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A breeze carried away the thin clouds that obscured the moonlight, and a full moon made the night more peaceful.

Towards midnight, the whole college was quiet, except for the faint sound of insects.

But in the southwest corner of Hummus College, Professor Aubria's lab, a group of unexpected visitors arrived.

With a click, the lock is gently opened.

Several young teenagers crept open a crack, their faces written with tension and excitement.

"Wina... Is it really okay if we just come in?" A petite girl tugged uneasily at the leader's sleeve.

"Afraid of what, we just came in to look." The leading red-haired girl made a "hush" gesture, "the old man is not here, Candice has been up all night for two days and is still catching up on her sleep." You don't get many great opportunities like that."

The other teenagers nodded and agreed.

"Yes, yes, we're investigating paranormal activity, not stealing."

"' Hummus seven wonders' have been verified six, can not give up at the last step ah..."

The red-haired girl solemnly nodded, "We can't graduate with regrets." And as seniors, we have the responsibility to dispel rumors for the younger students!"

The petite girl seemed to be encouraged, her eyes brightened a few points, and she nodded excitedly.

The troublemakers let out a little cheer and sneaked into the dark lab.

Inside, there were several rows of shelves with a bunch of bottles and tins, some filled and some empty.

"Midnight Cry Soul" - it is said that one senior student left his homework book in this lab and did not discover it until he finished his homework for other subjects. So he returned to the lab in the dark of night, only to witness a terrifying scene.

Black shadows stood in the laboratory, making a sound of crying. As the clock struck midnight, it was like a funeral for someone.

Of course, according to legend, the senior committed suicide soon after. Then anyone who enters the lab at midnight will see a "dark shadow" with the senior's face...

The red-haired girl went to the window and looked at her watch in the moonlight.

【 23:56 】

It was only four minutes before midnight, and everyone was loitering around, pointing at the items on the shelves, including the petite girl.

Jars and bottles on the shelves contain dried herbs, unknown specimens wrapped in liquid. But the most is a variety of different shapes of stones, thrown around the corner.

As the girl walked along, her eyes were caught by one of the objects.

It was a very beautiful diamond shaped stone, and unlike other stones, it was contained in a small glass bottle.

The top half is almost white and transparent, but you can still see the colorful lines flowing inside.

The bottom half is red, and it gets darker as you go down, like a drop of blood falling into water and freezing again.

The girl could not help but reach out her hand, and carefully stood on tiptoe to remove the glass bottle containing the gem and observe it carefully.

I do not know whether it is her illusion, always feel that this gem in the faint light.

She pointed the vial at the moon outside the window to get a closer look.

Without warning, a dark shadow sped past the window.

Despite its speed, the girl was aware of the change of light and shadow in that instant.

The glass bottle broke with a shake of the hand.

The "crash" frightened the others in the room.

The red-haired girl in the lead stepped up to her three and then two paces, and whispered in an urgent and angry voice, "What are you doing?" "

The little girl's legs were a little unsteady, her lips trembled and she could not say a word.

She grabbed the arm of the person next to her and pointed her trembling fingers at a window.

Whoo ………… Uuuuugh

A teenager looked around and swallowed nervously: "This... This is..."

Whoo whoo ………… Whoo …………

The sobs grew louder and louder, and were heard by several people present.

At the same moment, the room suddenly darkened, and a dark figure suddenly appeared in front of one of the Windows, moving rapidly with the increasing whimpering sound.

The petite girl could not bear this stimulus, and as soon as she screamed out a syllable, she was covered by someone around her.

"Dang -- dang -- dang …………"

The clock struck midnight, accompanied by the screams of the children, and did not stop until twelve beats had been struck.

Weena's face went black.

She thought all she had to do was cover the soprano's mouth, but instead her boys gave her a big chorus.

"Take a good look, you cowards!" She stormed to the window and waved the "dark figure" away.

At this time, the clouds were again blown away from the moon, and the people finally saw the prototype of the "dark shadow" through the moonlight.

It's a cliche. It's a lab curtain...

"There was no 'soul weeper,' just a window that was left open." Weena pulled the curtain aside a little so everyone could see. "The frame of this window is a little crooked. It always leaves a crack."

Just as a strong wind blew, the sound of "whoo" came from the window crack.

Several people present showed a clear look, Qi Qi relieved.

"That solves all seven Hummus mysteries!" A teenager excitedly took out his notebook, writing and drawing on it again and smiling triumphantly, "I can't wait to see next week's school newspaper ha ha ha..."

Weena raised her hand for them to keep their voices down. "You must have disturbed the Night Watch," she said quickly. "We must get out of here."

The teenagers quickly whispered in response, and after making sure that the corridor was empty, they lowered themselves to run out one by one.

Weina also prepared to leave, but saw that the girl who had screamed first was still slumped on the ground and could not stand up. With shards of glass still in front of her, she stared in the direction of the window.

Wina looked around, said hello to a teenager who had not yet left, and the two walked over to pull up the limp girl.

'Emily? Wake up, we're going." Weina saw her still a look of despair is also very helpless, did not expect her to be so timid.

She let her companion hold the girl first, and quickly picked up the glass fragments on the ground and threw them into the paper basket beside her. And put the diamond into the pile in the corner.

"Well, well, go back to sleep, it will be all right." She comforted the girl while she and her companion carried her away.

The girl kept her eyes on the room.

In the moonlight, the room grew darker and darker.

They were originally hunched, but as their numbers increased, their curved backs slowly straightened, and faces without features slowly turned toward her.

