Who hid My Corpse!

The dean of the Third Academy, Gucci, looked at Phinis with a smile, "I can understand you, after all, no brother could remain indifferent after learning of his sister's successful Ascension."

"It seems you've heard as well."

"Of course, Miss Orenna is still a student at our academy," Gucci said. "Her becoming a Golden Note is also a pride of our academy."

"She should thank you for your nurturing."

"That's too much, I haven't taught students in a long time." Gucci shook his head, then looked around. "Where is Orenna? Hasn't she come to find you yet?"

"Not yet, she knows I am a Bell Ringer, she will probably wait until after the opening ceremony to come find me."

"Is that so? I thought Orenna would resent you," Gucci said with a smile. "Even I know she was not pleased about you abandoning her for Hewinia. I guess that might have been her motivation to strive for Ascension."

"It was all for the family, she will understand."

"For the family, right... indeed," Gucci nodded slightly. "It's remarkable, really, the Lawrence Family has prepared to such an extent for the festival. Two who can participate in the festival as Golden Notes, it seems no one can stop you now, not even the Taichu family. But that's good, seeing the birth of a third Taichu family in my lifetime would be quite something."

Phinis responded with a smile, "It will be as you hope."

As time passed, more and more students entered the auditorium.

Phinis then turned his gaze to the top of the auditorium, where a huge bell was covered by a red curtain.

In half an hour, he would unveil the curtain as the young lord of the Lawrence family and ring the bell, declaring the opening of the festival and the approaching era of the Lawrence family.

If there had been any suspense before, now that Orenna had become a Golden Note, the process was unstoppable.

He turned his head to look out at the fireworks outside the window, slightly lifting the corners of his mouth.

...

Third Academy, Forbidden Forest.

Amidst the chaos, Tupac, covered in blood and hanging by numerous thin threads in midair, still swallowed his last breath unwillingly.

Not far away, Hevnia was breathing heavily.

She was gripping her Magic Wand single-handedly, her body seemed hollowed out, and it was difficult even to stand as cold sweat soaked her body.

But...

"Barely unharmed," Bai Wei said with a smile. "To achieve this in just a few days is pretty impressive."

Hevnia pursed her lips.

She didn't feel it was good because the process was much harder than she had imagined.

Tonight's ambush on Tupac used the Array, "Silence," and "Puppet Strings" that Hardock had used on her a few days ago.

Bai Wei taught these spells to her after watching her, but she was still not as skilled as Hardock. Even though she had the advantage from the start, Tupac nearly escaped the boundary of the Array several times. Once he wasn't within the Array's range, the narrative would have been very different with "Silence" inactive.

Fortunately, Hevnia managed to dispose of Tupac at the edge of the Array.

Though the process was rough and fraught, she at least accomplished the goal—without using Bai Wei's power.

Hevnia slowly walked over to Tupac's body, looked at the lifeless Tupac, then extended her hand slowly, gently touching his chest.

When she retracted her hand, another dazzling Golden Fifth Note appeared in the golden score on her body, complementing the initial Seventh Note.

Hevnia looked down at the Fifth Note.

This one was different from the previous notes.

It was the first note Hevnia "hunted" on her own, not by planting dangerous traps within her or exploiting her opponent's ignorance of the Golden Score.

Now, she truly possessed the capability to "hunt."

She finally had the right to appear as a Hunter.

Hevnia slowly clenched her fist.

However, this was just the beginning.

This was what Hevnia thought.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm her mindset, Hevnia set down Tupac's body, preparing to quickly dispose of it and return to the dormitory.

Although the commotion was a bit loud and several trees were damaged, as long as she disposed of the body in the Forbidden Forest, it wouldn't be discovered for a while.

Thus, Hevnia skillfully prepared for the burial.

But just then, something caught her eye from the corner of her view. When she instinctively looked over, her body tensed immediately.

Because tens of meters away, there was a shadow sitting under a tree, quietly watching her.

Someone was there!

With a "snap."

Hevnia immediately raised her Magic Wand, aiming at the shadow, "Who's there!"

The person did not respond, still quietly watching her.

Hevnia, of course, wouldn't just stand there; she immediately activated "Gaze."

Then she discovered that wasn't a living person.

But a mutilated corpse.

...

"It's about time," Gucci said with a smile to Phinis. "It's time for you to go on stage, Phinis."

Phinis scanned the auditorium.

The students of the Third Academy had already filled the auditorium.

Everyone was waiting for the bell-ringing ceremony to begin.

However...

Phinis scanned the entire auditorium and then slightly furrowed his brows.