[81] Kayneth

"Bobby—!" Kayneth, with a dark expression, looked at his student. "If you don't want to attend my class, you don't have to come! But what are you doing now? Hm? Trying to hide?"

Crash—

Kayneth immediately picked up the four books in front of him—

They were "Fate/Zero" "Sequel" and "Fate/Stay Night" volume 1, in total.

With a very gloomy expression, Kayneth said, "You don't need to come to my class anymore! Get out, these are confiscated. Now, let's continue—"

He didn't intend to waste too much time on this academy.

Moreover, he had originally planned to burn these things in public, but... suddenly, he unintentionally glanced at a familiar face and familiar words...

So, he chose to confiscate them!

Then, Bobby was kicked out, and the class continued.

Time passed quickly.

Waver Velvet gathered his books and walked out. "Ah, finally, it's over. Let's go back to preparing my paper!"

He had been preparing his paper for a long time, and according to his calculations, he would need even more time.

He needed to research a lot of material to emphasize the differences between modern magus and ancient magus. This was his dream—doing so would surely earn him their recognition!

"What a shame, second-gen~"

"Bobby? What's the matter with you? And what 'second-gen'? You're making a fuss about nothing—" As he spoke, Waver quickly walked away. To him, his family lineage was three generations, and his classmate's tone felt like a deliberate insult, pushing his three generations even further down to the second generation.

So annoying! Really, couldn't these people who came to the Clock Tower just study diligently? Why did they always have to compete over family backgrounds!

"Just wait, I will become stronger than all of you! I will prove myself, with that paper—"

...

On the other side,

Inside Kayneth's office—

He was carefully examining a manga called "Fate/Zero."

His expression shifted between calm and anger...

Some of the things mentioned in this manga made him feel like they were real, such as the Holy Relic... He had indeed ordered a Holy Relic, but it hadn't been delivered yet. This Holy Relic was indeed something that had been conquered by King Alexander the Great.

If the developments in this manga were real...

"Kurokawa Kazuya, the holder of future vision? Has he seen too much?" Kayneth placed "Fate/Zero" on the table and sneered, "There must be someone behind him. Otherwise, this is not something an ordinary magus can achieve."

The Holy Grail War...

He would continue to participate.

Even that thing mentioned briefly at the end, the mastermind behind the Holy Grail War... the remnants of the Third Holy Grail War's existence didn't matter.

It could be destroyed when the time came.

As for the safety of Fuyuki City? When did magus care about the safety of ordinary people!

Thinking about this, Kayneth picked up another book beside him, "Fate/Zero Sequel."

As he opened the first page, he saw these words, "Lord of the Clock Tower - El-Melloi II."

"Him? A Lord? El-Melloi? Are you kidding me—!" Kayneth immediately threw the book away!

He leaned back in his chair and let out a few breaths.

However, he picked the book up again...

And started to read it carefully.

The story roughly told about a young man named "Waver Velvet" who, after the Fourth Holy Grail War, gradually rose from being Kayneth's apprentice at the Clock Tower to becoming a Level Three lecturer at the Clock Tower. He took on the name of El-Melloi II and became a Lord, truly deserving of the title. He became the most influential Lord in the Clock Tower and achieved the condition: "Graduates of his classroom will obtain positions above the rank of "Pride" within ten years. Without exception—"

In the Clock Tower's ranking system is : [Grand], [Brand], [Pride], [Fes], [Cause], [Count], and [Frame].

By the way, Kayneth was a magus of the "Brand" rank.

But—despite Kayneth's disdain, this student he looked down upon, who might have only had a three-generation or even less lineage, taught numerous magus above the "Pride" rank!

Among them, there were undoubtedly many magus like Waver, who only had a three-generation or even less lineage.

But even so, they all held ranks above "Pride."

It was evident how skilled this person was at discovering talents.

It could be said that at that time, if Waver just raised his voice, the landscape of the Clock Tower, or rather, the Mage's Association, might change as a result.

After all, ranks above "Pride" meant that his students included magus of "Brand" or even "Grand" rank. It's worth noting that most Lord only had "Brand" rank, and even Kayneth was only possibly going to reach the "Grand" rank if he lived long enough.

"Why does that guy get to this level? Is it real? Or is it fake?" Kayneth gritted his teeth...

"Right! That paper... No, that should be nearly a year from now. He shouldn't have prepared that paper yet... Is there any evidence? Is there any evidence to prove that this is true?"

Kayneth paced back and forth in the room and finally made up his mind.

Regardless, he had to call Waver over first. Maybe he had already prepared that paper—

If this is true...

He must teach him a lesson properly! How dare he make himself look so pitiful... that brat!

No... he was the one who went crazy. It was just a... what? A manga? That's right! It was just a manga!

"This is so annoying!!!! Fine—no matter the reason, let me see it. Let Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald uncover everything! Just a guy who's gathered a bit of information and has a knack for storytelling trying to deceive people!"

...

"Oh? Professor Archibald is calling me?" Waver Velvet said with some surprise. "Why would the professor call me at this time?"

"I don't know, but... he seems really angry, so be careful."

"Angry?" Waver swallowed nervously...

Calling him at this time was definitely not a good sign. What should he do? Should he go over? Or should he try to avoid it?

Ah, well...

"Never mind, I'll go and see."

No first-level lecturer had ever called him alone before. He decided to go and face whatever was waiting for him in Professor Kayneth's office.

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