The four of them walked into the basement and saw a coffin with strange carvings placed prominently in the center of the large training room. As they approached, they found that the coffin had been nailed shut, preventing it from being easily opened.

Aisha and Yadas looked at Demi, who expressionlessly touched the patterns on the coffin lid and calmly said, "These are the runes of a necromantic ritual... This is a coffin that only a necromancer would create."

The Shield Princess gently tapped the coffin, closed her eyes to sense for a moment, and said, "There are three people inside... or three corpses. Your brother..."

"There shouldn't be a systematic way to learn necromancy in the country," Demi said. "He might have obtained necromancer inheritance in the Void Realm."

"What about the corpses?" Yadas raised an eyebrow mockingly and said, "Did he make them himself, or steal them from a graveyard? Don't tell me these are the ancestors of your Vosloda family?"

"I will investigate this thoroughly," Demi said earnestly. "Although I believe Felix would not commit murder... if he desecrated or stole corpses, I will make him pay for his actions."

Sonia looked at the coffin, recalling how Ash had often mentioned his necromancer friend. So, there really was a fool who traveled with a coffin; she always thought Ash was exaggerating.

"By the way, this is probably the only place here that could hide someone; let's check this coffin," Aisha took out a lamp and shone it on the coffin: "It's not a wasted trip to examine this."

This lamp was a small device for detecting 'magic power waves' called an "Art Lamp." It relies on the large detection system of the Star Cluster and can only be activated by a Legendary Mage's use of iridescent magic power. However, as long as a Legendary Mage behaves and does not use iridescent magic power, the detection system will ignore them as an ordinary sample.

That's why the Art Lamp is needed; its light has penetrating power, and once it shines on a Legendary Mage, it will show various colors regardless of whether the person has used iridescent magic power.

The Holy Domain team's task was to shine the lamp on all suspicious people and hidden places. If other colors appeared, it meant danger—or that they had found something significant.

Under the illumination of the Art Lamp, no colors appeared inside the coffin. The three corpses inside showed no traces of iridescent magic power.

"Let's go." Sonia nudged Aisha to leave, "We're done with the inspection, let's head back upstairs."

"Are you even afraid of coffins?" Aisha laughed, "Junior, you're too timid; this will harm the development of magic. I have some cherished horror films; we should watch them together to train your courage..."

As they followed the tunnel back upstairs, Sonia's mind started to wander—the three corpses in the coffin, could they possibly be Ash and his companions?

Yeah, this was Felix's house, and if they hid themselves inside the coffin, no visiting Holy Domain mage would insist on opening it to check inside. Although the necromancy faction is frowned upon in the Dazzling Star, it's not illegal. As the Duke's second son, does he not even have the right to practice necromancy?

But there was one puzzling point: Ash should, like her, have condensed iridescent magic power. How could he hide his colors in the Art Lamp... Ah, Faded Dream Secret Poison!

Sonia's eyes gradually lit up—indeed, she could use Faded Dream Secret Poison to convert iridescent magic power back to seven-colored magic power, so Ash could certainly do it too!

This way, Ash could conceal his identity as a Legendary Mage and escape the encirclement of legendary operation alive!

He only needed to hold on for a few more days, and once the Witch arrived, he could leave. Sonia wouldn't need to fight their way out of Jiale City with him, allowing her to maintain her status and position in the Kingdom of Stars.

Though she said so, the village girl had already made up her mind: at the latest, she would head to the Kingdom of Gospel within half a year.

By then, either the Witch Diya would have developed a stable secret Sky Gate between the two countries, allowing her to continue her growth in the Dazzling Star; or she would arrange her mother's later years and flee directly to the Kingdom of Gospel to start a new life with Ash!

Before tonight, Sonia was still swayed by Ash's persuasion, but after tonight's series of ordeals, she had thoroughly recognized her true desires.

Although everything she currently had was incredibly precious, she was willing to protect it as best as she could, but the most important existence corresponded to her determination to spare no effort.

Upon returning to the ground, Sonia turned her head to look at the starry sky outside the window, took a deep breath, feeling refreshed, as if the entire world brightened, and she relaxed entirely.

The other three naturally noticed that once Sonia returned to the ground, she switched from a tense combat-ready state back to a relaxed and adorable girl, thinking that the Sword Saint really was afraid of places like tunnels.

"Alright, let's finish checking the other rooms and leave," Sonia instructed lightly.

The four of them opened the Art Lamp and shone it everywhere from room to room, including cabinets, even the toilet, and refrigerator were not spared.

Aisha and Yadas checked the first floor, while Sonia and Demi went up to the second floor. When the eldest son of Vosloda checked the kitchen, he looked surprised: "Felix was here during the day?"

Sonia looked over and found scraps of food in the trash can, apparently recently thrown away judging by how fresh they appeared.

Indeed.

Suddenly, the Sword Maiden remembered this—where was Felix?

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