Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 250. The End of a Night Full of Mysteries
“Marquis Vermillion?”
An expression so clearly shown by Kino.
“Name is Mark Vermillion, captain of the Special Forces Investigation Team, a level 6 senior in the Magic School Academy and also the youngest Marquis in the history of the noble family. He was already a Marquis at the age of 8 years because both of his masters died in an incident”
“Insiden?”
“Yes. I don't think you guys need to know. From the beginning, he was a genius. When compared to Lucas-sama and my brother, Mark-sama is probably above him in all things including magic and fighting ability.”
“To the ability, Mark-sama is superior. However, due to his fairly cold nature made him not the type of leader suitable to lead the Magic Council. That's the opinion of the School Board”
“Interesting objective assessment. Then, what else is another advantage of that young Marquis?” ryou asked in a curious tone
“He is the only owner of a magic weapon [Artifact]”
“[Artifact] what magic weapon?”
“Weapons that choose their own master” Xenon gives a brief explanation
“Choosing its master? Is that thing alive?”
“Similar as that. Because basically [Artifact] it can not be used by people who are not chosen. If forced themselves to wear it, usually the person would die or be swallowed by that weapon”
“Unique once. How many things are there and where is that thing now?” ask Kaito
“So far, there are 5 existing [Artifact] and users who are able to wear them are new. Mark-sama has 2 weapons namely [Artifact: Dread Scythe] and another one is still kept a secret”
“There are two pieces kept as State archives in the kingdom and one weapon in the Magic School Academy. I don't know what the weapon is, but there are special effects that the weapon has after use even though I've never seen it”
All Xenon's explanations make his third brain quite complicated.
“The bottom line is ‘world’ which is now more troublesome than the previous one. Too many introductions, too many things to learn and too many mysteries in them” grumbled Ryou with a face of despair
“I have to agree with Ryou. I think I liked the world before. Being chased by zombies is not so bad for me” replied Kaito
But it seems that Kino and Ryou don't think so.
“Kaito-san..no one likes being chased by zombies and eaten by them”.
“You're the only one who enjoys those zombies, Kaito! I don't, thank you!”
“.....” it seems Kaito mispronounced again for the umpteenth time
Xenon seemed to have given them a bit of a long explanation tonight. Without realizing it, time has passed so quickly.
Kaito took his pocket watch at the table and looked at the time indicated by the watch.
“09.15. We've had a pretty long conversation”
“You can stay at this place, but I'm sorry because you can only sleep on the sofa tonight” Xenon said
“No need to worry, Xenon-san. We're fine with that. Thank you”
“You better pick the stone tonight. That way, tomorrow I can teach you guys a little way to control the magic. You also have to register to take the entrance exam no later than tomorrow afternoon”
Ryou asked a very normal thing for the situation.
“You want to teach us? Can a candidate of the examiner do such an act? That's a violation and you can be prosecuted!”
“Hey, did you guys forget that we have a deal here? You guys have to help me find the masterminds and intruders who are likely to take the entrance exam later. So I also have to make sure you guys graduate. Understand no?”
“Hoo, you're right. I forgot”
Xenon looks at Ryou with a strange face.
“What was my long explanation for that when you finally forgot it?”
Tired of arguing, it seems Xenon wants to sleep faster today. He started freeing the three of them to take care of the rest himself. As he stood up and was about to walk to his room, Kaito walked up to him.
“Xenon..”.
“Hmm?”
“Thank you for handing over that gem”
“I heard you muttering something. Has an important memory returned?”
“I...feel so” Kaito looks so hesitant to say it but he does not brush it off
“But, your brooch so looks different without that gem”
“No problem. This brooch is just a cheap thing. Even if you have a partner, it doesn't mean anything. Besides..”
Xenon was speechless with a silent eye expression. He did not continue his sentence back and said good night to Kaito.
Both brothers saw it. There was nothing they said, yet they seemed eager to ask about something that stuck their hearts together.
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Meanwhile, on the other side…
Mark and his army ran towards the Magic School Academy back.
“Mark-sama, what will you use with those two dangerous monsters?”
“I will make that foolish nobleman confess all his crimes. But for that, I need something stronger and show her the evil. I'm sure Lucas will give me some help. In addition, the kingdom also seems to still not know this thing”
All his troops were silent.
An unexpected occurrence appeared the moment the two beastmen woke up. With their bodies tied to magic, they try to escape from the two Mark members who carry them.
“Mark-sama!!”
Both Mark members had trouble keeping them quiet. The two beastmen could do nothing and simply wriggled like caterpillars to escape.
It seemed that, compared to escaping from the troops that captured him, the two beastmen were more interested in attempting suicide.
“You guys, don't let those two creatures use their black magic!!” yell out Mark
The Mark members tried to restrain their movements with ice magic and others but it seemed too late.
Boom - Boom
Sound of explosion and stained with a bloody ‘firework’. The eyes, tongue, internal organs and all were scattered like flowers and it made them all instantly bathed in blood.
The four Mark members who were already wearing red clothes now became even more red. Plus, their faces were pale and some even held back from vomiting from seeing that.
Mark didn't seem to say anything and silently watched the two beastmen turn into ‘fireworks.
‘It appears, that [Dark Sacrifice] magic can be activated remotely. I don't see what triggers it, but it seems that stupid noble dares to try to play around with me’
The evidence that was supposed to be carried seemed to no longer be able to get carried away with them. All that was left was a fragment of a limb that had already been thrown into a small piece.
Around where Mark and his army stopped was just a field with trees with nothing. Plus the sky was already night, making them seem so unlucky.
Mark walked over to an eyeball on the ground. He picked it up and gripped it to shreds.
Blood smeared his hands and his blue eyes had turned back as red as blood.
“It seems they are happy to play around a little with us”
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In a foreign room with a classic style and luxurious ornaments like a noble residence.
Inside the place that only had one candle as the light source, there were two people standing in all-black robes.
“They finally died. In the end, the beastman was indeed useless” said the first person
“But thanks to that, we managed to cover everything. It could be extremely dangerous if the members of the Magic School Academy were to do an introration to them. In addition, valuable shadow ghouls are also finally obtained by them” said the second person
“No problem. They were called to use only a few humans. We can sacrifice more of the population of this country to awaken more shadow ghouls and in this way.the kingdom will soon be destroyed”.
“Our goal is to give a lesson to the Bernkastel-Wiesbaden Family and by utilizing those brainless people.we will make everything as we wish”.
Another figure seems to be seen there. Behind the black shadow, there was another figure with more than one number and heard the conversation. The robed person first looked at them and said with an evil smile.
“In this exam, I hope you will be able to infiltrate there and give an interesting ‘gift’ to Magic Council as opening”
“We understand”
There was a figure who had arranged all of this and it seemed that another matter was about to start.
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