Such a familiar voice and remark. Even as the person had yet to show herself hidden amongst the shadow of the trees, he knew exactly who she was.
"S-Silva…? How? Why are you here?"
The figure of the beautiful female acolyte from the Ouroboros Clan stepped out from the shadows. With a deep frown evident on her forehead, she said in a grumpy tone, "Why? Am I not welco here?!"
Looking at her familiar face and attitude, Ery couldn't help but recall a series of mories from within the depths of his mind. They had been separated in quite a dramatic situation last ti.
Suppressing the mixed feelings in his heart, Ery took a deep breath before smiling faintly as he said, "It's good to see you here, Silva."
The girl casually stepped forward, not towards him but towards the statue. Stopping right in front of it, "I heard about what happened to your senior. I'm sorry for your loss."
She then turned toward Ery, "I'm sorry about your friends too."
Before Ery could muster a response, the girl decided to sit on the grass. She then threw her gaze beyond the hill, gazing at the sunset beyond the Terra Kingdom.
"I was so surprised when I got the sa recall. Fortunately being so far on the other side of the galaxy made the last batch to get sent, it only lasted a minute before it was stopped."
She glanced at Ery's surprise reaction, before continuing, "I heard it was mostly thanks to your efforts. So thank you."
The words only reminded him how he was not fast enough to stop the recall spell sooner. Not knowing what to say Ery decided to sit down on the grass next to her.
Seeing his gloomy face Silva said, "Well, at least it's not all bad news. I saw your tournant fights and I heard that you just got bumped into second place. Congratulations!"
She then turned a little annoyed as she said, "Such a sha, if only they allowed you to fight that arrogant Zach in the final, you would be able to keep your promise and beco the champion."
"Well I guess being runner-up will do… I forgive you." She said with a cheeky smile.
This ti, her words successfully made him cheer up for a second and after sharing a little smile with each other, Ery calmly asked the question he had.
"Now, can you please tell why you are here, Silva?"
The girl finally turned serious, "I'm here to convince you not to return to your ho planet."
It was a surprising answer that made the mory of her family offering him to stay and join the Ouroboros faction flooding back to him. Ery was silent for a few seconds before calmly saying.
"I am sorry Silva, I have things to do back ho. I can't stay here."
As usual the white-haired girl would not take a no so easily and quickly replied, "You stand here so pathetically because you are still not sure, right? That's why I'm here." With confidence she added, "Co with for a few hours and I'm sure you will be convinced."
Ery stared at the white-haired girl and could see the confidence in her eyes.
Standing up from the grass, she turned to Ery and said, "It has to be a secret though. Stand up and follow now!"
With his current situation, It wasn't too hard for Ery to decide to follow the girl. Under her lead, the two of them discreetly made their way to a teleportation gate. As he stepped out onto the other side, Ery discovered he had arrived at an unfamiliar planet.
Casting his gaze over the horizon, Ery saw an empty wasteland with a few rocky yellow hills.
"Where is this? Where are we going, Silva?"
Unfortunately for Ery, the white-haired girl refused to elaborate.
"Just follow , our destination is not that far from here."
A few minutes later, Ery saw that Silva had taken him to one of the rocky mountains. The mont he set foot at their destination, he imdiately felt sothing unusual about it. His question was fortunately answered as they got closer, because he could feel so sort of formation barrier erected in the area in front of them.
The two of them stopped in front of a rock with a mark on it. When she pressed it, there was a tear on the barrier and the huge rock was split in two opening a path for them two.
The white-haired girl took the first step, beckoning for Ery to follow. As soon as he entered, he saw that the surroundings changed and the rocky hill gradually disappeared, revealing sothing else.
It was a small base, a secret outpost of so sort filled with the presence of a few dozen magus. Proving what he felt, several figures ca out and stopped them as they approached. However, these people seed to recognize them both as they quickly stepped aside and let them pass.
It wasn't long before the two of them reached the inner parts of the base, where Ery recognized a few familiar faces. Magus Darius of the Earth Institute, Magus Erika of the water institute and even Magus Minerva, who was his last classroom's instructor, were present.
The sight quickly convinced him that the group was part of the Magus Academy.
They all stared at him with strange expressions and only the female magus approached him, albeit reluctantly.
"You took him here Silva?" The female magus said.
"Yes Senior, I had to."
The female magus answered, "Hope you won't get in any trouble then."
Silva once again pulled Ery's arms and headed deeper into the post. Seeing such a situation, Ery couldn't help but ask once again.
"Why are they all here? What is going on here?"
Silva didn't answer and just took him to enter one of the stone buildings. Inside, Ery was surprised to find another familiar face he didn't expect to see in a place like this.
Standing at the far end of the room was the figure of the Headmaster Delbrand of the Magus Academy.
The man looked at him and then turned to Silva saying, "I had specifically told you not to bring him here."
The words of the headmaster left Ery confused. Coupled with the peculiar reaction he had received earlier, Ery couldn't help but feel that sothing was wrong.
"Headmaster, what is going on?"
Unfortunately for him, neither Silva nor Headmaster Delbrand answered his question. They didn't seem to be paying attention to him as they were locked in a staring contest with each other. Monts later, the white-haired girl eventually broke the atmosphere.
"With all due respect, Headmaster, we absolutely need him if we want to have this mission succeed."
Ery watched in bewildernt as Headmaster Delbrand heaved a sigh after hearing Silva's words. Unable to contain himself, Ery once again interrupted the two and spoke his question out loud.
"What mission? Actually, what is all this about?
The headmaster turned towards Ery and said, "Don't take my words the wrong way, Ery. I was planning to tell you about this, but only after you had made the decision of not returning to your ho planet. But evidently…"
The man glanced at Silva before continuing, "Your friend here has decided to go ahead against my wishes."
Hearing those words, Ery turned to look at his fierce friend, who dared to speak impolitely to the headmaster. Seeing his gaze towards her, Silva showed a wide smile without the slightest hint of remorse whatsoever.
anwhile, Headmaster Delbrand could only heave another sigh when he saw Silva's attitude. Shaking his head, he turned to Ery, "Nevermind that, now that you're here follow . "
The headmaster walked out of the room and led them in front of a closed tal door. After confirming his identity, the door was swiftly opened and Ery could see that there were at least a dozen people inside the huge room.
They were all busy, so could be seen operating the many information cubes in the room, while others were running around. However, what caught Ery's attention the most were not these people or the information cubes. Instead, it was a wall full of pictures and writing located at the far end of the room.
He could see images of a red planet, unfamiliar structures and the figures of the dark elves. He could even see the images of Zenonia, who he was familiar with, along with so unknown individuals of the Bat bloodline.
Headmaster Delbrand stood in front of the wall of pictures and words. As his gaze swept over it, he said sothing that greatly shocked Ery.
"The truth is, we have already found out where they took the acolytes and we are currently preparing a plan to rescue them."
The words were such great news for him and Ery can't help wishing to hear more detail about it.
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