The Magician of Sound

"You won\'t be able to get anything from me. ACTIVATE!"

When he said that, a magic circle appeared on the position of his heart. He suddenly spat out some blood and died.

Kai and Tasha furrowed their eyebrows. They never thought he would kill himself. Tasha was just going to use her lightning magic to interrogate him, but he had killed himself before she got the chance to.

"So what should we do with this?" Tasha asked.

Kai approached the dead guy and started searching his body. He tried to search for any useful information on his body, but to no avail. There was no clue or whatsoever.

"Maybe we should dispose of this dead body first," Kai suggested.

Tasha nodded her head. "Let me handle that."

She approached the corpse. At the same time, Kai made some distance from the corpse. Tasha then waved her hand toward him, "I\'ll be away for a bit then."

Kai nodded. Tasha then used her teleportation magic and disappeared along with the corpse.

After around twenty seconds or so, she came back alone. She said, "I\'ve thrown the corpse to the ocean. I needed to use my teleportation magic a few times to reach that place and a few more to come back here. I-!"

"Thank you for your hard work," Kai said hurriedly. There would be a demand from his sister if he didn\'t cut her off like that.

Tasha only pouted a little before asking him again, "What about this incident? This is really abnormal. After all, I would usually be the one who targeted."

Tasha was curious. They had been targeted by a few people from time to time because of the reputation of her being an S-rank. But they were targeting her, not her family. That was why she was curious as to why Kai suddenly got targeted by a hitman.

"I also don\'t know about this. I think we should be on more alert," Kai said.

"All right. I\'ll investigate this since I can teleport if they find me. Protect our parents. Make sure to call me if there are any suspicious people around the house," Tasha instructed.

"Got it. I\'ll be careful."

"But something\'s bugging me. Because of this incident, I think you should be more careful when you explore the outside world. After all, you\'ll need to go to the outside world in another two weeks to gain experience.

"I feel that whoever wants to harm you might specifically choose that time to strike after this failure. So make sure to be careful."

"I know," Kai nodded. They could only solve this by themselves. After all, they couldn\'t bother their parents with this because even if they knew about this, their parents wouldn\'t be able to do anything about it.

Reporting to the authority would also have its problems. They thought about asking the academy, but it was outside of their jurisdictions, so they could only rely on themselves to solve this problem.

"Let\'s go home first," Tasha said.

Kai nodded his head, and they came back home with Tasha\'s teleportation magic.

…

The following week, Kai didn\'t wear his headphones. Although it was pretty taxing for him, he also wanted to investigate the matter with his own hands to help Tasha. Unfortunately, there was no clue whatsoever.

Even Katsuragi Takaki didn\'t make any suspicious movements. He was wondering who was the real target. Was their target truly him or was it his sister? If they knew about it, it would be far easier to investigate this. Sadly, they didn\'t know anything, so they could only blindly search for clues.

Ayaka was obviously surprised to see Kai not wearing his headphones the entire week. She knew about Kai\'s extraordinary hearing and even saw his health certificate. She tried to ask Kai about what was going on, but Kai didn\'t answer her.

She then asked her grandfather without his permission. Of course, she was also included in the investigation. She tried to learn everything from her grandfather as this investigation might be able to increase her understanding of being a scout.

Unfortunately, even with the help of her grandfather, they didn\'t find anything. She was frustrated.

And finally, once again, the practical class arrived. It was the time where they would experience that world once again.

"We\'re going to the gym again. This is the chance for you to prove yourselves. After all, I know you have no experience two weeks prior. But now that you have the knowledge, you should be able to perform far better than you did two weeks ago. I wish you luck." Shirotsuka Sanae explained. She added, "Kai Carter and Kudo Ayaka, come outside, I need to talk to you."

Kai, who was trying to think about the investigation, was surprised to hear his name called by Shirotsuka Sanae. It was the same for Ayaka. They then rose from their seats and came out of the class.

Shirotsuka Sanae looked at them for a few seconds. She finally said, "How was the world two weeks ago?"

Ayaka was surprised by the question, but she immediately replied with the same answer she gave the principal, "It\'s challenging."

Kai only nodded his head, telling her he agreed.

Sanae sighed, "Well, I don\'t know why you would think that. Usually, new students like you would be traumatized by that world. Fortunately, you two weren\'t, or the principal would be handed to the authorities or be handled by your families.

"Anyway, what I wanted to tell you is about that world. You won\'t go to that world again as it was a bit unfair to you and to the other students. I don\'t know why you two can get such a high score. That must be because of you, right, Kai Carter?"

Ayaka was startled, while Kai remained calm. But because of Ayaka\'s expression, his achievement had been blown up.

"Don\'t worry. I learned about this two weeks ago, so you don\'t need to mind her startled expression just now. She might need to learn to control her expressions, though," Sanae smiled slightly and said.

When she heard that, Ayaka was really embarrassed. It wasn\'t unintentional for her to make such a face.

"Anyway, although she\'s an A-rank magician as well as the famous Kudo Group\'s princess, I don\'t think she can get such a high score. After all, no matter what her background is, it\'s normal to have a bad first day due to lack of experience. But it\'s different for you, Kai. You are an enigma that I can\'t see through. So you should be the one who did it. I don\'t know what you did, though."

She looked at Kai, who remained silent, She added, "You don\'t need to worry. I won\'t blabber. After all, judging from your explanation back then and this girl\'s reaction, I assumed there might be some price to pay.

"As expected of the younger brother of one of the three S-rank magicians. Anyway, I won\'t ask you anything. But there is one thing that I should tell you. No matter how high your talent or prowess is, it\'s impossible to challenge the whole world alone.

"Even an S-rank magician who\'s had numerous experiences under their belt won\'t be able to achieve that. That\'s why, no matter what, you should also rely on someone... Sorry, I deviated from my initial topic.

"Anyway, you won\'t be able to experience that world again for the time being. So today, you\'ll be going to the same world as the other students. But I want to remind you about your score.

"If you get a lower score than your previous one, the others might notice something. And even that student from the Katsuragi family was threatening me to get hold of your score details. Your score aside, it\'s different if it\'s the details about which monster you killed.

"After all, in the world that you two will face after this, there are no A-rank magical beasts and only a low number of B-rank magical beasts. So my suggestion to you would be trying to get as many points as you can." Sanae explained.

Ayaka and Kai were surprised to hear another lecture from her. Normally, it wasn\'t possible because of her character. Even if the students asked her a question, if school was over, she wouldn\'t answer it no matter what.

That was why seeing her like this surprised them. But Ayaka noticed something. She remembered the last thing that the principal said two weeks ago.

"You can ask Teacher Shirotsuka Sanae if you have any questions about the outside world. Her personality aside, she is indeed an elite amongst elites."

She didn\'t know what he meant, but judging from her observation alone, it was truly impressive. She could notice such a small detail and even made such a detailed conclusion.

Ayaka nodded her head, "I understand. I\'ll try my best."

Kai also nodded his head and said, "I\'ll try my best."

"All right, you can go back first. I\'ll lead you to the gym in a few minutes."

They nodded and came back to the class. But Ayaka suddenly stopped him and said, "Kai, this time, I want to ask something from you."

"What is it?"

"You remember the last magic you used two weeks ago, right?"

Kai nodded.

"Please don\'t use it again this time. After all, watching you back then, I doubt you\'ll be able to use it in the real world. After all, you\'ll die along with the magical beasts if you use that magic. So please, don\'t use it again."