40 Discussion

I looked at my data and decided to organize it. I left aside all the information about the path of magic in the library, I made it into a report following the guidelines of the scholars. When I felt it had adhered to the scholar's standards, I prepared myself and went to the job area.

There Priscilla was busy serving various students, and I waited to the side a bit. She walked over after she was done, with a smile and spoke to me.

"What are you looking for today?" She said

"Who is your best talent in physics, mathematics, and magic power?" I asked

She looked puzzled for a moment but then went out of the main room. She entered her office, as I waited outside a bit then someone came out with her. He was a young man bordering on his 30s but he radiated a vitality like a mountain.

"You are Elton's Disciple?" He asked

I bowed my head lightly and shook my head yes.

"I am here because while I was stocking the library. This fell out from a book, I read it and thought to bring it to your attention." I said

With that, the young man's face sneered in disdain. He expected some more interesting from Elton's disciple, only to be disappointed he seemed I thought. I just quietly handed him the report as he quickly skimmed it.

But then his eyes grew fearful and anxious from the skimming. He decided to slowly reread it word per word. Then he did so again, hoping to understand what was going on.

"Are you willing to grant this to the school?" He said anxiously, not hiding his desire

This was what I was relying on, I found it and responsibly gave it to a school leader. So I would be granted some reparations and even access to info regarding this report. My biggest qualm about this report was whether or not my idea was correct. I would require input to figure that out, but that could reveal my magic eyes. So I just turned it in but did not claim ownership at all.

'It worked even better than I thought, they really are stirred by a chance to be a magical knight.'

I had made sure to include my insights into bridging the two paths of power. I also hinted to Grand mage Remmie's experiments on me. With this kind of information, they had the possibility of creating an elite group of magical knights.

'But sadly this is only baiting as if I would give up something that valuable. I just need to see if someone will take a bite.'

But in my heart, I was still rather terrified. This would leave a big target on me and would be a big risk. But if I can't take a risk where would I make it in life?

"Of course the school has granted me far more, I would just like to be included in the process of examining this document," I said lightly

With that, the hesitation on the young man's face disappeared. I knew as long as I didn't push it they would grant me all I want and more. They may try to hide some things from me, but I don't care about the more sensitive stuff. The young man quickly left with Priscilla looking dumbfounded. She looked in a new a frightening light because I had terrified that young man.

I left without saying anything and went into my room to train, I would have to wait for any big info and Drrak needs to finish analyzing and integrating the power of true qi into my other plans.

Though there are some other experiments I would love to try, no point in looking suspicious now. The only thing that could point to me was the purchase of some equipment. But they wouldn't consider me the creator at all, the knowledge I gave them was far too profound.

But most likely they will never even hear that, got that equipment since Brian was the one who bought them not me. Brian seems to not want to offend me, so he's unlikely to give me up.

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As I was training the teachers were convening with the young man leading. The headmaster came in and addressed the young man.

"What have I told you time and time again son?"

"Research reports don't warrant, calling in the troops," he said in a dragged out tone

"But you don't understand the information is earth-shattering. It has something to do with Elton's new disciple." The young man said playfully

"Are you so low as to slander my disciple Timothy?" Elton said with a veiled threat

"No, I would never, rather your disciple did a good thing. Just read and you'll understand." He said as he passed copies of the research paper.

All the teachers sat quietly reading, some skimmed and others read slowly. The reactions were a bit exaggerated one, just put it down and massaged their temples. Some of them pinched themselves, and others looked around in suspicion.

"What the hell Elton, your disciple made this?" Said a teacher as he stared at Elton in suspicion

"I won't know only Timothy seems to know," Elton said as he turned to Timothy

"What are the odds your disciple made this? It has knowledge far surpassing what our kingdom knows. It ranges from anatomical, magical, and even reaches the level of spell crafts and higher mathematics." Timothy said intimidatingly

"There are few scholars capable of this kind of research paper. Your disciple just found it in the library and presented it to me." Timothy said dismissively

"Then who is responsible we must get their further insights." The headmaster quickly said.

"I don't know who, but I've started on the search. Remember the section on the functions of magic power. It required special equipment, I had someone look at whose bought that equipment lately." Timothy said warily

"Brian was the only person to recently buy it, and previous buys were far too in the past. This paper was recently based on the paper age." Timothy said as he took out the original from his spatial pouch.

"Are you saying Dante's disciple is responsible?" A teacher asked

"No, Brian couldn't do this; it was likely Dante or someone related to Dante," Timothy responded

Everyone remained quiet they all knew of Dante's character. He was a wildly ambitious mage, he had explored mystic realms and gained great power with time. He was beloved by the king and was a Magus of great stature. But ever since he returned from the Dread Ruin, he had been much weaker compared to the past.

Everyone assumed he was injured and thought he would slowly wither away. But as of late he had stabilized and even regained some of his power. He even surprisingly took in a disciple, with great innate talent, and trained him into one of the top students.

"If its Dante, it is possible, it would be hard for anyone else." A teacher responded with a sigh.

"But that's the thing, I researched the spell circle and it has traces from the Kirin kingdom. It has the style of Grand mage Remmie, and that makes this far more terrifying...." Timothy said with apprehension

"Is it possible they are working together?" A teacher chimed in.

"Not necessarily it could mean a lot of things, but most importantly Dante has the key to creating super soldiers," Timothy said solemnly

"What about the set up of the experiments. How did they isolate and observe magic power?" The headmaster asked asked

"Elves, it could only be elves or something similar to Elves," Timothy responded, beforehand he anticipated a lot of questions and researched possible answers. He wouldn't convene this kind of meeting without preparing well.

"Headmaster I've been meaning to tell you about this. But something strange happened in the dream formation. It could possibly be related to this or not but I thought I should tell you." Elton introjected

The headmaster's face scrunched up since this had just gotten more complicated.

"Some students reported that the hobgoblins took intelligent actions far surpassing their mental capacities. They suspected some intelligent being that could speak beast script was manipulating them." Elton described succinctly

The headmaster's face remained scrunched up as he turned to the Timothy.

"You said this paper is new, correct?" The headmaster asked.

"It hadn't shown up previously on the book monitoring formation. It was recently added, and no elves have entered the school." Timothy said in response

The headmaster just thought of a terrifying idea, if it were true things could escalate. The headmaster stood up and created a flame with his hand. He burned all copies in the room, leaving only the original in Timothy's hand. He took the original and quickly spoke.

"This must be given to the king, and grant Elton's disciple whatever he asks for." the headmaster told Timothy

"He asked to be debriefed on the results of this research paper." He said wryly

"We can't inform him of more than the mysteries of magic, and he wouldn't understand the rest anyway. Just tell him about the mathematics, and throw in some sword marks."

Everyone was slightly suspicious of Elton and his disciple since his disciple had brought this to their attention, but with Dante in the picture they let it go.

But Elton had a nagging feeling about the information, but since he had accepted Lucas as his disciple. He just put it in the back of his mind.

'As long as he helps the kingdom, all other things are just superfluous.' Elton said to himself denying his thoughts.