Chapter 60: Confrontation (2/2)
"Ah! There you are, Art! Director Goodsky wants…Oh, hello" Elijah stopped in his tracks as he realized I ith a friend
"Hey, Elijah This is Emily Emily, Elijah" I said with my mouth half full with a piece of stewed beef
"Nice to meet you! E her food tray
"A pleasure to meet you," Elijah responded as he shook her hand, a look of curiosity on his face "Anyways, Art You need to…uh… head over to your training roo that it was urgent
"Oh… wait, now?" I looked at ently pushed me towards the door while I tried to scarf down asportion of the ue as we placed the tray next to the trash bin
"You two get acquainted! I'll be leaving first!" I waved at my friends as they waved back
I re room would be while I was in the hospital rooher there,it easier to train
"I wonder what Director Goodsky wants I should give her a mouthful about class today," I said to no one in particular as Sylvie and I made our way towards the room
All of the rooms were underneath the library, where a staff member had to lead you Usually, upperclassmen were allowed to borrow a room for a couple of hours to train but I was lucky to have a private one all to myself
There were two entrances in the library building: one to the actual library, the other to a sort of waiting roo the entrance to the waiting roo at the front desk "Hi, my name is Arthur Leywin" I didn't exactly knohat Director Goodsky wanted so I hoped that the lady at the front desk would knohat to do once I told herthe roo e at some fancy hotel
"Yes" I nodded in response as she bent down and opened a drawer
"Please place both your palers are flat" In both hands, she held out a flat tablet with various inscriptions etched onto it
Doing as told, I felt a brief nu sensation spread over my hands as she activated the tablet
"Perfect! I'll show you to your roo me to a room in the back where a scarred uarded the door, the front desk lady ushered uarded was actually soears, which I assumed were powered by eitherore
"Wow This islike this" I said in awe, re the last time I rode in an elevator
"Fufu, yes Not enius artificer Gideon, who is currently a professor here, built this device I' the elevator herself
"More than heard of him He's actually one of my professors With the way he teaches his class, I wish he wasn't such a genius" I gave her a wink, le
"Here we are! Make sure to reistered you to your room, you are allowed to coh the halls
"That scary scarredup with my sheathed sword
"Hoho, no He won't stop you Ah! We've arrived" We reached the end of the hall where there was a large set of double doors without any handles
"This door seems different from all of the other ones" I turned my head back to compare
"Yes Director Goodsky seeavesmile
"Yet she doesn't even bother to tell my class who their new professor is," I muttered under my breath
"Excuse me?" The lady tilted her head in confusion
"It's nothing So how do I open this?" I responded while Sylvie jumped off my head and excitedly hopped in place in front of the double doors
"If you place either of your palainst the door, it will open automatically If you need any further assistance, there is a communication device inside where you can contactyou so for me to open the door
"Thank you What was your name?" I turned my head, my hand raised, ready to open the door
"Please callsession" She said, her head still down
"Got it Thanks again, Chloe" I turned back and placed ine-like noise, the area where I placed ht branched out Eventually, the light dimmed and the door slid open to reveal a rooined
I turned one Sylvie ran off before I could even take a step forward and as I looked inside the roohtness compared to the dim hall made me squint My vision soon adjusted and, as I loweredin place as Sylvie scurried up her leg
I didn't know if it was frohtness inside the rooe natural wonder rather than a training facility buther cheek against Sylvie on her shoulder, stood beforerobe
"H-hi," Tess said with her head lowered and eyes looking up at me
I stepped forward as the door closed behind rass, and there was a rather big pond with a waterfall as well Huge boulders and trees surrounded us,out of my momentary daze, I scratchedDawn's Ballad
"Hey, Tess" I gave her an aard set started?" Tess put Sylvie down on the ground before she shyly started re her robe
"W-Wait, what? Get started hat?" I almost tripped backwards as I saw her bare shoulders
"The assimilation! Grandpa told h bare skin!" Her face was bright red as I realized she had her breasts covered in soht the assi Grahter do?!
"Gramps told you that? Y-You don't need to take off your clothes for the assi with you!" I covered my eyes with my hand
Cal at her like this is a crime!
"S-Shut up! Hoas I supposed to—UGH…" Tess fell to her knees before she was able to lift her robe again
I ran as fast as my injured body would letKneeling down next to her, I placedeverything from the waist up with the exception of her breasts and a portion of her back, which were covered by the gauze As I felt her body tremble in pain, I couldn't help but notice how frail she looked I guess it was because I kne strong of a irl—physically, at least
Taking off the seal onall four elehout her body, counteracting thefrom the Elderwood Guardian's beast will What Graa balanced mixture of mana from all four eleainst the beast will
I never tested this but it was based on the same principles I used to help awaken Lilia andsoon cal froently lifted her robe over her frail body, I walked over to the pond and splashed my face with its cold water
I needed to calm myself down
After a few ain when I heard Tessbehind her
Sitting down on her legs next to , as if she wanted to say so After a moment of hesitation, she spoke to me in a firm voice
"Art, can we talk?"