Chapter 157: Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (21)

༺ Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (21) ༻

Ian collapsed on the spot.

Neris’ gaze betrayed a subtle disappointment as she confirmed that he was unconscious.

She had been fired up for the first time in ages, but the fight had ended rather anticlimactically.

With an indifferent expression, she withdrew her aura from the surroundings. Gradually, the senses she had dispersed throughout the room began to shut down one by one.

The dim room also started to brighten, slowly revealing the daggers lodged into the ceiling.

Her aura’s ability was deceptively simple. It allowed her to precisely discern every object, including other people, within her mana’s reach. She was also capable of manipulating and scattering their senses.

Thus, her aura allowed for a few clever tricks. For instance, she was able to plant several daggers into the ceiling while pretending to stand with her arms behind her back and drop them as she needed. She could also replenish the daggers by throwing more whenever she made the earlier ones drop.

It was a simple execution made possible by briefly disorienting her opponent’s senses.

Yet, as a member of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, discretion was paramount. Members lived veiled in deception, concealing not only their capabilities but also their true identities. Neris, too, harbored her fair share of secrets.

Her emerald-green eyes shifted back to Ian.

She now planned on torturing him for information. She had to find out the source of his information regarding their branch, even if they were just an unofficial one.

Fully disguising their Academy branch was simply impossible because, unlike official branches that frequently changed their bases and signboards, their club had a long history and tradition spanning hundreds of years. Even then, they made it a point to maintain strict confidentiality.

Despite being instituted for recruiting talents and the fact that most of them were only agents-in-training, they were still part of the Imperial Intelligence, and they weren’t so incompetent that some child of a random rural viscount family would be able to uncover them.

As such, if there had been a leak of information, she had to trace it back to its origin. Failure to do so would potentially jeopardize her bright future.

“Haaa…”

Neris let out a deep sigh.

It seemed she would have to resort to harsher torture; his crime? Ruining her mood.

However, she didn’t find it exactly unpleasant. Rather, the pleas for mercy from arrogant nobles were, secretly, one of her guilty pleasures.

Suddenly, an unsettling chill crawled up her spine, and her eyes widened.