Who Spent the Night with the Tower Master (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 122

“Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess is involved in this matter? No… why on earth? What could she possibly gain by doing something like that? Besides, now that I think about it, I’m not even sure it really was the Ninth Princess. I was far away and didn’t get a clear look at her face… I might have been mistaken.”

Hilla seemed frightened at the mere thought that royalty might be entangled in this incident, so she retracted her own eyewitness account, suggesting she might have seen things incorrectly.

“What do you think, Senior Van?”

“People who look like the Ninth Princess aren’t exactly common, and besides, she’s a Horizon graduate, so she could come and go from the Academy as she pleases. I think it’s highly likely the woman Hilla saw was indeed the Ninth Princess.”

“Right? Unauthorized outsiders are strictly forbidden from entering the Academy. Maybe if we check the entry logs, we could find something?”

At Riley’s words, Hilla turned pale.

“Wait, hold on a second, Riley.”

“?”

“You’re not seriously thinking of digging into the princess’s affairs, are you? Are you insane? Don’t you realize how dangerous that would be? I told you—I might not have even seen the Ninth Princess!”

“It might still be true, though.”

“…Fine, let’s say for argument’s sake it is. What exactly do you plan to do about a princess? Do you have any proof the princess caused Josefine’s condition? Magic surges are natural phenomena, after all.”

“True. Maybe it really was just coincidence.”

Perhaps Josefine’s sudden magic surge was simply the result of chance.

However, considering that there were indications the Ninth Princess had contacted Josefine before the exam, and that this particular magic surge incident deviated significantly from the usual pattern—so much so that even experts found multiple aspects suspicious—Riley felt it necessary to investigate these questionable points.

“It’s just a matter of verifying what seems suspicious. If it wasn’t the princess, then it wasn’t. But if something feels off, shouldn’t we look into it?”

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