Chapter 103: 15-year-old Inglis and Hyrule Menaces' Escorting Directive (11)
The Magic Stone Beast was annihilated with the bisection by Yua’s hand. While the person herself trotted away to the dormitory as if nothing happened then went straight to sleep.
After seeing the beast’s end, Special Envoy Theodore then remarked with a relieved sigh.
「……The black light has disappeared. I can no longer feel the mana rampage. Miss Ripple should be awake in a minute or two. Today, a lot of things became clear to me. The subspace isolating Artifact works as intended, and the phenomenon won’t happen for a while. Everyone, thank you for your cooperation.」 「Lord Theodore, how can you be so sure?」
Asked Leone.
「It is already clear that the phenomenon happens from either Miss Ripple’s own mana or the mana she sucked from a Special Grade Rune bearer.」 「And because her mana runs dry from today’s emergence, it will be a while before her mana reach the level where the phenomenon will happen again——is that how it is?」 「Yes. You are correct, Miss Inglis. You understood it well.」
The smile he gave to Inglis resembled Cyrene’s a lot. They were siblings alright.
「Lord Theodore, there is something I don’t understand as well——」 「Sure. What is it?」 「Why are the emerging Magic Stone Beasts always a former Beastman?」 「……This is just my guesswork, but I believe it is because Miss Ripple herself is a Beastman. Beastmen have an excellent sixth sense, they can understand each other through telepathic communication. I assume that they are taking advantage of that connection between Beastmen to summon the Magic Stone Beasts.」
Inglis also thought that theory was likely. In addition to Principal Miliera’s mana, the stronger than usual Magic Stone Beast was yet another Beastman. It was probably a summoning mechanism that was only limited to Beastmen-type Magic Stone Beasts.
「Which means, this trap only works with Miss Ripple, huh……」 「Yes, Miliera. Perhaps, it is even possible that they chose to turn a Beastman like her into Hyrule Menace precisely for setting this trap.」 「The nerve of them to take advantage of Beastmen who fell victim to Prism Flow!!!」