Ihan watched hollowly as the dwarf magician’s little figure scurried away, and then something suddenly occurred to him.
Wait…!
This wasn’t the time to be feeling empty because he'd just been pickpocketed—no, relieved of something by a sleight of hand.
“Professor. You need to move now!”
“?”
Ihan shoved Professor Boladi’s back and they started moving at once.
Thanks to the harsh environment of Einlogard that had tempered him, Ihan could predict how the other transmutation mages would behave.
We need to get out of here!
“What’s going on?”
“I have some questions about magical combat! This isn’t the right place to ask, so I’ll ask where outsiders can’t come in!”
At the mention of magical combat, Professor Boladi seemed intrigued and obeyed, stepping forward without protest.
To avoid being tracked by outsiders, they slipped into a stairway nook beside the corridor and descended.
From behind them came murmured voices.
- Huh? I thought they went this way...
- Wait.
Why are we here? You said earlier it wasn’t this way!
- Haha, let’s not blame each other now that we’re together.
The four seas are like the east and west!
- Ah... fine! Then let’s all talk together!
How glad I am I learned divination magic.