Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Aiden’s intoxication
“You dared drink alcohol!” a menacing pressure was emanating from Hans’s body, as he cracked his knuckles.

“How about I show you… why it is not good to be drunk”

Aiden was beaten to a pulp, to the point where if anyone else had witnessed the scene, they might’ve mistaken it for an abusive act, instead of forming experience.

..

Aiden was currently resting in Hans’ bed, and he was seated on his chair watching the young man’s face.

‘Have I failed as an instructor?

I haven’t taught him anything yet, he’s so young and he’s already going around drinking alcohol.

I originally planned to let him advance to {master alchemist} as soon as I could.

But seeing it from a different perspective now, it might be a wrong decision leaving a unique class to a kid that still doesn’t know how to contain his desires.

Life has been rough on him, if he were to succumb to some evil thoughts and use his powers for malice, then it would partially be my fault.

I will have to wait a little bit more before proceeding with his advancement.

‘Hum?’ Aiden opened his eyes, with a bit of saliva still falling down from the corner of his mouth.

‘Where am I? I have never seen this place.

mhhhh, if I’m not incorrect I had just finished theory lesson about geographical environment in the gates, when Grant offered me to go and get a drink with his friends…

Aiden had followed him just to get along with him a bit better, but with the premise of returning before six o’clock since he had homework to do.

Grant brought him to a little local down the street, and passed through the back door to reach a private room where some of their friends were waiting.

They were two guys and four girls, meaning that with Aiden and Grant males and females were even.

Soon, the drinks arrived, however, contrary to the ones he was used to, every one of them was alcoholic.

He initially wanted to refuse, but as they begun speaking about the professors and conversation got more interesting, he felt a strong sense of group, and didn’t want to be the only one that didn’t drink.

‘A couple of glasses of beer couldn’t hurt that much right?’

Drinking one after the other, his sight became a little fuzzy, and feeling quite disoriented he asked if he could return earlier.

Grant didn’t insist and accompanied him close to his dormitory before seeing him off.

And then….

“Brother!”

Aiden quickly lift up his upper body and looked around for Hans.

He found him seated on the chair just beside him.

“My dear Brother… I think you might have some explaining to do”

Sounding more like a threat than an affirmative phrase, it made Aiden shiver.

“I-I’ll tell you everything”

“I don’t usually do any of these things, is just that this time I let myself be a little bit overwhelmed by the situation, since Grant asked me I couldn’t refu..

He explained the whole story, and after listening to Aiden, Hans wanted to crush this ‘Grant’ guy skull.

“How did he even have alcohol? This whole place has been constructed for you, and only a few bars sell alcohol, they know the list of people who are allowed to buy it, is any of them perhaps bribed? Or is he importing it from outside?

But that’s not something that wouldn’t go unnoticed..”

“It’s none of the two brother”

Affirmed Aiden trying to repent for his mistakes.

“Uh? Then how?”

“Apparently one of the workers at the school is trying to make a good impression on him to get on his good side.

“Why? Is he an important person or something?”

“Well… Aiden stuttered a bit

… how to say it.. he personally is not, but his father, he is one of the higher ups in the demon extermination team.”

‘Demon extermination team.

I have read about them, they are incredibly powerful hunters, who take care of all the tricky gates outside of living areas.

If a city defense department takes care of eliminating the monsters in their own city, and limiting to help other places to whether they have an established alliance, the Demon extermination team clears gates all over the nation.

They travel in faraway places were cities do not have hunters powerful enough to clear gates, and differently from in big cities, monsters are a continuous threat for the civilians.

They don’t receive any reward from the inhabitants of the places they save, and they also leave the territory the monster’s corpses and mana stones to help them recover from any damages.

Even while receiving an annual fee from the government, their earnings are less than those of low rank hunters.

In a few words, they are the closest being to superheroes in the American society.

Not materialistic, not attached to desires, they slay monsters and save lives, as if that was their life purpose.

If a gods does exist, then it is them who would be their closest ally.

‘Or that’s what they say, I haven’t seen them for myself so I’m not in a position to judge.

Anyway, they should be some pretty amazing people, so how come that one of their son is already drinking alcohol at the age of fourteen and even convincing a pure soul like my brother to do it’

” anyway don’t you ever dare do that again”

“Yes”

Before Hans could even finish his lecture, Aiden’s stomach rumbled loudly.

“Did you not eat during the past few days?”

Asked Hans.

“That’s not it brother, just that the PE. Teacher is really going all out with training, I can’t even sustain my own body since I have one of his lessons every day.

“Okay then, let’s go eat something”

“Now? What time is it brother?”

“Three in the morning”

“What?!!”

” I told you drinking isn’t good for your body, you passed out for a whole eighth hours”

‘Are you sure that’s not because of how hard you hit me?’

Thought Aiden to himself while inevitably following behind Hans and heading out.

They walked to a place that Aiden could recognize from outside.

It was the Pizza Hut, that was strangely open 24/7.

“Brother they say that pizza is just as bad as alcohol and smok-”

“Bang”

Hans hit Aiden in the head.

“Silly brat, pizza is the best creation of human kind, how could it be as bad as alcohol and smoke”

“It is just those who cannot appreciate it and put terrible things like pineapple and fries on it that say such dumb statements”

“Yes yes”

Aiden finally understood the trick to avoid getting hit, he just had to agree with all the senseless things said by Hans.

…

During the night, they talked about what had appende in the first few days of school, and Aiden understood why he wasn’t seeing his brother at all.

After all, he only attended physical education, science, civic education, and history classes, so seeing Hans who taught magic was quite unlikely.

They both stayed up till 4am. messing up their sleep schedules for the next few days.

A day, a week, a month…

Two months later:

Staying in his room, Hans was diligently meditating.

A wave of absurdly pure energy came from him.

As he opened his eyes, the energy that was previously dispersed throughout the whole room gathered once again inside his body, becoming quieter than ever.

His unique amber eyes gave off the feeling of a profound ocean, whose depth was far beyond sight..

He clenched his fist gently.

“Finally, my strength.. I finally managed to get it all back”

[name: Hans richter

Tier-6 mage]

Two whole months had passed, and that time was enough for him to completely recover.

As for advancing so soon, he hadn’t even dreamt about it.

When he completely restored his body, expelling all the mana remaining from his circle’s explosion, the wisdom he had accumulated this whole time came back to him, bringing him up to sixth tier once again.

The world felt different, beautiful.

His sight was finally free, as if it had been suppressed for a long time.

The sounds, the light, and even the smells, they all felt heavenly.

Hans’ mind was also finally relieved of the tension.

[congratulations, you have advanced to tier-6 mage, you have gained 25 wisdom.

Due to your path being that of a true mage, your rewards are doubled.

You have gained 50 wisdom]

[your mana affinity and sensitivity increases.

Due to your path being that of a true mage both your mana sensitivity and affinity will greatly increase]

[you will now be able to cast tier-7 spells]

He was happy, and a little friend of his also seemed to be.

The white creature quickly slid up his arm, and wrapped around his chest, coming out from behind the other shoulder.

“Haha, I’m happy to see you so lively”

A little moon white snake was staring at him.