Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 232

Chapter 232: Sexual Tension
Ravenna smiled, she knew exactly where to poke to gain Lucivar’s attention.

Pivoting around again, she stood beside Lucivar while keeping her gaze on the crowd.

“Someone told Professor Aeldric about what I really am,” He finally confessed while both his hands kept busy with taking spoonfuls of dessert and placing it on the cone. “Someone told him that I’m a fugitive. It happened back when we just got here,”

As he said that, Lucivar glanced at her.

It was a glance to measure whether Ravenna had something to do with this.

After all, the only one who could do this was within Tobias’ family—one of them.

Ravenna is also a suspect.

However, he saw Ravenna looking at him with both eyes widening, shocked.

Then, that shock turned into a fleeting concern before she recovered—turning her face away.

“I see…” She mumbled and paused.

Even though she suspected that Lucivar was in some sort of trouble with the academy which forced him to participate in the South Hues Tournament, when it wasn’t what they were here for, she didn’t expect it to be this.

A traitor was the last thing she thought the reason would be.

“Do you have any idea who it was?” Ravenna asked.

“Nope, no idea,” Lucivar shook his head, aloof. “For all I know, I could be talking with the culprit”

Not that Lucivar wasn’t angry at the culprit who revealed his only weakness, which led to his exposure to Professor Aelric’s exploitation of his personal bias, to bolster the academy’s reputation. Rather, he suspected a deeper cause.

He suspected that the Gods within him had somehow exposed it to Professor Aeldric.

Considering the tournament conveniently became a stage to face Caldaros, this was highly likely.

At the moment, his suspicion lies there as he saw no other reason otherwise.

Other than Darwin who wanted to get rid of him, the others have no bad blood against him.

So it’s highly unlikely for any of them to be the culprit.

“Professor Aeldric wanted you to win the tournament for the academy?” Ravenna raised a brow.

“Yeah,” Lucivar nodded. “Or else he’d report me to the Hybrid Association or worse,”

“And Caldaros?” Ravenna asked again.

“What about him?” Lucivar turned around and put a spoonful of ice cream into his mouth.

“I know you and him are on tense terms, especially after the blue dungeon. But I don’t recall anything he did that warrants your killing intent,” She explained, recalling nothing but condescending marks from Caldaros. “What’s your reason?”

‘Did she not see me fighting Caldaros?’ Lucivar pondered inside.

It seemed Ravenna had already gone back when Caldaros confronted him as Loki’s avatar.

“He’s ugly, what’s better reason to kill him than that?” Lucivar shrugged nonchalantly.

Upon hearing this, Ravenna chuckled—that was unexpected.

Lucivar glanced at her upon hearing her chuckle—a sound unexpectedly pleasant to his ears.

For some damn reason, it made him feel good about himself, which only irritated him further, making him realize that—taking that risk that night was going against his plan. Unconsciously, his gaze drifted downward, tracing her curves now that the academy hunter uniform no longer concealed her.

Ravenna wasn’t wearing anything fancy—just a black crop shirt and jeans.

But that outfit highlighted her very athletic figure, accentuating every endearing curve that she has.

Since this was a celebratory party, there was no dress code.

And this was Lucivar’s first time seeing her wearing actual clothes.

Not the usual ragged clothes that she wore before coming to Sunhold City.

“Okay, since you’re open again to me, I’ll tell you what I found about Caldaros,” Ravenna said.

Lucivar blinked and snapped out of his daze before he turned away, putting another spoonful of the ice cream that was now melted already, “Hmm, right, how do you know what I wanted to do to Caldaros? I’ve never told you about it,”

“I can tell. I can feel it. Maybe we’re now connected,” Ravenna answered half-jokingly.

Her answer only made Lucivar’s mind spin.

Clearly, Ravenna was referring to what they did that night.

“Ekhm,” Lucivar cleared his throat. “What made you decide to investigate Caldaros anyway?”

Ravenna didn’t see his confrontation with Caldaros so there shouldn’t be any reason for her to do this.

“He’s a potential enemy,” She answered without much thought. “Besides, it wasn’t me that investigated him. I came across Bob days ago. He’s rarely around, I don’t know what he was doing but since I met him, I asked him to investigate Caldaros,”

“Bob…?” Lucivar frowned. “Bob investigated him?”

“Yes,” Ravenna nodded. “What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”

“No, not really,” Lucivar shook his head but his mind recalled what Tobias said to him before.

‘Bob… I think I need to talk with him’ He thought inside recalling that this month’s reward might land on him based on what Tobias said. ‘He rarely showed his face around, even during morning exercise. He must have something going on,’

“He never even said a word to me so I’m surprised that he’d help,” Lucivar ate the rest of the cone with one big bite and crossed his arms. “Aren’t you and Bob the earliest to go under Tobias’ wings right after Darwin?”

“And?” Ravenna raised an eyebrow, not knowing where this was going.

“Both of you must be really close. Clearly, he’s doing this for you not for me,” Lucivar said flatly.

But there was a vague hint behind his words, something that stunned Ravenna.

At his words, Ravenna paused for a second.

