Adryan heard distant footsteps getting closer and only smiled slightly.
It was show time...
.....
'That was too easy! The powers of a Beyonder are incredible!' thought the hooded figure of a woman who moved quickly through the sewers with a huge smile.
This woman appeared to be dressed in women's black hunting clothes and the hood of her jacket was pulled up to hide her hair.
Making a turn she stopped her run and began to walk towards a cracked wall while pulling down her hood revealing her wovy green-black hair and bright brown eyes.
This revealed that she was a young lady and she had an aura of superiority around her.
Approaching the hole that was no bigger than her clenched fist, she quickly smoothed her hair before gracefully bending and tapping gently over the hole, as if she were knocking on a door.
"Teacher, I'm here for my Beyonders class" the young woman said excitedly and waited patiently.
But after a few seconds she frowned.
"Teacher, excuse me, are you there?" she asked somewhat confused as she tapp softly above the hole again.
Again there was no answer and this made her frown anxiously.
"Teacher, are you there? Look, I did what you asked me to and I stole all this just as you told me" the girl said anxiously as she took several things from her pockets.
These varied between precious rings, fat wallets, makeup, gemstone encrusted necklaces, etc.
But again there was no response from the hole and this made the young woman pale.
Putting the things aside she crouched down and poked her eyes into the hole.
"Please excuse my manners!" the green-haired girl said as she tried to see better in the hole.
She squinted to try to see better but it was too dark and she couldn't see well in the dark.
So focused was she on that that she didn't notice how a figure was approaching with silent steps towards her from behind.
Standing to the side of the woman, the figure raised a red eyebrow in amusement and a small smile formed on his face.
Slightly bending over, the figure spoke into the girl's ear.
"If you're looking for Flora, she's busy right now~" the male voice said amused and the girl's pupils shrank.
Out of reflex she quickly moved her hand to her arm and pulled out a medium knife and tried to stab the man who had spoken.
This had been extremely fast but the man still dodged it with extreme ease as he only moved his head to the side and the girl's attack passed by.
"So close! Better luck next time!" the man said quickly and anger began to build rapidly inside the green-haired woman.
She was in a very disadvantageous position so to try to improve that she tried to kick the man's knee to unbalance him but he raised his leg again and blocked her attack.
"Are you really her student? What a disappointment" the man said sadly and the young woman growled angrily.
"SHUT UP!" the girl yelled furiously as she gave a roundhouse kick that the man dodged again backing up but this gave the young woman enough space to stand up and get a better look at the man.
He was a rather tall young man with a handsome face, muscular body and a prominent chest, with red hair and eyes, he also had a provocative smile that made her see red.
She didn't even think about it and pulled another knife from her belt and now with a knife in both hands she charged at the redhead.
He just jumped to the side avoiding the right thrust of the green-haired woman who tried to deliver a high kick to the man's face but he only moved his head to the side as he kicked her supporting leg.
The green-haired girl's leg slipped and she fell hard to the ground, grunting in pain.
She covered herself waiting for a blow that never came and just looked surprised at the man who looked at her with pity.
"Did you lose your mind so quickly? That's sad, Flora really failed as a Teacher" the man said with enormous disappointment while shaking his head, this only made the young woman more angry.
"SHUT UP!!" she yelled furiously as she threw one of the knives at the redhead who dodged it again.
"Uff what a pity you failed, now you only have one knife, so tell me what will you do now?" the man asked amused and the green-haired woman yelled furiously as she got up again and rushed at the redhead.
This time she lunged towards the face of the redhead who looked at this with an emotionless face.
Ducking, he let the thrust pass and before the woman could react he gave her a strong blow to the stomach that made her drop the knife at the same time that she fell to her knees while vomiting.
The man just looked at this with serious eyes before sighing while shaking his head.
"It's obvious that you've never used a knife and you've never fought anyone, your guard is practically non-existent" the man said calmly and the greenhaired woman only growled hatefully as she looked up.
She was holding her stomach and there was a trace of vomit on her jaw, the redhead looked at this with pity and took a handkerchief from his pocket.
"Take this and wipe your face, you look horrible" the redhead said unhurriedly as he threw the handkerchief at the young woman's face.
She removed the handkerchief from her face and tossed it aside.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BASTARD!" the woman yelled with pure hatred, getting up trembling but when she took a step forward her legs gave out and she fell back to the ground.
The man looked at this calmly and sighed as he approached the girl.
"A good blow to the stomach will leave you with your legs shaking for a long time, first sit down and rest in a while you will be able to walk well" he said as he grabbed the girl's arm and sat her down.
