Connections

"He what now?"

Ji-hyun was in her office as she had received dozens of contracts from various guilds regarding partnership, she had asked Lee Hyori if she knew the reason since she was too

"Well he announced the arrangements early which forced guilds to come in contact then Eun-woo singlehandedly got their attention"

"That Brat, thanks Hyori, I'll call you soon again"

"Say Ji-hyun"

"Yes?"

"Are you not worried about your little brother?"

"Why would I be?"

"I mean like you said the sword bonded with him, I'm thinking it's gonna slowly erode him from the inside and then"

"I am a bit worried but he's Eun-woo no matter what happens he's still my brother"

"But"

"Be optimistic Hyori, have you never thought that the reason he got stronger is because he was finally able to tame the sword and not the other way around?"

"I guess but I'll still keep my eyes on him"

"Take care Hyori, you can call me anytime"

-

"Eldest Sister and Eldest Brother would be disappointed if they saw you Ling Shu"

Ling Shu had met Zhao Yi and Fan Mei when she was going to get her equipment as she had forgotten her ring in her dorm room.

"Why should I care for their opinions? they never bothered to take care of me anyway only Master and Mei Mei did and why do you suddenly care is it because your ass got beaten? I remember someone who was just a rag doll"

"Watch your words Ling Shu"

"Oh yeah he was the same guy who shouted 'Halt' only to get thrown away like paper, then it was the same guy who kept boasting he would be the best spear user only to be blown away again when Eun-woo casually threw his spear"

"Enough the two of you, both of you are acting like children"

"Whose side are you on Fan Mei?"

"Neither"

"See even Mei Mei agrees! Acting all high and mighty only to learn you're nothing more than trash in front of actual power!"

"Do you wanna have a go at it?"

Fan Mei walked in between the two as they looked like they were already ready to go.

"All right break it up, Zhao Yi if you don't stop now I'll tell Master and Eldest Brother that you shamed the Dragon's Lineage."

Zhao Yi clicked his tongue in frustration and stared coldly at Ling Shu before leaving.

"Now that he's gone, how are you Ling Shu? It's only been a week"

"I'm fine, I wish we were teammates but why did you guys just arrive now?"

Ling Shu hugged Fan Mei and placed her head on her chest as she was taller than her.

"A few things happened when we were traveling, you know how that if someone needs help we should do our best and that's what happened, we meet Lee Jun-ho but we had to stay another week to help"

"I see, I miss you a lot Mei Mei"

"I miss you too, Eldest Sister is too busy because of her team but she said she'll visit us soon, as for Eldest Brother I don't have any news about him ever since I arrived"

"I could care less about them"

Fan Mei sighed and patted Ling Shu's head as she removed herself from her.

"I have to go and pacify Zhao Yi now you now how a sore loser he is, take care Ling Ling and tell Ono Hayami to lighten her Mana bullets later on"

"Take care too Mei Mei, I promise I'll tell her"

Ling Shu waved goodbye as Fan Mei left her.

"You can come out now Yu-na"

"Did I disturb you Ling Shu?"

Yu-na came out from the side as she also too was told by Eun-woo to go get a box she had yet to receive from him and that she should follow Ling Shu.

"No, besides what were you doing following me?"

"Eun-woo told me to get a box he said that was in your room and he said you were also returning so I followed you immediately since you also have a key right?"

"Yeah, come on follow me I'll open it up for you I also have to get something"

"Mm"

-

"Are you going to the library again?"

Sowon asked Eun-woo as they had finished class after Ling Shu returned with her ring.

"I want to read some history, I think I like history"

"Can I come with you?"

"Sure, what about you Ling Shu?"

"Well Hayami-san is still busy until tomorrow, Yu-na still has classes so I can't practice against her so why not?"

"Then it's settled"

The three of them went to the library which caused some commotion, some had already knew Eun-woo would come here as they would see him reading alone while some wanted to see Sowon and Ling Shu they wanted to talk to them to build up connections but refrained as it was not the right place to cause commotion.

"It is relaxing staying here"

Ling Shu said as she took out her phone and played with it.

Sowon rolled her eyes and pinched her side as her phone was too loud, Ling Shu immediately followed and did what Sowon wanted

Sowon then grabbed a book while Eun-woo took the same book he had been reading for the past few days.

Time passed by eventually Sowon and Ling Shu noticed that Eun-woo's face was covered with the book they looked at each other and nodded.

