"Another new power."
Shade turned to look behind him, and sure enough, there was no one there. But that movement caught the doctor's attention:
"Shade, is your neck injured?"
Shade had just undone the top button of his collar. When he turned, some skin that had been hidden by his clothes was exposed. The doctor noticed some unusual marks and casually asked about them.
Shade immediately covered his neck with a hand and hurriedly fastened his collar again.
The middle-aged doctor smiled.
"Oh, I understand."
Just as he was about to tease Shade, both of them turned to look at the doctor's desk. Something on it was glowing, and the light was exceptionally conspicuous.
"A notification from the Academy?"
Frowning, the doctor left the window and picked up the Poetry Manuscript Paper from his desk. After briefly scanning the words emerging on it, he looked up at Shade.
"The Academy requires all five members of our group to assemble within two hours. Academy professors will personally question us about a few matters. I think it must be about Miss Feliana."
He wrote a reply on the page, and only then did the glowing sheet return to normal.
"Two hours? Doctor, you find Dorothy and Priest Augustus. I'll go outside the city to pick up Luvia. Time is a little tight."
"Why is she outside the city?"
The doctor asked curiously, but Shade did not answer, and he did not dwell on it.
"Shade, then we'll split up and find everyone. Also, the Academy will certainly ask about our whereabouts yesterday afternoon. Don't forget to think about how we should explain it."
Doctor Schneider himself was also heading to the south of the city. He needed to fabricate an itinerary as well, which was why he reminded Shade.
After leaving the