"Dad, Mom, you..."
Santos made a shushing gesture, and Aisili immediately fell silent.
Then Aisili's mother, Selena, took the Fountain Pen from her daughter, unscrewed its end, and flicked it downward. Three black butterflies flew out and landed on the faces of the three people present.
After landing, the butterflies spread their wings, forming black screens of light that enclosed their heads.
This was a messaging method similar to the black raven. It was more secure, could carry more information, and even allowed communication within a certain distance. It had only one drawback... expensive materials.
That was why the clerics of the Order God Church still preferred black ravens, which they could fold straight from spell paper or even a piece torn from their clerical robes, rather than using these butterflies.
Neither Santos nor Selena carried them. They had no need for this method of communication in their everyday work at the institute, where they had dedicated assistants and demon beasts responsible for communications. But they knew their daughter carried them.
Right now, "talking" this way was actually the safest option.
Selena said, "Whew... that cat's bone age is nearly two hundred years."
Santos said, "That dog's bone age is only eight years."
"I detected residual fire attribute power in every single hair on that cat. The amount was very low, almost negligible, but it was in every hair. Every single one!
"Even a top-tier demon beast would struggle to achieve that. It's like how an ordinary person can't turn every part of their body into muscle.
"This means the cat I examined is either in a weakened state or deliberately suppressing its power in front of me. But its foundation is simply too perfect. It's hard to imagine what its Peak Period would be like, or what it would