A man in his mid-20s, clearly not a student, was descending the stairs.

In the darkness, the girl who pressed herself against the wooden wall and held her breath was undoubtedly not noticed by him.

Without any change in walking speed, he descended all the stairs and walked out of the dormitory.

Neris knew his face.

Her heart warmed for a moment. How could she forget that face!

In her previous life, he was the one who helped Yustas Gruenewalds kidnap Neris and provided her with an opportunity to escape. He gave her tea with a sleeping potion and dragged her around during the kidnapping!

His name was… right.

“Simon! Tie this girl’s hands. Damn girl, dare to challenge my sister’s position?”

“Hey, Simon. What should we do next?”

‘Simon, that was his name.’

Yustas called him that. Sometimes during the kidnapping, it seemed like Simon was directing everything, so he might have been a high-ranking servant of the Gruenewalds family.

Since he didn’t seem close to Yustas, he was probably Natasha’s person.

Although now he looked more than ten years younger than at the time of the kidnapping, the face that left a deep impression during the kidnapping was the same.

Unlike children, adults have fewer changes in appearance over time, so it didn’t seem like she had mistaken him.

Yustas Gruenewalds was currently enrolled in the academy, but Neris had never encountered him. Natasha didn’t need to send her a signal now.

Why did Simon come here? And at this hour?

Originally, there were no other people in this building, so could it be another pitiable student who mistook the Gruenewalds siblings?

Lost in thought, Neris quietly climbed the dormitory stairs. Then, she entered her room, closed the door behind her.

The room was as neat as when she left. However, there was nothing wrong with being exact.

She was already unpleasantly awakened. Neris searched every corner of her pillowcase, desk drawer, and shelf.

The word ‘compulsive disorder’ crossed her mind, but somehow, she was bothered by Simon’s presence.

Having lived in this dormitory for a long time, Neris was well aware of the faces of other residents. There was no one with the courage to challenge the prestigious Gruenewalds siblings.

Could there be any inspiration from the previous meeting for Natasha? Intentionally using the schedule of the student council members seen during the punishment with Nellusyon, Neris deliberately encountered Natasha, warned her, and left. Was there something wrong with that?

Perhaps Natasha was impressed that Neris intentionally sent Joseph away to save Claudewin. Now, Abelus and Natasha were passionately dating.
At Abelus’s request, Natasha moved Simon, and is it really impossible that she was trying to find a link between Neris and Claudwin inside Neris’s room?

Neris wasn’t a fool, and she had already burned the letters Claudwin sent, of course. However, she didn’t know if there was any other evidence.

She focused on whether there were cautious traces of an outsider touching the room and searched it.

The pillowcase, desk drawer, and shelf were fine. Nothing seemed to be missing or disappeared. But strangely, there was one place that caught her eye.

It was none other than the bed mattress.

Everyone had their own preference for decorating the edges of the bed mattress.

Neris used to neatly fold the sheet that covered the mattress and push it under the mattress. But now, the sheet edge was roughly stuffed under the mattress.

It was as if someone had lifted the mattress once, left it in place, and restored it haphazardly before leaving.

Normally, there was little difference in the appearance of the sheet, but in this situation, she needed to confirm even the slightest change.

Neris didn’t trust the shabby locks of this old dormitory.

Including her door, any door in this building could be easily opened with a few hairpins.

Neris pushed the mattress up with force.

“Ha.”

Between the mattress and the bed frame, or in other words, in a place she wouldn’t normally see, there was a brown envelope.

Neris chuckled ironically, took it out, and rearranged both the mattress and the sheet to their original positions. Then, she opened the envelope and looked at its contents.

It was an exam paper prepared for this midterm.

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Even before the earliest classes started in the academy, student council members who were having breakfast with sleepy eyes suddenly received an abrupt summons.

All students entering the student council were children of high-ranking families, so instead of having meals in the student cafeteria, they were eating food prepared by their personal servants in their dormitory rooms.

Thanks to that, it took some time for everyone to gather.

Natasha, who had to come late without proper grooming, glared at the younger students who arrived later. The young noble kids in the student council executive office were frightened by her sharp eyes and teary-eyed.