Half a month later, at Skarre National College.
Lori has been studying here for almost a month. She went from being a spy lurking in Scarre to being the monitor of Class Four, Year One in the National Academy. Today, she was promoted from the monitor of Class Four, Year One to... a three-good student.
As a spy, this should have been a good sign that people here were trusting her more and more.
But Lori was not happy at all. One of the reasons for her unhappiness was that every day she had to follow a group of children, or in other words, primary school students, to play and study together.
In order to hide her identity, she also has to play the role of the elementary school class monitor.
Recently, Lori's daily routine is to get up, go to school, lead the whole class to do morning exercises on the playground, then lead the whole class in morning reading, and then collect homework and hand it in to the teacher in turn. Occasionally, she also helps the teacher to correct homework, and occasionally read the text with emotion in front of the whole class during class.
Is this what the chief assassin of the Far South Empire should do? Lori's real age this year is almost 27!
Although Lori would complain to her two seniors every day about what happened in school, such as the kids in the class were too annoying and the homework did not contain any technical content.
But as an outstanding assassin, Lori played her role very well, so that as the class monitor, she won the trust of the head teacher and a group of teachers.
Today, Lori's hard work in disguising herself as a primary school student finally paid off, and she won the national Three Good Students award!
Lori didn’t have any idea about this certificate, but the key point was that tomorrow, Princess Mera, the acting ruler of Skarre... would come to the academy in person to present this award!
What an honor... no, what an opportunity.
Lori could no longer hold back and wanted to break this nightmare cycle of homework.
During this month, Lori believed that she had collected enough intelligence, including the language of this country, some of the ways their country operates, and its relationship with Scarre.
The most important thing is that Lori has listed an assassination list. As long as she eliminates the people on the list one by one, both the Celestial Empire and Scarre will be paralyzed.
It's time to take action! At tomorrow's Three Good Students Award Ceremony.
When Lori heard the bell for the end of school today, she quickly packed up her stationery, put on her schoolbag, and ran back to her home in Scarre.
The first thing Loli did when she returned home was to add fuel to the fire on the earthen kang.
The Skarre National College was equipped with air conditioning in its second week, which led to a surge in the number of people willing to sign up for the course.
Although Lori's "home" in Scarre doesn't have air conditioning, it can still make do with the brick bed.
After checking around her residence and making sure no one was monitoring her or following her, Lori returned to the house, locked it, and drew the curtains.
A dagger appeared in her hand, and Lori came to the wooden table on the earthen kang, where she usually did her homework.
Another dark black crystal stone appeared in Lori's hand, and the black color inside the crystal stone was shaking inside the stone like ink.
This stone is called the Mist Shadow Stone... It is a sacred object of the Shadow Society and is also a stone that every shapeshifter possesses, because the soul of the shapeshifter is sealed in the Mist Shadow Stone.
Loli cut her palm with a dagger, and blood slid from her palm and dripped onto the Mist Shadow Stone.
The Mist Shadow Stone, having tasted the blood, began to absorb the blood from Loli's body. As more and more blood flowed out of Loli's palm, it seemed as if a heart began to beat inside the stone.
Loli closed her eyes and her consciousness fell into the interior of the Mist Shadow Stone.
She would ask her master before taking any action, and now she was using this method to communicate with her master who was far away in the Far South.
When Lori opened her eyes again, she found herself in a room full of candles and piles of books. There was a cat squatting on each pile of books. The moment Lori appeared here, the cats made harsh and noisy sounds.
"Lori, you're back?"
An old voice sounded in the room, and Lori floated to the figure and knelt down.
This is Ms. Misty Shadow, one of the rulers of the Shadow Society, and also Loli's master.
Ms. Wuying is an old woman sitting in a wheelchair. At first glance, she looks like a kind old lady next door.
But Lori knew that the other party was a spellcaster who could be described as ancient.
"Lori, I have made new progress in the intelligence about Scarre." Lori said.
"Skarre...you don't need to stay in that country any longer."
Ms. Mist Shadow's voice sounded very weak, as if she was about to die in the next second.
"Master! Scarre has received help from a group of strangers who control many powerful golems and magic that has never been seen before." Loli heard what Ms. Mist Shadow said and mistakenly thought that Ms. Mist Shadow was not satisfied with her speed of collecting intelligence.
"Lori, there have been some changes in the situation in the Far South, and you have a new mission." Ms. Mist Shadow did not want to hear any information related to Scarre.
New mission? Lori didn't dare to say anything more. She quietly waited for her master to give her new instructions.
"He is your next target."
Ms. Mist Shadow threw out a scroll with her old arm. Lori's body was now in the state of a soul and she could not touch the scroll. A black cat jumped off the book and kicked the scroll away with its claws.
Lori stared at the scroll. The surface of the scroll was pitch black. Scarlet blood soaked into the scroll, gradually outlining a name.
Persif Lepsik.
Lori had heard this name before and it was very familiar!
Leipsik is the surname of the Far South royal family, and Persif is the current ruler of the Far South... the Emperor of the Far South!
In the past, Lori would never blink no matter what assassination commission she received, but this time she looked up at her master in surprise.
This order could be considered extremely treasonous and could very likely lead to the complete destruction of the entire Shadow Society, and even her master's life might be in danger.
"Are you going to betray me?" Lori asked.
A cat beside Ms. Mist Shadow suddenly pounced on her. The cat passed through Loli's figure and made her soul blurred.
"You weren't so talkative before, my child." Ms. Mist Shadow said to Lori in an extremely tired voice.
"I will follow your orders."
Loli didn't dare to ask any more questions. Her figure disappeared in the room. When Loli opened her eyes again, it was still the same wooden table, but the name of the Emperor of Far South was written in blood on the wooden table.
She took a deep breath and wiped the blood off the wooden table with her hands.