Chapter 446: Changes.
“Why are you guys shocked I thought you knew?” Damon asked Tessie and Cami with a raised brow.
“No.” Tessie and Cami shook their head.
“Then why has every noble been afraid of me?” Damon was confused.
“I don’t know about the others, but my family warned all members to not mess or offend you two, but they never gave us a reason, especially for you.” Cami pointed at him and Luciano.
“I think the most important question is why were both of you sent to eastern magic school instead of the capital?” ke asked the question that has been on the mind of everyone since the first day of their stay in the school.
“My dad felt that the only one that could be apetition in the entire empire was Luciano. So since he was going to the east he also sent me here.” Damon exined causing everyone to turn to Luciano.
“My dad felt I had nopetition in the empire, so instead of me staying with conceited nobles it was better I came to the east where my brother could train and also monitor my progress.” Luciano exined.
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“Isn’t it such a coincidence that the 2 supposed strongest students in the empire got humbled by this monster?” Damon said pointing at ke.
“Although no one would believe it, a good part of my sess is due to luck.” ke said, but truly no one except Brian and Castiel believed.
Right from his arrival on Infinite realm, ke was lucky enough to get the All-father’s inheritance. It was also by luck that he got the void daggers which in turn kept him alive to get Ebony and Ivory from Azkelwart’s base.
It wasn’t as if ke was undermining his effort, but he felt he needed to know it could have been someone else because it made him cherish it more.
“So what of you guys?” ke asked Brian and Castiel.
“I and Castiel were nning on continuing with the adventurer association and see how it goes.” Brian said.
“Since I have 2 elder brothers taking care of family matters, there is no point for me staying there. So I would most likely be joining the ash corps.” Cami said.
As graduates of the magic school, all students especially those in the elite ss would be given a quite high post in the ash corp. Cami that was in the top 10 of the elite ss was guaranteed a good position.
“So what of you?” Cami asked ke.
“I am not certain yet, but I would most likely take the captain rank reward.” ke said shocking everyone.
“What happened to the adventurer association?” Castiel couldn’t help but ask.
They all knew ke as someone who cherished freedom the most. So it was surprising that he nned on leaving the adventurer association where he was established and free.
“For almost 3 years now I havepleted a lot of missions but it still feels like I haven’t achieved anything. So I feel if I am to join the ash corps I would achieve something and in the process understand my purpose in this world.” ke said.
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After almost 2 hours of chatting, they all returned to their rooms to think about their next step in life because the uncertainty and anxiousness in their tones were clear.
Unlike the nobles in his group, ke’s life was in no way nned out. He didn’t belong to this so he was finding it hard tomit to things, especially when he had no clue if it was the right path.
“If I was just like the others, the adventurer association would have been perfect.” ke thought.
In almost 3 years ofpleting a lot of solo and party missions, not only had ke and his party rise to the B rank, he still had a 100% sess rate which was beyond insane.
The only problem he had was that he still hadn’t discovered anything concerning the All-father or his purpose in Infinite realm.
He didn’t even have a clue of what was going in other empires or the direction the entire world was moving to.
“If I join the ash corps not only would I gain ess to a lot of information concerning the Synder Empire, information about the other empires would be easy to get.”
“Apart from the empire, there are still the death zones which may hold secrets to my purpose.”
“With all this information I should be able to deduce if there would be a world war or a cataclysmic event that the All-father had foreseen.” ke thought.
“As for the disadvantages, I would be taking orders, I will have more targets on me and lose my freedom.” ke said as he stared at his ceiling.
Taking orders from a fool could get him killed, but doing things his way could be seen as a sign of disobedience.
As for the problem of freedom, not only could he be controlled by high-ranking ash corps officials in the pockets of nobles. Also, he would be closely monitored by the ash corps to make sure he doesn’t divulge state secrets and also by crime syndicates.
“What do you think?” ke asked the system.
[I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Staying a decade without knowing what next is nothingpared to taking orders.]
[Also, being monitored by the ash corps is not a big deal because you have no ns to leak state secrets. As for you being a target for crime syndicates, it doesn’t make any difference because you were also hated as an adventurer.]
[Besides you have a connection with Bryon so you won’t be anybody. Also, you will receive a certain level of protection from him since you are joining the ash corps.] The system analyzed the situation.
“You are right, it doesn’t sound as bad as I thought.” ke thought, but there was one thing that was stopping him from making a decision.
“If I join the ash corps it means that I won’t be with them anymore.” ke said as he called Castiel on hismunication amulet.
“What’s up?” Castiel was surprised that ke was calling him.
“Is Brian there with you?” ke asked.
“Yeah, why do you ask?”
“It’s because of your decision of staying with the adventurer association.” ke said.
“What about it?” Brian asked.
ke told them about his decision to join the ash corps and its pros and cons concerning their purpose in Infinite realm.
“I am sorry ke, but we won’t be joining the ash corps. To us the most important thing is freedom and we won’t be getting that there.” Castiel said.
“Alright.” ke cut themunication link because he felt they had made up their mind.
[You all have a goal to aplish, but from the looks of it, it seems you are the only one doing something about it.]
This isn’t about what you want, but what you have to do. So I just see this as a useless excuse.] The system said.
“The fact they didn’t consult me before making the decision makes me feel something is wrong.” ke said as he began thinking about all the possibilities.
“Is it that they don’t want to continue staying with me or that they don’t want to return to Earth or even both?” ke said.
“It doesn’t make sense why would they not want to be with me? We came from the same, and have done things together for 3 years.” ke said.
[Maybe they feel your light is overshadowing them, so they want to aplish things on their own.
As for not wanting to return to Earth, maybe their life back there wasn’t as pleasant as yours.] The system exined.
“You might be right, but I don’t know their lives back on Earth to tell.” ke said but that was when he realized something.
“I have been with them for almost 3 years, and I don’t even know basic things about them.” ke felt like a terrible friend.
He had been so focused on cultivating and aplishing his purpose, that he didn’t realise the disconnection in their friendship.
ke was about to start thinking of ways to correct his mistakes, but that was when he heard a knock on the door.
On opening it, it was a staff who handed him a package.
These were the rewards for winning the regionalpetition.
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