Next morning, Ery imdiately made his way to Magus Xion's residence. As the magus had been helping him a lot throughout his journey, he always felt gratitude and excitent when he t the esteed man. Especially now that he had a lot of things on his plate.
When he arrived at his destination, Ery could see another figure sitting next to his master, talking about sothing. The blonde man was wearing all white clothes that caught his attention at first glance.
Noticing Ery's arrival, Magus Xion beckoned him to co closer, "You are here, Ery. Co, let introduce you to this gentleman here. He is Urix, a magus instructor from the Institution of Light."
Ery placed one hand on his chest and did a slight bow to the magus as a sign of respect. After that, he straightened his body and looked at Magus Xion silently, waiting for the magus to speak.
"See, Urix? You can see yourself! The kid is really respectful toward the elders. You definitely will not regret this."
Annoyed by Magus Xion's constant bragging, Urix waved his hand and said, "Yes, yes! I already lost. So don't put more salt on my wound, alright?"
Satisfied with the reaction Urix gave him, Magus Xion stopped his teasing and gestured to Ery, "Hahaha, of course. Right. Ery, co here. Sit with us."
Ery was confused, he did not really get what the two magus were talking about. He could only deduce they were talking about sothing related to him. Shaking his head, he threw his doubts to the back of his mind and slowly walked forward taking a seat together with the two magus.
When Ery sat, Magus Xion opened his mouth, "Ery, unlike my poor self, this gentleman here, Magus Urix, cos from a prominent family, the Wellenstein family."
Seeing the curiosity on Ery's face, Magus Xion proceeded to give his disciple a quick background summary about the matter. Apparently, the Wellenstein family was also considered one of the most prominent factions in the universe.
Magus Xion paused in the middle of his run-down, turned his head towards Magus Urix and asked, "Your Wellenstein's is a Grade 3 faction, isn't it?"
Magus Urix coughed lightly, "Ehem..l soon to be Grade 4, actually..." the magus said, maintaining his cool expression.
Magus Xion put on a shocked expression as he said, "Wow! Amazing! Oh yeah, I rembered! Your father almost reached the Supre Magus level, I heard."
"Yes… the third Supre Magus in the faction, so…"
"Wow! So amazing!" exclaid Magus Xion. Rubbing his chin like an old man, he continued, "Indeed, as expected from a Grade 4 faction."
At the mont, Ery noticed his master was acting a bit weird today. He seed to dislike the magus sitting next to him, but still trying so hard to talk good things about the man.
After a few seconds more of buttering, Magus Xion finally turned to Ery, "Anyway Ery, Magus Urix has so good news for you," said the magus, pointing towards Magus Urix, who strangely wore a blank expression.
Ery was startled when he heard Magus Urix was the one who had the good news, not his master. While Ery was trying to process, and possibly guess what Magus Xion's words ant, Magus Urix already took out a parchnt from his storage ring and laid it on the table for Ery to see.
"Ery Ambrose, we, the Wellenstein faction, are offering you the opportunity to beco a mber of our family. Here are the docunts that you need to sign."
Ery was silent, processing the words he just heard.
"..."
"..."
"!!!"
"What?!" Ery said, subconsciously shouting it. The shock the words brought made him leap from his seat. He was startled, surprised and shocked by the offer that ca out of nowhere and from a magus he never t before.
Amidst his utter confusion, Ery looked at Magus Xion, his master; his gaze was asking the magus what was going on.
"M-Master... W-What is this? Wh-What is this an...?"
"This is good news, Ery! With you joining a faction as good as the Wellenstein, your future will undoubtedly be bright."
Ery was speechless, lost for words. Even though he trusted his master, there was no way he would sign sothing he did not understand about.
Realizing Ery was in doubt, Magus Xion added, "Ery, I have already checked the contract and found no problem in it. In fact, it's very favorable for an acolyte such as you."
