Chapter 42, Discussion

'Hey Lena, why didn't you say that someone is sitting beside me,' Max asked in his mind, after all, he chose an empty place in the hall so no one would come and bother him, and he thought the blonde girl would just keep stalking him for a while then lose interest.

But apparently, she didn't lose interest and instead came to sit beside him.

[Master, you didn't ask me to notify you if someone is sitting beside you] Lena now is feeling wronged because Max is saying unreasonable things.

Max just sighed as he felt Lena's emotions, after all, they are both connected, so they can feel each other's emotions.

'Then notify me if something like that happened again,' said Max before turning his attention to the blonde-haired girl that is still looking at him curiously.

"What do you want?" Max asked after seeing her still staring even after 5 minutes passed in silence.

"Nothing," said Hayley with a smile.

Hearing this Max that it is better to ignore her again and think carefully about his next plans.

First, he should go and see his mother, second, he either has to go and continue gaining experience or he should just stay at home and study magic from the Tome of Knowledge.

Now, is there a hurry to gain strength?

Max really doesn't know, he is curious about the reason for his curse, he has some guesses about the culprit but the owner of the curse should have sensed what happened to the curse the moment the system removed it.

But after thinking for a while, he decided to double-check with Lena.

'Lena!'

[Yes Master?]

'When the system fused with me and removed the curse, did that alert the one who placed it?'

Max hoped that he or she didn't as that would be troublesome.

[No]

'Huh?'

'Why?'

Max was a little confused.

As Max was waiting for the answer, Hayley's voice interrupted him again.

"Hey, I really can help you," said Hayley with a confident smile.

"Do you even know my name?" Max just looked at her doubtfully as if looking at a lunatic.

Seeing this look, Hayley became a little embarrassed, but she is usually thick-skinned, after all, if you are curious all the time, you will have to act shameless and act insensitive when wanting to know some things.

"Okay, let's start from the beginning, I am Hayley," said Hayley with a smile while stretching her hands.

"And?" Max still looked at her doubtfully.

"Hey, at least introduce yourself," said Hayley with a huff seeing Max treating her as a scammer.

"Sure, my name is Max, so what is your problem?"

"I don't have any."

"Then, are you a stalker?"

This question took Hayley by surprise, after all, it is not every day that someone would ask you something like this.

"No," replied Hayley embarrassedly.

"Then?"

"I am new here, and when I noticed that you are a vampire, decided to follow you," said Hayley truthfully.

Hearing this Max was stunned a little because he remembered that covered his aura and asked the system to make sure.

'Hey, Lena, how did she discover that I am a vampire?' Max asked with a furrowed brow.

[I don't know Master] Lena just answered emotionlessly.

That made him furrow his brows more, but then he relaxed them and decided to think about this later, for now, he should see how to get rid of this girl.

After coming out of his thoughts, Max directed his eyes back to Hayley that is still smiling till now.

"I am pretty sure there are other people who are from supernatural society in this university," said Max.

"Well, you are the first one, and I always wanted to meet a vampire," said Hayley.

This answer contains a mix of truths and lies.

She has sensed other beings from the races mixing in with the students, laughing, chatting, and enjoying themselves. It clearly surprised her, after all, the dragon race retreated and isolated themselves from the other races, so they have no dealings with the other races for a long time.

Maybe only the elders would keep an eye on the recent news and trends from their connection, but as a young generation, Hayley isn't privy to such things.

So it is her first time to meet people from other races, so she is curious, and Max is the first one, so she decided to follow.

As Max heard her answer, he was surprised, but then a little confused, after all this isn't enough for a princess to stalk him around, and although he is suspicious, he couldn't do anything without evidence.

"Then what are you?" Max decided to ask her and see if she is going to be truthful with him, after all, he isn't supposed to know the answer.

"I am a dragon," Hayley whispered in a low voice so only she and Max can hear her words.

Max hearing her answer put on a stunned expression then a surprised one as if he really didn't know.

Seeing this made Hayley have a smug smile on her face while nodding her head in satisfaction seeing him surprised like this.

Seeing Hayley's reaction irritated Max a little but he choose to endure it and see where this is going to end.

"What is a dragon doing here on the planet?" Max decided to ask about her business on the planet.

"Nothing, I came here with my aunt to visit some people," said Hayley after thinking for a second.

"Really?" Max just looked at her suspiciously, after all, you don't see a Royal dragon doing errands by themselves.

"Really," replied Hayley with a nod.

"Then what did you say about helping me?" said Max after thinking for a while, he decided to test the waters and asking wouldn't really bring him any problems, if she had any ill intentions, she could have gotten done with it already, as the power difference between them is huge.

"Tell me first where do you want to go?"

"I want to go to Alpha galaxy," said Max

Alpha galaxy, just like I said before is one of the two galaxies that holds all kinds of wars between races, but that didn't mean that it is in a state of war 24/7, no there are a lot of races living there, after all where the danger and opportunities lie together, so with the death of many powerhouses across the different ages, a lot of inheritances are found there.

So when there are no wars, there would be treasure hunters, they would be looking for inheritances of ancient magicians, so fighting is inevitable between people.

That place would be perfect for Max if he wanted to level up, but he is still relucent to go alone, as he might stumble upon someone stronger than him by a large degree.

After hearing Max, Hayley thought about some of the information that Miss Ava had given them, so she thought that Max want to go there to try his luck with the inheritances that are buried there.

"Are you sure? After all, your strength isn't enough," said Hayley.

Max heard her words and started to think again, after a while he nodded again.

"Do you even have a way?" Max asked.

"Yes, but you will take me with you," said Hayley after thinking for a few seconds.

"Why?" Max asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because it is my first time to adventure outside my home," said Hayley.

As Max was about to answer, he heard Lena's voice in his head.

[Master, someone is sitting beside you]

Hearing this Max was stunned, after all, he hadn't felt anyone approaching him all of this time.

Turning his head in the other direction, he found a very familiar face sitting next to him.

"Hello," said the person with a smile.