The sun rose upon the academy's campus as it neared dusk. Alaric found himself back in the marble corridors of the academy's halls.
The sun dipped behind the academy's sharp tower tops casting long shadows on the stained glass windows. On the glass windows murals were drawn, Each one depicting a famous mage of the past.
'well i might not have my own painting but none of them come even close to having the same drip as me.' Alaric grinned before shaking his head.
'This place really is a maze though. how did i end up in the cafeteria while searching for Selene's tower?'
"mhmmm, *nom* *nom* This shit is the bomb though" Alaric muttered under his breath while eating a sandwich with werewolf meat inside that the cafeteria lady gave him for free.
not before long Alaric found himself standing infront of a menacing tower made of cobble, its intimidating structure eclipsing over any normal human giving off a sense of dread.
As he reached for the headmistress's door, The magical aura reacted. the tempreture dropped as an icy temperature enveloped the surrounding, perhaps responding to Selene's current mood.
He knocked the door once. Twice , getting no response Alaric frowned.
'Might as well hope for the best, nothing to lose.' After saying so Alaric kicked the door violently and barged into her office.
Seeing Selene's imposing figure signing documents before the pen in her hand stopped moving mid signature.
"Madam Headmistress!" He said cheerfully ignoring the scowl forming across her face.
Selene sat behind the desk arms folded. The violet glow in her eyes barely restraining the anger behind them.
Her obsidian hair were tied up in a loose braid. Though that did nothing to soften the sense of authority that emanated from her.
'If only she didn't have such a quick temper, she might've been perfect'
Alaric removed the hat from his head, holding it infront of his chest with both hands before offering Selene a respectful bow.
"Professor Ashvale... you enter my office uninvited. Not only that you barge in. The cost of repairing that will be docked from your salary." Selene said as she twirled the pen in her hand.
"Well? i knocked twice, that's courtesy enough in my opinion."
Selene looked at him clearly unamused by his explanation.
"Tch why do you have to be so stingy? Fineee do what you want not that it matters in the end." Alaric smiled before sliding a file across her table.
As she read through the document her face failed to show even a flicker of surprise.
"I'm afraid the information about Lysander Aelwin had already been relayed to me right after the entrance examination had concluded... what exactly is the purpose of giving this to me" Selene said before adding the file into her ever-growing pile of documents.
"Duh, you would be the first person to be informed of something as important as this. You should know his value if you truly do aim to make this academy the strongest in the upcoming years. don't you?"
"And?" Selene stayed uninterested as she read through another document.
"Let me get straight to the point. let Lysander live inside the academy, perferably as a roommate to one of the professors for maximum security."
'My golden goose shouldn't die before giving me everything he has.'
Selene's eyes strayed away from the document as her eyebrow raised.
"Is that truly all? If you come here once again for such trivial matters don't expect a warm welcome. Take the brat with you.
Might as well have him live with you."
"fortunately for you that's not the only thing I'm here for today."
"Second thing... permission to house Lysander Aelwin's guardian, his grandmother in one of the imperial district's Five star hotels."
"You do know what you're speaking about, don't you?"
"yes."
"no you don't. the very base of the imperial system has been built to separate the commoners from the nobles. If a commoner suddenly gets residence in one of the world's greatest residencies that are reserved only for nobles, she'll be in even more danger then she was before."
"You don't understand, it sends out a message. If the imperial academy is willing to break the social norms just for a student then at least some of the people after Lysander will get scared away."
Selene closed her eyes in silent contemplation.
"The academy's name isn't something to be used lightly.... I can fulfil it under two conditions."
Selene said before pointing her finger directly at Alaric.
"the first condition being that Lysander in one year should become a 5th circle mage, and reach the Bone forging state for his physical body. If he can't achieve this much then my investment would not be worthwhile."
As for the second condition, Selene licked her lips as a sadistic smile took over her face,
"you'll know about it soon enough."
'As Selene said so Alaric felt every single nerve and muscle tense, As sweat ran down his forehead.'
'why do i feel like I'm selling my soul to a devil?'
'well too late to go back now.'
"If that's all professor Alaric you may take your leave. the situation for Lysander's guardian will be taken care of. you should instead meet Lysander... your new roommate." Although Selene spoke in a strictly professional tone alaric still felt that something was amiss.
'The future me will take care of whatever is going on. I just wanna get out of here.' Alaric thought while barely maintaining his smile outside.
