You call this a black hand?

Across the sea from Graham City, Thunder Island looks like a twisted whale. It sits quietly in the dark sea, with dense forests covering most of the area.

Fort St. Grant is next to a forest, and outside its campus is a group of urban buildings.

Wharf, floating port, club, hotel...

There are all kinds of buildings in the city, which look very prosperous, but unlike ordinary buildings, these places basically have a magical atmosphere.

In the square, a circus raising pterosaurs is being surrounded by spectators, performing various colorful and novel magic and animal taming abilities.

In the commercial district, a large number of students wearing student uniforms were constantly shuttling through various wizard shops.

Bookstores, wand shops, magic materials shops, and even pet shops.

On various streets, there are also endless figures of wizards riding brooms and even sitting on magic carpets.

The whole city is full of vitality.

But beyond all this, many dark events are also happening quietly.

In a tavern located on a remote street in the southwest corner of the city, a nun was wearing a gray hooded robe that tightly wrapped her body, sitting quietly in the corner, motionless.

It wasn't until a similarly dressed person quietly sat across from her that she said, "Did you bring the things?"

"You can check it out."

After the other party answered, he placed a suitcase on the table, faced the nun, and opened it.

There are only three things in it.

A student uniform from Fort St. Grant, a letter of admission, and a file bag marked with someone's name.

Seeing this, the nun nodded silently, and then threw a magic bag to the other party.

After the other party opened it and looked at it, he stood up and left without saying a word.

Obviously, this was a secret deal.

The target of the transaction is very intuitive, a student at Fort St. Grant.

She is going to blend into this school.

The reason for this is that the nun can no longer influence a certain girl through blood connection, so she can only come in person and disguise her identity to get close to the girl.

However, after the transaction was completed, the nun did not leave, but was still waiting.

Not long after, a short figure who also wrapped himself very tightly sat opposite her.

"Has the contract been written?" he asked.

The visitor's voice was obviously specially disguised, but the nun could still identify him as a fraudster named Dylan.

A while ago, he claimed to know where his husband Anthony was.

At first the nun was dismissive of this, thinking that this man was trying to defraud money.

However, when the other party mentioned that she could sign a blood contract, let her draft the contents of the contract, and even let her designate the transaction location, the nun became a little interested.

Because although I can contact my husband through the book of secret words, this kind of contact is very difficult, and I can't even communicate normally, and I don't know the specific situation.

So since the liar seems to have clues, you might as well come and take a look.

Anyway, from her point of view, this is actually a smooth road.

Seeing that the other party mentioned the contract as soon as he came up, and seemed to be full of confidence, the nun's expectations for this were even greater.

But she didn't say anything, she just silently took out the contract items she had prepared and handed them to the other party.

On the surface, the so-called blood oath contract is actually a dagger with many complicated patterns and symbols engraved on it. It is more like a collection than a contract.

But in fact, the wizard can read the contract content inside as long as he touches it with his third hand.

Now, the short man sat quietly for a long time after taking the dagger, and then without saying anything, he simply squeezed a little blood from his finger and smeared it on the dagger.

The blood seeped in, and a scarlet light flashed, and then it was as if nothing happened.

But when the nun took the dagger back and did the same thing, the dagger disappeared instantly.

Only the two parties to the contract can still vaguely feel its existence and the corresponding deterrent force of what will happen if they violate the contract.

"Now it's time for you to speak clearly."

After the signing was completed, the nun immediately asked: "Where is my husband?"

After the blood oath, she was completely convinced that the person in front of her was not fooling around, so she was even a little excited.

After all, no matter how you communicate through the Book of Secret Words, nothing is as reassuring as meeting someone face to face.

However, what the other party whispered next made her stunned on the spot for a moment, and then she became furious.

"How is this possible? Are you fucking kidding me?!"

"I knew you wouldn't believe it."

Seeing this, the short man chuckled and said, "But it doesn't matter, seeing is believing."

"When the airship from Graham City arrives at Thunder Island, I can let you see with your own eyes whether what I said is the truth."

…

It's afternoon now, but Mellen is already preparing to enter the world in the storybook -

Although he had noticed something unusual about the nun's whereabouts before, Mellen didn't ask anything because it didn't fit with his character who was in trouble and didn't talk much.

But in his opinion, even if he didn't ask, the woman opposite him who seemed to be very scheming, but actually couldn't hold back her words in front of people close to her, would have made it clear to him sooner or later.

So he immediately put the matter behind him.

As for the few small black dots representing the Holy Spirit, there was no obvious change after he leaked the news.

Only one of them went to where the leader was disguising his identity to observe for a while, and then returned the same way.

Therefore, Mellen knew that this Holy Spirit really did not intend to act rashly.

Both things were of little interest for the time being, so he could only leave the suitcase, and then, with nothing to do, he suggested that he go and check it out now without waiting for the evening.

At this time, Mrs. Chelsea was still in the airship and was heading towards the school, so of course she had nothing to do. After hearing this, she simply agreed.

However, when he entered the world of the storybook through hypnosis through a simple magic spell, he suddenly realized a problem that he had ignored before.

That is, the image of the lady here is that of a little girl, which represents the daughter of a family of three.

Even if the creator of the storybook described the plot of the adventure as full of unspeakable plots, could these plots be related to a child?

There is no mention of this in the rule notes, but it seems impossible when you think about it...

"It seems like things are quite simple."

The madam also realized this, which made her feel relieved, but also felt a little disappointed.

This is not to say that she is eager to have something happen with the student, but because when she agreed to the student, she had actually made some preparations.

Now this psychological expectation has been disappointed, but it feels a bit awkward.

But on the surface, she seemed extremely calm.

However, when the depressed Melen led her as a child to the edge of the storybook world and planned to officially enter the first level, her calm appearance disappeared in an instant.

Because a passage suddenly rang out.

"Come to the descendants of the Farley family, please note that in the first level, what you need to do is very simple. You only need to play your current identity."

"The more similar the role is, the higher the chance of success."

"This kind of acting includes but is not limited to language, behavior, interaction patterns, and even facial expressions."

This voice sounds very old, but judging from his name, you can find that this is actually a "program" that has been set long ago.

However, this is not the point. The point is the content mentioned in this program.

"My identity is as a father, and my identity as a teacher is as a daughter..."

Looking at the little girl standing frozen beside him, Meren suddenly didn't know what to say.