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Chapter 14: Chapter 13- Compensation

Celestria returned to her home, back in the capital where she was surrounded by her family members once they heard about the incident that transpired in the academy.

The other family members, Celestia's elder brother and younger sister, only know that someone tried to harm Celestria and took her hostage to ensure their safety. However, the identity of the attacker and the motive behind their decision weren't revealed since Hector wanted to first talk with the King.

Inside the reception hall, only four people could be seen currently.

Two of them were from the Soulforge Academy and on the left was a red-haired man with a hulking body which seemed to be barely fitting in his formal clothing.

The commander of the most fierce unit in the Royal Order, Aborne Hornblade.

And in the front sat the slim middle-aged man who goes by the name, Adolf Grimhold—the king of the nation and Celestria's father.

"What did you say? Obsessed?" Hearing Jullie's words, who was the fourth person in the hall, Aborne exclaimed.

It was creepy and gave birth to massive insecurity upon hearing that one of the teachers of the academy was obsessed with his student.

Jullie nodded, "Indeed. When Abeth's room was investigated, several hand-drawn pictures, Celestia's used stationary, her hair strands, and many other things related to her were found." Jullie regretfully spoke.

The Supreme authority has yet to speak a word as he hears the Headmaster speaking, "I apologize for not discerning Abeth's true nature beforehand. I should have been more focused on the administration."

Finally, Adolf said, "You are not to be blamed solely for this, my friend. I have kept you busy with the security relating to Capital and the trade centre these few months."

His eyes drew towards the ground as he added, "No one could have expected that the prodigious mage who rejected the offer to join the Royal Order was actually a scumbag in hiding."

Aborne gritted his teeth, "I wish he had been alive to experience his demise by my claws." Aborne is like an uncle to Celestria, and hearing that a bastard was stalking her just set his temper ablaze.

"Talking about that, you said Alex, maid Celeria's son killed him? And also, he was excused from the false charges of summoning a Soulless?" Adolf asked, to which Hector responded with a soft nod.

"He indeed executed Abeth when he took student Celestria in his hold as a hostage."

Adolf nodded, and said, "In that case, call Celeria and Brendon." Hearing those words, the King's personal butler walked away, heeding his master's command.

After that, Adolf and Hector began to converse things about the Academy's security and the necessary changes that should be brought in order to strengthen the students; both physically and mentally.

The recent poor performance of the students has become a major reason for concern, considering Soulforge is one of the leading Academies and was popular for producing young talents.

Soon, the two people who were called stepped inside the room with their heads lowered.

Both of them had black hair, which often made people wonder how Alex got himself silver hair in the first place.

But naturally, the King didn't invite them here to ask such trivial questions. He called them to reward them for the bravery their child showed.

"Raise your heads. You have the right to." Aborne encouraged and Adolf was about to follow when suddenly Jullie interrupted,

"I apologize for my rude behaviour, Your Majesty, but before granting them any reward, you should know that these two have to do nothing with Alex anymore."

That sentence made Aborne frown and Adolf genuinely looked confused. Hector was aware of what the violet-haired was speaking, but since she chose to speak about it now, and in such a stern tone no less, he simply remained silent.

Getting up, she approached the two and asked them, "Why don't you tell Your Majesty, how you disowned your own child just because he was accused of being a culprit?"

Aborne's eyes widened as he faintly uttered, "Disowned..." Being a doting father, he couldn't imagine how someone could abandon their child in their right mind.

Brendon's face was lowered in shame while Celeria spoke up, "W-We believed that he indeed was involved in the summoning...g-given Alex often r-remained cooped up in his room, r-reading c-creepy books..."

"If your son remains in his room reading books all day, you call him studious not a criminal. And how can you, the ones who gave birth to that child, lose hope in him when that child only can look up to you for support?"

Each word that escaped Vermillion's lips was like a poisonous dart, making Brendon lean his head down as much as he could in embarrassment and fear.

Celeria gritted her teeth, "You won't know why we made such a decision. Maybe one day when you become a parent'"

"Well, I am a parent, and I have three children. But you know what, in whatever situation, even if the world says that my children have done something wrong, I will fight the world to protect them." The words were spoken by someone who cannot be interrupted.

Adolf's voice held both fondness for his children and detested these two failures of parents.

Celeria trembled, her eyes moistened as she tried to beg the King for mercy, but Hector used his spell to silence them rather than letting them further dig their graves.

