Who hid My Corpse!-Chapter 305: Twelve, I am here to invite you to play music with me.

Chapter 305: Twelve, I am here to invite you to play music with me.

This must have been the toughest class Hewinia had ever attended.

Because she wanted to redeem herself in Professor Arianna’s eyes, she hardly dared to chat with Ogg during the class and had to listen attentively instead, occasionally responding to Professor Arianna’s glances. This added a great burden to her already strained spirit, making her nearly fall asleep several times.

When the class was finally over, Hewinia collapsed on the desk, exhaling heavily, “It’s finally over.”

Ogg had already put his coat back on, the scent of Hewinia that wafted from it had made him unfocused throughout the entire class. Rarely had he not paid attention this badly and just muddled through without even realizing when the class ended.

He hadn’t even heard Hewinia calling him until she knocked on his head, bringing him back to reality.

“Ah… What’s up?”

“Why are you so out of it?” Hewinia cocked her head to the side, “Didn’t you sleep well?”

“Um…”

Ogg didn’t know how many hours he had slept; he couldn’t even remember when he had fallen asleep the night before, only that it was nearly dawn when he woke up, and by then, Hewinia had already left.

Hewinia was just about to bring up the book issue with him when she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure outside the teaching building. She quickly patted Ogg on the shoulder, said, “See you next class,” and swiftly left the classroom, leaving Ogg alone and baffled, still not understanding what had happened.

The reason for Hewinia’s hurried departure was simple.

She had seen Dosi.

“Senior Brother! Senior Brother!”

Dosi, who was walking with two school workers at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, heard Hewinia’s voice, stopped in his tracks, and looked surprised at the sight of her running towards him like a little rabbit.

“Hewinia? What brings you here?”

Hewinia stopped in front of him, seemingly too out of breath from the run to stand straight, leaning on her knees, gasping for air.

And that very posture allowed Dosi to catch a glimpse of the golden note that played hide and seek on the back of her neck.

Although he had seen it many times before, it still unsettled Dosi, and he went to Hewinia’s aid, steadying her arm and helping her to stand up, his voice simultaneously softening considerably.

“If you needed anything, you could’ve just called me, and I would have come to find you, right?”

Hewinia, seemingly oblivious to the implications of Dosi’s gesture, spoke up with naive straightforwardness. “Ah, I saw you and came over, what are you…?”

She took a step back and looked Dosi up and down.

“Are you working?”

Dosi was also a fourth-year student and planned to work in the school’s facilities department after graduation.

So, he was already working there, including the recent assignment with Leonard to Lyra, which was part of his job.

Therefore, there could only be one reason why Hewinia was looking for her adoptive senior brother at this time.

Her cheerful expression suddenly turned to one of concern, and then she lowered her voice, “There hasn’t been another attack by that Snow Thorns Beast, has there?”

Upon hearing Hewinia’s question, Dosi showed a surprised expression.

The announcement about the Snow Thorns Beast attacks had been posted for a while, but because the once-in-twenty-years festival was about to start, drawing the entire academy’s attention, the students weren’t very focused on the attacks anymore.

In Dosi’s view, as a Golden Rank, Hewinia should have been more concerned with the festival, yet here she was bringing up the Snow Thorns Beast of her own accord.

And she used the word “again.”

Did she already know about last night’s incident?

Dosi looked at the two school workers behind him with a puzzled gaze. The chubby one shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, “Looks like the incident the day before yesterday scared you, Hewinia.”

“The day before yesterday?”

“Yes.” The chubby school worker explained, “It was right here that you witnessed, um… a rather gruesome scene the day before yesterday.”

With the school workers’ explanations, Dosi learned that Hewinia had seen the first victim’s scene two days ago in this exact spot.

No wonder she became anxious and rushed over when she saw them here.

Dosi now understood.

“Hewinia, though I’d like to comfort you and tell you nothing happened and that everything is safe… sadly, what you feared has come true,” Dosi shook his head as he spoke. “Indeed, there were new victims last night.”

Hewinia was about to feign surprise but then heard Dosi add,

“And not just one.”

Now Hewinia was truly shocked, instinctively thinking she had misheard, “What?”

“Two, Hewinia, there were two,” Dosi said louder to emphasize the gravity of the situation, “The victims last night were two—one second-year and one fourth-year. So, things are much more serious than we thought.”

…Two victims?

That fourth-year must have been Aiman.

Who was that second-year student?

Hewinia’s mind struggled to make sense of it.

…Could it be that while she attacked Aiman, the Snow Thorns Beast had also attacked another student at the same time?

But let’s set aside whether such a coincidence could have occurred.

The traces of her battle with Aiman, those couldn’t possibly have been made by a Snow Thorns Beast, could they?

So why would they come to such a conclusion?

Before Hewinia could figure it out, Dosi leaned in once again, lowering his voice to speak.

“There’s something else, something we’re not supposed to talk about, but I’ll tell you anyway.”

“We suspect that the creature hiding in the Forbidden Forest isn’t a Snow Thorns Beast at all—there never was any Snow Thorns Beast.”

“Instead, it’s a Player… disguised as a Snow Thorns Beast.”

Hewinia’s eyes gradually widened in shock.

…

Hewinia had never imagined the situation could unfold like this.

A Player disguised as a Snow Thorns Beast.

Because the first two victims were second-year students, it would have been very easy to target them, but Aiman was a fourth-year student, not so easy to assail, and that’s why the groundskeepers were alerted, forcing the Player into a hasty retreat without time to maintain their disguise.

Although this logic could just barely make sense…

Hewinia still felt it was a stretch.

But regardless, if that was what they believed, at least Hewinia didn’t have to worry about them discovering her identity for the time being.

…Still, something seemed off.

Hewinia furrowed her brow, deep in thought about the matter, when suddenly she heard a commotion coming from the docks.

She turned her head and saw a crowd of people gathered there.

Had someone from another school arrived?

Just as this thought crossed her mind, she was shoved aside with an urgent “excuse me.”

The voice was very familiar.

It was Orenna.

Hewinia steadied herself and looked up to see Orenna rushing towards the scene, apparently not realizing she had bumped into Hewinia.

Rarely seen on Orenna’s face were the emotions named “joy” and “anticipation.”

Could it be…

Hewinia realized something.

…

Orenna pushed past numerous people, finally laying eyes on the young man surrounded by the crowd.

She couldn’t help but smile.

For it was her brother.

Orenna immediately called out “Phinis’s” name, running towards him.

And Phinis did indeed look at her, a smile spreading across his face.

He’s come for me!

Orenna reached Phinis and opened her arms longing for an embrace.

But, as if he hadn’t seen her at all, Phinis walked right past her.

Orenna’s smile froze.

She turned her head instinctively and saw Phinis approach a woman she least wanted to see.

“Golden notes always attract each other, yet I’m pleased to see you immediately upon disembarking.”

Phinis smiled at Hewinia.

“I’m here to invite you to play a duet with me.”

“Miss Hewinia.”