolith

sat down next to Kevin and did a quick skim of

made sure that there was nothing I was

you know this by now, but a mana contract is not

contracts, although useful, weren't

influence, although, the method was actually extremely complex and

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

something that could be done easily, and the fact that the Monolith had managed to infiltrate the Lock despite all of this went to show how big of an organization they

"I guess you're right."

the paper

barely

then passed the

"Here you go."

"Thank you."

smile, Donna put the papers

was then projected in

on who the individuals

long list of professors began

professors

in gender, rank, and the level of

the Lock suspects

few familiar faces amongst the list

to the point of being surprised by what I was

fact able to spot a couple of figures

can be of

while Ren you

me out of my thoughts were Donna's

Kevin is a

curved upward, then

Even if you do have the qualifications to be a professor given your strength, unlike Kevin, you

"Oh."

my head

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

have any issues with the

Donna clapped her hands.

again turned her attention toward the holographic projection in front of her and started to brief Kevin and m, on all the individuals we had to

know what your roles are. I will now start giving

...30 minutes later.

gave me a proper rundown on the situation, and what

to do was stick close to

***

Demon Hunter Guild.

"Young Miss? Young Miss?"

"Hm?"

out of her thoughts

a worried look, he

everything alright, young

"Yeah."

head and stared at

"What were we discussing?"

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,

"Ah, right."

eyes squinted. After a

next week. Amp up security during the time, and make sure that nothing happens to the reserves. Make sure that nothing happens during the transition phase. We can't afford to have our cards robbed. Even

"Understood."

with a

the folder, Amanda looked

"Is there anything else?"

"No."

his head with a kind smile on

reaction caused Amanda to tilt

else

"No, no."

his folder back. Lowering his body, he