Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 100

Chapter 100: Hot-headed
‘After all this… you’re telling me you don’t have the fucking scales?!

You better tell me who has them at the very least’

The dean thought about it for a bit, deciding on whether or not she should’ve just made Hans’s name and let him handle it, or cover for him.

In the end, the weight of offending the night market overwhelmed the weight of offending the Immortal Construction, and she decided to cover for her ally.

That was a wise decision, probably the best in her life since Hans was already close enough to catch wind of those words.

“I am sorry, but I have made a vow of secrecy, and I am unable to disclose the owner’s name.

If you give me time to contact them I’ll relay the message to them and ask if they want to sell it.”

The young man slammed his palm against the table.

“Bam!!”

“This damn woman!! I gave you everything you could ever want, there is only one thing I ask you, spill that name! now!”

…

“Ha!! Who do you think you are?!

If it wasn’t for your master I wouldn’t have given you any face.

If I remember it well we still have something to settle, don’t we?!

That year you just wouldn’t give up the bid, because of you I lost almost twenty million dollars more than planned.”

“You bitch! do you really think you can kill me? Let me see how bold you’ll be when my master comes”

“Don’t worry kid, even if your master was here I still wouldn’t back down, they truly never taught you any etiquette, did they?!

You came in here pretending to be superior, and all you can do is rely on your master!

Let me see what’ll reach you first, your master or my attack!”

The dean had officially lost it, her patience had run out.

The young man had been disrespectful since the very start, and even if she was known for her beautiful face, the second-most known aspect of the woman was her hot temper.

When someone got on her nerves they would’ve been considered grateful to return home with all their limbs intact, she wasn’t usually gruesome, but whenever someone tried to trick her, take advantage of her, or disrespect her, she didn’t let it slide.

The only reason she held it in for so long was for the sake of the barrier, but seeing that the other party had no intention of cooperating, her facade crumbled.

At that point, she thought that it was more convenient for her to search for the only other person capable of deploying such a barrier.

Well, more specifically, when talking about ‘his’ barriers, it would’ve been better to refer to them as arrays.

This meant that the value of Henriksson dropped significantly in her eyes, and he was now just an arrogant kid acting inappropriately in front of her.

She wasn’t someone so powerless even if she needed their help.

The killer beauty, the amazing commander, the keen strategist.

She was Ava Rivera, the Los Angeles Association branch leader, and the current dean of the American Academy.

A swift strike of aura was released from her hand, used as a blade.

The horizontal slash of blue aura was barely evaded by the bodyguard, who pushed his young master’s head down fast enough to save his neck.

‘Fuck! This woman…

She’s for real, I can’t let her harm the young master, or else I’ll get punished.

“Hey! Bullying the weak, let’s see if you can take me on!!”

Shouted the bodyguard, holding his arms up right in front of his face to protect it from any attack.

Completely ignoring the provocation, the dean passed beside the bodyguard and put her hand on the young boy’s chest, pushing him through the concrete wall, and making him fall from the first floor where they were previously.

Henricksson was thrown on the fresh grass, dirtying his expensive white clothes and his blonde hair by covering them with mud.

“Cough… cough…”

He tried to clear his clothes a minimum by waving his hand while getting up, and before even catching a glimpse of his opponent, he started casting a barrier.

Not even time to finish the first phase of the barrier casting, he was taken by surprise once again.

The dean had rushed forward and was now right in front of him.

She raised her hand, before slashing vertically, making it fall down upon Henriksson’s head.

As his terrorized eyes watched the blade-sharp hand imbued with aura closing on to him, he prayed for safety.

The slash was catastrophic, passing through the whole field, and raising a big cloud of dust.

It was actually the only reason why she had pushed him outside, to avoid destroying the building of the association.

“Young master!” Screamed the bodyguard, rushing inside the mess to find the person he had to protect

‘That woman?! She’s in the same rank as me but I can feel it…

I am no match for her.

That attack she just used, was on par with my final move, and yet she did it only by slashing with her hand.

What a monster, I just hope Henriksson’s fine.’

As the dust dissipated, only a shiny sphere remained unscathed underneath it, and inside it, was seated the young man, watching terrorized the woman from below.

“Thank god!” exclaimed the bodyguard, who was afraid of facing the consequences in case something happened to the boy.

The barrier enveloping the young man was a mix of various colors.

“This… this is master’s…”

“Haha, old wench, now that my master’s here let me see what you can do to me”

“Haha, I’ll let this place be razed to the ground”

‘Damn it! Did Lars Jensen really come here?

