Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Veins of Jealousy Chapter 68: Veins of Jealousy Thalia was taken aback, she was doing this out of her goodwill to repay what Lucivar did.

Anything that Lucivar wanted, she would grant it as long as it was within her reach.

But she never expected this.

Recovering from her daze, she instantly snapped.

“My sister?

Really?

That’s your damn request?!” She exclaimed loudly with a mixture of shock and anger.

She knew Lucivar was quite an asshole, from the start, but this goes beyond what she initially expected.  Asking about her sister was not a cool move, “Why do you even want to know my sister?!” “Hey…

you said you wanted me to ask you to do something hard, isn’t this perfect?” “I meant something impactful for you, not setting you up with my sister?!” “I mean, this is quite impactful, no?

Who knows, I could be your brother-in-law” “Not a chance!

Over my dead body!” “Why are you even against me with Elira?” Pushing the conversation further bad, Thalia hits him a couple of times out of anger.

Just the thought of Lucivar being her brother-in-law made her sick.

“You two seemed to be awfully close…” As the two were playing around, a cold voice penetrated their ears.

Lucivar’s body slightly stiffened when he heard the voice and when he turned, Leandra was there.

She had her arms crossed under her chest, with one eyebrow raised, staring daggers at Lucivar.

Seeing this, Lucivar cleared his throat.

“Why haven’t you gone back yet, Leandra?” “Nerissa was healing me and I came across you two love birds” “I have business with Thalia, it’s not what it looks like” Observing their exchange from the sideline, Thalia squinted her eyes.

‘His demeanor changed instantly…’ She noticed that Lucivar was acting differently in front of Leandra, he seemed tensed for some reason.

But then again, Thalia would understand when she knew how powerful Leandra was.  Not to mention, Thalia frowned realizing that Lucivar was friends with the purple-haired girl.

One that she recognized to be very strong.

Recovering from her thoughts, she saw both of them were still arguing.

In a moment of impulse, she decided to intervene, “Who are you to Lucivar?” Upon hearing this, Lucivar and Leandra turned towards her.

Leandra, in particular, saw a fire of passion behind Thalia’s eyes-a fire that she didn’t like.

Analyzing the question, Leandra kept eye contact with Thalia and smirked.

“Great question, who am I to you?

Can you answer her question?” “Uhh…

a friend?” Stomp!

Lucivar hissed and crouched when his toe was stomped hard the instant he said that.

He was completely oblivious to the invisible tension in the air.

“A close friend?” Stomp!

“Fuck, why are you stomping my toe?!

What did my toe do to you?

What do you want?” “I said to tell her who I am to you” “I did!” “No, you haven’t.

Tell her the truth” “A really, really close friend?

A traveling companion?

A partner?

Which one do you want?” “Right, a partner.

Nice to meet you, I’m Lucivar’s partner, Leandra” Finding an answer that she liked, Leandra answered, her smile turned slightly mocking.

Seeing this, Thalia bit her lower lip.

It was evident that Leandra’s taunts were getting into her.

Even then, she was quick to cover her reaction with a smile.

“Partner?

I don’t think Lucivar shared that fabricated opinion of yours” “He’s only playing around, that’s how close we are” “Close, huh?

If that’s the case, how come he never mentioned you?” “You only talked with him a couple of times and think he would open up to you?

Think.” “I heard he was punished in the black box.

As his partner, what did you do-to help him?

If I recall correctly, you did nothing.

I was the one who helped him take a quick break by calling him out” “It’s not that I did nothing, but I can’t.

At least I’m not the one endangering his life” Lucivar watched the two girls throwing punches at each other through words.

He could feel the tension rising, lasers shooting out of both of their eyes.

But he felt like he should probably stop this before it escalated.

“Hey, I couldn’t think of something to ask of right now but it’s going to be helpful if you start by telling me your situation.

Your family problem-of course,” Lucivar said, snapping the two out of their word battle.

Upon hearing this, Thalia hesitated.

Asking such a personal question made her hesitant as it’s very private.

“I already got dragged into your mess, the least you could do is tell me the mess I got into, right?” Lucivar pressed further-he had saved her twice already so this should be nothing.

“You know, so that I know the reason if I really got killed” Sighing lightly, Thalia nodded, “Do you have time?

Let’s go somewhere quiet to talk” “I don’t think I’ll be in trouble if I take the day off,” Lucivar replied sarcastically.

He glanced at the building where Professor Fury’s corpse lay as he said that.

Just then, Leandra intervened, “I’ll be coming too” Thalia frowned when she heard this, clearly she didn’t want Leandra to be tagging along.

She looked at Lucivar, asking for him to deny Leandra through her gaze.

But Lucivar couldn’t refuse Leandra.

He scratched the back of his head in response, “It’s fine, she could come,” “For your information, she did put her life on the line to lure the professor here,” He added.

Despite her unwillingness, Thalia averted her gaze away and strode ahead.

It seemed she couldn’t get rid of Leandra.

Meanwhile, a couple hundred meters from them, nearing the back entrance to the dorm.

Bakar, and Mirel were bringing the restrained academy hunters back to Fabio, located at the very back was Dylan.

His body was shaking and his eyes were watery-scared for his future as he was going to be expelled.

Professor Aeldric said himself that the hunters helping Professor Fury would be expelled.

