Chapter 2557

And soon found out.

Most of those books belong to students. Basically, if you open the cover, you can see the page with the student's name on it.

And there are several different names.

The name is the easiest clue.

If there is only one name, it probably goes to the core.

But the names of each book are different, which is intriguing.

"It's not complicated. These books should be lost belongings of students."

"Experimental materials can be obtained by sneaking into the dungeon."

"These tableware and cups are obviously the style found in the canteen."

"It seems that someone is indeed hiding in this secret room."

While Dark was still thinking, Professor Kazel had already determined the result.

But after hearing what he said, the professors' expressions became visibly serious.

Even Professor Lily is thinking seriously.

But as she was thinking about it, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "Wait, is it possible, I mean is it possible, that this is just a secret base for a certain student? Suppose there is someone who happened to discover this secret room, and then... Move some stuff here and occasionally stay here past gate hours to get away with it.”

"Although it is a bit taken for granted, it is not unreasonable." Professor Pava Jones touched his chin and said, "In that case, it would make sense that there are residual [hairs of magical beasts]. The other party may be a first-year student, who just After learning how to make [Magic Beast], there will be materials left.”

"What about these other people's books?" Professor Silver said.

Professor Jones immediately replied: "Kleptomania?"

Kleptomania, the addiction to stealing.

There is no other reason than wanting to steal.

The stolen goods happened to be hidden in this secret room.

But she laughed out loud as she spoke.

The serious atmosphere that had finally been brewed in the secret room was broken by her.

"Let's wait until Professor Palmer Tomlinson comes over." Principal Alter said with a smile.

So everyone continued to search for clues in this secret room.

There are a lot of traces of life left in this secret room, and there are also many notes left in the same handwriting among the stolen books.

Obviously, the person reading the book is very serious, even more serious than the original owner of the book.

According to normal logic, the person hiding here cannot be a student.

But in the small school of St. Marian College, except for students, employees, and professors, there is no one else at all.

In fact, the merchants on Traveler Street cannot pass through the spatial hub in Huxin Pavilion.

Dark's maids are special cases among special cases.

In short, if these characters are eliminated one by one first, the remaining possibilities will become extremely small.

The only intelligent creatures left in the academy are Dark's magic elves and...

Dak's heart moved and he said: "I forgot that the group of monsters brought out from the dungeon still exist in the dense forest."

If it were that group of monsters, they might have some motive for hiding here.

As soon as he finished speaking, the professors all thought of those monsters, and each one of them made a guess based on this.

The person hiding is one of those monsters, which is obviously the most acceptable result at the moment.

In any case, it is easier to accept than someone appearing out of thin air.

The security of St. Marian College is not particularly tight, but if you want to enter the college, you must pass through the barrier, and it is unlikely that anyone will sneak into it.

Although there have been experiences of being mixed up in the past history, that was in the past, and after that time, the college also made up for the loopholes.

In short, after much deliberation, there is no better result than "the hiding person is one of those monsters".

But this thinking tendency itself is not correct.

The professors all knew it well, so they would not regard this guess as the final result.

Everything must be investigated before speaking.

…

While Duck and others were waiting for the arrival of Professor Palmer Tomlinson, the eldest prince Charles had already launched operations in the trial world.

This time, he still triggered the hidden trial of the House of Lords - only this remained unchanged, which made Charles slightly relieved.

But the trial mission he triggered was completely different from the past.

The trial missions he triggered in the past were to use tactics or other powers to make the person destined to become the king successfully ascend to the throne.

Compared with the trial mission triggered by Dak, it is simply the difference between F grade and A grade.

In short, the trial mission itself is very simple. Since the plot background is derived from the existing stories in history, and the role he plays is the destined king, so as long as you act and choose according to history, you will be fine.

Can successfully ascend the throne and complete the mission.

The core of that trial mission is not to have your own ideas, just act and choose according to history.

But this time when he entered the hidden trial again, Charles triggered a very difficult task.

Almost the same background setting, but from different historical episodes.

In this trial mission, Charles will play a role in history that failed in the struggle for power.

And what he had to do was use this character who failed in the struggle for power and was finally beheaded to compete with the character who was destined to be the king to compete for the final throne.

For tasks with the same purpose, only the background changes and the role positioning is different, the difficulty level of the entire task suddenly rises to an extremely high level.

Although Juzi can't compare to Dak's mission of keeping the kingdom alive with all the traitors, it is not an easy level to complete.

If Charles can pass this trial, at least he won't have too many problems with his basic thinking of "struggle for power".

But if he can't even complete this trial task, then it would be a bit ridiculous for him to still want to ascend the throne in reality.

Therefore, after reading the mission objectives, he cheered up and entered the trial.

Charles himself studied this aspect very seriously, so he was really capable, at least on paper.

As long as nothing unexpected happens this time, he is still confident that he can successfully pass the trial.

At first, he was worried that an "abnormality" would suddenly jump out and interfere, but in fact there was no such thing.

