-1312- Look forward to your guidance

Seeing Todo Touka slump on the ground before him, looking frightened and terrified, and with the stirring of his Beast Vassals inside him, how could Rozen not guess what had happened?

"Todo Senpai."

Rozen looked directly at Todo Touka and spoke.

"What did you just do to me?"

This was the only question Rozen had.

Just a moment ago, when Todo Touka removed her glasses, Rozen glimpsed the activation of mana and a certain ability for a brief instant.

Immediately afterward, for some unknown reason, Todo Touka showed such an expression, broke out in a sweat, trembled all over, and his Beast Vassals stirred, indicating to Rozen that Todo Touka did something to him that drew the attention of his Beast Vassals and woke them up.

Rozen had some idea of what Todo Touka did to him, but he couldn't be completely certain.

Thus, Rozen could only confirm:

"Did Senpai activate some ability on me?"

Rozen asked calmly.

This made Todo Touka lift her little face, still showing traces of fear and disbelief, as if finding it incredible, and spoke.

"Just now..."

Todo Touka was utterly shaken, unable to pull herself together.

Rozen deliberately ignored this.

"Did Todo Senpai activate some ability on me just now?"

Rozen continued to ask.

"I'm sorry." Todo Touka apologized reflexively: "That's just an ability I usually use, I didn't mean any harm."

Speaking of which, it is necessary to mention Todo Touka's ability.

Todo Touka is a lightning mage who specializes in natural interference.

In other words, she has the ability to manipulate lightning.

Using this ability, combined with her superb physical and sword skills, Todo Touka became the strongest knight in Hagun Academy, admired by many.

Humans are complex machines of life.

Human actions are controlled by neural signals sent by the brain.

In other words, if one can sense the neural signals of the opponent, they can predict the opponent's next move by tracking the neural signals in the opponent's body and even understand the opponent's physiological state through commands in endorphin secretion.

Todo Touka achieved this through her ability.

"Using my ability to sense the flow of electric signals within the opponent's body, reading the opponent's mental, emotional, and thought processes. Once I restrict my vision, the information I can perceive is even more than what my eyes can see. By grasping this information, seeing through the opponent becomes incredibly easy, even detecting bodily conditions that the opponent themselves is unaware of. This is my Noble Art — 〈Electroreception〉."

Because of this, Todo Touka intended to use 〈Electroreception〉 to peek into Rozen's heart and thoughts, to see what extraordinary qualities this mysterious freshman possessed.

Unfortunately, Todo Touka did not know that Rozen had twelve Beast Vassals of calamity and beyond-calamity levels residing in his blood.

Including Kinu and Hokuto, along with ten Beast Vassals from the Fourth Primogenitor, Rozen kept all twelve familiars nourished in his blood with internal seals for mana supply, avoiding the need for secondary summoning and ensuring full power despite lacking sufficient magical power in normal conditions.

Thus, Kinu, Hokuto, and the ten Primogenitor-level Beast Vassals always stayed within Rozen's body, ready to be summoned at any time.

As a result, when Todo Touka recklessly peered into Rozen's body, she inadvertently angered the twelve monsters, causing them to awaken simultaneously.

Unfortunately, Todo Touka's ability involves peering into neural signals and detecting others' hearts and thoughts.

Hence, in the moment when the twelve Beast Vassals awakened, their rage, ferocity, and cold emotions all flowed towards Todo Touka through her peering, ultimately leading her to see the twelve familiars and causing great turmoil within her.

"I... I really didn't know that you..."

Todo Touka stammered, looking at Rozen with trepidation.

Rozen could only feel helpless.

This was truly an unexpected disaster.

If it was as Todo Touka said, then she must have tried to use this ability to read Rozen's heart and thoughts, which triggered the reaction of the Beast Vassals.

But actually, even without the Beast Vassals' fury, Todo Touka wouldn't have been able to read Rozen's heart and thoughts.

After all, although Rozen usually let Kinu reside in his blood for convenience and concealment, he always wore the ring formed by Gyokuto.

With Gyokuto guarding the aspects of spirit and soul, Todo Touka's 〈Electroreception〉 couldn't possibly penetrate Rozen's heart and thoughts.

Even though not as outwardly active as Kinu, Gyokuto always quietly guarded Rozen internally, never failing in its duty.

So, even if Todo Touka was left alone, it wouldn't have mattered at all.

As a result, the twelve Beast Vassals, out of their protective instinct, inadvertently exposed their existence.

This now made Rozen a bit troubled.

As expected...

"Arneet-san, what on earth..."

Todo Touka uncertainly asked.

Seeing this, Rozen sighed inwardly, but his face remained calm and composed, shrugging indifferently.

"Well, everyone has their circumstances. I do too, and I have some secrets that are difficult to share. If possible, I'd appreciate it if Senpai could keep this a secret."

Rozen said this simply.

But Todo Touka seemed to have an epiphany on her own.

"Is that why you're not participating in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival?"

Todo Touka understood it this way.

Clearly, Todo Touka believed that, for some reason, Rozen had a terrifying power residing within him and was choosing not to show his true strength to prevent this power from going berserk.

Rozen understood Todo Touka's thoughts and decided to go along with it.

"Just think of it that way. Don't say anything, don't ask anything, and I'll be very grateful."

Rozen sincerely requested.

This finally calmed Todo Touka's inner turmoil and shock. She took a deep breath and returned to normal.

"I was the one who did something rude on my own. I'm already very grateful that Arnett-san is not holding it against me."

Todo Touka put her glasses back on, stood up, dusted herself off, and looked at Rozen seriously.

"But since Arnett-san has such a terrifying power inside, I hope you can be careful. If there's anything I can help with, please feel free to ask. I may have limited power, but I won't hesitate to help."

Todo Touka made this declaration, her expression full of sincerity.

Seeing this, Rozen understood why this student council president was considered perfect in both character and strength.

Even though she had just made a big blunder, Todo Touka indeed had a righteous and upright heart, making her a knight worthy of respect.

"I understand," Rozen said with a slight smile. "I look forward to your guidance."

"Likewise." Todo Touka finally smiled and bowed her head. "I look forward to your guidance."

And thus, Rozen met the strongest student council president of Hagun Academy and formed a bit of a friendship.