573 Divination Spells
On the second floor of the Flynn Manor, inside a guest room that faced the main street, Adam and Elysande stood by the window, glancing at Alvertos leaving the manor.
Elysande's eyes flashed with complicated emotions as she asked, "Are you sure about this?"
"We can never be completely certain," said Adam in a flat tone, gazing at Alvertos disappear amidst the crowd.
The youth then looked at Elysande and solemnly said, "However, I am certain about one thing."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "All those years back when I healed your father, Alvertos was the one who was showing the most hostility to me. Although, he did an excellent job to conceal it."
"But how do you know that?" Elysande tried to come up with a counter. "You both have never seen eye to eye, to begin with. What if... you're just biased against him?"
Alvertos was the Flynn Family's longest-serving retainer. The patriarch of the family, Brigham Flynn, had taken him in when the latter had only just advanced to a Mana Foundation Magus.
Moreover, Alvertos had been working under the family since before Elysande was born. To the eldest daughter of the Flynn Family, Alvertos was no different than a relative who had raised her.
"If I was biased, I would have told you and the patriarch to deal with him all those years ago," said Adam as he took out a handful of rice from his earring and placed them on the window sill.
Then, he waved his hand and covered it with a layer of his mana, enchanting it in the process.
"Besides, I'm very sensitive to other people's emotions and intent," he added.
Elysande remained silent for a while. If she thought about the whole situation logically, then Alvertos was indeed the number one suspect behind the poisoning of her father. After all, he was the closest to him.
Despite that, her emotions clouded her judgment and she couldn't bring herself to believe this theory.
Her father was also the same, yet he had allowed Adam to keep his eyes on Alvertos for all these years to see if his speculations were true.
No one wanted to find the motive behind the poisoning more than Brigham Flynn himself.
CAW! CAW!
Suddenly, a raven perching on a nearby building came flying toward the Flynn Manor. Its attention was drawn by the enchanted rice that Adam had just kept on the window sill.
The youth opened the window and allowed the bird to land on the sill and begin eating the rice.
"Good bird," Adam chuckled lightly.
Then, he waited for the raven to finish eating the rice before he weaved a series of complex hand signs. He then touched the raven's head with his index finger.
Rank 2 Spell: Bird Sense!
The following moment, an invisible string emerged from Adam's forehead and gently burrowed inside the raven's.
Then, the youth's eyes—including the sclera—became pitch black!
CAW! CAW!
After the connection was formed, the raven flapped its wings and flew away in Alvertos's direction.
The spell that Adam had just cast belonged to the School of Divination and allowed him to see through the raven's eyes and hear everything it heard.
At the same time, he extended his Sphere of Resonance to the maximum output to ensure that both the raven and Alvertos were within his sight.
She glanced at Adam and spat through gritted teeth, "Just where have you brought me?! And couldn't you at least notify me before you decided to just teleport?"
"Apologies," said Adam curtly as he looked in a certain direction. "But we would have lost track of him if we didn't hurry."
Elysande harrumphed in annoyance, but she didn't press further. She looked around at the filthy and stench-filled alley and asked, "Are we in Corvid?"
"Bosky neighborhood to be precise," Adam answered.
Elysande was visibly taken aback. She couldn't help but think to herself in shock, We've arrived so far in just a few moments?! Unbelievable!
She then saw Adam conjure a forked twig from his earring and give it to her.
"Here, hold this for me," he said. "Be careful. It's a special material component for a spell."
Elysande did as told, placing the forked twig on her palm. "What're you doing?"
"Divining the location of the object Alvertos is carrying," said Adam as he weaved a set of complex hand signs.
Following that, a small magic circle lit up on top of Elysande's palm where the twig was placed. The twig hovered for a moment before falling back down on her palm.
However, Adam wasn't discouraged. He had placed several markers on the items he had observed Alvertos carry in his day-to-day life.
It was reasonable that he would leave most of these items behind if he was going to contact someone from the Umbra Thieves.
But how exactly was Adam sure that Alvertos was carrying an item that he had marked? What if the old man was carrying none of the marked items?
Because Adam had already divined the results of this mission before leaving his house. The divination showed him that he would get good results from this mission!
After failing to get a reaction from the spell for about half a dozen times, Adam finally succeeded.
Rank 2 Spell: Trace Object!
The forked twig glowed with an ethereal light as it hovered above Elysande's palm. Then, it rotated on the spot for a few times before finally pointing in a certain direction.
Seeing this, Adam's lips curled up into a slight smirk. He glanced at Elysande and instructed, "Stay close. I'm going to cast a few spells on us. Then, we'll go after the bastard."
Elysande's expression turned extremely solemn and she took a step closer to the youth, standing shoulder to shoulder with him.
From the corner of her eyes, she saw brilliant white lotus patterns glowing on the surface of Adam's dark pupils. For a moment, she fell into a trance before she hurriedly looked away.
Being able to cast spells without any magical components... so mysterious! She thought in fear and wonder.
The following moment, Adam cast three spells back to back.
Rank 2 Spell: Silence!
Rank 2 Spell: Invisible!
Rank 2 Spell: Odorless!
Then, the two Magi gradually phased out of existence as if being erased from reality itself.
Sorry guys I haven't been regular lately. Life's been a little hectic recently, but I got no excuse. Will do my best to update regularly. Apologies once again!
Esenel