Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Sudden Agreement Chapter 46: Sudden Agreement Inside a room on the third floor of another building near the academy’s main building.

Sunlight streamed through the window, casting a warm glow on magical artifacts throughout.

Cheerful tapestries hung beside portraits of scholars, decorating the room.

Tall shelves brimming with worn tomes and scrolls lined the walls, while a large wooden desk held nearly stacked parchment, ink bottles, and curious trinkets.

Poised behind the desk was an old man, and the opposite a young student in uniform.

From the outside, it seemed these two were in a jovial conversation.

Both were smiling and chuckling occasionally.

“Here, take it.

I’ll let you read the copy of Sir Zenior’s proclamation text,” “Is it really alright, Professor?

Can I really read it?” “Of course, a young mind must be curious to develop, and I’m fond of development” Extremely excited-the student took the scroll Professor Aeldric was borrowing-to him with both his hands slightly trembling.

He held the scroll as if it were the most precious thing, and his expression showed that he couldn’t wait to read it.

Recognizing that face, Professor Aeldric smiled, “Go.

Give it back when you’re done” Upon hearing this, the student stood, bowed, and left the room.

Professor Aeldric could only shake his head-happy to see a student, being engrossed in the chasm of history.

But then, the door that was closed seconds ago was opened once again, it was the student from earlier, who poked his head inside, “Professor, someone wants to meet you.

He’s not a student, he’s still a candidate.

Should I let him in?” “Hmm…?” Professor Aeldric frowned, he was not close with any of the new candidates.

Just then, the student continued, “His name is Lucivar Asarafall” At the mention of that name, Professor Aeldric’s eyes flared open instantly in shock.

Clearing his throat and tidying his robe, he waved his hand, “Let him in,” Soon the student stepped aside-and Lucivar walked inside the room, making a strong eye contact with the professor.

He closed the door behind him before he smiled, “Professor, do you have time to spare?

I have something to say” “Please, sit down,” Professor Aeldric gestured, prompting Lucivar to sit.

As Lucivar sat down, Professor Aeldric calmly poured himself a hot tea, the time for the tea to fill the cup, seemed to take an eternity.

He then lifted the cup, and leaned back, taking a sip while looking at Lucivar silently.

Only when he placed the cup down did he ask, “What made you come to me this early?” “I have a proposition to make if professor is willing to listen,” Lucivar replied politely.

Upon hearing this, Professor Aeldric raised an eyebrow, it was not an everyday thing-for a student to have a proposition for him much less a candidate, “A proposition?

What kind of proposition would a candidate have to come to meet with a professor directly?” “I don’t want to be a student in this academy, I want to be an academy hunter,” Lucivar said.

Naturally, this revelation was mildly surprising for Professor Aeldric.

He was fretting about what Lucivar came to meet him for but he should’ve expected this.

From what he heard from Andre, Lucivar was not a regular Hybrid.

Despite being a mere Acolyte-rank Hybrid and didn’t seem to be wealthy, he has a powerful ability that is able to restrain him under his belt.

Not to mention, Lucivar’s aura was light and small, but that changed instantly when he exposed it.

It was clear that Lucivar was not as what he seemed as expected.

Even the tests, there’s a big chance he was faking them.

“Aspiring Hybrids normally choose to become students and become stronger before going to do their duty as Hybrids and tackle dungeon, what makes you want to skip that process, and be an academy hunter?” Professor Aeldric asked.

Enrolling in an academy and slowly becoming stronger is the safest path to growth.

Academy Hunters are only reserved for those who are not talented enough but desperately want to enroll in the academy.

Of course if the Hybrid was talented and capable enough-it would be better to become an Academy Hunter.

Not only would they gain real-battle experience, but the resources from closing a dungeon were far above the resources provided to students, especially in a second-rate academy-such as this academy.

However, due to the conditions against the Crossers, a law prohibited talented Hybrids from doing that.

It wasn’t good overall, the death toll was too high in this time of crisis.

“Personal reasons that I could not disclose,” Lucivar answered with a straight face.

Upon hearing this, Professor Aeldric nodded his head before he straightened his back-and opened his drawer.

Lucivar watched him curiously, not knowing what he was doing but then he took out a scroll and placed it on the desk.

Lucivar looked at him questioningly and saw him nudge his chin.

He prompted Lucivar to open the scroll.

Doing as he was told, Lucivar opened the scroll before his expression turned into surprise.

But that surprise didn’t last, replaced by a grim-dark expression.

Out of Lucivar’s expectations-the scroll was none other than a bounty notice with a portrait of his face-alike there.

It was the same one he saw in Frostholm Town, “I came across that in my research.

That young man on the scroll, that was you, am I right?” Seeing Lucivar shaken, Professor Aeldric intertwined his fingers above his solar plexus.

He was calmly observing Lucivar’s reaction.

“A new Hybrid taking down a seasoned, Neophyte-rank Titan Hybrid.

