115 Chapter 115

" You mean to say that after months of investigation you have no results to show? "

Theodore was furious. He along with Matthew have reached an agreement. Instead of manuvering the security department for their own ends, they agreed to work towards finding the culprits and finishing the anti mage association once and for all.

But there was no progress made. Instead of curbing them, all they managed to do was spread the activities around.

No further incident was reported at Tulip city or the other central cities. But the reports kept on coming from the smaller cities. Mage families were the main target there.

The high council which rarely intervened in the daily working of the lower council had a sent a directive. They wanted the episode to come to an end.

But apart from apprehending a few lower members of the anti mage association, there were no results to show. It was a slap on the faces of the mage association as well as the mage families.

"Did you interrogate the few you have been able to catch? "

" Yes. But they know nothing. They are the bottom feeders who just pass away information to their handlers. "

" Only thing we are sure about is that the anti mage association had a overall in the last year or so. There is someone new leading them. Apart from that, there is nothing we know. "

" We don't have a face or a name for the new leader. We don't even know if it's a person or a group. "

" Pathetic. The lot of you. " Theodore's temper increased hearing the total failure. Such an operation was expensive. With no results to show, it would reflect poorly upon him. He knew the high council had an eye on the whole operation.

The man who was there reporting the current status went away after Theodore signalled him away.

Once he left, Theodore opened a small note.

There was just one line written on it.

'You leave us alone, we leave your's alone.'

He found that note a few days ago on his office desk. How it got there, he didn't have a clue.

He hadn't disclosed it to anyone else till now. But he knew what that note meant.

Before the whole incident started, there were a few complaints from the mage families that the anti mage association have been targetting their distant and smaller branches for ransom.

There was also a news about a new type of mage which to Theodore sounded absurd.

There hasn't been a new discovered in ages. Someone must have applied magic in a different way and people have assumed it to be new. The low leveled mages at the smaller branch couldnt really be trusted with it anyway.

There were some suggestions that soulcore was somehow involved. Some of the branches were even looking into it.

Theo was no fool. He knew the soulcore was somehow involved in all this. He thought they might have somehow managed to use it as a powersource. Like the mage stones.

The anti mage association lacked the supply of mage stones. They didn't have official channels to get it. They could only get involved in robbery to have it. It made sense for them to find a alternate solution.

Even if his reasoning was wrong. It was time he brought an end to this madness for now.

He had a plan in his head which might solve the problem for a short while. He knew it was only a stop gap measure. It the things involved got out, he would perhaps even loose his seat on the council. But if he did nothing, he would still loose it.

Everyone knew he was a leader. He had great control and influence in the whole of the mage association. He gained appreciation for every success, as a result he would have to pay for failures as well.

But if he was down, he wasn't going to it alone. He would drag Matthew with him.

It wouldn't be too difficult for him to convince Matthew. He was riding the same boat as him after all. And with the brash personality of his he was sure he couldnt come up with any other solution.

He arranged for a meeting with Matthew that very evening.

"You want to what? Have you gone senile with age?" Matthew said in a loud voice.

He was of a similar age to Theodore. Unlike Theodore who came from from a sample background, Theodore came from a family which had a few mages but were mostly neutral.

He was direct with his intent and often spoke whatever was on his mind. As a result he came out as what Theodore called 'brash'.

" Alright. Let's follow your plan. " Theodore said in his smooth voice.

" I don't have a plan. " Matthew said in a small voice.

"My point exactly. You know if this thing goes any longer, we will loose our seat. And you and I both have enemies who would come after our head after we are disgraced and kicked out of the council. "

Matthew thought long and hard.

" Okay. Let's do it. Tell me how you wish to implement it. " Matthew said in a defeated tone.