“Okay, let’s try to think about this. Elena has talent—an amazing one at that. However, she hasn’t been able to even wake up her mana yet. Thus, we thought there must be some outside influence, and when we determined that there was something wrong inside her body by using Nowem’s mana, an unexpected incident occurred.”

“When we began to train her by using Nowem’s mana, ‘they’ sensed it and began to spy on us.” 

“Yes, exactly.”

“I think we can assume that the mastermind behind all this can feel the mana flowing inside Elena’s body.”

“The mastermind is someone who rendered Elena’s mana useless. It wouldn’t be strange for them to have an ability like that.”

Lyla nodded with her arms crossed, but suddenly stopped. “Wait, the fact that the mastermind was able to pinpoint us means that they knew we trained Elena with Nowem’s mana…”

“You have someone in mind too, right?”

Lyla’s eyes darkened. As she said, “…Walwiss Dwayne and Orland Dwayne.”

There was clearly something wrong with Elena’s body, and if they fixed what was wrong with her, Elena could possibly use magic. Zich had only told this truth to two people who had the right to know: Elena’s family members.

“Of course, it could not be those two. Since it is well-known...