With that kind of power-I understand why you wanted to become an academy hunter,” He added-due to the tests, he was curious and did background research on Lucivar and found this.

Keeping his gaze down, Lucivar asked silently, “Do the other professors know about this?” Despite the lightness of his question, there was lethal intent in his voice.

“Oh, are you making sure you’re in the clear before killing me?” Professor Aeldric sneered, his aura then flared open, unleashing a torrent of ether-that concentrated on Lucivar.

It was too strong to the point that Lucivar instantly coughed out blood.

It felt like there was a mountain on his back, pressing him down to the floor.

‘He’s a professor, he must be a Chrysalis or even a Savant rank Hybrid!’ Lucivar thought.

Due to what he has been doing, the lethal intent came out of him instinctively.

And Professor Aeldric noticed that easily.

“Be aware of the difference in strength, boy,” Professor Aeldric said, his hoarse voice intoned a warning.

“If you did that to the other professor, they would’ve killed you on the spot.

Do not let your youth brazenness take you to an early death” Upon hearing this, Lucivar gritted his teeth as more blood came out of his mouth and nose.

Even the items inside the room began shaking under the oppressing might.

He then forced out words, “I’m sorry, it is my fault!” Only when those words were uttered did Professor Aeldric retraced back his aura, letting him off with only a warning.

Lucivar bent down and covered his mouth, gasping for breath, ‘Damn-I should not let my intrusive thoughts seep out like that’ As he recovered, Professor Aeldric was sipping his tea nonchalantly once again.

“Breaking the machine as you did made you stand out, but with the twins around, other than me-the other professors weren’t that interested in you.

Even if they are interested in you, it would be hard for them to find out about this” He said, nudging his chin at the scroll.

Just as Lucivar initially expected, matching him with the wanted man was a hard thing to do.

It happened in a tiny slave city, and the only ones who knew his face were those of that city.

Other than Tobias and the others, of course.

Not to mention, this was the territory of the House of Valerius, the Vampire’s territory.

An entirely different jurisdiction compared to where Veegend City was located.

Even now, the fact that Professor Aeldric knew about this was still surreal for Lucivar.

He frowned and asked, “Then how did you find out?” “I have my ways that I could not disclose,” Professor Aeldric smirked.

“If the information that you have a bounty on your head, issued by Young Master Arkan, the son of the Ashbourne’s Head Family’s brother-the academy would be forced to hand you over to the authorities.

In their hands, things often get worse before they get better-that is if they do at all” “We don’t want that happening, do we?” He added, his words laced with subtle cues.

Recognizing those cues, Lucivar asked, “What do you want?” Certainly, Professor Aeldric wanted something from him.

Lucivar had come here with the intention of negotiating, but this wasn’t going well.

“I saw what you did to Andre, you have the appropriate talents so I’ll offer you this,” Professor Aeldric, leaned forward.

“I will assign you as an academy hunter, as you wanted.

In exchange, you will be one of the representatives for the academy, in the South Hues Tournament.

It’ll be held in a little bit over a month from now” “If you fail to meet the requirements to join, our deal is off.” “If you fail to reach the top three in the tournament, our deal is off.” “If you try to get back in any way against me or the academy, our deal is off.” “So, what do you say?

Do we have a deal?” Professor Aeldric finally said, smirking in triumph.

Even though he was asking for Lucivar’s answer, the answer was already fixed.

It was either accept or death, basically.

Lucivar has no choice but to take this deal and try his best.

‘He even knows what I did to Andre, but what did I do, anyway?

I only scared him a bit.

Also, why did not he mention anything about the ninja, that attacked Thalia?

If he saw me scaring Andre, he should see me fight and kill that ninja too’ He thought, contemplating.

A lot of questions crossed his mind but he didn’t have the answer to them.

No matter how much he tried, he couldn’t think of an answer.

Finally, Lucivar raised his gaze and nodded his head, “Okay, it’s a deal.

I’ll do it” “Go along now, I have to take care of your transfer from a student to an academy hunter.

You are already accepted, so I need to hurry and make the changes,” Professor Aeldric waved his hand, signaling for Lucivar to leave.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar stood up and exited the room without saying anything.

His mind was filled with thoughts thus his silence.

Professor Aeldric pretended to write something on a piece of paper until Lucivar left, and the moment the door was closed once again-his hand stopped and he leaned back on his chair, looking at the door absent-mindedly.

“I did what you asked,” He suddenly said as if someone was inside the room with him.

Soon, he turned to the top of the bookshelves-a black animal was there.

“Since we’re in a mutual relationship, I’m going to use him as much as I want for the academy-I hope you have no qualms, with that,” He added, looking at the black animal.

Instead-of a reply, the black animal with red eyes vanished, turning into black smoke.

Only when the animal disappeared could Professor Aeldric breathe easily.

“Just what did I get myself into…?” “And who is the one summoning that thing?

To be able to infiltrate the academy without even triggering a single mechanism-he must be extremely strong or even of noble name.

Anyway, at the very least I could help the academy through this,”