tbate | The Storm Gods Chosen...

By BoreasHimFuckingSelf

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Knowledge of the novel he is going to reincarnate into and the blessing of the God who ended his life are bes... More

Chapter 0 Prolouge
Ch 1 Reincarnated??
Ch 2 The Frozen Tomb
Ch 3 Possession
Ch4 Aftermath
Ch 5 The Road to Ashbern
Ch6 The Leywins
Ch7 Arthur
Ch8 The Cores
HOW ALEXANDER LOOKS
Chapter 9 Hoarfrost heart
Ch 10 The Begining Of The Journy
Ch 11 The will of the North wind
CH 12 Storm Magic
Ch 13 Elshire
Ch 14 Tessia
Ch 15 meeting
Ch16 The Gardens
Ch 17 Small Talk
Ch 18 Rinia
Ch 19 The Will
Ch20 Bonded
Ch21 Reunion
Ch 22 Offer
Ch23 Goodsky
Ch 24 Requisition
Ch 25 Auction
Ch 26 Auction Pt 2
Ch 27 Examination
Ch 28 The Beast glades
CH 29 Introductions
Ch 30 Dire tombs I
Ch 31 Dire tombs II
Ch 32 Balmung
Ch 33 Heading Home
CH 34 Restraining Order
Ch 35 Terrifyingly Genius Discovery's
Ch 36 Poisonwood
Ch 37 The Talk
Ch 38 Apprentice
Ch 39 Nico
Ch 40 Future Proofing
Ch 41 Xyrus
Ch 42 A Reputation To Uphold
Ch 43 The D.C Triple Threat
CH 44 Reunions
Ch45 First 'Official' Meeting
Ch46 First day
Ch 47 Combat Start
Ch 49 Payback
Ch 50 Couples Training, And Elijah I Geuss
Ch 51 New Marks
Ch 52 D.C Meeting
Ch 53 Field Trip Prep
Ch 54 Eve Of The Crypt
Ch 55 Widows Crypt Pt 1
Ch 56 Widows Crypt pt 2
Ch 57 Uto's Own Game
Ch 58 Healing Flames
Ch 59 Meeting the Family
Ch 60 Elixer's
Ch 61 Will Awakened
Ch 62 Meeting Inturupted
Ch 63 The Collapse
Ch 64 Eternal Karma
Ch 65 Godspell
Ch 66 School In Ruins
CH 67 The Castle
Ch 68 Regicide (Kinda)
Ch 69 Revilation
Ch 70 Epheotus
Ch 71 Virgil
Ch 72 Final Test
Ch 73 The Lernaean Forest
Ch 74 Core Development
CH 75 New Form
Ch76 Test Drive
Ch77 A Warriors Present
Ch 78 Typhon
Ch 79 Commander's Approval
Ch 80 Old Memories
Ch 81 Pandora's Cavern
CH 82 Pandora's Cavern ||
CH 83 Pandora's Cavern |||
Ch 84 Pandora's Cavern ||||
CH 85 Our Return
Ch 86 Serious Developments
Ch 87 Brewing Storm
Ch 88 Typhon's Wrath
Ch 89 Aftermath
Ch 90 the Paladins
Ch 91 Speech
CH 92 Armed Recon
Ch 93 The Fallen
Ch 94 Wrath of the Hydra
CH 95 Cadell
CH 96 Retrieved
Ch 97 Wounded Paladin's
CH 98 Fortifications
Ch 99 The Elshire Sweep
Ch 100 Awakening
Ch 101 Cecilia
Ch 102 Noah of the Buring lance
Ch 103 Rising Storm
Ch 104 Frostborn's Never Die
CH 105 The Foundries
CH 106 Meeting of the Gods
CH 107 Rough Night?
Ch 108 Rude Entrance
CH 109 Skirmish
CH 110 Pierrot the Clown
CH 111 A Day To Be Remembered
Ch 112 Calm Before the Storm
Ch 113 Calm Before The Storm 2
Ch 114 Approaching Storm
Ch 115 Counterattack
Ch 116 Jailbreak
Ch 117 New leads
CH 118 Six Fronts
CH 119 Scythe
CH 120 The First Front
Ch 121 A Grim Reminder
Chapter 122 Rebirth
Ch 123 Among the Ruins
Ch 124 Looking Glass
Ch 125 Confession
Ch 126 Day at the Wall
Ch 127 Reconciliation
Ch 128 Fury
Ch 129 The Storm king
Ch 130 Remains
Ch 131 Goodbye, my Friend
Ch 132 A New Vessel
Hiatus and info about next arc

