Revered Magus Chapter 21 – Interrogation

Rio messed up his hair and put some smudge on his face to fit the part he would be acting, Rio then sat down and meditated using a cultivation method used in the memory, it's called the earth's embrace cultivation, it is one of the best elvish cultivation, using dragon cultivation isn't suitable as I'm not a dragon or not dexterous enough to cultivate the rigorous way of intaking the mana from my surrounding.

Using the Elvish Cultivation was better as elvish was closer to humans than a dragon, Even though the mediation techniques were significantly hindered due to him being a human, it was still better than any cultivation Rio knew

Using the earth's embrace cultivation technique feels as if the cultivation he has been doing so far compared to now feels like he went from crawling to running at top speed. The mana swirled inside his dantian leaving a very comfortable feeling.

Rio stopped after five minutes to make sure the people sent from the academy won't pick up on the cultivation method. After 2 more minutes than he expected he saw two cultivators in the sky floating or should he say flying?

"Hey, where have you been, it shows you have been missing for five years. For now, we will take you to the sect to give the details about what happened."

'System analyze'

[Ding receiving instructions…]

[Ding!]

Name: Harry Fraser

Class: 2nd rank Mage

Subclass: 2nd Class hacidan

Strength: 40.0

Agility: 35.0

Endurance: 20.0

Mana: 165.8

[Ding!]

Name: Alex Martin

Class: 1st rank mage

Subclass:1st Class Hacidan

Strength: 30.0

Agility: 30.0

Endurance: 18.0

Mana: 112.3

The clothes on their body seem different from what was worn the last time he checked. They seem to be correctional officers or something along those lines. Maybe due to them being officers, they go through martial arts training to not have any obvious weaknesses.

"Thank you, seniors, I saw the badge flash and waited here for you, I am really relieved to see you both as the elves may still be chasing and looking for me," Rio said acting as pathetic as he could

"Elves? Why would the elves be looking for you" both have confused looks on their face as they appeared closer to Rio

"Around 4-5 years ago, I'm not sure how long I've been captured, I was captured passing through a forest trying to find a cold place to complete my mission, during those 5 years I made connections and waited for a chance to appear before I escaped. I finally found an opportunity, got my clothes and ring back, and ran as fast as I could without looking back. I ran here about 2 days ago and waited to recover before trying to return back to the sect, however, it suddenly flashed and I realized someone was probably coming already."

Both of them seemed to have pitied and shocked faces at the same time, making their face seem like they just saw something disgusting, they then nodded and said "it seems the elves blocked the transmission your badge was supposed to send out when a student isn't back within the academy 6 months without permission."

"Come with us, it seems you had a tragic experience, come with us, and we will report to our superiors about your situation. You can just go take a bath and rest for the day. You will probably be summoned to explain in further detail so be ready." They said with a hint of pity in their tone

"Thank you, seniors, I'm really exhausted, Let's rush to the academy so I can finally sleep in a proper bed" Rio thanked them while sneering in his head, 'perfect I got these two fools, so it should be tough in the journey back to the academy, now I need to worry about the higher-ups.'

After traveling for about 4 hours, Rio finally arrived at the academy and went through the invisible bubble-like field covering the whole academy, the two seniors signaled Rio to go to his dorm and they went to go inform their supervisors.

As Rio was walking down the hall to finally go to his room, Rio saw a familiar face pass by, though it was just his mind playing tricks, it was not like he knew anyone in the academy.

"RIO!!! Is that you??"

Rio turned around, it seems he wasn't hallucinating, it was just he didn't register Daniel as a friend, so he just came across as a familiar face.

"It is you! I could tell by your usual cold gaze and deep purple eyes, where have you been throughout these past five years??"

"Ah, hey Daniel, I'm kind of busy at the moment, so I'll talk to you later," Rio said trying to not converse with him…talking with him to energy-draining, and right now Rio didn't have the energy to drain right now.

"It seems the friendship token didn't mean much, you come back after 5 years and still treat me like a stranger, when you're done with whatever you're doing, make sure to return my friendship token back…Both of them." He stumped away angrily.

He's probably going through his hormonal phase. Rio disregarded him for now and he headed to his room. He went inside his dorm once he was done opening the door and closed the door behind him, slumping into his bed.

Rio then sat up and started cultivating, while cultivating he could now use part of his consciousness and think about other things, so does this mean he technically has knowledge of three lives? First, his previous life, second this life is now Tiamat's memories.

The memories of Tiamat's memories are really helpful, Rio feels more clearheaded and calmer…maybe because it seemed like he also lived 100,000 years along with him... now let's think of a clear-cut story to tell the interrogators tomorrow

The next morning, as expected Rio was summoned to a hall, where three figures with black robes were sitting at above him, one of the supposed officers behind each of them. The seating was arranged to surround the person from the front and sides standing in question.

"So, I heard from both Harry and Alex the summary, the reason we you have been summoned is to go into details about your so-called... capturing." a solemn and doubtful tone sounded on Rio's left side.

"You have been missing for five years; however, it doesn't look like much harm has been done to you for someone who was captured." a female that sounded around her early thirties followed from the right side

Rio stayed silent...

"Are you afraid to talk, young man, don't worry as long as you don't lie or hide anything, you will not be in trouble?" A man with a smooth sound said that came from straight in front of Rio

"I haven't spoken, since no questions were asked." Rio has learned in his previous life that, it's better not to talk and assume the questions they ask since it would give them more ways to find holes in your story.

"Ha, it seems we got a wise ass here" the lady from the right commented sarcastically, however, Rio showed no type of response to the remark

The man from the front asked in a normal tone, "Tell us everything that happened in detail from when you were captured to when you escaped."