Chapter 53

Chapter 53

When Shirone turned the cover, there was an article written along with an illustration of a female student he believed to be from the Advanced class.

The magazine mainly consisted of trivial stories and incidents, but that was the off-putting part. Someone had put in the work to find all of these things out.

Wow.

The most shocking thing was the illustrators drawing skills. It was as if the drawings were real.

Is this really done by one person?

Every time Shirone turned a page, he awed in amazement.

Why make gossip magazines? With their skill, they could have been a renowned painter.

Then he saw a familiar figure that made him stop turning the page.

Huh?

It was Amy Karmis.

Of course, she wasnt drawn any worse than the others, but what caught Shirones eye was her daily routine.

The things she did during break and who she ate with, everything was written in detail.

Shirone couldnt find his name.

They really have nothing to do.

Shirone felt strange hearing about her daily life in detail through someone elses writing.

Nade read his mind.

What are you so angry about? She ate with her classmates. She can choose to eat with other male students from the Advanced Class, no?

Yiruki cackled.

Cant you tell just from Shiros personality? I dont think theyre even dating. Hey, be honest with me. You guys havent even held hands yet, right?

Shirone threw the book he was holding.

Hmph, mind your own business. Anyways, stop looking into stuff like this. Lets please do something productive. Were still a research group. How can we be like this all day?

Realizing that studying with them was out of the picture, Shirone decided to find something he could do with his friends.

If so, why dont we check out Nades invention? The list of patents of Nade the Wiz.

Nade leaped to his feet.

Right! There was that. Alright, Shirone. You will be really surprised, so look forward to it.

Nade crawled back under the table. Shirone bent down, curious to see what was inside the garbage dump, and was surprised to see a safe concealed among the trash.

Tada!

Nade took something out, but nothing was visible to Shirone.

What?

Then, when Nade waved his arm, Shirone felt like the area around his hand was wavering based on a certain boundary.

No way!

Haha! Yeah! Its an invisibility cloak!

An object that refracted light with electrical power and created an illusion that made it seem as if light passed through it.

You really made it? This?

Electric magic was often just used for or associated with lighting or electric attacks, but in reality, that field of magic was divided into many more branches and series.

One of them was the illusion branch that dealt with virtual vision. Nade created a magic weapon that had the same effect as the Invisibility magic that caused the transparency effect.

Though it wasnt his original invention, being able to produce the invisible cloak required the ability of an incumbent professional.

My dream is to become a magic engineer. Of course, compared to those expensive invisibility cloaks out in the market, this is nothing. The material is low quality, and not to mention the charging ability is insufficient. It only lasts an hour. But still, not bad, right?

Nade put on the cloak. His figure disappeared

The quality of the invisibility cloak depended on the refractive index of light, and if it fell below 95%, it could not be considered invisible anymore. So even a 1% difference was the criterion for determining its technological prowess.

Currently, Nades item was not 99%, which was the industrys best, but it had a high enough refractive index of light to be called transparent.

When Nade moved, a blurred boundary could be detected.

However, when he was standing still, the boundary was almost nonexistent

Shirone suddenly thought of something.

PR/N: Victims of Black Magician would beg to differ.

And now, just by looking at the members of the Supernatural Psychic Science Research Group, Black Magician would be seen as a joke.

This is a ticking bomb. Considering their talents, if they decide to do something together, itd definitely be huge. The problem is if an accident occurs It could lead to the biggest accident in this academys history.

The research group had very unique members.

Nade was average during class time, but he showed off his agility and nimbleness like no other while focusing on research-group related projects.

Yiruki. A troublemaker of Class 5. He was born with the Savant Syndrome.

Now, the star student of the academy, Shirone, had squeezed his way in between those two.

No matter how hard she tried to imagine them together, she couldnt. So how were they able to get along so well together?

Was one talent attracting another? Well, I guess if its Nade and Yiruki, they could happily get along. But

The problem was that Shirone was in a dangerous state.

She had to prevent him, who awakened the Immortal Function, from falling into Overflow.

Ethella said he could overcome it himself, but there was always that one-in-a-million chance of something going wrong. It was better to be safe than sorry.

And if that one-in-a-million chance became a reality, then Shirones life would forever be changed.

While deep in thought, Estas stopped.

Without waiting a second more, Siena entered the warehouse and glared at the sign written Supernatural Psychic Science Research Group. Then she slammed open the door.

Cough! Cough!

Through the crazy amount of dust, she saw three hazy figures. Shirone and his friends were sitting down.

As expected, they were smiling without showing any sign of surprise.

Of course, to Siena, this was a familiar sight.

The only difference was that all the little devils that she had conflicts with graduated, and a new member was there.

How come kids change into this whenever they join this research group? Seems even Shirone is not immune

Normally, Shirone would have greeted her with a smile, but right now he had the perfect poker face. She understood a little, but to say she wasnt disappointed in the slightest would be a lie.

Next to Nade, who had an overconfident expression and sat with crossed legs, was Yiruki, who had his back flat against the chair like a delinquent.

Hmph.

Siena approached them with a snort. The atmosphere was enough to make any normal instructor walk right out the door exactly how they entered.

Not even gonna greet your instructor?

Nade gave a sniff.

Guess we were too engrossed in our discussion and missed you there. Welcome.

Nades relaxed appearance as the president was a complete shift from his usual quiet attitude in class.

The students research group, which was an autonomous organization, was very wary of instructor interference. Thanks to that wariness, however, they were able to rise to their current position as an axle of the magic academy community.

Hmph. Yeah? All right. Youre trying to say you guys are a research group, arent you? Fine, be that way. But today will mark the last page of your research group.

Approval had already been given by the Instructors Committee.

Nade questioned.

Anyways, whats the big issue of the day? Ive been keeping a low profile these days.

An official notice regarding your research group has been given. I came to tell you directly. Isnt that what instructors should do?

Then please sit.

Nade wiped the seat. His attitude showed no hint of a guilty conscience.

Thank you. While youre at it, why not provide a cup of tea?

You know, I would love to, but I dont think youd trust the tea wed give you.

Siena laughed.

She guessed that there was no cold water, let alone tea, in such a shabby warehouse.

Perhaps she didnt hate these kids as much as the previous ones because they had such a witty way of talking.

Alright. You successfully made me slightly nervous. Ill get straight to the point. The Instructors Committee has decided. I would like for you guys to vacate this laboratory within a month.

WHAT?!

All three pairs of eyes popped open.