Ren Varnish

After the practice, Luis had dinner with his family and went to his room. Inside his room, he started learning spells from the Ancient magic book. There were a lot of spells, but Luis was currently focusing on the spells he could use with the amount of mana he possess now.

*Knock* *Knock*

"Who Is it?" Luis asked.

"Young master, it's me." Jack's emotionless voice came from the outside.

"Jack? Come inside." Luis closed the book and put it beside him.

"Young master, we have found some suspicious individuals."

Hearing this, Luis smirked. 'I didn't think there would be results so soon. Did that rat come out too?'

As Jack started listing out the suspicious individuals, Luis' mood worsened because that rat didn't come out. 'I don't want to make this investigation unnecessarily troublesome.'

Thinking of this, Luis decided to show off his hands. He put on a thoughtful expression and asked, "None of them are members of the church?"

"Church? Does the young master want us to investigate someone?" Jack didn't question why, because he was here just to follow Luis' orders, not to question his decisions.

Seeing Jack's reaction, Luis became even happier that he didn't have to explain his reasons to Jack.

"Yes, I want you to monitor a person called Ren Varnish. He is the direct disciple of the Pope." Luis immediately listed out the person. Jack couldn't link out the reason for him to be monitored, but he nodded nonetheless.

"Also, remember to use top-grade stealth artifacts. Don't leave any people to monitor him." Luis reminded. 'As per his character, Ren's senses are very sharp. He would easily find out if we leave people to monitor him.'

"How long should we monitor him, young master?"

"One month at the very least," Luis replied, thinking of Ren's relationship with the mastermind behind the organization.

If Luis could, he wanted to just capture Ren and interrogate him. But he is the direct disciple of the Pope. If he captures and interrogates him without any solid proof against him, the relations with the church may worsen and it'll bring a lot of problems to not only him but also the Suarez family.

So Luis chooses a safer approach to have him monitored. He expected Ren to make contact with the organization at least once a month.

'If this doesn't work. Then let's just capture him, even if we make enemies with the church. I am sure once his atrocities are revealed, even the church won't be able to protect him.' Luis gave a few more instructions to Jack and names of some other individuals who he wanted to be monitored.

Sending Jack back, Luis once again focused on reading the Ancient Magic Book. 'There is no time to waste.'

Luis was sure he is going to create a lot of enemies in the future and they won't wait for him to get stronger. That's why he needs to prepare as much as he can.

"I need to work hard."

***

Soon, a week passed by since Luis started training under Lumine. Today, before his training with Lumine starts, Ronald called for him.

"Hey, Dad." Luis smiled as he saw Ronald drinking a cup of coffee and sitting on the sofa.

Ronald raised his brow as he looked at him and said, "It seems Lumine isn't training you hard. I can't see any wounds."

Luis knew Ronald was being sarcastic. He rolled his eyes and replied, "Just check the number of healing elixirs used on me every day. You will get your answer."

Ronald gave a small laugh at Luis' response. "Anyway, I have some free time today. Let's test the spells you learned."

Ronald was getting a little itchy thinking of the ancient magic spells.

"Okay." Luis wasn't surprised. He expected this was the reason Ronald called him.

Soon Luis and Ronald arrived at the Magic training room. Although it is called the Magic training room, it was a spacious big hall of 60 cubic meters. The walls had protection magic cast on them, making them sturdy. The magic training room also had a magic barrier covering it, so the practice inside won't destroy the facility. There was also an auto repair function, so small damages may be fine.

"So what kind of spells did you learn, Luis?" Ronald asked, hiding his excitement. He also wanted to know what kind of spells a magic book, which is a reward from an SS-grade dungeon, contains.

Luis was a little smug inwardly. 'Not only I learned them. I even restructured those spells and made them more convenient for me.' Luis had made use of his Sorcerer's talent to the max in this last week.

Luis raised his three fingers and said, "I learned some spells of Spatial Magic, Illusion Magic, and Lightning Magic."

"Then show me." Ronald folded his arms and waited for Luis to cast spells.

Normally, when a magician first learns a spell, he takes a long time casting it and, with practice, he shortens the time and eventually perfects the spell.

But Luis, who had a Sorcerer (S) talent, decrypted the pattern of those spells and then destructured it, constructing it again, making it more compatible and convenient for him.

"This is the first spell known as Spatial Jump."

With those words, Luis activated his mana, then in front of Ronald, Luis vanished from his original position and instantly appeared a few meters away from his initial spot.

Ronald had a surprised look on his face, then he muttered while analyzing, "I didn't see you move. It shouldn't be possible for you to move so fast with your rank that even someone of my rank can't catch your movement." He then looked at Luis and asked. "Is it something like Instant Teleportation?"

"Yeah, but the range is only limited to 10 meters for now and my mana is not enough to use it in succession."

Ronald shook his head and said, "Mana cost won't be a problem in the future." He then continued, "This is a game-changing spell in battles."

Ronald sighed, thinking how unfair this skill was. People try to increase their speed to catch their opponent off-guard, but what if the opponent can teleport?

'I pity those who become my son's enemies in the future.' Ronald gave a silent prayer in his heart.

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A.N. - Oh right, Don't compare the church to the churches of our world. Some of their styles are similar, but their beliefs may differ.