frightfiction Chapter 638 - 638
Chapter 638 - 638
Even Clairvoyance couldn't find him, so of course they couldn't either.Although Arcueid was unwilling to accept it, she had no choice but to give up.
Fortunately, the school was empty at this time, so they didn't attract any strange individuals. Characters like BB, Gilgamesh, and Merlin were often absent from school as well. The three of them left the school without any major incidents.
Still, there was some good news—at least they now knew that Roa was likely hiding near the school. After returning to the Alice's residence, Alice strengthened the surveillance around the school.
In the days that followed, the entire Kinojo City remained calm.
Roa continued to lie low, no deaths occurred, and no supernatural incidents took place. The serial murder case turned into an urban legend, and life remained uneventful.
Even so, to Eiji and the others, it felt like the calm before the storm.
Days like these gradually passed, and half a month went by.
During these two weeks, Eiji lived a routine life, shuttling between two points.
With no need for nightly patrols, Eiji returned to living at home. His daily life with Minamoto no Raikou and Okita Souji remained as usual, while during the day, he underwent special training with Scáthach at school.
Driven by a sense of urgency, his recent training had become intense to the point of astonishing even Scáthach.
Thanks to this, his swordsmanship improved rapidly, making him almost unrecognizable compared to half a month ago.
"It seems you've reached a bottleneck," Scáthach said after training ended that day, applying runes to Eiji, who was lying on the ground panting.
"Pretty much," Eiji nodded, drenched in sweat.
With the support of the runes, his stamina quickly recovered.
Only a thin layer of paper remained.
Once he pierced through that layer, he would step into the true realm of Twin-Wings and enter a broader world!
His other self in the other world had just suffered a crushing defeat in the artificial labyrinth and was now training desperately with the Freya Familia. With both sides working hard, the day of his breakthrough was very close!
He had a feeling it would happen soon.
"Pushing yourself too hard isn't good. Since tomorrow is the weekend, take a proper rest," Scáthach said, casually dispersing the surrounding barrier as they returned to the office.
She had high hopes for this disciple.
It wasn't for any particular reason—it was mainly his relentless determination that appealed to her.
To put it abstractly, Eiji had a strong Celtic vibe.
Her expectations for him were even higher than for that useless fishing enthusiast of a disciple.
Eiji opened his mouth, wanting to argue, but decided against it.
Breaking through a bottleneck wasn't easy, and the more impatient he was, the less likely he would succeed.
After his battle with Twin-Wings, his mindset had become much calmer. After all, there was another version of himself working hard too.
After leaving the school, Eiji headed toward the residential area, planning to return home before nightfall.
"Eiji, you're out!" At the school gate, he saw a golden-haired girl waiting there, looking somewhat bored.
"Arcueid, what are you doing here?" Eiji stopped, somewhat surprised.
"I went to the infirmary today!" Arcueid replied cheerfully.
Eiji's heart skipped a beat!
"What did you go there for?" he asked, suddenly tense.
"You know, last time I went to the principal's office, Merlin claimed he didn't know anything! So I wanted to ask Goetia if he knew where Roa was!"
Arcueid answered Eiji's question straightforwardly.
"What did he say?"
Eiji looked Arcueid up and down.
No missing limbs or anything, she should be fine, right?
"He told me to solve my own problems and then kicked me out."
Arcueid's face darkened.
She threw a punch at the air, imagining Goetia right in front of her, screaming as he flew back from her blow.
Eiji rolled his eyes.
Over the past half month, even though Alice had been diligently monitoring, they hadn't found even a single trace of Roa.
Arcueid was furious.
She felt Alice had broken their contract - she'd clearly promised to help find Roa in exchange for her blood, but until now there hadn't been even half a sighting of Roa!
Even the compass used to search for Roa had stopped working because the scent was over ten days old!
What a waste of that bottle of blood she'd given!
With no other choice, Arcueid had to change tactics and seek help from the awakened big shots in this Singularity.
But Scáthach said she didn't know, Gilgamesh was traveling around the world and couldn't be found, Merlin occasionally appeared at school but when she caught him to ask, he just laughed and said he knew nothing, and today when she went to find Goetia, he directly threw her out!
"I think he definitely knows where Roa is, but he just won't tell me!"
Arcueid was indignant.
What would it cost him to help out?
"Maybe he sees you as a strong competitor?"
Eiji shrugged.
That wasn't impossible.
After all, Arcueid bore the shadow of Crimson Moon, so Goetia might be very wary of her.
Of course, the possibility that Goetia simply couldn't be bothered with others' affairs couldn't be ruled out either.
Arcueid muttered a few complaints, then fell silent.
The two walked side by side away from school, down the highway toward the shopping district.
"Speaking of which, why are you following me?"
Eiji turned to look at Arcueid beside him.
"Don't you live at Alice's place?"
"I moved out!"
Arcueid followed closely behind him, her expression utterly guileless.
"Oh."
Eiji understood.
Probably just going the same way.
"Why did you move out?"
"I had a fight with Alice. She said my money was counterfeit - what a strange person! The bills I gave were all genuine, how could they be useless? She must have kicked me out because she felt guilty about not being able to find Roa!"
Arcueid complained bitterly, wearing an expression of absolute certainty.
"Did you create that money using Marble Phantasm?"
"Yes!"
"With all due respect, are you unaware that banknotes have serial numbers?"
"What's that?"
Arcueid looked curious.
This woman had definitely created a stack of bills with identical serial numbers!
No wonder Alice kicked her out - he wouldn't have been able to tolerate it either!
"Truly an idiot!"
Eiji sighed, wearing a look of benevolent concern for the mentally challenged.
"Don't call me an idiot! I just didn't know!"
Arcueid shouted in protest.
Amid their bickering, the two passed through the crowded shopping district.
"By the way, do you know what Aoko's been up to lately?"
Eiji thought of another matter and asked Arcueid.
"I don't know."
Arcueid shook her head bluntly.
"I see..."
Eiji didn't press further.
About a week ago, Aoko had suddenly left Scáthach's side.
According to her, she had reached graduation level.
Seeing how confident she looked at the time, Eiji guessed she must have found the feel for using magic. However, no one had seen her anywhere these past few days - she couldn't even be found at Kuonji Manor.
Alice seemed to know something, but didn't tell him either.