After managing to escape the conversation that almost turned into an interrogation, I headed towards the cafeteria following teacher Frey's advice. I was very lucky that the table masters didn't insist on asking about what I did during the test, when I changed the subject in a very not-so-subtle way they didn't insist on the previous question, it would be really hard to answer the questions they would probably ask for me without looking like a liar in front of teacher Frey, Master James and Dimas may even accept some vague explanations or sweat teacher Frey as a shield, but teacher Frey knows me too well and he would easily see the flaws of a made-up story.
My meal in the cafeteria was normal, unfortunately I didn't even see an acquaintance in the cafeteria that was starting to fill up, which was a somewhat unusual sight, since this test started the number of students at the institute decreased a lot despite not having seen the report on how many students left the institute teacher Liv told me before the test started that she believed that more than half of the institute's students fled or were expelled. I was quite surprised by her statement at the time, but now this is the first time I see that actually so few students at the institute at a time that should normally have had a lot of students gathered, so far, I was focused on more important things. and my schedule ended up causing me to avoid the cafeteria at peak times.
When I checked into my room, I not only saw Wulfgar who was sleeping so soundly that he didn't even notice my presence entering the room, I found all of my equipment that had been learned before I entered the audition. Looks like they just dumped my stuff in my room, I couldn't find a single clue that anything was done with my weapons or armor, which is good news.
The rest of my day I spent resting, when I fell on my bed I completely blacked out, it seems I underestimated how much my mind got stressed during the test. Being exposed for so long to the illusion element is really tiring, I don't doubt that if the test took a few more days, I would have managed to keep my mind clear, I would probably be a lot more paranoid and do some stupid things for being too tired to think straight.
After resting I started thinking about the test and the new information, I got from talking to three rune meters, I really found that aura armament uncle interesting. If it weren't so difficult and a little risky to get one of them, I'd even be willing to try to figure out how much it would take to create one, but I doubt I have the money for it or will be able to get enough money to order one. of these weapons in a short time so there is no need to find out how much one of these weapons costs. According to Lofar a normal aura weapon already costs almost twelve times more than my current sword, I would not doubt that the Eliure family must have spent a small fortune making the three-aura weaponry that were unable to give the victory. for your family members.
The next day I found out that the test result hadn't come out yet, but when I got back to my room after having breakfast with Hilda, it put a black envelope on my bed. I had two hypotheses about the threatening envelope, one it was poisoned the second it was a message from the headmistress who would screw me and it was delivered in that threatening way just for her amusement.
After seeing that there isn't even one kind of energy in the black envelope, I still open it, but without touching it directly and with an aura barrier around my body, being careful is always a wise attitude, but inside the envelope it only helps a note telling me to go to an empty third floor room, I've never been there before so I have no idea what kind of room it is, but at the end of the note a black scissors mark that is obviously designed to be threatening.
It looks like the letter was made by the principal, I wonder why she wants to see me, I doubt it will be something as simple as getting rewards, I'm pretty sure I'll have problems after I go there, but it's a shame I don't even have no other option than going to that room now, according to whether I should only have twenty minutes to get there or I'll be late and suffer some punishment from the principal.
I checked with still a few minutes to spare to the room that was marked on the ticket. Upon entering the room, I find a modest and somewhat characterless office, it's quite common, I expected something more in line with the director's style, this room is quite empty, but before I knew it, I was no longer alone in the room, I heard porcelain clattering on the sofa in one corner of the room.
Headmistress and teacher Balder were having coffee with some cookies, I'm shocked, but what shocked me wasn't the two of them having coffee on the couch, but that I hadn't noticed their presence on the couch until I heard the headmistress filling her. Cup of coffee.
I walked into the room with my guard up and not only didn't I see any of them before, the room was empty for me, I didn't see a single mana or elemental energy in the entire room. Even now that I can't see anything, the room is empty for me.
A huge smile appeared on the headmistress' face.
"Is there a problem, Ulric? Are you not feeling well or is there something different going on?"
She did something, this is a trap.
"Relax, it's not like I gained something by doing harm to you boy. But I'm impressed that the sweat is running down your forehead and that your skin has gone a few shades paler, you've held on pretty tight. It must be very upsetting to be blind all of a sudden?"
I'm Screwed.
"People with special sensory abilities tend to panic when they are deprived of their ability. This must be the first time you've gone blind, Ulric?"
A silence formed in the room until it was broken when the headmistress started laughing like a fairy tale villain, even Balder who was on the headmistress' side was embarrassed by her headmistress' behavior. When she stopped laughing, she took out an unusual piece of black wood, even from this distance I could see several runes carved into the surface of the small piece of wood in the headmistress' hand.
Even without being able to see the energy in the room, I can guess that this piece of wood and matrix control is restricting me, and the headmistress must be deactivating it or I'm going to be pretty screwed.
My world has normalized, and I can finally see the aura of the director and Balder. I looked at the floor, but apart from a wall of mana on the floor and some runes etched into it I can't find anything unusual in the room, it seems this matrix has its own form of concealment that kept me from seeing it.
"But comfortable? Why don't you sit with us, have you had breakfast?"
I still feel pretty uncomfortable, but I follow the principal's request and sit in a chair next to the sofa she's on.
"May I ask why I was called here and trapped in a matrix like that?"
"I was a lesson to you, Ulric. You were an idiot during the test, you knew you were being watched, but even so you showed the ability of your eyes, if you want to keep your secret Ulric a secret, you mustn't do that kind of idiocy anymore. You're lucky I covered for you this time, but even so there's still a chance that rumors about you will spread."
Before I can answer the principal, I continue to berate myself.
"I've known about the ability of your eyes for a long time, I know your mother and father, Ulric. I'm not friends with them or I'm friends with their enemies, but the moment I saw your last name I kept an eye on you, it wasn't hard to find out that you inherited the ability from your father's eyes. You're as dumb as he was, he tried to keep his abilities a secret too, but he ended up trusting the wrong people and his secret became public to some groups of people, before you ask, I don't know who killed your father, I just knew that he disappeared."
"Before you ask why I have been helping you is because you are interesting, with the ability of your eyes you have excelled a lot in learning about runes and even in the elemental arts, you have great potential and now you owe me. Now you can ask a few questions, then I'll tell you about the test results."
It's a lot of information for me to process in such a short time, but it looks like I'm not that screwed up, but I still feel like the headmistress has some evil plans that involve me.