Chapter 40

When I had revealed that I was a sorcerer, I was already ready to be questioned about the Spider Supreme.

Moreover, I had already talked to Professor Xavier regarding what could be told to the students and what not. Although he himself didn't know the actual truth regarding Spider Supreme.

"Professor, is Emma the one who encountered that guy?" I inquired.

"Yes, Peter. She is the one." Professor Xavier confirmed but it was already obvious from Emma's question.

"So, you have indeed met him." Emma said, visibly excited.

"Hey, is that really Emma? She is often the more reserved type of girl." Kurt muttered to Jean from side after seeing Emma's excited expression.

"So, how do you know of him, Peter?" Emma continued her questioning.

"How can I not know him?" After all, if it was not for him, I wouldn't even be alive, much less here.

"Huh!" Emma was surprised by my answer. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that it was actually that guy who gave me these powers just like how he had enhanced your powers." I explained.

"Wait a minute!" Scott, who was listening from the side suddenly interrupted our conversation.

"If that mysterious guy gave you these powers, does that mean that you are actually not a mutant?" Scott, it seems was quite a perceptive person as he had instantly picked up on my words and understood that my powers were actually given to me.

"No, Scott. That is not true. Peter is indeed a mutant. That I can assure you of." Professor Xavier said once he heard Scott's words.

"Does that mean that what Peter showed us was actually a secondary mutation like that of mine?" Emma questioned, curious about the nature of my powers.

"No, that is not it, either. Peter's X-gene is currently dormant." Professor Xavier explained with a slight smile. It seems that he was pleased by his students' questions.

"But then how did you find him, Professor? Cerebro can only pick up a mutant if he uses his mutant abilities." Jean questioned, revealing a name 'Cerebro'.

Professor Xavier had said that he had detected me using a special machine. It seems that the machine's name was 'Cerebro'.

"It is because Peter's X-gene is quite a unique one. Despite it being dormant, it's presence is powerful enough to be detected." Professor explained the unique condition of my X-gene.

"We have hypothesized that the powers Peter received have interfered with the X-gene, causing such a phenomenon."

"Hey, you were telling me about that mysterious sorcerer. Tell me now. Don't change the topic." Emma said demandingly. Looks like she was frustrated by the change in topic.

"Alright, alright. I will tell you. Actually he was the one who left me to the sorcerers after giving me these powers." I started explaining about Spider Supreme.

"We do not know much about him other than that he calls himself Spider Supreme. The only thing we can predict from his actions is that he doesn't seem to have any ill intentions."

Professor Xavier had strictly said to me to not reveal that Spider Supreme was actually from a different dimension. According to him, it was useless information for students and would only divert their attention. I somewhat agreed on this topic with him.

"Anything else?" Emma continued to probe. She was quite insistent regarding Spider Supreme.

"Well, that is all I know. And that is only because Spider Supreme had contacted Ancient One, my mentor so that she could pick me up and take me in as her apprentice."

I had to lie unfortunately but it was necessary. Spider Supreme was a guy from a different dimension with unknown motives. As such, knowing more about Spider Supreme would only be harmful for her.

"Fine," Emma finally relented seeing she would not learn anything more from him.

Suddenly, I felt a mental intrusion in my mind. And in response to it, an image of a dragon once again formed in my mind in order to counterattack.

I tried to control the counterattack to lessen it but unfortunately was not much successful.

"Ah!!" Emma let out a cry of pain revealing her to be the culprit. Looks like she tried to read my mind to find out more about Spider Supreme.

"You alright, Emma." Kitty quickly reached Emma and tried to help her calm down as she clutched her head in pain.

"Sorry, I tried to lessen the counterattack but was not successful." I apologised for causing her so much pain.

"Counterattack! Emma, you once again tried to read someone's mind without their permission. How many times have Professor Xavier taught you not to do something like this?" Scott immediately scolded Emma once he realised what had happened.

Dude, I know that you are quite an upright person but there is time for everything.

"Shut up, you jerk! Don't you see how much pain she is in." Kitty snapped back at Scott which was, to be honest, expected.

By now, everyone had gathered around Emma. Professor Xavier and Jean immediately tried to soothe her mind using their telepathy.

"Peter, don't blame Emma too much." Kitty said to me once Emma's condition looked stable.

"She had grown up in a very repressive family. So, she ran away from them. After that, she had to earn everything on the streets. So, she is very grateful to Spider Supreme for enhancing her powers without asking for anything. That is why she wanted to learn more about him. Because she wanted to find him and thank him."

Kitty explained Emma's life to me so that I would not blame her.

"Hey, I didn't tell you my life story so that you could tell it to everyone." Emma rebuked Kitty. Her condition had surprisingly healed quite faster than anyone had expected.

"But if I didn't tell them then everyone would have hated you. You are already not liked much by everyone." Kitty said softly.

"You didn't need to." Emma said to Kitty despite now having a smile on her face.

"Alright, everyone." Professor Xavier drew the attention of everyone to him.

"I think it is about time for us to visit the danger room." Danger room, what's that?

"We need to analyse Peter's powers. We already had two incidents today already, I do not want a third." Professor Xavier declared.

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I know that Scott came out as a rather too rude character till now although it was actually not intentional. I will try to do justice with each character although it is difficult with such a big cast. Anyways, it's time for Peter to enter the legendary Danger Room!

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