Make him join our cult

Matthew activated his newly acquired movement technique and he was arrived at the place where Natasha was practicing in a few seconds.

His figure became illusory and ethereal when he used the technique, such that he moved at an astonishing speed without even stirring up the wind.

It was so exaggerated that he managed to up right next to Natasha, who seemed to be lost in thought, without her noticing him.

One must know that at this point, Natasha had superhuman senses that could detect anything within a ten meter radius of her.

In Natasha's perception, her surroundings were normal one moment, but a human figure appeared right next to her in the next moment.

"Good work, I'm glad that yo… "

"Ah!!'

On reflex, Natasha screamed and waved her palm sending a silver metallic mana dragon at the figure.

Boom!!——

A big hole was formed in the place where Mathew had been standing, but he had already appeared on the other side of Natasha.

"You…"

Matthew left speechless by Natasha's operation.

'Why is she so jumpy all of a sudden?'

The moment Matthew appeared on the other side of Natasha, his figure fell into her perception, so she quickly jumped back a few times.

After jumping back, Natasha was finally able to take a good look at her the figure.

"Oh, teacher, it's you! You almost scared me to death!"

She said with she patted her chest in relief.

"Teacher, when did you get here? How come I didn't notice you arriving?"

Natasha finally calmed down and thought back the previous situation with a calm mind.

Ever since she had become an apprentice mage, she could even sense every insect in her surroundings, so there was no way something as big as a human could get so close without her sensing it.

That was why she became defensive on reflex.

Natasha thought back to the moment Mathew dodged her mana dragon, and her eyes lit up.

'As expected of my teacher!'

'Although he normally behaves like an ordinary old man, he is a super expert after all!'

Previously, she felt that Matthew had disappeared from one place and appeared in another.

'What kind of movement technique was that?!'

'Sigh, I still have a lot to learn.'

The pride that she previously felt for comprehending her new technique was knocked down by seven points.

Natasha forcibly dispelled her messy thoughts and quickly apologized to Matthew for her previous behavior.

After understanding what was going on, Matthew instantly felt refreshed.

'It feels good to show off inadvertently!'

"Well, it is a good habit to always be guard."

"I came here to tell you to pack your it's time to go."

Natasha's face changed and she hurriedly asked '

"Teacher, are you chasing me away? What did I do wrong ?"

"No, I'm not chasing you away, I just want to re-enter society."   

"Oh, you don't want to live in seclusion anymore?"

Natasha looked surprised.

'I never wanted to live in seclusion in the first place.'

"Now that I have already accepted you as a student there is no point in living a secluded life in the wild."

Matthew said with a tone of jokingly blaming.

Natasha felt slightly embarrassed and she hurriedly ran away after saying.

"Ok, I am going to pack my bags now! "

She didn't have a lot of luggage, so Natasha was done packing in a short amount of time.

They found a dilapidated wooden cart from the village and they had Natasha's horse pull it.

…

A few hours later.

"Teacher, we are about to arrive at the Spring city. "

"Should take us to enter the city or should I take us directly to Pike city, where my family is based? "

Matthew pondered for a moment before responding..

"Let's just go to this spring city for now."

Matthew wasn't in hurry to go anywhere, and he wanted to search for a suitable person for him to take as his second student.

Matthew wanted to experiment to see if system only worked for Natasha or if he could gain more by accepting more students.

Considering that the reason that Natasha could make up techniques and practice methods from the nonsense he came up with was her unconventional way of thinking, the criteria that Matthew had to use to search for students was tough.

Even if someone is smart, it wouldn't necessarily mean they had the ability to think out of the box like Natasha.

'So I should look for someone with brain probl… Ahem, someone with a unique outlook of life.'

Considering that the likelihood of meeting such people just by walking on the street, Matthew wanted to slowly search each city.

Although this Spring city was just a small city with a few thousand people, Matthew would not just pass by it.

As the sun was setting, it painted the west sky a beautiful shade of red.

The people of the city saw an expensive looking horse pulling a dilapidated cart entering the city.

A young girl with energetic eyes sat on the horse as she drove the cart, and on the back sat a slender slightly older man leisurely reading a book.

Although the slightly older man was dressed in ordinary clothes, a precious looking sword with a golden sheath and gold handle lay on his lap.

Next to the were a few expensive looking boxes, and one could tell that the boxes did not contain ordinary things at one glance.

A beggar squatting on the street stared at the people on the carriage for a while before he got up with excitement on his face, and disappeared into a nearby alley.

"Teacher, my family has a shop and a house in this city, I will take you there now."

Matthew withdrew his gaze at the beggar and responded to Natasha.

"Ok, I'll just leave the arrangements to you."

After he spoke, he turned the page of the book he was reading and continued burying his head in it

In the core area of the city, Natasha stepped forward and knocked on a door.

After a while, a servant opened the door and came out.

"Ah! It's the young lady, Please come in!"

When the servant saw that is was Natasha, his previously gloomy face was instantly filled with smiles.

"Take care of everything for me. You can find another place to live."

Natasha directly gave orders.

"Yes, yes, please come in!"

The servant had a flattering look on his face and was about to step forward to take the reins of the horse, but Natasha ignored him and led the horse into the yard.

"Teacher, this city is relatively backward, so this residence is simple…"

"It doesn't matter."

The servant looked at Matthew who was sitting in the carriage and couldn't help but being startled.

'Teacher?'

'Was this silly girl deceived again?'

Although this place could not compare to what he had seen in his previous life, it was his first time seeing such a prosperous place in this life.

Matthew felt very moved by the quaint beauty.

…

Spring city became quiet during the night time as fewer and fewer pedestrians moved about.

At this time, in the city's government office, the city lord, lieutenant, and another other people gathered together.

The beggar that had spotted Matthew and Natasha during the day was also present.

In this meeting, the person sitting at the main seat was not the city lord, but an old man wearing coarse linen clothes.

The beggar was the one currently speaking.

"My sources have told me with certainty that the person who arrived in the city today was Natasha Brande, the daughter of Malcom Brande, and an old man who she claimed to be her teacher."

"Natasha Brande? Are you sure?!"

The city lord looked surprised.

"Yes, we all know that Malcom Brande's idiotic daughter has always been obsessed with finding mages."

"It is just that this man looks slightly younger than her usual target group …"

The old man in sackcloth who was sitting in the main seat said:

"Malcom Brande is too stubborn and uncaring!"

"He has a huge amount of wealth but he does not know how to feel compassion for the suffering of common people."

"Not only does he refuse to join my Heavenly Cult, but he even arrested the followers of our sect and sent them to the government!"

"Since his daughter has fallen into our lap, we must make good use of her!"

"You will convince her teacher to join our cult, and then Natasha will naturally join our cult as well, by then Malcom Brande will be forcibly pulled into the same ship as us."

The city lord nodded and said:

"Yes, this is a great plan! As expected of the leader!"

The old man didn't pay attention to the flattering but he spoke in a solemn voice:

"Time is short, considering what the situation in Pike city, we should make Malcom Brande join us quickly, only then can we save him."

"Follow me to convince Natasha's teacher to join our cult!"

"Yes!"

The city lord and others followed the old man in course linen clothes out of the building.