Meet the principal

It was noon the next day after everything was packed up. Reiner visited Dr. Felice again, and they decided to take the afternoon train to leave the town at the same time.

The steam train passing through Sur Town runs every two days. The station is located in the east of the town. There are usually no people here. For the townspeople, the outside world represents danger and terror, and only their own corner of the world is the best.

Fina was wearing a dark brown dress with a small vest on the outside. This was her mother's old clothes. Paired with her intellectual glasses, Reiner suddenly felt that it was normal for Fina's father to fall. .

She was holding an old box in her hand, which Fina's father brought when he came to this town. Now it contained the academic crystallization of Fina's father's life.

Reiner went to the hospital with Fina first. Dr. Phyllis had already packed his luggage. He had been in Sur Town for so many years, and all his things could only be carried in a small suitcase, but there was something about Fina's father's illness. , as well as the information on all the patients he has come into contact with over the years, but there are two large boxes.

Dr. Felice was originally going to take the nurses to a larger hospital for storage. When he saw Reiner, he nodded slightly.

"give it to me."

Reiner released the mage's hand and lifted two large boxes of luggage, which actually helped Dr. Felice a lot.

The four of them walked towards the station, but before they saw the shadow of the station, they saw a group of people first.

These were the townspeople headed by the mayor. Reiner saw several young people mixed in among them. He reached out and gently put his hand on Fina's shoulder. He could feel that the girl was shaking slightly.

This is not timidity, but anger.

"Calm down, I'll handle it."

Reiner whispered in Fina's ear, and then took a few steps forward.

His actions made the townspeople take a few steps back. These people still remembered Reiner's intimidation a few days ago, but they couldn't just watch these people leave from under their noses.

"Are you here to see me off?"

Reiner asked. He looked at the mayor and the people behind him. Perhaps it was one of these people who attacked Fina's father that day.

"You can't leave like this. Fina Nabistin should stay in the town."

The mayor said without confidence that he was afraid that Fina would become stronger in the outside world and use other methods to retaliate against them.

"Why?"

Reiner found it a little funny. He had never met such a stupid guy before.

"...She's a member of Soul Town and it's my responsibility to make sure she does!"

The mayor didn't seem to expect that Reiner would ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment before searching his brain to find such a reason.

"From now on, she is no longer."

Reiner took out a piece of paper, which was an appointment letter he drafted yesterday. It said that Fina Nabistin would be hired as an assistant teacher at Crescent College. According to the regulations of the Kingdom's Law and Magic Association, , a mage who works as a teacher in a school can move his household registration to the school for easier management. In other words, Fina should be considered a member of Crescent College now.

"I know Mayor, you don't know much about reading, so I will give you a simple explanation. If you have any objections, you can contact the Baron who has jurisdiction over this place."

Reiner's words made the mayor blush.

How dare he use the baron to suppress him! ? ?

But for a moment, the mayor couldn't think of any words to refute, and watched helplessly as Reiner and Fina stepped over him and the townspeople.

"Oh, by the way, one last thing."

Reiner stopped and said to the mayor.

"Mr. Nabistin left a black box. I wonder if anyone has seen it?"

he asked,

Scanning the crowd, several people's eyes were wandering, as if they were avoiding Reiner's sight.

"How could we take his stuff?"

The mayor said with a look of disgust, and behind him, several people agreed.

"Well, there are very precious gems in that box. It seems to have been lost in the mountains."

Reiner sighed as if helpless, then turned around and led Fina towards the station.

He gave these people opportunities, but no one cherished them.

...

After Reiner left, Sur Town seemed to have returned to its original peace.

But a few young people were not so restless. As night fell, they were gathering together in a corner of the town.

"Kassin, we snatched that thing back together, now you can't keep it all to yourself."

A young man said, and his words caused everyone to look at the mayor's son who was leaning against the wall. His face was gloomy, and he looked around at the others.

"Isn't it me who suggested teaching the old man a lesson? I was the one who provided the information to you, right? It was I who finally suggested keeping that black box. What qualifications do you have to own that thing?"

He has always been the leader of this group of people. As the mayor's son, he felt that he was destined to lead these people. At that time, he decided to attack Nabistin, whom his father had been targeting, and led his men to secretly attack He killed the frail old mage and snatched away the black box he had been holding in his arms. At this time, the box was under his bed.

Normally, when Cassin said these words, everyone else would have stepped aside and stopped arguing with him, but maybe it was because Reiner made him make a fool of himself a few days ago, and his prestige among this group of people was already gone. Rarely, these words did not cause any waves.

"Split it equally, or we will report you to the Baron for murder."

One woman said that she had sacrificed her life to please Kassin in the past, but now she was decisively on the side of money.

"You all share in Nabistin's death!"

Cassin threatened fiercely, and a few people seemed to retreat, but most people remained indifferent.

"Kashin, if you are not willing to split the money equally, I think we can find another way."

A tall man said calmly that due to his family background, he could only follow Kashin's lead in the past, but now he also feels rebellious.

"What do you want to do..."

Kasin sensed that something was not right about the atmosphere and secretly picked up a wooden stick by the wall.

But the others were faster. The tall man clamped Cassin's hand, and then the other young people picked up the stones on the ground and threw them at Cassin.

Ten minutes later, when the woman realized that the stone in her hand was already stained with gray-white brain matter, everyone stopped what they were doing.

Cassin in the middle of the crowd could no longer be called a humanoid. He was a filthy mixture of flesh and blood.

"We killed people..."

Only then did anyone realize what they had done.

"Don't panic, he deserves it."

The tall man trembled slightly and said while suppressing his inner wavering.

"Now we are all in the same boat. Next, we have to find the black box!"

After hearing his words, everyone with dull expressions slowly turned their heads and looked at the mayor's home not far away.