"Become my disciple, Eren Pendragon," the black feline announced, sitting atop the Sword Saint's head majestically.
"Huh?"
Sword saint tilted his head in confusion as the feline too turned with his head. The murmuring crowd turned silent for a movement before chaos broke out in the festive palace.
'Whatt?'
The inner screen of the guests gathered at the royal palace was displayed on their faces as they tried to make sense of the situation.
The Professors of the Freljord Academy who were gathered at the banquet, namely - Instructor Joshua Sanders, Lloyd Frontera, Iris Peacefounder, and Professor Isabella became frustrated by the sudden announcement of their Principal.
Iris barely managed not to choke on her wine as she spilled it out. The nobles' eyes widened once again as they heard the words of the black feline, they were constantly on the receiving end of the surprises that evening.
First it was the revelation of the Sword Saint's disciple, now another one of the four supreme stars, the spirit master, Jishuka Von Cyprus, the most mysterious figure of the Mauryan Empire, was casually asking a boy to become her disciple?
'What the hell is this boy?'
Until just a few days ago, the name of Eren was very unfamiliar to the nobles but after the incident at the royal museum, they had been hearing his name quite frequently. At this point they just wonder if Eren was concealing himself in the Freljord academy all this time.
Iris, who noticed the murmurs of the noble, acted quickly and ran towards the black feline, catching it off guard with both her hands, covering its mouth with one hand while holding it firmly under her armpit.
"What do you think you are doing?" Iris glared at the feline feeling frustrated at the mess that she had created.
Noticing the numerous gazes on them, Iris quickly casted teleportation spells to move away from the festive palace.
But it was too late; all the guests were now even more interested in the boy named Eren Pendragon and the secrets he might have been keeping to attract the attention of such prominent figures.
Gazes of envy and jealousy fell on Eren as he became the center of attention.
'What was that?'
To be honest, Eren himself was trying to comprehend what had just happened.
Never once in his life had he met the Principal of the Freljord Academy, not even in his past life, when he was mercilessly thrown out of the academy. But now she abruptly appeared in front of him, asking him to be her disciple.
"I didn't know you were so popular, nephew," Huges said, patting Eren's back with such force that it made him cough uncontrollably.
While Hubert and Sears just stood staring at Eren trying to make sense of things.
'How much of the future had I changed?' Eren though coughing up. He feared that the future he knew from the past would be of little help going forward. He had changed too many things for the future to remain the same.
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"What do you think you are doing?" Iris asked the black cat under her armpit as she glared at the black cat, demanding answers.
Only this morning, she had lectured the airheaded principal not to act on instinct, but her words seemed to have fallen on deaf ears as the feline did exactly what Iris had feared.
With the teleportation spell, Iris, along with the black feline had appeared at the very top of the festive palace, where a small tower was built to hold a huge luminous stone, making the festive palace noticeable anywhere from the corners of the capital.
The night was dark, with the full moon hanging in the sky, and the weather was quite cold, causing the feline's fur to stand on end. Despite the chill in the air, the atmosphere between them remained tense.
"Did you not hear? I wanted to make him my disciple," the black cat rebutted, glaring back at Iris.
"You think I don't have ears? I mean why take such a sudden decision?"
Iris replied, annoyed at the cat.
"Huh? Do I need a reason to take in a disciple?"
"You can, but don't you think you will have the time in the future? After all, he will be coming back to the Freljord Academy."
"Do you think the old man would wait for me?"
"Huh?"
"That damn white head was going to receive him as a disciple if I had not acted on my thoughts then."
The cat said as if it had been wronged.
"What?"
Iris couldn't understand the words of the cat.
Eren was indeed incredible. She too had heard the tales about how he had severed the arm of the rebel leader just with a single bullet in the royal museum, but she failed to recognize as to why two of the four Supreme stars were fighting for him?
Sure he is talented, but his talent based on his achievements was in marksmanship, which either of the two Supremes were not familiar with. But even then, both of them were fighting with each other to take him as a disciple? She couldn't understand the reason behind it.
"Why are both of you interested in that kid?" It was something that she failed to understand.
"Because I made a promise to an old friend."
"Huh?" Instead of decreasing her confusion, the black feline's words only increased Iris's confusion.
"I promised an old friend that I will protect him until he is strong enough to protect himself."
An old friend? Protecting? Numerous questions popped into Iris's head as she tried to make sense of the feline's words but was ultimately left to ponder the fact herself as the cat had no intention of resolving her doubts.
"I will only tell you this... that kid, he is far more than what meets the eye," the black feline said, wearing a surprisingly serious expression on his cute face. It was the first time Iris had seen such gravity in the usually mischievous cat's demeanor.
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