Gabriel and Caen left the Majestic Castle, being escorted by Garrick while another teacher was assigned to take Zale back and arrange everything. At the same time, Yann also left the castle. He was done with his testimony.
As Yann wasn't under suspicion, no one was tasked with escorting him. He was to go back to his dorms on his own.
Standing at the entrance of the castle, Yann glared at the three youngsters. "I know you murdered Hawrin. No matter how much you act now, you can't hide the truth. The truth will be before everyone by tomorrow."
Gabriel stopped in his tracks, frowning. He turned around, observing Yann.
"Truth will come out tomorrow. No matter how much you lie, our innocence will be proven." As Gabriel spoke, he walked to Yann as if he was lost in his emotions. He stopped barely a few inches away from Yann while Garrick watched from a distance.
He was prepared to intervene in case there was any fighting.
Gabriel raised his left hand slowly. "When we prove our innocence, I hope you'll be there to apologize to us."
He tapped Yann's chest as he continued, "I'm sure at least that much shame should still be left in that corrupt heart of yours."
"Hmph." Yann scoffed. "Child, you could've killed a weakling like Hawrin, but you've still not grown enough to be able to point a finger at me. Go back to where you came from."
He started walking away, not even bothering anymore, especially since his brother was watching everything. If his brother wasn't watching and he wasn't at the Academy, he would've been sure to teach Gabriel a lesson for touching him without permission.
As Yann walked away, he didn't notice that there was a tiny flicker of light on his chest where Gabriel had touched him. It only lasted for a few seconds before it disappeared. Even Garrick didn't notice it since Gabriel had done it in a way in which his body obstructed Garrick's field of view.
Gabriel joined with Caen, and the two youngsters were taken back to their rooms. Garrick assigned Fourth Year Students to guard the rooms of Gabriel and Caen.
The security of the Dorms was intensified even more. There was no way for Gabriel or Caen to get out of rooms without alerting everyone else.
Gabriel walked to the glass doors that led to the balcony, gazing at the lock that was there. Even though no first-year student was supposed to be able to fly, the Academy still locked the balcony. Gabriel was sealed in his own room.
Gabriel pulled out the Spell Book of Light that he had bought from outside. He placed the book on the bed now that he was all alone in the room.
He paced back and forth in his room, thinking about all that had happened today. He was really elated when he killed Hawrin, but only now did he understand that he was very short-sighted with what he did. This thing had become a headache for him, creating even more disturbance.
Instead of keeping the teachers distracted by others, all their attention had now fallen on him.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt angry at himself for not thinking things thoroughly. He let his emotions control him.
"Only five more days... After that, the Ring of Apophis will leave me. And if things keep moving on like this, the next five days will be wasted as well. Argh, I was such an idiot! I should've controlled my anger."
He punched the wall in his anger. Just because he wanted to kill Hawrin, he did so, and he even found reasons to justify his actions. He was realizing just how clouded his judgment had been.
Gabriel was a Spellcasters, but even his own physical strength wasn't strong enough without artificially boosting it with his spells. His punch didn't leave even a mark on the wall. Instead, his knuckles were hurt.
He jerked his fist to relieve some of the pain before casting a minor healing spell on his hands.
"What should I do...? What can I do...? Tomorrow I'll be free of house arrest. But if it's proven that their assumptions about us being killers were wrong, the academy would go into complete lockdown. The security will only be intensified."
"If it's tonight, they still believe that we are the killers. Most of the Teachers would be quite relaxed today. Can I use that opportunity?"
"Or am I once again thinking in haste?"
He had a plan, but that relied on him being able to move freely at the academy, not being sealed in his room.
"If it's haste, then so be it. I will take this hasty decision and leave everything to what comes next."
Gabriel had decided on what he was going to do next. He was going to break inside the Museum tonight itself. He knew it was going to be hard tonight, but he also knew that it would be even harder in the coming days.
