I rely on myself

Chapter 194 Bait
No matter what Old Cole thought, the news that a group of artificial Sons of the Oath that the Magicians Association had previously accepted had been kidnapped had completely spread throughout the Magicians Association.

After a discussion among the Magicians Association internal staff, everyone expressed that they must rescue these children safely. They also discussed why these children were kidnapped and how the people who escorted these children are doing now.
If it weren't for Old Cole's constant efforts to change the subject, perhaps everyone would have noticed that something was wrong, but even so, everyone vaguely felt that this matter was unusual.

While the Magicians Association was discussing how to deal with this matter, three people in the Royal Academy of Mechanics were also discussing this matter.

"Teacher Kimberly, why were those children kidnapped? Shouldn't they be sent to the Vatican for placement?"

The person who said this was a thin male student with a muscular body and a half-length scarf wrapped around his shoulders. His profile looked very handsome, and he could be called a handsome man. But his eyes were very sharp, revealing an expression that would make people feel scared just by looking at him.

And his hair - was a very distinctive pearl color, just like the artificial Child of the Covenant in God's Workshop.

His name is Loki, and like those kidnapped children, he is an artificial Son of the Oath created through experiments in God's Workshop. It can be said that he and those kidnapped children are brothers in a sense.

It was precisely because of this that he was so worried that he even questioned the teacher in front of him.

At the same time, there is a girl in uniform next to him, with the same characteristic pearl-colored hair tied up on the right side of her head. She looks very cute with an inexplicably long scarf, garters and a fluffy lace bow.

Her red eyes were like gems and her face had a cowardly expression. However, in contrast to her cowardly expression, her figure was extremely hot and her two bulges remained firm under gravity.

She is Loki's sister Frey. From her hair color, we can tell that she is also an artificial child of the oath.

Although she didn't say anything at this time and her face looked weak, her eyes did not retreat. She looked seriously at the teacher in front of her, as if she wanted to know what was going on.

The teacher in front of the two was Kimberly, who was also a member of the Gray Cross of the Magicians' Association, codenamed 'Oriole'. She was the one who informed them that the God's Workshop was destroyed by unknown persons, and that other artificial Children of the Oath were taken in by the Magicians' Association.

Kimberly didn't feel anything strange about the two's attitude. After all, when she told them the news, she had expected such a situation to occur.

As for Loki's question, she also answered calmly: "Ah, indeed, just as you said, those children should have boarded the ship bound for the Vatican, but now they were kidnapped for unknown reasons, and an anonymous letter demanding a ransom was sent to the Magician's Association. We are now confused."

"Is that all you want to say? It's like you said nothing at all."

Loki lost his patience when he heard this, because there was no useful information in the other party's words.

Kimberly just gave him a cold look and then said, "Calm down Loki. I understand you're anxious, but don't act like a fool."

"You...!"

Loki, who was already in a bad mood, suddenly felt the urge to take action when he heard this. Fortunately, Frey beside him noticed this in advance and immediately reached out to hold Loki. At the same time, Frey turned to Kimberly and asked, "Teacher Kimberly, do you have anything to tell us?"

"Fleur, what?"

At first, when Loki was held by Frey, he wanted her to let go quickly, but when he heard these words, Loki, who was not a fool, immediately realized that Kimberly had something special to tell them, so he stopped.

Looking at Loki who had managed to calm down, Kimberly smiled and said, "Not bad, you still know how to stay calm. Now I can tell you with confidence, just like I said before, we currently have no information about who kidnapped those children or where they are now."

Hearing these words again, Loki still felt angry, but after what happened just now, he patiently continued to listen to what the other party said.

"But this doesn't mean we really know nothing. At the very least, it means that someone in the Magician's Association may have done something wrong in this incident."

"What?" x2
Hearing this, Loki and Frey were so surprised that they couldn't help but speak out. Loki immediately asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"This incident seems to be a very common kidnapping for ransom, but there are still many doubts. First, the target of the ransom is our Magicians Association. Although the Magicians Association does not have much presence, it is still a first-class force. To be honest, this is a very stupid thing."

"The second is the time. Logically speaking, those children should have been sent to the ship bound for the Vatican a long time ago. So if they were kidnapped, it couldn't have happened in the past one or two days. They should have been kidnapped before they were sent to the ship. But in that case, our Magician Association would have noticed it in advance, instead of waiting until the anonymous letter demanding a ransom was sent to us before we knew that the children were kidnapped."

"What you mean is... that there is a problem with someone in your Magician Association?"

Loki said this with an uncertain tone, but Kimberly, as a member of the Magician's Association, generously admitted it.

"Ah, just as you said, I'm afraid someone from our Magicians Association was involved in this incident. The worst possibility is that this kidnapping was staged by someone from our Magicians Association."

After hearing Kimberly's direct and generous admission, even saying that the kidnapping might have been caused by a member of their Magicians Association, Loki and Frey were so surprised that they were dumbfounded.

After a while, Loki finally came back to his senses from this overly shocking guess. He looked at the teacher in front of him and asked in a deep voice: "So what is your purpose in telling us this? Please tell us directly, Teacher Kimberly."

After hearing Loki's question, Frey, who was standing by, looked at Kimberly, waiting for her answer.

Kimberly smiled coldly and said, "Nothing, we just happen to have the same goal. Just like you want to rescue those kidnapped children, my goal is also very simple, which is to find this person who may be in the Magician Association. So can I ask you to be the bait?"

(End of this chapter)