Adolf got up from his seat, and while advancing towards them, he declared, "You both are dismissed from your services and because of your irresponsible act, you have to pay three thousand gold coins as compensation to Alex within six months. Failing to compensate would grant you exile for life."

The couple paled in dread hearing the command and were on the verge of falling to their knees when Aborne commanded his soldiers to drag them out.

Once they were taken out, Adolf turned towards Hector before telling him, "Arrange a meeting with Alex. I want to reward him in person...and also, extend my gratitude for saving my daughter's life."

Hector nodded, "As you wish, sire."

There was a very brief smile that appeared on Jullie's face.

Finally, he would receive what he deserves.

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The meeting went on until evening, and Jullie was told that after tea, they would be leaving.

With due respect, she excused herself to walk around a bit. Sitting in the same place for this long has caused her back to ache.

She was aware of the palace structure, which explains why she walked on the straight path that led to the garden, situated on the west side of the palace.

When she reached there, Jullie spotted the familiar figure of Celestria currently sitting on the tea table and staring at the flowers, blankly.

There were maids nearby, but it seems she chose to remain alone for the time being, that's why they were standing far away and made no move to refill her cup.

Naturally, as a teacher and someone who was aware of the whole situation, Jullie couldn't have stayed away.

Approaching the girl, she asked, "Worried about Alex?"

Celestria was startled, as she turned her head in Jullie's direction and instantly got up to offer the seat.

"It's okay, I want to stand a little. Sit down, you."

Although she said that, Celestria made no move to sit down when her teacher was standing.

Returning to the topic, Jullie asked again, "Do you want to share something with me? I might be able to help."

Celestria seemed unsure...she didn't know if she should tell her teacher about the fact that she shouted at her best friend by believing in others.

However, just as mentioned earlier, Jullie was aware of the whole ordeal, that's why, without Celestria uttering a single word, Jullie suggested, "If you regret saying something to someone who is close to you and fear getting rejected by them now, then you probably should stay away from them."

Celestria was taken aback, "But I can't stay away from Alex! He is a very important part of my life."

Jullie raised her brows, "If you can show such stubbornness in front of me, then what's stopping you from getting stubborn on gaining his forgiveness?"

Hearing those words, Celestria realized what her teacher was intending to convey here.

She remained silent, head leaning down before a very hesitant question was asked, "What if he never forgives me? I have committed such a grave mistake."

Jullie sighed, "It's not a matter whether he forgives you or not....you have to try, Celestria. After all, you have a lot of friends and family to support you...care for you. But for Alex...there is no one but you for him."

Leaving those words behind, Jullie soon returned to the reception and not so long after, she left with the Headmaster.

That night, Celestria wasn't able to sleep for a long time. The only thought that kept her awake was how to get back with Alex.

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A/N:- If you are liking the story so far, please leave a review. It really helps. Thanks for reading.


Chapter 15: Chapter 14- Favour

After his match with Aiden, Alex went to the medic and got himself healed. Well, his regeneration was hefty enough to heal most of his injuries within hours, but still, who can say no to free services?

As for his gains from the match then, he gained seventy points after removing the soul energy he wasted on using his sword art.

He was just fifty points away from reaching the upper limit. Once he reaches the upper limit, his stats will begin to grow.

A soul user's griomoire keeps a certain number of soul points as a reserve. Between the upper and lower limits, a student wouldn't incur damage on their life span or make any progress. The middle phase can also be called equilibrium. And currently, Alex is in that state.

On the other hand, Edric has won so many battles that his Soul points always remain over the upper limit; as such, he is always levelling up with each passing battle.

For now, Alex's goal was to breach his upper limit to allow his stats to grow.

"Hey, man." Suddenly someone entered the infirmary and greeted Alex with a wave. It was the Protagonist.

Sitting across Alex on a stool, he asked, "How are you doing? Those slashes looked quite severe."

Alex shrugged, "Just doing fine. The healer has a phenomenal ability to manipulate human skin and blood clotting." Healers don't make the wound disappear; rather, they manipulate body parts to heal the patients. They are more like surgeons, but their only requirement is their magic.

