I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"I see!"

Rosalia, who was standing nearby, suddenly stood up and said this, startling even Xia'er. Just as Xia'er thought Rosalia had discovered that she was looking for the Magic Licker, Rosalia pointed at Xia'er and said:

"The cookies you secretly hid must have been discovered, right?"

"Huh...?"

Hearing Rosalia's words, Xia'er looked at Rosalia with a blank expression, not even noticing that her fork had fallen onto the plate. Sigmund, standing next to her, also had his mouth wide open, with chicken falling out of his mouth, just like Xia'er. Bronya and Lilia covered their faces, as if saying not to tell anyone that they knew Rosalia.

Eve, on the other hand, ate her pork chop rice with a completely expressionless face.

Rosalia had an OvO expression on her face when she saw everyone's silence, with question marks above her head as if she didn't understand why everyone was not talking.

Why is everyone so quiet?

Regarding Rosalia's question, Lilia, who was covering her face, said to Rosalia:

"You idiot Rosalia, don't tell anyone I know you..."

"Eh eh eh?!"

Xia'er, who looked completely bewildered, finally realized what was happening and said:

"W-what cookies?? I don't understand any of this??"

Bronya waved and said to Xia'er:

"Alright, ignore Rosalia's nonsense. Xia'er, you've been looking for that, haven't you?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er was stunned for a moment, then turned her head away in a panic and said:

"W-what?! Bronya, what are you talking about?!"

Seeing Xia'er's performance, Bronya looked at Xia'er with a speechless expression and said:

"Xia'er, hasn't anyone told you that you're not good at hiding your expressions?"

Sigmund, who was standing to the side, looked at Xia'er, who was agape, unsure of what to say, and said:

"Xia'er, I think you should tell Miss Bronya about that. I think Miss Bronya is trustworthy."

Hearing Sigmund's words, Xia'er blushed and said:

"Ugh, ugh! If you don't shut up, today's chicken for lunch will turn into chickpeas!"

"Xia'er, I'm not a little bird. I'll starve to death if I only eat beans."

Watching the two interact, Bronya gave a helpless smile, and then took out something that looked like a folder from the dimensional portal.

Chapter 717 [Bronya's Analysis]

Xia'er looked at the folder in Bronya's hand with a puzzled expression.

"This is... a folder?"

Bronya tossed the folder in her hand in front of Xia'er and said:

"Yes, it contains information about Bronya's Magic Lickers."

"Varied--?!"

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er stood up in surprise, and the noise she made immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding students. However, after seeing that the noise came from the Tyrannical King, she immediately turned her head away and prayed that the Tyrannical King had not noticed her.

Xia'er realized that her behavior was a bit too impolite, so she blushed, coughed, and sat down. Then she picked up the folder that was placed next to her. When Xia'er opened the folder, she saw a lot of things written on white paper, along with photos with various marks on them, as well as various analyses written by Bronya.

Seeing this, Xia'er stared in disbelief at the folder in her hand. She hadn't expected Bronya to have such detailed information; it was simply amazing!

To be honest, Xia'er wanted to cheer "Long live Bronya!" three times, but she held back for the sake of her pride. Bronya, who was standing next to her, didn't notice Xia'er's unusual behavior and said to her:

Bronya suggested that it would be better to wait until they got back to check, because this incident may involve a lot of people.

After hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er was taken aback for a moment before realizing that this matter was not suitable for discussion in public. Xia'er closed the folder in her hand and said to Bronya and the others:

"Okay, then let's go back to my room."

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After everyone finished eating, they went to Xia'er's room. Rosalia and Lilia looked around the room as if they were observing something.

"Hmm...it feels so ordinary."

"Yes...it looks surprisingly ordinary..."

Hearing what Rosalia and Lilia said, Xia'er looked at the two lively sisters with a speechless expression and said:

"Huh? What else did you expect my room to be like?"

However, Xia'er quickly shook her head and said:

"Forget it, now is not the time to talk about this. Let's take a look at the report you gave me, Bronya, first."

As she spoke, Xia'er looked at the contents of the folder in her hand. According to the information described in Bronya's intelligence, those victims, or rather, the victims' puppets, were...

Most of these victimized dolls were damaged, with a circular hole melted out in the location of Eve's heart, and the location of Eve's heart inside was unknown.

Xia'er also noticed that, in addition to people she didn't know, the victims of this incident included the people who attacked her and Bronya last time. Their automatons were not only destroyed, but the automatons themselves were also unfortunately missing.

Seeing this, Xia'er also looked puzzled. If it weren't for Bronya's investigation report, Xia'er herself wouldn't have noticed this important matter.

Thinking about all this, Xia'er couldn't help but ask Bronya, who was sitting on a chair to the side swinging her legs:

"Bronya, how did you get this intelligence? And why are most of the victims the same people who attacked us last time?"

Bronya looked at Xia'er with a surprised expression and said:

"Hmm? That's unexpected. Bronya thought you hadn't noticed this, Xia'er."

Hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er felt a little embarrassed. If it weren't for the fact that some of the students who attacked them had distinctive automatons, Xia'er really wouldn't have recognized them.

"You also saw that these people's automatons were basically destroyed, and then Eve's heart was ripped out, right?"

Xia'er nodded and said:

"Yes, indeed, to be honest... I find this approach quite strange..."