Ch48 Arthur the Masochist

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By BoreasHimFuckingSelf

On Professor Glory's signal, the four of us dashed forward. Arthur on the Far left made a b-line towards the Half-breed, Curtis who was riding Grawder was to my left and Arthurs right launched off towards Clive, Me and Zeph who was now the twice the size of Grawder lengthwise both augmented our bodies and bolted across the field. Claire kept pace with us by using fire magic under her feet to kick off with explosion's.

Tess, Clive, the half-breed, and raven poop all split up as soon as we charged. Tess circled around the left side as she prepared to take on Curtis, while Clive dashed around the right side, to help ravenpor confront Claire and me before we got close.

Tess was probably going to beat Curtis now that the beast will shouldn't make her pass out mid fight, I could sense that Tess's assimilation was going extremely smoothly and that the Elderwoods mana stood out from her own due the the Soulfire and Poison it had now as well but it still didn't cause problems for her.

Claire was going to leave Clive on a stretcher if he wasn't careful, And I was dying to see how she was going to do it.

"Will you be alright by yourself against Lucas?" I heard Curtis shout as he dashed towards Tess.

"Don't worry about me." Art called back while building up more mana and activating mana rotation. I can use mana rotation as well but my pool is fairly large so I didn't bother wasting the energy even though it was as natural as breathing to me.

I felt a fraction of Arthurs killing intent wash over us as he let most of it out on Lucas and boy Arthur was not playing any games today.

Soaring up ahead, I felt Professor Glory's keen eyes studying me and Art as we closed the gap between our targets.

Lucas let out a chortle before he released his spell. "Inferno's Cage!" And like that Arthur was fighting Lucas in a dome of fire and those fireball wisps that acted like turrets.

Claire closed the distance between herself and Clive extremely fast, She weaved between the arrows launched at her like a dancer, her movements fluid and fast. once she was in close range a extremely dense haze came off her and I could sense sound magic from it.

A smirk rose on my face while I casually swatted a wind blade from ravenpoop away, I made a throne of ice and put Balmung back into my ring and extinguished my pseudo-Fire magic. I started watched Claire using a version of my Elshire mist spell, but using a dense haze.

"Fight me you coward!!" I turned to see a enraged Ravenpor looking at me with the veins popping out of his forehead as he threw wind blades and spikes my way, only to just get swatted away by Zephs tail that wasn't even augmented.

'I kinda feel sorry for the guy,' Zeph pitied the man despratly trying to hit me.

'Raven por you cant even hit me just save yourself the shame and give up," I belittled him while just feeling sorry for the guy.

"NEVER!!" He yelled managing to throw 6 wind tornados at me after chanting for a bit.

I used my superior control over wind magic to take control of his tornados and launched them back at him.

He fired the same spell back at my commandeered tornados canceling them out as I didn't make them stronger.

'Zeph just go over with silvie and have a nap or play with her.'

'Alright I was about to ask anyways,' Zeph replied jumping back over to Sylv.

standing up I grabed the Ice throne with one hand and augmented myself and Threw it at ravenpoor, It sailed through the air perfectly and crashed into him, the back of the chair digging into the ground pinning him on the ground. And to keep him occupied I placed him in a Illusion where he is fighting me, and then placed a sound barrier on him to shut him up.

PROFESSOR GLORY'S POV:

Hmmm... Lucas... he's better than I've heard.

Inferno's Cage was a pretty tough spell to master, yet he was able to cast it while running backwards. Seriously, he was barely thirteen and he could already use a domain type spell. Haa... the world sure was coming to a change, with a half-elf like him using fire attribute magic, and even Princess Tess-they were all monsters. I got shivers down my back imagining how strong they'd become by the time they graduated from here.

But those brats, Alexander and Arthur... What the hell were they? Lucas Wykes, since he awakened a few years back thanks to his elf lineage, I could sort of understand the level of control he had with his spells. Tessia Eralith, her being of pure elven lineage from the royal family guaranteed that her skills were a few levels above anyone anywhere near her age. But those Two?

