310 Enough?
Asher looked at Reece who was sitting before him.
For a moment, he found it hard to control his madness, as it almost took over his thoughts.
But Asher managed to suppress his killing intent.
He didn't wanted to alert Reece about his intentions, as he had different plans for him.
In his previous life, Reece never returned to World Academy until the End Year Exam of the Fourth Year Students.
And even then, Asher never interacted with Reece within the World Academy.
His interaction with Reece Williams happened after Asher had became a wanted person, who was leading a criminal organization.
"I heard about the incident that happened with Elena and all the others till now," Reece spoke.
"What about them?" Asher asked.
"I am not blaming you because it wasn't as if those guys weren't at fault," Reece replied.
"But, I don't want such small things to affect our Family's relation with each other," Reece added.
Reece was aware of the bad blood that happened between Asher and Kevin over the past year and he knew because of that, he wouldn't have good chance of having a proper conversation with him.
"Is that all?" Asher asked.
In front of Asher, the current Reece was nowhere near the one he confronted in his previous life, but he knew why he was acting like that.
There was one particular thing that was affected Reece's attitude against Asher in his previous life and the current one.
It was the existence of Greville Family, and their growing power.
"Not really, but I want clear any misunderstandings that could have been formed between our families," Reece said.
"I even heard you had a dispute with my Fiance," Reece said as he looked at Asher.
"But I will make sure that Raelyn doesn't go overboard from now on, she just got sensitive because of Elena and Kevin," Reece added.
"I don't really care about them either way, so you are free to do as you please," Asher replied.
"That's good then, I wanted to have casual conversation with you putting all that stuff aside," Reece smiled.
He knew that rushing like Leonard did was not the right move. Reece was ready to wait until he had gained enough trust from Asher to make his move.
That is why, he wanted Asher to think he was here only to clear misunderstandings that happened in the past.
"I care a lot about my Sister and my Fiance, so I don't want you to carry any ill feelings about them," Reece said.
Asher silently listened to Reece, as he wanted to see what he wanted to get out of him.
"Why do you think I will care about anything you have said?" Asher questioned.
Reece's smile faded as he looked at Asher.
"Because it's better to not have too much enemies, and take it as an advice from your Senior," Reece said as his smile faded.
The atmosphere became tense, and Reece knew what he was doing.
In such talks, there was one thing his father had told him and it was to always make sure that during any conversation, the other person doesn't look down on him.
Stand above them, or on equal terms, because if you don't the conversation will never go in your favor.
"Sigh, let's not get too worked up by all that," Reece changed the topic.
"Let's end this chat here for now, we can have a chat another time," Reece stood up as he put his hand forward.
Asher stood up as well, as he shaked Reece's hand while his Crimson Red eyes looked straight at the blue haired boy standing before him.
Reece saw Asher, leave and the conversation that he held with Asher didn't exactly went the way he wanted.
He knew about Asher's personality but he didn't thought that the whole meeting would end this soon.
'But it should be enough for now,' Reece thought in his head.
The way Reece talked wouldn't make the other person think he was plotting your demise while having a completely normal conversation with you.
It was one of the reason, Leonard got along with Reece, because Reece was just like him, a bit different but they had similar habits like this.
It was also the reason, Leonard trusted Reece as his business partner for company they were about to set up in the future.
"Quite a arrogant fellow," Reece muttered as his mana spiked around his body but it died down soon.
"Well, I can have some fun alone," Reece sat down as he looked at the food that was on the table.
He had said enough to Asher to think of Reece as a reasonable person, and once he gained a bit more trust he could execute the plan with the help of Leonard.
But he didn't knew that Asher didn't care about anything he said, the only reason he agreed to meet Reece was to check on one certain thing.
In his previous life, Reece Williams defeated Jayden Hagrave at the End of the Fourth Year, but the current one was lacking from the Reece Williams he saw.
"It matches the time," Asher muttered as he was going back to the Ranker's Dorm.
He was guessing if his interference with the Gala and the takeover the Mana Crystal mine of the dungeon that appeared in Soran was the reason. But, Asher knew that Reece's growth was related to the William's possession of the Dungeon in Somaria.
When Asher was reaching the Ranker's Dorm,
He saw Kevin and Elena coming out, as they wanted to go the Great Library together.
Kevin who was chatting happily with Elena stopped as he saw Asher, and Elena also turned her head.
They hadn't seen him in most of the classes, and hearing the rumours they knew that Asher had gotten stronger, but they didn't knew that Asher had long became a C- Rank Hunter, long ago.
Kevin ignored Asher as they passed each other, and Asher didn't mind their presence either.
Elena glanced at Kevin, and she was relieved that Kevin wasn't affected by Asher's presence.
But Kevin had something different in his mind.
He could sense the mana of a Rank C Hunter, and it made him bit angry as he felt he was not good enough against Asher.
It was worst feeling Kevin had gotten, but he knew it was better to suppress it rather than show his emotions openly.
"I think I will skip on the books today," Kevin stopped midway as he told Elena.
"Ah, but we made plans," Elena said.
"I wanted to continue my practice a bit more," Kevin replied.
"But you still haven't properly recovered," Elena tried to convince Kevin.
"I am fine now, trust me, I want to spend some time training," Kevin said as Elena stopped convincing him,
She knew that Kevin wouldn't change his decision so she nodded at him.
"I will pick out a few books for you then," Elena said as Kevin nodded and both of them went there separate ways.
"Is it not enough?" Elena asked herself.
She always tried to become a support for Kevin, but seeing him like this and especially after the recent incident Elena was blaming herself.
On the other hand, Kevin went to towards the Training Facility in the Duel Hall and picked most advanced one and entered.
"It feels a bit off," Kevin told himself as he tried to summon his lightning.
He didn't felt weaker anymore, but he felt that his progress had became much slower from the moment he had collapsed.
Kevin started moving his spear as the lightning produced around him, start to trigger his lightning aura slightly.
After each strike and a spin, Kevin's speed started increasing, as Kevin kept going on as his speed kept increasing.
But Kevin stopped at one point where he felt he had hit a wall.
Normally, Kevin wouldn't experience such a thing, but he felt his connection the element had became weaker, which affected his progress.
And with his new problem, and Asher's insane progress, he was pushing himself while trying to rank up.
But surprisingly, he never felt like that his progress had became slower.
He didn't knew it was the effect of losing the Ancient Rune, which essentially increase Kevin's affinity and even increased his understanding of the element itself, which increased and boosted Kevin's progress.
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