Chapter 54. Dream

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"Let's return."

"Huh?"

Maria was surprised, Arthur didn't asked her anything and just listened her justifying herself.

"Don't be surprised. Even though you might have done it for your friend, which is not wrong, but the way you did it is wrong."

Arthur told her and then walked back to the class room leaving Maria to return on her own.

'How I end up meddling in other affairs?'

It was totally unimaginable, that he who used to not meddle at troublesome affairs, is now helping his friend. If it was previous him, he might have just let it go because it wasn't his issue.

"Arthur-sama! Where did you go?"

Violet was the first one to reach up to him, as soon he entered back into the room.

"Oh! Sorry, I was just in bathroom. Since, I didn't know where it is, I got lost for a bit."

"From next time please tell me before you go somewhere."

"Yes, yes."

Arthur laughed at her motherly behavior and then he went back to his seat in the back. After a few minutes, Maria came back and with that all the students of S class were finally present.

As the teacher said, the rest of time was used for wandering around the campus and socializing within the classmates.

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Finally, the school ended.

Arthur, August and Shin were as usual three were standing talking with each other with their followers beside them.

Violet was with Arthur, Cecily and Maria were near Shin and both Thor and Julius as their duty were with August.

The reason for the talk was obviously the incident happened today. Shin who was very worried about Cecily wanted to find a way out of the problem.

And the best course of action is of course is to consult his grandpa and grandma.

The Sage and The Guru.

After knowing that Kurt won't stop so easily harassing Cecily, Shin suggested all of them to come over his house.

"After this does everyone want to come over to my house?"

"Shin's house?"

Maria was a bit shocked. After all, going to Shin's house, it means they are going to meet Sage and Guru… their idols!

"What do you think?"

Shin asked them. Both the girls quickly agreed. It's normal for Maria to show such behavior, but it was very unexpected to see Cecily, the innocent quiet girl to be so enthusiastic.

This in a way shows the influence of the Sage and the Guru in Earlshide.

"Let's go!"

"I'll let my parents know right away!"

Listening their too energetic responses, Shin also understood their desire of meeting the Sage and the Guru.

"I guess, I'll go as well. Father will probably also be there."

August also agreed with Shin's idea.

"We will be going with his highness as well, as his escorts."

And the escorts, Thor and Julius also agreed.

"Hey, is it alright for them to listen as well?"

Shin was kind of skeptic about those two since he doesn't know them.

"Don't worry, they are my loyal escorts."

"That's right. We can never betray his highness's trust."

"That's right! We would not! You can tell us anything without worrying."

"I am also alright with it. I want to see it myself closely, that how much the Sage and the Guru amounts."

Silence—

Listening Arthur's comment, all of them kind of were full silence. After all, for the first time they saw a person, speaking superiorly against the Sage and Guru.

"What happened?"

"N-No. It's just first time I have seen someone talking like that about Grandpa and Grandma."

Shin replied. From childhood, he has only listened showers of good things about his grandpa and grandma. Whenever, someone talks about the Sage and the Guru, they talk with awe and respect in their voice.

But Arthur, there was nothing like that. No awe, nor respect. What he had is the arrogance.

"Hey! You shouldn't talk about the Sage and the Guru like that!"

Maria being short tempered was very angry listening rude remarks about her idols. It was very amusing to see a girl who was just scared of him, was speaking with any fear just because of a comment.

'It is just like brainwashing.'

"Is it rude?"

Arthur never respected the Sage or the Guru. It is not because of out of arrogance. It is because to him, the Sage and the Guru are nor some embody of respect.

The Sage and the Guru have never done anything that deserves his respect. And he, who never liked nobility and politics, would never respect someone just because he treated as idols by others.

"That's right! It is rude!"

"But it is my freedom to like them or not. It is not like I hate them. It is just to me… they are nothing."

"Nothing?"

"That's right. For you all, they might be an idol, because he saved your country but he never saved where I was born. So, why should I respect him and bow my head whenever I see them?"

All of them were dumbfounded. Because Arthur's words made sense to them.

"Beside they are a stepping stone for me."

"Wha? How dare you say that?!"

This time even the rest were kind of angry. Shin was also a bit angry listening bad things about her grandpa and grandma.

"Don't hate me. I am telling the truth. It seems you all don't understand. Tell me, Maria. What is your dream?"

"My dream? Of course, it is to become a great magician just like the Sage."

Without even a shred of hesitation, she proudly said her dream.

"You, August?"

"I want to be a great king like my father."

Sigh!

Looking Arthur sigh in front of them, annoyed them more. It made them think that Arthur is laughing at their dreams.

"I know the problem with you all. It's that you all don't dream properly. You want to know my dream? It is to become the strongest mage ever to live! I am going to be a magician far better than the Sage! I will surpass him and leave my names in the history!

See? You all don't dream properly. Since, you are going to become a mage, of course the aim should to be becoming the strongest.

In this way, the Sage is not my stepping stone, but also yours."