Ethan didn't want to stay at that point for long, but he wanted to investigate the vestiges of mana. He would look suspicious, though, and so people would even think that he might be trying to erase the vestiges of the spell. So, for now, he left the area.
Ethan approached the arena again, and then when he confird that no one was watching him, he jumped to the ceiling of the building. Only the seats were being protected by the cover of the stadium, so the place was quite large, and Ethan could move around with ease. Once he had a clear view of the area where the teleport happened, Ethan sat down and observed the area.
"Everyone is clearly avoiding that area… Is everyone that good at finding vestiges of magic?" Ethan furrowed his eyebrows. "They either received information about the whole thing beforehand or… the students told each other once the first person found it. I don't know if the kids here have balls or not."
Ethan watched the area for a while, but he didn't see anything else worth noticing. Maybe he should contact Hannah and know if she learned sothing… she has been quite busy as of late, so he didn't want to bother her too much. Still, in that situation, it was probably the best option.
"As expected of Ethan, my little brother… you sure are quick to understand things, even though most of your magic skills suck," Hannah called Ethan when he sent her a ssage. "Unfortunately, it would be better if you didn't try to get involved now… you just returned from another ss, after all. The higher-ups will start to think that you are a troublemaker at this rate."
"You can't bla for that, considering that he kind of forced us to commute to the sa place almost every day, and they can't guarantee anymore that the place is safe," Ethan shrugged.
"Can you at least pretend that you care about following the rules?" Hannah sighed over her own wristwatch. "If you keep saying stuff like that, you will only add more fuel to the fire."
If Ethan cared about that at all, he would have destroyed the wristwatch a long ti ago. Although being monitored was annoying, it wasn't really a problem for him right now… Ethan would rather focus on recovering his strength and living in peace, but the conditions weren't good for either.
"... Your silence speaks volus about your lack of interest in being nice to so people," Hannah said and then sighed again. "Anyway, a large operation is already prepared to confirm what really happened, and you don't have to worry about anything."
Hannah didn't give Ethan more details. While she trusted her little brother, she wasn't the one calling the shots when it ca to interplanetary missions, she had to follow her orders as well. Still, revealing that much to the others seed fine, so Ethan passed the ssage to Ian and Emily.
"I guess they will send a team to another world by using the fissure created by the spell…" Ian said via the Telepathy amulet when everyone went ho. "The chances of them succeeding will be high if they teleport around the sa ti and on the sa spot."
"That makes sense, still while their fast response is great… I have the feeling that things won't be easy," Emily said.
"The enemies might be waiting for them, right… It looks like even Hannah doesn't know to which planet those three are headed to, so it is hard to imagine what is waiting for them on the other side," Ethan added. "Anyway, there's not a single thing that we can do without using Teleport on the sa spot. We should just wait for the news, be they good or bad…"
"... Actually… no, never mind," Emily said after taking a deep breath.
One didn't have to be a genius to know that Emily had so kind of idea, but she hesitated for so reason. It was probably too troubleso. That was why Ethan and Ian didn't press her on the subject… there was no point in trying to solve a problem and creating another.
The next morning, Ethan found those four together again on the plaza of the academy. The atmosphere sure looked depressed among them. Moreover, Emily looked tired, as if she didn't sleep well that night.
"It looks like you all sucked so sour lemons this morning," Ethan said after he approached.
They looked at Ethan like he had said so nonsense, but soon they forgot about it. Now that he thought about it, Ethan realized that he didn't interact with Kei, nor did he have anything to say to him.
"The vestiges of the spell disappeared, and new traces showed up. A new team probably went to follow those three students," Ian declared with a serious expression on his face.
Ethan didn't want to get dragged into Ian's pace. That was why he didn't want to ask why Ian was so interested in the subject… it was probably because Lyla must be worried… not all kids in the school were her students. But she was probably worried sick about them, and that was enough of a reason for Ian.
"You guys don't have to worry about it," Hana said and then smiled. "Things will solve themselves eventually."
"I am not worried. I just want to get rid of future problems that might co to bite in the ass in the future," Ethan explained. "Anyway, I am not sure if you can reveal that, but did you receive any orders from your leaders?"
"We were just told to cooperate if the necessity arises, nothing else," Hana explained. "I guess it would be suspicious if we received any more ssages. In any case, in one way or the other, we owe you all so apologies… we brought this kind of atmosphere, even though this place looked so full of life before."
"Are things that difficult in your ho land?" Ethan asked after he crossed his arms.
"In a manner of speaking, yes… rember what I said before about how heroes are divided? One of the main reasons for that is the fact that a lot of us are treated like celebrities," Hana explained. "We receive invitations to beco part of so groups like business conglorates, we start working promoting their business and also receiving high positions in their groups alongside paynt as well… while we also receive paynt from the governnts. So of us even starred in movies already… being treated like stars in another worlds and back on Earth, you can imagine how much that kind of thing changed the minds of people of our age."
"... People fight hard to obtain those positions. A lot of us even try to create drama to throw mud at the nas of other heroes just to get their positions," Kei added.
That wasn't surprising. Ethan knew that in so Asian countries, it was pretty common to exist things like idols, and a lot of those people were teens. That wasn't a thing in the Western world, at least not that much anymore…
"Thinking about all this is a waste of ti," Emily said and then got up. "Let's do sothing to improve the mood. While we aren't participating in the main operation, there is sothing that we can do."
"And that would be?" Ethan asked.
"... Follow , and you will see," Emily declared.
Everyone began to follow Emily until she stopped in the area where the accident happened. Ethan could tell that she was planning sothing. Still, he didn't know if it was sothing smart or not… she barely avoided punishnt the last ti, and it looked like she wanted to do sothing big again.
"I will have to control my power to avoid problems. That is why I will have to ask you all to guard . I can't do anything else aside from focusing on the spell," Emily declared. "Still, you shouldn't move from your spot, and I can't guarantee your safety if you do that."
Emily looked more serious than usual, so the whole group nodded. Ethan didn't like the idea of following her without knowing what she had in mind. Still, he stayed silent and just waited until Emily began to emit her mana in a ten ters radius. Eventually, a barrier surrounded the group, and then it started to vibrate. Everyone felt their bodies getting heavier and stuff… it didn't feel like it was so sort of gravity spell, but it made their bodies feel like stone.
Emily began to sweat cold, and then after ten seconds, the group noticed that the clouds in the sky stopped moving… until they began to move backward.
The whole group realized instantly that Emily was using ti magic. While they had seen so instances of that kind of power being used, they never saw sothing like a ti reversal happening… Ethan had only seen people using Ti acceleration. Still, after watching Emily for a short while, Ethan confird that she wasn't using a perfect version of ti reversal. If that were the case, they would be able to move freely inside the barrier, but that wasn't the case.
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