Chapter 47: Wiser Than The Wise (2/2)

I was a little worried that Elijah's jaw e by how much his face slacked I could see a mixture of emotions, from shock to betrayal to envy, all in his face

"How? When? What?" He couldn't produce complete sentences as he tried to wrap his head around the whole situation

Ignoring him, I turned back to Cynthia "How did you find out, anyway?" I asked, curious "I' you could just randomly stumble upon either"

"Haha, about that Virion Eralith happens to be an old acquaintance of mine I didn't tell anyone else, but I did excitedly ifted quadra-elee in a couple of years He and I were quite competitive since way back, but he took the news quite calmly, which made me suspicious However, I didn't find out until I took in his granddaughter asshe said when I took her in?"

I could tell she was trying to hold in her laughter, but why? I just shookeven a deeper shade of red

"'When is Arthur Leywin going to start attending this school?'" Director Cynthia said in a high-pitched voice, attributable to a younger Tess For how grand and hing like a preteen, taking joy in my embarrassment

"What? Art! How do you know her?" I could tell that Elijah practically wanted to choke the answers out ofit in since the director was still here Although, she probably wouldn't have ether Really…Being trained by Virion, I feel soain

By this ti up, done with life

"I don't hly of you, Arthur I'm sure she didn'tregimen is not easy and the few that have tried before her have failed The reason she is able to keep up and continue to train under me is because of her desire to catch up to you, Arthur Even you must realize that you acted quite iuard, suddenly scolding me like a disappointed mother

"Yeah I kno duhed, leaning further back into ht? I'd hate to see ently before continuing "What I want from you is not to be in the student council, but actually be a part of a co to start this year The disciplinary committee"

I knew she would want et it I don't need the theory classes I'll just teach myself from the books in the library" I shook my head

"The books on deviants aren't accessible to underclassmen and even for upperclass you can't do right now, right?" She cal part of this disciplinary committee or whatever…how does that make sense? I'e, What would the other members think, anyway?" I tried to reason

"While they ree at first, with so their minds, even with your self-placed handicap" Director Goodsky threw in a playful wink, seeh with this

"Arthur, unlike the student council members that are chosen on a broader criteria, the disciplinary coth Your responsibilities won't nearly be asin the disciplinary coive you the chance to ith students, so in their own fields" Her arguer

"You mentioned that the disciplinary coth—" Before I finished my sentence, she cut me off

"No, Lucas Wykes will not be on the disciplinary committee if that is what you are curious about Arthur, this opportunity is so that other students would take as an honor I insist on you taking it" She leaned in, her face a bit ht things over On top of regular and extra classes, I would have to do co ti out where to do in secret

As if she read my mind, she threw out her final offer "Since the amount of work may be a bit too much on top of class and independent study, how about I offer you access to a private training facility where you won't need to worry about anyone intruding" She pointed at my bracelet

"Please, Arthur, I really feel like this could be a good deal for the both of us in the long run" Her face softened a bit as she showed sincerity

I started thinking about how being in the disciplinary co no particular detriree to be a part of the disciplinary coh

"Good! Since classes start toive your new schedule to your first period professor Here is your new uniforood news The knife is just meant to be the symbol of the disciplinary committee, but it is quite expensive so do take care not to lose it" She gave me a wink as she threw me a tailored uniform with a sheathed knife and strap It irritated me that she already had this prepared before she came in, even if it was 'just in case'

It dawned on ether, both Grandpa Virion and Director Goodsky would still be older than me; after all, I only lived untilpast ht up in the fact that I had two lives that it didn't occur to me that there were still people here that were older Of course, I still had the advantage over traditional e was a lot es from this world had have, however, was that they were used to the amount of mana in the atree

I guess even with two lives, there was still bound to be sohts out ofDirector Goodsky to tilt her head in curiosity

"Now that the matter I've come to settle is settled, I shall take my leave! Enjoy your first dinner here and do please patch things up with my dear Tessia as fast as you can I don't wantwhy she didn't just enter like that It was probably to respect our privacy or so

As soon as Director Goodsky left, a shadow loomed over me as Elijah peered down at me, his facial expression akin to a de to do" And I swore I thought I saw pointed teeth as he smirked evilly