Upon hearing that, Ery let his doubts slightly go and picked the parchnt as he gave its writings a brief read. The content of the parchnt was basically what Magus Urix said, an agreent to join the Wellenstein faction as an inner mber.
Wait, an inner mber?
"Inner mber?" asked Ery, looking at the two magus. Seeing that Magus Urix wasn't paying attention, he turned to Magus Xion.
He then explained about the matter. Normally, there were different types of mbers in factions, such as outer mbers, inner mbers and core mbers. Each type received their own privileges and treatnts, different from each other.
Ery then began reading the parchnt carefully, as he read through he got shocked once again. The agreent involved an enormous amount of spirit stones and Spirit Foundation Pills.
If he agreed to join the faction, he would imdiately receive 100.000 spirit stones and one Spirit Foundation Pill. Moreover, he would get the sa amount every year, for the next 10 years. These benefits could also increase if he reached a higher realm in the future.
He also had an opportunity to receive Tier 4 Artifacts if he reached Rank 9, and Tier 5 Artifacts after breaking through to the Magus realm.
Ery's eyes were bulging with surprise as he read through the parchnt.
"M-Master... Th-This… I don't know what to say…"
"This is a very good deal, Ery. It took days to convince the faction to agree on these terms."
It then hit him. Ery finally realized the reason his master went out for days, losing contact with him. Apparently, he was doing sothing for him, again. Ery truly did not know how he should repay the kindness and care his master had given him.
Ery saw Magus Urix wryly smiling, when he heard Magus Xion's speech. This showed how hard it was for this agreent to be made.
"Thank you, master. Thank you, Magus Urix. But... I know that nothing in the world is really free. Please tell , what should I do to deserve this?"
Hearing Ery's words, Magus Xion smiled and glanced at Magus Urix, "Haha… See? I told you he's smart, didn't I?"
Magus Urix wisely ignored Xion's remarks and pointed his finger at the bottom part of the agreent, "In here it is stated, when you reach Magus level, you will have to provide service to the Wellenstein faction for 100 years."
Ery could roughly guess what kind of service he would have to provide. He knew Lord Izta was serving the Nephilim faction for 2.000 years. Hence it appeared 100 years to exchange for such extensive support was very favorable for him.
Ery was sure this offer took into account his dark core and bloodline, his unfavorable situation, before it could be carried out. Therefore, he believed the faction was at least worth giving his service for.
Ery really considered accepting the deal when he realized that Magus Xion was still excited and had sothing else to say.
"That's not the best part, Ery!" The magus' eyes seed to lit up as he said, "The Wellenstein is willing to pull favor and let you co to their planet when you finish your second year. This ans that you could spend your three years in their facility, training under their special tutelage."
"..."
Ery was startled, this actually brought more hesitation to Ery than the 100 years service. After all, he still had many unfinished business on Earth.
"I am sorry, master... the last part will be difficult for ..."
"Aah, the boy is one of those..." said Urix. "He's the type that cares more about ho than his growth."
Magus Xion was also shocked by Ery's unexpected words. He tried to convince him, saying that when he beca a magus, he would not need to worry about anything else back ho. After all, the status and prestige the Magus gave would take care of Earth by itself.
But halfway through his attempt of convincing, Magus Xion realized Ery was quite adamant about it.
"Thank you very much for your offer, Sir Urix. But this matter, I really need to think about it first. Please give so ti to consider." Ery firmly said, while giving his utmost respect to the magus.
Magus Urix appeared to be annoyed by Ery's rejection, but he still tried to keep his cool. Knowing the boy would not budge, he decided to give Ery ti only until the last week in his second year.
As for Magus Xion, although visibly disappointed, he could understand Ery's decision.
Before Ery left, the magus ntioned about an invitation from the headmaster to watch a certain important eting next month. It had sothing to do about Earth, part of the headmaster's promise to Lord Izta.
"I will definitely be there, master."
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