Nearly five minutes passed before Nora's voice finally returned. "Master, I've confirmed my findings. This laptop does connect to a server, but it's local… contained within this campus. The server is essentially a dead end, built only for cadets to share and download books. At the moment, all active connections are confined to this dormitory. I can, if necessary, use it to reach other cadets' laptops. But the outside world remains inaccessible. I've already reinforced your firewall… no one will be able to access your system without me noticing."
Eleanor exhaled, the tension in her shoulders easing. At least that part is safe. "How did you manage to access the laptop in the first place if there's no internet?" she asked.
"The Wi-Fi module is left on by default," Nora replied matter-of-factly. "Since there's no external internet in this facility, they didn't bother restricting it. Before you even selected your language, I was able to slip in via that connection."
