Chapter 51: Contact
Inside the stadium. A storage room for equipment, rarely visited by people.
“...Who’s there?”
“I brought the boy.”
As a sharp voice questioned from inside after sensing movement, the black mage standing outside with Whitney, who had mana restraints on, lowered his voice and replied.
“...Come in. Don’t forget to reapply the sealing spell on the door.”
With that, a black sigil radiating ominous energy flickered briefly—then the door to the storage room slowly opened.
“Wow, a whole nest of black mages, huh?”
Entering the room with the two black mages who were restraining him, Whitney glanced around for a moment and opened his mouth with a smile that didn’t match the situation he was in.
“They’re crawling all over the Academy, which is supposedly the most secure place around. I can’t even imagine how many more are parasitizing the rest of the Empire.”
Maids, janitors, guards, and others—those in low-profile positions inside the Academy—were glaring coldly at Whitney.
“Looks like you don’t understand the situation. You’ve been kidnapped.”
“Haha, I think I got that part pretty clearly.”