‘No, no, no…

what am I going to do if I’m expelled?’ ‘I was rejected as a student and got thrown into this shit hole and now I’ll be expelled?!’ ‘Why can’t I high talent?

Why can’t my bloodline be good?!

Not fair, this is not fair!’ Such a thought made Dylan dizzy and nauseous.

To be expelled from an academy is to do something atrocious.

Most of the time, doing a crime or misdemeanor would only result in being punished.

It took a lot for someone to be expelled.

Because of that, the prospect of other academies taking this Hybrid became very low.

So low that it was practically non-existent.

Not getting into an academy meant having no resources and that would impact his future.

However, his entire body stopped trembling and his gaze turned into steel.

He seemed to be determined to do something.

Dylan raised his gaze, a glint of bloodshot flickered in his eyes.

‘If I couldn’t be exceptional then nobody could, I’ll make sure of it…’ …

Stepping back to the main academy grounds, not the secluded place that hardly has a road, Lucivar and Leandra took in a deep breath.

Even the air here was different-they forgot that the Bloodhaven Academy was proper and lavish.

“What are you guys doing?

Come on, I still have classes”  All three of them used the bicycle and went over to the canteen building.

Many students could be seen eating and socializing there.

Considering that Leandra’s and Lucivar’s outfits were different, they attracted gazes.

“What are academy hunters doing here?” “No, more than that, why are they with Thalia?” “Probably her errand people, don’t mind them” Upon hearing the other students’ comments, especially those about Lucivar, Thalia glanced over to see if he was bothered, by them.

She felt a wave of relief when she saw-he did not seem to care at all.

Nevertheless, she still slowed her pace so that she could walk beside Lucivar.

Soon, the three go through a door and reach a separate room.

Looking at the hallway filled with doors, Lucivar frowned.

“What is this place?” “Private rooms to eat in silence, some students used this” “I’ve been here before and I didn’t know the canteen had this kind of place” “Well, it’s only reserved for the VIP students.

VIP students as being in the top fifty” “Oh…” Entering one of the rooms, the inside was a simple table and sofa seats facing each other.

It was quite small, probably only able to host eight people at once maximum.

Lucivar and Leandra sat beside each other while Thalia sat opposite them.

“Before we start talking about me, do you want to eat first?” Thalia asked with a smile.

Despite supposedly asking both of them, her eyes were directed only to Lucivar.

It was evident that she only cared about him.

Even before Lucivar could answer, his stomach growled, all that fighting made him hungry.

Thalia’s smile stretched before she tapped a seamless button on the table.

Both Lucivar, and Leandra leaned back a little when the glass table suddenly displayed-and opened the menu of the canteen.

It was a touchscreen, they could flip through the list with a simple swiping stroke.

Out of the two, Lucivar was the most excited one seeing this.

He flipped the menu left and right as if he were a kid with hyperactivity disorder.

“What is this sorcery?

An ability?

Magic?” “No, it’s nothing like that” “Technology?” “Pretty much.

You never saw this kind of thing?” “No, I haven’t even seen street lights, smooth roads, or cars before I arrived in this city” Upon hearing this, Thalia nodded.

She had heard of the living conditions in slave cities and it was beyond bad.

Averting her gaze down, she began picking her food.

“I could guess the food for academy hunters is bad, so eat your fill, I’ll pay for it.

To choose- you only need to click the menu and when you’re done, click enter.

The waiter will come with your food when it’s ready” “Okay, I’m going to pick the Grilled Thunderdrake Steak.

I’m raring to try it out” “Grilled Thunderdrak Steak…?”  Thalia could only smile, hiding the turmoil inside, that’s one of the expensive ones, ‘Where in the hell did he know about that?

It must’ve been that Aunty Riska, she liked to give free food to new students to attract more customers’ “Is there a problem?” “No, not at all.

Go and pick your fill” All three of them picked their food and closed the menu.

It took about half an hour for the food to be brought by a kind waitress.

Lucivar saw the massive blue steak on his plate exuding a wonderful aroma-and stopped to appreciate such a beauty.

He didn’t waste time to devour the entire thing, and ended up very full at the end of it.

As Lucivar was picking on his teeth, Leandra also finished her food.

She only ordered a salad so it didn’t take long for her to finish.

One might be confused why she took longer to finish her food compared to Lucivar who was eating a steak, and the answer was that Lucivar was ravenous.

He devoured the entire place in minutes.

Gazing ahead at Thalia, she then opened the real conversation.

“Now that we’re full, explain to us your situation.

We’d like to know, I…

like to know” Upon hearing this, Thalia sipped on her drink before placing it down again.

She was arranging the words in her mind, there was a lot.

It took her a moment before she finally started.

“My father…

he was the leader of the Green Tempest Clan.

He-and the clan, were called to clear a dungeon with the Crimson Wolf Clan.

I don’t know the details, but when the raid was over, he was furious.

Outside, in front of the media, my father-he struck Ragnar, the son of the Crimson Wolf Clan’s leader,” “Since he threw the first punch, the media twisted the story.

My father was painted as a bad person because of that-and as Ragnar was on the rise in fame, the story got worse.

But we know those leeches wanted to devour our clan, this is all their scheme to take us down,” “My father is a kind person, there’s no chance he punched Ragnar without a reason…” Thalia looked down, a faint bitterness in her expression.

However, hearing her confession, Lucivar smirked inwardly, ‘So that’s the opportunity…’