The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 1243

Chapter 1243: An Unwelcome Attraction

Well, to be fair, the word changed sounded a little too jovial when there really wasn’t anything good that could come out of something related to that thing.

For one, the way those particles had separated entirely on their own before forming clusters along the protective glass enclosure closest to where the practice essences were would’ve been nothing short of horrifying to anyone even remotely concerned about the survival of the general population.

Naturally, unlike when they’d excitedly watched fragments of Lumensteel being attracted toward a crystal seed, nobody was particularly thrilled about discovering this version of attraction.

If anything, there was really only one thing that came to mind.

A looming disaster.

That was what.

And as if to prove just how serious the situation had become, even Elder Pao Xi, who was normally the most composed out of all the Elders, ended up cursing under his breath when he saw what was happening.

Still, as horrifying as the discovery was, getting some confirmation that the incense burner really did have something to do with corruption would undoubtedly prove useful.

Because yes.

That was exactly what those clusters appeared to be behaving like.

Corruption.

A considerably downplayed and suspiciously difficult-to-detect version of it, perhaps, but corruption nonetheless. More importantly, despite how subdued it appeared, it seemed to possess the same disturbing greediness that was undoubtedly hard to ignore.

Naturally, that revelation only raised even more questions.

How had whoever created the incense managed to conceal the usual indicators of corruption so thoroughly that even the Empire’s standard security equipment hadn’t detected anything unusual?

In fact, they’d managed to conceal it well enough that even Luca and D-29—who possessed the unusual ability to detect corruption hidden inside someone like Prince Elior—couldn’t be entirely certain what they were dealing with despite immediately sensing that something was fundamentally wrong with what the Luxastra twins had pulled out.

And without the coating of something like Lumensteel, how had they slowed down the contamination enough that exposure didn’t immediately trigger the sort of disintegration they’d normally expect?

Clearly, there were still far too many things they didn’t understand, particularly when the unusual method of delivery itself seemed likely to hold at least some of the answers. But at the very least, they finally had a direction to pursue.

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The discovery had effectively turned what was supposed to be a busy but relatively peaceful morning into a series of people pacing around at varying speeds.

Ollie, who’d honestly thought life was supposed to improve after he’d successfully gotten past one hell of a problem, was currently among the fastest.

"Are we jinxed?!"

The newly licensed mechanic practically whipped around before continuing his pacing in the opposite direction.

"Do we need to bathe in spiritual water ten times in a row or something?! Because this is getting ridiculous! We didn’t even get a sensible break! Not even a picnic!"

His hair antenna bounced indignantly along with every step.

"Isn’t this too much for wee little students like us?!"

Then again, dramatic ramblings aside, who wouldn’t be worried after stumbling onto something like this when the dangers it posed were only becoming more evident?

Even Isabelle had nearly summoned her entire hive after following her parents into the Elders’ temporary research area and seeing that accursed incense burner again.

The little baby Queen Bee had practically hissed at it.

Her aura flared so wildly that everyone immediately realized her instincts were screaming threat, and judging by the way she was reacting, Isabelle seemed completely prepared to launch a full-scale assault against anything she considered dangerous to her family and family friends.

Unfortunately, said threat also happened to be their only research sample.

So before one tiny Queen Bee could declare war on the evidence, Jax had to quickly scoop her up and take responsibility for coaxing her down while everyone else focused on dividing the suddenly growing list of responsibilities.

The most pressing matter was naturally informing Marshal Julian and the other officials who were still dealing with several matters outside the dungeon space about what they’d just discovered.

Regrettably, as the seemingly designated bringer of bad news, that particular job had fallen into the hands of one Killian Nox, who was now bound to start making house calls to everyone who needed to be in the know.

But once it came down to actually dealing with the corruption?

Very curious.

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