Chapter 752 Detective Squad, Strikes Again!
“Miyue, Miyue, have you heard?” Miyue rushed into the bedroom, bringing her face close to Lily, “Something happened in the Academy District!”
“Get away, you’re blocking my light,” she pushed the other's face away, continuing to adjust the focus of the microscope, sighing inwardly. Today's replication test was probably going to be ruined again.
“Not only were there explosion sounds from the scene, but a fire also broke out. Who do you think did it? The Church or the devils?”
“The Church has already been defeated by His Majesty Roland, and the devils are still thousands of miles away from us!” Lily raised her head impatiently and glared at her, “Probably some idiot stole waste from the chemistry lab and brought it into the classroom.”
Similar things had happened before. For example, half a month ago, a researcher casually took home unqualified gun cotton, intending to use it as kindling for the stove, only for it to be accidentally ignited by his child, almost burning the house to the ground. Afterwards, His Majesty flew into a rage, and his scolding of those responsible could be heard throughout the castle.
After that, the chemistry lab's regulations increased several times over. Lily had seen the new regulations with Juan—from a thin piece of parchment to a volume as thick as a finger.
“But this time there was an explosion, how can you be so unconcerned about what happens in Neverwinter, this is our home too,” Miyue said with conviction.
Stop trying to fool me, you’re just overly enthusiastic and want to know the answer sooner!
Lily was annoyed, “Precisely because of that, it should be left to more professional people to handle. Besides, what I’m doing now is also for the development of Neverwinter.” She paused, “It's you who have been interfering with my experiments and idling all day long!”
“Oh?” Miyue grinned, “Then do you have any results?”
“Uh—” Lily suddenly felt her breath catch in her throat.
“No, right? You've been staring at the microscope for over a year, but you haven't helped His Majesty at all, while my electromagnetic power has already brought light to His Majesty at night, allowing people to continue working even in the evening.” Miyue raised her nose and said, “Ohoho… but I still don't dislike you, my old friend. Finding out the truth is also a help to His Majesty.”
“Please dislike me,” Lily said resentfully.
She didn't know why she still had difficulty transforming the Mother into specific types of tiny insects. She could already control the shape of the Mother and get as close as possible to the target she wanted to assimilate, but she still couldn't break through this difficulty.
The little girl vaguely felt that something was missing between the two, but she couldn't find any specific clues, so after the ability evolved, besides treating some colds, she spent the rest of her time dealing with the microscope. She couldn't promote Neverwinter's production level like Anna and Soraya, nor could she bring happiness to everyone like Evelyn. She had always felt uneasy about this.
Lily really liked observing this complex world that was invisible to the naked eye, but... she didn't want to waste His Majesty's food for nothing, even though she would never admit it.
Now even a fool like Miyue was ahead of her, this unpleasant feeling was really painful.
“Don't, I was wrong… just let me keep you company,” seeing that coercion wouldn't work, Miyue immediately resumed her pleading look, grabbing Lily's arm and shouting, “It's not bad to go out for a walk, staying in the room all day will make you go crazy!”
Whenever this happened, Lily found it difficult to refuse cleanly.
She impatiently pried open Miyue's arm, looked at the latter, and sighed, “I know, but don't cause trouble for His Majesty and Nightingale and them.”
“I promise!”
Why hadn't she noticed before that Miyue became so clingy after becoming familiar?
If she had known, she would have insisted on finding Leaf or Juan as roommates.
“Then… shall we walk there now?”
“Wait for me here for a while, there are a few other sisters who also want to explore the truth, I'll call them all over.” Miyue said, and hurriedly ran out again. A quarter of an hour later, she returned to the room with several witches, “Everyone's here, let's go!”
Lily stared blankly at the five people behind her, “You're bringing so many people?”
“We also want to help His Majesty!” Amy, who was equally familiar, raised her hand to answer. She even seemed more lively than Miyue.
“If His Majesty Roland allows it…” It was Maggie who said this with a bit of timidity.
“That, I…” There was no need to look at Vanilla, she must have been forcibly pulled over by Miyue.
“Miyue's idea is interesting, I'll go take a look with you.” Heavens, even Evelyn came… Did she not have a brewing task today?
“Just do it like when we secretly read test papers last time, right? If someone is watching on site, I won't use my ability.” The last one was Asha, she seemed quite nervous, but for the first time, there was a hint of eagerness.
It's over, these guys have all been bewitched by Miyue. She brought you here just so that if His Majesty blames her in the future, she can have more people to share the responsibility!
However, seeing Asha appear, Lily felt a lot more relieved. Neither Nightingale nor the Ministry of Justice brought Asha along, proving that what happened in the Academy was not a big deal. Probably like she guessed, several people witnessed the incident, and the consequences were not too serious.
Forget it, just treat it as taking them out for a stroll.
……
Maggie summoned the magic ark, carrying everyone through the Academy District—through the top of the ark, Lily could clearly see the scenery on the ground. This feeling was wonderful, as if sneaking under the ground, yet like swimming in the sea, looking up, one could see the rippling surface of the water.
The area near the Academy had already been cordoned off, with police in black uniforms guarding the intersections, prohibiting residents from approaching. But this symbolic blockade was meaningless to the ark. The group went straight through the streets and walls and entered the Academy.
This was originally a mansion of a fortress nobleman, which was later further expanded by His Majesty and turned into the current Neverwinter Elementary School. However, most of the houses inside are still wooden structures, rather than the red bricks and cement used in the residential area. At this time, the flames had already been extinguished. Judging from the blackened exterior walls, the fire should have been on the second floor of the main teaching building, and some of the walls had fallen off. The ground was also littered with a pile of broken glass, probably caused by the explosion.
The group waited underground for a while, confirming that no one was entering or leaving the Academy, and that the entire building was empty before Maggie manipulated the ark to emerge from the ground next to the teaching building.