Lainconnue: "So sorry guys, totally overlooked this chapter for release until now."


    Thanks to all the reader who pointed this out to me


    "Let''s chat."


    Everyone reacted differently when the Principal slowly reined in his mana.


    Ishtar was defiant but no mana means she can''t fight anymore.


    Ikaros, Astrea, Avrora, and Kanon are not convinced.


    Natsuki frowned at the sudden cessation of hostility from Edward.


    Wu Yan replied.


    "You''re not going to say you know I was ckmailed into doing this, right?"Ed, Ishtar, and thedies flinched.


    He saw that the principal was just gauging him?


    Clearly, Wu Yan disrupted his tempo.


    He grinned as if he hit the nail on its head.


    "Principal, you need to give me some credit."


    The principal grimaced.


    He kept his eyes on Wu Yan.


    "Looks like you''re not just all brawns."


    The principal grinned.


    "That''s right, Wu Yan, I know someone ckmailed you into doing this!"


    "Huh?''


    Natsuki interjected.


    "Why didn''t you go after the real viins instead of making us the culprits in this?"


    If the principal knew, he could have investigated the real viins and taken action instead of letting Wu Yane after him like this.


    Plus, it would be better to end this as soon as possible rather than risk his own death.


    This is outrageous.


    "Well, let''s answer questions one by one."


    The principal winked.


    "Okay, Wu Yan, who is after my life?"


    "Kingsford."


    Wu Yan replied.


    "Well, Kingsford and their allies, specifically, the Granville family."


    "They were at each others'' throats but I believe they formed a temporary truce."


    "Granville is helping the Kingsford back into the political scene and they are trying to get me executed."


    "Okay, Wu Yan, I bet you don''t know this."


    The principal continued.


    "Recently, an envoy was sent from the Kingsford family."


    "The Kingsford did?"


    Natsuki asked.


    She snorted after realizing the ploy.


    "They want to bargain with you?"


    "yeah, they want me to say that Felix was innocent and the whole thing was a sham."


    The principal shrugged.


    "Granville don''t know about this."


    "Either way, they would seed regardless if the assassination was sessful."


    Natsuki analyzed the n.


    "Did they also tell you about this assassination ploy?"


    "No."


    Edward replied.


    "This was in my n. I knew they would do this from the start."


    Natsuki flinched.


    He saw thising?


    "I see."


    Wu Yan sighed.


    "Granville, they were under your control."


    "—!"


    Thedies gasped.


    Edward told the Granville to tell Wu Yan to kill him.


    "Ah, you knew, eh?"


    Edward praised him.


    "I told them to send someone to kill me. I never specified it had to be you."


    This was more a mental game than a game of cat and mouse in the first ce.


    "What was the point?"


    Natsuki calmed down.


    "What was the purpose of this?"


    "Hey, Wu Yan."


    Edward asked him.


    "Do you know about the Machine Doll?"


    "Machine Doll?"


    Thedies asked back.


    "Completely autonomous doll."


    Wu Yan replied.


    "A doll that can move without controllers and use magic independently without needing magic supply from anyone."


    "Completely autonomous doll?"


    Thedies gasped.


    Dolls will lose power when they''re far away from their masters.


    They''re like hunks of useless metal whenpletely devoid of mana.


    Even Banned Dolls are unable to fight a duel without external mana.


    However, if there was an autonomous doll, the need for the Puppeteer would be obsolete.


    Every nation is focused on this research.


    However, none have ever heard of anyone making a sessful breakthrough in this field.


    The field of creating the first Machine Doll.