Avalon, in the form of armguard, separated from Wace and turned itself to a floating metal ball with red light like an eye as it made its report.


    [ 1 minute after losing the connection to the mainframe, Avalon Main immediately traced ourst location.


    8 minutes: Itpleted the investigation about the strength of Cloud Hawk Manor.


    Results of Investigation:


    Battle Mage: 30


    Adept Mage: 10


    Mana Pulse Barrier (Modified): 5


    Heavy Auto Turrets: 20


    Minigun Turrets: 25


    Rocket Turrets: 10


    Elemental Turrets: 10


    10 minutes: Electronic and wirelessmunicationing in and out of the manor were fully controlled.


    11 minutes: Five Elysiums bringing untested Positron ster Gun were prepared to sortie.


    13 minutes: Hacking of all Automated Turrets at a 19%pletion rate.


    14 minutes: Reconnection to the mainframe was established. ]


    ''''Only 14 minutes had passed, huh... You''re very efficient, Avalon." Wace was satisfied with the quick action of the artificial intelligence. Luckily, after he went out of that room, Avalon immediately halted it''srescue operation.


    [ Avalon wasn''t only made for information control and guide but can be used as a battle adviser and life-support for its user. ]


    "Mhm... I know that much. Thank you."


    Wace smiled as he replied. Although Avalon doesn''t have emotion and could only follow instructions, it is capable of holding a conversation and he wanted to treat his A.I. as a friend. After all, it''s one of the important things he has that connects him to his previous life and the outer space.


    After reaching this thought, he opened the box given by Clyne containing materials rted to his apprenticeship.


    There, he found stacked printed documents and things. He picked up the papers and read the title.


    "Flyby Space Mission?" It was a new word for Wace so he asked Avalon to exin it to him.


    "Urgh... I thought that they''ve already advanced more than this. But thinking about it, this should be normal at this stage."


    As Avalon exined, space mission had four different stages, it was called flyby at the first stage, orbiter at the second stage, rover, and human space exploration for the third and fourth stage.


    The documents were as thick as four books so he used the A.I.''s scanner to have a softcopy instead and have Avalon review it for him. Of course, he was still nning to read it for himself. Anyway, he was also instructed by Clyne to destroy this copy once he finished reading it.


    Wace spend an hour to review the document and learned a lot.


    The space mission was spearheaded indeed by Skywalker Alliance and spent a huge sum or money to sessfully build a small spacecraft.


    A flyby space mission is where a spacecraft was being sent to outer space to gather information about the sr system. It passes by a celestial object but isn''t held in orbit by it. As the spacecraft passes by, it uses its instruments to observe its target and it sends the information it collects back to this. So, this is like a private eye zooming past a house to take a few pictures to scope out the ce they''re going to spy onter in more detail. But this spacecraft doesn''t stop, nor does it circle around; it just keeps going past the target.


    They called the spacecraft Pioneer 100 and Wace read the document as he learned their struggle of getting out of the stratosphere. They spent a huge amount of power to break through an invisible force that was covering the. It seems that there''s a natural force prohibiting them tomence space exploration.


    This made Wace confuse as there seems to be no problem in descending to this. At the very least, the problem that he encountered before was that no one was answering themunication signals he was sending to this world. And it seems that this was also the problem of Pioneer 100.


    Wace kept himself from going deeper into this topic for now as it would be managed by Avalon anyway. He just had to slowly build his foundation and he''ll get there soon.


    After putting aside the document and burned by the floating metal ball after copying everything, he checked the other contents of the box.


    A silver emblem depicting a flying hawk above the clouds was included as a token of his identity. There''s also a single purple memory crystal in a ss bottle. It doesn''t have any introduction whatsoever but ine already hinted him about its content a while ago before he asked his two questions to him.


    There''s also a blue apprentice robe for him andstly, a silver card.


    He checked the card and written on it was his name and string of numbers embedded with magic. It is connected to a bank.