Alexander Was Terrifying to the point I was barely able to hide my shaking hands, even before the fight started, his control over His elements was downright Demonic, From the way the mana gravitated towards him like water to a drain- the elements didn't follow his direction like a typical mages, He bent them to his will with a iron grip like a tyrant of tyrants!

As soon as Arthur flashed through the field to confront Lucas, I felt cold sweat. The way both the wind and earth naturally gravitated and danced around him-he wasn't controlling the elements to his commands like typical mages did. No, he was in perfect harmony with the mana surrounding him, as if the elements were mere extensions of his limbs.

Seemed like that brat Lucas was taking Arthur seriously. Good thing too, or he probably would've lost instantly like Charles just did. Currently, the spell Inferno's Cage encompassed both Arthur and Lucas in a large dome of fire. I could tell Lucas was a bit worn out after using it, but this was a continuous spell that he could leave activated until he ran out of mana, which I didn't feel would happen anytime soon. The dome made up of tiny orbs of fire was like a death trap used by conjurers to gain the advantage against augmenters or agile mana beasts.

The tiny orbs could shoot out beams and bullets of fire anywhere inside the dome, leaving the augmenter occupied enough so that the conjurer could cast more spells, uninterrupted.

I focused my gaze over to Curtis Glayder and Tessia Eralith. As expected, Curtis was having a hard time. I had the chance to observe the elf princess practicing with our director once, and I had to say, the way she battled was exquisite. She was a conjurer but her staff was actually a sharp blade made of a special wood that was lighter but harder than most metals. Casting buffs on herself and using spells in sync with her movement, she danced around the vines she conjured with a speed faster than even some trained augmenters from the wind aiding each motion and action.

She fought in a mixed style of both conjuring spells and using close combat so she had no notable weakness. Compared to my masculine way of fighting, I could only admire how graceful and beautiful her style was.

Claire Bladeheart, on the other hand, gained the advantage on our student vice president immediately. Clive was a rare long range augmenter that wielded a short bow capable of firing arrows at an almost unbelievably fast pace. Usually, he would be at an advantage against most augmenters but Claire was a bad match-up for him. Miss Bladeheart's style was silimar to that stick Kaspian but was more terrifying some how, her footwork and fluidity as she doged was scarily fast and at one point she caught a arrow, made a wind bow and shot it back at Clive. With her dual elements, she created spears of wind and fire from her rapier. She had already caught up with her uncle and was improving her style mid fight as well.

I turned my attention back to the most intense battle, which was definitely Arthur and Lucas'. I noticed that most of the students were watching their fight as well, in awe from both of their abilities.

"Hmm?" I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at what was happening. That was strange. Arthur was getting hit by the fireballs now. At this rate, even with protection from mana, his gear was going to activate.

He had dodged them so effortlessly just a minute ago too. I focused more mana into my eyes to get a better look. The dome of fire surrounding them blocked a lot of the view but I could still sort of make out the fight. It seemed like Arthur was trying to do something. Was he holding his breath? What was he trying to do in this situation?

"Torch! Fly down a bit lower!" My bond descended as he angled his massive wings to keep himself level.

As we slowly circled around the huge fire dome that surrounded a third of the field, I began noticing some changes. Around him, for every three or four fire blast that scraped or hit him, one would completely extinguish before it reached him.

"No..." A smile crept up on my face as I continued observing him. "Don't tell me he's actually trying to learn how to manipulate air in this situation right now..." I covered my mouth as I continued to smile in wonder. "That little monster... he has guts, I'll give him that."

Air manipulation was a variation of wind magic, albeit a much harder one, but somehow one that Alexander had mastered. Breaking down the components of any element and trying to directly manipulate it is something only the most keen and sensitive mages can do, and that's while meditating in a perfectly calm and peaceful environment. After years of practice through meditation, the mage might begin experimenting in real life situations like incorporating it into spells.

The blue fire technique was a perfect example of that. It took years of meditation to reach the stage of stably summoning blue flames and even longer to do it fast enough for it be of use in actual battles.

This little beast was skipping a few steps and trying to incorporate a completely new technique in the middle of a battle? My hands trembled in excitement at the thought of being able to witness the development of a mage that can perhaps become the pinnacle of power in this school-no, maybe even this continent!

"GROOOOAAAAAARR!" Turning my attention at the sound, it seemed like Princess Tessia and Prince Glayder's battle was reaching its climax.

