“Hmm? What’s wrong, Mila?” asked the professor as he looked at her with a gentle gaze and smile.
“A… symbol of some sort seems to have appeared on your neck…”
Under different circumstances, Mila would’ve just assumed that the symbol was just rash from all the professor’s scratching. However, the symbol looked far too familiar for it to simply be rash.
“…A symbol? What could you possibly be talking about, Mila?” asked Professor Shevall as a bitter smile formed on his face.
It was at that moment when Mila became certain that it wasn’t just mere rashes on the professor’s neck. Rather, the symbol on his neck was one that she recognized.
It looked exactly like the sun symbol on her pendant!
“It… It looks exactly like the symbol on the pendants we received!” said Mila, now getting increasingly frightened.
Hearing that, the others present began looking at each other before each fishing out their own pendants from their pockets. All of the pendants looked exactly alike.
“So it turns out that everyone received it!” said Molly.
Upon realizing that everyone was familiar with the symbol, Professor Shevall’s expression immediately changed. Snatching the pendant from Mila’s hand, he gave it a good look before scanning through the other pendants held by the rest of the investigation team members.
Not long after, his face went white as a sheet.
“…Mila, is the symbol on my neck truly similar to the one on the pendants?” asked the professor who looked like he had just experienced the worst day of his life.
Not knowing what was happening, Mila could only nod slightly.
“D*mn it! And here I thought that the symbol was only reserved for the most important of members! I didn’t expect everyone here to have it!”
“What exactly does the symbol represent, professor? I received it yesterday through mail!”
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