I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

"Go to hell, Bartholomew, Al-Meloy!!!"

Amid Gertler's wild laughter, the magic power fluctuations in the spiritual vein nodes reached their peak, and this "magic volcano" finally erupted.

Terrifying magic power surged out from the ground, and the power of the magic power directly burned the magic circuits of Shinji and Lorelaia. However, this was still the aftermath of the weakening due to the obstruction of the workshop.

Under the constant impact of magic, the solid underground construction began to deform. Originally about 50 square meters, the square area is shrinking little by little.

While the area was being eaten away, there were no gaps in the walls and boundaries of the workshop. Instead, they became thicker and stronger due to the squeeze of magic power.

"The compression technology of solids and liquids, this is the paper published by Lord Al-Meloy when he was promoted to the 'Color Position'. You will be crushed into a pulp under this technology, hahahahaha."

"What should I do? What should I do?"

Gertler's arrogant attitude could not disturb Lorelaia's state of mind. As the heir to the Bartholomew family and the highest noble in the Clock Tower, her pride was deep in her bones and would not be shaken by the barking of a mad dog.

She cares about the bad situation. The strength of the outer wall of the workshop is beyond imagination. With only a whip and a few defensive attires, the only hope of breaking through the predicament is the great magic secretly stored in the Bartholomew family. However, she has not mastered this magic yet, and the success rate of its release is not high. If it fails, it's really all over.

Do you want to take a gamble, or——

Lorelaia bit her left thumb unconsciously, a small gesture she would make every time she was indecisive about something.

At this moment, she found the man whose head and face was covered by a cloak standing motionless.

"Hey, don't be in a daze, think of a solution quickly."

After hearing this, Shen Er opened his eyes and used his magic power to draw the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid.

"Fervor, meisanguis. (Boil, my blood)"

The mercury film spread out on the ground gathered together with Shinji as the center, forming a mercury ball that enveloped the two of them.

Of course he wasn't in a daze or pretending to be standing still there. He was relying on the Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid to capture the distribution and direction of magic power to see if he could find any clues.

Unfortunately, the clues were not found, but he found the location of the listening and surveillance spell, so he wrapped himself and Lorelaiya in the moon spirit essence liquid to block the eyes on the ceiling and the ears on the ground.

Seeing what Shenji did, Lorelaia's face became more joyful. She lowered her voice and asked, "Do you have a solution?"

Shinji nodded, then shook his head.

"Is it there or not? Let's talk." Lorelaiya was a little anxious. Although she couldn't see it, she could feel the pressure approaching.

"Yes, yes." Shenji sighed and removed the one-way sound shielding of his cloak, "But -"

"but what?"

"I don't want to use it in front of you."

"Eh?" Lorelaia thought she heard wrongly, "You just said..."

"I said, I don't want you to see my special moves, do you understand? Miss Bartholomew." Shenji, whose actions were blocked one after another, had already suppressed his dissatisfaction, and his tone was a little more angry.

Lorelaia's face darkened, not because of Shinji's tone, but because——

"I have not inherited Barthemero yet, and I am not qualified to use that title."

The family names of the Clock Tower nobles have sacred and special meanings, and only the current owner can be directly addressed by their family names. Gertler's "Miss Bartholomew" is OK, but Shinji's "Miss Bartholomew" is not.

"Also, things have developed to this point, and there is no point in worrying about these. I can swear on the honor of Barthemero, what I see next will not be leaked to anyone."

"I don't believe in the oaths of magicians, especially the oaths of your Bartholomew family." Shenji was indifferent.

"You—" Lorelaia was so angry that she trembled all over, "apologise immediately. This is an insult to Barthemero."

"Is it really an insult?" Shenji shrugged, "If I remember correctly, the Bartholomew family is in charge of the most special law and politics department among the thirteen schools."

There is only one law and politics department in the clock tower, and it is a department not directly related to mystery. It is a group that uses the magic and power of the clock tower to intervene in real society or adjust the internal balance of the clock tower. It is an extremely vulgar but indispensable group. It is not a place to study law and politics, but a functional department for management. It even ignores the magician's instinct to pursue the "Vortex of Origins" and only exists for the stability and development of the Clock Tower. It is fundamentally heretical. Party faction.

"Of course." Lorelaiya held her head high. It was a matter of family, and she had to argue with reason. "The Legal Affairs Department represents law and order. The same goes for what we say and what we do. You should not have any objection to us. suspected."

Shenji chuckled: "Listen to the name of your department, Law and Politics, Law and Politics. Isn't it normal for politics to involve intrigues? I didn't mean to insult Barthemero, and I am willing to apologize for this, but I will not change my attitude towards the Faculty of Law and Politics. Regarding the views of the Lord of the Legal Affairs Department, because that is a fact that everyone knows, do you dare to say that the Bartholomew family has not done anything shady?"

"I"

Lorelaia was speechless. She knew that Shenji was telling the truth. In order to maintain the stability and development of the Clock Tower, the Bartholomew family's methods were indeed not glorious, and not many people in the other twelve departments were willing to have anything to do with the Law and Politics Department. However, she didn't want to admit it personally.

"I'm serious. Let's do what you want me to do."

The stubbornness of biting his lips and the stubbornness in the corners of his eyes made Shinji remember the most widely known title of the girl in the future - "the aloof queen".

Aloof: Lonely, arrogant, destined to be unsocial. Maybe this unassuming girl is really different from others, so she can grow into one of the strongest humans.

"You have two options: sign a 'self-enforcement certificate' or lose consciousness."

Either way is an extremely excessive request. "Self-imposed certification" is the strictest restriction and represents absolute distrust among magicians. Losing consciousness means that Lorelaia will completely lose her autonomy. If Shinji has evil intentions towards her, she will fall into absolute passivity.

"What if I don't agree?" Lorelaia bit her finger again.

"I will knock you out and take you away." As he spoke, the lightning of Indra's Thunder swam back and forth along the mercury film, like golden snakes - this mercury film had more than one effect.

"I understand, I don't have the parchment with which to write the certificate." Lorelaia lowered her hands and closed her eyes as if resigned to her fate. Her intention was very clear, to choose the second option and let Shenji knock her out.

This time, Shenji thought he heard wrongly: "Do you really believe me?"

"I believe it, because you don't want to die, and you don't want to destroy the relationship between Barthemero and El-Meloy."

Not wanting to die means that Shinji will definitely break through this workshop.

Not wanting to damage the relationship between the two families meant that Shinji would not do anything to Lorelaia.

"So courageous and courageous. She is worthy of being the future Queen."

These were the last words Lorelaia heard. After that, she felt a numbness on the back of her neck and lost consciousness.