Investigation (12)

With this demonstration, there was no longer any protest from either Ron or Ronnie.

Rather, they started looking at me with strange looks as if they were trying to figure out just how I had done what I had just done.

Of course, they wouldn't figure it out since I wasn't using the Detection Ward right now.

After giving them some time to satisfy their curiosity, out of fear that they would follow me because of it, I said, "I'm going in now. Stay here and stay out of trouble."

As I said this, I couldn't help feeling strange.

It was almost as if I was telling kids to behave before leaving them on their own for a bit…

That usually went very poorly, so I already had a bad premonition.

So to make sure that nothing went wrong, I gave Shaka a look as if telling him to watch over them.

Shaka revealed a bitter smile under his cloak at this, but he still gave a nod in the end.

With that, I entered the cave.