Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 132- Massive Scale Investigation (Part 3)

"Oh my! It's nothing~" Evelyn chuckled happily.

Her melodious voice as she laughed was so beautiful that one might find themselves getting lost in for a second.

"What's funny?" Elise asked.

"No! I just thought that 'You do love him', don't you?"

"That's not what I said."

"But, look at you, getting all jealous and angry. That's cute~~"

"She not's jealous. What are you even saying?" Rin interrupted Evelyn with a frown.

"Oh? Are you then after me? Oh my! I am really happy my cute Rin is falling in love with me." Jumping happily like a small girl, Evelyn smiled happily.

'This woman will be the end of me, for sure.' Rin thought as he tapped his head with a sigh.

"Weird…" Elise murmured as she rubbed her chin.

"Yeah, she's pretty weird." Rin approved of her words with an exasperated look.

"No, I mean what she said." Elise shook her head.

"Huh?"

"This feeling, is it jealousy?"

"Pardon me?" Rin spoke in a formal tone as he confusedly assessed Elise's expression.

"I don't like this woman for some reason. Her attitude is also unlikable so the chances that I hate her are quite high. I never actively hate people. This is interesting." She said as she kept thinking about why she was feeling like that.

Not only was she admitting that she could be jealous, but she also didn't try to deny it and treated it as a form of interesting emotion she wants to discover.

'Did she lose her mind?' Rin asked himself as he blinked a few times quickly.

The moment Elise knew that this was the woman targeting Rin, she just didn't like the idea. And while it wasn't something that could make her think much about, it still bothered her. Now, when she directly confronted Evelyn, that feeling was more apparent than before.

"Huh? You are joking, right?" Rin didn't know what to say at that moment.

It just came out too suddenly for him. Jealous? Elise is jealous of Evelyn? How is that even humanly possible? Even though Rin believes he isn't completely clueless in the ways of the heart, he would never expect Elise to have any romantic feelings toward him.

Not only has he never approached her with those intents? He couldn't find anything worthy to be loved in him. He was just another normal person that got lucky and gained some unique powers. But, for someone to fall in love with another person, power and influence are but a small portion of that. He believes that his character wasn't particularly likable or charming for women so he never thought about Elise as a potential love interest.

However, for Rin, if he ever falls in love with Elise and she also shared his emotions, he will definitely not back down. But, it wasn't a very likely situation.

'It doesn't sound bad, though.' He imagined it in his head and a small smile appeared on his face.

'No! No! No! This isn't the time for daydreaming. I need to stop this mess before it gets out of hand.'

"Come here and hug this big sister of yours. Don't worry, I won't touch you anywhere weird… Probably~~" Evelyn said as she extended her arms to Rin, welcoming him in her warm and soft embrace.

The offer was so enticing that it would make anyone not think twice before running toward her.

But, Rin ignored her and said.

"Can you tell us why you called us here?"

"Hmm, your big sister is sad now! Buhu, buhu~~"

"Just answer the question, goddammit."

"Fufufufu! Cute Rin got all pouty and angry! Come here, let me squeeze those cheeks of yours… the four of them…"

"What do you mean fo-" Before he could even utter the last few words, the realization hit him and he shuddered a little bit.

"Let's leave, Elise."

He had enough of Evelyn's weird words and decided to leave.

But, as they were about to walk away, a weird sound came from the bracelets on the trio's hands. The notification sound was something new they had never heard before. It was akin to the sound of an alarm.

Looking at his hand, Rin saw a holographic, red notification appearing in his vision.

'Hmm, what's this?'

Reading the content of the notification, his expression started changing ever-so-slowly. It went from calm to confused, to surprised, to fully shocked in less than a minute.

'To all students, staff, and everyone related to the academy body. After the previous incidents that happened and after careful thinking and planning, we are conducting an investigation on the whole academy to detect the culprits and get rid of them. These infiltrators are a huge threat to the academy's stability and order and we do not condone anything they do or execute inside the academy grounds. If you have any questions or if you want to provide any useful information about them, you can contact the administration.'

Rin's eyes froze at the notification, never leaving it. Many wild thoughts ran through his head. All the bad scenarios came and went as he kept trying to compose himself.

'A massive investigation? Are they going to investigate everything about us, including things we are hiding? if they do that, I'm really screwed.'

Not only was he now threatened to get his element revealed, he can even get executed if they discover he had the same element as those cult members.

Elise also realized the huge disaster that was coming right toward them.

"Rin, we should leave," Elise whispered in his ear before she started hurrying out. They needed to figure things out before they start the process which they don't even know when.

"Wait!" Evelyn called for them.

From hearing Rin's thoughts to linking them with what she saw that day on the balcony during the birthday party and also the incidents she heard about here and there, she started linking them up and she came to the realization of what could happen.

All of this process happened in a split second in her head.

"We can't… It's an urgent matter." Rin said as he walked away.

The two then quickly left the class, leaving Evelyn alone with a weird expression on her face. Her surprised look eventually vanished and a small smile appeared on her face.

"This is getting more and more interesting~~"

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Rin and Elise walked straight toward Emilia's office. Rin had suggested doing this as she was the only one he can get the full matter from. Besides, he knew that Emilia won't try to hide anything from him so if anyone possessed the truth, it can only be her.

When they reached her office, they found the guards.

"What are you doing here? No one is allowed inside! The floor master is busy." The guard said with an angry look on his rough face.

"It's a really urgent matter. I'm Miss. Emilia's disciple, let me in."

The guard assessed Rin up and down and recalled the description of the supposed disciple of the floor master. Weirdly, it fit the boy perfectly so he nodded his head and said.

"Wait a second."

Then, he walked inside and notified Emilia's maid who quickly reprimanded him for letting Rin wait that long.

The two then were allowed inside. This was the first time Elise had entered this place she could only look around her curiously.

The two reached her office and were invited inside. There, they found Emilia, buried inside a huge pile of papers and documents. They could barely see her face from behind that mountain.

"Wait a moment, Rin."

Weirdly, she would usually just ignore him completely until she finished what was on her hand but this time, she actually acknowledged his presence for some odd reason.

'Is she that stressed?' Rin thought to himself.

He could feel that Emilia wasn't as calm and composed as usual so he could only assume this huge amount of document work was taking a toll on her.

The two sat down and quietly watched Emilia moving like a machine as she wrote something on the papers before putting them aside. The process continued for a period of time before she just sighed, threw the paper on the table, and stretched her limbs with a satisfied moan.

"I need a vacation after this." She murmured to herself with a frown.

Then, she looked at Rin as she opened her mouth to talk. But, when she noticed the other presence inside the room. Assessing Elise with her cold eyes, she said.

"Who is she?" The question was directed toward Rin.

"She's my closest friend, Elise Aviresion."

"Aviresion? Do you mean the daughter of the Aviresion royal family?"

"Yes."

"Hmm, interesting…" Eyeing her again with a more interested look.

"Is she another monstrous talent like you?"

"Hehehehe, she is." Rin chuckled awkwardly.

"Well… It's nice meeting you, Elise."

"Likewise."

"Now, what made you two come here suddenly?"

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