Curtis Glayder's uniform was full of small gashes and nicks. I must admit that Curtis had done fairly well against the only disciple of our Director Goodsky, although it was most likely because of his bond that he was able to last this long.

"You've forced me to do this, Princess Eralith! Please be careful! PHASE ONE! KING'S WRATH!" I heard Prince Glayder roar as his body glowed.

Oh! He activated the acquire phase of his beast's will. Curtis rarely chose to use his beast's ability because he didn't really consider it his own power. I had to hand it to him for having the right mentality. It was said that some beast tamers chose to only use their unique powers instead of honing their own. Because of that, while still strong, they never really improve themselves in the long run. In order to utilize the most of the beast will, the user himself needed to strengthen his own power.

As he activated his beast will's first phase, a noticeable transformation occurred in him. While the amount of visible change differed by the person, Prince Glayder's change was visibly apparent. Both his deep red spiky hair and eyebrows became longer and messier while the straps that wrapped around his arms tightened from his muscles expanding. His extended canines became visible as he roared.

I whistled.This sight never failed to impress me.

When I shifted my gaze to Princess Tessia, though, who was standing on top of a series of vines, her face looked unnaturally pale. That's odd, it didn't look like she took any damage.

I was quite a bit away from Tessia and Curtis' battle since I was encircling Lucas and Arthur's, but with mana-infused eyes, I could make out even the beads of sweat rolling down the princess' face.

"This is my most powerful attack. If you can take this on, I'll admit my defeat! Please prepare yourself!" Prince Glayder's voice became a lot louder and huskier after activating his beast's will. He was a ferocious sight to behold on top of his bond, Grawder.

"WORLD HOWL!" A serious amount of mana gathered in front of the mouth of Prince Glayder as he invoked his breath attack. The world lion had a powerful move that they used as a last resort against enemies more powerful than them. It was a beam of condensed earth attribute mana that could shred anything in its way if not blocked properly.

A little worried, I looked at Tessia again, and I could see her mumble an incantation when the worst case scenario happened.

"SON OF BITCH!" Alexander ROARED while dashing across the field

I'm too late! Damn it! What happened to her? Why did she suddenly collapse? Is something wrong with her mana core? Why now?

I could only watch in horror as Prince Curtis' breath attack made its way towards Princess Tessia. With absolute no defenses around her, would she live? If so, would she even be able to continue being a mage? Forget mage-she might have to live crippled for the rest of her life!

I could feel tears well up in my eyes as I desperately made my way towards them, but I knew I wasn't going to make it. What would the consequences be? I would be happy if it just ended with me getting fired. I was more concerned that this would start a civil war. During this important time in the continent, was I going to be the cause of the split between the three races?

As Curtis' World Howl engulfed the princess, I screamed in dread. A look of shock crossed Prince Glayder's face as he realized after releasing his attack that Tessia was already unconscious. There was no way, though. There was no way to stop the attack.

After what seemed like hours, the beam slowly dissipated, and what I saw shocked me even more than the worst possible scenario I imagined.

In utter incredulity, I just stammered. "A-A-Arthur Leywin?"

How the hell did he get there? Just moments ago, he was occupied with Lucas inside Inferno's Cage. Instant teleportation? Was that even possible?

No... no no... no... that wasn't possible.

I jumped off of Torch as soon as I got close enough and rushed towards Arthur and Princess Tessia. Arthur was in bad shape. Most of his clothes were disintegrated, with only patches of his uniform intact and a strange bandage around his left arm. He was bloody all over and I could see deep gashes near his sides where a rib bone was visible. His body was wrapped around the princess and from what I could tell; he'd used most of his mana to protect her. Thanks to that, she was almost unscathed.

The rest of the students all rushed out of the viewing platform and made their way here. Fortunately, the princess was okay, but Arthur needed immediate attention. But as soon as I got close enough to try and help them, Arthur's little bond stopped me in my tracks.

"Grrr..." Normally, I'd find the small white fox that rode on top of Arthur's head cute, but right now, the killing intent it was giving off was anything but. The amount of pure menace radiating from that little fox was no joke. It seemed to be protecting its master and Princess Tessia.

"It's okay little buddy, I'm only trying to help." I tried to slowly ease my way closer but its growl only got louder. Torch, who was normally unafraid even in the chaos of battle, held me back with her beak clutching the back of my shirt.