Edric raised his brows, still not completely convinced that the same boy who used to cry because of a simple fall was now holding his pain behind that indifferent facade. But he didn't pry into it and asked what Edric was curious about,

"Hey, can you tell me how you tracked Aiden's teleportation? Unless you have extreme senses like the Sage or a skill that allows you to track Soul energy, you won't be able to predict Aiden's teleportation. Now, don't say it was sheer luck on your end since I know it wasn't."

Alex smirked; the protagonist is quite observant and...chatty. He really didn't want to talk right now, but it seemed if he didn't give an answer now this guy would continue to pester.

So, with a shrug, he said, "I was focusing on my blind spots since majorly any person with such a skill would appear at their opponent's blind spots."

Edric slowly nodded with his fingers cupping his chin before he voiced, "I see. So you don't wanna reveal it after all, huh?"

Alex scoffed, "Since you got the hint, goodbye?" Alex didn't have a desire to reveal his aces to someone whom he might end up fighting against.

Edric chuckled as he hopped off the stool and said, "You really have changed." He stepped out, and just when Alex was about to lie down, Edric returned to the room holding something behind him.

Alex raised his brows, seeing the Protagonist being so hesitant and nervous, urging the silver-haired to ask,

"What is it?"

"Umm...I realised that you have no real weapon in possession...so if you don't mind..."

"Yeah, sure. Give it to me." Alex casually extended his hand and asked for the sword which Edric was somehow hiding behind him.

Hearing his words, more than Alex could ever have been, Edric seemed happy as he stepped toward and rested the sword in his hand.

"Thank you for accepting it," He said and was about to leave when suddenly Alex stopped him and asked,

"You often leave the academy for raids no?"

Edric was perplexed hearing the sudden question. However, he didn't find anything to hide, that probably the whole school already knew, so he simply nodded, "Yes...I won't say 'often' but once in ten days, yeah."

Alex grinned, "Perfect~the next time you go there, take me with you. I know you can sneak me through security, right?" Students who have chosen academic courses as their primary subjects aren't allowed to leave the campus for raids, unlike the students who opt to become a knight.

Edric was about to instantly nod in assent, being aware of Alex's capabilities, but then he brought his neck to a pause and slowly said, "I will...but you have to do something for me."

"I don't swing that way, pal."

Edric's face adopted a little reddish hue as he blurted, "I am not talking about that! Cela...I want you to not avoid her when she approaches you."

Alex heaved a sigh; so it was about her.

Resting his hands on the bed and leaning back a little, Alex casually stated, "I don't know man, she doesn't look like she needs me. So shouldn't we care about-"

"I heard you the first time, Alex, but no, I still believe that the bond between you two cannot be severed just like that. So please give her a chance if you can."

Alex was already feeling weary of all this. He really didn't want to mingle with that crybaby anymore but if assenting her could grant him a load of Soul Points...

"Okay, I won't avoid her. But don't expect me to actively respond to her blabbering." Which she surely is going to spout, Alex held back from speaking the last bit.

Edric beamed. "That's more than enough for me. Anyway, I will be leaving today after dinner. Will you be joining the others in the common hall?"

Alex shrugged, "Not likely. You know my room number, right?"

Edric nodded, "Got it. Just don't pack many things since we might have to move quickly, in case we get caught sneaking you out."

Alex nodded in assent before the Protagonist made his way out.

Nice. Now Alex can earn coins and soul stones to enhance his soul energy and break his upper limit, so his growth also becomes unstoppable.

"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing him leaving his bed, the head nurse, asked with a frown.

Alex spoke in a 'matter-of-fact' tone, "Only injured remain here, no?"

The head nurse leaned a little, allowing her bountiful bust to form a valley right before his eyes. Alex only glanced at them once before moving his eyes away.

The woman checked on his injuries and was surprised to see that, indeed, all of them were healed.

"Seriously...you are not normal in this aspect..." She voiced, trying to figure out how such a miracle took place.

"So, can I go, or are you too fond of me to let go?" Alex nonchalantly asked.

The raven-haired nurse glared at him before standing up and telling him, "Go but don't move around much. And no fighting for the next three days, or you will be bound to the bed until I am satisfied."

Alex raised his brows, "Wow...somehow that sounds tempting."

The nurse blushed with a glare before, with a 'hmph', she walked away.

Alex heaved a sigh and returned to his room to prepare.

This was going to be tougher than facing a high school boy.

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A/N:- Thanks for reading. Drop a review if you are enjoying the story so far.


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