Mischievous Lolita in the Doll

"Alright then, I don't want to leave anymore."

Carlo hailed a taxi, and it was the same driver as before.

"Take us here." Carlo took out a map and placed it in front of the driver, giving directions. Ordinary people without magic could not see the Academy of the Morning Sun.

"By the way, did that policewoman overpay you? We'll deduct our fare from that."

Faced with Mil's ruthless exploitation, the driver immediately wanted to fight back, but when he saw the car door that Mil had crumpled and deformed, he decisively backed down.

The group didn't discuss the day's case on the way, especially since the driver, a complete stranger, was also present. The journey was unusually quiet, save for the crunching sound of Mir eating candy. This led the driver to believe he was carrying a car full of ghosts, so after everyone disembarked, he sped back at breakneck speed.

"Then let's part ways here, I'm starving." The catgirl said goodbye to the few people she had just met today and then ran towards the cafeteria.

"Let's go to the library; Violet should still be there."

Xia Ye frowned. She didn't understand the writing system of this world at all and couldn't help in this regard, so she immediately thought of going back first.

However, her thoughts were seen through by Mil, who hooked his arm around her neck and said, "Let's go together, just to get to know our future classmates."

Summer Night impatiently slapped away Mir's groping hand. She didn't know why this guy liked to hook other people's necks so much, but he said he really had no reason to refuse.

It was lunchtime, and many students rushed to the cafeteria. At this time, some students, relying on their strength and physique, would push others aside, which made everyone very unhappy.

Mil and his group were walking in the opposite direction from the other students, which made it a bit difficult to walk. Fortunately, Mil, the goofball, was clearing the way. Whenever he saw someone trying to squeeze in front of others, he would just push them aside. The students who were pushed were about to lash out, but when they saw that they were a few pretty girls, they could only swallow their dissatisfaction.

When Xia Ye saw Mir's bullying behavior, she felt her eyes twitch, especially when she saw the other two walking along the path Mir had cleared without a care in the world.

With Mil leading the way, the four quickly reached their destination—the library.

This is the most heavily guarded place in the entire Meichuxi Academy. For psychics, magical knowledge is the most precious thing. Here, the psychic energy and magic power of psychics are restricted to the limit, and the books inside are never lent out. Once a book leaves this place, it will trigger the attack spells set up inside, blasting the thief to smithereens.

However, one can use time-limited memory crystals to record some content and bring it back to review. The academy is not afraid of the knowledge here being leaked to outsiders. After all, books containing dangerous knowledge that reach a certain level are sealed in the Sealed Tower. Moreover, most of the magic used by psychic users is developed by themselves based on the combination of basic magic and their own abilities. If they really want to teach their own exclusive magic to others, that person is free to do so.

After passing through a magic circle at the gate, the group arrived at this crystallization passed down by psychic beings throughout history.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Is this Ula?

The library wasn't decorated in the quaint style of fantasy novels; it was as clean and tidy as a library in a big city in the real world, except that the books on the shelves looked a bit old.

There weren't many people left in the library by then; most of them had gone to eat.

Mir and his three companions arrived at the front desk, where a gentle-looking purple-haired, squinty-eyed, and busty woman stood.

The busty girl also noticed Mil and the others.

"Oh, little girls, are you here to read books? If you want to read any kind of book, you can tell your big sister, and she can help you find it~" Vilse greeted Mil and the others warmly.

"Little sister?" The three cross-dressing men sized each other up.

Uh, I forgot to change my clothes when I came, but luckily I managed to fool that idiot security captain, otherwise I really couldn't stand her constantly yelling about selling [beep] sins.

“Velse, it’s me, Mill.”

Violet looked at the four of them, Mir, with surprise.

"Is this Carlo?" Vilse pointed to Carlo.

Mir: "Hmm!"

“Is this Sak?” Vilse pointed to Sak.

Mir: "Hmm!"

"Is this Ura?" Viers pointed to Xia Ye.

Mir: "Hmm...hmm?"

“It’s not Ula, her name is Xia Ye. She’s a freshman who was just assigned to our class. She’s a real girl,” Mir explained to the squinty-eyed man in front of him, who seemed to be blind.

Xia Ye felt deeply hurt. How could she be like that big, blond, muscular man who only knew how to talk big?

Upon learning the truth, Vilse felt somewhat embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Xia Ye, because these four people are always hanging out together, I thought Ura had somehow changed her appearance..."

Although Xia Ye was still somewhat dissatisfied, since the other party had apologized, she couldn't make a scene. She nodded to Wei Ersi in response.

Girl, you'll have no friends if you keep acting so aloof!

Seeing Xia Ye's reaction, Mir felt anxious for her.

Ignoring Xia Ye's cold reaction, Vilse bent over, propped her face up with her hand, and asked Mil, "Speaking of which, why are you dressed like this? Could it be... that you've awakened something strange?"

“Yes, we have awakened something strange,” Mil replied earnestly.

Then he was pushed onto the table by the group of losers behind him.

"Shut up! It's all because of your nonsense that we've suffered so much!"

"Haha, they have such a good relationship," Vilse said to Xia Ye with a smile, touching her face.

