179 Seven School Mysteries Part Night ti ca quickly and most of the students have already left the school grounds. The Occult Club mbers went to the staircase that was heading to the rooftop. The staircase they have chosen was the one in the general studies building, as it was wider and could accommodate a large group of people walking up at the sa ti.
“Okay, first let’s try it one by one and then all together,” Michael instructed the others.
The first one to go up was Cho Ha-Eun and unlike at the beginning, she wasn’t as excited since she learned the first two mysteries had a rather normal explanation. Still, Ha-Eun continued to have a certain degree of anticipation as she started walking up the stairs.
“1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, huh? It’s just twelve steps there are not thirteen steps at all.”
Ha-Eun spoke feeling greatly disappointed. Even if she wasn’t going to be transported into another world, she at least hoped to see a flashing light or at least to have the staircase have up to thirteen steps.
Seeing what happened to Ha-Eun Loki felt a little relieved, still, he wasn’t planning on checking on the thirteen steps himself.
After Ha-Eun, the other mbers also tried to walk up the stairs but the sa as Ha-Eun they could only count up to twelve steps. Then it was finally Oliver’s turn to go up. Even though he tried walking up these stairs before he still tried it out this ti as maybe sothing different will happen now that a lot of people are watching.
“Okay, now it’s my turn. One, two, three-”
While Oliver was counting Loki felt sothing weird, it wasn’t much but Oliver’s tiny bit of mana started to circulate throughout his body a little faster than before. Why didn’t this phenonon happen when Michael who had more abundant mana did this?
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When Oliver arrived at the twelfth step he and the others were surprised that there was still another last step remaining. Oliver did not take that last remaining step as he was a little dazed, before when he did this there really weren’t any thirteen steps.
“Huh, did he make a mistake sowhere and count wrong?” Edward blurted out the question everyone else was thinking.
‘Spirit is there sothing going on with Oliver, why did a thirteen-step suddenly appear?’ Michael asked the forr Omniscient Spirit.
‘I can’t say but there might be so kind of ritual at work, or he just made a mistake. There are too few clues at the mont.’
The Spirit answered also wondering what was going on as he felt Oliver’s mana circulation flowing more smoothly than before.
“Oliver how about you-” Michael was about to stop Oliver but then the other party smiled widely and went onward.
“Here I co O’ otherworld!” Oliver stepped on the last step, everyone present did not even blink when suddenly a flash of light enveloped all those that were near.
...
“Huh, did sothing happen?” Oliver who was having a slight headache asked as he looked around his surroundings, he saw the other mbers of the Occult Club looking at him weirdly.
“Are you alright Oliver? You suddenly fainted.” Michael asked sounding very worried.
“I fainted? How long was I out, why aren’t we at the roof?” Oliver asked as the last mory he had was when he was going up the stairs.
“Are you talking about the thirteen steps? All of us already checked and we even went up together and no matter how many tis we counted it, it was just twelve steps. As for how long you’ve been unconscious it happened right after we made our last attempt on the thirteen steps. It has only been a few minutes since you passed out we were going to the infirmary but then you woke up.” Tsukasa answered Oliver’s question.
“Huh, I can’t rember any of that... The last thing I rember was I got to the twelfth step and there really was a thirteen step.”
“You must’ve been dreaming about that part, we were all there nothing of that sort happened. Maybe you really aren’t feeling well, so how about let’s end things for now and continue our investigation tomorrow.”
Ichika gave out a suggestion and the other mbers quickly agreed as they were worried about Oliver’s condition. Oliver wanted to refute and tell them that everything was alright but his head was really aching.
“Fine since we all agree on ending things for today. I officially announce that this is the end of our first day of investigations on the seven mysteries, we’ll continue tomorrow.” Michael clapped his hands and announced, the others also started clapping and one by one said their goodbyes and got ready to leave the school.
...
“Michael has the Spirit said anything to you, do you feel weird?”
