Under normal circumstances, Saint Byrens Comprehensive College's Student Management Office handled communications with Correspondence Students. But no matter how efficient they were, they could not possibly reply immediately.
So the group went to a restaurant for lunch first. Of course, the Doctor, who had supposedly "suddenly fallen gravely ill," could only remain bedridden while the clinic's servants brought him food. His appearance of being near death required no acting whatsoever.
The four who went out enjoyed a lavish lunch at Good Man Richard's Restaurant on Röntgen Avenue. By the time they returned to the Doctor's bedroom, Saint Byron's reply to their report had arrived.
The Academy also took this matter seriously. Otherwise, the reply to their report would probably not have arrived until evening.
"Let me see."
Miss Louisa flipped through the several sheets of paper. After reading them, she handed them to the Doctor and announced the good news to everyone:
"The Academy did not doubt the authenticity of our report, and even praised my writing. At least, they have no suspicions for now. The professors are very satisfied with the information we submitted. They had also heard about what happened in Tobesk City, but had no agents present at the time and desperately needed firsthand information. They also sent information about the Detective's gun. I never expected it to be a Document Level, Level 4 Relic—and a historically famous one at that. It is the Gun of Kindness."
Miss Louisa handed Shade the Relic description that had been tucked between the pages. Shade glanced at it:
Document Level Relic—Gun of Kindness.
It could use physical bullets, or bullets could be replenished with a Ring Arcanist's spirit. It did not harm oneself: if the user fired it at themselves, they could absolutely not be harmed. It did not harm