"P-Professor, I-I didn't mean to. I mean, I didn't think Princess Tessia would suddenly faint." Curtis ran to me, his face pale in fright.

"It's alright, I know. I don't know how, but Arthur managed to protect the Princess. His bond won't let me get close to them though." I clenched my fists in frustration. Arthur needed immediate attention. Why was his bond risking his master's life by doing this? What was it trying to protect?

Curtis tried to get to Arthur and Tessia but failed as well, so we all just stood around the two of them. Every attempt at getting even a step closer to Arthur and Tessia resulted in the bond lashing out at us. Until Alexander Walked up and Arthurs bond moved out of the way immediatly.

"Arthur you fucking masochist," he scolded.

"Alexander nows not the time!" I scolded him.

"I don't have the patience for this right now," his voice froze me, Why cant I move!? Sound magic?

Alexander pulled a needle out of his ring and injected Arthur with it then immediately tossed the needle to the side.

"that should help a bit," he said apathetically, suddenly a loud screech filled the air. From above, a green owl soared down and landed in front of Arthur's and Alexander's bonds.

"Kyu!"

"Wra!"

"Hoo~"

"Kyu kyu~"

"Wra~"

"Hoot!"

"A-Are they communicating?" Prince Glayder couldn't help but stammer out in confusion.

"I-I think so?" I scratched my head at this. Could mana beasts of different species communicate with each other?

As we all stood there, watching a white fox, a White lizzard, and a green owl 'talk', a couple of seconds later, Director Goodsky arrived looking quite flustered.

"Oh my." She kneeled in front of the two of them but this time, Arthur's bond didn't do anything to stop her.

"Cynthia I used a painkiller on him so he wont feel anything for about 2 hours."

"good thinking."

"Director Goodsky..." Before I had the chance to tell her what happened, she stopped me.

"Please. I'll hear what happened later. Taking these two to the infirmary is top priority. I will take them myself. Go contact Guild Hall and have them send over their top healers," she said while levitating Arthur and the princess.

I gave her a nod before getting on top of Torch.

ARTHUR LEYWIN'S POV:

"COUGH! COUGH! Aughh..."

I woke up to a jolt of searing pain throughout my side, causing me to erupt in a fit of coughs. My whole body felt immersed in a concoction of different kinds of pain, from the stabbing pain to the burning pain to the throbbing pain with the occasional tearing pain radiating over my entire body.

"FUCK!!!" I screamed aloud.

They really needed to hurry up and invent anesthesia.

A few minutes later as I got a little more used to the agony my body was in; I feebly turned my head to see Sylvie sleeping next to me.

"How are you feeling, Arthur?" Director Goodsky's familiar voice came from the other side of the bed.

Without the strength to turn my head again, I whimpered, "Never better. Why do you ask?"

"If you have the will to answer sarcastically and curse, I'm sure you'll be okay," she chuckled

If I had the strength to roll my eyes at her, I would have.

"How's Tessia?" I asked, my voice hoarse.

"Well, good news is, Tessia is in a much better state than you." She let out a sigh.

"...Her body can't handle her beast will, right?"

"How did you know?" Director Goodsky came around so she could face me completely.

"Because I was the one that gave the beast will to her." I tried to sit up but the pain from my body made me stop almost immediately.

Continuing what I was saying, I gritted my teeth to bear the pain. "Make sure no one knows that Tessia has a beast will, at least for now. I'd help Tessia with the assimilation myself if I was able to but I'll leave her to you." I could tell she wanted to ask more questions but she held back for my sake.

"Once I got you both back into infirmary, I didn't let anyone else see either of you besides the healers. I contacted the royal family, as well as your own, though. They should be coming soon. I assumed that she acquired the beast will from Virion but to think it was from you...Get some rest, Arthur. Though your body is unusually strong and I don't think there will be any repercussions from moving around soon, it's better to be safe than sorry." She headed to the door but turned back before leaving. "Thank you for saving Tessia."

I gave her a weak smile as I slumped back to sleep.

_______________________

The next time I stirred awake was from Sylvie licking my cheek. 'Papa, are you feeling better now?'

I must've been having a nightmare because I was drenched in sweat.

"Honey! Art is awake!" I heard my mother's voice to my left.

Turning my head was a lot easier if I ignored the pain.

"Hey Mom, when'd you guys get here?" I gave her the best smile I could muster up.

