The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Fortunately, those who know the situation are not the type to talk nonsense, and "Elf Princess" Lucia will not easily reveal it in order to maintain stability.

　I think so.

　Dark couldn't help but glance at Robert, then immediately looked away.

　Even Robert should be able to distinguish between what's important and what's not, right?

　They waited for at least half an hour.

　Just as Robert and Witt were getting impatient, some noise finally came from inside the laboratory.

　Dark looked up, immediately walked towards the laboratory, and then pushed open the door to enter. "How is it?" he asked Lucia in a low voice.

　Lucia looked much more relaxed: "The curse has been successfully lifted. You truly deserve to be called the Witch of the Silver Moon."

　Dak nodded. Fortunately, the incident did not escalate to the worst possible outcome.

　If even Professor Mitia couldn't break the curse, then their assessment of its strength had to be raised to a new level.

　Now, at least the soul of that grassland spirit has a chance to be repaired.

　Even if you fill in the blanks, it will still be blank. Even if the grassland spirit wakes up, it cannot escape the aftereffects of "amnesia".

　However, the "dream machine" exists specifically for this purpose.

　As long as the grassland spirits haven't completely lost their memories, they can use the "dream machine" to deduce more "memories," which may not be real. But since they are naturally derived from the brain, they are basically accurate; they can only fill in logical gaps and cannot truly "restore memories."

　But if they could achieve this, it would already be a great success. Professor Steven Harvey and Professor Cazell immediately set about repairing the souls of the grassland elves after the curse was lifted.

　Professor Mitia, however, stepped aside to observe more closely, as she was still unsure whether the curse had been completely eradicated.

　But it turned out she did a great job.

　Professor Steven Harvey encountered no further obstacles as he sewed the blank soul into the gap in the prairie elf's soul.

　The entire "surgery" process went very smoothly.

　The "surgery" was successfully completed in just half an hour.

　Professor Steven Harvey stopped and prepared to continue using the "Dream Machine" to assist the grassland spirit in memory deduction.

　Professor Mitis was finally completely relieved and withdrew from the experiment.

　She walked to the door, stood with Dark and the others, and asked with a smile, "Has anyone told me the details of what happened?"

　Dak was about to answer, but seeing Robert's anxious look, he simply said, "Let Robert tell you."

　Robert immediately picked up the conversation, chattering away. Professor Midia casually cast a spell to prevent their voices from being heard. After a moment, having learned the details, Professor Midia clicked her tongue and couldn't help but remark, "So, the final piece of the puzzle that made the orcs a prime suspect was me?"

　Dark shook his head and said, "It's just a possibility."

　Mitia said, "Since it's possible, let's go investigate. There are twenty-six orcs in total. Investigating them all will naturally clear their names."

　"That is, provided they cooperate," Dark said.

　Mitia wanted to say, "That's only if they have the ability not to cooperate." But after glancing at the "elf princess," she swallowed her words.

　Robert interrupted, "Those orcs don't seem like they'd cooperate, especially with all the evidence pointing to them."

　"There's no such thing as all the evidence," Witt couldn't help but retort.

　Robert muttered, "Isn't that all of them?"

　Witt said, "Just one? One can't be called all."

　Robert said, "One divided by one multiplied by one hundred percent, isn't that everything?"

　Witt: "..."

　Woman's mouth!

　after awhile.

　Professor Sylph came in and asked what was going on.

　After learning that the surgery had been successfully completed, she called Dark out. Witt and Robert wanted to follow, but stopped instinctively after being glanced at by Professor Sylph.

　Dark followed Professor Sylph out of the lab and quickly entered the next room. "Are we preparing to launch an investigation?" he asked.

　Principal Arte said, "The sooner the better." Dark asked, "How?"

　Principal Arte said, "After we go out, I'll call all the orcs to my office. You and your magical elf will observe them from the rest room inside. That should be fine, right?"

　Dak nodded and said, "It's not a big problem."

　He had done similar things many times before, and had even launched a school-wide investigation.

　This survey only involved twenty-six people, which couldn't be easier.

　The only concern is that the other party might be on guard.

　"The goddess of the mind" can only read surface thoughts, so avoiding "mind-reading" is not actually that difficult.

　That is precisely why a swift and decisive battle is necessary.

　Principal Arte said, "Since there are no problems, let's get started. You and I will go to the office and wait here."

　Professor Sylph said, "Then I'll just send the message." Principal Art nodded and said, "We can begin." The three reached a consensus and immediately began to act.

　It seems like a lot has happened, but it's only a little past eight o'clock. On a Sunday when there are no classes, eight o'clock is still the morning rush hour in the cafeteria.

　Dak used spatial teleportation to enter the principal's office and went directly into the lounge to wait.

　Principal Art sat at the back of his office, pretending to review the documents.

　Not long after, there was a knocking sound at the principal's office door.

　"Please come in," Principal Arte said softly.

　The orc prince, who was at the front, tentatively turned the handle and entered the office. Following him, all twenty-six orcs entered the office, standing in neat rows.

Chapter 1176 Darkdemon, the Orcs Are No Easy Guys (5k)

　The so-called investigation of suspects is actually just this.

　When you possess the incredibly convenient ability of "mind reading," directly reading the suspect's mind is undoubtedly the most direct and efficient method.

　Even if you can't be completely sure, you can quickly filter through them.