    He wasn''t sure if it was empty or if there''s an amount inside so he just left it for now.


    There''s nothing else that he can do tonight as he would normally busy himself in his workshop during this time. But because he was out of his workshop, he was feeling a bit restless.


    He can only try to practice the Lightning Break before he falls asleep in exhaustion.


    ***


    As the morning came, he confirmed that he was truly free to do whatever he wanted as long as he will continue to learn the Lightning Break so he can take out his Iron Knight and follow his Master''s principles.


    Although there''s no time limit, it would be best to put a good use at the Iron Knight so he was nning to learn the 2nd level of AOTL as soon as possible.


    For now, he found the head butler and chatted with him a bit.


    "Clyne, where is Master ine?"


    "He already left to prepare for his expedition."


    "Mhm... So, you''ll manage this manor? Does he have a family?"


    "In the meantime, yes. But Ma''am Lacus would visit here to help the Manor on its operation. For his family, I haven''t heard of them."


    "I see. By the way, howe only senior Lacus had her name around the crafting industry. I mean, I haven''t found records of L, Farah, and rk registering their Mana Artifacts after they studied under Sir ine?"


    Wace had already consumed the purple memory crystal so he was aware just how helpful it is to one''s ability in crafting. He actually believed that anyone would benefit and improve themselves after consuming that crystal.


    "Mhm... I may not be correct but as I''ve understood, they were trying to perfect the AOTL first before putting their creations in public and getting their names famous. They have tons of money at the moment so they may not think it was necessary to have their creations be sold off to people."


    "I see. If ever they will create a mana artifact, they wanted to make sure they''ll create the best, huh. Right, Sir Clyne, I recalled that a qualification required for epting an apprentice was having knowledge in Holm''s Version of Artifact Forging Device. But there''s a new forging method, right? Why was it required?"


    "That? Well, it''s still important to learn how to use those kinds of devices. You can''t always depend on your Spirit Forging Magic to create some things, you''ll understand it soon if you repeatedly use that forging magic..."


    "I understand... Thank you for your time, sir Clyne."


    "Mhm... You can just call me Clyne, Sir Wace. Oh right, you will be a third-year student thising semester, correct?"


    "Yes, Clyne. Will there be a problem?"


    "No, not really. If you want, we can make arrangements to transfer you to an academy here in the capital. Are you interested?"


    Wace shook his head as he exined about his businesses to earn money.


    ***


    A couple of days had quickly passed as Wace came to the New Era''s Magic Shop at the southern part of Dolu City wearing normal clothes to join the auction. It doesn''t look like he''ll attend the auction at all.


    He was currently outside therge building and waiting for Tristan to pick him up.


    There''s a huge crowd outside the building as luxurious vehicles parked around the venue.


    It didn''t take long after he notified Tristan that he was waiting outside before he met with his group.


    Tristan was apanied by two Battle Mage bodyguards wearing ck suits together with his beautiful sister in a sleeveless red dress.


    "Vanessa White..." Wace murmured. Its been a while since he met thedy and she was as beautiful as always with her long ck hair that had grown a bit longer after a few months of not trimming it.


    The identity of the two siblings was not a secret to the public so the huge crowd outside waiting to get inside the building had easily noticed their presence.


    "Isn''t she the sole daughter of the Head of the White n?"


    "That girl is truly beautiful..."


    "She looks like an angel, I hope I could have a daughter like her."


    "Intelligent and sessful in her career even though she just graduated at the academy."


    "Who is that guy?"


    "Guh... Although he looks pretty, his clothes were pathetic."


    "Look at his face, he''s definitely thinking something inappropriate... Tsk!"


    Murmurs or buzzing noises can be heard as their group approached Wace.


    "We meet again. I heard you were now Sir ine''s fifth apprentice. Congrattions." Vanessa''s words weren''t loud but it was heard by almost everyone outside the building.