"Are you okay? Director Goodsky didn't really tell us what happened yet. How did you get hurt so badly on the first day of school?!" I could tell she wanted to hug me but she held herself back after realizing I probably wasn't in the best state for that.

My sister rushed to the other side of the bed and leaned forward. "Brother!! Are you okay now? Does it hurt?" My eyes widened in horror as I noticed that she was about to place her hand on my body to probe me but before she was able to, Mother stopped her.

"You're already getting into fights, Son?" my father smirked.

"You should see how the other guy looks," I grinned back, making him laugh.

My mother just gasped at this and started actually imagining what the other person must look like.

"He's only joking, Mrs. Leywin." Coming in through the door was Director Goodsky with the whole Eralith family, including Tess, who was looking a lot better, and Al.

"Th-This..." My father took a step back in surprise as my mother gasped, covering her mouth.

"Pleased to finally make your acquaintance, Mr. and Mrs. Leywin," Alduin Eralith, Tessia's father and the former king of Elenoir, grabbed my stunned father's hand and shook it.

"We have always wanted to meet the parents of Arthur. It is such a pleasure to meet you in person." Merial, the former queen of Elenoir and Tessia's mother, Merial Eralith hugged my mother, who still had her hands over her mouth in disbelief.

Merial then went to Ellie and patted her head gently. "You must be Arthur's little sister. You're so adorable!"

"I-I saw you guys at the announcement a couple of months back..." My father's speaking skills seemed to drastically decline in front of them, which I found surprising since they didn't react this much even towards the king and queen of Sapin.

"Greetings. I go by Virion Eralith, and I am your son's former teacher as well as Alexander's." He shot me a cheeky grin as he grasped my father's hand.

Without the energy to even retort, I just smiled helplessly back as my father and mother's gazes switched back and forth between the Eralith family, Al, and me.

"you guys didn't ask who taught us so thats why I didn't say." Al spoke up avoiding the question before it came up.

"H-H-H-Hello! My name is Tessia Eralith. It's a pleasure to m-meet you! Please take care of me! I'm Arthur's childhood f-f-friend and I'm not sure if he talked about me with you but I really am!" Tessia bowed so her body was at a full ninety-degree angle, her voice a mixture of respect and panic. She quickly got back up with her hair draping over most of her face and as she tried to fix her hair, I could see her face becoming more and more red.

At this, my parents became a bit more surprised, but my mother looked at me with a coy smile that suggested she was onto something and kneeled in front of Tess.

"I see. Well aren't you the prettiest girl I've ever seen. Please take good care of my son. As you may know, he's the type to get into trouble a lot, so it'll really help me if I know he has someone like you next to him, now and in the future." My mother shot her a wink as she stroked Tess' hair.

I wasn't really sure what Tess really heard but she was definitely overthinking everything. Eyes widening as her already red face turned a shade brighter, she responded in a voice that was an octave higher than usual. "Y-YESS!!!" she beamed while nodding vigorously.

My father was still clueless as to what was going on but I could only internally groan. Leave it to my mother to instill misleading thoughts like this in a thirteen-year-old girl.

After getting back up, both my mother and Merial broke out into a fit of giggles while my sister began pouting, presumably because our mother said that Tess was the prettiest girl she'd ever seen.

"How are you feeling, brat?" Virion took a seat on the edge of the bed as he gave a pat to Sylvie who went back to sleep. Tess, regaining her senses, walked up to me too with a worried expression.

"Heh...I can beat you in a fight right now, Gramps." I tried to hold in the coughs that were about to come out but I couldn't.

"I'm so sorry, Art. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have been..." I stopped her mid-sentence and poked her gently between her eyebrows with my finger.

"Don't furrow your brows, Tess. Your face will turn ugly." As the strength in my arm gave out, I slumped back down and took a deep breath.

"Gramps, did you take a look at Tess' mana core? How's everything looking?" I couldn't help but be worried since I knew exactly what she was going through.

He gave me a soft smile. "Luckily, her body seems to be a lot more compatible with the beast core than your body was when you first integrated. By the way... How the hell did you manage to pick up an elderwood guardian's beast core?" He leaned in forward and spoke in a hushed voice.

"By killing one, of course." me and Al both said and gave him a weak smirk.

"You're joking...no...you're joking, right? You're telling me that you killed an S class mana beast?" Grampa's usually stern face was round in astonishment as he got even closer, our faces almost touching.

