"What are you talking about? A magical girl?"
The black-robed man with braided hair, gripping a specially made communicator, frowned and spoke harshly. "I feel it's necessary to remind you so that your stiff little brain can serve its proper purpose: there's a barrier set up outside right now. It's completely impossible for a magical girl to break in. Or are you saying it's that blue brat suspected to be Leaf Rank? Do you think she could possibly come here?"
After he finished speaking, the voice on the other end buzzed on for a while longer, adding a few more traces of surprise to his face. "A magical girl appeared inside the barrier? You mean you saw a Fairy? Why would there be a Fairy here?"
As the other party continued speaking, however, his expression grew increasingly grim. His hand tightened around the communicator until, as though he could no longer bear to listen, he directly hung up.
He tucked the communicator into his black robe and began pacing back and forth, visibly agitated.
He seemed to want to stay calm, but he simply could not maintain his composure. The news from the call had left his heart in turmoil. A moment later, he finally punched the wall beside him.
"The designated Sacrificial Child became a magical girl? That's not a funny joke."
He widened his eyes, lowered his head, and muttered in a subdued voice.
After pausing for a while and calming down somewhat, he waved to several black-robed figures at the door and pointed at the desk behind him. "You lot, come in. Guard the esteemed Ms. Liu at that spot. Don't let her do anything that would be bad for everyone."
After speaking, he turned back to glance at Liu Wenqin. Only after confirming that she had