Bang ————

The door blocked their view.

* * *

Hummus College is the most famous magical academy in the East and West Frans.

Here not only gathers a group of the best masters on the two continents, its gold smelting department and pharmacy department are also well-known in all continents.

Even though it was the weekend, Candice woke up following her biological clock.

It's six fifty-eight.

She looked at her pocket watch, yawned and put up her long hair, walked to the table and began to make tea as usual.

He inserted a red crystal into a hollow in the furnace, and set aside the little crucible above it to set up his own kettle.

While boiling water with magic crystals is a luxury, a decade-long habit isn't so easy to break. If you don't drink a hot cup in the morning, you will feel missing all morning.

As the aroma of black tea filled the room, Candice pushed open the window and leaned against the window frame.

The occupant of the other bed in the room seemed to be disturbed, his head tucked into the covers, obviously not planning to get up yet.

"I'm going to the store to make a delivery today, do you have anything to buy?" Candice has begun to change clothes, take time to pat the quilt people, "without me to go, black tea on the table and drink while it is hot, lunch do not wait for me."

A hand slowly stretched out from the quilt gave her a crooked praise.

Candice shook her head. It seems that her roommate will waste the weekend in bed, as usual.

She straightened her neckcuff in front of the mirror, took two jars of dried herbs and prepared to go out.

Fingers just want to hook the key hanging on the wall, but feel a sense of violation.

The key chain that belonged to her, which normally hung on the third hook from the left, was now hanging on the second hook from the left.

The index finger hooks the key string, gently turns it around and holds it in the palm.

Candice looked suspiciously at the hooks and then at her roommate, who was still under the covers.

"Weena, yesterday you..."

Boom ————!

A sudden explosion interrupted her questioning, and soon there was screaming and running outside the dormitory.

Candace thought the explosion was close but not in the dorm. With two glass jars in her arms, she walked back to the window in a few steps to check on the situation.

It wasn't their dorm building that exploded, it was the lab building next to it. It's just that there's black smoke out there, and I don't know which professor's lab was damaged.

Candice's naked eyes can not see clearly, but can not bear the next door melon sister has taken out the telescope, began to gossip.

"The area of the explosion is quite large, which professor on earth got up so early?"

"It's a good thing it's early and on the weekend, which would have been bad luck for someone."

"Don't push me, let me take a closer look... MMHHHMMM... Third floor, I think? There's still fire!"

"No, no, no! Professor Aubria's office is on the third floor. Isn't he back yet? Professor Colwin has been teaching for half a month."

"So is our class..."

'Ah, I see Professor Colwin and Professor Ana!

"Then it's all right..."

Candice listened, as if she thought of something, and suddenly turned her head to look behind her at the bed.

Her roommate was already sitting up with the covers on. Her long red curly hair, still a little untidy, made her face very pale.

It was clear that she had heard the voices next door, too.

"Did you move my keys?" Candice opened her eyes in disbelief. "Did you really go to Professor Aubria's lab in the middle of the night to test that myth?"

Weena's eyes began to drift from side to side. Finally, he closed his eyes and broke the jar. "Yes, we went to... But we were in there for about five minutes, and we didn't do anything!"

Candice looked at the smoke and then at her restless roommate on the bed. "Don't believe me," she said.

"Really! I won't lie to you..." She pulled the tangled hair behind her head and said irritably, "It is that legend - 'Midnight cry Soul', we have confirmed that it is false, that is all!"

Candice: You didn't touch anything in the lab?

"Of course not... Er..." Wina's voice broke, and then she gave Candice a wary look. "Emily was frightened by the curtains and accidentally broke a small glass bottle..."

Seeing Candice gasp, she quickly explained: "There is no specimen in it, just a stone!" There was nothing wrong with it, so I put it back on the shelf."

Feeling she had figured out why, Candice reached back and opened the drawer and pulled out a pair of earrings.

The main body of the earrings is a diamond shaped gem, the upper part is wrapped in a metal triangle, and the lower part is exposed in a deep red.

Her fingers felt a small protruding piece of iron and broke it off, the triangle opened, and the jewel from the eardrop fell intact into her hand.

Candice twirled both ends of the diamond with two fingers. 'Is it this?'

"Yes, yes, similar to this one." Weena did not even care to put on shoes, barefoot to her side, "I tell you, not what dangerous goods."

Candice: …………

Candice silently restored the pendant to her ear and covered her eyes with one hand. "Finished."

Knock knock

Suddenly silent, they both looked towards the door.

"Miss Candice Naimer." A serious female voice came from the door. "Please make yourself presentable as soon as possible. Professor Atyom is waiting for you in the dean's office."

Eventually, Wina is dragged out of the room by Candice and gives up her "accomplices".

Standing outside the door to inform them was the dean's assistant, Lady Margaret.

She thought she only needed to take one person back for questioning, but she didn't expect this drag to bring out a bunch of bear children.

With Verna as the leader, Madame Margaret simply followed the names she had given, knocking on the door of each room and arresting them.

Except for the particularly timid girl, Emily.

When her roommate tried to wake her up, she discovered that Emily was running a high fever.

Lady Margaret had to have a potion poured in to give her a rest.

So the seven troublemakers were brought before the dean.

The dean, Professor Atyom, was in his sixties, a sprightly old man with a trim inch and a moustache.

Beside him, in addition to Lady Margaret, stood a man with round glasses and a gentle temperament.

The dean looked up and suddenl