"You're too close, Gramps. I can smell what you had for your last meal...wait. How long have I been out for?" I couldn't get a grasp on how much time had passed.

"From what Cynthia told me, it's been a bit more than a day since you passed out. You missed your second day of class." He let out a sigh.

"Oh no... I guess I can forget about shooting for perfect attendance..." I gave a weak elbow to his arm, making him chuckle.

"i taught your class while you were out by the way." Al chimed in and everyone except Cynthia stopped dead silent.

"their alive still right?" they all asked in unison.

"just a tad bruised," He said casualy, but to every one else they heard "just a few broken bones,"

director goodsky had to clear things up for them.

Tessia giggled as well as she took a seat on the bed too.

"I'm telling you! I'm Arthur Leywin's best friend! We're like brothers! If I can't visit him, then who can? I'm telling you, it's true!!" I heard a familiar voice echo in the distance and I couldn't help but chortle at my friend.

Director Goodsky, hearing this as well, signaled to the security to let him through.

"ARTHUR! You okay, man?" He rushed towards me, totally oblivious to the other people in the room.

"You're late. And you didn't even bring any food with you?" Letting out an exaggerated sigh, I just slightly shook my head.

"I take my concern back." Elijah deadpanned me.

"Gramps, Mr. and Mrs. Eralith, I'd like you to meet my closest friend, Elijah."

"Pleased to meet you" Elijah bowed.

After everyone got acquainted with each other, my parents continued to chat with Tess' parents at the other side of the room. Gramps finally left me alone and started catching up with Director Goodsky after wringing me of all the details and telling me to make time for him once I'm better to further discuss everything else.

"Brother. Who's prettier, me or her?" Ellie pointed at Tess and gave me a serious look.

"You guys are both pretty ugly to me." I just shrugged helplessly but I regretted it as soon as the words left my mouth.

"pffft Hahahahaha- OWWWW FUCK THAT HURTS!" AL laughed before the both of us got pinched, Although he was only pinched by Ellie as he dodged tess.

"OWW! That seriously hurts right now!" I groaned as the both of them pinched and twisted the skin on my arm.

"Tess, like I said, Elijah is a close friend of mine. You guys should get along." I said through gritted teeth, my arm still throbbing, moreso from the state of my body than the power of my sister and Tess' pinches.

"Sorry, I never formally introduced myself to you. I'm Tessia Eralith, Arthur's closest friend." She stuck out her hand and as Elijah accepted her handshake, he responded, "I'm Elijah, Arthur's best friend. Nice to meet you."

"correction! Elijah is the best friend and Tess is the Fiancée!" Al said right before dodging 4 punches from Tess.

I just rolled my eyes as my sister giggled. I was getting tired from being awake for even this long, my eyelids beginning to weigh down heavily.

Director Goodsky, noticing this, announced to everyone, "Now! I think we should give Arthur some more time to rest. His life isn't in danger but he should be very tired right now."

"Son, come visit home after you're all healed up, okay?" My father grasped my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze before herding my family out.

"Get plenty of rest. Okay, dear?" my mother said as she headed out. Tess' parents said their brief goodbyes while patting me softly on the arm before following out after my parents.

"We'll catch up soon, brat." Virion ruffled my hair, making me wince, and towed Tess and Elijah out with him.

"Haa..." I looked at Sylvie, who was still fast asleep.

As I was about to close my eyes, the door squeaked open once more.

"Did you leave something, Tess?" Spotting from the corner of my eyes, I didn't bother turning my head.

"Hey Arthur..." She arrived next to me and glanced back at the door.

"Hmm?"

"You said you couldn't really move your body, right?" I could see in my peripheral view that she was fidgeting a little.

"I can probably only turn my head and lift my arm for a little bit, why?" As I turned my head towards her, my eyes widen in surprise as I realized that Tess' face was just inches away from mine. Her eyes gazed at me with an expression I'd never seen in her ever and before long, I felt her lips as she closed her eyes.

The soft, warm sensation of her lips on top of mine caught me by surprise but my body didn't let me react. Instead, I spotted a small mole in the outer corner of her left eye that I'd never noticed before.

As she pulled away, her eyes locked onto mine. Then she quickly turned her head and ran out of the room, leaving me more dazed than when I had first woken up.

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