ushernet Chapter 408: The Traveler
Chapter 408: The Traveler
After Megan left, Luke sat down in an armchair, picked up a book, and began to pretend he was reading. In fact, his head was taking in all the information that Balance had acquired. Keeping his eyes open, Luke began to concentrate to get inside his soul.
Luke and Balance then met again, they were both in that white, brightly lit, confusing room. Now the feeling of being there was a little less uncomfortable as if understanding that energy made that place more stable. Luke now didn't feel guilty about that gigantic energy, which came from the death of hundreds of innocent people.
It was not a lack of empathy, but an understanding that he could not do anything about the catalyst of that flow of power. Something he also realized was how his mana did not decrease but rather increased over time. Which made him understand that these souls just started a process, like a spark that started a flame that only increases.
Therefore, cursed items are much more powerful than one can imagine.
"How interesting, you being able to see me even with your eyes open" Balance said, giving a gentle smile.
"It's not much different than sleeping with your eyes open" Luke replied.
"Well, here is everything that I saw...that you actually saw" Balance said, as he held out one of his hands.
A small square began to show all the memories on the pages, as Balance has full access to Luke's soul, it was possible for the Goddess to explore his memories as well. Although it was impossible for Luke to memorize each page, the Goddess could capture those memories in the half-wolf's soul and transmit them back to the young man.
Balance gave access to one of these windows to Luke, who went about controlling the memories with his hand, moving forward and back as he wished. The Goddess did the same, the two of them would search together for what was interesting in those memories.
"I see... It doesn't look like there is any really dangerous information, just student grade reports.... My God" Balance said, as he watched
Luke turned to Balance confused, "What did you see?" he said.
"Oh... Megan has had perfect grades since she entered the academy, she has never received a grade lower than the maximum. That's a little impressive" the Goddess said. Luke gave a small smile, "Yes she really is an impressive girl" the half-wolf replied.
Balance gave a small smile and interested questioned the wolf. "Aren't you thinking of adding her to your harem?" She said, letting out a small laugh. Luke lifted his head, scratched one of his ears and turned to Balance, "I don't imagine she likes me. But sometimes I think about getting more wives, it would depend on whether Ayumi or Alexis have a problem with that.
It's been hard to resist Meredith" he said.
That made sense, after all, Aoi Wintergift had confirmed to Luke the connection between the empire and Hawk. It was obvious then that Hawk's father was someone high up in Melki's empire.
"Well... Aoi probably has access to those documents... It all makes sense now" Balance said, as he stretched.
"Yes, so he's not just a member of the nobility, he's an important member of the nobility..." Luke concluded.
This made the understanding of the academy's political situation a little clearer for Luke. The demons were connected directly with the aristocracy of Melki, and in the interest of taking advantage of the academy, an isolated land, they were using children of nobles to enter the academy and gain influence. The question that remained now was how many nobles were working for the empire.
Luke and Balance decided to go ahead with the project of investigating the secretariat another day, for now, they needed more answers. But checking the documents was not such an efficient way, like a fisherman looking for a specific fish in the middle of a gigantic sea, finding answers in these documents would not be such an easy task.
The night was already turning into dawn, when Luke's body fell asleep, without his control. However, Luke and Balance continued to focus on their studies, not realizing that the half-wolf was already at rest.
Luke and Balance began to check the documents regarding Zhanid, and the quantity was vast. In fact, just the folder from his time as a student was already amazing. Zhanid in his student days had made many contributions to the academy, having created several systems, as had Alice and Megan.
Much of the material for classes, research, and even laboratories had been planned with the mage's support, before his twenties. When Zhanid turned twenty-one, he left his student council position and wandered the world for a while. Exploring ways to develop his magic and his knowledge of magic crafting.
Even this task was not yet completed, after all, Zhanid had recruited Luke when he was returning from a trip to the continent of Zhao.
All this made Luke more interested in the old magician's support. But with each piece of information that the half-wolf got about Zhanid's deeds, a greater doubt arose in his mind, after all, why did Zhanid recruit him? Why did he accept Luke and Meredith's request to bring them to the academy?
These were all questions that Luke was interested in resolving, but as the sun dawned again, a piece of news surprised everyone.
Luke awoke to Megan calling him; the girl was now dressed. Alice remained lying on her desk, in the same position Luke had last seen her.
"Zhanid has left for a trip, but don't worry, Alice and I have already made enough progress in our research." The girl said.
Zhanid had left on a quick trip out of the academy. But what the significance of this was was something that was still unclear to Luke or anyone else.