-643- [ Cannibal Candy ]

As fellow students from the same academy, and with one being ranked 4th and the other 6th, it's not surprising for Charl and Felix to know each other.

Moreover, Felix being the head of the disciplinary committee and Charl being a student who has engaged in numerous extreme violations, they must have crossed paths before.

Hence, when Rozen learned that Charl didn't want to see the disciplinary committee, he initially thought it was because this irritable girl wanted to avoid being disciplined or viewed the disciplinary committee as enemies.

Now, Rozen realizes Charl simply couldn't naturally interact with Felix, so she wanted to avoid him, right?

The subtle atmosphere pervading the scene serves as evidence.

Felix looked surprised as he glanced at Charl.

Charl felt awkward, avoiding eye contact, clearly reluctant to face Felix.

The other disciplinary committee members, following behind Felix, were puzzled at first, then furrowed their brows.

"Could the commotion earlier be caused by 'T-Rex' again?"

"It's her again."

The disciplinary committee members whispered to each other.

It's evident that Charl doesn't have a good impression in the eyes of others.

In this situation, only Felix looked at Rozen and then at Charl.

"What's the matter?" Felix asked Charl with concern. "Are you hurt?"

This caring demeanor stood in stark contrast to others.

"I-I'm fine," Charl replied, seeming uncomfortable with Felix's attitude or maybe just feeling shy. She tried to sound indifferent, avoiding his gaze. "I just accidentally twisted my ankle."

"Is that so?" Felix felt somewhat relieved, but quickly turned concerned. "In that case, I'll escort you to the infirmary."

Upon hearing this, Charl had an excessive reaction.

"No need!"

Almost without thinking, Charl replied, sounding agitated.

But then, Charl realized she had overreacted and became flustered.

Felix, seemingly oblivious to this, showed a slightly hurt expression.

"Same as before, still very averse to me," Felix said with a faint smile, a smile tinged with sadness. He continued, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to make you dislike me. If you don't want me to take you, then let someone you trust take you to the infirmary."

"I-it's not like that..." Charl tried to explain, but she seemed unable to put it into words.

Unaware of this, Felix shifted his gaze from Charl back to Rozen.

"Sorry, Mr. Arneet, could you please explain what just happened?" Felix resumed his official tone.

Charl fell silent, her fair face slightly pale as if something had deeply affected her.

Rozen, who observed this scene, made no particular reaction and responded casually, "It's not a big deal, actually."

With a brief explanation of the situation, Felix understood what had happened.

"I see, so you were attacked?" Felix said somewhat resignedly. "Though such incidents are common in this academy since, strictly speaking, everyone is a competitor, I would prefer if we could stop such behavior. It's quite a headache."

"Indeed," Rozen didn't oppose, shrugging. "Being attacked by small fry like this is getting old."

During his time at the Onmyoudou Academy, Rozen had also been targeted by Yakou's Followers, and it had been quite annoying.

Now, at Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart, he had no need to worry about attacks like back then.

After all, unlike in his days at the Onmyoudou Academy, Rozen now had both Kinu and Gyokuto. With these two powerful assets, even if Rozen himself had no guard, others wouldn't find it easy to harm him.

However, Felix's inquiry was not over.

"Did you manage to see the assailant clearly?" Felix asked.

"No," Rozen shook his head and explained, "While I could sense the flow of magic, I didn't get a clear look at their appearance. They likely used some magic to deliberately hide their features, so it seems they were using a puppet, and the one controlling the puppet didn't show their face."

This was indeed the truth.

Although Rozen had various detection abilities, among them, Spirit Vision was used to observe the flow of magic and spiritual energy, Heaven's Eye was for investigating the surrounding environment, and Mind's Eye was for deciphering phenomena. There was no effect like night vision or enhanced vision. Consequently, Rozen couldn't clearly see the attacker's face.

Even among the many spells Rozen knew, there were spells to enhance vision or provide farsight, but at that time, Rozen was flying in the air, and the assailant was swiftly maneuvering through the forest. Besides the cover of darkness and trees, it seemed the assailant used some form of concealment magic. Therefore, Rozen couldn't get a clear view of the attacker.

The only thing he could confirm was that the assailant was a puppet.

"For a human, it's impossible to move so fast and agilely like a wild beast and simultaneously use magic to conceal their appearance, unless they wield magical tools," Rozen explained.

Moreover, the assailant had endured Rozen's two spells, yet didn't even spew a drop of blood. Based on this, Rozen deduced the assailant was not a human but a puppet.

"Also," Rozen added with a smile, "they were quite strong. Escaping from my grasp, they must possess abilities equal to the 'Thirteen.'"

Rozen thus alerted Felix.

"An assailant of that caliber?"

Felix was momentarily stunned, then his expression turned serious.

Meanwhile, Charl, who had been squatting on the ground, suddenly realized something and exclaimed in astonishment.

"Could it be 'Cannibal Candy'!?"

"Cannibal Candy."

When this name escaped Charl's lips, the expressions of everyone present changed.

"Could it be him?"

"He has resurfaced?"

One by one, the disciplinary committee members started buzzing with noise.

This made Rozen furrow his brow.

"What is that?" Rozen directly asked.

But...

"Don't worry, Mr. Arneet. We will do our best to find the assailant," Felix smiled at Rozen, making this promise and entrusting a task to him.

"We will stay here to gather evidence. Could you please take Charl to the infirmary?"

Felix's implication was clear: they wanted the bystanders to leave.

Rozen narrowed his eyes slightly at this, but he chose not to question further.

Charl bit her lip, her demeanor heavy.

An attack aimed at Rozen seemed to have unveiled new mysteries.

In the end, under the disciplinary committee's clearance, Rozen and Charl left the scene.