The early trial progress was not too difficult and he went smoothly.

But as time goes by, the difficulty of the trials gradually increases.

Any deviation in selection in the early stage will have a very big impact on the later stage, and even directly lead to the loss of the whole game.

Charles concentrated on passing the trial, becoming more and more cautious and devoted, gradually forgetting the existence of the "abnormality".

Time passed little by little, and the "abnormality" never appeared.

…

"Good evening, Professor Sylph, good evening, Principal Arte."

Professor Palmer Tomlinson finally arrived. He first saw Professor Silver, then suddenly found that the principal was also there, and then he saw a series of professors there, and he couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

Dak and others walked out of the secret room and explained the situation.

Professor Palmer Tomlinson is this year's first-year Magisterium professor.

But unlike Professor Kazel, he is a theorist, has his own unique understanding of magic theory, and is a very good professor.

In addition, another characteristic of Professor Palmer Tomlinson is his "bald head".

It is said that he was very bald when he was young, and was completely bald before he reached middle age. Later, he simply shaved off all his hair and maintained his bald appearance.

Fortunately, he has a kind face and will not scare the children because of his shaved head.

But Professor Tomlinson can occasionally be too impatient. I heard that there are students who are angry about breaking the defense and leaving the broadcast... Oh no, it is the case of breaking the defense and leaving early.

However, those conditions have nothing to do with this incident.

"So, you happened to discover this secret room for some special reasons, and then you found a hair of a magical beast in the secret room, so you called me over?"

Professor Palmer Tomlinson couldn't help but ask after listening to the whole process.

"What, is there a problem?" Professor Silver frowned and made a habitual expression.

"Of course, no problem." Professor Palmer Tomlinson said quickly, "Can you bring me the hair of the magical beast?"

"Here." Professor Kazel took the hair and handed it over.

Professor Palmer Tomlinson took the hair of the magical beast and observed it carefully.

But what can be observed from a hair of a magical beast?

It's impossible for someone to leave a mark on a magical beast's hair, right?

Many thoughts could not help but flash through everyone's minds.

But I saw Professor Palmer Tomlinson holding the hair of the magic beast and looking at and smelling it. Occasionally, he held it to his ear and flicked it with his fingers, as if he was listening to the sound of the fingers playing on the hair... The people watching Confused.

What's even more confusing is that after this series of mindless operations, Professor Palmer Tomlinson actually said directly: "Yes, this is indeed the magical beast that flowed from me. hair.”

"How do you tell the difference?" Professor Kazel asked subconsciously.

Professor Palmer Tomlinson replied: "Judging from various factors such as color, smell, sound, etc. What, is there a problem?"

Professor Kazel felt that there was something wrong, but for a while he couldn't tell what the problem was.

Finally, he decided to trust Professor Palmer Tomlinson's judgment.

Professor Silver asked: "Since this is material leaked from you, do you have any explanation?"

Professor Palmer Tomlinson was surprised and said: "Explanation? What can I say? This requires teaching, and of course materials must be distributed to students."

Professor Silver frowned again and said, "Is there any way to trace the origin of this magical beast hair?"

Professor Palmer Tomlinson thought for a while and said: "Unless I survey the entire class... it's not necessary. I can probably screen out some students who may still have magical beast hair. But do you really need it?"

"

Everyone looked at each other and realized that it didn't make much sense.

Since the person hiding in this secret room has proven evidence of stealing books, it is also very likely that he also stole the hair of magical beasts.

First-year students lack the ability to protect themselves. Even if materials are stolen, it is very normal.

Judging from the fact that no one has reported it to the professor so far, the person who had the material stolen might have thought he had lost it.

After all, it is just a hair of a magical beast...

But is there really only one?

There is indeed only one left in the secret room.

But the hair of magical beasts is a rare commodity, and the only purpose of stealing the hair of magical beasts is to learn how to make [magical beasts].

From the marks left on the books, the learning progress of the person hiding in the secret room is very fast, and he has already surpassed the scope of the first grade.

In other words, it is very likely that he has already made [Magic Beast].

The hair of the magical beast is just left over after it is used up and no longer needed, so it is placed randomly.

"Professor Tomlinson." Professor Kazer looked up and asked, "Have any students exchanged a large amount of magical beast hair from you?"

Professor Palmer Tomlinson immediately recalled, and then said with certainty: "No. Magic beasts are used for initial learning. Students at this time do not have so many credits to exchange. I don't remember giving anyone a lot of magical beast hair."

Professor Kazer asked: "So, did you lose it?"

Speaking of this, Professor Palmer Tomlinson subconsciously denied it, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he suddenly remembered: "I haven't checked the inventory for a long time."

"Then go and check it out." Professor Kazer said.

Professor Palmer Tomlinson said decisively: "No problem. I'll go check it out right away."

Professor Kazer nodded and said: "Let Professor Lily go with you."

Professor Palmer Tomlinson frowned and said: "What do you mean?"