"What the hell"


    That person who just spoke isn''t my brother


    I know his voice and although I suspect he might be using something to mask it, his usual way of speaking isn''t something that can be hidden easily. I should still be able to identify it. However, the person he just spoke to was different from my brother.


    Also, his name was erased from Terion''s memory making it hard for me to find it using a fake voice, though I am not sure if it truly is a fake voice.


    "So in the end who was it?"


    I said, confused about the entire situation. I am starting to overthink that it''s not even a student but someone who is posing as one.


    Wait let''s take the information we have gathered first and see if we made a mistake. Let''s calm down and analyze everything.


    First Professor Adolfo''s words about my brother are...wait how did he know it was my brother again?


    [It was because a pirate said these lines "It didn''t go as the young duke''s n" ]


    Oh dear now I know where I made a mistake.


    [What is it, Creator]


    The word young duke doesn''t just apply to my brother there are dozens of young dukes around the entire continent, it''s just he was the main suspect you would think of the moment you hear that line.


    "After all my brother is the first young duke you would think of that cany a hand on me, however, what if it''s not him? What if we have a very courageous one here?"


    I became so excited that my brother was making his move that I didn''t see the hole in my professor''s hypothesis


    [If we were to base the words, young duke, that would make the list longer Creator, the entire continent has 127 kingdoms with each having four to two dukes with their respective heirs]


    "The list doesn''t need to be long Jeremiah, we only need to know all the students in the academy who meant to inherit their parent''s duke title, then sort out the most suspicious one though we need to investigate their background as well. After all the information inside the academy won''t just be leaked unless you are working or studying there"


    And seeing how he was able to contact Terion that only meant that the caller was right inside the Academy grounds. That''s one of the points that solidifies my theory but I need more evidence.


    "We just need to ess the Aster Academy''s database"


    [But Creator we are too far from Sidus we are on the other side of the continent]


    I can''t help but shake my head, should I just leave it be and let them reveal themselves? I am getting a bit edgy here I might actually fly back to the academy and steal some files there.


    "Let''s put that aside, I remember you mentioned you noticed some note-worthy conversation"


    [Ah, yes Creator it''s located at the Eastern students'' dormitory]


    "Alright"


    "Bn fix this ce"


    "Yes, master!"


    The wind began to rise and the messy room soon turned to how it was before we arrived.


    "Now then I should also erase the final evidence"


    I said as I walked towards the unconscious Terion.


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    After erasing some person''s memories I took off with Bn and went towards the Eastern student''s dormitory.


    "Give me the one you were referring to Jeremiah"


    [Affirmative]


    A series of rectangr screens appeared in front of me and to my surprise their topic was me.


    [As I analyze their conversation I was able to get the information about the Holy Crusaders, it seems they are our real enemy Creator, not your brother, they were the ones who were behind the deteriorating health of the World tree. And since you were the selected sacrifice they are targeting  you]


    "And here I thought I could finally do something that could make my brother irritated"


    [Are you being obsessive that you wanted Eros to notice you?]


    "Of course not Jeremiah, me? being obsessed with his attention? God knows how many times I prayed not to be noticed by him, however, the answer I receive from my prayers is a whip and scars. I just got excited by the thought of ruining his ns to kill me, after all, it will be interesting to see him erupt like a volcano"


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    .


    "Some things are still making me confused, something doesn''t add up, especially how they seem prepared to attack me"


    [That question can be answered if you read this Creator!]


    "The world tree and a prophecy"


    Seriously from a cult to a prophecy, what kind of mess I''m getting in.


    Well, to sum it up it seems I am the one the Great sage saw in his vision. A person with hair like a falling sun at dusk and eyes simr to golden dust. And it says I will be the answer to the dying tree.


    "This prophecy was received on...wait isn''t this?"


    [Was there something wrong?]


    "Well the day the Great sage received the Oracle was also the same day I made you"


    Could it be a coincidence? Probably not...


    "Jeremiah let''s head back to Sidus I need to check something"


    [Alright Creator but be sure to check all the recorded call conversations I stored]


    "Okay I will"


    And so with my decision, we headed back to my room and prepared for a teleportation circle.


    "Just to be sure I''ll use this"


    I began to chant and my body began to glow until an identical me emerged. My spell clonis took effect giving birth to another me.


    "Right now everything is set" we both said before smiling happily. Now no one will look for me because I am also here.


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    A little fast forward I am back inside our dormitory, while my body is well hidden by the system''s gears.


    "Bn go straight inside the head administration office"


    The excited spirit wolf glided through the air while tiny sparks of lightning began bouncing off his fur increasing his speed.


    [Creator I sense some people are inside the administration building]


    "Staffs?"


    [Nope some students]


    "Interesting"


    What could be these students'' reason foring here sote at night?


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    The clock struck 2 in the morning some security guards could be seen walking and patrolling the academy grounds. However, despite the tight security, some shadows were able to bypass it. Three students can be seen in the archive.


    "Are you certain his files could be in here?"


    "If it isn''t here then where else could it be then?"


    "Just look for the files of first-year students, they should be in the same cluster as those of High-ss students"


    "Here I saw it!"


    Inside the administration office, an archive secured with different measures can be found there. Inside it are small lockedpartments that contain information about different students. Once they saw the one they were looking for they immediately tried to open the saidpartment.


    "Argh!!" cried one of the sneaking students, his hand was burned while a curse began prating his veins. With the drilling pain coursing through his body he couldn''t help but roll on the ground.


    "What kind of stupidity did I just witness" said a voice which ended up surprising the three students.


    "!?"


    "Who''s there!"


    "Damn it it hurts!.."


    "I am actually up here," I said feeling even more stupid, they were even more terrified when they saw Bn and Gale floating right beside me.


    "This ce is the second most secured facility in the continent, and you all think you can steal information here?"


    "Don''t even think about casting a spell the system here can detect even an ounce of mana leakage"


    I warned seeing they were about to take their wands.


    "Don''t make a fool out of us, if that is the case then how can your spirits roam free? You won''t be able to fool us"


    "Please don''tpare me with you people, I am simply building differently. So go on cast a spell and let''s see what happens"


    [Creator I can sense the same signal I detected with Terion''s caller]


    "I see so you can trace it?"


    [Yes]


    "Good let me just finish this"


    My mind stirred and a skill was immediately activated.


    "Stop"


    Imanded and the time surrounding the three halted.


    "Veritas" I whispered and the spell took over despite the frozen time the spell still triggered.


    "Oh? I see Jeremiah I think we just received an intel that connected with yours"


    [Yeah it suddenly ruined the fun]


    "Well it is still good to do some double-checking, so let''s see how many so-called seniors snuck inside the academy"


    Typically if you hear the passage from the Oracle you will only think of one thing.


    "The Lionhearts, have this unique hereditary hair and eye color that is only known to them. Technically the first person you would think of is either my father or brother. They are after all the most powerful of the Lionhearts at that time"


    [So the first person they will target first is your brother since he is much easier to approach than your father]


    "Correct and at that time I was still the frail child of the household so definitely I got crossed out. So to trim down the numbers we should start with the students who transfer here from the Easter kingdoms, then check their identities from the database andpare them with the info we got from the recorded conversation"