Loki suddenly appeared beside Michael who was walking back ho. Michael was quite surprised by Loki’s sudden appearance that he got into a defensive stance but then he cald down when he saw Loki’s face.
“Weird feeling? What do you an Sir Loki, did you sense sothing different when we were investigating the seven mysteries?”
“... So you didn’t sense anything... How about the Spirit, did he sense anything strange?”
‘What is this guy saying, did he sense sothing that even I the Spirit of the Akashic Records didn’t sense?’
The Spirit spoke rather aggressively in Michael’s mind. The current Spirit might not be as strong as he once was, nor did the Spirit have his forr Omniscience but the Spirit was confident that there was nothing Loki could sense that the Spirit couldn’t.
“It doesn’t seem like the Spirit sensed anything, Sir Loki. Did you actually sense sothing strange, Sir Loki?”
“Nothing, it was just a weird feeling... I guess I’m feeling a bit overworked, I’ll just head back ho and sleep. See you tomorrow Michael.”
“Good night Sir Loki, see you tomorrow.”
...
After leaving Michael, Loki did not head ho instead went back to the school and onto the roof.
‘Even the Spirit of the Akashic Records was affected. The Spirit might be in an incomplete state but its knowledge is unquestionable. It would seem that I was the only one unaffected by that burst of light... No... Even Oliver had so doubts at first and was not completely affected. Still, what was that, it was able to alter everyone’s mory and even teleported us to a different space.’
Loki who arrived at the staircase leading to the roof used his mana sensing but found nothing weird. Still, Loki was worried there was sothing in the school that was near his siblings that he could not understand. This thing whatever it is might be harmful to his siblings.
Loki tried everything that he could with his current abilities to detect abnormalities in the space near the staircase but he found nothing.
‘In the first place, why was I the only one unaffected? What is the difference between and them?... The only thing different between and others is that my soul ca from a different world... The thirteen steps that could send you to a different world. Is that the reason why I wasn’t affected or is it sothing else like the blood that flows in this body, the blood of the Kamizaki clan?’
Loki then started debating with himself if he should test the thirteen steps. If it really was because his soul was from another world that he wasn’t affected by whatever spell or ability this place has then that’s good, but what if it’s related to his blood that would an it could do sothing to his siblings. Not only that deep down Loki was truly curious about the thirteen steps. In the end, Loki gritted his teeth and took the plunge as he started walking up the stairs.
‘1,2,3,4-‘
As Loki walked slowly while counting he was feeling nervous it was as if his legs were becoming heavier and heavier with every step he made. Loki finally reached the end and to his surprise, nothing happened.
“Twelve steps... What does this an, is the only one who could activate whatever spell that’s here Oliver? If so, what’s the point of all this? Was that spell truly just a spell to alter one’s mories and teleport them away or did sothing else happened? Still, if I rember correctly he told us that he had checked these steps before and nothing happened, but now it was different. So was the difference because soone else was watching him go up the stairs or is it because Michael and I were watching him that whatever spell it was activated?”
Loki knew that no matter how many questions he had nothing would be answered for now, so he decided to simply observe Oliver for now.
‘It would seem that there are many secrets hidden within that boy.’
As Loki was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly saw sothing that frightened him the thirteen step that wasn’t there before suddenly appeared. Loki who had his right leg up was startled as his right leg touched the last step. The mont Loki did so, the white flash once again appeared.
...
Loki looked around and saw that he was in the school hallway. Why was he just standing in the hallway in a daze? Loki checked his body and it doesn’t seem like there was anything wrong.
‘What was I doing here again?...’ Loki had a slight headache as he tried recalling what he was doing before.
‘Oh right, I checked on the thirteen steps again and there really was nothing. I guess that weird feeling I had was just being anxious about the idea of returning back to my old world. I guess I could ask Harold if there are any jobs for tonight so I can relieve so of my stress.’ With those thoughts in Loki’s mind, he left the school grounds.
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