Chapter 344 - Eyes Locked (2/2)
“U, I took another look at him He was tall with dirty blonde hair and an easy smile His unifor out at odd angles from his head “What was your name?”
“Oh, jeez, so rude of me…Tristan, sir Of Blood Severin We’re froot lucky enough to—”
“Tristan,” I interrupted before he could get lost in a self-deprecating spiel The boy’s mouth snapped shut “I appreciate your co into a bow, he flashedelse as he spun on his heel and walked quickly away
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Technically, you’d be the teacher’s pet, I replied with just a flicker of a set all of those girls off of you, just keep telling jokes like that,’ Regis retorted
Dehlia, the old librarian, wasn’t on duty e arrived in the library, so I dropped the books unceremoniously at the front desk with one of herfor the Reliquary, there was oneaway froan to wander the library at randoht section
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No offense, but you haven’t been particularly tiht as alked through the “Epic Poetry” section
‘Offense taken,’ Regis huffed
I’d been lucky to find people eager to be helpful, like Mayla and Loreni in Maerin Town, and later Alaric and Darrin At the acade closer attention to me, and it was suddenly e of Alacryan ter for a book or two that ive me context to the simple daily normalities of Alacryan life that I wasn’t familiar with
As I passed the “Folktales” section, I heard the heavy thuasp of pain
‘Hey, that sounded pretty interesting,’ Regis perked
It also sounded like it wasn’t our business, I countered indifferently
Beyond the rows of Alacryan folktales, I found a section labeled “Customs and Traditions” The shelves were full of bound books detailing the differing customs of Alacrya’s five dominions So how these traditions cauides for travelers or the nobility
A low, threatening voice reverberated through the shelves froyou’re one of us Just ‘cause your fahblood”
“I never said I—oof!”
I paused after hearing the familiar voice before he was cut off by another blow
“Don’t speak without per out a sigh, I is let out a snicker ‘What happened toalong the lengthy bookshelf, I found a gap that opened into a secluded corner
Four boys had crammed into the shrouded nook They all wore the black and azure uniforms of Central Academy, but the disparity between them was clear
Two of them had Seth, the scrawny kid who had helped ainst the wall One was very tall and on the thinner side, giving him a stretched appearance Braided locks of red, black, and blonde hair hung from his head The other was shorter, but with broad, bearish shoulders and aman, whose skin was dark ebony and his hair a darker black, stood back a few feet, his arhborn in appearance than the others, and he wore his nobility openly, in the set of his shoulders, his stance, and the careful pacivity of his face, his nose upturned slightly slightly, lips parted in a practiced smile
“A horunted the heavy-set boy
“Go ho his hand around the back of Seth’s neck
“Oh wait” The broad boy twisted Seth’s ar him to let out a pitiful moan
“You don’t have a home, do you?” asked the thin student as he shoved Seth’s head back into the wall
Stepping into the aisle, I wordlessly passed the dark-haired student and approached the other three
“Excuse me?” he asked incredulously as I stepped between him and his friends
The thinner student lookedSeth’s head to the wall “Need so up next to him, I raised a hand He flinched back, then scowled as I reached past him to pluck a book off the nearest shelf As I flipped it open to read the title, Iwas plainly visible
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I looked up fro gloitched His friend glanced pastI let e boy deflated, stepping back again
“You must be the new combat professor,” the black-haired boy said frolanced at hihtly in a bow that would have been considered disrespectful in any for “Professor Grey?” His thin lips turned up in an aentle hirunted
His cohtened Seth’s unifor Seth to flinch back “Sorry, professor”
Both boys skirted around leader out of the alcove
“Thanks,” Seth said as he unfolded out of his defensive posture
I scanned the bookshelf absent notice of any of the book titles “Liking to read is fine, but you should probably learn how to defend yourself if you plan on staying at this acadein the air
With a couple new books in hand, I left the library several minutes later and headed for the Reliquary
I was surprised to find a couple dozen students gathered around the Chapel—the building Tristan had gloated about earlier—watching a procession of es es for from the portal arch to the dark stone steps of the Chapel
When an unfaure stepped out of the portal, my blood turned to ice in my veins
The Vritra-blooded man was colossal He stood well over seven feet tall and had the physique of a titan His horns jutted from the sides of his shaved head and curved to point forward like a bull’s
‘Dragoth,’ Regis whispered in hout the entire war, I had thought that ith fear and anticipation The entire Dicathian army trembled at the mention of the title, terrified of the day one would appear on the battlefield and shohat they could really do as elite Alacryan generals You can find the rest of this content on the lightnove lpu bcom platform
This fear had only been amplified when the Scythes had finally made an appearance I had watched Seris Vritra tear the mana-infused horn fros off a butterfly I had witnessed the aftermath of Cadell’s destruction at the castle, where he overpowered a Lance and the co a sweat
Even at the peak of ht to a staleainst Nico and Cadell—and I would have, had it not been for Sylvie
These thoughts passed through my mind between one heartbeat and the next, and I realized so
It was anger
As one, the body of students took a knee, and suddenly I was exposed to the Scythe
Dragoth’s wide head swiveled around until his blood red eyes locked onfor a hmy hostility as plainly as if I’d pointed a sword at his heart
‘Art! Your intent, he can feel it!’ Regis sounded panicked, but distant, and I realized with a start that I had inadvertently suffused , I withdrew my intent—which had only just leaked out and was still shrouded under the Scythe’s own oppressive aura—and the crowd of students stood, once again obscuring oth Vritra!” a deep voice announced froreat honor that we receive you!”
The speaker looked just like his portrait: short grey hair that contrasted sharply against his ebony skin, and a permanently stern expression on his face that didn’t break apart even in the face of a Scythe
Relief oth turned away froustine,” he answered in a warht the relic as agreed In person, as Cadell required”
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