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Chapter 561

"It's about the leader of those guys, the one they called Sage. I heard he used to live in the capital."

"Sage?"

Enon's interest was enough to indicate that this was no ordinary news, but this was truly unexpected.

"Yes. He was a manager."

Manager. Yuder recalled the visage of the Sage he had glimpsed briefly.

The Sage that Yuder knew from his previous life was unlike the genuine Sage of this era, who looked like a kind-hearted middle-aged man. With a neatly kept beard and clear complexion, he didn't look like soone who had struggled in life. But to think he was a manager in the capital? It was hard to believe.

"Are you sure you didn't mistake him for soone else?"

"The information cos from soone I worked with in the Intelligence Guild. He mainly deals with lower-level managers, but his mory for people is exceptional."

"Hmm"

Yuder's expression shifted. A slight nod conveyed the implicit request for more information. It was an attitude that seed slightly arrogant, yet also entirely natural for soone long accustod to leadership. Indeed, Enon had sensed this about him from the start.

"That guy said there was a manager who had worked for a long ti in the Blue Crown. Two years ago, he suddenly cleared out his ho and disappeared in the dead of night. It caused quite a stir. And he said that the Sage had a striking resemblance to that manager."

"Vanished in the dead of night?"

"Yes. Back then, it wasn't uncommon for people to disappear like that, but it was the first ti for soone from the Blue Crown. That's why he rembered it so well."

"People disappeared like that occasionally? Why... Ah."

Yuder suddenly recalled the tifra and understood the reason. Enon gave a sly smile.

"Yes, you'd know the reason better than anyone."

While it wasn't particularly relevant to Yuder, who had been living alone in the mountains, there had been an atmosphere of fear and suspicion toward the newly erging Awakeners at that ti.

The chaos had sowhat subsided after announcents were made about the Red Stone, but there were still many Awakeners who had fled their hotowns. It was a fact evident even from the Awakeners Yuder had t, such as those from the Star of Nagran.

"So, the theory is that the manager who disappeared might have beco an Awakener and fled?"

Yuder had not known that even in the capital, where the Emperors reach was closest, there were such individuals. However, it made sense if they had Awakened before the announcents about the Red Stone and the Awakeners had begun.

"Yes, so I did so more digging."

"And? What did you find?"

"Here, take a look."

Yuder unfolded the parched paper handed to him by Enon. It contained the personal details of so managers who had worked at the Blue Crown. A red stamp in the corner indicated that it was a discarded docunt.

'The ink and paper are definitely the ones exclusively used by managers. It's neither duplicated nor a copy. This is the original.'

It was a mystery how Enon had managed to find a docunt that must have been buried sowhere for years.

"How did you manage to get your hands on this?"

"Isn't this what they dragged into their intelligence departnt for?"

"I knew that, but Im asking because its impressively done."

"Enough with the complints, just read it already!"

Enon's reply was curt, but Yuder noticed the slight grin tugging at the corners of Enons mouth and eyes, failing to hide his sense of satisfaction.

The na written on the docunts was "Karl Enfile." He was a Level 8 administrator who had worked in the Blue Crown, responsible for library managent and temple communications. If he were still alive today, he would be in his late fifties.

The age seems about right, Yuder thought.

According to the docunts, Karl Enfile led a fairly average life for a lower-level administrator. Born into an obscure family with little reputation, he beca an administrator solely on the basis of his surna, without any titles to speak of.

"He was an administrator for over 30 years and remained a Level 8. That probably ans he hardly got any promotions. Did he have a family?" Yuder wondered.

There was no ntion of a spouse or children in his family details. He had lived alone in the sixth wall district, led an unremarkable administrative life, neither making any significant contributions nor committing any offenses. Then, nearly three years ago, he vanished without a trace. That was the end of it.

But that doesn't an there's absolutely no information to be gained about him, Yuder mused.

Even if Karl Enfile had disappeared, there would be those who still rembered him. Digging deeper could reveal more.

