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A few days later.
The second day of the Elton Academy Festival.
Bang! Boom!
The parade began with a spectacular fireworks display.
To commemorate the festival with the citizens, the parade participants, for once, wore various clothes instead of school uniforms and lined up to start.
Bonita wore a glittering silver armor.
In her hand, she held a wooden sword painted in silver.
She couldn't walk in the parade to the city square swinging a real sword.
Of course, she had her own sword at her side.
Latia and Karin wore doll-like dresses.
Karin almost cried and refused to wear the dress.
But Davian casually said, "Why? It looks good on you," and for some reason, she said, "Then, should I just try it on?"
And.
Nubes Arbo, who was belatedly decided to join, stood at the very front of the parade.
"Wow."
"Ooh."
As soon as they left the academy's main gate, the citizens' exclamations burst out one after another.
He wore no top, and the pants were of a long-standing traditional costume of the region.
One leather strap diagonally crossed his upper body, fixing a large axe behind him.
Geometric patterns were painted all over his body with paint.
He was a barbarian himself.
Nubes' bursting muscles captivated the citizens' attention.
'Ugh, this is a bit embarrassing.'
He could feel the citizens' gazes touching his body here and there.
It was Nubes who would have already lowered his head in the past.
'But I'm the start of the parade, so I can't ruin the festival just because I'm a bit embarrassed. Bellum specially asked me to do it, too.'
He braced himself and strode forward confidently.
He lifted his chin and looked down at the citizens who came to see the parade, using his tall height.
"Kyaa!"
A girl who made eye contact with Nubes raised her hand and covered her eyes.
But her sparkling eyes were all visible through the gap between her fingers.
The students participating in the festival parade are divided into two groups.
The participating group that directly appears in the parade and the executive group that controls the surroundings and helps with the smooth operation.
Bellum of the executive group, who was controlling the citizens, puffed up his cheeks greatly.
"Aish, why did they make him wear such clothes?"
It was Bellum who recommended Nubes, saying that they needed a big and cool person to decorate the start of the parade.
'If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have brought him!'
Bellum, who was staring at Nubes for a moment, shifted his gaze to the people lined up on both sides.
There were dozens of girls with red cheeks.
There were also many women shooting hearts from their eyes.
"Aish. I shouldn't have asked him to do it."
Whether he knew Bellum's feelings or not, Nubes, who made eye contact, winked at him.
At that moment, Bellum's heart started to pound.
'Ha, seriously. He's getting more and more handsome, Nubes Arbo.'
Behind Nubes, the 2nd and 3rd grade united martial arts students, dressed in traditional costumes, came out and showed off their strength.
The costumes were similar to the traditional costumes worn by Nubes, but they did not take off their tops.
The parade planned by Public Relations Director Priya Anar has its own story, which is to show the history of the region where Elton City is located in chronological order.
Now, it is the part showing the emergence of ancient civilization.
This time, a giant mammoth model moving with magic appeared.
The 2nd and 3rd grade alliance, who were showing off their strength, started attacking the mammoth with spears or sticks.
At the same time.
One merchant group exited through the north gate of Elton City.
A large merchant group that started from Komes City, passed through the central desert area, and headed to the capital, Kanzar City.
They stayed in Elton City for a day yesterday and were leaving.
Before the merchant group got far from the north gate of Elton City.
"It's an ambush!"
"Protect the carriages!"
They were attacked by a band of thieves.
A position clearly visible from the north gate of Elton City.
At the same time as the bandit group and the merchant group's bodyguards clashed.
Beeep.
A sharp trumpet sound echoed from the north gate of Elton City.
It was something that happened after they left the city, but they couldn't just stand by and watch because of the merchant groups that would visit Elton City in the future.
They wouldn't have cared if the merchant group had fallen far out of sight, but they couldn't pretend not to know that they were being attacked by a bandit group right in front of the city gate.
The head of the north gate guard hurriedly ran up to the ramparts.
"The number of bandits is large! Our forces are not enough! Call the city guards!"
"Yes!"
Beeep, Beeep.
A slightly different trumpet sound spread far away.
It was a signal requesting support from the city guards.
Beeep, Beeep.
Davian looked towards the north gate sky where the sound was coming from.
"It has begun."
The plan to drive the city guards out of the city before the grand event.
To escape easily by taking advantage of the confusion after causing an accident.
Information obtained from Specula family informants.
Davian, who was acting as the executive team of the festival parade to control the citizens, turned his head and looked at Liber, who was mixed in with the citizens.
Liber nodded and disappeared into the crowd.
Davian looked back at the parade.
"It won't be easy, but I have to try."
The informants supported by the Specula family faithfully carried out their assigned tasks.
They thoroughly marked Serjo Vincenti's close aides one by one, found out the secret meeting place, and succeeded in eavesdropping on the meeting contents.
But.
