Date: Unspecified
Ti: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Central Region, Central Academic City, Morningstar University District, Morningstar University Campus, Garden of Beginning
"Young man, this is not lodrama. I have no idea why you have such a low impression of Morningstar University, but if we were as villainous and domineering as you make us out to be, do you think we need to resort to such tricks? Believe , there are a lot simpler and direct ways we would resort to before even thinking of using the ti vestige to hide our cris," Lucine remarked with a smirk.
Sothing about the way she said what she said made feel that she was speaking from experience. Considering that she was the 3rd dean of Morningstar University, she was the dean sowhere during the demon invasion and the monster mayhem, the tis back then were chaotic and totally different from the peaceful tis like now.
Lucine proved a tough opponent to read, I will just have to ask her directly, "Why are you keeping Auntie Denise from her daughter? Don’t act like you don’t know what I am talking about. With your power and influence, you could easily get Auntie Denise enough privilege to move to the central academic city and live with her daughter. Yet, you didn’t. Why?"
"Isn’t it obvious? I don’t like to share. I want Ahalya all to myself. She is my dearest daughter and disciple. If it were up to , I would have never allowed to contact her birth mother, let alone periodically," Lucine answered honestly, knowing that the young man before her had keen eyes and would not buy anything but the truth. If not for the sake of the temporal anchor, she wouldn’t have bothered to bluff earlier either. She thought lying was beneath soone of her status and wisdom.
"Woah, you are surprisingly honest. That makes things easier for but bad for you because I am here to help Ahalya reunite with her mother," I inford, having deduced Lucine had no idea who I am, let alone why I was here. I had no idea how soone in her field wouldn’t know who I am. Was I overestimating myself or was Lucine living in a bubble?
I also kept an eye on Dean Faust’s expression. He appeared indifferent, but his eyes gave him away. They seem to look at Lucine in reverence but occasionally in pity too, especially when she spoke.
"Reunite, Why? Ahalya is a grown woman. She can decide for herself. If she wants to et her birth mother, she will. She doesn’t need you to help her," Lucine refuted, looking at as if looking at a fool.
’What’s going on here?’ I couldn’t help but ask myself. Clearly, I was missing sothing here. Because, from Lucine’s response and reaction, it seed like Ahalya wasn’t being kept in Morningstar University against her will. Talking to Lucine painted a totally different picture compared to when talking with Dean Faust or Chief Denise or what Hive Spirit found during its due diligence.
Seeing glance at him suspiciously, Dean Faust ca forward and finally spoke up, "Madam, don’t waste your breath on that fool. Leave that troublemaker to us."
"Sam, I would love to do that, but we can’t take any chances with the temporal anchor. Especially, when there are still our people in the past," Lucine rejected Dean Faust’s suggestion as she was worried for her disciple/daughter’s life.
As for the ti vestige. Even if it was lost in ti, it will eventually find its way back ho, the garden of beginning. The artificial field dungeon was built on the site where the ti vestige was first discovered. Its founders believed that the ti vestige would help complete and support the ’garden of beginning’ for ages to co.
"Fuck!" I exclaid in shock after I used my primordial soul pupils to observe Lucine and, to my dismay, I found that most of her soul pathways and arrangent of her head were missing — no — in the past. Making it past that, I tried to understand how she was even alive. Only to learn that she was suffering from sothing similar to dentia. That explains it. Though it was surprising that Morningstar University had not only kept her around but still revered her, It could be seen in the way Dean Faust and the demigods surrounding looked at her.
I an, in tis when one’s own family can’t be trusted, this woman, Lucine, had an entire organization caring for her. And from the looks of it, they seed to be doing it out of genuine gratitude and reverence, and not out of any ulterior motives. This was what I wanted and had been seeking and building towards. Sohow, this female card apprentice before had achieved it.
Yes, I envied her.
"Young man," Lucine uttered aloud with a stern stare in response to cussing.
"Ma’am, don’t get excited. Please head back to your work. Don’t waste your precious ti on these small squabbles. I promise you I will not do anything to the temporal anchor as long as they don’t force ," I assured, seeing the more Lucine got excited, the more of her soul pathways moved to the past.
Listening to my words, Dean Faust and other demigod staff of Morningstar University were astonished. They looked at in shock, realizing that I knew what was wrong with their ex-dean Lucine.
Now that I knew I was dealing with a patient, I couldn’t help but take a step back. Regardless of Lucine’s past, she was now a loon. I didn’t bully loons. Ask Corey if you don’t believe .
I swear ever since I arrived here, nothing was going according to my plan. First Dean Faust with his laid back and easygoing welco and now Lucine with her ti rule dentia. These guys were really making it hard for to step on them and announce to the world my plans for the Southern Academic City starting next academic year.
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