Enon seed to be thinking along the sa lines, and added, "From what I've gathered so far, Karl Enfile had quite an extensive social network. He was knowledgeable and often consulted by others. When working with the temple, he frequently gave doctrine lectures on behalf of the priests."

Yuder interpreted this in his own way: So he was well-read and persuasive.

"Why didn't he get promoted, then?"

"He may have been pushed out during power struggles. The docunts don't ntion it, but the Blue Crown is one of those places where those who lose out in internal politics end up," Enon explained.

Hmm. So this socially adept guy was also actively involved in power struggles, Yuder contemplated.

It wasn't particularly surprising. There were plenty of people who appeared good from a distance but were not so upon closer examination.

Yuder had visited the Blue Crown when he applied for the Cavalry test. It was primarily a workplace for lower-level administrators. Such positions offered the best career path for people born with so but not significant advantage, although the internal atmosphere was often thick with ambition.

Yuder had sensed it when he was there to register for the test; there were more people interested in protecting their own comfort than in actually doing their jobs.

"What's strange is that besides the guy who ntioned rembering Karl's face, almost no one else rembers him. The guy who gave the information said that Karl's disappearance was quite the topic at the ti, but no one rembers it now, not even his na," Enon added.

It seed that Enon had gone to great lengths to find docunts proving Karl Enfile's existence precisely for that reason.

It was strange for everyone to so uniformly forget soone without a reason. Yuder knew of one explanation for such an occurrence.

"The likelihood that a psychic was involved is high," Yuder posited.

"Exactly. That's why I want to dig deeper."

"In that case, give a list of people who claim they can't rember."

"Why?"

"If it really is the work of a psychic, then from that point on, it's my responsibility."

"Do you have a way to restore their mories?"

Enon asked skeptically. Yuder quietly replied, "That would also be the work of a psychic. And there's no one who understands that power better than I do."

Even if one's psychic abilities seed formidable, they were never absolute. Just as Nahans illusionary abilities had their weaknesses.

Even if these forces were invisible, as long as the sa energy was being used, there was always a way to block or break it. Among mages, it was rare to be bested by magic, and swordmasters seldom lost to other swordsn. The principle was the sa.

Enon briefly furrowed his brows before reaching out and firmly grabbing Yuder's cheek.

"...Why are you doing this?"

"Quiet. No showing off just because you think your powers are so great. Especially not when you're bleeding all over and had to be carried here."

"What are you talking about?"

"Just know thisno showing off, no acting cool. Because of people like you, we increasingly get patients who overextend themselves and have to be brought in."

Annoyed for so unfathomable reason, Enon began to mutter.

"I'll pass you the list later. You find out exactly what abilities Sage and the others possess. Even my own investigations have their limits."

"Understood."

Yuder was aware, thanks to the information Kishiar had provided, that the Awakeners from the Star of Nagran were currently staying in the Bright Palace of Crown Prince for a few days.

So, the next eting was as good as set.

'I hope Kiolle has been doing a good job investigating them.'

"By the way, what happened with your Commander?"

Having finished their conversation and about to clear the tableware, Enon suddenly asked as if he had just rembered sothing. He seed reluctant but inescapable in his inquiry.

"Why?"

"This morning, he ca looking for Lusan and asked if he could have so divine energy for rejuvenation."

'...Kishiar asked for that?'

Since the day the Emperor awakened, Kishiar had been focusing on recovery, alongside Yuder. He had his condition diagnosed by Enon at Yuder's request and had mostly stayed by Yuder's side when he wasn't taking dicine or sleeping in his own room. His diligent and attentive caregiving was still fresh in Yuder's mory.

Though he had ntioned going to see the Emperor this morning, Yuder hadn't noticed anything odd then.

'Rejuvenation, huh.'

At face value, it might just be that Kishiar wanted to appear healthier when going to see the Emperor. But if there was another reason...

It was Yuder who had declined Enon's offer to rest in the room next to Kishiar, opting to rest in his own room instead. But after hearing Enon's words, he began to think he should have stayed by Kishiar's side, regardless of how others might perceive it.

"Got it. Thanks for letting know."

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