Fang Hong furrowed his brow and, to confirm this point, quickly scanned through the entire list again, finding that indeed not every na on the roster had detailed information: so lacked a background, so lacked an introduction, and most did not have the ti of enrollnt marked.
He silently set down the file, tapped his fingers on the desk, and looked back to ask, "Miss Hilveld, do you have any thoughts?"
Naturally, this question was also directed at the fairy sitting on his shoulder.
Miss Fairy said after hearing this, "Mr. Knight, among those whose backgrounds are marked, there are seventy-four nobles, twelve with royal bloodlines from various countries, thirty-three connected to the Colin Comrcial League—either their parents are officials or children of comrce alliance chairpersons; plus, sixty-seven are exchange students from the Elpaxin Artisan Association, three co from the Elpaxin Theological Academy, and the remaining eleven have special relationships with the high ranks of Holite Academy."
"Among those with introductions, they are all either Dwarf or Aquen Elves. The most nurous group among them is twenty-seven from the Steelbrow Clan, followed by fourteen from the Greysbeard Clan, plus seven elves."
"The total of these two groups is two hundred thirty-five people, which makes up about one-sixth of the total census, Mr. Knight, I hope this helps you."
"There are two details Mr. Knight should note, the exchange students from the Elpaxin Artisan Association only begin to appear a lot in the latter part of the list, likely a sign of acceptance by the Artisan Association after Holite School beca famous, which would have been about sixty years ago. Mr. Knight should pay close attention to this ti period."
"Furthermore, there are overlappings in these identities, within the dwarfs ten are also exchange students from the Elpaxin Artisan Association and among the elves are three, so the total number is two hundred thirty-five and not two hundred forty-eight. Lastly, one of the final three elves' na might interest you, Mr. Knight, his na is Kurufen-Noveli, if I'm not mistaken you should recognize this na—"
Fang Hong's mouth gaped open in shock, he had only quickly flipped through the list twice, what kind of extraordinary mory was required to rember these details? He instinctively checked and found everything Miss Fairy said was correct, he couldn't help but ask incredulously, "Miss Tata, you rembered all that?"
"As for written materials, I never forget anything, Mr. Knight," Miss Fairy answered calmly.
Hilveld watched Fang Hong's expression of a mix of frowning and astonishnt, understanding he was communicating with his own Dragon Soul, she waited a mont before asking, "Did Miss Tata say anything?"
Fang Hong, still not recovered from his shock, shook his head subconsciously.
The noble girl pondered a mont before answering, "Anyone marked with a background cos from an extraordinary origin. And those with introductions often hold special identities. This roster seems intentionally selected, indicating they either place high importance on these people, or—"
Fang Hong hastily ca back to reality, asking, "What?"
"To avoid these people."
"Avoid?"
"All the nas that have a background and introduction seem not to have their enrollnt ti marked, I don't think this is rely coincidental, right?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Hong quickly took out the roster to check again, indeed—moreover, not only that, but as the list progressed, more nas with marked tis appeared, with the highest frequency in the last twenty nas, almost all of whom had enrollnt tis noted.
What was even more outrageous was that these twenty-plus nas precisely avoided all those with backgrounds and special identities, including the Elf hero from the Battle of Bain—Kurufen-Noveli.
How could there be such coincidences in this world, the human manipulation was all too evident.
However, Fang Hong also hadn't expected that the Alchemist Master, Kurufen-Noveli, had actually studied at Holite Academy as an exchange student under the Elpaxin Artisan Association, if it had not been for Miss Fairy's unforgettable mory, who would have noticed such a detail?
Fang Hong glanced at Hilveld, at least she seed to have completely missed that point.
"What's wrong?" Noticing his stare, Hilveld asked lightly with a smile, "Do you find it appealing, Captain?"
Fang Hong hurriedly turned his head back, embarrassed.
Hilveld sighed, "Captain, I think we might have made a mistake."
"...What, what?"
"This roster is not without exceptions."
Fang Hong was stunned for a mont, then rembered that indeed it was so, the roster broadly conford to the patterns they surmised, but there were just twelve exceptions.
That was Hes and the other eleven nas marked with a fervent mark, not only did these nas have detailed origins, backgrounds, and introductions, but they also had their enrollnt tis.
Yet these people's statuses weren't all from distinguished origins, in fact, not only were there no dwarfs or elves among them, most were commoners, such as Hes, who was rely the daughter of a pottery shop owner, and not from a particularly well-off family.
Fang Hong thought about this and vaguely felt he was onto sothing.
Hilveld looked at him and continued to hint, "These twelve individuals might all be sacrifices in the hands of the Dragon Worship Sect—ant to resurrect Nikopolas. Captain, you must have considered this connection, what if this has sothing in common with the other nas marked with the ti as well?"
Fang Hong was stunned, his eyes widening involuntarily, "You an, this tiline might not actually be the enrollnt tis we thought... but rather... the dates... of the sacrificial rites?"
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