Keira crossed her arms with a displeased expression and rejected Fercart's question without hesitation.
"You...! Keira, we were sent as royal advisors, and one of our duties is to monitor each other!" A vein bulged on Fercart's forehead, and his brows furrowed.
But it was obvious that his behavior was threatening, and could even be considered deliberately provoking trouble.
Therefore, Keira ignored him, turned around, waved her hands to open a portal, and decisively left the scene, unwilling to continue arguing with him.
Shaken by her, Fercart clenched his fists, looking extremely grim.
"Damn it, you stinking bitch! How long can you keep being reckless?"
...
Mmm.
In the magical laboratory, Triss stood facing the magic crystal ball on the table, gesturing and chanting incantations.
In an instant, the crystal ball shone brightly and began to flicker.
After a few seconds, the crystal ball stopped flickering, and a gray, upper-body figure appeared above it.
From the other party's exposed chest and wavy hair, Karl understood that this was a woman.
"Triss? Since you graduated from Aretuza Academy, I've heard you've been working as an advisor to the Vizima royal family. How are things?"
The voice in the image was very gentle, giving people the feeling of an older sister caring for her younger sisters.
"Rita... I have a friend who is suspected of possessing an excellent talent for magic."
"But I can't be sure if he's a demon source. Do you have a good method?" Triss said seriously, with a serious face and a hint of admiration in her eyes.
"Hmm... A demon source? Triss, you don't need to call me Rita after all this time. Just call me Margarita."
"And that friend you're talking about, is that him?"
"I didn't expect the little girl who was once devoted to magic to have found a boyfriend now..."
Margarita's fingertips twirled her curls, a playful smile on her lips, her tone unable to hide her surprise at the description, and she glanced sideways at Karl beside Triss.
"Margarita! I'm getting down to business!"
After Margarita teased her a little, Triss looked embarrassed, lightly stomped her foot under the table, and glanced at Karl.
"La-la-la, that's really funny... Alright. Aretuza Academy has never admitted men."
"Even if he is a demon source, it's absolutely impossible for the academy to change its rules." Margarita replied decisively, without question.
"But the importance of a demon source cannot be ignored, and I can introduce him to the dean of the Ben Adé Academy, Hen Gedymdeith."
"I believe that with his confirmation, your boyfriend's talent can be intuitively and reasonably assessed." Margarita added.
"Hen?! Is Karl's talent that outstanding? Isn't that too important?" Triss's red lips parted slightly, looking incredulous.
"Hmm, you underestimate the significance of a Demon Source too much. In this era, no more than two Demon Sources are known, so it's not too important to pay attention to them."
"Triss, I'll tell Hen for you. Let's leave it at that. I have a ton of things to do."
With that said, Margarita waved her hand and simply ended the spell communication.
After finishing the remote conversation with Triss, she waited for the light of the magic crystal ball to fade.
She waved her hand towards the crystal ball again and continued communicating with another sorcerer, not even uttering an incantation this time.
The crystal ball flickered for more than ten seconds before the connection was established, and an image appeared.
In the image, a middle-aged man was holding a quill, writing something on parchment, not even looking towards the crystal ball.
But Margarita didn't mind; she slightly parted her red lips and spoke slowly.
"Hen, there's something you need to be informed about."
"Oh? Why not seek out Tissaia? Let's talk about things that even the dean can't solve."
The middle-aged man's voice was very calm, and he never once glanced sideways at the crystal ball.
"Hen, Teacher Tissaia is inconvenient to contact because the person in question is suspected of being a demon source."
"A demon source? Margarita, are you sure!?" Hen turned his head in surprise, and the quill in his hand accidentally snapped.
"Not sure, I haven't personally verified it, and you know Aretuza Academy doesn't recruit boys." Margarita shook her head and raised her hand to rub her brow.
"The location of the place... I'll go there myself." Hen frowned slightly, a serious expression on his face.
"The capital of Temeria, Vizima. One of the royal advisors, Triss, is involved."
After providing the location information, Margarita turned off the magic crystal ball.
"Temeria... Years ago, during the Falwick rebellion, a demon source... Leticia was also excavated there."
A flicker of recollection crossed Hen's face, and he muttered to himself.
Soon, Hen came to his senses, stood up from his chair, and adjusted his bearskin cloak.
Without any visible movement or incantation, an orange swirling portal appeared half a meter away.
Then Hen turned and took a step forward, his figure vanishing into the portal.
...
The next moment—on the outskirts of Vizima.
BOOM! The portal Hen opened appeared.
As soon as Hen's figure emerged, he raised an eyebrow.
"Huh? The Chaos magic here was disturbed very recently, but I didn't cause it."
"It has characteristics like fire and atmosphere, and I think it's the three mages who serve here."
"Fire... The sorceress named Triss, I have an impression that she should be skilled in fire spells."
Before he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and invisible spiritual thoughts emanated from him, extending for hundreds of meters, quickly penetrating Vizima.
Various thoughts were filtered through his mind.
He entered a brothel called the House of the Night, and some of the "people" inside had features that were clearly not ordinary humans.
"Huh? High-level vampires... and a large number of vampire bruxae that haven't harmed humans, under any circumstances."
Shortly after, Fercart, Keira, and Triss, including Karl, were located by him in the palace.
But in the face of the powerful psychic energy, the several people were completely unaware.
Immediately, Hen used his psychic abilities to inform Triss of his arrival and asked her to bring Karl to the outskirts.
"Triss, this is Hen Gedymdeith. I have arrived on the outskirts of Vizima. Come with him."
In the laboratory, Triss and Karl were discussing everything related to the knight's duel.
Suddenly, Triss shivered, and a magnetic male voice appeared in her consciousness.
"Triss, what's wrong?" Karl saw she was stunned and asked aloud.
"Well, it's a member of the Brotherhood. I didn't expect him to come so quickly, and it's actually him..." Triss's face couldn't hide its shock.
She was surprised not only by the visitor's identity but also by the power of the other's spiritual thoughts.
Triss waved her hands to open a portal, and the tabletop objects in the laboratory, being light, were susceptible to suction and flew around.
But at this moment, she couldn't care about so many things; the items that fell to the ground could only be sorted out when she was free.