"Who currently holds the sarsen scepter?"
George asked, flying invisibly in the air, to Aresta.
He only needs to follow the person holding the Sarsen Scepter, because the key point is that the special artifact, the Sarsen Scepter, which can instantly kill saints, should not leave the school city and fall into the hands of the Roman Catholic Church.
Therefore, regardless of who has it in their possession, if anything unexpected happens later, as long as he intervenes to take it back, the task will be considered complete.
"It's currently in the hands of Elvina Thomson, which is strange. The lovely Lidvia Lorencetti of the Roman Catholic Church only had to circle around the school city to leave."
So their goal may not be to trade the Sarsen Scepter.”
The cunning and cunning Aresta had detected a hint of conspiracy in the somewhat unusual behavior of the two female mages.
If they really wanted to trade the Sarsen Scepter, they should have made a quick connection and then made the trade before quickly withdrawing, rather than one wandering around the school city and the other leaving after only circling once.
"Kill directly by me?"
George asked again.
According to his habit, he likes to solve problems before the conspiracy occurs, which is the most secure way.
However, Aresta clearly had different ideas from his.
"If a mage dies in the school city, it's a problem. Let's see first, and see what their actual goals are."
"I don't mind, whatever you say."
George nodded.
No matter what conspiracy the Roman Catholic Church has, it's none of his business. He's just doing a deal with Aresta, so if Aresta says what to do, he'll do it.
However, he had a vague feeling that Aresta was not willing for him to directly end the conspiracy as he had just explained.
It seems to be related to that Kurogane Tooru. His intuition told him that Aresta seemed to place a great deal of importance on that Kurogane Tooru.
It can be understood. The Fantastical Killer capable of eliminating all magic and supernatural abilities is indeed worth paying attention to.
"It seems it's her!"
Following Aresta's guidance, he quickly found the delivery person, Elvina Thompson.
This is a mature lady in her thirties, with an extremely shiny, fluffy golden hair and blue eyes. She is dressed very sexy, with a voluptuous figure.
The top is a gray men's work uniform, but only one button is fastened, and there is nothing inside at all. When walking, she sways back and forth as if the only button might burst anytime soon.
The bottom is the same style of work pants, but they have no buttons or zippers. If it weren't for the tightness of the pants, she would probably be exposing herself within a few steps.
Behind her, there is a long, rectangular unknown item wrapped in a cloth.
"That's the Sarsen Scepter, right? Why don't I feel any magical fluctuations?"
George looked at the item Elvina was carrying on her back, and the confusion in his eyes flitted away briefly.
However, he did not delve too deeply. A special artifact that can instantly kill a saint is definitely the most top-level artifact, so it is normal for it to conceal magical fluctuations.
Moreover, carrying such a top-level artifact, one might have preemptively cast spells to conceal magical fluctuations to avoid detection.
"This person, it's like she's window shopping, without a care in the world."
Floating above Elvina, George noticed that she was aimlessly walking around, at most familiarizing herself with the environment of the school city.
"That's really strange."
About an hour and a half later, he found that Elvina had actually found Kurogane Tooru and was pretending to greet him by shaking hands, trying to cast some kind of spell on him.
Unfortunately, it was directly destroyed by Kurogane Tooru's ability on the right hand. After that, he wanted to retreat and leave.
But at this time, Kurogane Tooru also noticed something wrong, while contacting his two teammates in action, he also stealthily followed him.
Unfortunately, as a skilled tracker, Kurogane Tooru's tailing was quickly discovered by Elvina.
She drew a card from a metal ring containing over one hundred cards, biting it, and the card was instantly covered by an incantation and transformed into a communication magic similar to a telephone.
From the content of her conversation, George judged that she should be calling a high-ranking official of the Roman Catholic Church, Lidvia Lorencetti.
"This magic is really interesting."
Seeing Elvina can communicate at a distance through a single incantation, George immediately showed an interested look.
Because among the spells he currently studies, there is really no magic with a similar effect.
He can let his guardian spirit send a message at a distance, but the guardian spirit needs time to travel. He can make a magical crystal ball from the world of the jinn, but that belongs to magical artifacts and requires time to prepare in advance, without this convenience.
"Now that you're here, your magic is mine."
It's not easy to do outside, but in the school city, he can secretly read Elvina's memories when the situation ends, copying all her magical knowledge into his own brain like he did with Shirai Kuroko.
Unfortunately, the high-ranking officials of the Roman Catholic Church are not in the school city. Otherwise, he would have also copied their memories.
After Elvina discovered Kurogane Tooru's pursuit, she ran frantically and finally entered a large warehouse, then pulled out several cards and began to set up a formation inside the warehouse.
Under Kurogane Tooru's phone call notification, the magic user from the Cleaners and one of his classmates also chased over.
A fierce battle took place in the warehouse, and Elvina successfully escaped the pursuit thanks to the various elemental magic traps she had laid out in advance.
And George naturally continued to follow Elvina.
Then it became a competition between tracking and counter-tracking magic, which continued until afternoon, and Kurogane Tooru finally managed to catch up with Elvina.
Using the power of his ineffective magic, he managed to temporarily knock down Elvina through close combat and grabbed the Sarsen Scepter she had on her back.
Upon opening it, he discovered that the package contained nothing but a very ordinary signboard from a small shop.
"The thing is fake. What should we do now? Do you want me to take action?"
George continued to follow Elvina as she fled and arrived at an empty underground staircase, telling Aresta about the situation here.
And shortly afterward, Aresta gave his reply:
"Go ahead, the head of the Cleaners has reported that the Sarsen Scepter does not exist. They are bringing the highest-level artifact that the Roman Catholic Church has always refused to acknowledge, the Apostle Cross!"
"The Apostle Cross, it really exists."
George was somewhat taken aback upon hearing this.
George, having seen the introduction of the Apostle Cross in Shirai Kuroko's memories, was somewhat stunned. The Roman Catholic Church has always denied the existence of this artifact, considering it to be a false invention by other churches to defame the Roman Catholic Church.
(End of this chapter)