　If we can identify the suspect, that would be ideal; but if we can't, then we'll have to find another way.

　Dark summoned the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye" early on and sat patiently at the door of the rest room.

　Principal Arte had set up a barrier in the rest room. Although there was only a door separating the outside from the inside, no matter what sounds or smells came from this side, the outside would not be able to detect them.

　On the contrary, sitting inside, you can see everything outside clearly.

　Even though Dark doesn't have the X-ray vision of the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye," she can still see through doors by gathering magic power in her eyes.

　As the knocking sounded, a total of twenty-six orcs entered the office one by one.

　It was also thanks to Principal Arte's spacious office that so many people could fit in.

　The War Totem Academy also has two team leaders, but unfortunately, under the dominance of the Orc Prince, they are more like marginal figures.

　Grace Leon stood in the center, looking at Principal Arte with a mixture of doubt and confusion on her face.

　The person who clearly summoned them was the vice principal, but when they entered the office, only the principal was there.

　This made him feel that something he was unaware of was happening.

　He disliked this feeling of not being able to control everything.

　But even beasts, born into this world, cannot escape this situation.

　He sighed inwardly and asked, "Principal Arte, is there some special circumstance?"

　But they went straight to the point.

　Principal Arte then put down her pen, looked up, and gave a faint smile: "It's nothing major, I just wanted to ask if you're getting used to life at the academy."

　A clumsy lie.

　Grace Leon frowned sharply.

　But sitting before him was the headmistress of St. Mary's Academy, one of the few remaining saints of this era. Even if he harbored many disrespectful thoughts, he dared not voice them aloud.

　However, what he didn't know was that the curses he kept hidden in his heart were clearly seen by a magical spirit behind a door.

　"How is it?" Dark asked.

　"Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" stared straight at the door with its third eye, its lips slightly parted, and a voice uttered: "The insults were very harsh, but it shouldn't be him."

　“I think so too.” Dark smiled.

　If it were Grace Leon, the target would be far too obvious. Besides, he doesn't seem like the type to do something so foolish.

　"And... what about the rhinoceros tribe?" he asked.

　[Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind] shifted her gaze slightly, looking at the rhinoceros beastman.

　Principal Arte's questioning may seem clumsy, but the more clumsy it is, the more likely it is to arouse the suspect's suspicion.

　Once a suspect develops a sense of "vigilance," related content will surface from the surface of their thinking.

　In other words, this seemingly unrelated statement alone is enough to confirm the suspect's identity through "mind reading."

　Of course, "Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" cannot see into everyone's mind at once. Therefore, she must continuously draw out people's thoughts in order to complete the entire investigation in one go.

　The rhinoceros-like beastman who stole it was the most suspicious among all the beastmen.

　Because he has the clearest "motive".

　Although killing and cursing someone because of losing one or two duels is not something a normal person would do.

　However, the orcs have a history of this.

　Orcs, especially mammalian orcs, are most prone to impulsive behavior. Orcs call this "beast blood" and take pride in it.

　The rest of the humans and subhumans cursed them as "uncivilized beasts."

　So, if one day an orc suddenly does something that a normal person could never do, don't be too surprised, because it's not worth it.

　but……

　"It must be because of that treacherous grassland elf!"

　The rhinoceros-orc was surprisingly intelligent, and he clearly knew about the suffering of the grassland elf Dylan.

　"How did he know?" Dark asked.

　"Magical Beast: God of the Mind's Eye" kept only its third eye open, while its other two eyes were slightly narrowed. After examining the situation carefully, it said, "The orcs from the Knights Academy told him this."

　"Hmm," Dark said.

　"Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" said, "After returning to the tower, some members of the sports club were discussing something in the common lounge of the Knights' Academy tower when an orc overheard them. Then the orc went to question him about whether he had done it."

　Dark frowned and asked, "Which orc is it?"

　"Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" shifted her gaze slightly, and after a moment said, "It's that fox-clan beastman over there. Also, the one he was eavesdropping on is the vice president of the sports club, Hack Willard."

　“Oh, it’s him…” Dark nodded, remembering the senior, and pointed to another lion-like beastman from the Knight Academy, asking, “And him?”

　"Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" turned her head and looked over. After a while, she said, "That lion-clan beastman also knows. He heard it from that fox-clan beastman. He is cursing the rhinoceros-clan beastman now."

　Dark smiled and said, "It's his fault that they're scolding him."

　[Magic Beast: The Goddess of Mind nodded slightly and said, "Yes, that's right. They were all under a lot of pressure when they were suddenly called to the principal's office for interrogation."]

　“High pressure is normal,” Dark nodded. “Let’s try another one.” [Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind] then continued reading the minds of the other beastmen.

　The conversation continued inside the office.

　But Principal Arte kept beating around the bush and never got to the point, which made several orcs angry and started cursing in their hearts.

　The orcs living in the Knights' Academy were the most well-informed. Most of them already knew about the suffering of the grassland elves and deduced from this the real reason they had been summoned to the office.

　Besides the Knights Academy, there were also quite a few orcs in the Magic Academy who knew the truth. One of them even witnessed the scene firsthand on his way to the library.

　That orc happened to be a witch doctor.

　"Write down her name."

　Dark recalled the list of orcs, found the names and wrote them down as key targets.

　The orc was a raven, with black wings like those of a fallen angel on her back, a black feather on her forehead, and cute little eyebrows above her round eyes.