Serjo Vincenti was not an easy opponent.
A few days ago.
"I greet Davian-nim."
The informants from the Specula family gathered in the backyard of Davian's lodging for a mid-term check.
An informant took a step forward and brought his right fist to his left chest.
A thin bracelet flashed in the moonlight as his wrist was revealed.
A symbol of the Davian Alliance.
It could be known even without checking the light and vibration by bringing it close to the bracelet on Davian's wrist.
Showing up with that bracelet meant.
That he was someone who knew well about the existence of the Davian Alliance and what it would do in the future, even among the people of the Specula family.
'They sent a higher-level person than I thought.'
The informant, who had finished greeting, opened his mouth.
"I am Infone, the head of the 2nd Intelligence Division of the Specula family. I will report the interim progress of the Serjo Vincenti surveillance."
Infone reported the information collected by each informant in an organized manner.
Davian, who had listened to the report, tilted his head.
Liber, who was standing next to him, did the same.
Davian asked.
"So you couldn't find out where the magic bomb is hidden?"
Infone lowered his head deeply.
"I'm sorry. We didn't know that the opponent would be so systematic. It seems that the installation work was completed before we came here, and the location has never been mentioned in any meeting or in any personal conversation between any people."
This time, Liber asked.
"Does only Serjo Vincenti know? He couldn't have installed it all himself?"
"No. He seems to know exactly how to maintain secrecy. At this point, it is certain that he has been properly educated since he was young. In addition to the location of the magic bomb, he has never mentioned any matters that have already been decided, and he seems to be thoroughly controlling the scope of sharing by designating information sharing grades even for his close aides."
Liber tilted his head.
"What is it? Serjo Vincenti. Did he receive spy organization training or something?"
"It's a little different from the methods of spies. It's just my guess, but I think he may have received political maneuvering training."
Infone, the head of the 2nd Intelligence Division.
He was quite a recognized talent even within the Specula family.
And the conclusion he drew from this surveillance result was accurate.
Serjo Vincenti had taken more political classes than magic classes since he was young.
It was the influence of his father, Marius Vincenti, who was the Minister of Finance.
Political classes mainly cover how to lead the kingdom, but they also include how to survive various political maneuvers.
How to know and respond to the enemy's political maneuvers in advance.
How to carry out our maneuvers without being caught.
How to prevent the enemy from finding out our strategies and secrets.
Serjo Vincenti, who is using everything he has learned from his father to reduce the probability of failure now, which is the last chance to become the president of the student council.
"Political maneuvering training? Ah! Serjo's father is the royal Minister of Finance, right?"
"Yes, young master. I'd rather catch one and torture him..."
Davian held out his palm.
"That's dangerous. If you mess with an academy student, things could get really big."
"Yes, Davian-nim."
Liber, who was nodding his head alone, looked at Davian and said.
"We started too late, Davian. The situation is that they are not even saying the main information out loud when they are together. I didn't know that senior would be so meticulous."
"Still, we have to do what we can."
Infone lowered his head deeply.
"I will collect as much information as possible during the remaining period and report it."
Liber asked.
"But Serjo or his aides won't be directly activating the magic bomb, will they?"
"Yes. It seems that he has already hired people. We have obtained information that an expert has been introduced into Elton City. It seems that he was directly bought and sent from the capital. But unfortunately, there has not been a single contact with suspicious people since that side was also cleaned up. I say this with the honor of the 2nd Intelligence Division of the Specula family."
It wasn't that Infone and his subordinates weren't getting information.
Serjo Vincenti was thoroughly blocking the information.
There was no way to find out about the main matters that were decided before the informants came to Elton City.
As Infone said, it could be easily revealed if he caught one and tortured him and interrogated him.
However, if he recklessly messes with an Elton Academy student and gets caught by any chance, even the Specula family cannot get away with it safely.
That is the position of Elton Academy on the Pax continent.
There have been many people who have bothered Davian so far.
They either did not know what would happen if they bothered an Elton Academy student, or they could not control their anger even though they knew, or they were spies who came from beyond the continent.
After that, a few more pieces of information were obtained.
In the end, however, the location where the magic bomb was installed could not be found.
'For now, I have to try to prevent accidents from happening while proceeding with the parade with the information I have found out so far.'
The parade was in full swing.
Now, even the very end is leaving the academy's main gate and walking along the avenue leading to Elton City Square, performing.
The citizens sent great cheers to the spectacular performance that was taking place for the first time in a long time.
The 100 casualties that Davian remembers are the number of academy students.
If the scope is expanded to include citizens, there will be even more casualties that day.
Thud.
A passerby collided with Davian, who was controlling the road.
A small piece of paper was naturally placed in Davian's hand.
It was so natural that even Davian was surprised.
Davian slightly unfolded the note he had received and examined it.
[Serjo Vincenti has started to move]
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