"First, I need to find a way out of here.*
He stood before the glass doors, looking outside. Breaking the glass doors was going to leave evidence behind that he left and even alert others with the noise itself. He could break the lock, but it was again the same problem.
If he couldn't succeed tonight, he wouldn't be able to attempt tomorrow since they were surely going to see something was wrong if they saw a broken lock tomorrow.
"I need a way out without breaking the seals."
He knew what he wanted to achieve, but he didn't know how he was going to achieve it. It was a problem that couldn't be solved with sheer strength.
Fortunately, he still had the rest of the day to think about it.
Throughout the rest of the day, he kept pacing back and forth, going through the Spellbook of Light to see if there was any spell he could use.
Unfortunately, it was just a low tier spellbook and didn't have anything in it that could help him. He closed the book and kept it back on the bed.
"Is it really not possible? The Spellbook of Light is useless. If only it were a Grimoire, maybe it would've been able to help... Wait! Grimoire! How could I forget it!" Gabriel's eyes lit up suddenly.
He took off his gloves, revealing the beautiful black ring on his right hand and the two Elemental Marks behind each of his hands.
He was told that his Element could only be sensed by the Heads of Churches and only if they were right before him. Back in his room, he was still safe.
The only way for anyone to notice the dark properties of his Element was if he used his Spells from the Black Grimoire. Just calling the Grimoire out shouldn't have been able to alert anyone.
Despite that, he still cast a barrier of Light at the walls of his room to make sure no Aura left his room, just to be safe.
On Gabriel's commands, the beautiful black ring returned to the form of a majestic Grimoire.
The Grimoire floated before Gabriel as if waiting for his instruction on which page he wanted to open.
For a brief moment, Gabriel just stared at the beautiful yet mighty Grimoire.
"I know you have a Soul... I know you're able to understand me. I really need your help today..."
The Grimoire kept floating before Gabriel as he talked.
Even he wondered if he could succeed, but he didn't give up. The Grimoire was able to change form to a ring on his command. It was also able to turn to the page he wished. That made him realize that the Grimoire wasn't as lifeless as he initially thought.
Lira also said the same thing when she explained why he couldn't access more spells! It was because the Grimoire kept the spells restricted for his own safety! If the Grimoire could restrict him from having access to the spells, it should be able to give him access as well!
"I know you want that wooden box. I don't know why, but I also want that box. I want to get inside the Museum to retrieve that box. For that, I need your help..."
" I know you just gave me two spells to keep my Soul safe, but those two spells can't help me get there! They're not enough! I need more spells! I really need your help this once..."
Gabriel earnestly explained his problems. He understood the reasons that the Grimoire had to keep the powerful spells restricted because it didn't want him to destroy his Soul by using spells that were beyond his capacity so soon, but he needed the Grimoire's help. He knew that if anything could help him, it was the Grimoire.
He also had a feeling that the Grimoire couldn't refuse him! When he was in the museum, he could feel just how eager the Grimoire was for him to get the box! With this help, he could also retrieve the box! He had the perfect bait for the Grimoire. Now all he needed to do was wait… wait for the Grimoire to take the bait.
Around ten minutes passed, but there was no response. Just as Gabriel was starting to like he had failed, he felt a burning sensation in his right hand. His Mark of Death and Necromancy started shining brightly, making him feel as if his hand was burning.
The Grimoire also started shining as it opened... The pages flipped to the second page, which had the first spell… The Shield of Undead. The book didn't stop. It turned to the third page, which had his second spell. He already had access to those pages, but what happened next was what truly surprised him!
The fourth page was revealed. Some words also appeared on the page. Seeing the fourth page, Gabriel really grew excited! He had received a new spell. But that's not where the Grimoire stopped! Against all his expectations, a second new spell appeared as the page turned once more!
Two new spells had appeared in his Grimoire before it, and the mark on his hand stopped shining! He had asked for one new spell, but he received two! And those two spells... He managed to get a glimpse of them. They were…
