Chapter 386: Forty-seven No need to explain (5K)_3
Just as she lifted her foot, she heard the people around her discussing in hushed voices.
“Yes, she works daily in the restaurant.”
“Ah? Why does she work in a restaurant?”
“To earn tuition,” said the girl, “she’s from the Seed District.”
Hewinia stopped in her tracks.
She turned her head and looked at Polly lying on the floor, who’s eyes full of despair were quickly losing their vitality.
“I, I didn’t want to attend the banquet… really… I didn’t want to.”
“Why did they come after me…”
A white cloth covered the girl’s body.
The black blood immediately seeped through the cloth.
“The poison of the rotting corpse frog isn’t the most damaging, but its corrosivity is the strongest; once it enters the stomach, it’s very hard to save,” Adelle said, shaking her head and looking at Hewinia sitting aside, asked, “Is your hand okay?”
Hewinia shook her head.
“Really, you just directly carried her over like that,” Adelle said, “In case you had any wounds on your hands, the poison could have seeped into your body through them, it would have been painful for you.”
Adelle was quite surprised.
Upon receiving the news of someone being poisoned, she immediately got ready to rush over, but before she could depart, she saw Hewinia rushing in with the decaying, unrecognizable body.
Even when laying down the poisoned girl, Adelle saw Hewinia’s hand tightly holding the girl’s, with the black toxin almost seeping into her fair, little hands.
As if the poisoned girl was a member of Hewinia’s family.
But how could that be possible?
They were not even from the same class of people.
Adelle shook off the strange thoughts from her mind and then asked, “Do you know her name? I need to make a note to notify her family.”
“Her name is Polly, I think,” Hewinia said, “That’s what I heard others say.”
Adelle looked even more surprised at Hewinia and then nodded, starting to make a note: “Where is she from?”
“From the Seed District.”
Adelle’s pen paused for a moment.
“It seems there’s no need to notify her family then,” Adelle put the pen and paper aside, “That figures.”
“Generally speaking, after the first person is poisoned to death, the others won’t be poisoned so easily,” Adelle said, “Everyone is vigilant, and especially during the festivities, they tend to bring their own food and water. If not, they would at least know some self-protection techniques, like a Chorus Magic called ‘Purification,’ which can counteract 95% of the poisons in this world, and it’s only a Second Note spell at that. You should know this spell, too.”
“But this Chorus Magic isn’t in the textbooks, it’s an additional purchase, a common Magic Melody that’s very cheap; after all, it’s just a Second Note spell. Normally, especially at such times, nobody would skimp on that little money,” Adelle said, “Of course, that’s just normally. Some people indeed are… quite frugal.”
Hewinia understood what Adelle meant, and she looked again at the body covered with the white cloth, her bright eyes flashing with incomprehensible emotions.
She always had this strange feeling, as if under that white cloth was not the entirely unknown girl.
But another frail boy.
And then, slowly, it turned into a little girl with red hair.
Yet she concealed these emotions well, and when she looked back at Adelle, she had returned to her usual smiling demeanor.
“Professor Adelle,” Hewinia said, “Even though this girl is dead, I brought her here, so there should be some credit for that, right?”
“Hmm?” For a moment, Adelle didn’t realize what she meant, “What do you mean?”
“I mean, does this count as a contribution to the academy?”
Adelle understood Hewinia’s intention: “You want extra credit? Did you bring her here for the extra credit?”
“That’s not my only thought, but…” Hewinia giggled, “but as you know, Professor Arianna’s courses are really hard to pass, and I don’t want to make up a paper after the festivities, so…”
She clasped her hands together and raised them above her head.
“Please, Professor Adelle! Give me some credit!”
Adelle looked at Hewinia silently, then after a long while gave a slight nod, “Of course, I’ll give you the maximum amount, don’t worry, I think no one else would oppose.”
Hewinia grew even happier: “Then I’m off, Professor Adelle.”
Adelle nodded, “Yeah, you go. I still have to deal with this girl’s affairs and won’t see you out.”
Hewinia left satisfied and joyous.
But just before leaving, she took one last look at the girl.
The dark red blood seeped from under the white cloth.
Hewinia closed the door.
After leaving the office building, Hewinia stood alone under the moonlight, then took out a blood-stained envelope from her pocket.
On the envelope was the crest of the nobles, below which the origin was indicated.
Hewinia narrowed her eyes slightly.
“I’d like to change tomorrow night’s target.”
“To that person by Phinis’s side.”
“No need to explain,” Bai Wei said with a smile.