If that were to be the case I definitely wouldn’t be able to kill anyone, and by the time I let them return to Europe, they’ll have already come up with a plot to bring me down.

I cannot afford to offend such a dangerous person directly, I was just going to threaten his disciple and let him go, in order to keep the boy in line and let the man understand that I clearly had no bad intentions, if he were to be here right now I’ll definitely be misunderstood.’

‘That can’t happen, I need to apologize and let my intentions be known’

“Haha, come here now woman, beg me to save this place, I might just do it to see that arrogant face of yours brought into the mud.”

“Come! What are you waiting for?”

‘Hell no! I just changed idea, I won’t apologize even if it kills me’

“Crack”

The barrier shattered as a hand approached the young man’s neck.

“I don’t think there’ll be any need for you to do that Dean”

Hans, wearing casual clothes, was easily holding up Henriksson from his jacket.

“You can tell them about ‘it’ if you need to, I won’t hold a grudge because of something like that”

“A-ah thank you, it would’ve been troublesome for me if you hadn’t shown up”

The three of them, the people who were involved in the dispute from the very start,

Tried to hide it, but couldn’t help but stare at Hans’ hand.

The dean thought:

‘Hans… just broke it? That was a seventh-tier barrier, what in the actual heck?’

‘That young man, how did he take the young master without even caring about the laid barrier….’

‘Wh-whos this guy, he looks younger than me, how could he break master’s barrier…’

‘…Could he be…’

‘…Could he have reached…’

“SS-rank?”

Not wasting any time, and trying to make Hans’ action seem normal to enlarge the Academy’s power in front of the visitor, the dean started talking:

“I-it seems like I have received the approval from the owner of the item you were searching for”

Henriksson turned his head around, watching the boy who was holding him up in the eyes.

‘What?!

then…

Perhaps, he’s the one who owns the scales?’

“Yes, that’s right” replied the dean, as if she could read the young man’s mind.

“He is the current holder of the golden dragon scales.

Since I have honored the part of my deal, it’s time for your master to come out and comply with his disciple’s promises.”

‘Tch, please master just ignore her, I’m sorry for having promised something so important, if I knew she would’ve spilled the name so easily I wouldn’t have’

However, contrary to their expectations, no one showed up, and they began to ask themselves where Lars was hiding.

Replying to that was Hans, who pointed out a detail the three of them missed.

“Lars has never been here to begin with”

Said Hans after sighing.

“What do you mean he’s never been here?! Mrs. Rivera! Don’t trust his words! master is definitely watching us right now.”

“No, no.

Your master is probably taking a comfortable bath in Europe right now”

“Shut up!! Who do you think you’re trying to trick?! How do you explain the barrier then? Do you think I’ve cast it by myself?

Master!! Please come out and save me, they’re disrespecting both of us right now!”

The young awakened hoped with all his heart that his master had come to save him.

Because otherwise, he would’ve ended up in a prison cell or something similar.

“The barrier was imprinted in the pin hung on the left side of his chest, there is no need to worry about his master coming here”

The dean took a moment to reflect before smiling and jiggling…

“Hehe… is that so?”

A shiver ran down the spine of the blonde young man, while the dean watched him with devilish eyes and evil intentions.

“Thank you for your help Hans, I’ll handle things here if that’s alright with you.”

“This…

Hans’ human side hesitated when seeing the pitiful face made by Henriksson.

“.. I’ll leave them in your care Dean, make sure you teach them a lesson…”

Like that, Hans left behind a young master in tears, and a bodyguard who put up a last struggle before being beaten to a pulp by the dean.

Even if he was an S-rank in level, his class was common, and his strength was almost the same as a top A-rank, meaning that for someone like the dean subduing him wasn’t all that difficult.

In the meantime, In a certain skyscraper in Europe…

The hot bath’s water evaporated, covering the view of the city that passed through the steamed glass window.

A built man was half submerged in the water, with only his head left dry.

His face was covered by the steam, but his blonde hair with a slight hint of gray stood out.

The mysterious man halted his bath and stood up.

“Amalie!”

He shouted.

And soon, a woman came through the tall and wide white door.

“Yes sir, how may I assist you?”

The man barely had a towel on, but with the smoke covering his body, and the secretary bowing, his privacy remained intact.

“Book a flight to Los Angeles, as soon as possible, and clear my agenda”

“Has something happened sir?!” asked the woman worried, hearing the serious tone of the man.

“That fool of my disciple…

The barrier that I gave him was shattered”