—A few moments later…

“Phew—!”

Ah, the crispy fresh air…

By the time we made our way out of the audiovisual room, the sky was already dyed orange.

Then… I guess the performance has come to an end. Was the lead actress able to appear on stage safely?

Even though I did all that to secure a small role for myself…

[Nora…]

I’m okay, albeit a bit frustrated. Maybe I’ll exact a small but of revenge on those juniors.

When I was about to inform Cecily of my plan—

“—That’s her!”

I found myself surrounded by people. The person who suddenly teleported to me was the genius magician of the modern era, Eivind Dahl.

Right, he and Anita must’ve come to see the performance as well. I feel bad.

I smiled to conceal my guilt.

“Hey, Eivind. Why did you suddenly teleport here?”

“I’ve been looking for you! Where have you been!? I went to see you before the opening of the play, but no one knew where you were! Even when I looked around the academy, I couldn’t detect your magical power…”

Whoa, the genius was at his wit’s end trying to find me.

Apparently, the barrier was just that strong. My bad. Even though I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, I still thanked him.

“Thanks. As you can see, I’m alive and well. Well then, I’m going to get revenge on the culprit who trapped me inside that barrier, see you later—”

—I tried to walk pass Eivind, only for him to grab my hand.

“You can do that later. Lady Heige is worried. I don’t care what it is you’re going to do to the culprit, but for now, please reassure her. She’s crying.”

“…All right.”

Despite being a magician, his grip was surprisingly strong. I felt absolutely horrendous for making Anita cry. It’s simply unacceptable.

Hand in hand with Eivind, I went to the stage venue. As soon as Anita saw me, she jumped at me. Her eyes were red. While Eivind was looking for me outside, Anita was staring intently at the stage, ‘This is Cecily we’re talking about, I’m sure she’ll show up on stage?”

When I casually asked her, “How was the performance?” She exploded, “Are you an idiot!?”

—All right, time to exact punishment on the bad guy.

“You’re too soft. Do you think confronting them head-on will do anything?”

Apparently, Anita was angrier than me. She made her way to the theatre club room, where the atmosphere was good and the mood was high and summoned the manager.

“—I’d like to talk to you about the misdeeds of your club members.”

After explaining the gist of the situation for me, she raised her chin and declared.

“If you fail to inform the teacher of the situation, I’ll do it myself. Do you hear me?”

Under pressure, the manager naturally nodded and said, “I’ll report it myself.”

As a result, the two culprits were immediately summoned. Led by the manager and the teacher, the audiovisual room in question was also investigated. By the way, Eivind Dahl—an active employee of the Royal Institute of Magic—was very thorough in cooperating with the investigation.

“How did you fail to notice the trap?”

“…What are you expecting from a student? I never expected such a sophisticated spell to be used as a prank by a student.”

“I see.”

As a result of the investigation, the barrier that was used to isolate the room was determined to be a forbidden spell. It seemed that the two girls learned how to easily cast the spell from a certain person, and the result was exactly as they had learned. But when asked who, not even they knew who that mysterious person was.

“—It was a third-year student! I saw a green ribbon! I don’t even know it was a forbidden spell, I swear!”

Even if they cried, the milk had been spilt. Although they’d only been enrolled for a short time, they were most likely going to be expelled soon. Of course, that mysterious person would also be investigated. Judging from the way they spoke, the mastermind must’ve tampered with their recognition using magic, so the chance of learning his true identity was low.

In any case, the incident ended in a not-so-satisfactory manner.

I don’t feel satisfied at all. No, not because the mastermind hasn’t been caught—

“…In the end, my revenge was fulfilled without me needing to do anything.”

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