Xia Ye frowned: "But I feel like I can't fit in with them."

“Haha, you don’t need to blend in.” Vilse pointed to her head with her index finger. “When you blend in with them, your head will become abnormal too.”

Is that abnormal?

Xia Ye subtly curled the corners of her lips.

Living like this is actually less tiring.

"Velce, don't listen to this kid's nonsense! This kid used his sophistry to get us to the police station today!" Sack said, holding down the unresisting Mil while explaining to Valce.

If word gets out, my lifelong reputation will be ruined!

"Huh? The police station? What's going on?"

“It’s a long story…” Sack briefly recounted the events of the day to Vilse.

"Hmm... I see. There are quite a few books related to magical rituals, but sacrifices are a bit special... Anyway, I don't have anything to do right now, so I'll look for them with you guys."

Violet walked ahead, waving to signal the others to follow her.

She led them to the area where books on magical rituals were recorded. There were so many books about magical rituals that Mil and the others felt a little exhausted.

"Let's take out the books one by one and let Sak identify them. Remember to put them back in their original places after you're done~" Vels said with a smile, revealing a terrifying truth.

"I can't do it! When will I ever be able to read all these books?!" Sack screamed in despair, like a pig being slaughtered.

Xia Ye picked up a book, flipped through it, couldn't understand it, and then put it back.

“If you remembered the name of that book, none of this would have happened.” Xia Ye’s words silenced Sack.

"Let's use this clumsy method for now... Hopefully we can find it soon, I haven't eaten yet."

Upon hearing Mir's words, the group realized they hadn't eaten yet, and their fighting spirit soared.

"Let's give it our all! We won't be able to find a table at this hour anyway!"

Mir looked at the group of people who were now full of fighting spirit with a puzzled expression, took a book from the bookshelf, glanced at it, and then... fell asleep instantly!

"Damn it! Don't sleep, you bastard!" Carlo grabbed Mil's collar and shook him violently.

"I have a condition where I fall asleep when I look at books for studying."

"What kind of disease is this?! Is it a curse?"

"Then I'm cursed with a curse that makes me fall asleep whenever I look at books for studying."

"You little brat, do you even want to catch the murderer?" Carlo roared in exasperation.

"So why are we in such a hurry to catch the murderer?" Mil lay on his side and scratched his butt. "That ritual might not even be for anything. Didn't Sack say it was a sacrificial ritual? Even if we should find the murderer as soon as possible, we're just wasting our time here."

Indeed, finding a book that records sacrificial rituals among such a vast number of books is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Just then, Sack excitedly shouted from the side, "Oh! Found it!"

Mir: ? ? ? You've already proven me wrong?

The group forgot about mocking Mir and quickly gathered around Sak to see what the ritual was for.

The book contained a picture similar to the one taken by Sack, except that the corpse's hands were intact.

"It says that this ritual is called the ×× Sacrifice Ritual, which is used to sacrifice the soul of the dead to a great being to obtain the power bestowed by ××..." Sak read it aloud, but because some of the words on it had been covered up by something special, he didn't read it completely.

"What the hell? Who's so rude as to scribble all over the book? Important parts are all crossed out!" Carlo complained.

"At least we know this ritual wasn't meant for widespread destruction," Xia Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't rush, there's more to come," Sak continued, "This ritual must be completed three times to be effective. It can be repeated. Side effects: ××××"

"So, the perpetrator will commit the crime again?"

This is not good news...

“I’m more concerned about why the left hand of the deceased we encountered was cut off, while the one in the book was intact,” Mill raised his question.

“Maybe it’s just the killer’s peculiar fetish,” Sack said jokingly.

Chapter Twenty-Six: I'm Hungry

"So what do we do? Should we try staking out the location tonight and see if we can catch the killer?"

“Xia Ye has class tomorrow, and I’m going with her,” Mil replied, rejecting Carlo’s troublesome suggestion.

The seemingly aloof beauty also seemed to have forgotten that it was she who insisted on continuing the investigation, and nodded in agreement with Mir's statement.

“Then I’ll go with you. Does Vilse want to go?” Sack turned to look at Vilse.

“Staying up late is a woman’s worst enemy!” Welse also refused.

Under Welse's direction, the group put the books they had taken down back on the shelves. At this point, only a few library staff members remained.

When I left the library, it was already completely dark.

"Let's go eat, I'm starving." If we don't eat soon, Mil feels he might even try eating books, which seems like an impossible method.

"Let's go get some late-night snacks too."

Because most students had already finished eating while the group was busy, there was very little food left in the cafeteria when they arrived. The group quickly finished their dinner, but Mil's plan to have a big meal was ruined, as there wasn't even enough left for him to pack up for Loli.

Oh no, I'm probably going to go hungry again tonight. I can't possibly go to see Eileen again, can I? I should have known better than to leave in such a hurry this morning and asked Eileen to buy me some snacks.

“I should have come to the cafeteria first and then gone to the library,” Mir said to Xia Ye beside him.

Sack and Carlo parted ways with them when they came out of the cafeteria, so now only Mill, Summer Night, and Vilse were walking together.