"Do not touch me!" the young woman said furiously and removed her arm from the man's grip.
Seeing the young woman's reaction, the redhead just sighed again and squatted down and calmly looked into the young woman's hate-filled brown eyes.
"You know that if I had wanted now you would be dead, right?" he said in an emotionless tone and the young woman gave him a look but unable to keep it, she lowered her gaze to the ground.
Seeing this, the redhead nodded this time.
"Well that's the first step to recognize the truth, now can you tell me where you went wrong to end up like this?" he asked while pointing at her and the hatred in the woman's eyes was disappearing being replaced by confusion.
Using the sleeve of her jacket to wipe her mouth, she was silent for a few moments before answering hesitantly.
"I completely underestimated your strength, I didn't have my guard up and let your words get to my head is that correct?"
Hearing the answer, the redhead smiled with some surprise and gave a little applause.
"Not bad, that's correct, now that you know what you did wrong we can improve from there, I'll give you a few more minutes to rest and we'll continue" he said with some pride as he got up.
"Wait who are you supposed to be?" the greenhead asked quickly and this made the redhead smile and he turned around.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm your new Teacher in the Beyonder world" he said bowing slightly and the woman widened her eyes in surprise.
"Wait Teacher? But then what happened to Teacher Flora?" she ask incredulously and the redhead let out a soft laugh.
"Flora had to return to the family to recover, you should know that living like a rat is a very bad idea, you will understand it in the future"
"But don't worry, as I told you, she left me in charge of your teaching" the man explained calmly and the green-haired woman just nodded surprised.
"We had to transfer her quickly so the most she could tell me is the meeting point she had with you so I don't know your name"
The green-haired girl was still surprised but the man's question made her nod weakly.
"I'm Hazel Macht" the young woman introduced herself somewhat uncomfortable.
The redhead nodded with a small smile as he extended his hand towards her.
"I'm sure you've heard of me, I'm James Holmes and from now on I'll be your new Teacher" the man introduced himself and the woman widened her eyes in surprise.
"I would prefer you call me Teacher Holmes" the man said with a sharp smile.
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More chapter will be published later
'Holmes? Like Mr. Holmes The Fire Mage of East Borough?' Hazel thought as she stared in shock at the man's outstretched hand.
She had read all about what he did!
He alone destroyed and burned a gang in less than a day!
A man with power!
A power that she desired!
And that man would be her new Teacher?
It's too good to be true!
And this caused her to narrow her eyes in suspicion at the man in front of her.
"How do I know you're telling the truth? Mr. Holmes is supposed to be someone who always wears a creepy mask on his face, why aren't you wearing it?"
At the question, Adryan gave a short laugh as he nodded and withdrew his hand.
"That's when I'm outside doing my job but since now we'll be Teacher and Student it's a principle that you know what my face is like" the redhead explained calmly and Hazel nodded still suspicious, it seems that she still didn't believe him.
And this instead of discouraging Adryan only made his smile grow.
'That's it distrust everything I tell you! You don't even know me so you shouldn't trust a single word that comes out of my mouth!' Adryan thought with satisfaction to Hazel.
This is the kind of attitude a Beyonder has to have if they want to survive!
'But you're still very green so you're easy to fool!' he thought darkly as he smiled sweetly.
"If you want another form of confirmation I can just do this" he said as he held out his hand again.
Hazel looked at this with suspicion that immediately turned to surprise when she saw that a flame appeared floating in the middle of the man's palm!
Before she could think it was a trick this flame took the form of a raven and spread its wings and began to fly around her.
'He's the real one! He really can control fire!' Hazel thought excitedly as she watched with a smile as the raven flew around her.
The raven, after circling the green-haired girl, suddenly flew over her and exploded in a spectacle of sparks!
After that, the sewer returned to darkness but this did not last long because Adryan generated several Fireballs that remained floating around them.
Hazel had a huge smile on her face while seeing all of this.
"You are the real Mr. Holmes!" she said with extreme emotion to which Adryan laughed.
"Remember that from now on I am Teacher Holmes to you" he said calmly and Hazel just nodded energetically.
But Adryan still hadn't finished speaking.
"I didn't think my name had already made it to the nobles if I'm being honest that surprises me a bit" he said with slight surprise and Hazel nodded.
"Mr-Teacher Holmes your name is repeated a lot in circles, you must know that you have given life to conversations that normally put me to sleep" Hazel replied with a smile before freezing.
How did he know that she was a noble?
Seeing Hazel's paling skin, Adryan let out a short laugh while covering his mouth with his right hand.
