A person opened his eyes, instantly two red eyes shined in the dark room, giving anyone who saw it eerie feeling. The person got off the bed he laid on and walked towards the full body view mirror.
Looking at himself in the mirror, a thought appeared in his head. 'The new year ceremony will start tonight.'
Who else could it be but Zick?
Zick continued looking at himself in the mirror, while still lost in thoughts.
The past two weeks went by without any event. Zick had sent the oath seal to Anelete through Butler Von, the moment he reached the mansion after finishing the admission process.
Anelete accepted the oath seal quickly too as Zick had not put any excessive demand in it. He had only asked her to uphold her previous words of 15% discount and to do trade truthfully and sincerely with him. After all she could just lie that she didn't have the item he demanded. He could also feel mysterious connection form after she accepted the oath seal.
After this, there was nothing else worth mentioning, Zick trained most of the train in his aura and even tried to create new magic sometimes. He would go to the festival at night or evening roaming around the whole Academic city.
Zick had already gone to every district once leaving the red light district, also known as the pleasure district. It was not surprising that there was such a place, prostitution was normal thing in a world like this.
'And they still don't allow slave.' Zick mocked at this point. If they allowed it, he wouldn't have to go through such a hassle to contact the underworld.
Zick had also gone to gambling houses which were located in the south section, but it took him a while to get used to the weird games of this world. He just participated in the ones which were easy to understand. But he made a small fortune winning all his gambles by cheating with magic.
The gambling house had an artifact which could detect anyone who tried to use magic within the casino, but could it sense Zick, who was a quasi-Archmage?
Of course it couldn't, Unless Zick doesn't use magic which could be seen with naked eyes, no one will be able to find him using magic.
Like this, Zick had made around five thousand platinum coins using just one platinum coin. This fact made him very happy, feeling like visiting the gambling houses again in the future.
Zick didn't go overboard every time he went to the gambling house, so that they wouldn't take too much loss and have to close it. He wanted to use them as a long term money source.
Though the gambling houses all over the south section were furious and indignant, they couldn't do anything to him, since Zick's Duke son status was apparent to them.
Zick actually started getting interested in going around looking at new things, it also made him curious about other places. So he would always roam around the Academic area in his free time.
'I am becoming more and more free spirited now.' Zick couldn't help but think this looking at his own face. Now he wasn't opposed to travelling around anymore, instead he anticipated new things.
'I should just enjoy my life as much as I can right now when there is no immediate crisis.' Though Zick was worried about his stagnating strength, he couldn't do anything about it right at the moment.
Taking another look at himself, Zick went towards the dining hall to eat breakfast. Finishing his breakfast quickly, he returned to his room.
There wasn't anything he needed to prepare before going to the party, so Zick spent his time normally training in aura. Time went by quickly and it turned evening.
Zick wore a brown jacket which had many innate ornaments on it. This jacket was different from the one he wore while roaming around, this jacket looked expensive at a single glance. He had black pants, giving off a smooth lustrous glow, like the fur of a black panther.
Looking at himself, who looked even more handsome with the formal dress, Zick couldn't help but nod satisfyingly.
'Though I will gather a lot of attention like this, it can't be helped.' A smile appeared on Zick face, feeling complacent
This feeling vanished soon, taken over by seriousness. He would have to meet the underworld leader today, he didn't want to mess up the meeting no matter the cost.
Making connections with the underworld held a significant value in Zick's future plans. Not wasting any more time, he headed towards the academy.
Zick took the mana train and reached the Central district. There were a few people alongside him who rode the mana train.
Standing in front of the station, Zick looked at the barrier. Unlike before it covered the whole central district now. The letter which he had could also be used to enter this barrier. The letter was an enchanted item, it was functioned to vanish after this party was over. He had his student ID in his pocket right now so the barrier didn't resist him.
Without any hesitation, Zick moved towards the huge palace-like building, the academy. The new year ceremony is set to happen on the ground floor.
Zick used one of the tram lines nearest to him. It didn't look any different from a train leaving that its inside was more narrowed. Sitting on one of the window seats, he looked out of it.
The whole central district was full of greenery, there were benches and many other places for people to rest.
There were also many statues and street lamps placed beside the huge park-like streets, as well as the various educational facilities.
The tram was also just running quietly along the tracks built on this huge campus.
Zick reached the academy soon, Looking from the below it looked even more grander. He had to lift his head up to the limit just to see the tip of it. He had read it in the novel but still looking at it with his own eyes, gave him a different feeling.
Many students entered the academy through the entrance. Zick also walked towards it, when a familiar figure entered his field of view.
'Aeiron.' glancing at him once, Zick continued moving forward. He could clearly feel that Aeiron was a lowest rank knight and was still an inexperienced person.
"What happened, Aeiron? Why did you stop?" A person who was looking around excitedly asked Aeiron, who stood frozen in his tracks and looked at Zick's handsome figure entering the party hall with a frown on his face.
Hearing his friend's voice, Aeiron got out of his stupor. "I don't know for some reason, I feel that something within me was surprised, hahaha." He could only laugh in an apologetic tone.
Aeiron's friend looked at him with a gaze saying 'what is this guy talking about?', No matter how one thought of it, 'Something within me was surprised' sounded weird.
"Well whatever let's enter already, phew, I am getting cold feets now."
''Yeah, let's go." Aeiron smiled wryly, it was his first time experiencing this kind of feeling.
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