Chapter 142 142 - Secret


    SleepyGod: I''m still managing to make 2chaps a day and we still have one bonus chap tbr. Things have been busy here.


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    Before Ryan could say anything, Lux disappeared from his sight.


    "Is she pissed off?" He said, looking at Nyx, who shook her head in denial.


    "I imagine she''s just embarrassed" the subus said, as she stretched out on the bed. "I think I''ll go to sleep soon" she continued.


    Closing her eyes, the white haired girl fell asleep quickly. Shey there with a smile on her face and a serene look of rest. The bedroom clock was set at 1:22AM, the silent room had only the sound of Nyx''s breathing and the wind blowing through the window periodically. Getting up carefully, Ryan put on his clothes and walked to the kitchen.


    The starry night on the windows revealed the glow of the wings of the girl who was watching the moon, turning around startled she bowed her head after exchanging nces with the one who was supposed to be her master. "Trouble sleeping?" he said as he walked from the living room to the coffee machine.


    "A little..." The angel girl replied approached slowly, she was visibly embarrassed.


    "I thought you already knew about this" Ryan said as he ced a mug under the machine. The sound of coffee falling into the mug broke some of the silence in the area.


    Turning to her, he noticed how ufortable she looked "I''m sorry, I was careless not to tell you. Lux''s face flushed and she quickly waved her hands in denial "It''s okay! Don''t worry about it!" she said, while hiding her own reddened face.


    Sighing, she tried to exin what she was feeling "The truth is I just got scared. I didn''t think my sister would be doing this kind of... stuff. But no-no problem at all." As Lux spoke, Ryan paid attention to the movements and gestures she made, somehow her reactions were cute.


    "I''m sorry," he said.


    Again she shook her head "Don''t worry, I... I actually kind of enjoyed watching it a little bit" she said.


    ''Heh... she does look like Nyx'' he thought.


    With a smile on his face he walked towards his office "If you ever want, we can try" he said looking back.


    Lux''s face flushed but she just nodded before disappearing.


    ''Now I need to deal with that'' he thought.


    Sitting down at his desk, he began to go through the documents of the dwarven manuscripts. That orange book was almost ripping from the number of times he opened and closed the leather cover, even though he was very careful. Ryan was finishing going over the texts on hisputer, while he visualized the sheets of his new project on his wall.


    "A sword that can draw power from its opponents... I''m sure the dwarves have thought of this, I just need to see how to do it" he thought.


    After so much reviewing the elven trantions, Ryan had some insight into what the ancient dwarves looked like. In his mind, he imagined himself to be rtively simr to them in some ways. Dwarves did not possess very great magical power, yet they were powerful and mentally capable, using their knowledge to dominate their territories and mining and defeating monsters to obtain mana crystals and cores.


    Part of the dwarves'' reputation as great smiths came precisely because they needed good weapons to match the physical strength they possessed. In a way, these points made Ryan feel weed reading the dwarven manuscripts.


    "The author of that book really loved what he was doing" he said aloud as he looked at the author''s notes, with a smile on his face he found what he was looking for.


    "Ways to channel energy into concentrated crystal batteries... Exactly what I was looking for!" He said excitedly, as he marked the page and opened his notepad.


    The sword design was almost finished, and soon he could ce the order with one of the cksmiths. Ryan remained working on this project for a few more hours before sleeping on the couch.


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    "You''re going to catch a cold if you keep sleeping badly" Said Rose Siora, who gently woke Ryan up with a kiss on the forehead. "Oh you''re awake, good morning" she said with a gentle smile. His face was still a little off, with his eyes between open, but he quickly got up.


    "Good morning Rose" he said, approaching the nurse to give her a kiss on the lips.


    A littlete for his ss, Ryan got ready and left with Alice and Sara, on the way he met up with Livia who was on her way to ss. Talking to the three of them, his mind went back to the events of the previous day. Now he could easily evaluate someone''s intentions, mainly because of the evolution that the system had received with the upgrade of the Demon Sight ability.


    Observing Livia, he noticed how restless her heart was and how her breathing was elerated. Putting a hand on her shoulder he asked her "Have you had coffee today?" and she nodded her head yes "How do you know? I didn''t sleep very well today.


    This answer made him understand a little better the information in that window, and opening the options he found a button written [Advanced Information].


    After activating this, the window became even moreplex. Withrger mana flow charts and even information about debuffs the person had, for example Livia had the myopia debuff in her eyes, and now had the caffeine buff in her body.


    ''This is more useful than I imagined'' he thought and entering the halls of the academy, he began to pay more attention to the reactions of those who were watching him. Peoplemented as he passed by, but not many had negative feelings towards him. A good portion of the students were actually excited about the way he was fighting.


    "Look! It''s Ryan Whitemane!"


    "He beat that berserker so easily. That was scary."


    "The difference in his strength is surreal, I''ve been told he''s undergone rigorous training over thest few months"


    "It makes sense, to evolve that fast"


    <A rigorous training... Heh>


    ''If you consider the training with Lyza, it really was rigorous''


    <But you have no trouble fucking with her>


    ''I''m not talking about that training you stupid subus''


    - You two keep swearing at each other all the time, are you sure you''re allies? -


    <Oh... we like to do that


    You like it.


    - I didn''t know you were a masochist -


    <I didn''t know you knew what masochist meant.


    - Ehehehe! I''m not a child -


    Alice touched his shoulders and said in a low tone of voice, "Ryan, my cousin told me he needed to talk to you."


    He nodded "Do you know what he needs?"


    The blonde girl just shook her head.


    But when they arrived in the room, the pieces lined up. When Ryan opened his phone he found four different and extremely important messages.


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    [Guida''s system]: You have been summoned to a meeting in 5pm


    [Aether]: I got your number from John, I need your help today


    [La]: I have received information that you can already order for your weapon, if you have the diagram ready we can look at itter this week


    [Syl]: I found out something important Ryan, I''m going to your ce after the duels


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    ''This is going to be tricky'' he thought as he sighed and looked at his own situation. Even though Ryan tried not to worry about the problems that were looming, he always ended up drowning with obligations.


    ''I will need to finalize the design of my new gun, I think I can do that after the meeting. Then tomorrow I''ll talk to La... Now what Syl needs''


    His head was getting full, and to make matters worse, he still needed to read the books Olivia hadmented to him.


    <Let me review the books, take care of your chores first>


    - What kind of books are these? -


    <We have discovered some documents that are written in various demonguages. We are analyzing them>


    - Ah, I can help -


    <Do you speak demonguages?


    - Yes, it''s mandatory in the church -


    ''That doesn''t make sense. Shouldn''t that kind of thing be banned?''


    - If it were banned, how could I cast out demons? I need to speak the demonguages to be able to do the exorcisms -


    ''If the church knows demonic, then why so many differentnguages?''


    <Wait, that makes sense. There''s no point in the church understanding if they can''t get ess to the files they need>


    ''Then it makes no difference since they don''t have the key.


    With that, Nyx and Lux left the ssroom and flew towards Olivia. Sending a message to her cell phone, Ryan warned the elf to leave the keys to the librarian''s room on her desk.


    So while Ryan was attending ss with Sara and Alice, Lux and Nyx were reading their books on the other side of the academy. ''At least one less problem'' he thought. But before things could get any quieter, Sara gave Ryan some news.


    "They have divulged your next duel" she spoke, startled.


    "Who am I up against?" he replied.


    "The academy''s number one all-rounder"


    "She...?"