hearing his words Nephthys couldn't help react as well so she too put a smile on her lips, reaction which made Avners hart beat out of his chest
" Ah….I see….then I should do my best to teach you "
Avners smile turned into a grin but it was short lasting
" Master….what is this ? "
" Books of course "
she had put about twenty books in front of him
" Ha…..ha….I can see that…..I'm just asking why so many "
" To study of course "
" Woah is that how you treat someone who just confessed his gratitude to you ?
seeing all these books made Avner a little irritated not to mention her way of just coldly ignoring his confession. Was this the way she was gonna act even after he would confess his love to her? he couldn't help but think
" I'm sure you are very grateful to me, after all ... .isn't this the reason you lied to me and tried to replace me with Amabilis? because you are so grateful to me, I'm sure you just didn't want to overwork me "
being reminded of his sins didn't feel great, hearing her words he could only clear his throat and look down in shame not being able to keep eye contact with her
" This is how I, your tutor and master am showing my gratitude to my thoughtful student "
Avner smiled again but this time it was not because of happiness but because of awkwardness
" I´m sure you´ll study hard, we have history, geography and of course you will need anatomie in order to better understand the way your powers work "
"....."
Avner just looked at the books
" I'm sure you will do great "
Nephthys encouraged and stood up
" Wait, wait, wait. Where are you going ? "
Avner asked panicked
" Oh you need not worry about me, you already have enough to worry about "
she pointed at the books with her eyes and continued walking till her silhouette was no longer visible
Avner was left all alone in the classroom
" Sigh….is this how she is taking revenge….? "
Avner asked himself pitifully
" She is so evil she doesn't even know the reason I tried avoiding her in the first place, I feel like I am getting punished for having feelings for her "
Avner looked at the books again
" sigh…."
****
" What did you find regarding the investigation ? "
" I looked into what you told me last time and I didn´t find anything in particular, they weren't even killed in the same way, except they all seem to have died in a lot of pain "
" come on "
" What? Where ? "
" To the morgue "
" Oh….ok "
Miyeon and Nephthys were both on their way
****
" So there are about 14 victims at this point "
before them lay the lifeless bodies of fourteen people
" How do you know they were all killed by the same person ? "
Nephthys asked Miyeon
" all the witnesses described the same person "
" How so ?"
" Every single house that was attacked had at least one witness "
" Does that maybe mean he let them see it on purpose "
" Very probably
Nephthys started to analyze every single corps to see if she can find something out of the ordinary that would give them clues
" they are all part of the same group "
Nephthys finally said wich let Miyeon confused
" What do you mean ? How do you know that ? "
" Look here "
Nephthys pulled the cover off one of the corpses to his stomach then pointed at his solar plexus
"..."
Miyeon looked at where Nephthys showed him to but no matter how much he struggled he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary
" I don't see anything "
" That's because you look at it with the wrong eyes "
now he was even more confused
" I look with the wrong what now ? "
Nephthys then pointed at the solar plexus once again and explained what she had saw
" This right here, there is a tattoo you can not see with the bare eye "
she explained
" So how are you able to see it ? "
he asked
" You can see it too "
" How so ? "
" Try leading your chakra to your eyes "
she advised
Miyeon was aware that you could concentrate chakra in certain parts of the body. It is usually required to concentrate it in your hand to make energy come out of it but he had never heard of concentrating it to his eyes. Nevertheless he still did what she had asked
and indeed he saw it, the tattoo Nephthys was talking about, it was glowing under the skin
" Wow "
Miyeon was amazed as was Nephthys
" You were able to do it first try, looks like your reputation isn't only groundless rumors or exaggeration "