"Ahahaha! Jolly good day Mrs Selene! I shall take my leave then." Before Selene could even respond Alaric had already left the room.
"you can run but you can't hide...."
"you'll pay for the humiliation... Not only did you make a lady bleed but you broke her heart." Selene scoffed before burying herself in her work once more.
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"Ugh, this teaching stuff is such a hassle don't you think so?" Alaric asked while sitting on a public bench. Lysander standing next to him in academy clothes.
Lysander stood next to him with a neutral expression on his face.
"That thing... How did you suddenly appear here?"
"Mhm? What are you talking about?" While Alaric spoke a small rift appeared as Alaric reached his hand into it pulling out a cup and saucer.
Alaric frowned before twirling his arm around before pulling out a kettle full of tea.
[Warmth]
The tea in the kettle reached the perfect tempreture as Alaric's mana went into it.
He poured himself a cup before staring at Lysander who stood motionless.
"Well? Do you want some?" Alaric asked while breathing cold air down the cup.
"You. How did you do that." Lysander tilted his head.
*Siiipp*
"See kid. It's not really that complicated. Just a tiny bit of space magic to weave a small sub dimension in which you can put whatever you want, as for the teleportation it's just a little bit more complex then that."
"The only downside is that I can only teleport to places I've been to."
'Mhm thank god i bought the memory pack for this while it was on a discount.'
*Sip*
"How long will it take me to learn space magic?" Lysander who sat next to him asked camly.
As Alaric finished his tea he kept the saucer and tea cup back into the back into the rift.
He looked to his left as Lysander curiously stared at the rift.
"Interested aren't ya?" As Alaric spoke dozens of threads appeared from the tips of his fingertips each pulling at the rift from its edges, slowly causing the rift to expand.
Inside the rift a hollow darkness sat.yet if one would look closer in the vacuum of the empty space various objects floated in the zero gravity.
"Maintaining such a fissure takes quite a bit of mana. Which is why mages usually never expand it beyond a few square meters."
"Interesting..."
"Well then I trust that you've packed the bare necessities you need for the trip?" Alaric called back his threads causing the unstable rift to snap shut.
"Hmmm" Lysander nodded before going back into his house.
....
"That's.... It?" All Lysander carried was the academy assigned books and robes in a plastic bag.
"You said to only carry the necessities."
'i forgot about his past... Not that it matters now."
"Fine let's go then, you'll stay at the academy until you're at a level where you can properly defend yourself." As Alaric was about to create a rift he heard Lysander's voice.
"What about my grandma?" Lysander stopped Alaric by grabbing his collar.
Alaric furrowed his brows as he saw his coat being scrunched.
'Patience patienceee amitabha or something Alaric.'
" The situation of housing your guardian in the 5 star hotel in the Nobel hotel district is a bit more serious then expected, it'll be taken care of by the headmistress herself." Alaric spoke while adjusting his collar.
"Until then... These two will take care of her protection."
*Snap*
Two hooded figures appeared behind Alaric.
"They've been monitoring you and your grandmother for the last two days, already stopping a few kidnapping attempts so you can be at ease."
"Fine."
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At Alaric's tower, Lysander laid arms wide on Alaric's bed the plastic bag next to him.
"So how do you like it?" Alaric asked his arms crossed.
"It's okay." Lysander said his face blank.
'Its okay? I had to spend 10 gold coins to get a new better one. You jerk.'
"Good. Think of this as your home, you should sleep now. The first semester starts tomorrow after all."
" What about you?"
"I can simply rest in the office if needed. I'll be on the roof if you need me." Alaric closed the door to the bedroom as he made his way to the giant spiraling library that was next to his office.
As he climbed the staircases his eyes rapidly scanned the books that covered the walls of the tower.
Whenever his eyes would come across something interesting a thread would extend from his gloves grabbing it.
As he finally reached the top of the staircase a pile of books hovered beside him.
As he reached for the door above the stars shined before him as he sat on the roof of the tower.
'I can't stay at the 4th circle level forever, but I can't buy my way to Archmage too... Everything after 5th circle is worth more than 20000NP not worth it.'
'Not only that... I can feel it the world's will watching me. If I keep on using my own power system it might become hostile against me '
'ugh I have to teach some brats tomorrow too.... This day literally can't get any worse.
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now he go visit lysander take him show room chapter end, tease school start.