Volume 8 Chapter 52: Everything Lining Up

The next few days were the usual as the students continued their free studies in different classrooms. However,

"There are few people in this class," Students from other classes who came here had disappeared.

"I suppose they found the lectures too demanding." Despite the limited number of lectures, those conducted were at an S-class level. The rapid pace of these lectures was understandably overwhelming for the students.

"This is the level I must work to be in S-class," Jack groaned. He couldn't believe it. This was a tall wall he would need to scale one day.

"The fact that you're still here means you haven't given up," Scarlet grinned.

"That's because it wouldn't be fun without you guys." Jack would have to sit there without anyone to talk to. It would definitely be a dull day.

While they talked, Alfia frowned as she turned to the others. Keith may not have been saying it, but the others realized it. Carolyn was talking with a bunch of girls. It was their group on one side and the princess on the other. However, it seemed Keith and Carolyn understood as they continued to converse.

They were distancing themselves from one another.

"Are they going to be alright?" Herrick muttered to Gabriel. Even this guy felt the strange distance the two of them had. Gabriel took a deep breath, "There's nothing we can do about this. And I think it's normal."

"But it doesn't seem right either," There was something definitely off with all of this.

"Didn't they go on a date or something?" Just a few days ago, Keith had gone out with Carolyn. So it was strange they were acting like this now.

"...The only thing we could do is watch," Gabriel could guess what had occurred. There was really nothing they could do since it was between these two. And he wasn't the only person who realized something was up as Alfia and a few others saw this.

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"Are we really not going to help the two out?" Jack and Gabriel were now walking in the hallway. The two decided to go to the bathroom. Gabriel questioned, "What can we do to help them?" There was really nothing; the two knew each other for so long. They might even screw it up, to be honest.

"But the thought about Carolyn being with another man is weird," Keith and Carolyn; the two were practically joined to the hip. And it was mostly because of the girl.

"Does Keith not know about her feelings?" It was apparent to everyone that the girl liked him.

"I think out of everyone, he should know about it." Gabriel sighed as the two walked. As the two were about to turn the hallway,

"I can't believe those two are getting married!"

"..." Jack and Gabriel froze as they turned to one another. Getting married? This discussion had to be about Alger and Carolyn.

"Senior Alger is so lucky, I can't believe he's being engaged to Carolyn." This student sighed; he had a crush on the princess.

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"Lucky? This had nothing to do with luck, you fools." A haughty laugh came out of his mouth.

"What do you mean?"

"Her marriage with Alger is nothing more than political. My big brother is going to be king once this happens!" Doyle laughed as he said this.

"That foolish idiot doesn't even know either! She's going to be sacrificed!"

"..." Jack and Gabriel's eyes widened. When the two heard of that, they quickly walked away, "Is what he's saying true?" Doyle was not a person they could really trust.

Yet, what Keith said about the infighting was fresh in their minds.

"No, it has to be true," Gabriel took a deep breath. This guy definitely has some gripes with Carolyn. But to hear all of that meant that Alger wasn't doing it to get something from the Solis Kingdom.

"Listen to me, Jack. We need to tell the others."

"Yeah," Jack nodded.

"…" Gabriel and Jack then told everyone about this. There was a heavy silence in the air between everyone. Herrick slammed his fist, "So that guy is basically using Carolyn to get to her coins!"

"Wait a moment," Sarah paused, "There's no reason for the Philosopher Kingdom to do something like that. In terms of abilities, they're higher than the Solis Kingdom."

"This has to do with the Solis Kingdom's fight for power," Krystal sighed.

"Eh?" Besides the three who were with him, the others were confused.

"There's no point in hiding anything." Krystal then explained everything that had occurred in her family, Keith's meeting with Oscar, and how Felix was planning to use Carolyn for political gain.

"What the hell is going on in your kingdom?!" Herrick slapped his head.

"But how does Carolyn tie into all of this."

"Alfia, Scarlet." Krystal turned to the girls. She knew the elf and the demon had been doing something behind everyone's back. But she chose not to say anything since it didn't seem harmful. But it had to tie back to Keith.

"Alfia, you need to tell them everything," "Yeah." Since Krystal had brought everything out, it was time to reveal what they found,

"I think the thing Alger wanted is Carolyn's abilities."

"Hmm?"

Gabriel, Krystal, and Faelyn instantly understood everything.

"Scarlet and I had been researching Alger, and we found he had dated a few girls with silver hair. Don't you think it's kinda odd?"

"…Carolyn also has silver hair as well."

"Mmhmm. There's too much to be a coincidence. And what difference do they have to her? The power," Carolyn was the only one who had that power. It was not something others had.

"The Philosopher Kingdom is also known to be a magical weapon kingdom."

"..." An eerie feeling surrounded the entire room.

"Dorm Mother Diana, can we get your take on this?" These great spirits have lived longer than all of them. They should have known something was up.

"This is more of Nephele's expertise." The wind was everywhere. With it, it would bring voices over.

Nephele thought, "It has been quite some time since I heard anything about the Philosopher Kingdom." The last time she heard about it was around 800 years ago. Even she can't recall everything that far back.

"But when you talk about the power Carolyn used," Nephele thought, "If I remembered correctly, I heard that the saintess of the Philosopher kingdom used the same element."

“…” The original founder of the Philosopher Kingdom was the saintess, and Carolyn had the same thing.

"….Don't tell me they wanted to use her power for their own."

Thud.

Everyone turned around to see Keith at the door. He had dropped his bag on the ground. That was the last straw as he quickly dashed out of the island.

"Damn!!!"

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