Then, she giggled sweetly, not expecting it to go this way at all.

“Oh, what’s this? Is that jealousy I hear?” Ravenna commented with a smile as she gently slid her hand to hold Lucivar’s arm, almost like a gesture to calm him down. “Bob is protective over the family. I’m sure even though he doesn’t show it, he considers you as a part of the family and is also doing this for you,”

“Right,” Lucivar scoffed. “So, how did his investigation go?”

“Caldaros is highly likely to be in the Chrysalis rank,” Ravenna said, a tinge of worry in her tone as this was an incredible feat for a student. “Perhaps, he already settled in the Chrysalis rank and reached the second star. Bob said this with utmost confidence,”

“I already suspected that to be the case,” Lucivar muttered but he was reeling inside.

He was aiming to reach the Chrysalis rank, opting to be above Caldaros, and won through that.

Of course, he also suspected Caldaros to be at the Chrysalis rank—which meant reaching the Chrysalis rank wouldn’t be that much of an advantage for Lucivar. It’d only make them about even. However, all of that was only his guess.

But now, his guess was confirmed and the weight of it all was weighing down on him.

“Beating him would be extremely difficult—since Bob also said Caldaros’ bloodline was even able to influence his,” Ravenna continued, telling Lucivar exactly what Bob said to her. “It’s not about his red-grade Vampire bloodline, it was something else”

Naturally, Lucivar wasn’t surprised by this.

What Bob felt was probably Sunna’s Divine Blood coursing inside Caldaros’ body.

He has the bloodline of a God, so Bob wouldn’t be able to compete in terms of that.

“Anything else?” Lucivar asked.

Pausing for a second, recalling whether she forgot to mention anything—her eyes then widened.

“One more thing,” She said, turning to Lucivar. “His days usually revolved around classes and training, pretty robotic, like us. He rarely left the student training grounds, but there was one exception. Late one night, he slipped out to meet a woman. Bob thinks she must be someone important to him since he went out of his way to sneak out and also protect her identity,”

“Protecting her identity? How?” Lucivar asked curiously.

Out of the three things Bob found, this one piqued his interest the most.

“Her face…” Ravenna mumbled. “Her face was covered by a blinding light,”

Almost instantly after he heard that a sadistic and cruel grin crept to his face.

“What?” Ravenna asked, noticing his smile. “Is that something useful?”

“Very…” Lucivar replied hauntingly. “Very useful. She must be his sun. I can work with this”

Since Lucivar was now smiling, it was clear that asking Bob for help was the right thing to do.

“You’re a great help, Ravenna,” Lucivar praised, glancing at her meaningfully. “I can use this info,”

“No need for the sweet words, we already made a pact, remember?” Ravenna smiled lightly, secretly happy inside, especially after what she realized. ‘I don’t know how Leandra was able to get close again with him, to think that he brought her along… I need to get rid of her. Lucivar can only see me,’

As Lucivar was contemplating how he could crack this woman’s identity, Caldaros’ sun, he felt a pull on his arm. Ravenna was already leaning to his ears, slightly tiptoeing to reach him, “Say, do you want me to come to your room tonight?”

Feeling her whisper sent a chill down Lucivar’s spine.

His mind instantly blurred from the plan he was concocting against Caldaros.

“Out of nowhere?’ Lucivar forced the question out of his mouth.

“Don’t be shy, I know you’ve been ogling me up and down. Do you think I wouldn’t notice?” Ravenna whispered again as a smile—a teasing one crept to her rosy, plump lips. “Did you miss me? Or Is it because of what I am wearing? Do you like it? I have other, better clothes to wear back in my room for your eyes to feast”

Upon hearing this, Lucivar suddenly felt a sudden dryness in his throat.

Even though he had eaten ice cream, his throat suddenly felt dry like a scorching desert.

His thoughts ran wild and he couldn’t control it.

Just as his lips parted to answer, Ravenna patted his shoulder lightly and pulled away.

“Sadly, I changed my mind. You can’t see them tonight,” She said as she stood upright again, returning to her original position. “At least have some decency—to cover it up, do not let me find out about it. You reek of a woman’s scent. Who is it? That maid of yours?”

Not even letting Lucivar answer, she ran her fingers through her ink-black hair and walked away.

Lucivar was stunned as he felt all kinds of emotions in a span of ten seconds.

Once he recovered, he pulled his shirt to smell it.

“Scent? What scent?” Lucivar frowned but then, he dropped his shirt as he realized that he was stupid for even checking his shirt. “What the hell, I showered earlier so there’s no way Sabrina’s scent would be on me. Ravenna, that damn woman, she’s spying on me with that Predator Oculus ability of hers,”

As he realized that, Lucivar shook his head.

It seemed Ravenna knew about Leandra, Angel, an also Sabrina.

But then again, that meant she was also jealous and that made him feel a little bit better.

‘At least she’s also got caught up with this,’ He shrugged and turned away.

Meanwhile, amidst the crowd, someone was looking at him intently—Leandra.

Oblivious to Lucivar, she has been watching him and Ravenna from the start.