Volume 9 Chapter 2: I Have A Recording!

"That's great," That girl knows when to move now. Whatever she wanted, she would take action. It was completely different from the other times. The meek princess took a step forward.

Keith brought the food outside.

"Everyone is so quick to come out."

"When you say chocolate pancakes, we have to come out as soon as possible." Sarah grinned. The man placed the food down, and everyone started to eat. As they did so,

"So delicious."

"And the gentle air is so nice."

It was the perfect ambiance. The group continued eating like so until Alfia said, "We should be careful going forward in class today."

"Yeah," Keith and the others nodded, understanding what the girl meant by this. Herrick and Melor tilted their heads, "Huh? What do you mean?"

"People will discuss what occurred between the Philosopher Kingdom and the Solis Kingdom. We're definitely going to be questioned." News about the situation definitely spread across every other kingdom. All of them were out of class to attend the wedding. Of course, some people would definitely ask them, wanting some answers.

"This is especially so with you, Carolyn."

"Yeah, I'm prepared for this," Carolyn nodded. Even before Alfia said this, she knew she would be questioned about what had occurred.

"Good," Alfia nodded, "We'll all just say we didn't know anything and that they couldn't see the weapon with all those bright flashes?"

"Sure," Gabriel and the others agreed. Scarlet muttered, "We should also say some information as well. We don't want anyone to spread random rumors about it." What was more dangerous was having no information. Some people might do something drastic.

"Yeah, I think we can talk about Alger's facade."

"Mmhmm." The others nodded to that.

"And someone needs to keep their mouth shut with all of this," When that was said, a few eyes turned to one said person.

"What?" Keith sipped his espresso, "How am I supposed to say anything about it? I was sick."

"…" You're really going to keep this up? Carolyn may not say it, and he had bought off Tennol and Aidiun, but about everyone on this island knew who Masked Thief was.

You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

"By the way, Keith. How are you getting used to the grand-level magic?" Cadmus questioned.

...He got it from you?

Figures. This dragon had to have a bunch of ancient magic on him. It was no surprise where Keith had obtained it from.

"Yeah, he gave me a giant chocolate cake. It was such a good deal," Cadmus grinned. He remembered that giant cake. It was pretty delicious.

"..." No words came out from the others. He really bought you off with such a cake?

"Yeah, I got used to it." Learning how to use it was easy. Learning Thunder Trident made it more accessible. Also, it was another lightning grand-level magic, so it was straightforward enough.

"..." Are you really going to deny it still?

"Keith! If you can use another grand-level magic, then can't you do what Masked Thief did?!" Melor questioned.

Herrick rapidly nodded, "Yeah, he was using the same magic as you. If you can do it simultaneously, you can probably do the same thing."

"..." Are you two playing around or something? Everyone looked at them like idiots. There was no need to ask that question because Masked Thief was this person! These two were the only ones who didn't know who Masked Theif was!

"I think I can. I have to try and find out," Keith grinned.

"…" You're just going to play it off?

"But on a serious note, who were the masked sisters?" Another question was brought up.

"Yeah, I felt like I smelled them before," Herrick caught a light whiff, reminding him of someone. But he couldn't make heads of who it was.

"I don't think you did, Herrick. There were so many people." Diana was sweating!

"It was subtle. It was definitely something I smelled before." Herrick continued to think about it. However,

"Alright! You all need to go to class! Time to pack up!" Diana quickly shouted.

Nephele muttered, "I thought it was pretty fun." She was the only one who enjoyed being Masked Wind. Udine didn't care so much about it.

...

And what Alfia said was correct; a bunch of girls had surrounded the group, trying to figure out what had occurred. Scarlet and Alfia took the brunt of it.

"Not going to help Alfia out?"

"Mmhmm, I'm going to sit here and relax." Faelyn nodded, knowing she would only cause trouble if she went there.

"But it's nothing compared to her." The one who was getting surrounded the most was none other than Carolyn! That group was twice the size of the other two!

"Carolyn, are you alright?!"

"What happened at the church?!"

"I really can't answer all of these questions," Carolyn tried to wave them off. Keith was sitting on the sidelines reading a book.

But that caused Krystal to question, "Are we really not going to help her?"

"Nope, she said she could handle it. So I'm letting her handle this." Keith continued to read like there was nothing wrong with all of this.

Krystal scratched her head, "Kinda evil." The princess was swarmed on all sides.

"Who said I wasn't? Also, shouldn't you get questioned as well?"

"They don't dare get close to me." Not unless they want to get hurt. How they treated her was fresh on their minds.

"...I see."

As Carolyn was getting swarmed, one person questioned, "But who is this Masked Thief?"

"Are the two of you getting married?!"

"Can't say anything." Carolyn's cheeks turned red. That only made the girls question her even more! There was definitely something going on between the two!

"But he's just like the male lead in the play!"

"No! He's better!"

Obviously, they were talking about the novel.

"I saw everything; Masked Thief whisked her away like a hero!" Out came an orb with a recording of what had occurred. In it was Masked Thief princess carrying Carolyn.

"Kya!"

Crash! There was a loud banging sound. Everyone turned around to see that there was none other than Keith, who made such a sound.

"What's the matter with him?"

"Nothing," Krystal waved everyone off, "He's just acting stupid."

"Yeah, don't need to worry about him." Faelyn waved as well.