His look was one of amusement.
"Do you really think that I wouldn't know who Hazel Macht is? You are the only daughter of Mr. Maury Macht, it would be ridiculous if I didn't know who you are having such a man as a father~" the redhead said full of amusement and Hazel just nodded somewhat uncomfortable and slightly embarrassed for her previous reaction.
That was something she should have seen coming...
"Sorry about that Teacher Holmes, it just surprised me, that's all"
"Don't worry about that when you have more experience in this world this will be something that will be very easy for you" the redhead explained calmly.
'After all, sequence 7 of your path is literally called Cryptologist, discovering and collecting information with just little pieces will be a piece of bread for you.'the redhead thought with satisfaction as he looked at Hazel.
Feeling that enough time had passed, he warned the green-haired girl.
"You should be able to stand up by now, personal advice, get up slowly"
Nodding to her new Teacher's words, Hazel slowly got up, her legs still shaky but much less than before.
Seeing the legs of the green-haired woman, Adryan clicked his tongue internally.
'My blow may have been a bit strong for her'
Hazel tried to straighten her legs but this was a bad idea and she almost fell over if it weren't for Adryan grabbing her arm and stopping her.
"Keep your knees bent it will be easier to walk"
Hazel just nodded and did as the redhead said, this time if she could stay upright.
Nodding to that, Adryan let go of the green-haired woman's arm.
"I need you to tell me what Flora taught you, the exchange was very fast so she didn't have time to tell me everything about your classes"
Hazel nodded as she took several breaths and put a hand to her belly while grunting, she was sure it would leave a bruise in the morning.
"She taught me about the Acting Method along with information about my path"
Adryan just nodded while raising an eyebrow.
"Would it be possible to know what exactly she told you about the first thing?" asked the redhead.
"When she told me about the potion I was going to take she also told me about the psych remnants it possessed."
"She told me that with the Acting Method I would be able to trick this psyche into accommodating it faster" Hazel explained and Adryan only frowned slightly.
This was done so that Hazel would notice and it worked perfectly, Hazel saw her Teacher's frown and got worried.
"Excuse me, Teacher Holmes, did I say something wrong? I thought I had it all memorized" Hazel said worriedly and the redhead shook his head while holding the corners of his mouth down.
She fell right into his trap...
"What you said in itself is fine but it seems that Flora forgot to tell you some important details, I'm honestly not surprised after all she's already a bit older and her memory fails her" the redhead said with a small smile while listening to the woman before mentioned screaming in his ear.
"I'M NOT OLD SON OF A BITCH" Flora shouted furiously but Adryan just ignored her as he had been doing all this time.
"All potions have a psyche remnant that comes from the materials used to make it, it would take years to 'accommodate' the potions but this is solved using the Acting Method"
This was another experiment that he was going to check, when he signed the contract to hide the Acting Method he didn't know how far he could go.
Now would be the time to check it out.
And seeing that he didn't receive any punishment for saying Acting Method, he saw this as a 'Green' to continue.
"First you have to know that it's not 'accommodating' it's 'digesting', by using the acting method we trick the remaining psyche so that the potion 'merge' more with us" when he said this last thing he felt like something was squeezing him.
This made him stop his explanation for a few moments until that feeling went away.
'So that's the limit, huh?' thought the redhead as he let out a sigh.
"But the most important thing you have to remember is that <you are just acting>" again he felt squeezed and this time it was a little weaker but this was enough of an experiment for him.
He didn't want to test his soul's resistance again so he better stop now before something happens that he can't control.
Hazel listened carefully to the man's words but she frowned slightly in doubt.
"Why the emphasis on <you're just acting>?" the green-haired asked doubtfully.
Adryan gave a light sigh and gave a good explanation.
This is not something that is explicit in the contract so he could explain this calmly.
"It's because you run the great risk of getting carried away and you'll end up losing yourself in the performance to the point that the chances of losing control are enormous."
Hazel paled for a moment as she nodded.
When she was under Flora, she had told her what it meant to lose control and that was a future that she did not want for herself, so she understood something of the gravity of what her new Teacher said.
"How is it possible that Teacher Flora forgot this important detail?! Has age really affected her memory?" Hazel asked incredulously and Adryan had to bite his tongue to keep from bursting out laughing.
But inside him, there was someone who didn't find it funny at all.
"UNGRATEFUL GIRL AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE DONE FOR YOU AND THAT'S HOW YOU TREAT ME" Flora shouted furiously and this made Adryan unable to contain himself anymore and he let out a loud laugh that made Hazel look at him confused and Flora became even more furious.
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