Chapter 123: Chapter 122: Impending
"Okay so you mean that instance you just found yourself in your room"
"Exactly"
"Like someone took you there?"
"Exactly"
"And you expect me? Us to believe that"
"Exactly"
"I believe Master" Braschiold raised his hand. Sigrid gnarled at him, he quickly shrinks back at the glance of the angel of death.
Jon smiled, "I want to believe he has his reasons for keeping it"
"I’ve had enough of that Jon, he’s good with almost everything but hides too much, at first I thought he was just a dummy that was blessed with luck but as it continued to go on and on you started to look less like a dummy and more like a pretender"
Jon tried to stop her, "Sigrid that is to -"
Rein raised his hand signalling that Jon should not interfere, Jon immediately shut up.
’What is that is it the same Reinard I know. His expression I can’t even predict it anymore’
"If I tell will you will you believe?"
"Why not, you should trust us as much as we trust you"
Everyone was silent and watching since only Sigrid had the balls to go up against Rein like that especially since the second test.
"I met with a god and almost got killed, a god that could transform to a sentinel and kill me just with a finger, he separated me in a different dimension, he was gonna erase my existence but then I guess you were right when you said I am a dummy full of luck"
Rein stood up.
"I need to go rest up, it’s been a long day for me. The party will be going on a dungeon excavation in two days you all better be prepared."
Rein went out of the party house parlour.
’Rein has changed’
Jon sighed and looked at Sigrid who seemed to be regretting what she just did. As much as all of them were finding it very hard to believe they couldn’t question the truth Rein spoke at that moment so it marvelled at them and at the same time made them feel shameful.
Thinking perhaps was suffering a lot more than all of them.
"Well, you already heard the party leader. We have an excavation tomorrow, we better go get ready, it’s a dungeon"
Everyone began to disperse slowly.
Arnette approached Jon, "Reinard has changed"
"I noticed too, it might have been his near-death experience that is causing this"
"No, it’s not that, it’s a massive change... I can’t see his future"
"wasn’t it like that before?"
"I could see pieces and had gut feelings but this time around all I could feel from my gut was fear and dominance"
"..." I
Jon was confused.
"As much as I want to know what exactly is wrong I have to be careful, let’s look out for his reaction during the excavation"
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On reaching the corner to his private quarter Rein fell on the floor and gripped his chest tight.
{𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙗𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮}
{𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚}
{𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨}
{𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚}
"What the hell?!! Ariel I just had my life almost taken but I got saved do something about it, Ariel!!"
{𝙐𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙}
{𝙐𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙}
{𝙐𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙}
{𝙐𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙}
{𝙐𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙}
...
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The pain in Rein’s chest continued and he began to find it hard to breathe but he found his way to his room and laid on his bed.
Azes woke up only to see Rein collapsed. He placed his hands on the chest.
’....’
The look on his face was not good. He cast a spell to relieve Rein of the pain and went back to sleep.
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Quetz was very indecisive she had not thought far ahead into the future but ever since mentioned Redmon becoming a guild even after the academy she was tasked for the first time in her lifetime to choose a side. The imperial family had a goal, each single one of them that attended the academy had something they want or something their father has tasked them with. For Mahuizoh it was to either win the heart of the heir of the Duke of wealth or make him cease to exist and she was being indolent about it.
Choosing Rein would mean Quetz was willing to betray her family since they all know the animosity the Emperor bears towards Rein father for being too rich. She cared for her own family so much even though she never acted like it, even though Mahuizoh was a beautiful, cunning and greedy woman just like their mother she still loved her and would protect her even with her life at stake. She never sided with Neza because she too just like Zolin and Cualli think Neza is being too greedy, the crown prince deserves his position more than anybody. Coveting something that was someone else’s was greedy and she hated Neza for it but she couldn’t blame him either, their mother had put in him that goal, the way all of them turned out was as a result of their mother. Maybe Cualli turned out to be different because he was stubborn from the onset and grew up around the crown prince.
She thought about it over and over again yet did not see herself turning her back on her family, as the first daughter of her mother, she had a responsibility she had to uphold even if the family was broken her duty should be to put it back together not to turn her back.
She sighed and closed her eyes as the cold breeze blew on her white skin, her short red hair flowed irregularly not obeying the direction of the wind’s blow. It was getting to the end of the year.
"I should tell them my decision after the excavation"
******’
At the Dungeon Committee.
One of the dungeon committees submits Rein’s application to excavate an S-tier dungeon.
The Head of the Committee read through the application as he gave his reply,
"The only S-tier dungeon available for excavation is Azrael’s, and that was where the issue with the fire dragon happened, there’s still a lot of -"
He paused,
"Is anything wrong sir?"
"This guy is the owner of the demonic beast that killed Azreal and caused the fire dragon to turn back"
"ehh?! Really"
The Head of the Committee sat to his back and locked his fingers beneath his chin.
"Shall I give him or shall I not?"
"Can I say something, sir?"
"Speak Mathias"
"I think we shouldn’t, what if the fire dragon appears?"
"That is the main reason I’m considering giving him access"
"But they will get killed"
"But then I will be able to confirm some things since when did the academy care so much about lives. I would be gaining a piece of valuable information on the fire dragon, the sacrifice of some outsider is not too much to pay"
"But sir that is not for us to decide"
"Mathias! We are just granting them access, we had no idea it was even the dungeon the fire dragon came from, they won’t die will they, there’s not even a boss monster there since Azreal has been killed already."
Mathias bowed and turned back
"Okay sir" He left.
"Tchh, how troublesome, timid!"
He took the paper and stamped it while grinning.
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Nozick had a lot to deal with since coming back, his job was not particularly a hot topic like the glazier or the dark assassin but it was a strong job. More than being a job it was a culture, a way of life; The monastic culture was the path Nozick decided to walk before facing the job master he had no idea he was going to regret his decision at some point.
"What?! You will cut my hair?"
"Right now you about to start learning the true way of a monk, the way demands that all monks be void of emotions and unnecessary attachments"
"Ehh? I don’t think you guys understand, I’m a prince, a prince, this hair is heaven-bliss, you can’t cut it, I have never cut my hair in my whole life"
"Exactly, the way of Monasticism demands that you cut ties with such things. Death to oneself and the world and all devotion to the almighty and his works"
"Wait wait is this not suppose to be a kind of overpowered fight type job where you train your mind and body and seek power from a higher realm."
"Yes. But only when your heart truly settles in with the almighty can you reach nirvana: a state of competency, lacking nothing, needing nothing. My goal is to make every one of my students be able to reach that point, that is the goal of our teaching and ways. However, you are my only student"
"I don’t want to cut my hair!! I won’t!!!"
"Fine, young man will be able to keep his hair if he defeats my disciple a graduate of this academy who has decided to give his all to the almighty and stay away from the world"
A young bald man stepped out shirtless, his chest was so broad that it made Nozick feel inferior even though his physique wasn’t bad either.
He pulled down his shirt too and scoffed at the monk as he made his chest dance. The monk gave him a disinterested face.
Nozick was agitated. "I will give you a big beating!!"