"Let's go back to class and leave him"

"It's Eun-woo, His grades will be fine either way"

Both Ling Shu and Sowon slowly left him alone, but before Sowon left, she casted a a spell on Eun-woo.

[ Barrier ]

"What did you do?"

"So no one would disturb him, It's a basic spell I'm sure he'll be fine and can break it"

"Okay"

Eun-woo was now left alone but what they didn't know he was on the place where he first met Luxuria and his spirit was transported there instead.

-

"Why are you here?"

"I was just curious about how a dimension like this was made."

"Shut it, even if I tell you now you'll die"

Eun-woo sat in front of Luxuria as he drank tea that was prepared by her.

"Tell me honestly have the other divinities begun to move after you announced that I was your champion?"

"How can you say that?"

"When I went home yesterday, I felt a faint divine aura coming from Seung-ho"

Luxuria sighed and sipped a cup of tea.

"So they've begun huh."

"What do you mean?"

"I only told them I did it out of boredom and that I should do what I was supposed to do and that was govern my area properly for real this time as I feel somethings have not been right the past few decades."

"Compared to mine Seung-ho really had a minuscule amount"

"What Academy was he staying at?"

"Superbia"

"Typical, he does not want to lose face so I'm assuming he has chosen candidates for now and marked them, don't worry even if your brother doesn't get picked in the end its still beneficial."

"I'm assuming his stats will get buffed but I'm more worried about"

"About someone plundering his minute divine aura? Although it's small the possibility is still there"

"I want to take it"

"You want to take what your brother has?"

"Of course, unless he's the champion then I won't do it, I'm sure he'll agree"

"He's your brother don't you want him to have a better chance of survival in the future?"

"I know, but wouldn't that also make him more of a target to be killed in the first place if others noticed what he had?"

"Then you leave me no choice"

Luxuria summoned an apple and placed it in front of Eun-woo.

"Use this for practice, the apple has a small amount of divine aura so go and take it"

"How do I even do it?"

"You're really asking me that?"

"I wouldn't if I knew how"

"Just do the reverse of what you did to create those dark spheres, it isn't that difficult at your level of control"

"That seems vague"

"You'll get it, just imagine that instead of concentrating a mass of energy into on place, shape or form imagine you're taking it instead"

Eun-woo nodded then began to do what Luxuria had told him, Luxuria just looked at Eun-woo do his best which he eventually succeeded, before Eun-woo absorbed the Divine Aura.

"No, not yet"

"Fine"

"Don't do it to your brother when he's unwilling otherwise you'll kill him"

"I understand, but can you tell me if he's chosen as Superbia's champion?"

"Superbia will take a long time to choose someone but you'll notice it if you see his divine aura grow month by month."

Eun-woo nodded and stood up Luxuria then kicked him out of her dimension as soon as he woke up in his body he could see snow sleeping at his abdomen.

"Snow?"

"Arf!"

"Do you know where they are?"

Snow just barked again and jumped out of his stomach and ran away, Eun-woo decided to put back the book in its place but he soon noticed Snow was nudging his feet.

He then picked up Snow as Snow decided to proceed to guide Eun-woo.

"You're a smart dog aren't you"

Snow jumped out of his arms as it quickly ran, Eun-woo sighed and followed after it.

_

"Are you sure you want to decline?"

"Yes, I don't see any benefits joining your political party"

The boy rolled his eyes as Ono Hayami left him.

"How many people have you rejected?"

"A lot and I'll keep rejecting them"

"Why not?"

"If they want to be campaign mates with me they have to be under me not me under them with that I'll always have a say and control of what I do in the future"

"I guess that makes sense"

"Besides my father just told me something important a while back so I now have to do my best for Eun-woo and what better way than to control the school next year?"

"Hayami-san"

"What is it Yu-na?"

"Why?"

"Do you owe something to Eun-woo?"

"Yes, thanks to him my brother was indirectly cured thanks to an artifact he gave my father as a present so you could say they're now in talks of merging"

"If I recall didn't they merge with Jung Sowon's family a while ago? Now they're going to merge with your guild?"

"Changes happen Yu-na with what Eun-woo did a while ago caused another commotion I can't blame my father for wanting to do what he did besides knowing Eun-woo he'll likely inherit the guild but he'll just pass the responsibilities onto me"

"That does sound like Eun-woo, say look someone's coming over here again!"

Ono Hayami and Yu-na looked at the oncoming figures and wondered what they would be there for though Hayami had a faint idea but didn't mind it.