—She was also very angry, though Xia'er didn't say it aloud. Bronya, standing nearby, looked at Xia'er and said:

“That’s right, just like you said, Xia’er. It’s very strange. It has the ability to fuse with the outer armor of the automaton, but it only uses it to melt Eve’s heart. Why not use it to attack the automaton?”

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er also noticed the strangeness of the situation. Among all the damaged automatons, apart from the melted hole in the chest, there were no other similar attacks. The other attacks were all kinds of attack marks.

"Hmm... I can't think of anything. Besides attracting attention, I can't think of any other meaning. It feels just like Jack the Ripper."

Bronya didn't offer an explanation for Xia'er's doubts. After all, giving the answer directly might arouse Xia'er's suspicions. Bronya just wanted to warn Xia'er.

"Xia'er, you also noticed that those who attacked you have disappeared from this school as if they've vanished into thin air, haven't you?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er nodded in agreement. Although she found it strange, Bronya's reminder made Xia'er feel that the disappearances were a case of murder to cover it up. Bronya, who was standing next to Xia'er, came over and started flipping through the folder in Xia'er's hand.

When Xia'er saw Bronya suddenly sitting next to her, her face flushed slightly. The sweet, childlike scent emanating from Bronya made Xia'er's heart flutter. Bronya, unaware of Xia'er's sudden change, said to her:

“Look here, these are the times when those automatons were destroyed.”

When Xia'er came to her senses, she looked at the location Bronya was pointing to and noticed the time Bronya indicated. She realized that the time when the automatons were destroyed was very regular, mostly between 9 and 11 o'clock, which was the time when students were resting.

This makes the students' encounter with the magic lickers all the more puzzling.

Chapter 718 [Bronya's Plan]

"Something feels off..."

Xia'er touched her chin and said with a puzzled look, "After all, that time period is when students are resting. They are usually in the student dormitory area and would not go to a small grove where there is nowhere."

Bronya, who was standing nearby, also gave Xia a slight reminder, saying:

"Yes, under normal circumstances, a normal person wouldn't run into the deserted grove of trees on campus. This is clearly only one possibility: someone called them out."

Hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er looked at Bronya with a surprised expression, but after thinking about it carefully, Xia'er realized that what Bronya said made a lot of sense.

If that's not the case, then why would those people go into the grove alone?

After learning this information, Xia'er was also puzzled: who exactly was it that had summoned those people to the grove?

"Hmm... Logically speaking, there should be disciplinary committee members patrolling the grove within the academy, so why are these automatons always being discovered during the daytime?"

Xia'er was also stunned after hearing Sigmund's words. Usually, although there are not many people in places like the woods, there are still some members of the disciplinary committee patrol team who patrol here to prevent any emergencies.

In this incident involving the Magic Licker, the Disciplinary Committee members increased their patrols. Logically, with so many Disciplinary Committee members, they should have been able to find the destroyed automaton by nightfall. But it's strange that they haven't found any trace of the Magic Licker for several nights.

Bronya, who was standing nearby, flipped through the folder in Xia's hand and found a map recording the patrol routes of the Disciplinary Committee members. She then said:

"At the beginning (yes, at the very beginning of the story), Bronya also found it very suspicious. Later, after Bronya investigated, she found that during the several incidents of Magic Lickers, the Disciplinary Committee members' routes were subtly different from the crime scenes on several occasions."

As Xia listened to Bronya's words, she was also shocked by the contents of the folder in her hand. If what Bronya said was true, wouldn't that mean that the entire Disciplinary Committee was covering for the Magic Licker?!

Then, Xia'er looked at Bronya with a puzzled expression and said:

"Bronya, how did you know all this?"

In response to Xia'er's question, Bronya calmly demonstrated the "fingertip universe" gesture to Xia'er and said:

"Bronya just used some special tricks, don't worry about it~"

Xia'er's lips twitched a few times upon hearing Bronya's answer. Gathering so much intelligence in just a few days was hardly some kind of underhanded trick!

However, Xia'er didn't ask Bronya what methods she used. After hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er stroked her chin and said:

"If that's the case, then who is really in charge of everything?"

Bronya sat with her legs crossed, waved her hand, and said:

"Who knows? But the most likely candidate is Felix Kingsford, the disciplinary inspector."

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Xia'er looked at Bronya with an expression of disbelief and said:

"You're kidding, right?! That Felix?!"

Xia'er had heard many girls in the academy discuss Felix, and he had quite a few admirers. He was also very polite and didn't put on any aristocratic airs. He didn't have the haughty demeanor of other nobles, and he had quite a few followers among the disciplinary committee members.

Most importantly, Felix is ​​also one of the 13 members of the Night Party, ranked No. 4, and his login code name is "Silver Gun Girl". He can be described as a man with talent, strength and good looks.

"Wait, wait, wait, Bronya, how can you believe that Felix is ​​the mastermind behind the Magic Licker incident?!"

Seeing Xia'er's flustered and confused expression, Bronya offered her analysis:

"It's very simple. Among the disciplinary committee members, only Felix has the authority to arrange the patrol routes of the disciplinary committee squads, and he changed them."

Xia'er was taken aback by Bronya's words. Indeed, as Bronya said, only Felix had the authority to change the patrol routes of the disciplinary committee members.